VALORANT Patch Notes Breakdown 12.00

Overview

VALORANT enters 2026 with its first set of changes since the big rework to utility last year. With it comes a lot of adjustments to agents, maps, and more. Here's a quick TLDR of everything you can expect with the new patch:

Updates to Breach, Brim, Harbor, Sage, Tejo, and Vyse
Breeze returns
- All losses on Breeze have 50% RR reduction for two weeks
Haven and Corrode received updates to wall pen
New Mode: All Random, One site
Updates to hidden MMR and player behavior systems
New sidearm: Bandit
New UI for PC players

You can also catch the full dev video here:

General Updates

Replays are now available for custom games
Hidden MMR update to create better and more consistent lobbies
MFA for EU to begin with 12.01

Agent Updates

Breach
- Flashpoint projectile speed increased 20%
- Fault Line width increased from 7.5m to 8m
Brim Stone
- Tactical Map visual update
Harbor
- Storm Surge no longer requires LoS
  - Explosion windup decreased from .8s to .6s (it pops faster)
  - Slow duration increased from .6s to 2s (that's more than 3x the previous duration)
- Reckoning
  - Slow duration increased from .6 to 2s
Sage
- Healing Orb easier to use and less blocked by terrain
Tejo
- Special Delivery
  - Concuss duration decreased from 4s to 2.5s
  - Now damages with 35 max at center and minimum of 20
- Stealth Drone
  - Reveal type changed from Snapshot to full Revealed
  - Pulse radius decreased from 30m to 16m
Vyse
- Steel Garden
  - Radius increased from 26m to 28m
  - Width increased from 7.5m to 8m