Ascent Valorant callouts and setups

Callouts

The official in-game names, as your client shows them, with the English name you will often hear in voice comms.

Scroll the map to read every name.

Site A

In-game name
A Tree
A Lobby
A Main
A Window
A Site
A Garden
A Rafters
A Wine

Site B

In-game name
B Lobby
B Main
B Boat House
B Site

Mid

In-game name
Mid Bottom
Mid Catwalk
Mid Cubby
Mid Market
Mid Courtyard
Mid Link
Mid Pizza
Mid Top

Spawns

In-game name
Attacker Spawn
Defender Spawn

Map layout

Ascent has two sites, A to the north and B to the south, separated by a big mid that both teams fight over. Whoever holds mid sets the speed of rotations and executes. From Mid Top, you go down through Mid Catwalk toward A Link, or through Mid Market toward B. For A, you can also take A Lobby then A Main, a safer corridor since you don't have to control mid. For B, B Main is also the safest route, but it's a choke where defenders and an Operator wait for you. According to Dexerto, a lost A site is easier to retake than B. The open sky and long sight lines reward the Operator, especially from B Main.

Key features

Mechanical doors on A and Market

Two metal doors open at the start of the round: the one at A Link and the one at Market. A switch on the site side closes them. Closed, a door cuts the view during a plant or a retake. It has 500 HP: once destroyed, it stays open until the end of the round.

Mid, the rotation crossroads

Mid links both spawns and both sites. Mid Catwalk leads toward A Link, Mid Market toward B. Whoever holds mid sets the pace of the other team's rotations. Defenders hold it from Mid Cubby or from Market.

Destructible mid walls

Two walls separate Mid Courtyard from Mid Link. Each has a 400 HP destructible panel that stops bullets as long as it holds. It goes from blue to yellow to red as it takes damage. Once destroyed, shooting through the wall is possible until the end of the round.

Heaven and Hell

Heaven is the raised platform on A, a strong angle for defense and retakes. Hell is the area below it, where defenders hide from view and from where attackers can hold a post-plant. After an entry, clear it.

Site A

A is the biggest site: a courtyard with a generator, crates and Heaven up high, overlooking the site. Attackers come in through A Main, which is safer, or through A Link and Tree from mid. Defenders have good crossing angles, and the site retakes fairly well.

Attack plan

Take mid first if you want to enter through A Link, otherwise go through A Main without mid. Smoke Heaven, Tree and the door before entering, with a Duelist in front and a Controller behind. Enter through A Main from A Lobby, or in parallel through Tree. Plant near the generator, the big black crate on the site: from there you cover Short, Hell, Main and Wine. After the plant, hold from A Main and from Hell. Keep in mind that defenders can close the A Link door with the switch.

1Smoke : Smoke Heaven (A Rafters)
2Smoke : Smoke Tree
3Smoke : Smoke the A Link door
4Route : Entry through A Lobby, A Main then the site
5Plant : Plant near the generator
6Hold : Post-plant from A Main
7Hold : Post-plant from Hell

Defense plan

Anchor Heaven and Tree to crossfire A Main. Slow the entry with a smoke or a flash on the A Main choke, and keep support coming from mid or the spawn. If the site falls, retake from Heaven or through the Garden, then clear Wine, Hell and Tree. An alarm or a wire on the A Link door warns you before the attack is on you.

1Hold : Hold from Heaven
2Hold : Hold from Tree
3Smoke : Smoke the A Main entrance
4Trap : Alarm on the A Link door
5Route : Retake through the Garden then Heaven

Site B

B is a shorter site, with boxes in the center and the Boat House at the back. You have to clear angles like Logs before going in. Defenders hold from the Boat House, the back of the site and Market. Since patch 10.04, part of the B Main wall along B Lane can no longer be shot through.

Attack plan

B Main is the safe route, but it puts little pressure on; going through Market first requires control of mid. Flash and smoke the line between B Lobby and B Main, where defenders peek out, and smoke Market toward the defender spawn. Cut off the Boat House with an ability, clear Logs, then enter as a group after the first duel, without letting an Operator hold B Main. Plant in front of the Boat House or behind the center boxes. One player watches the B Main angle.

1Smoke : Smoke Market toward the defender spawn
2Smoke : Smoke the Boat House
3Flash : Flash on B Main
4Route : Entry through B Lobby and B Main
5Plant : Plant behind the boxes
6Hold : Post-plant on the B Main angle

Defense plan

Hold from the Boat House, one of the best positions, or from the back of the site. Put abilities on B Main and on the alley at the entrance: a Killjoy or a Cypher makes every push pay there. A player at Market forces the attackers to split. If the site falls, retake through Market and from the defender spawn, with an info ability in B Main.

1Hold : Hold from the Boat House
2Hold : Hold from Market
3Trap : Alarm on the B Main entrance
4Info : Info in B Main
5Route : Retake through Market and the spawn

Agent setups

The placements top guides recommend on this map, ability by ability.

Killjoy

All Killjoy setups

Killjoy A: Turret on the crates, Alarmbot and Nanoswarms at the door

Defense · Site A

1TURRET : Turret on the stacked crates on the left wall, or on their raised part
2ALARMBOT : Alarmbot on the path to the A Link door
3Nanoswarm : Nanoswarm around the Alarmbot in front of the door: those hit stay in the zone
4Nanoswarm : Nanoswarm on the default plant, to punish a planter

Killjoy B: Turret on the boxes, Alarmbot and Nanoswarm in the alley

Defense · Site B

1TURRET : Turret on top of the green boxes on the site (variant: Logs)
2ALARMBOT : Alarmbot in the alley where attackers push
3Nanoswarm : Nanoswarm next to the alley Alarmbot
4Nanoswarm : Nanoswarm on the default plant

Cypher

All Cypher setups

Cypher B: camera on the B Main entrance, wire at the Market door

Defense · Site B

1Spycam : Spycam above the B Main entrance
2Trapwire : Trapwire near the switch of the door to Market

Vyse

Vyse A: two Razorvines in front of the site doors

Defense · Site A

In the guide, two Razorvines are placed on the site floor, in front of the arched door and the neighboring metal door. They slow and hurt an attacker coming in, long enough for your teammates to hit him. The Arc Rose and the Shear also have placements in the source, but I couldn't place them on the map.

1Razorvine : Razorvine in front of the arched door
2Razorvine : Razorvine in front of the neighboring metal door

Ascent tips

In general, take mid before anything else: without it, you spend your abilities early and rotate badly between A and B. Otherwise, avoid depending on it and go through A Main or B Main.
Against A Main, keep your crosshair at head height on the choke, where the defenders from Heaven and Tree come out. Avoid advancing while running: you often lose the duel.
On B Main, an Operator holds the corridor well: smoke or flash the line between B Lobby and B Main before you peek.
The A Link and Market doors close with a switch on the site side: account for them before pushing, or destroy them (500 HP).
Clear Hell and Wine after the entry on A, because a hidden defender can trap you from behind.
If you hold mid, choose between Mid Cubby and Mid Market: those are the two mid defense positions, with different angles.

Other maps

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Sources

Updated on October 15, 2026

Patch 13.08 data. Map names, callouts and minimaps: Riot Games, via valorant-api.com.