Spike Rush is a game mode in Valorant.
It rewards 1,000 exp per match, typically taking 10–15 minutes.
Summary
Spike Rush is a faster-paced game mode. Pre-round time is reduced to 20 seconds (usually 30) and game time is reduced to 80 seconds (usually 100). While the attackers have less time to plant, they also have the advantage of each player having a spike. The game ends when one team reaches 4 round wins, teams switch sides after 3 rounds.
Mechanics
All players are given the same loadout and all abilities are automatically available, except Ultimates. The Weapons and Shields given each round can be seen below.
Orbs that provide buffs and inflict debuffs spawn at various locations on the map, their specific effects are detailed on the Orbs page. Orbs are hidden from the map until a few seconds before the barrier drops.
The number of ultimate points gained from both kills and deaths is increased from ♦ 1 to ♦♦ 2 each, allowing players to more easily earn enough to use their Ultimate in the short, 3-round halves. In the Overtime round, all players automatically start with some of their ult points, so that they are ♦♦♦ 3 short of being able to use their ult, just like in Competitive Overtime.
Weapons
Players on both teams are all given the same weapon each round. Weapons are randomly chosen from a certain set depending on the round number, with higher-value weapons being used as the half progresses. The amount of Shields given also increases with every round.
| Round | Weapons | Shields |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Any Sidearm: | None (0) |
| 2nd | Any Primary weapon costing  2700 or less:
Stinger • Spectre • Bucky • Judge • Bulldog • Marshal • Ares • Guardian |
Light (25) Heavy (50; only for Guardian) |
| 3rd
Overtime |
Any Primary weapon costing 2700 or more:
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Heavy (50) |
The Golden Gun is available in Spike Rush from a Golden Gun Orb (see below) or by killing an enemy holding the Golden Gun. The Golden Gun replaces any Sidearm the player currently has, if any.
The Weapon Upgrade Orb (see below) gives the player a weapon that would normally only be available on the next round. On round 3 or in overtime, the Weapon Upgrade Orb gives an Operator or Odin, unless the current weapon is an Operator, in which case a random Sidearm will be chosen. The new weapon replaces the weapon the player has in that category (Primary or Sidearm), if any.
Orbs
| Icon | Power Up | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Combat Stim | Deploys a beacon around the capture point that grants Combat Stim with additional effects to increase movement speed, equip speed, and reload speed |
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Crippling Decay | After a 2.5 second delay, applies a fixed 50 Health Decay to all enemies for 8 seconds |
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Damage Amp | Increases the agent's damage by 30% for the rest of the round |
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Golden Gun | Equips agent with a Golden Gun |
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Health Regen | All allied agents heal for 10 health per second for 20 seconds whilst out of combat |
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Paranoia | After a brief delay, all enemy agents have reduced vision and hear decoy audio for 10 seconds |
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Tracer Rounds | All allied agents augment their gunfire to have increased penetration and breifly reveal any enemies hit for the rest of the round |
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Twin Hunters | Summons two hunting wolves to chase down the two nearest enemies, slowing and nearsighting them if caught Enemies can shoot the wolves to destroy them |
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Utimate Ability | Fully charges the agent's ultimate ability |
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Weapon Upgrade | Equips the agent with a more expensive weapon than they one they currently hold If the weapon of choice this round is an Operator, this orb will instead give an additional sidearm for the agent to hold. |
Trivia/Tips
- If you are low and health and you don't want to risk enemies taking your Golden Gun, you could dispose it somewhere out of map bounds or give it to a nearby teammate.
- Despite an Ultimate Orb being present in the gamemode, every orb you take will give you an ultimate point, so it's better for agents without their ultimate ready to take the orbs.
Update History
Chamber's Headhunter charges reduced 8>>>4
- Fixed a bug where picking up the weapon upgrade orb with the Operator equipped would cause you to lose your Operator and receive nothing to replace it
- Now, you will keep your Operator, and will be granted a random secondary slot weapon.
- New Orb: Twin Hunters
- Capturing the orb releases two hunting wolves to track down the two nearest enemies (from orb location, they will not change targets after spawning).
- Wolves speed up when they spot an enemy and dash at them when close, slowing and near-sighting for 4 seconds upon impact.
- Wolves have 100 HP and can be damaged
- Wolves will time out at 15 seconds, or when their target is killed
- Split: Orb Location
- Mid defender side orb has been moved onto mid platform to make it slightly less defender favored
- New Orb Type - Tracer Orb
- Team-wide buff that grants 2x wall penetration and reveals enemies for .75s when they are hit
- Duration: Entire round
- Speed Boost changed to Combat Stim
- Movement speed and durations unchanged
- Reload time decreased by 30%
- Weapon draw time decreased by 30%
- Spread recovery time decreased by 30%
- Rate of Fire increased by 30%
- Jump force increased by 25%
- Plague Orb now shares a pool with Paranoia Orb
- Only one of these will be chosen per game
- Only one Plague Orb can spawn per round
- Health reduction decreased from 90 to 50
- Deception Orb now shares a pool with Plague Orb
- Only one of these will be chosen per game
- Only one Deception Orb can spawn per round
- Duration decreased from 10s to 8s (now matches Plague Orb)
- Tunnel vision decreased by 20% (meaning you see more on your screen)
- Each game of Spike Rush now features a set of 5 randomly selected orbs
- The Full Ultimate orb will always be available
- 4 of the remaining 8 orb types will be chosen at random
- Chosen orb types will be shown in a description widget both in character select and during pre-round
- New pre-round HUD element that shows the weapon & potential orb types for the current round.
- Players now get 1 ultimate point for collecting any orb.
New Orb Types
- Health Orb - Grants teamwide health regen (instant)
- 20 second duration
- 12 HP per second (3HP per tick)
- SFX/VFX only play while actually healing
- Deception Orb - Applies “Paranoia” to the enemy team 3 seconds after capture
- 10 second debuff
- Vision is greatly reduced (and a small Field of Vision shift)
- Fake footsteps and gunfire play for affected players
- Minimap is disabled
- Golden Gun - Grants capturing player a Golden Gun
- One-shot, one-kill
- Perfectly accurate at all times
- Agent moves at knife speed
- Only has a single bullet in chamber and 2 backup rounds
- Kills grant an additional round
First appearance
