Ascent
45°26'BF'N,12°20'Q'E
A/B Sites
Ascent callouts
22 locationsCallout names are how you tell your team where an enemy is without wasting a second. These are the official names from the game itself, plotted on Ascent’s minimap — hover a marker to highlight it.
A
- A Tree
- A Lobby
- A Main
- A Window
- A Site
- A Garden
- A Rafters
- A Wine
Attacker Side
- Attacker Side Spawn
B
- B Lobby
- B Main
- B Boat House
- B Site
Mid
- Mid Bottom
- Mid Catwalk
- Mid Cubby
- Mid Market
- Mid Courtyard
- Mid Link
- Mid Pizza
- Mid Top
Defender Side
- Defender Side Spawn
How Ascent is laid out
Ascent has 2 spike sites — A and B, connected through a contested middle. Mid control is the hinge: take it and you can threaten either site, which forces defenders to commit before they know where you're going.
The 22 callouts below are the official region names from the game files, so they match what your team already says — no community aliases, no invented shorthand.
Why callouts matter
A callout is a shared name for a piece of the map, and its whole job is speed. Saying “one A Main” lands instantly; describing a location does not, and the round is usually decided in the time that takes.
Learning them per map is the cheapest improvement available to most players — it costs no mechanical skill and immediately makes every round of information you gather useful to four other people.
Ascent FAQ
How many sites does Ascent have?
Ascent has 2 spike sites — A, B. Control of mid is what links them: taking it opens a route to either site and forces defenders to hold both.
What are the callouts on Ascent?
Ascent has 22 official callout locations: A Tree, A Lobby, A Main, A Window, A Site, Attacker Side Spawn, B Lobby, B Main, B Boat House, Mid Bottom, B Site, Mid Catwalk, Mid Cubby, Defender Side Spawn, A Garden, Mid Market, Mid Courtyard, Mid Link, Mid Pizza, A Rafters, Mid Top, A Wine. These are the names used in the game files themselves, not community shorthand.
Is Ascent in the competitive map pool?
Ascent is one of the 12 maps we track as competitive. Riot rotates the active Competitive and ranked pool between acts, so a map can sit out for a while and return — check the current patch notes for which are live this act.
