Deployment types

This article lists the various Deployment Types agents use when casting their abilities.

Beam

A beam fired from Hunter's Fury

Beams are non-grounded areas of effect sent straight forward from the caster in the direction they are aiming up to a maximum length. They are not affected by gravity and may interact with terrain.

Abilities

Agent	Ability
Deadlock	Annihilation
Sova	Hunter's Fury

Emission

A pulse emitted by NULL/cmd

Emissions are areas of effect that emanate from the caster outwards in all directions.

Abilities

Agent	Ability
KAY/O	NULL/cmd (Pulses)
Vyse	Steel Garden

Aura

An aura emitted by Regrowth

Auras are are a subclass of emissions that maintain their effect over time.

Abilities

Agent	Ability
Skye	Regrowth

Grounded

Grounded abilities remain fixed to horizontal terrain, as either an area of effect or a mobile object.

Grounded AoE

Fault Line's AoE

Abilities deployed as grounded areas of effect affect an area of the map in the target direction.

Abilities

Agent	Ability
Breach	Fault Line
	Rolling Thunder
Fade	Nightfall
Harbor	Reckoning
Iso	Kill Contract
Waylay	Convergent Paths

Grounded Object

A deployed Boom Bot

Abilities deployed as grounded objects send a visible object that will move forward in the target direction. By default, they are directed straight towards where the caster is aiming once deployed. Some grounded objects may be guided instead, allowing the caster to have control over the path taken by the object, or targeted, meaning the object will deploy with a pre-determined target that it will instantly seek a path towards.

Abilities

Agent	Ability	Control type
Fade	Prowler	Guided
Gekko	Wingman	Directed
Harbor	Cascade	Directed
Iso	Contingency	Directed
Raze	Boom Bot	Directed
Skye	Seekers	Targeted
Yoru	Fakeout (Instant echo)	Directed
	Gatecrash (Mobile tether)	Directed

Hitscan

Jett fires a hitscan Blade Storm kunai

Hitscan abilities are instantly fired forward to immediately affect their targets, fully depending on the casting agent to aim precisely with their crosshair directly at applicable targets.

Abilities

Agent	Ability	Target
Chamber	Headhunter	Enemy agents Enemy abilities Map objects
	Tour De Force	Enemy agents Enemy abilities Map objects
Jett	Blade Storm	Enemy agents Enemy abilities Map objects
Neon	Overdrive	Enemy agents Enemy abilities Map objects
Sova	Owl Drone (Drone dart)	Enemy agents

Placement

Trapwire's placement targeting

Sky Smoke's placement targeting

Placed abilities must be deployed directly onto terrain at a fixed location. Many of these have their placement limited to either horizontal or vertical surfaces only, though some are allowed to be cast on either. Placed abilities may still have additional conditions specific to the ability that further restrict viable placements. Most abilities must be targeted by their casting agent directly at the terrain where they want to place it, though some other abilties are placed by targeting a location on a display of the map that will appear when equipped.

Abilities

Agent	Ability	Viable terrain surfaces	Targeting type
Astra	Cosmic Divide	Horizontal	Map (Astral Form)
	Stars	Horizontal	Map (Astral Form)
Breach	Aftershock	All	Terrain
	Flashpoint	All	Terrain
Brimstone	Sky Smoke	Horizontal	Map
	Orbital Strike	Horizontal	Map
Chamber	Trademark	Horizontal	Terrain
	Rendezvous	Horizontal	Terrain
Clove	Ruse	Horizontal	Map
Cypher	Trapwire	All	Terrain
	Spycam (Camera setup)	Vertical	Terrain
Deadlock	Sonic Sensor	Vertical	Terrain
Gekko	Wingman (Spike plant)	Horizontal	Terrain
Killjoy	Alarmbot	Horizontal	Terrain
	Turret	Horizontal	Terrain
	Lockdown	Horizontal	Terrain
Omen	Shrouded Step	Horizontal	Terrain
	From the Shadows	Horizontal	Map
Sage	Barrier Orb	Horizontal	Terrain
Tejo	Guided Salvo	Horizontal	Map
	Armageddon	Horizontal	Map
Viper	Viper's Pit	Horizontal	Terrain
Vyse	Shear	Horizontal	Terrain
	Arc Rose	All	Terrain
Yoru	Fakeout (Inactive echo)	Horizontal	Terrain
	Gatecrash (Stationary tether)	Horizontal	Terrain

Possession

Sova during possession of an Owl Drone

Abilities deployed by possession cause the casting agent to switch to the perspective of an external object and control it. The casting agent's body will remain stationary for the duration of the possession and any damage inflicted onto them will end the possession.

Abilities

Agent	Ability
Cypher	Spycam (Post-setup)
Gekko	Thrash
Skye	Trailblazer
Sova	Owl Drone
Tejo	Stealth Drone

Projectile

A deployed Incendiary projectile (Class 4)

A Poison Cloud thrown underhand (Class 0.7)

Projectiles are objects that are thrown into and travel through the air. The trajectory of a projectile is dependent on its speed and the scale at which it is affected by gravity.

Abilities

Agent	Ability
Brimstone	Stim Beacon
	Incendiary
Clove	Meddle
Cypher	Cyber Cage
Deadlock	GravNet
	Barrier Mesh
Fade	Seize
	Haunt
Gekko	Mosh Pit
	Dizzy
Harbor	Cove
Jett	Cloudburst (Post-hold behavior)
KAY/O	FRAG/ment
	FLASH/drive
	ZERO/point
Killjoy	Nanoswarm
Neon	Relay Bolt
Phoenix	Hot Hands
Raze	Blast Pack
	Paint Shells
Sage	Slow Orb
Sova	Shock Bolt
	Recon Bolt
Tejo	Special Delivery
Viper	Snake Bite
	Poison Cloud
	Toxic Screen
Vyse	Razorvine
Waylay	Saturate
Yoru	Blindside

Projectile classification

Many projectiles share the same trajectory with one another, allowing them to be sorted into groups. There are currently eight detected groupings for projectile trajectories in VALORANT (excluding missiles). The VALORANT Wiki has classified these as "Class 1 projectile", "Class 2 projectile", etc., with higher classifications signifying a longer trajectory. The scaling of projectile classes is relative to their estimated landing distance when deployed perfectly straight ahead without looking up/down. Some abilities may also have an assigned offset value that will cause the position of its trajectory to differ slightly from other projectiles with the same class, though the exact motion taken by the affected projectile will still remain identical.

Projectile classes are not official VALORANT terminology and are based on the interpretation of data from the game files by VALORANT Wiki editors. While most of these values can be confirmed directly from the game files, with all of the following data also being further corroborated by additional in-game testing to ensure high accuracy, there still remains a small possibility for error as certain assumptions have been made.

Projectile classes

Class 0.7	Class 1	Class 1.3	Class 2
Speed: 630 Gravity: 0.3	Speed: 1650 Gravity: 0.7	Speed: 2000 Gravity: 0.7	Speed: 1800 Gravity: 0.3
All underhand throws GravNet Mosh Pit Cove FRAG/ment FLASH/drive Nanoswarm Hot Hands Paint Shells Poison Cloud	Stim Beacon Blast Pack[a]	Cyber Cage Barrier Mesh	GravNet Seize Haunt Mosh Pit Dizzy[b] Cove FRAG/ment FLASH/drive Nanoswarm Hot Hands Paint Shells Shock Bolt[c] (0 bars charged) Recon Bolt[c] (0 bars charged) Poison Cloud
Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6
Speed: 2900 Gravity: 0.45	Speed: 4125 Gravity: 0.3	Speed: 4125 Gravity: 0.15	Speed: 5000 Gravity: 0.3
Incendiary Meddle Cloudburst[d] Slow Orb Shock Bolt[c] (1 bar charged) Recon Bolt[c] (1 bar charged) Snake Bite Razorvine Saturate Blindside	ZERO/point Shock Bolt[c] (2 bars charged) Recon Bolt[c] (2 bars charged)	Relay Bolt Shock Bolt[c] (Full charge) Recon Bolt[c] (Full charge) Special Delivery	Toxic Screen

Notes:
^a +0.4 m offset
^b Windup only, full trajectory disrupted by active duration
^c +0.3 m offset
^d When not under effects of held deployment

Missile

A deployed Paranoia missile

Cloudburst being guided as a missile

Missiles are a subclass of projectiles that are unaffected by gravity. By default, they are directed straight towards where the caster is aiming once deployed. Some missiles may be guided instead, allowing the caster to have control over the path taken by the missile, or fixed, meaning the missile will either have a fixed deployment distance or path.

Abilities

Agent	Ability	Control type
Cypher	Spycam (Camera dart)	Directed
Harbor	High Tide	Guided
Iso	Undercut	Directed
Jett	Cloudburst (Held behavior)	Guided
Neon	Fast Lane	Directed
Omen	Paranoia	Directed
	Dark Cover	Fixed
Phoenix	Blaze	Guided
	Curveball	Fixed
Raze	Showstopper	Directed
Reyna	Leer	Fixed
Skye	Guiding Light	Guided

Self-targeted

Sage self-targets herself with Healing Orb

Self-targeted abilities or effects have no specific aimed or targeted deployment, only affecting or empowering the casting agent.

Abilities

Agent	Ability
Clove	Pick-me-up
	Not Dead Yet
Iso	Double Tap
Jett	Drift
	Updraft
	Tailwind
KAY/O	NULL/cmd (Buffs)
Neon	High Gear
Phoenix	Run it Back
Reyna	Devour
	Dismiss
	Empress
Sage	Healing Orb (Self-cast)
Waylay	Refract
	Lightspeed
	Convergent Paths (Buff)
Yoru	Dimensional Drift

Targeted

Sage targets an ally corpse to cast Resurrection on

Targeted abilities must be directly cast onto a viable target in range of where the casting agent is aiming. The casting agent only needs to aim close enough to their intended target before the ability will detect and lock onto them as the target to be cast on. These abilities must have detected a viable target in order to be cast.

Abilities

Agent	Ability	Target
Astra	Gravity Well	Stars
	Nova Pulse
	Nebula/Dissipate
Cypher	Neural Theft	Enemy agent corpse
Gekko	Wingman (Spike defuse)	Planted enemy Spike
Sage	Healing Orb	Allied agents
	Resurrection	Allied agent corpse