VALORANT’s Episode Eight Act Three Battle Pass contains a bunch of fun extras to work towards, one of which in particular has a very interesting backstory.
YOU DIFF // Episode 8: Act III Kickoff – VALORANT
If you’ve already checked out the Battle Pass for the new act, you may have noticed the “Radiant Reaction” player card as a free reward on page five. The artwork shows Reyna swinging her katana in epic fashion, and at first glance you’d think it just looked like a cool scene from a comic book. But as it turns out, the moment comes from an incredible clip where a Reyna player destroyed a flying KAY/O blade with his katana.
Destroying a flying KAY/O knife before it lands is almost unheard of outside of this case. You already have to have fast reaction speed to shoot the knife when it lands on a surface before it activates and suppresses your abilities. So I can't imagine swinging my melee when KAY/O's knife is coming at me at top speed. I didn't even know it was possible to destroy a KAY/O knife before it lands.
For this to happen, you either have to swing your melee at the right time or have great reaction speed. That's exactly why the card is called "Radiant Reaction".
