Valorant Omen Guide - Fear incarnate!

omen guide

Welcome to the next guide in our series of guides for the Valorant Agents. In this one, we will be covering the topic of Omen - the most mysterious character in the game. He's a hooded person that we know very little about since most of the details about Omen's past are hidden. We know his toolkit, abilities, strengths, and weaknesses, so if you want to become the best Omen player, hop onto our Valorant Omen guide below!

"I am the beginning. I am the end."

Who is Omen

We don't know. We can tell that probably he has a split personality as he tends to refer to himself in the third person. Omen is a mysterious Agent that hunts in the dark. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that he is one with shadows as all shadows and three strange glowing lines are all you can see under his hood.

omen’s Abilities

Omen's toolkit allows him to block the enemy team's vision with blinding shadows and spherical dark orbs that he can throw through the walls to pretty much any place on the map. He can also teleport to nearby locations with his regular skills or to any spot within the battlefield with the ultimate ability. His unique paranoia ability can remove the vision of all players that come in contact with it which when thrown at the right time might bring you some free kills.

C - Shrouded Step / Costs: 100 Credits / Uses: two

Pushing the C button allows Omen to equip a Shadow Walk ability. With LMB, the player can choose the location to which Omen will teleport after a brief animation. This ability is limited to a certain range.

How to use: Since the animation is not instant, never use it in the open spaces where the enemy can spot you teleporting. Instead, use it to jump from one cover to another, which will likely surprise your opponents.

W - Paranoia / Cost: 200 Credits / Uses: one

Pushing the W button allows Omen to equip a Paranoia ability. With LMB player can send out an Ethereal orb in the straight line marked by his crosshair. Paranoia goes through the walls until a certain range (showed on the minimap), blinding anyone on the contact so think where you throw it as shooting it at your teammates may ruin their entire round.

How to use: Paranoia works best against distant enemies, but you have to keep in mind that this projectile has a short distance. Avoid using it in close quarter fights since blind isn't complete, and enemies affected by it can see near themselves. Your W is usually a thing that you should fire while you or while the enemy team enters the bombsite. It can be also useful to escape from the flank or to back off as well when someone rushes towards you.

E - Dark Cover / Cost: none / Uses: two

Pushing the E button allows Omen to equip his signature Dark Cover ability. With LMB and RMB, he can set the location for the orb to travel to, and with the E button, he can release it. Dark Cover acts like a spherical smoke that blocks the vision; however, only the walls of the sphere are opaque. Inside it, the vision is unobstructed.

How to use: Dark Cover can be used from any location and can go through all obstacles. It means that you should always find a safe position before launching it. Whenever your team is about to enter the site, use it to block narrow corridors and windows on the enemy side of the bomb site. On the defense, as soon as someone spots the enemy near bombsite, you can throw Dark Cover there to delay the push and to perform rotations in response to their actions. One simple trick that can get you on unexpected locations is throwing Dark Cover within a Shrouded Step range. You can teleport inside the sphere and jump out of it when the time is right.

X - From the Shadows / Cost: 7 Charges / Uses: one

Pushing the X button opens a map of the battlefield. By clicking the LMB, the player can use the map to teleport. Casting animation takes about three seconds, and nearby enemies will be able to hear Omen during that time. Every opponent will also hear Omen's voice line and see his minimap covered as he teleports.

How to use: From the Shadows, the cast time is quite long, and you first appear as a shade before turning into your material form. As a shade, you are invulnerable, so use it to cancel the ultimate and go back to your original location if someone spots your teleport. Most of the time, as quickly as you start casting this ability, the enemy team will be looking for you at the flanks. If you plan to teleport at the back of the enemy team, stay defensive for a while to ensure that you are safe and come out when your team makes a move. You can also fake-teleport to provide the distraction as your team enters the site.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths:

• Two kinds of different teleports.
• Amazing "smoke" ability and a decent blind.
• Great toolkit with only useful abilities.

Weaknesses:

• Everyone already knows that you have to look behind when Omen uses From the Shadows, which makes it one of the worse ultimate abilities in the game.
• Almost all of his abilities have sluggish animations.
• His ultimate makes a lot of noise, which drags attention towards Omen (which can be as good as bad).

How to win as an Omen

Omen has a great toolkit that allows him to block the vision from the narrow corridors that lead to bombsites without putting himself at risk. Because of that, Dark Cover should be used just before the team enters the bombsite or when you are about to rotate to block the vision in a critical moment. 

Similarly to Dark Cover, save your Paranoia for times when someone spots an enemy hiding behind the cover once again. You can blind him when one of the members of your team is about to rush in. Shrouded Step will allow you to change cover without revealing your position - use it when someone spots you te get behind another obstacle. You can also utilize it to teleport to the high ledges and spots where the enemy team won't expect you. From the Shadows, the ability works wonders when the enemy is distracted - launch it as opponents enter the site to get behind their backs and block their minimap vision simultaneously.

Summary

It’s the end of our Valorant guide for the Omen Agent. We hope that we have covered all Omen abilities and with Omen tips and tricks that we have described, you will be able to become better in the game. All of the secrets that Omen holds have been revealed to you. If you are searching for additional knowledge that will make you better in the online titles that you play, you can always see what we have to offer on our blog page. There we are posting lots of guides and articles that can be helpful for every gamer.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How to change the vision of the video during the Dark Cover cast?

Use the R key for that.

Do you teleport right away with ultimate as Omen?

No, you first appear as a shade.

Can you teleport anywhere on the map with Omen's Abilities?

Yes, you can.

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