This chapter of the guide describes the characters available inValorantand what are the best offensive and defensive heroes.

List of defensive characters

There are currently 11 characters available inValorant, and each has certain abilities.

We have divided them into tiers - with S being the best character class and C the worst.

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The skills that are most useful when defending Spikes are taken into account when assessing the character.

Best defensive characters

Among the defensive characters available inValorant, there areSageandCypher.

The second character included in the S-Class isCypher.

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His espionage skills allow him to acquire a great deal of information that can be used during a match.

Tiers

Agents

Class A includes Brimstone, Breach, Sova, Omen and Phoenix.

As a result of recent patches, Omen has become more defense-viable helping him jump into the standard lineup.

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It’s fair to say that A-Tier characters are the most versatile in the whole game.

The B Tier includes Viper, Raze, and a new agent introduced in Patch 1.0 - Reyna.

Recent buffs for this character did not allow her to break through to the higher end of the table.

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List of offensive characters

There are currently 11 characters available inValorant, and each has certain abilities.

The A Tier included four agents: Sova, Omen, Phoenix and Cypher.

Omen jumped into the A-Tier thanks to recent buffs to his abilities.

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It’s possible Reyna will jump to the higher end of the table soon.

In addition to Reyna, the B-Tier also features the heavily nerfed Rez and Jett.

The table closes with Viper as there are many better offensive characters in Valorant.

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