How to play Breach in Valorant: Abilities, tips & tricks

March 31, 2023

Breach is Valorant’s bionic Initiator Agent, who can disrupt the battlefield in the blink of an eye with his explosive abilities. Here how to master the Swedish powerhouse.

If you’re looking for someone to challenge angles in Valorant that most Agents can’t, then Breach is your guy. With just how much the Initiator offers for pushing enemies back, he’s the ideal Agent if you’re looking to put the enemy on the back foot.

But what makes Breach so powerful? And which play style will the burly Agent suit most? We dive in and break down everything you need to know, and whether the ginger assailant can give other Initiators a run for their money in the game.

Valorant Breach: Abilities

Valorant's Breach.

Breach’s abilities could give you and your team an advantage in almost any given situation. With such a high-grade utility belt at his disposal, it’s no surprise that he appears in almost every lineup at the top-end of competitive play. Let’s take a look at each of Breach’s abilities:

First Core Ability — Aftershock (200 Creds): EQUIP a fusion charge. FIRE the charge to set a slow-acting burst through the wall. The burst does heavy damage to anyone caught in its area.
Second Core Ability — Flashpoint (250 Creds): EQUIP a blind charge. FIRE the charge to set a fast-acting burst through the wall. The charge detonates to blind all players looking at it for 2 seconds.
Signature Ability — Fault Line (Free; 40s cooldown): FIRE a seismic blast. HOLD FIRE to increase the distance. RELEASE to set off the quake, dazing all players in its zone and in a line up to the zone for 3.5 seconds.
Ultimate Ability — Rolling Thunder (7 Points): EQUIP a seismic charge. FIRE to send a cascading quake through all terrain in a large cone. The quake dazes and knocks up anyone caught in it, concussing them for 6 seconds.

Breach’s first two abilities live up to the Agent’s namesake. Both Aftershock and Flashpoint are designed to allow you and your team to burst through enemy lines while their enemy is either weakened or blind — giving you the edge in combat.

Flashpoint comes with two charges, whereas Aftershock comes with one — so you will need to use them wisely during a round.

What makes both of these specifically handy is that they can penetrate walls. So as long as you have the inside scoop on when and where to use them (ideally combined with Cypher’s Spycam or Sova’s Owl Drone), they’re an invaluable tool in making a play when entering a Reactor Site.

Flashpoint can be curved around corners just like Valorant’s Duelist, Phoenix, to really catch your enemies off-guard.

Breach’s gameplay in Valorant

Breach gives you all the utility you could need to help enter a site – or retake one. He can stay back and throw out flashes and stuns to push enemies out of corners, while letting the rest of the team mop up the mess.

That doesn’t mean he’s not self-sufficient on the entry though. With enough practice, you can flash, stun, and blow out corners by yourself without breaking a sweat. Aiming your flashes is key though – you might need to change up where you flash every round to surprise enemies.

Throwing them high might catch more enemies, but it’s easier to dodge. Throwing them on the floor can also work, but it won’t catch as many people out. Once you learn the angles to flash multiple positions though – putting them right on the corner – you can break through onto sites easily.

With the seven meter gap between you and the cast of Fault Line and Rolling Thunder, you have to be mindful of enemies hiding right around corners though. Your stun might pass over them if you use it too close.

Combining Breach’s utility with Sova or Cypher’s intel gathering is a very strong combo.

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Valorant Breach: Abilities

Breach’s gameplay in Valorant