VALORANT Agents List: All 30 Agents by Role and Release Date
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VALORANT has 30 playable agents as of October 30, 2026: 9 Duelists, 7 Initiators, 7 Controllers and 7 Sentinels. Hush, a Duelist, is the newest, added on October 27 with patch 13.09.
Updated October 30, 2026. Roster and roles come from Riot’s agent data as served by valorant-api.com. Release dates are US announcement dates, checked against Strafe’s release list and, for 2020 to 2022, Dot Esports. How Hush plays is in our Hush guide, and the patch itself is in the 13.09 patch notes breakdown.
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All 30 VALORANT agents in release order
Eleven agents were available when VALORANT launched on June 2, 2020. Every other agent arrived later, one at a time.
| # | Agent | Role | Added |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brimstone | Controller | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 2 | Cypher | Sentinel | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 3 | Jett | Duelist | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 4 | Omen | Controller | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 5 | Phoenix | Duelist | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 6 | Raze | Duelist | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 7 | Reyna | Duelist | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 8 | Sage | Sentinel | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 9 | Sova | Initiator | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 10 | Viper | Controller | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 11 | Breach | Initiator | June 2, 2020 (launch) |
| 12 | Killjoy | Sentinel | August 2020 |
| 13 | Skye | Initiator | October 27, 2020 |
| 14 | Yoru | Duelist | January 12, 2021 |
| 15 | Astra | Controller | March 2, 2021 |
| 16 | KAY/O | Initiator | June 22, 2021 |
| 17 | Chamber | Sentinel | November 16, 2021 |
| 18 | Neon | Duelist | January 11, 2022 |
| 19 | Fade | Initiator | April 27, 2022 |
| 20 | Harbor | Controller | October 18, 2022 |
| 21 | Gekko | Initiator | March 7, 2023 |
| 22 | Deadlock | Sentinel | June 27, 2023 |
| 23 | Iso | Duelist | October 31, 2023 |
| 24 | Clove | Controller | March 26, 2024 |
| 25 | Vyse | Sentinel | August 27, 2024 |
| 26 | Tejo | Initiator | January 7, 2025 |
| 27 | Waylay | Duelist | March 4, 2025 |
| 28 | Veto | Sentinel | October 7, 2025 |
| 29 | Miks | Controller | March 17, 2026 |
| 30 | Hush | Duelist | October 27, 2026 |
VALORANT agents by role
Duelists take fights first and create space. Initiators gather information or disrupt enemies before a push. Controllers use smokes and similar tools to block sight lines. Sentinels hold a site or a flank and slow down attackers.
| Role | Agents | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Duelist | 9 | Jett, Phoenix, Raze, Reyna, Yoru, Neon, Iso, Waylay, Hush |
| Initiator | 7 | Sova, Breach, Skye, KAY/O, Fade, Gekko, Tejo |
| Controller | 7 | Brimstone, Omen, Viper, Astra, Harbor, Clove, Miks |
| Sentinel | 7 | Cypher, Sage, Killjoy, Chamber, Deadlock, Vyse, Veto |
How often Riot adds agents
Riot has added 19 agents since launch. The pace has slowed from the early years, when four agents arrived in 2021 alone. Since 2024, most gaps have run from about four to seven months, and the 56 days between Tejo and Waylay are the exception.
| Year | New agents | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | Killjoy, Skye |
| 2021 | 4 | Yoru, Astra, KAY/O, Chamber |
| 2022 | 3 | Neon, Fade, Harbor |
| 2023 | 3 | Gekko, Deadlock, Iso |
| 2024 | 2 | Clove, Vyse |
| 2025 | 3 | Tejo, Waylay, Veto |
| 2026 (so far) | 2 | Miks, Hush |
The gaps between the last seven releases, counted in days from the dates above:
| Agent | Added | Wait since the previous agent |
|---|---|---|
| Clove | March 26, 2024 | 147 days after Iso |
| Vyse | August 27, 2024 | 154 days after Clove |
| Tejo | January 7, 2025 | 133 days after Vyse |
| Waylay | March 4, 2025 | 56 days after Tejo |
| Veto | October 7, 2025 | 217 days after Waylay |
| Miks | March 17, 2026 | 161 days after Veto |
| Hush | October 27, 2026 | 224 days after Miks |
The newest agent in each role
Hush is the first Duelist since Waylay in March 2025. The Initiator role has waited longest: Tejo, added in January 2025, is still the latest one, with Veto, Miks and Hush all arriving after him.
| Role | Latest agent | Added |
|---|---|---|
| Duelist | Hush | October 27, 2026 |
| Controller | Miks | March 17, 2026 |
| Sentinel | Veto | October 7, 2025 |
| Initiator | Tejo | January 7, 2025 |
Where to go next
Picking a main is easier with a role in mind: our best agents for beginners and the agent tier list cover that. If you are climbing, the VALORANT ranks guide explains how RR and the rank cutoffs work.
About the dates in this list
Riot’s data feed timestamps Tejo (January 8, 2025) and Miks (March 18, 2026) one day later than the dates above because it uses UTC. We checked Tejo, Waylay, Veto, Miks and Hush against that feed. Harbor, Gekko, Deadlock, Iso, Clove and Vyse rely on Strafe’s list alone. Killjoy’s exact day in August 2020 was not confirmed, so the table gives only the month.
Image: agent portraits by Riot Games via valorant-api.com, composite by ESTNN.
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