The Valorant character roster has been growing since the game’s launch, and currently, Valorant features 21 agents. Besides the gunplay, each agent differs based on their abilities. That is why I have curated the Valorant tier list 2024 and ranked each agent and character based on how good or bad they are in the current meta.
- There are a total of 21 different agents that we have listed down in one of these 4 tier categories: S tier, A TIer, B Tier, and C Tier.
- Each Agent excels in different parts of the game, and we have come across those who are better than others regarding the Perks, Benefits, and Abilities they provide.
- S Tiers are the Strongest Characters in the game, having a significant advantage over other characters. C Tiers are the weakest characters compared to the other agents.
- From The Author: I created this list after investing more than 2,500 hours in Valorant, which is why you can totally trust my expertise!
All Valorant Agents & Their Comparison
In addition to my rankings, here is a quick comparison between the Valorant Agents for your convenience:
TIER | Agents | Role | Passives | Basic Abilities | Signature Abilities | Ultimate Ability | Ultimate Points | Score | Damage | KDA | Pick rate | Win Rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S | Jett | Duliest | Drift | Cloudburst, Updraft | Tailwind | Blade Storm | 7.0 | 97.48 | 154.10 | 1.36 | 12.28% | 50.19% |
S | Astra | Controller | Astral Form | Gravity Well, Nova Pulse | Stars | Cosmic Divide | 7.0 | 34.56 | 138.46 | 1.47 | 2.14% | 50.29% |
S | Sova | Initiator | - | Owl Drone, Shock Bolt | Recon Bolt | Hunter's Fury | 8.0 | 52.06 | 138.75 | 1.36 | 5.44% | 50.04% |
S | Skye | Initiator | - | Regrowth, Trailblazer | Guiding Light | Seekers | 7.0 | 41.49 | 129.71 | 1.44 | 3.33% | 51.26% |
S | Viper | Controller | Fuel Toxin | Snake Bite, Poison Cloud | Toin Screen | Viper's Pit | 8.0 | 43.43 | 135.06 | 1.36 | 3.5% | 51.05% |
S | Cypher | Sentinel | - | Trapwire, Cyber Cage | Spycam | Neutral Theft | 6.0 | 40.58 | 133.64 | 1.35 | 3.84% | 49.95% |
S | Fade | Initiator | Terror Trail | Prowler, Seize | Haunt | Nightfall | 8.0 | 43.05 | 131.75 | 1.36 | 4.12% | 50.17% |
A | Breach | Initiator | - | Aftershock, Flashpoint | Fault Line | Rolling Thunder | 8.0 | 36.94 | 132.69 | 1.38 | 3.20% | 49.91% |
A | Raze | Duliest | - | Boom Bot, Blast Pack | Paint Shells | Showstopper | 8.0 | 69.04 | 158.33 | 1.38 | 7.38% | 50.36% |
A | Chamber | Sentinel | - | Trademark, Headhunter | Rendezvous | Tour De Force | 8.0 | 40.13 | 146.44 | 1.33 | 3.47% | 49.89% |
A | Killjoy | Sentinel | - | Alarmbot, Nanoswarm | Turret | Lockdown | 8.0 | 57.68 | 139.58 | 1.29 | 6.28% | 50.56% |
A | Reyna | Duliest | Soul Harvest | Leer | Devour, Dismiss | Empress | 6.0 | 98.43 | 161.44 | 1.47 | 11.63% | 50.57% |
A | Sage | Sentinel | - | Barrier Orb, Slow Orb | Healing Orb | Resurrection | 8.0 | 73.10 | 126.38 | 1.34 | 9.00% | 50.60% |
A | Gekko | Initiator | Gobules | Mosh Pit, Wingman | Dizzy | Thrash | 7.0 | 77.97 | 129.78 | 1.31 | 9.80% | 51.57% |
B | Omen | Controller | - | Shrouded Step, Paranoia | Dark Cover | From the Shadows | 7.0 | 57.04 | 134.61 | 1.43 | 6.31% | 49.78% |
B | Brimstone | Controller | - | Incndiary, Stim Beacon | Sky Smoke | Orbital Strike | 7.0 | 46.33 | 134.84 | 1.50 | 4.04% | 50.32% |
B | KAY/O | Initiator | - | FRAG/ment, FLASH/drive | ZERO/point | NULL/cmd | 8.0 | 36.38 | 134.12 | 1.46 | 3.29% | 48.99% |
B | Harbor | Controller | - | Cascade, Cove | High Tide | Reckoning | 7.0 | 33.95 | 143.72 | 1.29 | 2.73% | 49.78% |
B | Neon | Duliest | Energy | Fast Lane, Relay Bolt | High Gear | Overdrive | 7.0 | 20.46 | 130.64 | 1.33 | 1.13% | 49.19% |
C | Yoru | Duliest | - | Fakeout, Blindside | Gatecrash | Dimensional Drift | 7.0 | 30.24 | 141.86 | 1.32 | 2.36% | 49.25% |
C | Phoenix | Duliest | Heating Up | Blaze, Curveball | Hot Hands | Run it Back | 6.0 | 51.08 | 156.95 | 1.44 | 4.17% | 50.64% |
S-Tier
![Valorant Agent Character Tier List 2022](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Valorant-Tier-list-S-Tier.jpg)
The agents falling under my S-tier are simply the best ones in Valorant. If you want to keep winning and have a better edge while facing opponents in matches, these agents should be your priority. They have a steady learning curve and are also relatively easy to master.
Jett
![agent jett](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jett-valorant.jpg)
She is the offensive agent who gets to take down enemies quite easily while giving herself enough time to survive in the field.
- Best duelist
- High mobility
- Good for entry frags
- Perfect operator agent
- High pick rate
- Requires good mechanical skills
- Requires good operator skills
- Requires impressive entry skills
Astra
![astra agent](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/astra-valorant.jpg)
As an offensive agent in Valorant, Astra’s abilities are the primary reason she is one of the most challenging opponents to fight in the game. Her diverse list of abilities makes her stand out from the rest of the agents in the game.
- Stun enemies
- Provide site control
- Cosmic Divide provides good cover
- Requires map awareness
- Good team communication is needed
- Not beginner-friendly
Sova
![agent sova](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sova-valorant.jpg)
Sova is the eyes and ears of a team, and he is the kind of agent who can recon a situation and allow the team to a better approach while penetrating the enemy line of defense. That is why I have ranked him as an S-tier character in our tier list.
- Important pick for almost every map
- Provides information
- Owl drone can be used to help duelists for entries
- Requires a good understanding of abilities
- Abilities are expensive
Skye
![agent skye](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/skye-valorant.jpg)
- Stun and Flash enemies
- Good agent for info-gathering
- Trailblazer can be used to clear sites
- Can be played on almost every map
- Heal teammamtes
- Hard to master
- Abilities require good timing
- No self-healing
Viper
![agent viper](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/viper-valorant.jpg)
For starters, she has two passive abilities; Fuel and Toxin, which give toxic damage to enemies. The remainder of her ability set focuses on using toxic gas to block off areas and damage anyone nearby.
- Make enemies vulnerable
- High poison damage
- Has a lot of lineups
- Good pick for post-plants
- Viper’s pit can deny entries
- Highly map dependent
- Toxic screen can be placed once per round
- Limited Toxin
- Requires experience
Cypher
![agent cypher](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cypher-valorant.jpg)
- Ultimate can reveal enemy positions
- Trapwire can deny duelist entries
- Good pick for defensive maps
- Hard to play on the attack side
- Requires flanking skills
- Requires map awareness and understanding
- Requires good timing and positioning
Fade
![agent fade](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fade-valorant.jpg)
- Versatile
- Provides a lot of information
- One of the best initiators
- Cuts off enemies’ hearing ability
- Can be played on almost every map
- Require lineups
- Map understanding is important while playing Fade
- Requires projectile prediction
A-Tier
![A-rank](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Valorant-Tier-list-A-Tier.jpg)
All the agents that I have mentioned in my A-Tier ranking of Valorant tier list 2024 are more or less equal to their S-tier counterparts. However, they have a few imperfections attached to them, making A-tier agents less preferable than S-tier ones.
Breach
![agent breach](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/breach-valorant.jpg)
- Stun enemies
- Can flash enemies
- Ultimate can cover a vast area
- High map dependability
- Low pick rate
- Requires agent knowledge
Raze
![agent raze](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/raze-valorant.jpg)
UPDATE: For Raze, the duration of the Boom bot has been decreased from 10 seconds to 5 seconds in a recent patch, which has significantly nerfed the ability in Valorant.
- Mobile agent
- Damage dealing abilities
- Room bot can be used to clear closed corners
- Blast packs require good mechanical skills
- Requires good maneuverability
- constantly nerfed
Chamber
![agent chamber](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/chamber-valorant.jpg)
- Good sniper agent
- Use rendezvous to teleport to safety
- Trademark can slow down enemies
- Self-centered abilities
- Requires precise aim to use some abilities
- Limited ability range
Killjoy
![agent killjoy](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/killjoy-valorant.jpg)
Killjoy acts as the standard for defensive utility and has remained a meta agent since release. However, in recent times she has seen a slight decrease in popularity with the rise of other Sentinels. Regardless, her strong defensive setup and her flank-watching capabilities make her a useful addition to any team.
UPDATE: Killjoy uses Turret’s ability to attack enemies in sight with fire. After the recent patch in the game, there’s been a nerf, which reduced the Turret health points of Killjoy from 125 to 100, which will basically allow the opponent to take her down easily with even any weaker weapon. But at the same time, the Lockdown point of Killjoy has been increased. Now, this agent has even more power to detain enemies until they are defeated.
- One of the best sentinels
- Denies entry
- Lockdown can disable enemies
- Map dependent
- Limited ability range
- Ultimate requires more ult points
Reyna
![agent reyna](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/reyna-valorant.jpg)
- Beginner-friendly
- Can overheal herself on a kill
- High pick rate
- Use dismiss to reposition on a kill
- Leer is easily breakable
- Devour requires line of sight with a dead body
- Overheal fades after a limited time
- High rely on soul orbs
Sage
![agent sage](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sage-valorant.jpg)
- Deny entry using Barrier Orb
- Revive teammates
- Heal allies
- Self-Healing
- Easy to play
- Can slow down enemies
- Map dependent
- No self-revive
- Requires ally to be in line of sight to heal
Gekko
![agent gekko](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gekko-valorant.jpg)
- Wingman can plant spike
- Easily win 1v1s
- Thrash can disable enemies
- Flash enemies
- Flash is easily breakable
- Requires experience
- Hard to play
B-Tier
![Valorant Agent Character Tier List 2022](https://cdn.exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Valorant-Tier-list-B-Tier.jpg.webp)
The agents that I have listed in the B-tier have a slightly more difficult learning curve. Mastering these Valorant characters is not as easy as their A and S-tier counterparts in our list.
Still, if you learn how to play with these, you can pretty much control the chaos in the field. These agents are least preferred by players based on how they handle and their abilities. Still, if you exhibit great control over these agents, you can do well with them.
Omen
![agent omen](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/omen-valorant.jpg)
- Can teleport
- Plant the spike easily
- Provides map control
- High mobility
- Can provide entry as a controller
- High pick rate in pro plays
- Requires good map awareness
- Dark Cover requires precise placement
Brimstone
![agent brimstone](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/brimstone-valorant.jpg)
- Deny entries
- Provides good site control
- damage dealing abilities
- Ultimate can deal high damage
- Map dependent
- Low pick rate
- Limited range of Sky Smoke
KAY/O
![agent kay o](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/kay-o-valorant.jpg)
- Can disable enemy abilities
- Flash enemies
- Damage dealing abilities
- Can be revived if killed during ultimate
- Map dependent
- Requires experience
- Abilities require good timing
Neon
![agent neon](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/neon-valorant.jpg)
Neon can also shred the defenses of enemies quite well on certain maps. Her playstyle is extremely fun even if she is not as strong as other agents or diverse.
She relies heavily on her spikes as well as her lightning-type attacks. Her quick adaptability towards the map using her fast pace can have you use her for either attack or defense, and both would work quite well.
- Very high mobility
- Run faster than other duelists
- Hard to kill during ultimate
- Very low pick rate
- Requires practice
- Energy needs to be recharged
Harbor
![agent harbor](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/harbor-valorant.jpg)
His kit is well suited for attacks as it has capabilities of fluidity. His bendable wall is very good for pathing and scaling onto sites. Another perk that makes him not on par with other controllers is the fact that he cannot delay enemy pushes like other controllers do which makes us rank him as low as he is ranked.
- Cove can be used to plant safely
- Large area ultimate
- Provide area control
- Can bend Hide Tide
- Highly low pick rate
- Very hard to play
- Highly map dependent
- Rarely used in pro plays
C-Tier
![Valorant Agent Character Tier List 2022](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Valorant-Tier-list-C-Tier.jpg)
My picks for the C-Tier in the Valorant tier list have a hard learning curve. They are not easy to learn, and many players will find it challenging to play with them while facing other opponents in matches. Their abilities have limited application, and at times, these agents may seem powerless.
Yoru
![agent](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/yoru-valorant.jpg)
- Can teleport anywhere using Gatecrash
- Provide enemy locations using Dimensional Drift
- Use fakeout to confuse enemies
- Mostly used on Bind only
- Rarely used in pro plays
- Not-so-good ability kit
- Gatecrash requires good timing
- Hard-to-play agent
Phoenix
![agent phoenix](https://exputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/phoenix-valorant.jpg)
The only good thing about Phoenix is that his ultimate is very useful in the field. It allows the agent to place a marker that remains active for at least ten seconds.
- Flash enemies
- Run it Back provides a free life
- Self-heal
- Can block enemy visions
- Bad ability kit for a duelist
- Cannot entry on sites alone
- Rarely used
- Used on a low number of maps
- Mostly preferred on Haven
Valorant Tier List Ranking Criteria
The agents in my tier list take the fight by using weapons and abilities. However, for the sake of this tier list, I have ranked each character in Valorant based on their abilities and the game’s current meta. Some agents currently enjoy the top-tier ranking, which previously had a downside due to Nerfs.
That is why I am not considering the impact of weapons and how good a player’s aim is in Valorant. My tier list puts heavy emphasis on how each agent in the game has more uses in the field because of their abilities.
That is pretty much everything you need to know about the Valorant tier list 2024. Are you starting Valorant for the first time in 2024? Do you find our tier list helpful? Let us know more of your thoughts in the comments section below. And if you enjoyed this tier list, also be sure to check out our Valorant Review by Moiz Banoori!
[/wsf]- Updated: 20th March 2023.
- Added: Gekko
- Updated: 26th May 2023.
- Added: Latest Patch Notes and character changes
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