Best Clove Decay Lineups On Ascent

Written by: Wei

02/05/2025

If you’re playing Clove and you feel the need to learn a few lineups so you can elevate your gameplay, you’ve come to the right place. Here, we will take you through the best Decay Meddle lineups you could use. While lineups aren’t mandatory to be a good smoker, it can be the differentiator between a good and a great one.

It can also improve your KDA as you no longer would have to stand right in the open with your Meddle or as we call it vulnerability in hand to try and hit it where you want. Safe to say it is much more efficient to learn a lineup or two.

In this guide, we will take you through key locations on Ascent that you can use the meddle on to increase your chances of winning your rounds and games, so let’s start:

Attack Side

A Site

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This lineup will land right on Heaven, this will make it very easy to spam the smoke and kill anyone hiding there or to simply decay enemies so that they back off and not peek you from heaven.

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To do it, you need to come by the wooden box on A lobby and aim your crosshair as shown in the picture. Then, send off your decay!

B Site

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Over to B site, this lineup lands on stairs. Yes, the perfect position to decay so you can spam that and punish anyone playing there. Usually, a duelist or a sentinel player holds that, so that’s your easy counter!

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To do it, come by the corner on B main and move a little to the right, then aim your crosshair through the window just as shown in the picture.

Defense Side

A Site

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If you are on a mission to retake A site, this lineup will be your best friend. This is because it lands on Generator where there is an enemy playing 100%. Combining that with a shock dart or any other teammate utility will be a game changer.

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To do it, come by the corner on A heaven and aim your crosshair just as shown. Then, send it off!

B Site

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If you’re looking to get early kills on the defensive side, this lineup on B will simply decay anyone playing B main. Combine that with teammate utility, and you’re guaranteed a kill or two.

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To do it, come anywhere on B site (preferably the position shown in the picture) and aim against the border of the window as shown. Then, throw it off!

Clove Pro Tips

As of the recent patches, Clove’s decay will not explode until it makes contact. This allows for these new lineups to come up, so don’t worry, you’re right in with this trend!
With the recent Clove changes, your smokes take 40 seconds to recharge. This puts a lot of emphasis on using them only when you need to, and to not waste them unnecessarily.
The Ability “Meddle” is the vulnerability orb that decays enemies, you may not recognize its name but it is better to as searching for this online will require the specific ability’s name.
These lineups were designed to help you be in position to smoke site, don’t forget to do that before or right after you perform your lineup as you might hinder your teammates if you waste time on doing lineups without smoking.
Decay is an ability that is best when used with other mollies to deal damage, you can never kill with a Clove decay but you can surely get a lot of assists and win the round if you combine that with a Raze nade or other mollies.
Your decay can hit teammates, make sure you don’t hit your own team to avoid getting flamed and yelled at (who wants that, right?)

As a Clove, you should always try to play in Mid or a position that allows you to smoke both sites. If you’re attacking, you just go with your team. If you’re defending, just stick to Mid or spawn.