Killjoy

Killjoy
Biography
Origin	Germany
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Affiliation(s)	Valorant Protocol
Game Details
Role	Sentinel
Basic Abilities	Alarmbot Nanoswarm
Signature Abilities	Turret
Ultimate Ability	Lockdown
Ult. Points	♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 7
Out-of-Universe
Appearances	Valorant
Added	August 4, 2020
Voice Actor	Eva Feiler
Quotes

“

Relax, I've already thought of everything. — Character selection

”

Killjoy is an Agent in VALORANT.

Profile

Biography

“

The genius of Germany, Killjoy secures the battlefield with ease using her arsenal of inventions. If the damage from her gear doesn't stop her enemies, her robots debuff will help make short work of them.

”

Killjoy uses a collection of inventions and devices to take down her enemies.

Personality

“

"Don't overthink it, that's my job" — Killjoy (Barrier Down)

”

Appearance

Killjoy is a young German woman with slick dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is often seen wearing a padded yellow jacket with a blue interior, purple "X" patches on either shoulder and a green beanie-like hat. Underneath the jacket she wears a gray shirt with a rising bars graphic. She has round glasses with black outlines, a pair of silver hoop earrings in either ear, and a pair of green shoes that resemble Converse Chuck Taylor's with silver toes and loose tongues. Covering her hands are a pair of black gloves with blue straps that exposes her ring and pinkie fingers. She wears black ripped skinny jeans with a green strap on her left thigh which is also connected to a fanny pack.

Abilities

Basic

C – Nanoswarm

EQUIP a Nanoswarm grenade. FIRE to throw the grenade. Upon landing, the Nanoswarm goes covert. ACTIVATE the Nanoswarm to deploy a damaging swarm of nanobots.

Uses: 2 Cost: 200 Duration: 4 s Damage: 45/s

Q – Alarmbot

EQUIP a covert Alarmbot. FIRE to deploy a bot that hunts down enemies that get in range. After reaching its target, the bot explodes and applies Vulnerable to enemies in the area. HOLD EQUIP to recall a deployed bot.

Uses: 1 Cost: 200 Cooldown: 20 s (Recalled) Debuff: 4 s Vulnerable

Signature

E – Turret

EQUIP a Turret. FIRE to deploy a turret that automatically fires at enemies in a 180 degree cone. HOLD EQUIP to recall the deployed turret.

Uses: 1 Cost:Free Cooldown: 45 s (Destroyed), 20 s (Recalled) Health: 125 Damage: 0-20 m: 8, 20-35 m: 6, 35+ m: 4 (3 shots per burst)

Ultimate

X – Lockdown

EQUIP the Lockdown device. FIRE to deploy the device. After a long windup, the device Detains all enemies caught in the radius. The device can be destroyed by enemies.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 7 points Windup: 13 s Health: 150 Debuff: 8 s Detain

Gameplay

Strategies

Pay attention to positioning and what utility the enemy has available before you place a Lockdown device. Enemies can use damaging utility, such as Shock Bolts and Paint Shells, to destroy it and can achieve this even easier without caring about where the device is positioned by using ultimates such as Orbital Strike and Hunter's Fury to hit it wherever it may be. Some spots may also be vulnerable to enemies shooting the device through a wall with medium or high-penetration guns.

Contract

Chapter 1

TIER 1	TIER 2	TIER 3	TIER 4	TIER 5
SPRAY: Variable Removed	PLAYER CARD: Valorant Killjoy	PLAYER TITLE: Techie	SPRAY: Don't Cross Me	AGENT: Killjoy

Chapter 2

TIER 6	TIER 7	TIER 8	TIER 9	TIER 10
GUNBUDDY: Bot	SPRAY: Killjoy	PLAYER TITLE: Genius	PLAYER CARD: Nächtelang	SKIN: Wunderkind Shorty

Quotes

Main Article: Killjoy/Quotes‎

Update History

v3.05

• Turret
  • Bullet tagging reduced 72.5% slow >>> 29.5% slow

v3.03

• Turret
  • Fixed Turret not being affected by stuns

v3.0

• Alarmbot
  • Cooldown after pickup increased 7 >>> 20 seconds
• Nanoswarm
  • Fixed a bug where picking up Nanoswarms during thebuy phase would prevent you from purchasing a second charge
• Turret
  • Cooldown after pickup increased 10 >>> 20 seconds

v2.07

• Turret
  • Placing Killjoy’s turret next to Sage’s Barrier Orb will no longer break it
• Alarmbot
  • Disbabled Alarmbots will no longer chase far away targets that ran by them when they are re-enabled

v2.06

• Nanoswarm
  • Killjoy can now pick up deployed Nanoswarm grenades during the buy phase to get the charge back

v2.05

• Fixed Killjoy not getting charges from her Alarmbot and Turret back if they are recalled after she is resurrected
• Lockdown
  • Can no longer place Lockdown off the ground by jumping and placing it on cosmetic pieces of geo on the walls

v2.03

• Lockdown
  • Can no longer be placed inside Sage’s Barrier Orb in some instances
    • If Barrier Orb is placed on top of Lockdown, the section of the wall covering the ult will now be destroyed

v1.14

• Turret
• Fixed an issue where Killjoy’s turret could be placed underneath the ground in some maps

v1.11

• Alarmbot
  • Alarmbot now deactivates if Killjoy is more than 40m away from it. Reentering the 40m range reactivates the ability.
  • Range at which Alarmbot can be detected decreased from 9m >>> 7m.
  • Cooldown after pickup reduced from 20 seconds >>> 7 seconds.
• Nanoswarm
  • Range at which Nanoswarm can be detected decreased from 5m >>> 3.5m
  • Damage increased from 40/s >>> 45/s
  • Damage now ticks smoother and faster while in Nanoswarm, instead of in chunks of 10 every 1/4 of a second.
• Turret
  • Turret now deactivates if Killjoy is more than 40m away from it. Reentering the 40m range reactivates the ability.
  • Cooldown after pickup reduced from 20 seconds >>> 10 seconds.

v1.07

• Nanoswarm
  • Added a brief windup before damage begins.
  • DPS reduced from 60 >>> 40.
  • Visual effects have been added to make it easier to spot the grenade on the ground Stealth audio range has been slightly increased
• Turret
  • No longer revealed by Sova’s Recon Bolt
  • More effectively shoots at an enemy’s last known location

v1.05 - Added

Gallery

In-game icon

Killjoy with her turret

An early concept of Killjoy

Concept art

Concept art

Turret concept art

Player card featuring Killjoy

Killjoy handles a Radi-Core in DUALITY

Trivia

Development

• Killjoy originally had an ability called "Seeker".
• Lockdown used to belong to the scrapped agent Joules.
• Killjoy was originally a male during her first development phase.
• She also was a robot in some part of development.

Lore

• Killjoy is implied to have created the Spike and the Defuser.
  • "Oh, no no, you don't deserve my inventions"
  • It appears as if a mirrored version of Killjoy created the spike, with the Killjoy from Earth 1 appearing to be unfamiliar with what was in front of her. She was able to stop the spike from detonating by using a defuser powered by a super-heated Radi-Core that she made.
    • Killjoy would go on to take the defused spike back to VALORANT for analysis and also make modifications to the original defuser design.
• Other Killjoy inventions/creations include a sentry bot, an alarmbot, swarm grenades, a 'Lockdown' device, and Brimstone's bracer.
  • Sentry bot/Turret
    • It has a face that's looks like the Brazil soccer mascot, however this might just be because Raze tends to mess with her sentry bot, evidenced her voice lines.
    • Whilst unable to do so in game for gameplay/balancing reasons, the turret is able to move and run on its two legs.
    • It is powered by a Radi-Core.
• Raze stole one of her alarm bots and modified it to create her Boom Bot.
• Killjoy plays League of Legends.

Relations

• She is Brimstone's protégé, and has a close bond with him. He is a guardian figure to her.
• She has one parent with Germanic ancestry.
• Whilst not "canon per se", VALORANT Twitter released content on April Fools Day 2021 that suggested Killjoy and Raze were romantically involved.