Cove is a signature ability for Harbor.
Description[]
| “ | EQUIP Cove. ACTIVATE to form a water Smoke in the select location. HOLD FIRE while targeting to move the marker further away and HOLD ALT FIRE to move it closer. RELOAD to toggle targeting view. REACTIVATE to Shield the water Smoke, blocking any bullets that hit it. The Shielded water Smoke can be destroyed.
— In-game description
|
Cove is a Vision Blocker ability that Harbor must equip before casting. While equipped, he will enter a phased world that is a mirror counterpart of the entire map he is currently on. His perspective within this world is centered on a smoke indicator that shows a yellow outline of where a smoke will deploy on activation. Harbor can use his fire keys to move the marker across the map. In the phased world, Harbor's perspective will follow the smoke indicator as it is moved. Harbor can still move his real body using his movement keys but will not be able to see his allies nor any walls or roofs.
Harbor can use his reload key to alternate between the phased world view and the real world for a normal targeting view. Using normal targeting, Harbor can still use his fire keys to move the marker but will keep his standard first-person perspective from his body's location, being able to see everything that is happening in front of him.
The smoke can be placed at any position in range at any altitude. On cast, Harbor will deploy Cove an invisible missile that will travel to the target location. Upon reaching its destination, Cove will appear and transform into a water smoke. If the center of the smoke is not directly on top of a horizontal surface or where any agents can stand, the smoke will sink vertically until this condition is met. Vision within the smoke is clear. The smoke will play an audio cue shortly before it is about to expire. Once it expires, the smoke will instantly dissipate.
Reactivating Cove will encase the smoke with a shield. While the shield remains active, it will prevent any gunfire from passing through. Abilities can pass through the shield and can still damage it. The shield lasts for the remaining duration of the smoke or until it is destroyed. If the shield takes enough damage to be destroyed it will be heard breaking, with the smoke remaining for a brief duration afterwards before its dissipation is triggered early.
Stats[]
| Stat | Value | Confirmed value? |
|---|---|---|
 Equip time
|
0.6 seconds | 
|
 Max deploy distance
|
80 meters |  Game files
|
 Smoke unequip time
|
0.7 seconds |
|
 Orb velocity
|
64 meters per second | Game files
|
 Deploy time
|
1 second | Game files
|
 Radius
|
4.6 meters | Game files
|
 Duration
|
15 seconds | [s 1]
|
| Shield windup
|
0.800 seconds | Game files
|
| Shield unequip time
|
0.5 seconds | Game files
|
| Shield deactivation time
|
1 second |
|
| Smoke deactivation time
|
1 second |
|
- ↑ Confirmed from VALORANT YT Short: VALORANT smoke durations compared
- Values shown are only accurate to PC platform. Other gaming platforms may have different values from the above information presented.
- Values marked with
are estimated values due to them not being provided explicitly in game or from patch notes. While they may not be the true value, they have been manually tested to be very accurate.
Quotes[]
Cast[]
Activate[]
Destroyed[]
Previews[]
In Game[]
In Cinematics[]
Update History[]
All Platforms[]
- Fixed a bug where it would snap rotate 180 degrees when looking upwards or downwards
v11.10 - 
Reworked
- EQUIP Cove. ACTIVATE to form a water Smoke in the select location. HOLD FIRE while targeting to move the marker further away and HOLD ALT FIRE to move it closer. RELOAD to toggle targeting view. REACTIVATE to Shield the water Smoke, blocking any bullets that hit it. The Shielded water Smoke can be destroyed.
- UNDOCUMENTED: Shield HP decay towards end duration removed
- Ability slot changed from Basic >>> Signature
- Now 1 free charge on a 40-second cooldown
- Now grants assists for players killed while affected by it.
- Viper’s Snake Bite, Brimstone’s Incendiary, Sova’s Hunter's Fury, and Killjoy’s Nanoswarm should properly damage it
- Improved visual clarity of shield health states. The health state is now more reflected in the visual water animation.
- Fixed an issue where bullet tracers could be seen passing through
- Fixed a bug where walking through Cove was not blinding players at the intended distance
Console-only[]
- Fixed an issue where AimAssist was incorrectly being applied when it was equipped.
| Types | Passive (list) • Basic • Signature • Ultimate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functions | Barrier • Blind (Flash • Nearsight) • Cripple • Crowd Control (Banish • Concuss • Detain • Displacement • Hinder • Slow • Tether) • Decoy • Deterrent (Molotov) • Empowerment (Weapon Equip) • Intel (Autonomous Deployable • Controlled Deployable) • Limiter • Mobility (Dash • Intangibility • Teleport) • Resource Bar • Setup • Sustain (Heal • Invulnerability • Revive) • Vision Blocker (Smoke • Wall) • Niche | |||
| Deployment types | Beam • Emission (Aura) • Grounded: (Grounded AoE • Grounded Object) • Hitscan • Placement • Possession • Projectile (Missile) • Self-targeted • Targeted | |||
