Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 13.04: agent & meta changes

Released August 18, 2026 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

KAY/OKAY/O+0.8%
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

DeadlockDeadlock+1.0%49.0% win · 0.9% pickBreachBreach+1.0%46.9% win · 0.9% pickKAY/OKAY/O+0.8%46.3% win · 1.9% pick

▼ Falling

ViperViper-5.0%44.0% win · 0.3% pickHarborHarbor-2.8%43.9% win · 0.5% pickSkyeSkye-0.4%50.4% win · 7.0% pick

What changed in Patch 13.04

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.

NEUTRALAbyss: Abyss added to Competitive and Deathmatch map pool
NEUTRALBreeze: Breeze removed from Competitive and Deathmatch map pool
NEUTRALRanked: Premier Stage V26A5 starts Aug 18, runs 5 weeks not 7

Agent tier list after Patch 13.04

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%-0.123.6%+1.2
2KillJoyKillJoy51.7%+0.11.7%±0.0
3PhoenixPhoenix51.3%+0.310.8%-0.7
4CypherCypher51.3%-0.26.6%+0.7
5FadeFade51.1%+0.58.7%+0.3
6SageSage51.1%-0.33.5%±0.0
7SovaSova50.8%-0.115.1%+0.3
8NeonNeon50.5%-0.110.9%-0.2
9SkyeSkye50.4%-0.47.0%-0.2
10VyseVyse50.3%-0.31.4%+0.2
11JettJett50.0%-0.325.1%+0.5
12ReynaReyna49.9%-0.119.8%+0.5
13ChamberChamber49.7%+0.126.5%-0.9
14RazeRaze49.5%+0.25.2%-0.5
15DeadlockDeadlock49.0%+1.00.9%±0.0
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
16GekkoGekko48.9%-0.21.1%±0.0
17IsoIso48.9%+0.72.4%±0.0
18VetoVeto48.8%+0.70.8%±0.0
19MiksMiks48.6%±0.03.0%±0.0
20TejoTejo48.5%-0.32.0%+0.2
21WaylayWaylay48.5%±0.03.6%-0.3
22YoruYoru48.0%+0.54.2%+0.3
23BrimstoneBrimstone47.7%+0.10.8%±0.0
24AstraAstra47.2%+0.21.5%-0.4
25BreachBreach46.9%+1.00.9%±0.0
26OmenOmen46.3%±0.010.4%+0.4
27KAY/OKAY/O46.3%+0.81.9%-0.2
28ViperViper44.0%-5.00.3%-0.5
29HarborHarbor43.9%-2.80.5%-0.6

Patch 13.04 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 13.04 (released August 18, 2026) is mostly bug fixes and minor tweaks, with no major agent changes. In the week after, the biggest win-rate mover was KAY/O (+0.8pp).

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

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