Playing Valorant can be fun, but it can turn real bad real quick when you’re lost & confused in-between the rounds. Not knowing Valorant Map Callouts is the easiest way to lose Valorant games, because it affects multiple game aspects.
How Essential is it to Learn Valorant Map Callouts?
Like playing any tactical FPS shooter, strategy and implementation matter significantly in Valorant. Those aspects are assisted by the use of communication or comms between players, which helps them play carefully.
Herein, not being able to communicate the enemy’s position effectively can lead to devastating losses. Such losses can later potentially cost you the match, souring your gameplay experience with frustration, which causes more mistakes.
Therefore learning the map callouts is vital to playing the game correctly and Valorant gameplay is no different. Despite having all the Valorant Agent abilities, you can use them to their best advantage when you aren’t familiar with the various Valorant Map Callouts.
Workarounds for Learning Valorant Callouts
It can be a pain or rather difficult to at once acquire the knowledge of all the Valorant Map Callouts. Truthfully, it’s not necessary to learn it in one go if you aim to play the Valorant Ranked games casually.
But, should the competitive spirit within you demand to become better at the game, learning map callouts is vital. It is equally important to remember them as learning to practice your aim, the Valorant weapon recoil, and Valorant Lineups.
But, first things first. Learning the Valorant Map Callouts should parallel learning to keep an eye on the Valorant minimap.
All Valorant Map Callouts & Unique Map Features
The section below presents all the Valorant Map Callouts used by the global Valorant Community or the in-game Valorant Minimap.
1. Haven
Located amidst a monastery within the Thimphu, Bhutan region, Haven map is the only one to offer three Spike Sites. While it offers Attackers three options to succeed, it chalks up to making extra work for Defenders.
The key strategies to win on this map for Attackers and Defenders are team rotation and lurks. Although the Defenders are at an advantage of accessing three sites easily, retakes can be incredibly difficult to implement.
All Haven Valorant Map Meta Agent(s)
Based on the map geometry, Agents like Sova, Sage, Cypher, Astra, Killjoy, and Omen will remain in the Haven Meta. Alternatively, agents like Raze, and Neon may suffer due to a lack of room for free movement. However, the evergreen Valorant Meta agents like Chamber and KAYO are also good picks.
Valorant Map Unique Features
- Slower for Rotations.
- Various Higher and Lower Elevations.
- The only Valorant Map with three Spike Sites.
- Numerous Close Quarter combat areas. (Limited Mobility)
2. Bind
It is the first Valorant Map to feature a Teleporter, which connects both Valorant Spike Site areas. The arid environment is well represented on the Map since it is made as per the Rabat, Morocco region landscape.
Getting around winning the Bind map as Attackers demands playing both sites and using the Teleporter to Rotate quicker. As Defenders, anchoring each site is paramount to prevent chances of being forced to play retake, which requires close-quarter combat.
All Bind Valorant Map Meta Agent(s)
The Bind Meta Agents are KAYO, Astra, Killjoy, Raze, Sage, and Sova. Parallelly, picking agents like Omen, Brimstone, Cypher, and Jett as replacements can fare better, as long as lineups aren’t a hassle.
Questionable but rewarding picks include Reyna, Jett, Skye, and Neon, whereas Chamber remains a Meta Valorant Agent all the same.
Valorant Map Unique Features
- The only map without a Mid Area.
- Two teleporters connect both Spike sites.
- Playing without Smokes or Flashes can be disadvantageous.
3. Split
The Split Valorant Map reflects its location somewhere within Tokyo, Japan, as per the building architecture and the market. However, its extremely close cut corners and limited mobility may not be suggestive of anything other than making it challenging to play.
Unbeknownst to none, it’s the most hated Valorant map in the Valorant Community, but it makes for entertaining plays. The only way for Attackers to win the map is to play split in terms of acquiring map control and securing Mid control, no matter what.
All Split Valorant Map Meta Agent(s)
The Split Meta Agents include Sage, Killjoy, Cypher, KAYO, and Astra but Chamber can be equally beneficial. Similarly, Reyna, Skye, and Omen are also good picks, with the former two more than the latter.
Absolute No-No Valorant Agent picks for this map would be Sova and Jett, because there are too many choke points.
Valorant Map Unique Features
- Multiple Chokepoints & Close Cut Corners.
- Vastly Varying High and Low elevations.
- Smaller Spike Plant Sites.
- It features a Rope and Sewer area for Agents rotation.
- (Most Hated Valorant Map Acc to Valorant Community – Said to be Defender Sided)
4. Ascent
The Ascent Map is the first map in creation by the Valorant Developers. It took them no less than two years to develop it, around which the game was developed. Its geolocation states its location is within Venice Italy. Its suspended state is a whole distinct Valorant Lore.
Winning on the Ascent Map demands Mid Control, irrespective of whichever side you’re playing. For Defenders, using the Spawn area can serve well, whereas Attackers should invariably expect Lurks. It’s because playing retakes is rather easier than defending. Additionally, it’s the only Valorant map with the most bullet penetrable surfaces.
All Ascent Valorant Map Meta Agent(s)
The Meta Ascent Agents include Sova, Killjoy, Astra, Jett, and Sage. Aside from them, picking Reyna, Raze, Brimstone, Breach, and Chamber are also good picks.
In contrast, picking Phoenix and KAYO may not return the best value in dire situations.
Valorant Map Unique Features
- The first map to be created by the Valorant Team.
- Most Bullet Penetrable Surfaces that any other Valorant Map.
- The layout is derived from the concept of DUST II from CSGO.
- The leading most played map until Valorant Patch 3.03.
5. Icebox
The introduction of the Icebox Valorant map was vital to the success of Valorant, upon whose reception, several other maps were released. Its frosty landscape and vastness are based on the environment and symmetry of Bennett Island, Russia.
Winning on Icebox demands playing split stacks or acquiring mid-control, which is difficult to retain. Playing lurks and acquiring control of the Kitchen is the key to emerging victorious, as both Attacker and Defender.
All Icebox Valorant Map Meta Agent(s)
The Icebox Meta Agents include the likes of Sova, Sage, Jett, Reyna, and Viper. Alternate useful picks include Raze, Omen, Neon, and Yoru (reworked) with KAYO being the modest pick.
Valorant Agents like Cypher, Skye, Breach, and Brimstone aren’t the best pick if you want serious utilities, which are essential to managing the vastness of the map.
Valorant Map Unique Features
- Horizontal & Vertical Ropes connect higher and Lower Elevations.
- The first Valorant Map to feature Hollow and Solid Containers.
- A Vast Map Area, best suited for Operator use and long-range kills.
6. Breeze
The Valorant Breeze Map is located off the coast of the Bahamas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Its tropical environment combined with vast openness makes it a difficult map to control for both Attackers and Defenders.
Here, having Controller Valorant Agents is vital to have a remote chance of securing any sum of Victories.
All Breeze Valorant Map Meta Agent(s)
Viper is the foremost Valorant Meta Agent pick for the Breeze Map, followed by Chamber, Neon, Jett, and KAYO. Alongside them, the other Breeze Valorant Meta Agents list extends to include Sage, Skye, Sova, and Killjoy or Cypher.
Picking Valorant agents like Omen, Phoenix, Brimstone, or even Breach may all pose limited usefulness. So be wise when you pick your Valroant Team for playing the Breeze map.
Valorant Map Unique Features
- Only map to Feature a Chute that connects A Site to Mid Area.
- It has Vertical ropes to climb onto Bridge and Tube.
- The first map to feature a player accessible button-push Door.
- Due to its wider magnitude, the map can allow easy flanks, making it tough to retain site control.
7. Fracture
The Fracture Valorant Map release was an awaited novelty by the Global Valorant Community based on its design.
The entirety of the map is created according to the Valorant lore, which showcases the aftermath of split timeline realities. Its geolocation is a top-secret facility located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
A Fracture Win requires proper time management and advantageous use of abilities, and a knack for knowing when to rotate.
All Fracture Valorant Map Meta Agent(s)
The Valorant Fracture Map Meta Agents list includes Chamber, Killjoy, KAYO, Sage, Astra, Breach, and Raze. Agent picks like Cypher, Skye, Reyna, and Brimstone can also serve some use, unlike Phoenix, Yoru, and Jett, who would underperform at best.
Valorant Map Unique Features
- Unconventional Map Design, Spawns Defenders at the Center.
- Horizontal Ropes Connect Site A to B as an alternative to Defender Spawn Area.
- Rotation is time-consuming due to the enormity of the map size.
- The only map to feature automatic doors and a Tunnel.
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The Takeaway
Learning the Valorant Map Callouts is critical to advancing to higher Valorant ranks. It’s because players at those skill levels use them subconsciously.
Even by chance, if you may attain higher ranks, scoring Valorant match wins is impossible without having good team comms, and making the best of them requires knowing map callouts.
So learn them, even one at a time, and even if it takes a while, don’t quit. Happy Gaming!