Breeze will lastly be making a return to the VALORANT aggressive map pool with the patch 12.00, a 12 months and a half after its removing within the 8.11 replace.
The tropical map will exchange Sundown, as revealed by Riot Video games alongside the announcement of Season 26 Act 1 Premier schedule.
Since its launch again in August 2023, Sundown has been faraway from aggressive play solely as soon as, making it one of many apparent selections to rotate out this time.
The following aggressive map rotation is predicted to happen round January seventh, based mostly on the in-game countdown and can function the next maps:
- Breeze
- Corrode
- Cut up
- Abyss
- Pearl
- Bind
- Haven
In accordance with an replace shared by the VALORANT Gameplay Product Lead Coleman ‘Altombre’ Palm in October 2025, the group has been ‘investigating some updates for the map;’ nevertheless, these adjustments are but to be revealed.
That stated, gamers who wish to play on Sundown can head to different modes, resembling Swiftplay and Spike Rush.
Along with this, it’s at the moment unknown whether or not the brand new map pool can be carried out on the 2026 VCT Kickoff ranging from January fifteenth.
After the long-awaited return of Breeze, most followers have welcomed the change to the aggressive map pool.
Breeze has been G2 Gozen’s strongest map thus far, with the group having fun with a win charge of over 80% on it.
“clove chamber jett reyna sova in each breeze ranked sport in 2026,” said Shopify Rebel Gold’s IGL Melanie ‘meL’ Capone.
Nonetheless, Evil Geniuses participant Bao ‘bao’ Nguyen expressed his disappointment with the up to date pool.
“Worst map pool of all time and it ain’t even shut,” he stated on X (Twitter).
Furthermore, gamers may also count on new agent steadiness adjustments hitting the sport with the upcoming replace, as just lately introduced by Ryan Cousart, Reside Steadiness Designer for VALORANT.
