Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 12.09: agent & meta changes

Released May 12, 2026 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

SkyeSkye-0.1%
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+0.5%45.9% win · 1.2% pickSageSage+0.3%50.5% win · 2.2% pickBreachBreach+0.2%48.0% win · 1.3% pick

▼ Falling

VetoVeto-0.4%48.8% win · 0.7% pickKillJoyKilljoy-0.3%52.1% win · 2.5% pickAstraAstra-0.3%48.3% win · 2.6% pick

What changed in Patch 12.09

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.

NERFNeon: jumping with High Gear no longer gives air speed bonus
NERFNeon: fuel only regens on kill when ultimate is active
NERFBucky: pellet damage 0-8m: head 40->34, body 20->17, legs 17->14
NERFBucky: min spread 2.6->3.0; jump spread 1.25->4
NERFJudge: min spread 2.25->2.5; jump spread 2.25->4
NERFShorty: fire rate 3.33->3.0; jump spread 1.25->4
NERFAll Shotguns: move/jump accuracy reduced; rope spread massively increased
NEUTRALRanked: MMR changes testing in non-Competitive/Unrated/Swiftplay modes

Agent tier list after Patch 12.09

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
1CloveClove53.5%±0.016.3%+0.4
2KillJoyKillJoy52.1%-0.32.5%+0.1
3PhoenixPhoenix51.6%±0.011.9%+0.1
4FadeFade51.3%±0.08.5%-0.2
5SkyeSkye51.0%-0.17.8%-0.4
6CypherCypher51.0%-0.15.2%±0.0
7VyseVyse50.9%±0.01.2%±0.0
8SovaSova50.9%±0.010.9%+0.7
9NeonNeonNERF50.6%±0.09.6%-3.4
10SageSage50.5%+0.32.2%±0.0
11JettJett50.3%±0.026.3%+1.9
12ChamberChamber50.1%±0.028.2%±0.0
13ReynaReyna50.0%+0.121.0%+0.4
14GekkoGekko49.9%-0.11.0%±0.0
15TejoTejo49.4%+0.14.0%±0.0
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
16ViperViper49.4%-0.21.1%±0.0
17BrimstoneBrimstone49.3%-0.21.6%-0.1
18RazeRaze49.3%±0.06.8%+0.3
19MiksMiks49.0%+0.18.2%-0.7
20DeadlockDeadlock48.9%-0.10.7%±0.0
21VetoVeto48.8%-0.40.7%±0.0
22WaylayWaylay48.4%+0.13.3%+0.3
23IsoIso48.4%-0.23.0%±0.0
24AstraAstra48.3%-0.32.6%+0.1
25BreachBreach48.0%+0.21.3%-0.1
26OmenOmen47.2%±0.09.1%+0.3
27KAY/OKAY/O46.7%+0.12.5%+0.2
28YoruYoru46.6%-0.21.4%+0.1
29HarborHarbor45.9%+0.51.2%+0.1

Patch 12.09 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 12.09 (released May 12, 2026) brings 0 buffs, 7 nerfs and 0 reworks across the roster, according to valking.gg's patch breakdown. In the week after, the biggest win-rate mover was Skye (-0.1pp).

  • 0 buffs, 7 nerfs, 0 reworks, 0 new

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