Breach — VALORANT's Through-the-Wall Initiator

• CAftershockdamage

  EQUIP a fusion charge. FIRE the charge to set a slow-acting burst through the wall. The burst does heavy damage to anyone caught in its area.

• QFlashpointflash

  EQUIP a Blinding charge. FIRE the charge to set a fast-acting burst through the wall. The charge detonates to Blind all players looking at it.

• EFault Linedamage

  EQUIP a Seismic Blast. HOLD FIRE to increase the distance. RELEASE to set off the quake, Concussing all players in its zone and in a line up to the zone.

• XRolling Thunderdamage

  EQUIP a Seismic Charge. FIRE to send a cascading quake through all terrain in a large zone. The quake Concusses and knocks up anyone caught in it.

Riot's notes from patch 1.01 to 13.06 change Breach in 6 patches. The latest is patch 12.05, published 2026-03-17.

1. Patch 12.052026-03-17

   • Added new voice lines.
   Why, in Riot's words

   These changes specifically target Clove’s outsized ability to help their team win even after death.

2. Patch 12.002026-01-06

   Flashpoint

   • Projectile speed increased 20% from2000→to2400

   Fault Line

   • Width increased from7.5m→to8m
   Why, in Riot's words

   Breach has been underperforming in high level play so we are adding power back that we're hoping will better reward precision and coordination.

3. Patch 11.082025-10-14

   Fault Line

   • Concuss duration decreased to 2.5s
   • Cooldown increased from40s→to60s
   • Initial windup decreased from1.2s→to1.1s
   • Concuss duration decreased from3.5s→to2.5s

   Flash Point

   • Flash duration increased up from2s→to2.25s

   Rolling Thunder

   • Width decreased from23m→to18m
   • Concuss duration decreased from6s→to4s
   • Ult points decreased from9→to8

   Rolling Thunder when casting

   • Hindered duration decreased from7s→to6s
   • Initial windup decreased from2s→to1s
   • Width decreased from18m→to13.5m
   • Decreased movement speed buff on ult from15%→to10%
   Why, in Riot's words

   We're also aiming to create more consistency across the game's various debuffs, making it easier to build muscle memory when playing with or against effects like Nearsight, Concuss, and Stims.

   Flashes have always been a critical tool for challenging angles, and in a world with less frequent signature abilities, we want them to retain the power needed to start fights. To support that, we've increased the strength of Initiator flashes so they remain reliable tools for setting up engagements.

   Most Duelist gameplay is in a healthy state, so we're making minor tunings. We want stuns and slows to feel rewarding when they lead to kills, so we're making adjustments that will reward precise timing and well-coordinated ability combos.

4. Patch 7.042023-08-29

   CAftershock

   • Ticks reduced from 3 to 2
   • Damage increased from 60 per tick to 80

   XRolling Thunder

   • Ultimate points increased8→to9
   Why, in Riot's words

   Though many of these changes are subtle, We hope all together they improve gamestate clarity and the sense that you have even more opportunities for your skill to shine through.

5. Patch 5.122022-12-06

   XRolling Thunder

   • Ultimate Points increased7→to8
   Why, in Riot's words

   To wrap up the broad updates, we’ve taken a pass at the HP of destructible objects in the game. Damage-over-time area abilities (like Brimstone’s Incindiary and Viper’s Snakebite) now damage enemy utility (read more in the Gameplay Systems Updates), so we’ve increased the health of 1hp destructibles so that they aren’t instantly vaporized—but can still be destroyed by one-shot in most situations. Also, Killjoy’s Lockdown gets a bigger health bump to reduce the number of abilities that can destroy it solo. Boombot and Prowlers on the other hand have felt like they require unloading too many bullets given their other strengths, so the health of those abilities have been reduced.

6. Patch 1.072020-09-01

   • Charges increased from2→to3
   • Reduced windup time from 0.6 seconds→to0.5 seconds
   • Detonation delay between blasts decreased from0.3→to0.255 Concussion
   • Concuss now de-scopes players and prevents re-scoping
   Why, in Riot's words

   Off-screen flashes now match behavior of other flashes in the game and apply a minimum amount of flash more aggressively

   Breach should be a choice pick in offensive entry and breaking utility. While the flash’s power was pretty good, too few charges were holding him back on being able to provide this value for his team. Considering he needs teammates to capitalize on his flashes, this should make up for that cost by simply having more of them. Rolling Thunder

What role is Breach?

Initiator. Riot describes the role: “Initiators challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.”

What are Breach’s abilities?

C — Aftershock, Q — Flashpoint, E — Fault Line and X — Rolling Thunder, the last being the ultimate.

What does Breach’s ultimate do?

Rolling Thunder, in Riot’s words: “EQUIP a Seismic Charge. FIRE to send a cascading quake through all terrain in a large zone. The quake Concusses and knocks up anyone caught in it.”

When did Riot last change Breach?

Patch 12.05, published 2026-03-17 — the latest of 6 patches that change Breach in Riot’s notes from 1.01 to 13.06.

Is Breach changed in patch 13.06?

No. Nothing in Riot’s patch 13.06 notes names Breach.

Which other Initiators are there?

6 more in Riot’s current roster: Fade, Gekko, KAY/O, Skye, Sova and Tejo.