Callouts for Ascent, everyone’s first Valorant map

Luke Warr Published May 30, 2024

Players can’t expect to crush a Valorant match on Ascent if they don’t know the callouts, can they?

Team communication is important, and it’s hard to get better and rank up in Valorant if communication isn’t clear. This means that teammates need to know how to call out where enemies are. Accurately conveying enemy locations is important at both the start of the round and in the heat of the clutch.

On Ascent, callouts are particularly important because of the size of the map. This applies to both attackers and defenders, making callouts count every round.

Ascent callouts labeled on the map

Luckily, players have adapted to use most of the terminology from the game map itself. This makes it much easier to learn and callout. There are a few little caveats that some players use to be more precise.

On B, many people will call one area B switch. This is on the site where the switch is to close the door by market, hence the name. Also on B is boat house, or just boat. A lot of players call this back site. B main is also called garage a lot because of what it looks like.

There’s also a switch on A site by tree, which makes callouts on Ascent vary by site. A rafters are broken down to heaven and hell, which just reference whether someone is on top or underneath the walkway. There’s also generator, a common spot where people will hide.

In mid, most people will call anything along the catwalk just cat. This includes top mid and mid cubby. Bottom mid is also a term that’s not properly used very often, as most players will just say that enemies are pushing into market or pizza.

Where is cubby on Ascent?

Many Valorant players will use cubby on Ascent as a callout for anywhere that isn’t out in the open.

While it has an official callout on Ascent near mid, the term is called out a lot on Ascent. Some common examples of this include B boat house, A wine, and A rafters when they’re below. If someone’s using cubby a lot and it gets confusing, it’s always an option to ask them to ping what they mean.