Controller

Clove

Scottish troublemaker Clove makes mischief for enemies in both the heat of combat and the cold of death. The young immortal keeps foes guessing, even from beyond the grave, their return to the living only ever a moment away.

Abilities

Pick-me-up

ACTIVATE on a targeted dead enemy that you damaged or killed to gain <teal>haste</> and <teal>overheal</>.

Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.

Meddle

EQUIP <whitebold>Meddle</>. FIRE to throw. Explodes on landing, <debuffred>decaying</> all players.

Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.

Ruse

EQUIP a tactical map. FIRE to set smoke locations. ALT FIRE to cast smokes. While dead, Clove can access <whitebold>Ruse</> to cast brief smokes.

The signature ability — free every round, and on some agents it recharges through play rather than being bought.

Not Dead Yet

On death, ACTIVATE to channel a <teal>self-resurrect</>. During the channel, Clove is <teal>intangible</>. REACTIVATE to end the channel early. Once resurrected, secure a kill or damaging assist to stay alive.

Charged by ultimate orbs, kills, deaths and planting or defusing the spike.

What a Controller does

They decide which angles exist. Smokes and area denial let a team take a site while ignoring half the defenders on it.

How Clove's abilities are bought

Two of Clove's abilities are bought with credits each round and lost on death. Ruse is the signature ability, so it's free every round, and Not Dead Yet is the ultimate — it can't be bought at all, it charges through play.

Clove FAQ

What role is Clove in VALORANT?

Clove is a Controller. They decide which angles exist. Smokes and area denial let a team take a site while ignoring half the defenders on it.

What is Clove's ultimate?

Clove's ultimate is Not Dead Yet, bound to X. On death, ACTIVATE to channel a <teal>self-resurrect</>. During the channel, Clove is <teal>intangible</>. REACTIVATE to end the channel early. Once resurrected, secure a kill or damaging assist to stay alive.

What is Clove's signature ability?

Ruse. EQUIP a tactical map. FIRE to set smoke locations. ALT FIRE to cast smokes. While dead, Clove can access <whitebold>Ruse</> to cast brief smokes.

How many abilities does Clove have?

Clove has 4 abilities in total: Pick-me-up, Meddle, Ruse, Not Dead Yet.

Was Clove in VALORANT at launch?

No, Clove was added after release — only 5 of the current agents shipped with the game at launch.

Is Clove free to play?

Clove has to be unlocked, like every agent beyond the starting few. You do that with Kingdom Credits earned by playing, or with VALORANT Points if you would rather not wait. Unlocking is permanent and no agent is ever sold as a stronger option — the roster is balanced, not tiered by price.

Which agents are Controllers?

There are 7 in the Controller role: Clove, Miks, Harbor, Viper, Astra, Brimstone, Omen. Roles are the game's own grouping, not a community one, and they describe the job an agent does for the team rather than how strong they are.

Clove in professional play

How often professional teams actually pick Clove, measured across 1,820 tournament games played between 2026-05-22 and 2026-08-20. This is professional VALORANT, not ranked — the two behave differently, and a pick rate at this level says more about map strategy than about what wins games in a solo queue.

0.2%

Pick rate

38.2%

Win rate

0.83

K/D

Times picked

Pick rate is the share of the ten player slots in a game that this agent filled. Win rate hovers near 50% for almost every agent because professional matches are between evenly matched teams — a figure far from 50% usually means a small sample rather than a strong agent. Maps with too few games to be meaningful are left out entirely rather than shown with a warning.

What Clove's abilities cost

Two of every agent's abilities are bought with credits at the start of a round and lost when you die. The signature is free on a cooldown, and the ultimate cannot be bought at all — it charges from kills, deaths, spike plants and orbs.

C · Pick-me-up: Bought with credits each round
Q · Meddle: Bought with credits each round
E · Ruse: Free every round, on a cooldown
X · Not Dead Yet: Charged through play, never bought

Where Clove sits in the roster

Clove was added after launch. Only 5 of the current roster shipped with the game, and the agents added since tend to carry more conditional or setup-heavy abilities than the originals.

During development Clove went by the internal codename Smonk, which is the name that still appears in the game files.

There are 30 playable agents in total, 7 of them in the Controller role.

More agents in the Controller role

The other 6 agents who fill the Controller role. If you like how Clove plays, these are the closest thing to a lateral move — same job on the team, different tools.