Fakeout

Fakeout
Details
Agent	Yoru
Ability Type	Basic
Function	Decoy Flash
Credits	200
Uses	1
Default Key	C(PC) • L1(PS5) • (Xbox X/S)
Behavior
Deployment Type	Grounded Object (Instant echo) Placement (Inactive echo)
Health	150 HP
Susceptible to full damage and effects?	Yes
Affects allies/self?	Yes (if within same range as enemy)
Navigation
Fakeout • Blindside • Gatecrash • Dimensional Drift
For ability cooldowns and ultimate costs in Team Deathmatch, see here.

Fakeout is a basic ability for Yoru.

Description

“

EQUIP an echo that transforms into a mirror image of Yoru when activated. FIRE to instantly activate the mirror image and send it forward. ALT FIRE to place an inactive echo. USE to transform an inactive echo into a mirror image and send it forward. Mirror images explode in a Blinding Flash when destroyed by enemies. — In-game description

Fakeout is a Decoy ability that Yoru must equip before casting. On cast, he will deploy an echo that instantly activates and transforms into a mirror image that will run forward as a grounded object, creating audible footsteps as it moves. When activated, the image runs in a straight line, expiring after a set amount of time. If it collides with vertical terrain, it will try to continue running forward if it hits at an angle but at more perpendicular angles the image will stop in place until it expires, making no sound.

Yoru can use Alt Fire to place a stationary and inactive but visible echo that remains in place indefinitely. Yoru can activate a placed echo at any time to make it transform into a mirror image and run forward.

If an enemy shoots the image at any point, it will turn towards them, exploding after a short delay to flash any agent within a conical area directed towards where the image is looking. Enemies can deal damage to the image through other means and destroy it without the image triggering its flash effect.

Stats

Stat	Value	Confirmed value?
Equip time	0.8 seconds	Game files
Unequip time	0.7 seconds	Game files
Maximum image duration	10 seconds	Game files
Flash angle	30° (either side of the direction the image is looking in)	Game files
Flash windup time	0.6 seconds	Game files
Max flash duration	3.1 seconds

Notes:

• 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

•      "Decoy."

Previews

In Game

Equip

Cast (primary fire)

Cast (alt fire)

Placement

Activation

Triggered/Windup

Blind

Update History

All Platforms

v10.08

• Reverted a bugfix that caused Yoru’s clone to slightly mismatch normal player movement when running into walls.

v10.06

• Cost increase 100 >>> 200 credits

v9.08

• Blind abilities like Gekko’s Dizzy and Vyse’s Arc Rose will now display the blind effect on Yoru’s Fakeout clone as if he was a real Agent.
• Vyse will play her Successful Blind celebration lines when blinding Yoru’s Fakeout clone.
• Cypher’s Neural Theft will show the Yoru’s Fakeout clone.
• Clove’s Meddle will now show the decay effect on Yoru’s Fakeout clone.

v7.10

• Enemy agents will callout image on sight as if it is any other enemy agent, albeit using the generic "Enemy spotted" voiceline.
  • This is an undocumented change

v6.11

• Can now be visually affected when hit by Concuss abiltiies.

v6.10

• Fixed an issue where Yoru’s Fakeout would min flash you if you were outside of its conal range of effect.
• Fixed a bug where Yoru’s Fakeout echo would sometimes not have a weapon equipped.
• The weapon that Yoru’s Fakeout echo equips should now use a more accurate weapons skin.

v6.02

• Fixed a bug where Yoru’s Fakeout (C) could get stuck in mid-air in various locations

v5.12

• Now immune to all allied damage

v4.04 - Reworked

• Charges reduced from 2 >>> 1
• Decoy HP: 150
• Decoy is now a full running version of Yoru and can only be sent running forward
• Right-click to place a stationary marker for the decoy
  • Reactivate similarly to footsteps to create the decoy that runs forward
• Upon taking damage from an enemy gun, the decoy winds up, turns towards the enemy that shot it, and explodes after a short delay.
  • Enemies within the cone are flashed

v2.03 (Previous version)

• Fakeout no longer has slightly different sounding footsteps than Yoru himself
• Fakeout no longer sometimes falls through the floor when the stationary version was placed

v2.02 (Previous version)

• Throwing Fakeout through a teleporter no longer causes other projectiles thrown afterwards to play Agent audio instead of object audio

Console-only

v10.04

• Max flash duration increased 2.0s >>> 3.0s (Standardizing to PC)
• Flash explosion delay increased: 0.6s >>> 0.8s

v9.01

• Fixed an issue where AimAssist was incorrectly being applied when it was equipped.

Previous versions

Fakeout's original icon

Yoru's original Fakeout ability functioned similarly to its current version, deploying footsteps instead. This version was used from Yoru's release until it was reworked in Patch 4.04.

Description

“	EQUIP an echo that mimics footsteps when activated. FIRE to activate and send the echo forward. ALT FIRE to place an echo in place. USE the inactive echo to send it forward. — Former in-game description

Fakeout of this version was an ability that Yoru must equip before casting. On cast, he deploys an echo that walks directly forward, mimicking an agent's footsteps. The echo walks in a straight line, expiring after either a set amount of time or once it collides with vertical terrain. Yoru can use Primary and Alt Fire to control how the ability is set up. Using Primary Fire instantly deploys and activates the echo, while using Alt Fire places a stationary, inactive, and invisible echo that remains in place indefinitely. Yoru can activate a placed echo at any time to make it reveal itself and walk forward.

The echo is invisible to enemies beyond a large radius.

Stats

Stat	Value	Confirmed value?
Detection radius	30 meters
Maximum duration	10 seconds	Game files

Notes:

• 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.