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Icarus lets you position Valorant agents and their abilities on the map to visualize team compositions and ability setups.

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Placing agents

1

Select an agent

Choose from the full Valorant agent roster. Agents are displayed with their character portraits.
2

Click on the map

Place the agent at the desired position. The agent icon appears at that location.
3

Adjust position

Drag the agent to fine-tune placement. The position is tracked in normalized coordinates.

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Agent states

Toggle between agent states:
  • Alive - Default state, shows normal agent icon
  • Dead - Marked with visual indicator (e.g., X or skull)
Agent state toggling is useful for planning retakes or post-death scenarios.

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Placing abilities

Abilities can be placed to show skill usage:
1

Select an ability

Choose from the agent’s ability set:
  • Basic ability (E)
  • Signature ability (C/Q)
  • Ultimate ability (X)
2

Place on map

Click where the ability should be used or land.
3

Rotate if needed

Some abilities support rotation (walls, smokes, etc.). Drag to adjust angle and length.

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Ability types

Different abilities have different visual representations:
  • Square abilities - Fixed-size abilities like Sage’s Healing Orb
  • Rotatable abilities - Directional abilities like Viper’s Poison Cloud
  • Line abilities - Walls and barriers like Phoenix’s Blaze

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Rotation and length

For abilities that support it:

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Rotating abilities

1

Select the ability

Click on a placed ability to select it.
2

Drag to rotate

Move your mouse to adjust the angle. The ability rotates around its anchor point.
3

Adjust length

For line-based abilities, extend or shrink the visual representation.
Rotation is tracked in radians internally. The UI shows a visual preview while dragging.

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Anchor points

Abilities have specific anchor points for rotation:
  • Center anchored - Rotate around the center of the ability
  • Edge anchored - Rotate from one end (walls, etc.)
The anchor point is calculated based on ability size and map scale.

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Updating positions

Reposition agents and abilities by dragging:
  1. Drag to move - Click and hold, then drag to a new position
  2. Out of bounds deletion - If dragged outside the map, the element is removed
  3. Undo support - Position changes are tracked in the action history
Dragging an agent or ability outside the map boundaries automatically deletes it. Use undo if this was accidental.

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Removing agents and abilities

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Manual removal

  • Select the element and press Delete
  • Right-click and choose “Remove”
  • Drag it off the map

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Undo/redo

All agent and ability actions support undo/redo:
  • Addition - Undo removes the element, redo restores it
  • Position changes - Undo/redo cycles through position history
  • Rotation changes - Each rotation adjustment can be undone

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Switching sides

When you switch between attack and defense, agents and abilities are automatically flipped:
1

Toggle side

Click the “Switch Sides” button.
2

Automatic mirroring

All agents and abilities are flipped:
  • X positions are mirrored horizontally
  • Y positions are mirrored vertically
  • Rotations are adjusted to maintain the same relative angles
3

History is preserved

Position history for undo/redo is also flipped, so you can still undo changes after switching sides.

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Size customization

Agent and ability sizes can be adjusted:

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Agent size

Change how large agent icons appear on the map:
  1. Open strategy settings
  2. Adjust the “Agent Size” slider
  3. All agents on the current page are resized

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Ability size

Similarly, ability icons can be resized:
  1. Adjust the “Ability Size” slider
  2. All abilities update immediately
Size settings are saved per strategy. Different strategies can use different icon sizes.

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Action tracking

Every agent and ability action is logged:

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Action types

  • Addition - Creating a new agent or ability
  • Deletion - Removing an element
  • Edit - Moving, rotating, or modifying an element

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Action groups

Actions are organized by type:
  • ActionGroup.agent - All agent-related actions
  • ActionGroup.ability - All ability-related actions
This enables selective undo/redo by action type.

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Data persistence

Agents and abilities are stored as JSON:

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Agent data

{
  "type": "jett",
  "position": {"dx": 450.0, "dy": 320.0},
  "state": "alive",
  "id": "uuid-here"
}

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Ability data

{
  "type": "jett",
  "abilityType": "smoke",
  "position": {"dx": 500.0, "dy": 400.0},
  "rotation": 1.57,
  "length": 50.0,
  "id": "uuid-here"
}

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Best practices

Use different agent states to show sequencing:
  1. Place all agents alive for the initial setup
  2. Duplicate the page
  3. Mark casualties and show the adjusted positions

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Performance

  • Limit the number of abilities on a single page for clarity
  • Use rotation only when necessary (simpler abilities render faster)
  • Remove unused agents and abilities before exporting

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Visual clarity

  • Don’t overlap agents and abilities unless showing stacking
  • Use drawings to connect related elements (e.g., arrow from agent to ability target)
  • Adjust icon sizes based on map complexity

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