By GamGem ResearchLast updated 3 Sept 2026 · 00:00
Act 5 · Patch 13.05
Map known · Abyss
Easiest to pick up: Reyna · widest kit: Harbor
This ladder is ordered by what an agent asks of you — aim, map knowledge, timing, and how much it needs four other people — not by a strength nobody publishes.
Map
16 agents, cheapest to learn first
| Agent | What it costs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ReynaDuelist | Pick up today | Anywhere | Solo snowball |
| SageSentinel | Pick up today | Anywhere | Defensive structure |
| ChamberSentinel | Worth a week | Map knowledge | Long-angle anchor |
| FadeInitiator | Worth a week | Map knowledge | Site clear |
| VyseSentinel | Worth a week | Map knowledge | Anti-rush control |
| JettDuelist | Worth a week | Map knowledge | First contact |
| BreachInitiator | Needs the team with you | Map knowledge | Forced entry |
| TejoInitiator | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Area denial |
| ViperController | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Post-plant ownership |
| DeadlockSentinel | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Hard stop |
| RazeDuelist | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Space by force |
| VetoSentinel | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Utility nullifier |
| WaylayDuelist | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Tempo swing |
| HarborController | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Moving cover |
| NeonDuelist | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Synchronised rush |
| YoruDuelist | Needs the team with you | Custom practice | Planned deception |
Role coverage
- Duelist6 of 8
- Initiator3 of 7
- Controller2 of 7
- Sentinel5 of 7
- How many agent rows we have written as fitting this map, per role — not a share of anything measured in game.
If something is the weak part today
- Aim is the weak part todaySageDefensive structure
- You do not know this map yetReynaSolo snowball
- Your timing is offChamberLong-angle anchor
- You are queueing aloneChamberLong-angle anchor
Reyna · Pick up today
- AimHigh
- MapLow
- TimingMedium
- TeamLow
Rehearsal Anywhere · Take a duel, then Dismiss on the kill before the trade arrives.
Watch out Everything is gated behind a kill — a round with no kill has no kit.
Drop it and Abyss loses nothing another written row cannot also carry.
What this page will not print
- Non-mirror win rate
- Pick rate
- Map delta
- Rank delta
- Sample size
- Stability across ranks
Riot publishes no public match statistics, and this product holds no sample of its own. A tier letter built on those numbers would be a guess wearing a decimal point, so the ladder ranks what we can actually show you instead.
If a licensed source appears, these columns arrive with their date and sample beside them — the state is “not yet”, not “never”.
Patch 13.05 · Act 5
Built from
- valorant-api.com 29 agents · 116 abilities · 20 weapons · 13 maps
- Riot patch 13.05 published 1 Sept 2026, checked 3 Sept 2026
- Round economy two independent guides, both dated
- Editorial ability jobs, buy reading and drill pairings — ours
- Demand ladder ordered by what each agent asks of the player — four written difficulty axes and a rehearsal burden. No win rate, no pick rate, and no sample: VALORANT publishes none of them
Official images
Game data and media via IGDB · igdb.com