**Alerts** and **Emotes** allow you to communicate with your teammates, when you don't have voice chat enabled (and even when you do). # Alerts Alerts highlight a part of the map that needs attention. It also plays a sound to alert your teammates. The are four things you can trigger an alert for: - Gates - Snail - Blue Base - Gold Base All alerts are triggered by **Holding L2** + **Alert Button**, where **alert button** is the thing you wish to trigger (Switch) or using the number keys (Keyboard). The alerts are, by default: | Objective | Command | |-----------|------------| | Gates | L2 + X OR 1 | | Snail | L2 + B OR 4 | | Blue Base | L2 + Y OR 2 | | Gold Base | L2 + A OR 3 | # Emotes Emotes put an emoji-like symbol above your player's head, accompanied by a corresponding sound. The four emotes are: - Heart - Anger - Taunt (laugh) - Confusion (question mark) All emotes are triggered by **Holding R2** + **Emote Button**, where **emote button** is the thing you wish to trigger (Switch) or using the number keys (Keyboard). The emotes are, by default: | Emote | Command | |-----------|------------| | Anger | R2 + X OR 5 | | Taunt | R2 + B OR 8 | | Heart | R2 + Y OR 7 | | Confusion | R2 + A OR 6 |