Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (2024)

Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (1)

Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (2)

Flash for A Backsite Info

Guiding Light

Hard

Attackers

Use this flash to get info if any enemies are playing backsite of A.

Fly it from A Main and use the minimap to pop it when it reaches backsite.

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (4)

Flash for A Front from Belt

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this Guiding Light to blind any defenders peeking from A

Stand on Belt and send the hawk on either side of Nest and curve it back towards the center before popping it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (6)

Flash for Aggressive Hookah Peek

Guiding Light

Medium

Defenders

Use this hawk to blind enemies that are pushing out of Market at the start of the round towards Hookah. You or a teammate can peek off this flash to get a few aggressive picks at the start of the round. You can also just use this to get info on whether there are attackers near B side at the start of the round

Send the hawk over the hole in the ceiling and curve it left and downwards before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (8)

Flash for A Left Side

Guiding Light

Medium

Attackers

Use this Guiding Light to flash enemies on A Site. This will blind enemies in the close right corner, Generator, Upper, Screens, and Rafters. Communicate to your team to push A after this flash

Stand in the right corner of A Main and send the hawk high and curve it to the right before popping it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (10)

Flash for A Main from Pyramid

Guiding Light

Medium

Defenders

Use this flash to blind enemies pushing or peeking A Main from Pyramid.

Send the bird straight up over the pyramid.

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (12)

Flash for A Main Peek

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this flash to blind any defenders watching A Main. This will blind the common angles as well as the close left angle.

Send your bird just out A Main and pop it right after it reaches outside.

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (14)

Flash for A Main Peek

Guiding Light

Medium

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A Ramp or watching A Main from Screens, Elbow, or Heaven when your team wants to peek and push A Main

Send the hawk over the A Main wall and curve it downwards and then pop the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (16)

Flash for A Retake from A Link

Guiding Light

Easy

Defenders

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A Site from A Link when your team is about to retake A. This should blind most enemies on A unless they are hiding in Short, Long, or Hell

Send the hawk over the wall and curve it downwards a bit before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (18)

Flash for A Retake from Defender Spawn

Guiding Light

Easy

Defenders

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A when you are trying to retake A from Defender spawn. This should flash any enemies close to connector as well as enemies towards Shower or near Pocket

Send the hawk over the connector wall and let it fly straight for a bit before popping it. Use the minimap to see where the hawk is to know when to pop it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (20)

Flash for A Retake from Stairs

Guiding Light

Easy

Defenders

Use this Guiding Light when trying to retake A Site from Stairs. This will blind attackers holding in site or Nest

Send the hawk through the Rafters doorway and curve it downwards in the site before popping it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (22)

Flash for A Retake through Screens

Guiding Light

Medium

Defenders

Use this hawk to flash enemies in Elbow, A Main, Hell, or Rafters when trying to retake A through Screens

Send the hawk over the wall next to Screens and curve it downwards before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (24)

Flash for A Site

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A Site when you want to push out of A Main. This will flash anyone peeking A Main on Site

Send the hawk over the wall and curve it downwards before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (26)

Flash for A Site

Guiding Light

Medium

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A when you want to push A. This should blind anyone peeking towards Main on A Site, Elbow, Screens, Rafters, and Heaven

Send the hawk over the A Main wall, curve it downwards and then pop the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (28)

Flash for A Site from A Long

Guiding Light

Medium

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A Site and A Short from A Long when your team wants to take A

Stand in A Long, send the hawk over the wall, and curve it down to pop the flash near A Short

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (30)

Flash for A Site from Short

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A when trying to push from Short. This should flash anyone in Heaven, backsite, and Bench

Stand behind the Short box and send the hawk directly over the box and curve it towards A Site before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (32)

Flash for A Site from Showers

Guiding Light

Medium

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A Site when you want to push from Showers. This should blind most enemies peeking Showers or Short

Send the hawk through the hole in the ceiling of Showers and curve it left and down a bit before popping it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (34)

Flash for A Site Retake from Heaven

Guiding Light

Medium

Defenders

Use this hawk to blind enemies on A Site when trying to retake A from Heaven. This should blind most spots on site except Hell

From Heaven send the hawk over the wall and curve it down a little before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (36)

Flash for B Defense from Fence

Guiding Light

Easy

Defenders

Use this Guiding Light to help retake B from back B. This will blind enemies looking towards B at Yellow or B Long

Send the hawk through B Fence and curve it right after it passes through and send it all the way past the B container. You can walk with it so you can peek from back B right after it pops

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (38)

Flash for B Heaven from B Lobby

Guiding Light

Hard

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies in B Heaven, Hell, Rafters, and TV corner when your team wants to push through B Main

Stand on the boxes on the left side of B Lobby, aim over the roof of B Main in the gap between the buildings, send the hawk and curve downards. Use the minimap to pop the flash when the bird is past B Main

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (40)

Flash for B Main Push

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this flash when you want to push out of B Main. This will blind most enemies watching B Main from Market, CT, Logs, and Stairs

Send the hawk through the window of B Main and curve it down just a bit before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (42)

Flash for B Site from B Long

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on B Site when trying to push from B Long. This should flash anyone peeking towards Garden

Send the hawk over the wall at B Long and curve it down before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (44)

Flash for B Site from Hookah

Guiding Light

Medium

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind enemies on B Site when you want to push from Hookah. This flies over the right wall so it is unexpected and enemies won't be able to shoot it quickly

Send the hawk over the wall behind Hookah and curve it left and down before popping the flash. Use the minimap to track its location to know when to pop it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (46)

Flash for B Site Retake from Defender Spawn

Guiding Light

Medium

Defenders

Use this hawk to blind enemies on B to help when trying to retake B Site from Defender spawn. This should flash most spots on B unless they are hiding in spots like Tube or Garden

Send the hawk over the left wall of Defender spawn and curve it towards B Site before popping it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (48)

Flash for C Site from Cubby

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this hawk to flash enemies on C when you want to push from C Long. This should blind most enemies on site except if they are hugging the backsite box or tucked into a corner

Get into C Long Cubby and send the hawk over the wall to pop it

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (50)

Flash for Mid

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this hawk to blind Mid before peeking from Market

Stand in Market and send the hawk over the wall and curve it down before popping the flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (52)

Flash for Mid

Guiding Light

Medium

Attackers

Use this Guiding Light to blind enemies watching Mid from Boiler or the right side so your teammates can peek or push it

Jump onto the blue container on the right side of Mid and send the bird above the blue containers. Hold left click to control it and swing downwards after giving it a second to pass over the containers and reactivate it to flash

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (54)

Flash for Mid Chute

Guiding Light

Easy

Defenders

Use this flash to blind enemies Mid as you drop down and peek the Chute.

Send the bird down the chute and drop down right after.

Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (55)

Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (56)

Flash for Mid Doors to A

Guiding Light

Hard

Attackers

Use this flash to blind enemies playing on A watching the Mid Doors.

Aim the bird at the ceiling of Mid Doors and wait for it to fly out before popping it and peeking the doors.

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (58)

Flash for Mid from Elbow

Guiding Light

Easy

Attackers

Use this flash to blind enemies at Mid from Elbow.

Send the bird over the box in Elbow and peek right after.

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Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (60)

Flash for Mid from Tree

Guiding Light

Medium

Defenders

Use this hawk to blind enemies at Mid from Tree Room when you want to peek from Cat or a teammate wants to peek from Mid

Send the hawk over the tree in Tree Room and curve it to the left and down before popping the flash

Valorant Skye guide, tips & tricks (+T1 insights) (2024)

FAQs

What is the Skye bird trick? ›

The line on sky's flash. means that if the bird doesn't fly long enough, it won't blind for nearly as long. So to fix this, just fly the bird into a corner, then whip it around and pop it. Not only is this harder to turn, but it also blinds for way longer.

Is it hard to learn Skye? ›

Skye's abilities are difficult to navigate, making her less approachable to newer players. Her Seekers can be easily destroyed and have limited range. Skye's Trailblazer can also be easily destroyed, so players need to be creative and purposeful when using this ability.

What ethnicity is Skye VALORANT? ›

Hailing from Australia, Skye and her band of beasts trail-blaze the way through hostile territory.

Does yoru have a crush on skye? ›

Yoru has multiple flirtatious voicelines towards Skye, in which his flustered demeanor and unusually high-pitched voice (in contrast to his usual confidence) hint at deeper affection for the fellow Radiant.

How many HP can Skye heal? ›

she can also potentially heal ~400 hp a round (obviously a special case, but her heal is very arguably more powerful than sage). she also basically has a faster sova drone with astigmatism that can concuss and damage.

What animal is Skye's Seeker? ›

Upon casting she creates a Tasmanian Tiger that she takes control of. Skye's body will remain still in a channeling position whilst using the tiger, leaving her vulnerable to enemy gunfire and utility. The tiger has a limited vision radius, runs along the ground, and is controlled using movement and jump keys.

Can you control Skye Bird? ›

Upon casting she sends out a hawk. Clicking fire once sends the hawk forward in a straight line in the direction of her crosshair while holding fire allows her to control the direction the hawk moves by moving her crosshair in the same direction.

Why is Skye called Skye? ›

Skye takes its name from the Norse for 'misty isle', and we can confirm that this description is absolutely spot on. The island is famed for its mental microclimate, which regularly pops out double rainbows, diagonal rain, and atmospheric shrouds of mist.

How to blind with Skye in Valorant? ›

You will send your Flash against the wall of the building (see below), and as it makes a sharp turn around the corner, you should pop the flash to blind any enemies on the backside of this building (on A).

Why is Skye so popular? ›

Skye is most celebrated by the lovers of wilderness. At any time of the year it is possible to find your own isolated beach, mountaintop or loch with only a small amount of imagination and effort.

What is Skye's Q ability? ›

Trailblazer (Q ability)

Skye sends out a tasmanian tiger to hunt down her enemies. With a limited line of sight, Trailblazer is good to check narrow corridors and high traffic entry points to quickly gather intel on the opposing team.

Did Skye get nerfed? ›

Skye has been severely nerfed in Valorant's 8.01 patch. From now on, her Guiding Light won't regenerate charges during the round. Moreover, her Guiding Light will automatically be activated at the end of the flash's lifetime. If that wasn't enough, Skye's Ultimate Seekers will show warning indicators to her targets.

Why does Skye have scars? ›

While her left arm is covered up, her right arm is filled with large scars with uncertain origin. They could be the result of her animated animals resting on her arm, scratching it in the process, or they could have originated from various fights.

Is Skye a good agent for beginners? ›

Best Valorant Agents for Beginners: Key Takeaways

Skye and Killjoy are the best Valorant Agents to unlock first for beginners. Phoenix and Reyna are the best Valorant Agents for aggressive playstyles. Sage, Skye, or Brimstone are the best Valorant agents for supportive playstyles.

Is Skye good in Val? ›

She has one of the highest win rates in Valorant ranked play.

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