Nanoswarm is an ability in Valorant.
Summary
Nanoswarm is a Basic Ability for Killjoy that a player can use in-game by purchasing it via the Buy Phase for 200 credits.
Equip a swarm grenade. Throw the grenade to make it got into covert shortly upon landing, then activate to create a radius of rapid damage after a brief delay. The swarm grenade is revealed when enemies are close enough and can be destroyed.
| “ | 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
— In-game description
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| Time to Equip | 0.75 seconds |
| Detonation Delay | 0.75 seconds |
| Damage Rate | 45 Damage/s |
| Friendly Fire Damage Rate | 15 Damage/s |
| Nanoswarm Duration | 4 seconds |
Trivia/Tips
- Possibly a bug, sometimes the nanoswarm can only do upto 59 damage instead of 60 to teammates.
Update History
v1.11 Patch
- 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.