VALORANT Patch 13.02
Released 28 July 2026 during ACT IV. Phoenix ult change, new maps added to Retakes, and loads of bug fixes.

Structured from Riot's official patch notes. The bullets below are the announced changes; anything VALDB detected in the game files beyond them lives on the detected changes feed and is never mixed into this page.
Overview
Hey there, I’m Emily. I’ll be joining the Global Community team at Riot as an intern this summer, nice to meet you all! Hopefully y’all are staying cool with this summer heat, got a couple things for you to check out here :D
AGENTS UPDATES
MODES UPDATES
- RETAKE
- AROS: Replication
BUG FIXES
- Agents
- KAY/O
- Fixed an issue where NULL/cmd ’s death animation played incorrectly after being revived.
- Cypher
- Fixed a rare issue where Cypher disconnected while casting Neural Theft .
- Gekko
- Fixed an issue where Wingman could unexpectedly die while planting or defusing the Spike under very low frame rate conditions.
- Miks
- Reyna
- Chamber
- Waylay
- Jett
- Raze
- Deadlock
- Vyse
- Maps
BUG FIXES
- General