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Cypher (Arabic: سايفر; codename Gumshoe or Aamir) is an Agent in VALORANT.
Contents
Profile
Biography
| “ | The Moroccan information broker, Cypher is a one-man surveillance network who keeps tabs on the enemy’s every move. No secret is safe. No maneuver goes unseen. Cypher is always watching.
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If intel is your thing, Cypher might be your Agent. This Moroccan surveillance Agent has abilities that trap and reveal the locations of enemies that get stuck in them, as well as an actual spycam he can place on the map to watch the action from afar. His ultimate extracts information from a fresh enemy corpse to temporarily reveal the location of remaining players on the opposing team [1].
Personality
An obsession with gathering secrets, information and intel.
| “ | "Omen! I have the information you asked for. But my price! My price hasn't been paid yet"
— Cypher (with Omen)
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A tendancy to steal things from other Agents, and (probably) doesn't give them back;
| “ | "Breach, Breach. I took a servo from your arms, for my tripwire, don't be angry. Breach..."
— Cypher (with Breach)
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| “ | "Little engineer! I borrowed one of your transmitters for my camera. I'll pay you back! Probably..."
— Cypher (with Killjoy)
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Appearance
Wears a hat with an antenna attached to it which is likely used to locate and transmit the locations of enemies when Neural Theft is used. An overcoat, where he keeps his Spycam. Always has a mask on, likely to hide his face.
Abilities
Basic
Equip a trapwire. Fire to place a destructible and covert tripware at the targeted location, creating a line that spans between the placed location and the wall opposite. Enemy players who cross a tripwire will be tethered, revealed, and dazed after a short period if they do not destroy the device in time. This ability can be picked up and redeployed if not yet triggered. It can be destroyed by shooting it once with any gun. Disabled and revealed upon death.
Uses: 2 
Cost:
200
Instantly toss a cyber cage in front of Cypher. Activate from any distance to create a temporary zone that blocks vision.
Uses: 2
Cost: 100
Duration: 
7 seconds
Signature
Equip a spycam. Fire to place the spycam at the targeted location. REUSE this ability to take control of the camera's view. While in control of the camera, Fire to shoot a tracking dart. The dart is removable and will periodically reveal the location of the enemy hit. It can be destroyed by shooting it once with any gun. Disabled and revealed upon death.
Uses: 1 
Cost:Free
Ultimate
Use on a fresh enemy corpse to throw Cypher's hat. After a brief delay, all enemy players' locations will be revealed once.
Uses: 1
Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 7 points
Gameplay
Strategies
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You could use his tripwires as barriers to create a potentially safe place, and the cyber cages have the same use as jets and omens vision blockers
Contract
Chapter 1
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| SPRAY: The Seeker |
PLAYER CARD: Valorant Cypher |
PLAYER TITLE: Watchdog |
SPRAY: I See You |
AGENT: Cypher |
Chapter 2
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| GUNBUDDY: White Hat |
SPRAY: Cypher |
PLAYER TITLE: Mind Thief |
PLAYER CARD: One Dark Night |
SKIN: Hush Ghost |
Quotes
- Main Article: Cypher/Quotes
Update History
- Can no longer place
Spycam in Cyber Cage projectiles
- Spycam
- Fixed issue where Spycam broke Sage’s Barrier Orb when placed close to it
- Fixed issue where Spycam broke Sage’s
- Spycam
- Fixed issue where Spycam's dart could sometimes hit players that were on the other side of a wall
- Fixed Spycam targeting going through Sage’s wall
- Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Spycam
- "We previously addressed some causes of this bug last patch, this fix should address the remaining known causes"
- Spycam
- Fixed a couple input bugs around possessing and unpossessing Spycam in the same frame which lead to locking all inputs or locking view direction
- Cyber Cage
- Can now be picked up during buy phase
- Trapwire
- Fixed a bug where traps that were placed such that they were on the inside of a doorway, would not trigger when someone walked through them
- Fixed an issue where players could place a Cyber Cage on a Trapwire
- Spycam
- Cyber Cage
- No longer holds the teleporter doors on Bind open
- Spycam
- Spycameras placed on the teleporter door frames on Bind no longer teleport it’s view location underground
- Trapwire
- Can no longer pick up the trap after an enemy has triggered it
- Cyber Cage
- No longer slows enemies that move through it
- Spycam
- Spycam cooldown when destroyed increased 30 >>> 45 seconds
- Cypher will no longer float in the air if the Sage Barrier Orb wall he is standing on is destroyed while using the Spycam
- Exploit fixes
- Cyber Cage
- Fixed a bug where Cyber Cage would be selected at a larger range than intended causing overlapping interaction issues
- Spycam
- Fixed issue with camera being placed on the Haven A Main boxes
- Spycam
- Can no longer use weapons
Spotify Playlist
Gallery
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Trivia
Lore
- Cypher's real name is 'Aamir', an Arabic name which means "Prince" in English.
- His Thrifty quotes imply that he may be poor, or was at one point.
- "You think I don't know how to get by without money?"
- "I'll try to be even more "poor" next time. It'll be hard, hmm, but I'll try"
- Cypher intentionally keeps his face and true identity hidden[2]
Relations
- Cypher knew someone called Nora, who was likely a family relation to him. Cypher's quotes imply that Nora and other members of his family were killed
- "Nora, I will see you again"
- "I must survive to protect my family. I can't loose them. I can't feel that pain again"
- "So, Sage, you can bring people back from the dead? Anyone?! No constraints?! Interesting..."
- Cypher knows many secrets that he keeps from his fellow agents. Because of this, some of them find it hard to trust him[3]
- One such agent is Sova, whose values of honesty and openness conflict with Cypher's secrecy
References
- ↑ https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2020/03/02/valorant-preview-a-deep-dive-on-the-new-hero-based-tactical-shooter-from-riot
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/nrjner/valorant_narrative_team_ama_on_lore_11am_pt12pm_pt/h0h2l7f/?context=3
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/nrjner/valorant_narrative_team_ama_on_lore_11am_pt12pm_pt/h0gxl1x/?context=3
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| Scrapped |  Crusader • Joules •  Shatter
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| Quotes |  Astra •  Breach •  Brimstone •  Cypher •  Jett •  Killjoy •  Omen •  Phoenix •  Raze •  Reyna •  Sage •  Skye •  Sova •  Viper •  Yoru
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