Controller · Agent
Clove
Scottish troublemaker Clove makes mischief for enemies in both the heat of combat and the cold of death. The young immortal keeps foes guessing, even from beyond the grave, their return to the living only ever a moment away.
Clove is a Controller. Clove's signature ability is Ruse, and their ultimate is Not Dead Yet.
- Role
- Controller
- Signature (E)
- Ruse
- Ultimate (X)
- Not Dead Yet
- Released
- patch 8.05 (March 26, 2024)
What are Clove's abilities?
C 
Pick-me-up
Basic abilityACTIVATE on a targeted dead enemy that you damaged or killed to gain haste and overheal.
Q 
Meddle
Basic abilityEQUIP Meddle. FIRE to throw. Explodes on landing, decaying all players.
E 
Ruse
Signature abilityEQUIP a tactical map. FIRE to set smoke locations. ALT FIRE to cast smokes. While dead, Clove can access Ruse to cast brief smokes.
X 
Not Dead Yet
Ultimate abilityOn death, ACTIVATE to channel a self-resurrect. During the channel, Clove is intangible. REACTIVATE to end the channel early. Once resurrected, secure a kill or damaging assist to stay alive.
How has Clove changed in every patch?
All patch notes →Clove has been changed in 22 patches, from patch 8.05 to patch 12.06: 12 buffs, 16 nerfs and 38 bug fixes. Newest changes first.
- BugfixBuff Ruse: Fixed a bug where post-death Ruse could not be unequipped without casting it.
- Bugfix Pick-me-up: Fixed a bug where their total health pool was displaying 151 instead of 150 when overhealed
- BugfixBuff Meddle: Fixed an issue where throw animations would break if aiming straight down
- Bugfix Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where killing Clove right after they use it would cause some finishers to have erratic behavior
- Bugfix Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where Clove’s agent icon in the top team composition bar would not update properly when Clove was killed inside of a smoke after using it
- BugfixBuff Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where Clove would revive in spawn if their body had too many players standing over it
- Bugfix Pick-me-up: Fixed a bug where the overheal UI effects would persist on the HUD even after the overheal had been reduced to 0
- BugfixBuff Fixed a bug that incorrectly teleported Clove to spawn when teleporting back from Iso's Kill Contract
- BugfixBuff Fixed a bug where Clove would be moved into a wall if their body was intersecting Sage’s Barrier Orb
- Nerf Ruse: Charges are now restricted to 1 maximum when Clove is dead
- Nerf Pick-me-up: Overheal reduced from 100 HP → 50 HP
- Bugfix Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where Clove would sometimes revive in unexpected locations
- BugfixNerf Pick-me-up: Fixed an issue where the cast sound was silent for enemies.
- Adjustment Pick-me-up: Visuals updated to show when Clove’s speed boost is active
- Bugfix Pick-me-up: Fixed an issue where the audio wouldn’t play properly for all players.
- BugfixBuff Ruse: Fixed an issue where Clove’s Ruse battlefield view could be seen from underneath elevated locations while they have it equipped.
- Bugfix Pick-me-up: Fixed an issue where Clove’s Pick-me-up duration was incorrect for observer/spectator clients.
- Bugfix Meddle: Updated tooltips to reflect patch 10.04 changes.
- BugfixBuff Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where Clove could take damage or die for a single frame upon reviving
- Adjustment Meddle: No longer explodes after a 1.3 second timer after casting. Explodes after contact with the ground after a 0.75s timer.
- Adjustment Meddle: Projectile audio has been updated
- Nerf Ruse: Cooldown duration increased from 30s → 40s
- Buff Pick-me-up: Health buff duration increased from 8s → 10s
- Nerf Pick-me-up: Move speed duration reduced from 8s → 3s
- BugfixNerf Pick-me-up: Fixed issues where Clove could tank lethal damage specifically when Regen Shield and Pick-me-up were active at the same time.
- BugfixBuff Not Dead Yet: Fixed an issue where Not Dead Yet could fail to cast when pressed in the last few frames of the activation window
- Adjustment Ruse: Enemy smokes updated to appear more red than ally smokes
- Added Ruse: Visual cues have been added to the inside of the smoke before it expires.
- Not Dead Yet (changed in 8.11)
- Time to get a kill: 12s → 10s
- BugfixNerf Meddle: Fixed a bug where Meddle was hitting through level geometry.
- Added Ruse: Can now ping and see additional icons on maps used for ability targeting
- Bugfix Not Dead Yet: Fixed an issue regarding resurrection not being visible for Spectators and Observers.
- Nerf Pick-me-up: Cost 100 → 200
- Nerf Pick-me-up: Duration 10s → 8s
- Nerf Pick-me-up: Damaging Assist Time to activate 10s → 6s
- Bugfix Pick-me-up: Fixed an issue where Clove’s Pick-me-up could not proc on training range bots
- Bugfix Ruse: Fixed an issue where players inside Clove’s smoke forming location were at a disadvantage compared to players on the outside of the smoke.
- Nerf Not Dead Yet: Cost 7 → 8
- Nerf Not Dead Yet: Unequip Delay.7 →.8s
- BugfixNerf Not Dead Yet: Fixed an issue where it allowed smoke assists to allow them to survive
- Bugfix Not Dead Yet: Fixed issues where Clove could play the incorrect animation or slide along the ground during a skin finisher if they were the last player alive and had their ultimate available.
- BugfixNerf Pick-me-up: Fixed issues where the timer for Pick-me-up could be restarted which would allow Clove to have more time than intended to activate the ability.
- Bugfix Ruse: Fixed Clove's icons being incorrect when Ruse was equipped.
- Bugfix Speculative fix for an issue where Clove’s corpse would sometimes remain upright after dying.
- Bugfix Fixed a bug where dead allies or observers spectating Clove would skip the death camera ceremony upon Clove’s death.
- Bugfix Pick-me-up: Speculative fix for Pick-me-up HUD sometimes showing > 150 total health values when taking fall damage as Clove activated the ability.
- Bugfix Pick-me-up: Fixed a bug where damage to Pick-me-up temporary health did not appear in Combat Report.
- Bugfix Meddle: Fixed a bug where Meddle used an incorrect ability icon in the combat report.
- Bugfix Meddle: Fixed a bug where Meddle could rarely cause a client-side hitch.
- Bugfix Ruse: Fixed a bug where Ruse used after death does not report to the Match Details.
- BugfixBuff Ruse: Fixed a bug where Clove’s head and arm hitboxes could be offset when aiming sharply up or down, and while crouched with Ruse equipped.
- Bugfix Ruse: Fixed a bug where moving through the edges of Clove’s smoke would cause flickering vision rather than a smooth transition.
- Bugfix Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where Not Dead Yet does not progress the “Use Your Ultimate” weekly mission and Match Details incorrectly reports 0 casts.
- BugfixBuff Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where Clove’s aim direction would abruptly change when suppressed during Not Dead Yet.
- BugfixBuff Not Dead Yet: Fixed a bug where Clove would sometimes resurrect without their primary weapon when using Not Dead Yet.
- Added Added
Patch change data adapted from Clove's update history on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clove gear skins
Unlocked by completing Clove's Gear contract with Kingdom Credits.
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