Everything we know about Valorant agent 26

Valorant’s Episode 9 is hinting at the new agent 26, now known as VYSE, following Clove’s mid-Act 8 arrival. While details remain scarce, teasers offer glimpses into their potential role.

Valorant’s new agents are hyped using hidden clues scattered throughout the game. These can take the form of player cards, emails, or agent voice lines, and this time around is no different.

To help keep track of teasers, below is a rundown of everything we know about Agent 26, better known as VYSE.

When will Valorant Agent 26 be revealed?

Just like every agent, the new one will be revealed on the final weekend of a VCT event, meaning their reveal will be sometime around August 23.

This lines up with the last weekend of Valorant Champions 2024, so if you want to have a look at VYSE make sure to tune in.

As for a release date, there is a good chance Agent 26 will be in Episode 9 Act 2, which goes live just after Champs Grand Final which means we are quite close to their arrival.

What is Valorant agent 26’s role?

Riot has yet to confirm, however, leakers have claimed that VYSE’s role will be a Sentinel.

Following the release of the first teaser, many speculated that VYSE could either be an Initiator or a Sentinel. We haven’t gotten an Initiator since Gekko’s release over a year ago, but VYSE’s vine theme would make sense for a Sentinel.

However, do take the leaks and speculation with a grain of salt as Riot has yet to confirm VYSE’s details.

Agent 26 nationality

Riot Games has not yet revealed where the next agent is from. The only teaser so far about the next agent’s place of origin was released on August 19, which shows the fallout of a traffic disaster in Korea.

Valorant has one other character from Korea, Jett. However, the agent could still be from a different country as no other teasers have a connection to Korea.

Valorant Agent 26 teasers

In the newest teaser on August 22, it looks like we’ve been given a brief look into what their abilities may do. With vines taking a gun, they may have some sort of ability which messes with players’ weapons.

The Episode 9 Act 1 trailer hints at the agent’s abilities, depicting a scene of spiky roots emerging from the ground, which, combined with the rose player card, could hint at Agent 26 possessing a snaring ability that could trap other players. Valorant’s Episode 8 finale unveiled “Abyss,” a map heavily linked to the mysterious Hourglass organization. The trailer teases a glimpse of a figure awakening within a capsule, potentially foreshadowing Agent 26’s origins.

Valorant emails give insight into Agent 26’s origin

More talk about the “Hourglass” is shown throughout the emails and voicemails left by other agents to Brimstone, the head of the organization of agents.

Fade

“Brimstone! Brimstone, it’s Fade. When you briefed us on this location, I thought maybe, maybe this is where he’s been all this time. But no! There was no sign of him in the cells; there’s nothing! Nothing! You live until you’re forgotten, right? I’ll keep looking.”

Skye

“We need to get some samples from this Hourglass base over to the lab, alright? Cause I’m down in the South Wing, and there’s this… “flora” down there. Brimstone, I have spent enough time outside to know that these things aren’t indigenous to our Earth. I mean, it looks almost… nah… I’m gonna rack down Gekko, call me back.”

Iso

“It’s me, I found a cool blade in one of the Hourglass vaults. I’m taking it. I asked KJ if it was safe and she said it was. Besides, uh, being, obviously a knife.”

Sage

“I met with Cypher and Omen earlier to go over the Hourglass archives, or what’s left of them. Cypher explained how their system failsafe wiped all the personnel files, and how the physicals here were damaged during the firefight. Omen took the news poorly, as you predicted. I left him with his thoughts after the meeting. I think it’s what he wanted.”

With these messages from the current agents, we can gather that they are looking for an agent, referred to with “he/him” pronouns around the Abyss map and this Hourglass agency. We can also conclude that Omen has a possible tie to the new agent, as indicated by the inclusion of the player card and message from Sage.

Agent 26 is still in the early stages of leaks and may not receive any further teasers until closer to the end of Episode 9 Act 1. We’ll keep this space updated as more information comes out.