CShrouded Step
EQUIP a <whitebold>Shrouded Step</>. FIRE to briefly channel, then teleport to a targeted location.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
ControllerOmen
A phantom of a memory, Omen hunts in the shadows. He renders enemies blind, teleports across the field, then lets paranoia take hold as his foe scrambles to uncover where he might strike next.
Abilities
C
QParanoia
EQUIP <whitebold>Paranoia</>. FIRE to send it forward. Applies <debuffred>nearsight</> and <debuffred>deafens</> all players.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
EDark Cover
ENTER Shadow Vision. REACTIVATE to cast a smoke. HOLD FIRE/ALT FIRE to adjust distance. RELOAD to toggle view.
The signature ability — free every round, and on some agents it recharges through play rather than being bought.
XFrom the Shadows
EQUIP a tactical map. FIRE to begin a teleport to a selected location. While teleporting, Omen appears as a destructible shade at the destination. REACTIVATE to cancel.
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 Omen's abilities are bought
Two of Omen's abilities are bought with credits each round and lost on death. Dark Cover is the signature ability, so it's free every round, and From the Shadows is the ultimate — it can't be bought at all, it charges through play.
Omen FAQ
What role is Omen in VALORANT?
Omen 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 Omen's ultimate?
Omen's ultimate is From the Shadows, bound to X. EQUIP a tactical map. FIRE to begin a teleport to a selected location. While teleporting, Omen appears as a destructible shade at the destination. REACTIVATE to cancel.
What is Omen's signature ability?
Dark Cover. ENTER Shadow Vision. REACTIVATE to cast a smoke. HOLD FIRE/ALT FIRE to adjust distance. RELOAD to toggle view.
How many abilities does Omen have?
Omen has 4 abilities in total: Shrouded Step, Paranoia, Dark Cover, From the Shadows.
Was Omen in VALORANT at launch?
No, Omen was added after release — only 5 of the current agents shipped with the game at launch.
Is Omen free to play?
Omen 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: Omen, Miks, Harbor, Viper, Astra, Brimstone, Clove. 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.
Omen in professional play
How often professional teams actually pick Omen, 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.
13.8%
Pick rate
50%
Win rate
0.96
K/D
2,520
Times picked
Where Omen gets picked
| Map | Pick rate | Win rate | Times picked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lotus | 19.7% | 49.8% | 624 |
| Sunset | 19.4% | 50.5% | 196 |
| Ascent | 19% | 50.7% | 487 |
| Haven | 17.5% | 50.5% | 550 |
| Split | 17.3% | 50% | 466 |
| Summit | 11.9% | 46% | 87 |
| Breeze | 4.1% | 48.5% | 103 |
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 Omen'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 · Shrouded Step
- Bought with credits each round
- Q · Paranoia
- Bought with credits each round
- E · Dark Cover
- Free every round, on a cooldown
- X · From the Shadows
- Charged through play, never bought
Where Omen sits in the roster
Omen 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 Omen went by the internal codename Wraith, 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 Omen plays, these are the closest thing to a lateral move — same job on the team, different tools.
How Omen’s abilities interact
Interactions involving Omen, from either side — what their abilities do to other agents’ utility, and what other agents can do to theirs.
Fade Haunt reveals Omen Shrouded Step
The eye reveals agents in line of sight when it lands, so an Omen who teleports into its view is marked. Teleporting is not concealment — it moves you somewhere that may be watched.
Omen Paranoia passes through Sage Barrier Orb
The blind projectile passes through walls, world geometry included. It is the classic answer to a defender hiding behind a fresh wall — the wall stops the push, not the flash.
Fade Prowler reveals Omen Dark Cover
The prowler follows trails into smoke and nearsights whoever it reaches inside — one of the few ways to punish a player holding inside their own smoke.