News / January 28, 2022

Early Information Recon Bolt Lineups for Sova on Haven in VALORANT

Today’s Sova Recon Bolt Lineup compilation takes us to VALORANT’s most unique map: Haven.

Haven features a triple bomb site setup, unheard of in a tactical shooting game such as VALORANT and CS:GO. This new layout is a breath of fresh air for competitive shooters as it forces players to be creative with their team compositions and map positioning.

Sova’s Recon Bolt can be an invaluable asset in a map like Haven since Sova can easily gather early information for his teammates through his Signature Ability: Recon Bolt.

With that in mind, we have compiled five early information Recon Bolt lineups to make gameplay in Haven less hellish and more Havenly.

Heavenly Haven

Today’s Sova Recon Bolt lineup takes us to an interesting map to play in VALORANT: Haven.

Haven is VALORANT’s first-ever triple-bombsite map, featuring an A-bomb site, B-bomb site, and now a C-bomb site. Because of how this unique triple bomb-site map is laid out, Haven can be quite difficult for both attackers and defenders to play in.

Attackers will have a hard time entering bomb sites because of the narrow passageways towards any of the three bomb sites. Defenders can simply smoke off these entryways and effectively stall or stop an Attacker push easily.

On the other hand, Defenders will have a hard time defending and retaking in Haven. Because of the extra bomb site in Haven, Defenders will have to watch four to five different entryways as a team. This means that each entryway will only have one defender since teams in VALORANT consist of just five total players. Retakes are also quite difficult for Defenders as the entryways towards either of the three bomb sites, as mentioned before, are quite narrow and easy to smoke out or wall off.

Sova Recon Bolt

Sova’s Recon Bolt is arguably one of the most valuable Signature Agent Abilities in all of VALORANT.

Recon Bolt is a cooldown-based Ability that refreshes every forty (40) seconds. Players can add up to two Bounces to the Recon Bolt Arrow, which opens up a world of possibilities in terms of lineups. His Recon Bolt also features a charge meter so Sova players can alter the total distance the Arrow travels before it lands.

When used correctly, Sova’s Recon Bolt is the closest thing players can get to wallhacks without the repercussions associated with hacking. When placed at certain spots within Spike Sites, Recon Bolt can reveal most of, if not everything, inside the Spike Site. This makes it a very powerful tool when Attacking or Defending bomb-sites.

Today we will be focusing on early information Sova Recon Bolt Lineups, which can be very valuable as both an Attacker and Defender in Haven. Let’s get started!

Haven A-site – A-Long/A Garden Early Information Recon Bolt

The first Sova Recon Bolt Lineup on this list is for gathering early information around the A Long and A Garden area.

Whenever Attackers plan on taking A-site, they will most likely try to take control of the A Long and Middle Window area.

Our Recon Bolt lineup for A Long and A Garden will give you and your team the early information needed to help your teammates decide between holding or rotating towards the A-site.

This Recon Bolt lineup also pings anyone standing outside of the Middle Window area.

Stand in this corner in A-site:
Turn around and look up towards the sun.
Place your crosshair on the rightmost side of the sun.
Charge it to two bars with no bounces added.

When done properly, the Recon Bolt should land on this tree at A Garden:

And cover the A Garden and A Long area:

Haven A-site – A Lobby Early Information Recon Bolt

This next Recon Bolt Lineup reveals anyone standing inside of A Lobby. As mentioned in the Recon Bolt lineup for A Long and A Garden, most teams stack up A Garden and head towards A Lobby to take control of A Long and Sewers. This strategy is a common setup for Attacking A-site in Haven.

This Recon Bolt lineup can also help you clear out A Lobby so you can safely take the Orb just outside of A-site. If you’re feeling brave, you can also try to push out A Long and head towards Mid Window or C Long to catch Attacker off-guard with your unorthodox push.