Agents

File:Closed Beta Promo.jpg

— Website description.

**Agents** are the playable characters in *VALORANT*, representing an agent of the VALORANT Protocol. Each agent serves as a different class with four abilities.

## Summary

Five agents are immediately available for players to use; File:TX CompetitiveTier Large 0.png Brimstone, File:TX CompetitiveTier Large 0.png Jett, File:TX CompetitiveTier Large 0.png Phoenix, File:TX CompetitiveTier Large 0.png Sage, and File:TX CompetitiveTier Large 0.png Sova.

Agents can be unlocked through the following methods:

* Permanently:
	+ One agent for Valorant Points 1,000 or Kingdom Credits 8,000 in Agent Store
		- During Agent Recruitment Event which lasts for four weeks, when the player accumulate 200,000 XP during the event duration, the Agent is unlocked for free
		- Use of Kingdom Credits is disabled when Agent Recruitment Event is active
	+ One agent each at Tiers 5 and 10 by progressing through Welcome Contract
* Temporarily (The player will still be prompted through the necessary permanent methods above if the Agents were not unlocked in the first place):
	+ All agents unlocked via linking to Xbox Game Pass until their subscription has ended

Each agent has 100 base HP (increased with shields by up to 50) and four abilities, including a Signature and an Ultimate ability. Depending on their abilities and playstyle, agents are assigned to one of four roles determined by the game:

* Controllers are experts in slicing up dangerous territory to set their team up for success.
* Duelists are self-sufficient fraggers who their team expects, through abilities and skills, to get high frags and seek out engagements first.
* Initiators challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.
* Sentinels are defensive experts who can lock down areas and watch flanks, both on attacker and defender rounds.

### Development

Riot was aiming to launch the game with 12 agents, but only 8 were available in the early press builds. The March 29, 2020 private event introduced Breach. Since the Closed Beta launch on April 7, 2020, Raze was added, bringing the Agent total to 10.

It is the intention of the developers that a new agent be released around once per act. New agents take 12–15 months to develop, and their design is focused around points such as what's missing from the game's current playstyles, are there any prospective thematics that present big opportunities, and what’s needed for better game health.

## List of Agents

### Upcoming Agents

*There are currently no details for any upcoming agents.*

### Scrapped Agents

* File:Crusader icon.png Crusader
* Joules
* File:Verglas icon.png Verglas

## Trivia

* The height of all agents in game is set to 1.96 meters.
	+ The in-game heights of the agents have to be kept the same so that no agent's height has an advantage over others, but the canon heights of the agents has been shared by the game's Creative Director.
		- As of Harbor's addition to the game, Neon is the shortest agent and Breach is the tallest.

## References

1. ↑ Official agent description
2. ↑ VALORANT Preview: A Deep Dive On The New Hero-Based Tactical Shooter From Riot Games
3. ↑ State of the Agents - March 2022
4. ↑ Narrative AMA: Agent 08
5. ↑ Agent heights

## Navigation

 de:Agent es:Agentes fr:Agents ru:Агенты pl:Agenci