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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 3 Sept 2026 · 00:00

Act 5 · Patch 13.05

Clove

Controller · Self-sufficient smokes

Controllers are experts in slicing up dangerous territory to set their team up for success.

Why we fit it where we do Mid-heavy maps reward a controller who can keep smoking after trading.

The four

  • Pick-me-upC · support

    ACTIVATE to absorb the life force of a fallen enemy that Clove damaged or killed, gaining haste and temporary health.

  • MeddleQ · damage

    EQUIP a fragment of immortality essence. FIRE to throw the fragment, which upon landing on the floor, erupts after a short delay and temporarily Decays all targets caught inside.

  • RuseE · smoke

    EQUIP a view of the battlefield. FIRE to set the locations where Clove’s clouds will settle. ALT FIRE to confirm, launching clouds that block vision in the chosen areas. Clove can use this ability after death.

  • Not Dead YetX · support

    After dying, ACTIVATE to resurrect. Once resurrected, Clove must earn a kill or a damaging assist within a set time or they will die. REACTIVATE to cancel early.

What it asks of you

  • AimMedium
  • MapMedium
  • TimingMedium
  • TeamLow

Rehearsal Anywhere · Die on purpose in a custom, then place a smoke from the death timer.

Watch out Post-death smokes run on a timer — they do not wait for the team to be ready.

Buying for it

Priority
Smokes, then armour
First utility
Ruse over the entry lane
Position
With the entry, not behind it
The mistake
Playing passively for a kit built to trade forward

Patch 13.05

  • Smoke and flash interactionA dissipating smoke no longer blocks the flash. — A flash you used to hide behind a fading smoke now arrives. Entries timed to the end of a smoke are the ones that changed, not the ones timed to its start.
  • Smoke-covered plays that depended on the fadeIt is not. — Every saved setup that spends a controller smoke as cover is worth one retest — the landing spot did not move, the protection did.

Clove on video

Situations this kit fills

  • Haven A · Deny plantA Link → A Site
  • Haven Mid · Block visionMid Courtyard → Mid Doors
  • Ascent A · Deny plantA Tree → A Site
  • Ascent Mid · Block visionMid Bottom → Mid Catwalk
  • Sunset A · Deny plantA Elbow → A Site
  • Sunset Mid · Block visionMid Bottom → Mid Courtyard
  • Haven A · Post-plantA Garden → A Site
  • Open the whole library

Other Controllers

What this page will not print

  • Pick rate
  • Win rate
  • Tier

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