Best Waylay Guide On Sunset

Written by: Wei

23/05/2025

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 Sunset:

How To Dominate With Waylay

A Site

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Starting on A attack side, this is an easy way to gain quick control of A main where defenders are likely going to challenge.

Place your Retract on main, safely
Throw your Saturate orb through the window
Dash as your hinder hits A main

B Site

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Over to B site? All you have to do is follow these steps:

Place your Saturate B main
Throw your Saturate on stairs or anywhere near back site
Dash into mid site to isolate duels

A Site Retake

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This is one of the best ways to retake A site as a Waylay, follow up:

Place retract to stay safe on A Link
Throw your Saturate on default
Double dash into default to isolate a 1v1

B Site Retake

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To Retake B all you have to do is utilize the window on B to hit your abilities:

Place your Retract somewhere safe on CT
Throw your Saturate through the window
Double dash out and take space

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Finally sealing it with the best ultimate to use on the map, defender side aggression on A site. Use your ultimate as shown, don’t forget your Retract on a safe spot and double dash into your enemies!

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