Posted by Steve
Thursday, April 6, 2023 7:00 AM
Hi all,
Someone claimed to me that Sage heal could not be heard by enemies and I wasn't as sure as he was.
TLDR : He was wrong and not all sound cues translate as a circle around you on the map.
We hoped on a custom with another friend and began our tests :
-
Sage
- Sage WILL be heard when healing herself or someone else (radius: ?)
- There is NO sound cue on the map showing when healing
- The one receiving the heal WON'T be heard
-
Skye
- Skye WILL be heard when healing (radius: ?)
- There IS a sound cue on the map showing while healing
- The ones receiving the heal WON'T be heard
-
Omen
- An Omen sending a smoke WILL be heard (radius: ?)
- There is NO sound cue on the map showing when sending a smoke
- A smoke traversing an enemy WON'T be heard
- The starting point of a shrouded step WILL be heard (radius: ~40 m)
- There is NO sound cue on the map showing at the starting point of the Shrouded step
- The arriving point of a shrouded step WILL be heard (radius: 12.5 m )
- There IS a sound cue on the map showing at the arriving point
- The starting point of "From the Shadows" (ULT) WON'T be heard
- The arriving point of ULT WILL be heard (radius: 22.5 m)
- Before casting ULT, a projection of potential arriving point sound cue is shown on map (Does anyone know the use of the first and the second ring ? The third is the sound cue range)
-
Brimstone
- Since 2.0, NO sound cue when confirming the location of his smokes
-
Viper
- NO sound cue when picking up Poison Cloud
Now two questions :
- Did you know for sure about all this?
- Should all the sound cues show up on the map? (e.g. Sage's Heal vs Skye's Heal)
Let me know if you find any error, have any questions or more information about the missing radii and more.
If this post has enough visibility I'll try to clip the different situations and update the post.
I hope this will give you an edge on your next ranked !
Bye !
edit 04.04: ordering some bullet points
References
- https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/12bvzg4/list_of_sound_cues_heard_by_enemies/
- https://reddit.com/12bvzg4
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