Most of the time, your teammates will be smoked off on A Rafters (Heaven) or holding an area near the generators on A Site. Once your teammates call for a fast A Site push, you can launch this immediately and support them. Since Sova can be holding different sites on every round, you can offer support to your teammates by learning this Recon Bolt when you are in the middle or holding B Site. Use a no bounce two charge (slightly above the second bar marker) and it will land on top of the corner boxes in A Site. Place your crosshair just to the right side of the wooden plank and the tarpaulin. You can even aim a little higher and use a two bounce max charge Recon Bolt, and it will still work. Any Recon Bolt shot will actually work, but this lineup also covers B Lobby. Use your charge bar to align just below the window and shoot a one bounce max charge Recon Bolt. There are two boxes there, where the B Orb is located, so you should remember to aim at the left or right side of the boxes. If you have played Valorant for a long time, you should already know that the wall on B Main is a popular wall bang spot. A simple and easy Recon Bolt lineup to remember. It only scans players peeking on B Boathouse, so you still need to clear that area. The Recon Bolt will land on the tree and cover B Site, including the stairs. You have to aim a little higher (on top of the tree) and use a no bounce max charge. B Main to B SiteĪim directly on the tree from the window. You can use your Owl Drone to cover the closer angles and you can absolutely gain all the information for the whole B Site. It also hits B Market and the stairs in B Site, where defenders usually position themselves. This will land on a door frame for defenders looking towards B Main. B Main to B Site Stairs and MarketĪim at the little square near the pipe and use a one bounce max charge. Since A Main is likely smoked by your teammates when they hear enemies coming near, you can use this Recon Bolt so your teammates can aggressively smoke bang through A Main. It does not cover A Site, so make sure to use this Recon Bolt when they haven’t completely committed to a push yet. Use a no bounce two charge for your Recon Bolt, and it should land on A Main. Place your crosshair on the upper-right side of the tiny cloud on the image above. When you see a Sage wall mid, you can save your Recon Bolt for a better one unless your team wants to safely clear the middle. It prevents any pressure for your team when you are trying to gain mid control. It is a simple one that doesn’t even need a specific position for you to land the Recon Bolt. Top Mid to Mid and B MarketĪim at the lamp seen in the image above and use a one bounce max charge to hit everyone peeking middle. When this Recon Bolt scans enemies, your teammates can actually wait near the smoked B Main entrance and wait until someone gets scanned so they can shoot them through the smoke. Since smokes will likely be placed on the B Main entrance, your team can smoke the defender’s spawn entry to B Site and B Market. It is easy to do, and you can have many variations since your goal is just to go fast with your team without even having the need to use your Owl Drone. You hug the box near the B Main orb and use a one bounce max charge to hit everyone close including those hiding near the switch, market, and logs. B Main for Fast B – Pushįor this Recon Bolt lineup, you want to aim exactly at the mouth of the swordfish portrait shown on the image above. It makes Sova insanely great on the map because of how easy he can gather information compared to a map like Fracture. AscentĪscent is a simple map with a lot of high walls and short angles to cover. These Recon Bolt lineups can either support your team through smoke bangs, wall bangs, post plant retakes, cross site information or even get yourself a kill with a delayed one. The lineups listed below will focus on the most useful ones that need to be practiced and can heavily affect your team’s chances of winning the round. An example of this would be in Breeze, where you can hit a high spot, so it is harder to hit and scan more areas, but you end up missing a few angles in the A Site (Default) or B Site (Back Site). Generally, you want Recon Bolts to land on a spot high enough to cover more areas but at the same time, not high enough that it doesn’t scan areas crucial areas you want to clear. Sova’s Recon Bolt usage is best used by players who are incredibly familiar with all the maps, including some basic geometry. There are more than a hundred ways you can use your Recon Bolt effectively without having a prepared lineup researched.
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