characters

and who they are

These are the 18 playable agents in the game currently.

Controller agents are experts in slicing up dangerous territory to set their team up for success.
Duelist agents are self-sufficient fraggers who their team expects, through abilities and skills, to get high frags and seek out engagements first.
Initiator agents challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.
Sentinel agents are defensive experts who can lock down areas and watch flanks, both on attacker and defender rounds.

01 Brimstone

Brimstone is a tactical commando with versatile abilities that involve using the minimap. He can call down smoke grenades, fire napalms that act like molotovs, buff allied agents with additional firepower, and call down an airstrike.

Released in Beta

02 Viper

Viper wields toxic gases that run off of a refillable reserve. She can emit poison from a grenade or create a line wall with the vapors. Her ultimate basically creates a poison “room”, making her a great bomb planter.

Released in Beta

03 Omen

Omen is a flanker who is able to get behind enemy lines with teleports and strike from sneaky angles. He has some utility in the form of a smoke grenade and another ability that can go through walls and obscure the vision of enemies.

Released in Beta

04 Killjoy

Killjoy is a German genius who uses an arsenal of turrets, mines, and traps. She provides an incredible amount of information gathering, area control, and is the only agent that can disarm her enemies.

Released in 1.5

05 Cypher

Cypher is a spy who’s a master of gathering information through his camera and trip wires. He’s great on defense as he can hold a lot of real estate on his own, but he can also be useful on offense since by limiting potential flank routes or making preventing a defusal easier.

Released in Beta

06 Sova

Sova is a master archer who is able to bounce his arrows to scout enemies or kill them around corners. He also has a handy owl drown that can be used to mark where an enemy is. He can use his ability to track his opponents in combination with his ultimate, which allows him to fire three bursts of lightning through walls.

Released in Beta

07 Sage

Sage is currently one of the only healers in Valorant with a defensively-oriented kit, with a healing orb she can use on herself or an ally. She’s able to use ice abilities to slow and block off her enemies (her ice wall can also be used to boost allies to high ground). She has one of the most powerful ultimates in the game with a resurrection.

Released in Beta

08 NOT REVEALED

The 8th agent has not been revealed.

Not released

09 Phoenix

Phoenix is a pyromancer with an explosive playstyle, utilizing fire to control the flow of battle. He can use them to create walls, as flashbangs around corners, and of course, as an AoE molotov. Naturally, he has an ultimate that suits his name as he can activate it, fight and die, and then come back to life where he originally activated it.

Released in Beta

10 Jett

Jett is the most mobile agent in Valorant, making her an ideal duelist, especially when she gets her knife ultimate. She doesn’t provide much utility outside of a smoke grenade but she can dash to engage/disengage or get up to high positions with her boost jump.

Released in Beta

11 Reyna

Reyna is a vampire whose abilities are fueled by kills. What she lacks in utility is made up for by her raw killing power. She can inflict Nearsight on her enemies, heal herself, turn intangible, and even turn invisible. As a result, she’s one of the best duelists and skirmishers in the game.

Released in 1.0

12 Raze

Raze is the de facto explosives expert of Valorant with some of the most kill potential in the game. Her kit has everything from a remote detonated grenade and a cluster bomb to a rocket launcher and even an exploding Roomba-like robot.

Released in Beta

13 Breach

Breach is designed to be an initiator who excels at playing through walls and opponents that are positioned to hold chokepoints. His mechanics go through terrain and across the map to CC and kill enemies.

Released in Beta

14 Skye

Skye is the second healer in the game. Flavor-Wise she's a Druid-like commando that uses animal-based trinkets. She's an Initiator + Support hybridge that can help her team by engaging, scouting, and healing.

Released in 1.11

15 Yoru

Yoru is a tricky duelist that is built to lurk, acting as the worst nightmare to potential flankers. He’s a contender for having one of the highest skill caps due to his unique abilities that rely on having knowledge of the map, the flow of a match, and where opponents are likely to be.

Released in 2.0

16 Astra

Astra is designed to block enemies line of sight and to disrupt any enemy pushes. Her stars can transform into a mini black-hole, a smoke cloud, or an stun combustion, making her a great defender.

Released in 2.04

17 KAY/O

KAY/O is a robot packing a set of ultilities that are purposed for defending and attacking. His flashbang, molotov, and his blade are very strong and can be the key to winning. His ultimate disrupts and disables the enemies utilities, making him a very good attacker.

Released in 3.0

18 Chamber

Chamber is a French specialist, a markman armed with a powerful revolver and sniper. He can place down teleporters in which he can quickly get away from danger. Along with his teleporters, he carrys a rifle that can splash a area of slowness and kill an enemy with one shot, making him suited for long-ranges.

Released in 3.10