Icebox is one of the best maps for Viper if she is attacking, as she can easily play a post-plant situation due to how open the map is. Viper excels on the frozen map due to how tight the site entryways are, meaning when defending, she can put a Toxic Screen across the main chokepoint that attackers have to push through! On attack, Viper players strive to make sure their team gets to a site by blocking lines of sight and then defending the Spike successfully.Ī lot of the time when defending, Viper will play more as a Sentinel than a Controller, having to put down her setup and commit to defending a site and putting down one-way smokes! Icebox This means she wants to be able to setup and delay an enemy push on a site, especially from one or two angles on defense.

That utility is using her Poison Cloud and Toxic Screen. The best Viper maps in VALORANT are the ones that see her utility thrive.