Abyss

Open boundary · No outer walls

There is no boundary to fall back on — a displacement is a death.

2 sites · 23 published callouts · in the Competitive pool. Rewards Duelist · Controller.

Both defaults, and the buy

Attacking: Push the side with cover; the open lane is a coin flip.
Defending: Play the edges against them, not with your back to one.
First buy: Take the covered side on the first buy; the open lane is a coin flip, not a plan.
Utility: Hold displacement utility for the edges — a knock here is a kill.

Say it in three

Way in: A Main
Plant zone: A Site
They arrive: A Link

All of A: Bridge · Link · Lobby · Main · Site · Tower · Secret · Security · Vent. Callout names are Riot’s own; the reduction to three is ours.

Abyss on video

SANCTUM OF SECRETS // Abyss Official Map Trailer - VALORANT — VALORANTVALORANT on YouTube · plays here

Published by VALORANT on YouTube, 9 June 2024.

2 years old. VALORANT has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.

It plays in YouTube’s own player once you press play. Nothing is downloaded or re-hosted here, and nothing loads from YouTube until then.

Five minutes in a custom game

1Walk in through A Main and B Main.1 min
2Stand in A Site and B Site and find two pieces of cover you can plant behind in each.2 min
3Hold A alone and time how long the rotation takes to reach you.1 min
4Retake through A Link and B Link — the route the defence uses.1 min

What the library can do here

A · Block vision AttackA Lobby → A Main
B · Deny plant DefenceB Link → B Site
A · Anti-flank AttackA Bridge → A Tower

Open the whole library

A tested starting point

Make a boundary where the map has none, and never cross the open lane.

Viper
Fade
Breach
Vyse
Jett

What it covers, and what it cannot do

Abyss balance history

Riot's notes from patch 1.01 to 13.06 change Abyss in 1 patch. The latest is patch 11.08, published 2025-10-14.

Patch 11.082025-10-14
MAP POOL UPDATES
- PEARL and SPLIT are IN the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues.
- LOTUS and ASCENT are OUT of the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues.
Why, in Riot's words
Mid Hallway Changes - We want to help open up quicker macro pathing options for both teams. We're adjusting the hallway in Mid that leads towards B Main to allow for improved flow through the map for both teams.

Every Abyss callout (23)

A: A Bridge · A Link · A Lobby · A Main · A Site · A Tower · A Secret · A Security · A Vent
Attacker Side: Attacker Side Spawn
B: B Link · B Lobby · B Main · B Nest · B Site · B Danger · B Tower
Defender Side: Defender Side Spawn
Mid: Mid Bend · Mid Bottom · Mid Catwalk · Mid Library · Mid Top