CSaturate
EQUIP a cluster of light. FIRE to throw the cluster, which upon contact with the ground explodes, Hindering nearby players with a powerful movement and weapon slow.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
DuelistWaylay
Thailand's prismatic radiant Waylay transforms into light itself as she darts across the battlefield, striking down her targets through shards of light before flitting back to safety, all in the blink of an eye.
Abilities
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QLightspeed
EQUIP to prepare for a burst of speed. FIRE to dash forward twice. ALT FIRE to dash once. Only your first dash can send you upward.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
ERefract
INSTANTLY create a beacon of light on the floor. REACTIVATE to speed back to your beacon as a mote of pure light. You are invulnerable as you travel. Refract resets a charge every two kills.
The signature ability — free every round, and on some agents it recharges through play rather than being bought.
XConvergent Paths
EQUIP to focus your prismatic power. FIRE to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light. After a brief delay, you gain a powerful speed boost and the beam expands, Hindering other players in the area.
Charged by ultimate orbs, kills, deaths and planting or defusing the spike.
What a Duelist does
Duelists are the entry fraggers. Their kits are built to take space and win opening duels, and they carry self-sufficient escape or engage tools so they can enter a site first.
Duelists are self-sufficient fraggers who their team expects, through abilities and skills, to get high frags and seek out engagements first.
How Waylay’s kit is bought
Two of Waylay’s abilities are bought with credits each round and lost on death. Refract is the signature ability, so it’s free every round. Convergent Paths is the ultimate and can’t be bought at all — it charges through play.
Waylay FAQ
What role is Waylay in VALORANT?
Waylay is a Duelist. Duelists are the entry fraggers. Their kits are built to take space and win opening duels, and they carry self-sufficient escape or engage tools so they can enter a site first.
What is Waylay's ultimate?
Waylay's ultimate is Convergent Paths, bound to X. EQUIP to focus your prismatic power. FIRE to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light. After a brief delay, you gain a powerful speed boost and the beam expands, Hindering other players in the area. Like every ultimate it charges from orbs, kills, deaths and spike plants or defuses rather than being bought.
What is Waylay's signature ability?
Refract, bound to E. INSTANTLY create a beacon of light on the floor. REACTIVATE to speed back to your beacon as a mote of pure light. You are invulnerable as you travel. Refract resets a charge every two kills.
How many abilities does Waylay have?
Waylay has 4 abilities in total: Saturate, Lightspeed, Refract, Convergent Paths.
Behind the scenes
- Development codename
- Terra
- Role
- Duelist
- Abilities
- 4
Riot builds each agent under an internal codename before the character exists — Waylay was developed as “Terra”. The codenames survive in the game files long after release.
Playing Waylay
Waylay has 4 usable abilities per round. Two are bought with credits and lost on death, which means an eco round genuinely changes what Waylay can do — not just what gun you hold.
The habit that separates good duelists 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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