Best Waylay Guide On Ascent
VALORANT’s newest agents happens to be a duelist, and a very unique one when it comes to kit and abilities. Waylay, has an unseen combination of abilities that can unlock various playstyles whether it be passive, aggressive, or a mix of both.
This guide will specifically show you how to enter and set up plays to your advantage, whether that be on defense or attack. In some of these setups, we will refer to Waylay Lineups that are available on our website if you want to take a look at these guides. For now, let’s show you how to master Waylay on Ascent:
How To Dominate With Waylay
A Site - Attack
If you’re going to execute A site as a Waylay here’s what you need to do:
- Place your retract on A main
- Throw your Saturate on Dice
- Use your dash to get forward twice to dice
A Site - Defense
Although, you will not always be an attacker. Defending with Waylay might be tricky, but here is an offensive play you can go for on A:
- Place your Retract on Dice
- Double dash forward to main
- Throw your Saturate at the enemy’s face, and go back to safety. This slows enemies and cancels their push
B Site - Attack
Onto B site, this is an unstoppable push, and we speak from experience when we say you’ve got to try it:
- Place your Retract on B main
- Use our lineup found on Waylay Ascent Lineups to throw it on the position shown
- Dash Upwards then Forward to clear site
Mid - Defense
This is a known strategy known as the Vision Strikers push on Mid Link Ascent, initially it’s done with a Jett and a KAYO but you can try to self initiate this with your Saturate and ability to come back to safety:
- Place your Retract in Pizza
- Throw your Saturate on Link, it doesn’t need a lineup as you just need to aim and jump throw
- Dash forward Twice to fight Mid Link
Ultimates
Finally moving on to an unstoppable ultimate you can do on defense. Waylay’s ultimate is very strong, especially if you can guarantee hitting enemies with it as such with these narrow Areas (A main and B main) on Ascent.
- All you have to do is ult right as you hear steps and push in with your dash. Don’t forget to place your Retract in case you needed to go back.
Waylay’s Abilities
- Saturate: INSTANTLY throw a light cluster that explodes upon contact with the ground, HINDERING enemies with a movement and weapon slow.
- LIGHT SPEED: EQUIP and FIRE to dash forward twice.
ALT FIRE to dash once. Only the first dash can be sent upward.
- Retract: INSTANTLY create a beacon of light on the floor. REACTIVATE to speed back to it, with invulnerability.
- CONVERGENT PATHS: EQUIP and FIRE to project a beam of light that expands. After a brief delay, you gain a powerful speed boost and the beam expands, HINDERING other players in the area.
Waylay Pro Tips
- Waylay’s abilities can also affect teammates, this includes Saturate and her ultimate. So when you use it make sure it is not going to impact your team negatively, otherwise it might lead to some angry teammates
- Only Waylay’s first dash can go upwards, this means that you either use both dashes forward (can be in any direction you aim at) or use the first one to go up like a Jett’s updraft + dash combo
- You can opt to use 1 dash if you need by pressing right click instead of left click. This can be useful if you are looking to a certain distance
- Waylay is still new, meaning that her playstyle is yet to be shaped, don’t be limited to a specific style (aggressive or passive) find what you can perform with best
- Waylay’s ultimate takes a few seconds to activate, so keep in mind that it is easy to dodge if the area was not narrow or if enemies were not stunned
- To get the habit of using her “Saturate” ability quickly and without any struggle, we recommend assigning that ability key to a mouse button as it is easier to access and use in gun fights / duels
- While your Retract ability can help you escape gun fights without taking damage, keep in mind players can still headshot you or kill you before if you don’t do it quickly enough, do not take it for granted
