InitiatorKAY/O is a machine of war built for a single purpose: neutralizing radiants. His power to Suppress enemy abilities dismantles his opponents' capacity to fight back, securing him and his allies the ultimate edge.
CEQUIP an explosive fragment. FIRE to throw. ALT FIRE to lob. The fragment sticks to the floor and explodes multiple times, dealing near lethal damage at the center with each explosion.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
QEQUIP a flash grenade. FIRE to overhand throw. ALT FIRE to lob a weaker version that explodes quickly. The flash grenade explodes after a short fuse, Blinding anyone in line of sight.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
EEQUIP a suppression blade. FIRE to throw. The blade sticks to the first surface it hits, winds up, and Suppresses anyone in the radius of the explosion. Enemies can destroy this blade.
The signature ability — free every round, and on some agents it recharges through play rather than being bought.
XINSTANTLY overload with polarized radianite energy that pulses from KAY/O in a massive radius. Enemies hit with pulses are Suppressed for a short duration. While overloaded, KAY/O gains Combat Stim and can be re-stabilized if downed.
Charged by ultimate orbs, kills, deaths and planting or defusing the spike.
Initiators clear the way for the team to enter. They reveal, displace or blind defenders so an entry can be taken without walking blind into unknown angles.
Initiators challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.
Two of KAY/O’s abilities are bought with credits each round and lost on death. ZERO/point is the signature ability, so it’s free every round. NULL/cmd is the ultimate and can’t be bought at all — it charges through play.
KAY/O is a Initiator. Initiators clear the way for the team to enter. They reveal, displace or blind defenders so an entry can be taken without walking blind into unknown angles.
KAY/O's ultimate is NULL/cmd, bound to X. INSTANTLY overload with polarized radianite energy that pulses from KAY/O in a massive radius. Enemies hit with pulses are Suppressed for a short duration. While overloaded, KAY/O gains Combat Stim and can be re-stabilized if downed. Like every ultimate it charges from orbs, kills, deaths and spike plants or defuses rather than being bought.
ZERO/point, bound to E. EQUIP a suppression blade. FIRE to throw. The blade sticks to the first surface it hits, winds up, and Suppresses anyone in the radius of the explosion. Enemies can destroy this blade.
KAY/O has 4 abilities in total: FRAG/ment, FLASH/drive, ZERO/point, NULL/cmd.
Riot builds each agent under an internal codename before the character exists — KAY/O was developed as “Grenadier”. The codenames survive in the game files long after release.
KAY/O has 4 usable abilities per round. Two are bought with credits and lost on death, which means an eco round genuinely changes what KAY/O can do — not just what gun you hold.
The habit that separates good initiators from bad ones is spending abilities rather than saving them. They don’t carry over between rounds, so an unused ability at the end of a round is credits you set on fire.
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