Valorant has set sail and is ready for Season 2025 Act 2. With the Masters Bangkok coming to an end, Riot Games revealed what’s next for Valorant. They showcased agent 28 now called Waylay which will be joining the Duelist roster. Waylay has lightening dashes and can rewind.
Valorant Patch 10.04 is coming up next and will be a big patch which will introduce Season 2025 Act 2. However, Riot Games has not yet revealed the complete and official patch notes. But according to Valorant Leaks and speculations, we got you covered with everything you need to know about Patch 10.04.
Valorant Patch 10.03 is coming on February 19, 2025 and includes some Agent abilities fixes and minimap updates. Patch 10.03 is majorly catering the bug fixes on both PC and Consoles. But the main highlight of the patch 10.03 is minimap will have new improved visuals.
Thai rapper MILLI has joined Valorant to bring out new theme song for Masters Bangkok “One Punch”. The new cinematic video is to promote Valorant Masters Bangkok. We saw a new cinematic video from Riot Games called Dawn of the Duelist which features “One Punch” by MILLI. We also got our first teaser for Valorant’s new upcoming agent in the new cinematic video.
Riot Games has confirmed the release of 2025 VCT Season Capsule coming to Valorant. The new VCT Capsule is set to include a Karambit Melee knife skin with 5 different color variations.
Valorant has introduced new Ranked Shield system in competitive queues to ensure players from dropping ranks in Patch 10.01. This new Rank Shield System makes sure players having a bad game doesn’t lose their rank. The new system offer three Shield that helps players from dropping down in ranks. Moreover, patch 10.01 includes changes to new Agent Tejo and minor bug fixes.
Valorant is going through major map pool changes than it has ever before. With new map pool changes coming with patch 10.04. Icebox and Ascent will return back in competitive map pool. Keeping their word, the developer has already announced when the next map pool rotation will arrive, just a week after the start of Season 2025 Act 1.
The first trailer for Episode 10 Act 1 for Valorant reveals new Initiator Tejo as well as the new battle pass coming with the Act including the new FLEX items. Moreover, showing brand new skins from Battle Pass. And showing casing the first skin bundle for year 2025, called the EX.O skin bundle.
Valorant is having a blast in 2025 with the launch of its new Episode. From a brand new Initiator Tejo, a new Battle Pass. Riot Games has introduced a brand new feature and type of cosmetic coming to Valorant. FLEX is a new item that players will able to view during in-game and between rounds. It literally means flexing the cool cosmetic items.
Sentinels the fan-favorite NA team is already out of Valorant Masters Bangkok. They played a thrilling match against Team Liquid. Both these teams played starting Valorant Masters Bangkok with scores 0-2 against DRX and Edward Gaming. They faced each other and sadly it was for Sentinel to return home.
Here’s everything you need to know about Waylay and when it’s releasing in Valorant.
Who is Waylay in Valorant
Valorant revealed the new Duelist Waylay in Masters Bangkok. And our new agent comes from Thailand as well. She’s radiant which can transform herself in light. Her abilities come par with Jett and can be great for entries with twin dashes that she can use at any angle, which is a great way to surprise enemies.
All Waylay Abilities in Valorant
Here are all the abilities for the new Valorant Agent Waylay.
Refract: INSTANTLY create a beacon of light on the floor. REACTIVATE to speed back to your beacon as a mote of pure light. You are invulnerable as you travel.
Light Speed: EQUIP to prepare for a burst of speed. FIRE to dash forward twice. ALT FIRE to dash once. Only your first dash can send you upward.
Saturate: INSTANTLY throw a cluster of light that explodes upon contact with the ground, HINDERING nearby players with a powerful movement and weapon slow.
Convergent Paths (Ultimate): EQUIP to focus your prismatic power. FIRE to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light. After a brief delay, you gain a powerful speed boost and the beam expands, HINDERING other players in the area.
With the release of Waylay there is now a new debuff in Valorant called Hindering. Hindering makes players fire rate very slow. This includes everything from equip, reload, movement and more. It makes players go in slow motion which makes it hard for hindered players to shoot.
Waylay Release date in Valorant
Waylay is coming surprisingly soon. She will be able to play in competitive Valorant starting with Season 25 Act 2. New Act 2 is coming on March 4, 2025 and March 5, 2025 depending upon your region.
There are two ways you can unlock Waylay. Starting you can purchase Waylay by going in to agents. Or you can start her contract and complete XP it requires 200,000 XP to unlock the new agent. There’s one more after the period of exclusivity ends which is after 1 month, you will be able to get the Waylay via Kingdom Points.
That’s all you need to know about Waylay in Valorant and when it’s releasing.