Sova

Sova
Biography
Origin	Russia
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation(s)	Valorant Protocol
Game Details
Role	Initiator
Basic Abilities	Owl Drone Shock Bolt
Signature Abilities	Recon Bolt
Ultimate Ability	Hunter's Fury
Ult. Points	♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8
Out-of-Universe
Appearances	Valorant
Voice Actor	Aaron Vodovoz
Quotes

“	Wherever they run, I will find them. — Character selection

Sova (codename Hunter) is an Agent in VALORANT.

Profile

Biography

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Born from the eternal winter of Russia's tundra, Sova tracks, finds, and eliminates enemies with ruthless efficiency and precision. His custom bow and incredible scouting abilities ensure that even if you run, you cannot hide.

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Sova tracks, finds, and eliminates enemies with ruthless efficiency and precision. His custom bow and incredible scouting abilities ensure that even if you run, you cannot hide .

An archery expert, he can equip his bow with different bolts that reveal enemy locations or shock nearby adversaries. He can also deploy a recon drone to survey the battlefield, while his ultimate lets him fire three deadly arrow shots through walls .

Originally, Sova was supposed to be a female and was supposed to have a visor.

Personality

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“	"I believe in all of you, like I believe in myself" — Sova (Match Start)

Appearance

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Abilities

Basic

C – Owl Drone

EQUIP an owl drone. FIRE to deploy and take control of movement of the drone. While in control of the drone, FIRE to shoot a marking dart. This dart will reveal the location of any player struck by the dart.

Uses: 1 Cost: 400 Duration: 10 s Health: 120 HP

Q – Shock Bolt

EQUIP a bow with shock bolt. FIRE to send the explosive bolt forward, detonating upon collision and damaging players nearby. HOLD FIRE to extend the range of the projectile. ALTERNATE FIRE to add up to two bounces to this arrow.

Uses: 2 Cost: 150 Damage: 10-90 (Edge-Center)

Signature

E – Recon Bolt

EQUIP a bow with recon bolt. FIRE to send the recon bolt forward, activating upon collision and revealing the location of nearby enemies caught in the line of sight of the bolt. Enemies can destroy this bolt. HOLD FIRE to extend the range of the projectile. ALTERNATE FIRE to add up to two bounces to this arrow.

Uses: 1 Cost:Free Duration: 3.2 s Cooldown: 40 s

Ultimate

X – Hunter's Fury

EQUIP a bow with three long-range, wall-piercing energy blasts. FIRE to release an energy blast in a line in front of Sova, dealing damage and revealing the location of enemies caught in the line. This ability can be RE-USED up to two more times while the ability timer is active.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 points Duration: 6 s Damage: 80

Gameplay

Strategies

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Contract

Chapter 1

TIER 1	TIER 2	TIER 3	TIER 4	TIER 5
PLAYER TITLE: Hunter	SPRAY: Take Flight	PLAYER CARD: Valorant Sova	PLAYER TITLE: Sharpshooter	SPRAY: On Target

Chapter 2

TIER 6	TIER 7	TIER 8	TIER 9	TIER 10
GUNBUDDY: Owl Charm	SPRAY: Sova	PLAYER TITLE: Deadeye	PLAYER CARD: Through The Looking Glass	SKIN: Protektor Sheriff

Quotes

Main article: Sova/Quotes

Update History

v3.05

• Hunter's Fury
  • Now deals damage to the following:
    • Killjoy's Nanoswarm
    • Cypher's Trapwire
    • Sage's Barrier Orb
    • Recon Bolt
    • KAY/O's ZERO/point

v3.01

• Recon Bolt
  • Fixed the projectile from looking deployed for enemies when flying through the air

v3.0

• Owl Drone
  • Cost increased 300 >>> 400
• Shock Bolt
  • Cost increased 100 >>> 150
• Recon Bolt
  • Cooldown time increased 35 >>> 40
• Hunter’s Fury
  • Ultimate points required increased 7 >>> 8
  • Fixed a bug where cancelling Hunter’s Fury while charging a shot allowed the player to skip the unequip animation by equipping a weapon, ability, or the Spike

v2.05

• Owl Drone
  • Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Owl Drone
    • "We previously addressed some causes of this bug last patch, this fix should address the remaining known causes"

v2.03

• Fixed issue where Sova could sometimes get the voice over for Hunter's Fury to play, even though it isn’t used, by trying to equip Owl Drone at the same time
• Owl Drone
  • Fixed issue where Owl Drone could clip through specific map geo and view the other side
  • Fixed a couple input bugs around possessing and unpossessing Owl Drone in the same frame which lead to locking all inputs or locking view direction

v1.09

• Owl Drone
  • Fixed issue where Sova’s hitbox was incorrect while using Owl Drone

v1.07

• Sova Model
  • Updated the physics on Sova’s cape so that it should wiggle outside his hitbox less frequently
  • Polish work on Sova’s 1P hands to bring them up to the fidelity bar of the rest of the agents
• Recon Bolt
  • No longer reveals Killjoy's Turrets

v1.05

• Owl Drone
  • Fixed issue causing Owl Drone to rotate slower

v1.04

• Owl Drone
  • Fixed jittering when reaching the max flight height

v1.03

• Recon Bolt
  • Removed more locations where Recon Bolt was able to go through walls

v1.01

• Recon Bolt
  • Will now behave more consistently and only reveal the portion of enemies behind a wall
  • The Area-of-Effect indicators now only show up on the enemy’s minimap if the player or their allies are close to the affected area

v0.50

• Reduced collision size on arrows so they don’t get stuck on corners when fired near them
• Owl Drone
  • Now includes a layer of sound for engine rotors.
    • Audio should better reflect thematics, while maintaining how noticeable the previous version of Owl Drone audio was for allies and enemies, as heard in 3rd-person
  • Sova will no longer float in the air if the Sage Barrier Orb wall he is standing on is destroyed while using Owl Drone
  • No longer rapid-fires darts if the prior one hits an enemy
• Recon Bolt
  • Fixed multiple spots where Recon Bolt could over-penetrate map geometry
• Hunter’s Fury
  • Added foe coloring

Gallery

In-game icon

Concept Art

Concept Art

Early Concept

Player card featuring Sova

Trivia

Development

• Sova's Owl Drone ability was originally the ability Drone Dart for the scrapped agent, Joules.

Lore

• Sova means "owl" in most Slavic languages.
• Sova says he has "gone through rifts before"
  •    "Don't be afraid. I've gone through rifts before"

Relations

• There is friction between him and Cypher due to all the secrets Cypher keeps to himself, which conflicts with Sova's values of honesty and openness and makes Cypher difficult to trust
  •    "Goodbye Cypher. You will not be missed"
  • It is unknown whether Sova's opinion of him affects how Cypher feels about him
• Sova may have met the mirror version of himself
  •    "Sova, I spared you when we first met. I can't let you go again"
  • Whilst many agents react to the fact that there is a mirror of themselves on the opposing team, Sova is the only agent who mentions anything about having met them before the battle.
  • There is a theory that Deadeye, an upcoming agent, is Sova's duplicate as his name is a player title reward in Sova's contract.