Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 12.04: agent & meta changes

Released March 3, 2026 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

BrimstoneBrimstone+2.1%
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+2.1%51.7% win · 3.7% pickBreachBreach+1.8%49.2% win · 3.5% pickOmenOmen+1.8%47.3% win · 7.8% pick

▼ Falling

VetoVeto-4.7%45.8% win · 1.3% pickREWORKKillJoyKilljoy-2.2%51.6% win · 2.7% pickSkyeSkye-2.1%48.7% win · 6.5% pick

What changed in Patch 12.04

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.

REWORKKilljoy: Turret can now be rotated via ALT-FIRE; ACTIVATE swaps direction
NEUTRALRanked: New post-Competitive RR gain/loss rank summary screen added

Agent tier list after Patch 12.04

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
1PhoenixPhoenix53.0%+0.85.6%+0.3
2SageSage52.7%+0.710.0%+1.0
3CloveClove52.0%-0.322.6%-0.9
4NeonNeon51.9%-1.48.1%+0.6
5BrimstoneBrimstone51.7%+2.13.7%+0.2
6KillJoyKillJoyREWORK51.6%-2.22.7%+0.2
7GekkoGekko51.2%-0.63.1%+0.1
8SovaSova50.9%+0.310.8%-0.8
9RazeRaze50.9%+1.36.4%+0.1
10WaylayWaylay50.5%+1.67.0%-0.5
11DeadlockDeadlock50.2%+0.74.5%±0.0
12FadeFade50.0%-0.58.1%-0.1
13JettJett50.0%-0.325.3%-0.3
14CypherCypher49.7%+0.85.2%+0.2
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
15ChamberChamber49.6%-0.619.9%-1.1
16TejoTejo49.5%-1.02.3%±0.0
17BreachBreach49.2%+1.83.5%+0.3
18ReynaReyna49.2%-0.713.3%+0.4
19IsoIso49.1%+0.92.4%-0.1
20ViperViper49.0%-1.33.2%±0.0
21SkyeSkye48.7%-2.16.5%±0.0
22YoruYoru48.6%±0.08.4%±0.0
23VyseVyse48.0%-1.22.0%+0.1
24OmenOmen47.3%+1.87.8%+0.4
25KAY/OKAY/O47.1%+0.62.3%+0.2
26AstraAstra46.8%-0.62.9%-0.3
27VetoVeto45.8%-4.71.3%±0.0
28HarborHarbor41.5%-1.71.0%+0.2

Patch 12.04 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 12.04 (released March 3, 2026) brings 0 buffs, 0 nerfs and 1 reworks across the roster, according to valking.gg's patch breakdown. In the week after, the biggest win-rate mover was Brimstone (+2.1pp).

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

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