Best Waylay Guide On Haven

Written by: Wei

29/03/2025

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 Haven:

How To Dominate With Waylay

A Site - Attack

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Attacking A on Haven is straightforward. As long as you’ve got smokes, you might not even need an initiator as a Waylay, although that helps you:

Place your retract on A main
Throw your saturate on back site
Double dash forward to fight back site

C Site - Attack

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C site is a bit harder to execute, this is due to you getting exposed to different angles when going deep into C:

Place your Retract on C Long Cubby
Throw your Saturate on back site
Double dash forward

A Site - Defense

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As a Waylay, your best defense is going to be a strong offense. So on A, this is an easy way to take A long control:

Place your retract on A site
Throw your Saturate the furthest you can to A Lobby
Double dash forward to claim space

C Site - Defense

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This is a known execute that VCT teams would do on defense, it is usually done with the help of a breach flash or stun, but if you don’t have any of that you could still try with your own utility:

Place Retract on C site
Throw Saturate on C Long
Double dash forward

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How about an ultimate that can cover the entirety of the area you’re aiming it to? On C long, it is a narrow pathway so if you use your ultimate and push when you hear enemy steps walking up, that is a guaranteed hit.

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