| “ | A phantom of a memory, Omen hunts in the shadows. He renders enemies blind, teleports across the field, then lets paranoia take hold as his foe scrambles to learn where he might strike next.
— Official description
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Omen is an Agent in VALORANT and one of the first Controllers available to play since the Closed Beta.
Profile[]
Biography[]
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For many years the phantom radiant Omen had no memory of his past and how he came to be in his current state. Firstly working alongside Dr. Sabine Callas (one of his only apparent links to who he used to be) at Kingdom Corporation, he would then go on join her in the founding of the VALORANT Protocol. During his time as a secret agent, Omen was driven by his search to discover who he previously was. Without answers he was unable to find peace, his predicament being only a nightmare for him to live in.
It was then after over a decade of time that a path towards the truth finally appeared when the Protocol came across an hourglass symbol after one of their missions, something that immediately triggered a sense of recognition in Omen. Soon after, VALORANT then ended up meeting the person responsible for this symbol appearing, the young assassin Li Zhao Yu, who was recruited into the organization as "Iso". At first it was hard to get much information out of Iso as he shut down many queries about his own past, but eventually he came forward with his own truth; he had still been working undercover for his former employer, the Scions of Hourglass, and he had joined VALORANT in order to access his next target - Omen. It was only after seeing the differences between the two organizations that Iso had chosen to truly defect from the SoH instead as he had initially pretended to, and now he wanted to join in VALORANT's investigation into the SoH to uncover more about them. For Omen specifically however, it was an opportunity to finally get some answers on his past, starting with why this organization, one that Iso said that Omen used to work for too, wanted him dead.
Intel eventually led to Protocol to an Hourglass skyscraper base in Jakarta where Iso's former boss was. While VALORANT sent a full strike team to confront and interrogate the boss, Omen was entrusted with carrying this out personally, entering the base alone while the other agents provided support. Going through every guard on his way up to the penthouse, Omen found the boss there and confronted him, but was trapped by the boss within a device that he had set up, using a beam of energy to start ripping him apart. In what was meant to be Omen's final moments, the boss was happy to oblige with Omen's demand for answers, revealing that Omen had been the SoH's most talented assets in their former mission to keep the substance radianite from being rediscovered, as an assassin known as "Ghost".
But the boss' taunting triggered something more in Omen, as more memories of his past began to return. He could suddenly remember the last day before he had changed completely and what he had been doing. As Ghost, he had been sent on a mission to kill Sabine Callas, his old Kingdom colleague and now his fellow Protocol agent "Viper", just as she and Kingdom had been about to rediscover radianite. That last day was the moment of the assassination attempt, but he realized he had failed. Dr. Callas had been able to defended herself, while a vial of chemicals she had been holding had hit Ghost in the face, before he had then ended up becoming trapped within a nearby test chamber. As he had tried to break out, Dr. Callas had then activated it, with the process then turning him from a man into the phantom that he was now. Omen had been left with no memory of this upon his transformation, but Viper had known this whole time. Just as the boss then moved to finish Omen off though in the midst of all of this, the device containing him was destroyed by the strike team, freeing Omen to grab the boss and take him through the window, leaving him to fall to his death.
After the events in Jakarta, Omen now has the truth behind how he came to be, but it has only led to more questions and frustration, with Omen finding himself unfocused instead of at peace as he thought he would be once he got his answers. Now needing to find his own path in light of what he has uncovered, Omen has stepped away from the Protocol for now while he recovers. But no matter who he used to be, Omen has since made a new family in VALORANT, and he knows he will return to them in time.
GHOST: Early life[]
- Ghost is involved with First Light.[1]
- Ghost goes under several other aliases over his life.[1]
- These include Dmitri, Fred, John, Marcus, and Yohan.
- Ghost works for the Scions of Hourglass.
- Ghost is assigned to assassinate Sabine Callas.[2]
- He fails in his attempt as Callas defends herself, with a vial of chemicals she was holding hitting him in the face.
- He then ends up trapped within a test chamber that Callas activates, with the result turning him from a man into a phantom without any memory of who he was.
OMEN: VALORANT agent[]
- Recruited as its third agent.
- Omen plays an important part in the organization's founding and why it was set up.[3]
- Omen enters into a transaction with Cypher wherein he asks him to find information regarding "hard to find answers".[4]
- He is yet to pay Cypher in order for the intel broker to reveal to him what he has discovered.
First ventures into Omega[]
- Omen is assigned to keep track of a REALM convoy that is pursuing Varun Batra.[5]
- He delivers a report after Batra flees from Bhutan.
Journey into the City of Flowers[]
Project Landfall[]
- Omen reports that Max Bot has been displaying strange behavior, including increased awareness and independence, and recommends that Killjoy and Raze revert his modified programming.[7]
- He later has suspicions towards Raze over her stealing fuel, which the Brazilian denies.[8]
- Max Bot then goes missing, with Omen imploring Brimstone to act on the situation.[9]
- After Max Bot reveals his betrayal when he hijacks the Protocol's teleporter, Omen contacts Brimstone to tell him "I told you so".[10]
Scions of Hourglass[]
- Omen recognizes an hourglass symbol discovered by the Protocol in their investigation into the disappearance of Landfall's leadership.[11]
- Omen watches a group of agents during a card game.[13]
- Omen is reported to be obsessed with new recruit Iso, who was a part of the organization with the hourglass symbol and even knew things about Omen's previous work there.[14]
- Omen is informed by Iso that he had been targeted by the Scions of Hourglass for assassination.[15]
- Omen asks Brimstone to approve a raid on Iso's former boss.[16]
- Omen is assigned as a member of the Jakarta strike team.[17]
- He enters the base alone, going through every guard on his way up to the penthouse where he finds and confronts the boss, but the boss activates a machine that traps Omen within an area of energy that begins to work on ripping him apart.
- While contained, the boss taunts him with information about his previous role as "Ghost" at the Scions of Hourglass.
- All of the boss' reveals meanwhile trigger flashbacks in Omen to his failed mission to assassinate Sabine Callas.
- As his memory of these events come back to him, he realizes it was the outcome of this mission that was responsible for turning him into what he was now and that Viper has known about his forgotten past all this time.
- After Sova fires a large energy blast into the penthouse at the machine to destroy it and free him, Omen proceeds to take the boss through the window and leaves him to fall to his death.
- When informed that Viper had requested a full report after the mission is completed, he says he will deliver it to her personally.
- He later contacts Brimstone after the events of the mission.[18]
- He enters the base alone, going through every guard on his way up to the penthouse where he finds and confronts the boss, but the boss activates a machine that traps Omen within an area of energy that begins to work on ripping him apart.
- Omen goes on extended leave, deactivating his tracker.[19]
- Omen goes to an Edinburgh library to obtain an Hourglass journal.[20]
- He also comes across Clove, and ends up in a fight alongside them.
- Omen meets with Deadlock to handover Clove and the Hourglass journal to the Protocol.[21]
Personality[]
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A living nightmare, Omen takes full advantage of his shadowed physique and will not hesitate to eliminate his enemies using the forces of paranoia and fear. He is cynical in nature, which stems from him experiencing extreme pain as he was condemned to remain in the state that he is today. If there's one person who wants to know more about his mysterious circumstances, it's Omen himself - and quite desperately so.
Despite his fearsome nature, Omen shows some friendliness towards people he knows well such as Viper, shown by being able to call her by her real name despite her warning other agents to never do so. He has been known to knit as a way to help him focus.
Appearance[]
Omen wears gray armor, black pants, and a purple hooded cape. His arms are wrapped in bandages while never revealing his form underneath. His face cannot be seen under his hood, with only three bright blue slits being present instead.
Whenever Omen activates his ultimate ability, he fully appears in the form of a dark shade.
Abilities[]
Basic[]
EQUIP a shrouded step ability and see its range indicator. FIRE to begin a brief channel, then teleport to the marked location.
Uses: 2 
Cost:
100
EQUIP a blinding orb. FIRE to throw it forward, briefly Nearsighting and Deafening all players it touches. This projectile can pass straight through walls.
Uses: 1 
Cost: 250
Debuff: 
2 s Nearsight
Signature[]
EQUIP a shadow orb, entering a phased world to place and target the orbs. PRESS the ability key to throw the shadow orb to the marked location, creating a long-lasting shadow sphere that blocks vision. HOLD FIRE while targeting to move the marker further away. HOLD ALT FIRE while targeting to move the marker closer. PRESS RELOAD to toggle normal targeting view.
Uses: 2
Cost: 150
Duration: 
15 s
Cooldown: 
30 s
Ultimate[]
EQUIP a tactical map. FIRE to begin teleporting to the selected location. While teleporting, Omen will appear as a Shade that can be destroyed by an enemy to cancel his teleport, or PRESS EQUIP for Omen to cancel his teleport.
Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 7 points
Duration: 4 s
Agent Cosmetics[]
The following are cosmetics related to Omen from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).
Gear[]
- More information: Gear
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| Spray: It Hunts |
Player Card: VALORANT Omen |
Player Title: Harbinger |
Spray: Dark Focus |
Kingdom Credits: 2,000 |
 2,000 |
2,500 |
3,000 |
3,500 |
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| Tier 6 | Tier 7 | Tier 8 | Tier 9 | Tier 10 |
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| Gunbuddy: Grim Delight |
Spray: Omen |
Player Title: Revenant |
Player Card: What's Another Death |
Weapon Skin: Soul Silencer Ghost |
| 4,500 |
5,500 |
6,500 |
7,500 |
8,000
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Other cosmetics[]
| Image | Name | Source |
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Boot Camp // Stealth Module | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 2 |
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Doodle Buds // Agents | Store: Doodle Buds |
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Downtime Omen | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 3 |
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EP 3 // Reflection | Event Pass: YR 1 Anniversary |
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Epilogue: Downtime Omen | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 3 |
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Epilogue: Order for Owen! | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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Garden of Heroes: Omen | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 2 |
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Hitlist | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 2 |
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I Am Everywhere | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 1 |
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Legion | Event Pass: Crossover |
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Living The Nightmare | Battle Pass: EP 03 Act 3 |
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Order for Owen! | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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PREMIER E8A1 | Premier |
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Rank Up! // Masters Tokyo 2023 (banner only) 
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Broadcast Drops |
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Scare Tactics | Prime Gaming Drops |
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Scars that Bond | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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Shadow Walker | Event Pass: Crossover |
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Shot in the Dark | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 1 |
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Unstoppable // Omen | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 3 Part of collection: Unstoppable |
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VERSUS // Omen + Sage | Battle Pass: EP 02 Act 1 Part of collection: Versus |
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VERSUS // Viper + Omen | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 1 Part of collection: Versus |
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Downtime | Battle Pass: EP 08 Act 2 |
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I'm Melting | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 3 |
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Last Person Standing | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 1 |
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Look Behind You | Battle Pass: EP 04 Act 3 |
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Omen Cat Dance | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 2 |
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Omen Remembers | Battle Pass: EP 06 Act 3 |
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Pity Party | Prime Gaming Drops |
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The Big Bet | Battle Pass: EP 07 Act 3 |
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Very Sneaky | Battle Pass: EP 05 Act 2 |
| Image | Edition | Skin | Weapon | Variant | Source |
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Doodle Buds | Stinger | Base | Store |
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Phantom | Base | |||
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Marshal | Base | |||
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Ares | Base |
Quotes[]
- Main article: Omen/Quotes
Update History[]
From the Shadows
- Now able to pick up the Spike and interact with other useables like doors while in the Shade form of From the Shadows without having to cancel the ability.
Now able to pick up the - Dark Cover
- Smokes play an audio and visual cue 1.5 seconds before they are about to fade.
Smokes play an audio and visual cue 1.5 seconds before they are about to fade.- Dark Cover
- Fixed a bug where other Agents were not animating when they moved through Omen’s Dark Cover ability.
Fixed a bug where other Agents were not animating when they moved through Omen’s Dark Cover ability.- Paranoia
- Movement velocity no longer imparted when casting
- Base speed decreased from 20 >>> 16 meters per second
- This is an undocumented change
Movement velocity no longer imparted when casting
Base speed decreased from 20 >>> 16 meters per second
- From the Shadows and Shrouded Step
- Fixed a bug where Omen’s From the Shadows and Shrouded Step abilities were not properly canceled if he was hit by KAY/O’s ZERO/point or Deadlock’s Annihilation during the windup before teleporting.
Fixed a bug where Omen’s From the Shadows and Shrouded Step abilities were not properly canceled if he was hit by 
- From the Shadows
- Suppression now properly interrupts the ability if hit in Shade form
- From the Shadows
- The timing of Omen’s From the Shadows voiceover line will come in quicker to increase your discernibility.
- Shrouded Step
- Fixed Omen Shrouded Step to not be interrupted if you’re Suppressed before teleporting.
The timing of Omen’s From the Shadows voiceover line will come in quicker to increase your discernibility.- From the Shadows
- Removed the mouse cursor that was displayed
- From the Shadows
- Updated targeting visuals to help players with precision placement on the map.
- Dark Cover
- Now falls to the height of nearby ground if placed inside walls
- Paranoia
- Cost decreased 300 >>> 250
- Progress/Charge bars moved to a consistent location and made a consistent size
- Updated 3P model to increase detail and fidelity
- Dark Cover
- Cooldown decreased 40s >>> 30s
- Projectile Speed increased 2800 >>> 6400
- Cost increased 100 >>> 150
- Shrouded Step
- Cost decreased 150 >>> 100
- Pre teleport delay decreased 1s >>> 0.7s
- Improved the system used to place Shrouded Step at targeted ground locations
- Paranoia
- Added forward spawn offset, so players adjacent to Omen are not hit
- Dark Cover
- Will no longer equip weapons slower than intended after casting Dark Cover
- From the Shadows
- Fixed a bug where Omen could become stuck in other objects if they were blocking From the Shadows' return location
- Dark Cover
- Fixed an issue where Dark Cover could travel in unintended ways that caused it to settle slightly off from where it was aimed
- Shrouded Step
- Cost increased 100 >>> 150
- Paranoia
- Cost decreased 400 >>> 300
- Dark Cover
- Granted signature charges reduced 2 >>> 1
- Omen now must buy his second smoke for 100
- Omen now must buy his second smoke for
- Cooldown time increased 35 >>> 40
- Shrouded Step
- Fixed issue with targeting that caused Shrouded Step to get stuck on corners at a much greater distance
- From the Shadows
- Fixed issue where Omen could swap equipables right after selecting a map location for From the Shadows
- Shrouded Step
- Fixed issue where Omen’s reforming VFX didn’t line up with where he actually appeared
- Fixed Omen being able to trigger the defuse sound while teleporting
- From the Shadows
- Fixed issue where Omen could have his gun equipped while forming
- Fixed an issue where Omen could plant the Spike while elevated on a Sage wall
- Shrouded Step
- Fixed an issue where Omen could sometimes teleport past the buy phase barriers
- Paranoia
- Cost increased 200 >>> 400 credits
- Dark Cover
- Projectile speed decreased 4000 >>> 2800
- Shrouded Step
- Fixed an issue where Omen could teleport past the Buy phase barrier
- Paranoia
- Updated projectile VFX to better represent hitbox, especially when it is traveling towards enemies' POV
- Shrouded Step
- Can now see teleport location on the map and receives an in-world indicator of target location when vision of the point is obstructed
- Paranoia
- Now equipped instead of quickcast
- Hit detection improved, especially at close range
- Dark Cover
- Omen now enters a “phaser” world where he can see through walls to place his smokes
- Pressing RELOAD toggles between phased and normal targeting
- Omen can now increase smoke distance with PRIMARY FIRE, decrease it with SECONDARY FIRE, and throw smoke with the ABILITY KEY
- From the Shadows
- Omen can now cancel his teleport while in Shade form by pressing the ABILITY KEY again
- Omen still loses all of his ult points if he cancels
- Dark Cover
- Duration increased 12 >> 15 seconds
- Projectile speed increased to 4000
- Cooldown increased 30 >> 35 seconds
- Updated visuals
- From the Shadows
- Omen now immediately become vulnerable and no longer appears dark after leaving shadow form
- Attenuation radius of arrival sound reduced to 2250
Spotify Playlist[]
Trivia[]
- One of Omen's associated names is partially mentioned by Viper in an interaction between the two.
- "Joh-...I mean, Omen. Keep yourself together, you're still needed."
- A previous version of this quote had Viper call him "Fre-" instead. This version is listed in the audio file's update history. However, this was an intentional change as both of these names have been short for two names revealed to be associated with Omen by a blackmailer, in addition to having several others aliases. Despite this, Omen's true name is still not known.[1]
- Skye notes that, despite her radiant powers that usually allow her to feel and sense the natural world around her, she loses Omen when he teleports, suggesting there is something unnatural about the process.
- Omen often knits as a way to help him focus.
- Some of Omen's speech takes inspiration from the bible
- When Omen was contacted by the Blackmailer, the Blackmailer specifically denoted Omen's radiant classification with an asterisk, suggesting there is something different about Omen compared to other radiants.
Relations[]
- Omen and Viper know each other very well, with the latter calling him an "old friend."
- He has reached out to Cypher for help in his search for some "hard to find answers". While Cypher has been successful in this endeavor, Omen is unable to receive the information until he pays the intel broker something in return.[22]
- Omen and Sage have a good, solid "connection."[23]
Development[]
- Prior to the global launch of VALORANT and the end of the Closed Beta, Omen originally had sharp light blue eyes, rather than the current triple vertical slashes on his "face."
Gallery[]
![Chamber Background[24]](/wiki/File:Chamber_Background.jpg "Chamber Background.jpg (1.29 MB)")
![REVELATION poster (Ω-counterpart)[25]](/wiki/File:Revelation_Poster_1.jpeg "Revelation Poster 1.jpeg (1.56 MB)")
![Pride 2023[26]](/wiki/File:Pride_2023.jpeg "Pride 2023.jpeg (2.64 MB)")
![RECKONING teaser[27]](/wiki/File:Reckoning_Teaser_1.jpeg "Reckoning Teaser 1.jpeg (795 KB)")
![RECKONING teaser[28]](/wiki/File:Reckoning_Teaser_3.jpeg "Reckoning Teaser 3.jpeg (680 KB)")
![RECKONING poster[29]](/wiki/File:RECKONING_Poster.jpeg "RECKONING Poster.jpeg (1.64 MB)")
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 VALORANT Protocol#The Blackmailer's agent dossiers
- ↑ RECKONING
- ↑ Reddit Narrative AMA: Omen's links to VP's founding
- ↑ [Discord Dev Q&A: Cypher selling intel to Omen (Discord link)]
- ↑ 5.06 Omen Voicemail
- ↑ 6.01 Omen Voicemail
- ↑ 6.07 Omen Voicemail
- ↑ 6.08 Raze Email
- ↑ 6.10 Omen voicemail
- ↑ 7.0 Omen voicemail
- ↑ 7.07 Omen email
- ↑ MYTHS Twitter Teasers
- ↑ 7.08 Cypher voicemail
- ↑ 7.10 Viper Email
- ↑ RECKONING Twitter Teaser
- ↑ 7.12 Omen Email
- ↑ RECKONING
- ↑ 8.01 Omen Voicemail
- ↑ 8.02 Range Lore
- ↑ 8.03 Cypher voicemail
- ↑ 8.04 Deadlock email
- ↑ VALORANT Discord Dev Q&A - Cypher selling intel to Omen (Discord link)
- ↑ Reddit AMA - Sage and Omen's relations
- ↑ Chamber Background Artwork
- ↑ REVELATION Poster
- ↑ Pride 2023
- ↑ RECKONING teaser
- ↑ RECKONING teaser
- ↑ RECKONING poster
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