Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 13.01: agent & meta changes

Released July 14, 2026 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

KillJoyKilljoy-1.1%
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

BrimstoneBrimstone+1.3%48.6% win · 0.7% pickSageSage+1.0%52.1% win · 3.5% pickTejoTejo+1.0%49.5% win · 1.7% pick

▼ Falling

ViperViper-1.4%47.9% win · 0.9% pickKillJoyKilljoy-1.1%51.5% win · 2.4% pickGekkoGekko-0.3%49.9% win · 1.4% pick

What changed in Patch 13.01

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.

BUFFRanked: rank manipulation detection live - suspensions/rank reversions issued
NERFOutlaw: post-first-shot recovery 0.1->0.15, spread 0->2.25, recoil 0->4.0
BUFFYoru: Gatecrash active beacon duration 15s -> 20s
BUFFIso: weapon re-equip after Double Tap unequip is now instant
NEUTRALYoru: Fakeout clones now hold last equipped weapon instead of strongest

Agent tier list after Patch 13.01

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
1CloveClove52.6%±0.021.8%-0.4
2SageSage52.1%+1.03.5%-0.1
3KillJoyKillJoy51.5%-1.12.4%-0.5
4PhoenixPhoenix51.4%-0.214.5%+0.6
5FadeFade51.1%+0.17.6%+0.1
6CypherCypher50.9%-0.16.5%±0.0
7SovaSova50.9%±0.014.7%-0.3
8NeonNeon50.5%+0.18.1%+1.7
9VyseVyse50.3%+0.61.2%±0.0
10SkyeSkye50.3%+0.17.2%±0.0
11JettJett50.2%±0.027.9%-1.6
12GekkoGekko49.9%-0.31.4%-0.2
13ChamberChamber49.7%±0.025.3%+0.5
14ReynaReyna49.6%-0.118.7%-1.7
15TejoTejo49.5%+1.01.7%-0.1
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
16RazeRaze49.3%+0.25.1%-0.2
17DeadlockDeadlock49.1%-0.20.8%-0.1
18BrimstoneBrimstone48.6%+1.30.7%±0.0
19AstraAstra48.4%+0.92.0%-0.1
20IsoIsoBUFF48.4%+0.72.5%+0.1
21VetoVeto48.4%+0.21.0%-0.2
22MiksMiks48.1%-0.13.4%-0.2
23ViperViper47.9%-1.40.9%±0.0
24WaylayWaylay47.4%-0.33.5%+0.4
25YoruYoruBUFFNEUTRAL47.3%+0.33.4%+1.4
26OmenOmen46.5%+0.110.2%+0.7
27HarborHarbor46.4%+0.71.1%±0.0
28KAY/OKAY/O46.4%+0.62.1%-0.1
29BreachBreach46.3%+0.30.8%±0.0

Patch 13.01 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 13.01 (released July 14, 2026) brings 3 buffs, 1 nerfs and 0 reworks across the roster, according to valking.gg's patch breakdown. In the week after, the biggest win-rate mover was Killjoy (-1.1pp).

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

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