VALORANT Neon Guide: Abilities and How to Play Neon

We continue our agent guide series in VALORANT where we left off. In today's article, we have prepared a guide dedicated to Neon, VALORANT's 18th agent. Today's article focuses on the query what are Neon's tactics and how do you play her, and aims to introduce the Neon agent to you fully. Since we will be talking about Neon with plenty of electricity, you may get quite electrified. :)

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VALORANT Neon: What Are Her Abilities?

As we said before, Neon is all about speed, but she can also manipulate electricity as she wishes. But everything depends on her "Charge," which builds up over time, similar to Viper's passive fuel reserves:

• C Ability – Fast Lane (300 Credits): FIRE to send out two energy lines ahead of you, either short or until they hit a surface. These energy lines turn into walls of static electricity that block vision and damage enemies who pass through them.
• Q Ability – Relay Bolt (200 Credits): INSTANTLY throw an energy bolt. The bolt bounces once. When the bolt hits a surface, it releases a concussive blast that electrifies the ground beneath it.
• E Ability – High Gear (Free): INSTANTLY channel your power to speed Neon up. When the charge is full, ALT FIRE to activate an electric slide. The slide recharges every two kills.
• X (Ultimate) Ability – Overdrive (7 Ultimate Points): Unleash Neon's full power and speed for a short time. FIRE to turn her power into a deadly beam attack that is highly accurate while moving. The cooldown resets with every kill you get.

At first glance, the most useful part of her basic kit is Fast Lane, which, although it costs quite a lot of credits, is great for gaining access to a bomb site or, alternatively, is a quick escape route for you and your allies.

It is her Ultimate that really shines, though. Giving you the chance to blast opponents with lightning and get out untouched with her quick dashes and quick slides, in the right hands it can easily earn you a team ace.

How Do You Play Neon in VALORANT?

If you like getting close to the heart of the action, hitting hard and then getting out to safety, then Neon is a character for you. But we have never seen anything like her speed in Valorant before, so it takes some time to get used to.

Jumping into the practice range and testing her E and Ultimate abilities is a must. Once you have an idea of how fast she goes, you can use them and the accompanying slides to speed past open areas while avoiding the gaze of an annoying Operator player using Jett. Of course, you can also use her to flank, pop a head from behind and run to safety.

One of the many ways to do this is to use the wall escape, where you run straight at a Harry Potter-style wall and use it to push you toward your enemies. Bringing a Judge or Bucky gives you instant burst damage, or using her Ultimate lightning practically guarantees plenty of kills.

Got yourself in a bad spot? Fast Lane is perfect for falling back, since the walls protect you from enemy vision and are too threatening to pass through. Even if someone dares to break through these cobalt smokes, you can shoot out of the lane and leave the enemies in the middle wondering where in Middle-earth you went. It is also great on the attacking side, since it provides an impassable route to the site and perfect smokes to plant behind.

That brings us to the end of today's guide. See you in the next guides..

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