Valorant Agent 26 Vyse release date, abilities, role, more

Vyse is Valorant‘s newest Agent to join the roster, and she will arrive with Episode 9 Act 2. She has a unique ability to disable enemies’ primary weapons for a brief period, which can do some serious damage.

Vyse is a Sentinel, the sixth one in the game after Cypher, Sage, Killjoy, Chamber, and Deadlock. Her Agent description says: “Metallic mastermind Vyse unleashes liquid metal to isolate, trap, and disarm her enemies.”

Let’s now take a look at her abilities in detail, as well as her arrival date.

Vyse’s release date in Valorant

Vyse will arrive in Valorant on August 28, 2024. She is also known as Agent 26 and her abilities are sure to shake the meta or create a new one. Episode 9 Act 1’s Night Market also ends on the same day.

All Vyse abilities

Here’s a rundown of all four of Vyse’s abilities:

• Arc Rose: Equip an Arc Rose. Target a surface and Fire to place a stealthed Arc Rose, or ALT. Fire to place the Arc Rose through it. Reuse to blind all players looking at it. This ability can be picked up to be redeployed.
• Shear: Equip filaments of liquid metal. Fire to place a hidden wall trap. When an enemy crosses, an indestructible wall bursts from the ground behind them. The wall lasts for a brief time before dissipating.
• Razorvine: Equip a nest of liquid metal. Fire to launch. Upon landing, the nest becomes invisible. When activated, it sprawls out into a large razorvine nest which slows and damages all players who move through it.
• Steel Garden (Ultimate): Equip a bramble of liquid metal. Fire to send the metal erupting from you as a torrent of metal thorns, jamming enemy primary weapons after a brief windup.

Steel Garden requires eight Ult Points to activate. If an opponent falls in its radius, metallic vines will wrap their primary weapons, preventing them from being fired for a short period. You can, however, switch to your pistol during that time.

Vyse also becomes the first-ever Sentinel that can flash enemies, thanks to her Arc Rose ability. It can blind all players, so teammates need to be aware of that.

How to unlock Vyse in Valorant

When Episode 9 Act 2 starts, Vyse’s Agent Contract will be available for 28 days. Activate it, play matches to collect XP, and you can unlock the sixth Sentinel right after.

If you can’t collect enough XP within this time period, you can always unlock her later using 1,000 VP or 8,000 Kingdom Credits.

Agent gear

Like other Agents, Vyse also comes equipped with 10 Tiers of gear:

• Tier 1: Spray – Jammed
• Tier 2: Player Card – VALORANT Vyse
• Tier 3: Title – Tempered
• Tier 4: Spray – Arts and Crafts
• Tier 5: Kingdom Credits – 2,000
• Tier 6: Gun Buddy – Metal Petals
• Tier 7: Spray – Vyse Spray
• Tier 8: Title – Metalweaver
• Tier 9: Player Card – A History Erased
• Tier 10: Gun Skin – Steel Resolve (Classic)

That’s all for Vyse and her abilities in Valorant. If you’re itching to see some competitive Valorant and keep track of how pros respond to the changes, take a look at all the offseason tournaments Riot has planned for the rest of 2024.