Initiator · Season 2026 Act VI
InitiatorTier A (community)Ultimate: Hunter's FuryBorn from the eternal winter of Russia's tundra, Sova tracks, finds, and eliminates enemies with ruthless efficiency and precision. His custom bow and incredible scouting abilities ensure that even if you run, you cannot hide. Data
Initiator: Initiators challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.
From the game data · client 13.08
EQUIP an owl drone. FIRE to deploy and take control of movement of the drone. While in control of the drone, FIRE to shoot a marking dart. This dart will Reveal the location of any player struck by the dart. Enemies can destroy the Owl Drone.
EQUIP a bow with a shock bolt. FIRE to send the explosive bolt forward, detonating upon collision and damaging players nearby. HOLD FIRE to extend the range of the projectile. ALT FIRE to add up to two bounces to this arrow.
EQUIP a bow with recon bolt. FIRE to send the recon bolt forward, activating upon collision and Revealing the location of nearby enemies caught in the line of sight of the bolt. Enemies can destroy this bolt. HOLD FIRE to extend the range of the projectile. ALT FIRE to add up to two bounces to this arrow.
EQUIP a bow with three long-range, wall-piercing energy blasts. FIRE to release an energy blast in a line in front of Sova, dealing damage and Revealing the location of enemies caught in the line. This ability can be RE-USED up to two more times while the ability timer is active.
Sova's custom bow can fire his arrows and bounce them off terrain. Holding fire charges the bow's power, and the bolt is loosed when released. Press alt fire to change the number of bounces.Your arrows can bounce off terrain. Holding left click increases the bow's range trajectory. Right clicking Toggle through the desired number of terrain bounces by right clicking. The arrow is loosed when left click is released.
Ability names and descriptions are Riot’s in-game text; keys are the default bindings (C, Q, E, X for the ultimate). Data
Ranked, all ranks · 25 September 2026
MetaBot ranked data across all ranks, as published 25 September 2026 Community. Community statistics, not Riot figures. Patch 13.08 made no agent balance changes. Riot Full tier list on the meta page.
Suited to players who like setting up teammates: gathering information and disrupting defenders before the team commits. Sova finds enemies from a distance: arrows that reveal (Recon Bolt) or damage (Shock Bolt), a drone with a marking dart (Owl Drone) and wall-piercing blasts (Hunter's Fury).
Written from the role and the ability descriptions above, not from match data.
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Sova is a Initiator. Riot describes the role this way: Initiators challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.
C: Owl Drone; Q: Shock Bolt; E: Recon Bolt; X: Hunter's Fury; Passive: Uncanny Marksman. The full in-game descriptions are on this page.
Hunter's Fury. In the game’s own words: EQUIP a bow with three long-range, wall-piercing energy blasts. FIRE to release an energy blast in a line in front of Sova, dealing damage and Revealing the location of enemies caught in the line. This ability can be RE-USED up to two more times while the ability timer is active.
In MetaBot’s all-ranks data of 25 September 2026, Sova has a 51.7% win rate and a 8% pick rate (tier A), number 2 of 7 initiators by win rate. These are community statistics, not Riot figures, and they predate patch 13.08.
valorant-api.com: game data (agents, abilities, skins, ranks, acts), client 13.08 · Neuralboost — agent tier list by win rate (MetaBot data, all ranks, 25 Sep 2026) (community) · VALORANT Patch Notes 13.08
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