Duelist · Agent

Neon

Filipino Agent Neon surges forward at shocking speeds, discharging bursts of bioelectric radiance as fast as her body generates it. She races ahead to catch enemies off guard then strikes them down quicker than lightning.

Neon is a Duelist. Neon's signature ability is High Gear, and their ultimate is Overdrive.

Role: Duelist
Signature (E): High Gear
Ultimate (X): Overdrive
Released: patch 4.00 (January 11, 2022)

What are Neon's abilities?

Fast Lane

Basic ability

INSTANTLY launch two vision-blocking walls that extend until they hit a surface.

Relay Bolt

Basic ability

INSTANTLY throw a bolt that bounces once. Explodes on each surface, concussing all players.

High Gear

Signature ability

INSTANTLY consume fuel to gain haste. REACTIVATE to cancel. ALT FIRE to slide forward or in your movement direction. Slide resets every two kills.

Overdrive

Ultimate ability

INSTANTLY refresh High Gear. Access an accurate lightning beam that can be used while activating High Gear. FIRE to shoot. On kills, fully recharge fuel.

Battery

Passive

Passively recharge fuel over time.

How has Neon changed in every patch?

All patch notes →

Neon has been changed in 21 patches, from patch 4.00 to patch 12.09: 11 buffs, 18 nerfs and 12 bug fixes. Newest changes first.

Patch 12.09May 12, 2026
- Nerf High Gear: Jumping while active no longer provides any speed bonus while Neon is airborne. Instead, Neon’s air speed while sprinting will match melee speed.
- Adjustment High Gear: Improved VFX to more clearly communicate the direction and origin of her slide
- Energy
  - Will only regenerate with a kill when Neon's ultimate is active. It will still regenerate passively.
Patch 12.08April 28, 2026
- Bugfix High Gear: Fixed a bug where the slide was not playing SFX for moving across different surface types.
Patch 11.08October 14, 2025
- Energy
  - Battery recharge decreased, time to recharge to full battery increased from 20s → 60s
  - Battery drain reduced, increasing sprint time with full battery from 10s → 16s
- Nerf Relay Bolt: Concuss duration decreased 3.5s → 2.5s
Patch 11.04August 19, 2025
- BugfixNerf High Gear: Fixed a bug where Neon could skip her unequip delay by binding High Gear to multiple keys.
Patch 11.00June 24, 2025
- Nerf Relay Bolt: Windup increased 0.8s → 1.0s
Patch 10.04March 4, 2025
- BugfixNerf High Gear: Checked in a more systemic fix to an issue where Neon could jiggle her head up and down while sliding if mashing strafing inputs.
- Adjustment Overdrive: VFX have been updated to make Neon and her directionality clearer when she is fighting with Overdrive active.
Patch 9.11December 10, 2024
- Energy
  - Duration of ultimate: 20s → 10s
- Nerf High Gear: Slides 2 → 1
- Nerf High Gear: Accuracy during slide: Full accuracy → Crouch-walking accuracy
- Nerf Overdrive: Ultimate points 7 → 8
Patch 9.10November 19, 2024
- Nerf High Gear: Concuss now slows dashes by 50%
Patch 9.07October 8, 2024
- BugfixBuff High Gear: Fixed a bug where Neon utilizing backwards slide inputs could slide while standing
Patch 9.04August 27, 2024
- BugfixNerf High Gear: Fixed an issue where Neon could slide into the barrier at the beginning of a round and get a free slide charge.
Patch 9.02July 30, 2024
- Bugfix High Gear: Fixed a bug where Neon’s hitbox could be slightly offset while sliding.
Patch 9.01July 16, 2024
- BugfixNerf High Gear: Fixed a bug where Neon could equip faster out of her slide than intended by manually inputting an equip action.
- BugfixNerf High Gear: Removed Neon's air accuracy while sliding
Patch 8.11June 11, 2024
- Energy
  - Time until Full Fuel Regen 60s → 20s
- Adjustment Fast Lane: Fast Lane dissipates from behind to minimize visual noise in combat space while giving cover for Neon.
  - Fast Lane’s audio has been updated to travel with the fade out of the wall.
- Nerf Fast Lane: Wall Duration 6s → 4s
- Buff Fast Lane: Wall Dissolve Duration 1s → 2s
- High Gear: Sprint
  - Neon no longer has her strafe speed reduced while sprinting.
  - Max Sprint Speed while moving sideways 6.73 meters/second → 9.11 meters/second
- High Gear: Slide
  - Slide charges 1 → 2
  - Neon now removes all weapon movement error when sliding.
  - This effectively means she’s more accurate while sliding.
  - Second Slide Cost: 150
  - Equips out of slide: Fast → Instant
  - Slide equip buffer →.2s (after sliding, there is.2 seconds before her gun comes out)
- Nerf Relay Bolt: Charges 2 → 1
- Buff Relay Bolt: Windup delay 1.1s →.8s
- Buff Relay Bolt: Concuss Duration 3.0s → 3.5s
Patch 7.08October 17, 2023
- BugfixBuff Fast Lane: Now more reliably fully extends through Fracture’s A Door when cast from the outside, behaving the same as when used from inside A Hall.
Patch 6.03February 14, 2023
- Bugfix Adjusted hair height to fit within standardized vertical range
Patch 5.10November 15, 2022
- BugfixNerf High Gear: Can no longer use slide to boost upwards in specific map locations
Patch 5.03August 9, 2022
- Nerf Overdrive: Damage per shot reduced 22 → 18
- Nerf Overdrive: Leg shot multiplier reduced 1.0 → 0.85
- Buff Overdrive: Killzone increased 15m → 20m
- Buff Overdrive: Headshot multiplier increased 1 → 3
Patch 4.10May 24, 2022
- BugfixBuff High Gear: Fixed a bug where High Gear would automatically stop after using Fast Lane or Relay Bolt
Patch 4.08April 27, 2022
- Energy
  - Energy received upon killing an enemy increased 25% → 100%
- Adjustment Fast Lane: Damage removed
- Buff High Gear: Velocity restriction to cast slide removed
  - Slide cannot be cast during equip delay
- Buff High Gear: Can now slide sideways and forward, only requiring Neon to be moving
- Nerf High Gear: Energy drain increased 6.7/s → 10/s
Patch 4.07April 12, 2022
- Buff Overdrive: Can now be input-queued to equip after the current action
Patch 4.00January 11, 2022
- Added Added