Threat Priority: a Valorant target priority drill
Threat Priority is a Valorant target priority drill of 15 waves. Two to four bots appear together. Red visors are already aiming and shoot first, runners take longer, and blue teammates must not be shot. Killing the most dangerous bot first earns extra points, so it trains deciding quickly. It is a Pro drill.
Updated
- 15 wavesLength
- VandalDefault weapon
- AwarenessCategory
- ProPlan
Who do you shoot first in a Valorant fight?
The one who can kill you soonest. Enemies already aiming at you come before enemies running past, and the nearer of two aiming enemies comes first. In this drill a red-visor bot fires after about 1 second at Medium and a runner after about 2.3.
How does the order change your score?
Each kill pays 200, and 150 more if it was the most dangerous bot still alive. Over 15 waves that bonus separates a player who is fast from one who is right. Hitting a blue teammate costs 500, and each point of damage you take costs one.
What do most players get wrong?
They shoot the closest or the easiest target, usually a runner moving across the centre of the screen, while a still, aiming bot off to the side lines up the shot. Check the visor before you flick. Bots are not all ahead of you either, as they can sit up to 50° to either side.
Valorant has no friendly fire from bullets, so the blue targets are here to make you look before you click.
When should you use this drill?
After your aim is warm, as a game-sense block. It works well near the end of a session, and it is close to how a real multi-enemy fight begins. Strafe during a wave if you like, but stop before you shoot.
| Setting | Threat Priority |
|---|---|
| Weapons | Vandal by default, or Phantom, Sheriff, Ghost, Classic, Operator |
| Difficulty | Easy, Medium, Hard, Elite or Adaptive |
| Score | Kills, correct order bonus; friendly hits and damage cost |
| Movement | You can move during the drill |
| Enemy fire | Enemies shoot back |
| Standing | Training drill, with no rank or leaderboard. |
| In the Path | Awareness |
Threat Priority questions
How long does a wave last in Threat Priority?
Each bot in Threat Priority stays for about 4.2 seconds at Medium, so a wave ends when all enemies are dead or gone. That window is about 4.6 seconds at Easy and 3.2 at Elite.
How many blue teammates appear in Threat Priority?
Each bot in a Threat Priority wave has a 25% chance of being a blue teammate, and the drill never makes every bot in a wave friendly. Shooting a teammate costs 500 points.
Play Threat Priority
It opens in your browser, with nothing to install. Running this drill needs the Pro plan.
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