Patch Highlights

Valorant Patch 13.05: agent & meta changes

Released September 1, 2026 · Platinum+ · first-week tier-list snapshot

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Top mover this week

VyseVyse+0.9%
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

BreachBreach+1.6%47.2% win · 0.9% pickVetoVeto+1.0%48.2% win · 0.7% pickVyseVyse+0.9%51.2% win · 1.2% pick

▼ Falling

DeadlockDeadlock-1.1%47.2% win · 0.8% pickTejoTejo-0.9%48.8% win · 1.9% pickKAY/OKAY/O-0.8%44.7% win · 1.8% pick

What changed in Patch 13.05

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.

NEUTRALRanked: Penalties (temp/perm ban) for stream sniping & instalock tools
REWORKAgent Gear: 13.06 will tie gear unlocks to per-agent playtime, not general grind
NEUTRALSmokes: Fixed smokes blocking flashes/LOS while dissipating (Astra, Brim, Clove, Miks, Omen)
NEUTRALCypher: Trapwire debuff no longer persists indefinitely on new target after kill
NEUTRALWaylay: Saturate now correctly applies Hinder through vision-blocking abilities

Agent tier list after Patch 13.05

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
1CloveClove52.7%±0.023.5%+0.5
2KillJoyKillJoy52.2%-0.51.5%+0.1
3CypherCypherNEUTRAL51.5%±0.06.0%-0.1
4PhoenixPhoenix51.2%-0.110.2%-0.4
5SageSage51.2%+0.13.4%+0.1
6VyseVyse51.2%+0.91.2%-0.1
7SovaSova51.0%+0.215.3%+0.3
8SkyeSkye50.6%+0.16.8%-0.1
9FadeFade50.6%-0.58.8%±0.0
10NeonNeon50.5%+0.111.1%-0.1
11ReynaReyna50.3%+0.519.9%+0.3
12JettJett50.1%-0.225.1%+0.4
13ChamberChamber49.9%+0.127.7%-0.1
14RazeRaze49.4%+0.25.1%-0.1
15ViperViper49.1%-0.10.3%±0.0
#AgentWin RatePick Rate
16GekkoGekko49.0%±0.01.0%-0.1
17TejoTejo48.8%-0.91.9%-0.1
18IsoIso48.8%+0.22.3%±0.0
19WaylayWaylayNEUTRAL48.3%-0.43.6%-0.2
20MiksMiks48.2%-0.32.8%-0.1
21VetoVeto48.2%+1.00.7%±0.0
22BrimstoneBrimstone47.7%-0.50.9%±0.0
23YoruYoru47.4%-0.34.8%+0.1
24DeadlockDeadlock47.2%-1.10.8%±0.0
25BreachBreach47.2%+1.60.9%±0.0
26AstraAstra46.7%+0.41.6%-0.1
27OmenOmen46.3%±0.010.6%-0.2
28KAY/OKAY/O44.7%-0.81.8%±0.0
29HarborHarbor44.1%±0.00.5%±0.0

Patch 13.05 at a glance

TL;DR: Patch 13.05 (released September 1, 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 Vyse (+0.9pp).

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

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