Lotus
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A/B/C Sites
Lotus callouts
28 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 the Lotus minimap — hover a marker to highlight it.
A
- A Top
- A Drop
- A Site
- A Hut
- A Tree
- A Door
- A Main
- A Rubble
- A Root
- A Lobby
- A Link
- A Stairs
C
- C Lobby
- C Door
- C Waterfall
- C Link
- C Mound
- C Main
- C Bend
- C Site
- C Hall
- C Gravel
B
- B Pillars
- B Main
- B Site
- B Upper
Defender Side
- Defender Side Spawn
Attacker Side
- Attacker Side Spawn
How Lotus is laid out
Lotus has 3 spike sites — A & B & C. Three sites stretch a defence far thinner than the usual two, which is why early information and fast rotations decide rounds here more than raw aim does.
The 28 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.
Lotus FAQ
How many sites does Lotus have?
Lotus has 3 spike sites — A, B, C. Three-site maps stretch defenders far thinner than the usual two, so rotations and early information matter more than raw aim.
What are the callouts on Lotus?
Lotus has 28 official callout locations: A Top, A Drop, A Site, A Hut, A Tree, A Door, A Main, A Rubble, A Root, A Lobby, C Lobby, B Pillars, B Main, C Door, B Site, A Link, B Upper, C Waterfall, C Link, A Stairs, C Mound, C Main, C Bend, C Site, C Hall, C Gravel, Defender Side Spawn, Attacker Side Spawn. These are the names used in the game files themselves, not community shorthand.
Is Lotus in the competitive map pool?
Lotus is one of the 13 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.
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Which agents professionals pick on Lotus
Measured across 1,820 professional tournament games played between 2026-05-22 and 2026-08-20. Map-specific picks are where professional VALORANT differs most from ranked — a team's composition on one map often looks nothing like their composition on another, and this is that pattern rather than a general tier list.
| Agent | Pick rate | Win rate | Times picked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omen | 19.7% | 49.8% | 624 |
| Fade | 17.3% | 51.1% | 548 |
| Raze | 15.5% | 51.7% | 489 |
| Vyse | 12.8% | 53.4% | 406 |
| Viper | 10.6% | 55.4% | 334 |
| Neon | 6.8% | 48.1% | 216 |
| Chamber | 2.7% | 51.2% | 84 |
| Skye | 2.5% | 42.3% | 78 |
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.