Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 12.01: agent & meta changes

Released January 20, 2026 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

PhoenixPhoenix+4.0%
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

PhoenixPhoenix+4.0%52.6% win · 4.7% pickAstraAstra+3.3%50.5% win · 3.1% pickHarborHarbor+2.8%47.6% win · 0.6% pick

▼ Falling

ViperViper-1.5%46.7% win · 3.5% pickFadeFade-1.3%49.2% win · 7.7% pickVyseVyse-1.1%48.0% win · 2.2% pick

What changed in Patch 12.01

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.

NEUTRALRanked: EU Ascendant+ and account-share suspects require MFA for Comp

Agent tier list after Patch 12.01

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
1PhoenixPhoenix52.6%+4.04.7%+0.5
2SageSage52.3%+0.89.6%+1.2
3CloveClove52.3%-0.523.4%-0.6
4NeonNeon51.0%+0.75.7%+0.3
5SovaSova50.8%+0.211.1%-1.2
6SkyeSkye50.6%+0.66.6%+0.3
7DeadlockDeadlock50.6%-0.64.9%+0.4
8ChamberChamber50.6%±0.020.6%-0.6
9AstraAstra50.5%+3.33.1%+0.1
10GekkoGekko50.3%+0.32.7%+0.3
11RazeRaze50.1%-0.66.3%+0.2
12BrimstoneBrimstone50.0%+1.23.3%+0.3
13IsoIso49.9%+1.82.5%+0.2
14JettJett49.9%+0.226.3%-1.1
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
15KillJoyKillJoy49.8%-0.72.8%-0.1
16ReynaReyna49.8%+0.118.4%+0.2
17YoruYoru49.7%+0.16.4%-0.2
18WaylayWaylay49.5%-0.26.1%-0.2
19FadeFade49.2%-1.37.7%-0.8
20TejoTejo48.6%-0.52.0%+0.1
21CypherCypher48.4%+0.15.0%-0.2
22KAY/OKAY/O48.3%+1.22.4%+0.4
23VyseVyse48.0%-1.12.2%-0.2
24VetoVeto47.8%-0.71.1%±0.0
25HarborHarbor47.6%+2.80.6%±0.0
26ViperViper46.7%-1.53.5%-0.5
27BreachBreach46.2%-0.33.7%+0.6
28OmenOmen44.8%-0.77.5%+0.6

Patch 12.01 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 12.01 (released January 20, 2026) is mostly bug fixes and minor tweaks, with no major agent changes. In the week after, the biggest win-rate mover was Phoenix (+4pp).

  • 0 buffs, 0 nerfs, 0 reworks, 0 new

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