VALORANT Agents List: All 30 Agents by Role and Release Date

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.

Content

• All 30 VALORANT agents in release order
• VALORANT agents by role
• How often Riot adds agents
• The newest agent in each role
• Where to go next
• About the dates in this list

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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