VALORANT characters listing: all brokers by position and launch order

VALORANT boasts an expansive roster of playable characters referred to as “brokers,” every with their very own distinctive capability kits, personalities, and backstories. Since launch, Riot has steadily introduced new additions virtually each Episode, maintaining the meta recent and thrilling.

On this information, we’ll inform you what number of brokers there at the moment are, present a launch timeline, the complete listing of VALORANT characters by position, and some fascinating tidbits about them. 

There are at the moment 28 brokers in VALORANT. Agent 30 was briefly teased on the finish of the Masters Santiago trailer. 

Within the trailer (at timestamp 1:51), Killjoy and Clove might be seen monitoring the brand new VALORANT agent. The coordinates proven level towards Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, suggesting that Agent 30 could also be of Croatian origin.

Whereas Riot has not but confirmed a launch date for Agent 30, it’s extremely speculated that the brand new character can be added with Season 26 Act 2 on March 18, 2026.

There are 4 agent roles in VALORANT, together with six (6) Controllers, eight (8) Duelists, seven (7) Sentinels, and 7 (7) Initiators.

You possibly can view all VALORANT characters by position beneath, together with their lore-based agent numbers.

The VALORANT beta launched with solely 10 brokers: Brimstone, Viper, Omen, Cypher, Sova, Sage, Phoenix, Jett, Raze, and Breach. Regardless of being launched almost six years in the past now, lots of them stay meta brokers in VALORANT as we speak.

To be taught extra, you’ll be able to take a look at the VALORANT agent launch order timeline within the desk beneath. We’ve included the nation of origin, launch date, and the quantity assigned to every agent, together with their respective in-game roles and voice actors for good measure.

Importantly, the variety of VALORANT characters doesn’t match the numerical agent designations.

It is because agent numbers are instantly linked to the sport’s lore. Particularly, the brokers are numbered within the order they joined the VALORANT Protocol (VP) of Alpha Earth.

For instance, the primary two characters to hitch have been Brimstone (VP-01) and Viper (VP-02). Whereas these two brokers have been each within the sport’s beta, we additionally had Breach (VP-13). 

The primary ten VALORANT brokers have been all within the VP-01 to VP-13 vary, with VP-04 (Killjoy) and VP-11 (Reyna) added on or shortly after launch. Notably, one character, Agent 8, by no means joined the character roster.

To this point, Riot has not revealed Agent 8 (VP-08)’s identification. There’s additionally no indication when the character can be launched within the sport.

In actual fact, they’re the explanation why the variety of characters in VALORANT doesn’t correlate with the agent numbers. For instance, Veto is Agent 29, however there are at the moment solely 28 characters within the sport.

There have been a number of hints and teases surrounding Agent 8 over time. Throughout a Reddit AMA on June 3, 2021, VALORANT Narrative Lead Joe Killeen was requested about Agent 8’s potential launch and cryptically replied:

The final point out of Agent 8 got here from a Clove (Agent 25) voice line, the place the character says:

Clove was launched on March 26, 2024.

Three scrapped VALORANT brokers have surfaced by early improvement information mining and inner sport information.

Whereas Riot Video games has by no means formally confirmed these scrapped VALORANT characters, the discoveries supply a glimpse into the experimental designs that will have helped form the brokers that ultimately made it into the sport.

Take the details about scrapped brokers with a grain of salt, because it all got here from unofficial sources through the sport’s early improvement section.

As identified by Esports Insider Deputy Editor, Rabia Sayal, Agent 30 is probably going of Croatian origin. In any case, the coordinates of the capital of Croatia have been noticed within the Masters Santiago teaser trailer.

We additionally noticed a tool much like Brimstone’s Stim Beacon when the barrier opens proper on the finish of the trailer. 

Since 2024, developer Riot Video games has launched one Duelist, two Sentinels, and one Initiator. That stated, it’s suspected that Agent 30 may very well be a Controller. Take this as hypothesis till the anticipated full reveal on March 15 through the Masters Santiago Grand Closing.

Lastly, the Masters Santiago trophy is themed across the new VALORANT agent. Nonetheless, no exact particulars may very well be deduced from the design. 

VALORANT’s roster of distinctive brokers continues to develop. With each character’s launch, the sport’s sci-fi lore will get pushed ahead, revealing new intricate plot particulars.

For us, essentially the most thrilling side of a brand new agent is its capability package, bringing potential new gameplay components, and subsequently, a shift within the esports meta.