A viral VALORANT clip shows a KAY/O flash gone wrong against Omen, leaving players wondering what exactly happened.
"KAY/O, what are these FLASHES"
In a Reddit thread from July 10, a VALORANT player shared an interesting clip in Haven’s C Short (aka Garage) where Omen used his smoke just as the enemy KAY/O threw a flash to lead his team into the narrow area. You’d expect Omen to get blinded and killed by the enemy team, but the opposite happened. Omen miraculously avoided being blinded by KAY/O’s FLASH/drive and then picked up two kills with a Bucky.
Normally, you can dodge bolts by turning away or hiding behind a wall, but that wasn't the case here. KAY/O's bolt was thrown right in front of Omen's face, and yet he wasn't blinded at all. After watching the clip, players have several theories as to why the bolt misfired.
The original poster initially thought that it was Omen's smoke screen that saved him from the flash. While using Dark Cover, Omen goes to a dark purple world to aim where he wants his cigarettes. So it's possible that this alternate screen blocked the flash right before the controller returned to a normal view of his surroundings.
