VALORANT Officially Reveals Hush, a New Duelist Agent Arriving in Act 6

What Riot Confirmed Today

Riot Games has officially unveiled Hush, the newest Agent joining the VALORANT roster. The confirmation came through an official reveal trailer titled RISE AND FALL // Hush Agent Trailer, published on Riot's own game updates page on October 18, 2026. According to Riot's own patch tracker, Hush will be VALORANT's 30th Agent overall and the ninth Duelist added to the tactical shooter since launch.

The reveal follows a short teaser Riot posted days earlier under the title FINAL WORD // New Agent Teaser, which hinted at an Agent's debut without naming her outright. With the full trailer now live, Riot has moved from teaser to confirmed announcement, giving players their first proper look at the character ahead of her in-game arrival.

When Hush Actually Arrives

Per Riot's own update schedule, Hush is slated to enter the game with patch 13.09, landing inside Season 26, Act 6, the current competitive act that Riot confirmed runs from mid-October 2026 through early January 2027. This places her debut on Riot's standard two-week patch cadence following the already-released 13.08 update, which kicked off Act 6 on October 13 with a map rotation swapping Ascent and Split out in favor of Bind and Corrode.

Riot has not published a full ability breakdown for Hush yet, but the Duelist label itself tells players what role she'll fill: an aggressive, entry-focused Agent built to create space and secure first picks, joining a lineup that already includes Jett, Raze, Reyna, Phoenix, Yoru, Neon, Iso, and Waylay.

Why This Matters for Players

New Agent launches are among the biggest shake-ups VALORANT delivers during any Act, directly affecting team compositions, pick rates, and meta strategy at every rank. A new Duelist in particular tends to ripple through competitive play fast, since the role already carries some of the highest play rates in the game. Players preparing for ranked grinds or upcoming Act 6 competitive pushes will want to watch for the official ability reveal and patch notes for 13.09, which Riot typically publishes alongside or shortly before an Agent's live release.

For now, what's confirmed is limited but significant: Hush exists, she's a Duelist, she's the 30th Agent in VALORANT's history, and her arrival is tied to the ongoing Act 6 patch cycle Riot has already begun rolling out. Full kit details, release-day patch notes, and balance context should follow directly from Riot's official channels as 13.09 approaches.

Players wanting the most accurate, unfiltered details should track Riot's own game updates page directly, since Agent kits and release timing can shift slightly between teaser, trailer, and final patch notes.