EPISODE 4 || WARM UP || CINEMATICS -- VALORANT

WARM UP was the fourth cinematic released the day before Episode 04 launched.

At Alpha VALORANT Protocol HQ, Phoenix exits a training exercise with a perfect score, joining Cypher, Jett, KAY/O, Killjoy, Raze, Sova, and Yoru. Whilst Phoenix celebrates his success, KAY/O points out that everyone else also has a perfect score in the same exercise and challenges Phoenix to a game where the bots shoot back. The agents' eyes are drawn to a cleaning bot, which gives Killjoy and Raze an idea. The pair get to work to transform the robot into Max Bot, designing him to imitate and replicate the powers and skills of his opponent.

Most of the agents take turns to face off against Max Bot, but their confidence begins to disappear when the bot proves to be much more of a challenge than they anticipated, defeating every agent to go up against him. Cypher remains outside the training room practicing chess, whilst Yoru keeps on winning money off of Jett's bets that the agents will finally win a battle against Max Bot. Phoenix comments that he should have played chess against Cypher instead, amusing the latter as he goes on to say that wins require sacrifice, which wasn't really the agents' style. This gives Phoenix an idea, and he rounds up the rest of the agents for another go.

After Phoenix draws out Max Bot into the open, the other agents join in and overwhelm the bot with their gunfire and abilities. In the chaos, Raze is able to attach a Blast Pack to Max Bot's back. Outnumbered and damaged, Max Bot retreats to high ground where he attempts to replicate one of KAY/O's suppression pulses. Before he is able to do so, Sova fires a Shock Bolt that ricochets into Max Bot's back, combining with the Blast Pack to cause a large detonation. Max Bot's incapacitated body falls down in front of KAY/O and Phoenix, who celebrate their victory.

Before Phoenix can deliver the finishing shot, Max Bot is smashed into the ceiling by a radianite wall. KAY/O and Phoenix turn around to see Brimstone and Sage walk into the room, where Brimstone summons all the agents for a new mission. As they all leave to depart HQ aboard the Vulture, Sage confiscates all of Yoru's winnings from him. Cypher however is left behind, and he walks into the training area to find Max Bot crippled but still functional. Unarmed, Cypher sighs as the bot engages him.