Omen

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[e][h]Omen

General Information

Class:

Controller

Release Date:

2020-04-07

Abilities

Abilities:

Paranoia
Shrouded Step

Signature Ability:

Dark Cover

Ultimate:

From the Shadows

Omen is a VALORANT agent who is clouded in mystery and speacializes in covering the battlefield and his enemies in darkness. Two of his abilities, Paranoia and Dark Cover, are ranged attacks that obscure vision and give Omen a huge advantage in duels and teamfights. On top of his crowd controlling skills, Omen has the ability to teleport around the map — either on short distances with Shrouded Step, or globally on the map with his From the Shadows ultimate. Therefore, a team with both Omen and Brimstone becomes incredibly dangerous, as it can deploy damage and crowd control anywhere on the map, seemingly out of nowhere.

Biography

A phantom of a memory, Omen hunts in the shadows. He renders enemies blind, teleports across the field, then lets paranoia take hold as his foe scrambles to learn where he might strike next.

Abilities

Shrouded Step
	Ability: Basic TP range: 15m Cast time: 1s Cost: 100 Max Charges: 2 Equip a shadow walk ability and see its range indicator. Fire to begin a brief channel, then teleport the market location.
C

Paranoia
	Ability: Basic Blind duration: 2.5s Cost: 250 Max Charges: 1 Equip a blinding orb. Fire to throw it forward, briefly reducing the vision range and deafening all players it touches. This projectile can pass straight through walls.
Q

Dark Cover
	Ability: Signature Smoke duration: 15s Cost: 1 Free / Second 150 (30s cooldown) Max Charges: 2 Equip a shadow orb and see its range indicator. Press the ability key to throw the shadow orb to the marked location, creaint a long-lasting shadow sphere that blocks vision. Press R to switch the view between the two view types Hold primary fire while targeting to move the marker further away. Hold secondary fire while targeting to move the marker closer.
E

From the Shadows
	Ability: Ultimate Cast time: 4s Ultimate Cost: 7 Equip a tactical map. Fire to begin teleporting to the selected location. While teleporting Omen will appear as a Shade that can be destroyed by an enemy to cancel his teleport. Press the ability key again to cancel the teleport.
X

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
9.10
	Dark Cover (E) Visual cues have been added to the inside of the smoke before it expires. Will now always fall to level geometry where players can stand similar to other spherical smokes like Brimstone’s Sky Smoke, Clove’s Ruse, etc This should prevent Omen from placing one-way smokes on small ornamental pieces of Geometry, like the fuse boxes in the main of Split B and only allow him to place smokes where players can stand
9.03
	From the Shadows (X) Can now ping and see additional icons on maps used for ability targeting
8.07
	From the Shadows (X) Now able to pick up the Spike and interact with other useables like doors while in the Shade form of From the Shadows without having to cancel the ability
7.08
	Dark Cover (E) Smokes play an audio and visual cue 1.5 seconds before they are about to fade
7.05
	Dark Cover (E) Fixed a bug where other Agents were not animating when they moved through Omen’s Dark Cover ability
7.04
	Paranoia (Q) Movement velocity no longer imparted when casting Base speed decreased from 20 >>> 16 meters per second
7.02
	Shrouded Step (C) & From the Shadows (X) Fixed a bug where Omen’s From the Shadows and Shrouded Step abilities were not properly canceled if he was hit by KAY/O’s ZERO/point or Deadlock’s Annihilation during the windup before teleporting.
7.0
	From the Shadows (X) Suppression now properly interrupts the ability if hit in Shade form
6.11
	Shrouded Step (C) Fixed Shrouded Step to not be interrupted if you’re Suppressed before teleporting. From the Shadows (X) The timing of From the Shadows voiceover line will come in quicker to increase your discernibility.
6.10
	From the Shadows (X) Removed the mouse cursor that was displayed
6.08
	From the Shadows (X) Updated targeting visuals to help players with precision placement on the map.
6.0
	Dark Cover (E) Now falls to the height of nearby ground if placed inside walls
5.12
	Paranoia (Q) Cost decreased 300 >>> 250
4.10
	Updated 3P model to increase detail and fidelity. Progress/Charge bars moved to a consistent location and made a consistent size
4.04
	Shrouded Step (C) Cost decreased: 150 >>> 100 Pre teleport delay decreased 1s >>> 0.7s Improved the system used to place Shrouded Step at targeted ground locations Paranoia (Q) Added forward spawn offset, so players adjacent to Omen are not hit Dark Cover (E) Cooldown decreased 40s >>> 30s Projectile Speed increased 2800 >>> 6400 Cost increased 100 >>> 150
3.05
	Dark Cover (E) Will no longer equip weapons slower than intended after casting Dark Cover From the Shadows (X) Fixed a bug where Omen could become stuck in other objects if they were blocking From the Shadows return location
3.04
	Dark Cover (E) Fixed an issue where Dark Cover could travel in unintended ways that caused it to settle slightly off from where it was aimed
3.0
	Shrouded Step (C) Cost increased: 100 >>> 150 Paranoia (Q) Cost decreased: 400 >>> 300 Dark Cover (E) Granted signature charges reduced 2 >>> 1 Omen now must buy his second smoke for 100 Cooldown time increased 35 >>> 40
2.09
	From the Shadows (X) Omen can no longer drop the Spike or weapons while casting From the Shadows
2.04
	Shrouded Step (C) Fixed issues where teleporting into narrow areas created by Sage's wall pushed Omen into a wall
2.02
	Shrouded Step (C) Fixed issue with targeting that caused Shrouded Step to get stuck on corners at a much greater distance From the Shadows (X) Fixed issue where Omen could swap equipables right after selecting a map location for From the Shadows
2.01
	Shrouded Step (C) Fixed issue where Omen’s reforming VFX didn’t line up with where he actually appeared Fixed Omen being able to trigger the defuse sound while teleporting From the Shadows (X) Fixed issue where Omen could have his gun equipped while forming
2.0
	Fixed an issue where Omen could plant the Spike while elevated on a Sage wall Paranoia (Q) Cost increased: 200 >>> 400 Dark Cover (E) Projectile speed decreased: 4000 >>> 2800
1.14
	Shrouded Step (C) Fixed an issue where Omen could teleport past the Buy phase barrier
1.09
	Paranoia (Q) PUpdated projectile VFX to better represent hitbox, especially when it is traveling towards enemies' POV
1.0
	Shrouded Step (C) Can now see teleport location on the map and receives an in-world indicator of target location when vision of the point is obstructed Paranoia (Q) Hit detection improved, especially at close range Now equipped instead of quickcast Dark Cover (E) Omen now enters a “phaser” world where he can see through walls to place his smokes Pressing RELOAD toggles between phased and normal targeting Omen can now increase smoke distance with PRIMARY FIRE, decrease it with SECONDARY FIRE, and throw smoke with the ABILITY KEY From the Shadows (X) Omen can now cancel his teleport while in Shade form by pressing the ABILITY KEY again Omen still loses all of his ult points if he cancels
0.50
	Dark Cover (E) Duration increased 12 >> 15 seconds Projectile speed increased Cooldown increased 30 >> 35 seconds
0.49
	Updated Omen’s visuals From the Shadows (X) Attenuation radius of arrival sound reduced to 2250 Omen now immediately become vulnerable and no longer appears dark after leaving shadow form

External Links

• Omen Teaser