Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 10.00: agent & meta changes

Released January 7, 2025 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

NeonNeon+2.3%
Read the full official patch notes on playvalorant.com

Biggest movers this week

The biggest win-rate swings in the first week after release, and what the patch actually did to the meta.

▲ Climbing

HarborHarbor+10.9%50.9% win · 0.3% pickViperViper+3.0%47.3% win · 1.0% pickNeonNeon+2.3%52.9% win · 4.5% pick

▼ Falling

ChamberChamber-1.0%49.3% win · 10.8% pickFadeFade-0.6%48.9% win · 3.3% pickKAY/OKAY/O-0.5%45.4% win · 1.9% pick

What changed in Patch 10.00

Agent, map and ranked changes from this patch. Each changed agent is tagged in the tier list below; hover a tag to see the change.

NEWTejo: New Initiator added - grenade, stealth drone, guided missiles, ult strike
NEUTRALRanked: Season 2025 starts; ranks reset now and again at midseason
NEUTRALRanked: Fracture & Lotus back in; Ascent & Sunset removed from competitive pool
BUFFRaze: Showstopper explosion geometry clipping no longer causes missed damage
BUFFBrimstone: Stim Beacon equip time after cast Normal -> Fast
NEUTRALQueue: Automatic remake vote now needs 3/4 remaining players, not 4/4
BUFFSkye: Guiding Light flash duration scaling fixed - now works correctly
NEUTRALCypher: Cyber Cage wall-penetration exploit near geometry fixed

Agent tier list after Patch 10.00

Platinum+ agent win and pick rates a week after this patch released, with each agent's first-week win-rate change, per valking.gg tier-list snapshots.

≥52% win50-52%<50%
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#AgentWin RatePick Rate
1CloveClove53.1%+0.723.5%-0.4
2NeonNeon52.9%+2.34.5%+0.2
3DeadlockDeadlock52.6%+1.85.5%-0.7
4SageSage52.3%+1.610.8%-5.3
5PhoenixPhoenix51.5%+1.24.3%-2.2
6BreachBreach51.3%+2.07.1%+0.5
7BrimstoneBrimstoneBUFF51.2%+0.64.0%±0.0
8HarborHarbor50.9%+10.90.3%-0.2
9RazeRazeBUFF50.8%+2.19.2%+1.0
10VyseVyse50.8%+0.66.4%+4.5
11IsoIso50.8%-0.36.3%+0.1
12ReynaReyna50.7%+0.217.7%-2.5
13GekkoGekko50.5%+0.35.2%-2.6
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
14CypherCypherNEUTRAL50.3%+0.412.5%-0.4
15SovaSova49.9%-0.26.6%-2.2
16KillJoyKillJoy49.8%+0.15.2%+0.5
17SkyeSkyeBUFF49.5%+2.14.1%-1.1
18JettJett49.4%-0.328.8%+3.5
19ChamberChamber49.3%-1.010.8%+0.8
20FadeFade48.9%-0.63.3%+0.3
21TejoTejoNEW48.5%-7.9%-
22YoruYoru48.5%+0.22.8%-0.1
23ViperViper47.3%+3.01.0%+0.2
24AstraAstra46.2%-0.12.9%+1.0
25OmenOmen45.6%-0.17.4%-1.6
26KAY/OKAY/O45.4%-0.51.9%-1.4

Patch 10.00 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 10.00 (released January 7, 2025) brings 3 buffs, 0 nerfs and 0 reworks across the roster, according to valking.gg's patch breakdown. In the week after, the biggest win-rate mover was Neon (+2.3pp).

  • 3 buffs, 0 nerfs, 0 reworks, 1 new

· Source: valking.gg patch analysis and tier-list data.