The Hollywood star Ben Affleck made a surprise appearance at the Valorant Champions 2023. There, the 51-year-old not only admitted to playing himself but also expressed disappointment over the latest nerfs in the tactical shooter.
What a performance! Ben Affleck, known from movies like Good Will Hunting, Gone Girl, and of course as Batman in the DC Universe, made a surprise appearance at the e-sports event Valorant Champions 2023 over the weekend.
The actor attended the event with his son, but identified himself as a gamer. His reception there was much warmer than that of Elon Musk.
Bruce Wayne is not pleased with the latest nerfs
Batman plays Valorant? Apparently yes, because in a brief conversation with Shannon Williams, who voices the duelist Jett, he demonstrated his knowledge of the current meta. “He could be a Jett main,” declares his son, to which Affleck replies: “Yeah, but then they nerfed Jett. That’s the problem”
Jett is one of the agents who received a heavy nerf with patch 7.04, which went live on August 29, 2023. Her entire skillset has been reworked, making her abilities less effective and more rarely used. “Batman” seems anything but pleased with these changes.
The encounter was shared on Twitter by Jett’s voice actress. We have embedded it here:
Who does he play instead? In a spontaneous interview, the actor did not want to commit to a main and instead claimed to be somewhat “unfaithful”: “I am currently a KAY/O main and I think my other main is Raze. I’m a bit promiscuous.”
A young Ben Affleck, however, could also have been imagined in the role of Chamber.
In the upcoming Batman: The Brave And The Bold, Ben Affleck will no longer be seen in the role of the hero, but he is set to appear as the Dark Knight in The Flash one last time. And the director has much in store:
