| “ | The bastion of China, Sage creates safety for herself and her team wherever she goes. Able to revive fallen friends and stave off aggressive pushes, she provides a calm center to a hellish fight.
— Official description
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Sage is an Agent in VALORANT and one of the first Sentinels available to play since the Closed Beta.
Profile[]
Biography[]
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For more lore details and analysis related to Sage, be sure to also check out the VALORANT Lore Wiki's article! VALORANT Lore Wiki: Sage |
Wei Ling Ying (Chinese: 魏玲瑩) is a radiant monk coming from China. Going on to become an agent for the VALORANT Protocol as its seventh recruit, "Sage", Wei was able to work her way quickly up the ranks, with the Protocol's superiors identifying natural leadership qualities in her. Sage is currently active in VALORANT's radiant agent recruitment and training, interacting with multiple new radiants upon recruitment and taking the lead on its radiant training program.
WEI LING YING: Early Life[]
- Wei has links to Shaanxi province, China.[1]
- Wei serves as a monk.[1]
- Wei works with Sabine Callas.
- Their collaboration does not go as planned, with Wei reportedly failing at her role in their efforts.[2]
SAGE: VALORANT agent[]
- Recruited as its seventh agent.
- Sage is assigned as a monitoring agent for the Venice mission.[3]
- Sage helps to recruit Kirra Foster as a VALORANT agent.[4]
- Sage convinces Foster to join by showing her a rift and explaining that there are more appearing across the globe.
- Sage is assigned as a member of the Thimphu strike team.[5]
- She helps to hold the Legion agents back, assisting Viper with reserve ammunition and healing her when she is shot in the shoulder.
- Once Phoenix rejoins the team after he went off in a different direction upon Legion's initial arrival, Sage assists with sending him and Jett on a counter push against the remaining Legion agents.
- She is then able to stop Ω-Omen from planting a spike elsewhere on the site.
The Omega Project[]
- Sage works on a proposal for a radiant training program at VALORANT.[6]
- She requests that she should be the one to lead it and that it would be a mistake to let Reyna be involved with the program due to the Mexican’s philosophies.
- Sage welcomes Neon to the VALORANT Protocol in person at VALORANT HQ.[7]
- Sage is present during the Max Bot training exercise at VALORANT HQ.[8]
- She arrives towards the end of the exercise along with Brimstone as he summons the agents for their next mission.
Project Landfall[]
- Sage recommends a reevaluation of radiant classifications.[9]
- Sage offers to restore Deadlock's arm after the Norwegian is rescued from The Vault, but Deadlock declines.[10]
- Much later at another meeting between the two agents, Sage once again makes the same offer but Deadlock refuses to have her injury undone.
- Sage has sessions with Omen to try and help him restore some of his past memories.[11]
- Sage reacts to the possible addition of a new recruit with other agents.[12]
- Sage creates a report on Iso's radiant abilities.[13]
Scions of Hourglass[]
- Sage sets out to find and help Omen after his temporary departure from the Protocol following major revelations about his past.[14]
Personality[]
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Described as a stronghold, Sage is an agent who always looks out for her teammates and offers help whenever she can. She has fully embraced her powers which give her control of life, and wishes to use them to keep her team alive for as long as possible. Calmer and more collected than some of her more energetic allies, Sage always imparts encouraging words to rally the team up and guide them to victory.
Appearance[]
Sage is a fair skinned, apparently tall woman with very long black hair that reaches her knees. Her inner clothing is black, and her outer, looser clothing is white. She also wears green, as a collar, belt and design on her outer clothing. For accessories, she wears her green orbs around her lower body and smaller ones as earrings.
Abilities[]
Basic[]
C – Barrier Orb
EQUIP a barrier orb. FIRE places a wall that fortifies after a few seconds. ALT FIRE rotates the targeter.
Uses: 1 
Cost:
400
Windup: 
3.3 s for fortification
Duration: 
40 s
Health: 
400 HP, 800 HP when fortified
Q – Slow Orb
EQUIP a slowing orb. FIRE to throw a slowing orb forward that detonates upon landing, creating a lingering field that Slows players caught inside of it.
Uses: 2 
Cost: 200
Duration: 7 s
Debuff: 
50% Slow
Signature[]
E – Healing Orb
EQUIP a healing orb. FIRE with your crosshairs over a damaged ally to activate a Heal-Over-Time on them. ALT FIRE while Sage is damaged to activate a self Heal-Over-Time.
Uses: 1
Cost:Free
Duration: 5 s (Ally), 10 s (Self-cast)
Cooldown: 
45 s
Healing: 
100 HP (Ally), 30 HP (Self-cast)
Ultimate[]
X – Resurrection
EQUIP a resurrection ability. FIRE with your crosshairs placed over a dead ally to begin resurrecting them. After a brief channel, the ally will be brought back to life with full health.
Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 points
Duration: 3.3 s
Agent Cosmetics[]
The following are cosmetics related to Sage from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).
Gear[]
- More information: Gear
| Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 |
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| Player Title: Warden |
Spray: All Good |
Player Card: VALORANT Sage |
Player Title: Enlightened |
Spray: Pulse Check |
 2,000 |
2,500 |
3,000 |
3,500 |
4,000
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| Tier 6 | Tier 7 | Tier 8 | Tier 9 | Tier 10 |
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| Gunbuddy: Radianite Orb |
Spray: Sage |
Player Title: Dauntless |
Player Card: Journey of Trials |
Weapon Skin: Final Chamber Classic |
| 4,500 |
5,500 |
6,500 |
7,500 |
8,000
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Other cosmetics[]
| Image | Name | Source |
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A Warm Welcome | Event Pass: 2023 Horizons |
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Art of Greatness // Inspiration | Store: Champions 2021 |
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Battle Sage | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 2 |
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Boot Camp // Two Mountains | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 2 |
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Crying Sage | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 3 |
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Doodle Buds // Agents | Store: Doodle Buds |
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DUO // Field Command | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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EP 1 // IGNITION | Login Bonus |
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EP 4 // DISRUPTION | Event Pass: Recall |
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Eyes Up | Unobtainable |
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Fortune's Hand // Judgement | Store: Fortune's Hand |
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Garden of Heroes: Sage | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 2 |
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Give Back | Store: Give Back |
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Living The Nightmare | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 3 |
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Meet Your Main | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 2 |
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Operation Vacation | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 1 |
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Rank Up! // Masters Tokyo 2023 | Broadcast Drops |
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Rooftop Revelry | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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Scars that Bond | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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The Foundation | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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Underneath It All | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 2 |
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Unstoppable // Sage | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 1 Part of collection: Unstoppable |
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Up in Arms | Prime Gaming Drops |
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Sage | Store: VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 |
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VERSUS // Omen + Sage | Battle Pass: EP 02 Act 1 Part of collection: Versus |
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Warm Up // Maxbot | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 3 |
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Wishing You Happiness | Event Pass: Lunar Celebration |
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Another Dream Team | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 1 |
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All Aboard | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 2 |
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All Yuck, No Yum | Prime Gaming Drops |
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Backseat Coaching | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 3 |
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Close Call | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 1 |
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Definitely Not It | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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Exit Wound | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 2 |
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Give Back | Store: Give Back |
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Hold Back | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 1 |
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Let Me In | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 2 |
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No Duelist No Problem | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 1 |
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Not Your Healer | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 3 |
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One Last Bite | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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Penalty Call | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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Pocket Sage | Event Pass: 2023 Horizons |
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Role Denial | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 1 |
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Sage Signal | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 1 |
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Savory Spice | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 1 |
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That's a Blowout | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 1 |
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The Big Bet | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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This Is Really Not Fine | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 3 |
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Too Heavy | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 1 |
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Trust In My Healing | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 2 |
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Sage | Store: VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 |
| Image | Edition | Skin | Weapon | Variant | Source |
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Doodle Buds | Stinger | Base | Store |
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Phantom | Base | |||
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Marshal | Base | |||
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 | Ghost | — | Store |
| Image | Name | Source |
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Give Back | Store: Give Back |
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Pocket Sage | Miscellaneous |
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VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Sage | Store: VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 |
Quotes[]
- Main article: Sage/Quotes
Update History[]
v8.04
Barrier Orb
- Fixed a bug where bullets could pass through the corners of Barrier Orb.
Fixed a bug where bullets could pass through the corners of Barrier Orb.- Resurrection
- Fixed a bug where if you were revived by Sage's Resurrection, you would be nudged slightly at the end of the animation.
- Barrier Orb
- Fixed an issue where Barrier Orb can break when being placed in between doors such as C Garage on Haven.
- Barrier Orb
- Fixed issue where Barrier Orb would sometimes rotate multiple times from a single button press when placing it.
- Barrier Orb
- Fixed an issue where when Sage rotated her Barrier Orb 90 degrees, she was blocked from placing the wall for .8 seconds. Now, Sage can place her wall immediately after rotating it 90 degrees.
- Barrier Orb
- No longer fortifies to max HP in cases where damage was received before fortification
No longer fortifies to max HP in cases where damage was received before fortification- Adjusted hair height to fit within standardized vertical range
- Barrier Orb
- Fortify delay increased 3.0s >>> 3.3s
- Healing Orb
- Ally heal total amount increased 60 HP >>> 100 HP
- Self heal total amount decreased 60 HP >>> 30 HP
Fortify delay increased 3.0s >>> 3.3s
Ally heal total amount increased 60 HP >>> 100 HP- Barrier Orb
- Fixed an issue where by walling herself into a corner, the wall would immediately break.
- Barrier Orb
- Improved the system used to place Barrier Orb at targeted ground locations
- Barrier Orb
- Can no longer be placed on some projectiles while they’re in the air or deployed on the ground
- Barrier Orb
- Cost increased 300 >>> 400
- Agents blocked by Barrier Orb when resurrected now break the wall to ensure they don’t get pushed inside map geo
- Slow Orb
- Cost increased 100 >>> 200
- Resurrection
- Ultimate points required increased 7 >>> 8
- Barrier Orb
- Can no longer be cast in Buy Phase
- Once fortified, Barrier no longer loses health over time. It now only starts to deteriorate a few seconds before it expires.
- Barrier Orb
- Sage wall segments no longer break if a player dies on top of them
- Barrier Orb
- Initial wall HP reduced to 400
- The wall will retain its max HP of 800 when it becomes fortified 3 seconds after it was summoned
- Cost reduced 400 >>> 300
- Duration increased 30 >>> 40 seconds
- This is an undocumented change and is estimated to have appeared during this patch[15]
- Slow Orb
- Size reduced 30%
- Healing Orb
- Heal reduced from 100 over 5 seconds >>> 60 over 5 seconds
- Self heal reduced from 100 over 5 seconds >>> 60 over 10 seconds
- Barrier Orb
- Cast range reduced 20 >>> 10 meters
- Barrier Orb
- Segment health reduced 1000 >>> 800
- Duration reduced 40 >>> 30 seconds
- Healing Orb
- Cooldown increased 35 >>> 45 seconds
- Barrier Orb
- Cost increased 300 >>> 400 credits
- Slow Orb
- Zone duration decreased 9 >>> 7 seconds
- Slowing amount decreased 65% >>> 50%
- Barrier Orb
- Can no longer be placed on "small" pieces of geometry, it must be placed on the ground or on top of boxes
- Will only spawn a chunk of the barrier if it is supported by the ground
- This can mean it will sometimes only spawn 2 barrier chunks
- Slow Orb
- Now also slows the air speed of players in the zone.
- Players can now walk through the Slow Orb without making noise.
Spotify Playlist[]
Trivia[]
- Sage's ability orbs appear to be the same orbs she wears on her belt.
- Some of Sage's speeches takes inspiration from some words of the Bible.
- It's been suggested by people around Sage that her radiant powers have a human cost and that the toll of these "victims" climbs up as she continues with every "selfless" act.[1]
Relations[]
- Sage and Viper have crossed paths before, though their collaboration did not go as planned, with Sage apparently failing at her role in their efforts.
- Sage and Omen have a good, solid "connection."[17]
- Sage is wary of Reyna's philosophies, describing them as "too dangerous for new recruits."[6]
Development[]
- An old game file from a very early stage in development shows the names of some of the agents at the time. One of the agents, 'Mirai Kimura', had the call sign 'Thorne', which would end up becoming Sage's codename within VALORANT's files.[18]
- Because this comes from a very early stage in development, it is likely that Mirai Kimura and Sage are completely different characters, even if they have links between their codenames/call signs or abilities, as evidenced by other agents from this stage also sharing call signs with current agents' code names despite appearing to have different nationalities and genders from each other.
Gallery[]
Early Sage
Concept Art
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-1_TravelPrep.jpg "LNY Sage-1 TravelPrep.jpg (4.15 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-2_ShoppingA.jpg "LNY Sage-2 ShoppingA.jpg (2.6 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-2_ShoppingB.jpg "LNY Sage-2 ShoppingB.jpg (2.5 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-2_ShoppingC.jpg "LNY Sage-2 ShoppingC.jpg (2.61 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-3_NightMarket.jpg "LNY Sage-3 NightMarket.jpg (3.17 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-4_BeachDay.jpg "LNY Sage-4 BeachDay.jpg (3.61 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-5_CallBack.jpg "LNY Sage-5 CallBack.jpg (3.15 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![Lunar New Year Vacation[19]](/wiki/File:LNY_Sage-6_WrapUp.jpg "LNY Sage-6 WrapUp.jpg (2.54 MB)")
Lunar New Year Vacation[19]
![REVELATION poster (Ω-counterpart)[20]](/wiki/File:Revelation_Poster_1.jpeg "Revelation Poster 1.jpeg (1.56 MB)")
REVELATION poster (Ω-counterpart)[20]
![2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]](/wiki/File:LNY_2023_1.jpeg "LNY 2023 1.jpeg (383 KB)")
2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]
![2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]](/wiki/File:LNY_2023_2.jpeg "LNY 2023 2.jpeg (290 KB)")
2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]
![2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]](/wiki/File:LNY_2023_4.jpeg "LNY 2023 4.jpeg (342 KB)")
2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]
![2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]](/wiki/File:LNY_2023_6.jpeg "LNY 2023 6.jpeg (287 KB)")
2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]
![2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]](/wiki/File:LNY_2023_7.jpeg "LNY 2023 7.jpeg (514 KB)")
2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]
![2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]](/wiki/File:LNY_2023_8.jpeg "LNY 2023 8.jpeg (503 KB)")
2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]
![2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]](/wiki/File:LNY_2023_9.jpeg "LNY 2023 9.jpeg (427 KB)")
2023 Lunar New Year Vacation[21]
![Pride 2023[22]](/wiki/File:Pride_2023.jpeg "Pride 2023.jpeg (2.64 MB)")
Pride 2023[22]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 VALORANT Protocol#The Blackmailer's agent dossiers
- ↑ Viper quote about previous meeting with Sage
- ↑ DUELISTS
- ↑ Skye Reveal Trailer
- ↑ UNITED TOGETHER
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 3.12 Sage email
- ↑ Spark
- ↑ WARM UP
- ↑ 6.07 Sage email
- ↑ 7.06 Sage voicemail
- ↑ 7.07 Omen email
- ↑ MYTHS Twitter Teasers
- ↑ 7.09 Sage email
- ↑ 8.04 Sage voicemail
- ↑ Barrier Orb duration stealth revert
- ↑ Lore Discord AMA: Sage's orbs
- ↑ Reddit Narrative AMA: Sage & Omen relation
- ↑ Pre-Beta VALORANT Lore Dialogue
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 Lunar New Year Vacation Twitter posts
- ↑ REVELATION Poster
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 2023 Lunar New Year Vacation Twitter posts
- ↑ Pride 2023
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