Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 12.05: agent & meta changes

Released March 17, 2026 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

DeadlockDeadlock-4.6%
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+4.5%48.4% win · 0.7% pickVyseVyse+2.5%50.9% win · 1.6% pickOmenOmen+2.1%48.9% win · 6.5% pick

▼ Falling

DeadlockDeadlock-4.6%49.6% win · 3.3% pickKillJoyKilljoy-3.9%49.9% win · 4.0% pickNERFYoruYoru-3.4%46.1% win · 1.3% pick

What changed in Patch 12.05

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.

NEWMiks: New Controller agent with Harmonize, M-pulse, Waveform, Bassquake
NERFYoru: Blindside charges 2 -> 1; Gatecrash duration 30s -> 15s
NERFClove: Ruse smoke (dead) 14s -> 6s; Meddle AoE 6m -> 4m
NERFSkye: Guiding Light gains 60s cooldown
NEUTRALRanked: RR thresholds for Immortal 2/3 and Radiant adjusted for regional parity
NEUTRALLotus A-site: Attacker lobby wall thickened; tree room wall reinforced - removes wall pen
NEUTRALLotus A-site: Extra room added outside stairs; plant zone changed, can't plant for link
NEUTRALLotus A-Lobby: Jump-up to Vines repositioned to help attackers exit lobby
NEUTRALQueue: Lotus & Fracture IN competitive pool; Abyss & Corrode OUT
NEWKnockout: New LTM: kill-to-resurrect teammate, territory control, 5v5, first to 4 rounds

Agent tier list after Patch 12.05

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
1CloveCloveNERF53.8%+2.010.1%-11.5
2BrimstoneBrimstone53.3%+1.64.1%+0.3
3PhoenixPhoenix52.3%+0.66.1%+0.2
4SageSage51.5%+0.97.9%-2.0
5NeonNeon51.3%-0.212.8%+3.5
6RazeRaze51.1%+1.48.0%+1.5
7SovaSova51.1%+1.28.8%-1.7
8CypherCypher51.0%+1.55.2%-0.4
9VyseVyse50.9%+2.51.6%-0.2
10BreachBreach50.6%+1.65.2%+1.7
11FadeFade50.1%-0.98.3%+0.3
12ChamberChamber50.0%-0.121.3%+1.9
13JettJett49.9%-0.725.9%+1.2
14SkyeSkyeNERF49.9%+0.87.8%+1.2
15KillJoyKillJoy49.9%-3.94.0%+1.4
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
16DeadlockDeadlock49.6%-4.63.3%-1.3
17ReynaReyna49.4%-0.112.9%+0.1
18ViperViper49.0%+0.53.3%±0.0
19MiksMiksNEW49.0%-16.3%-
20OmenOmen48.9%+2.16.5%-2.6
21IsoIso48.8%-2.62.4%-0.2
22WaylayWaylay48.7%+1.46.3%-0.7
23HarborHarbor48.4%+4.50.7%-0.3
24GekkoGekko48.3%+0.32.6%-0.6
25TejoTejo48.0%+0.52.6%+0.2
26KAY/OKAY/O47.8%-0.31.7%-0.6
27AstraAstra47.0%+1.42.1%-1.1
28YoruYoruNERF46.1%-3.41.3%-6.4
29VetoVeto45.4%-2.40.9%-0.3

Patch 12.05 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 12.05 (released March 17, 2026) brings 0 buffs, 3 nerfs and 0 reworks across the roster, according to valking.gg's patch breakdown. In the week after, the biggest win-rate mover was Deadlock (-4.6pp).

  • 0 buffs, 3 nerfs, 0 reworks, 2 new

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