‘Fade’ is the name of the next Valorant Agent that’s all set to arrive to the competitive shooter alongside the Episode 4 Act 3 update.
Apart from the new Agent, the patch will also bring with it a number of new changes including a new Battle Pass, Skin Bundles, and more that the fans are eagerly looking forward to seeing in action.
While the details of Fade haven’t been revealed by Riot Games as of yet, we’ve seen plenty of leaks regarding the new Agent surfacing online over the past few days that give us the general idea on what Fade will bring to the table.
If you’re here to know more about Valorant’s newest Agent Fade, we have you covered. Here’s everything we know so far about Fade including her release date, abilities and more.
New Valorant Agent Fade Release date
As mentioned earlier, Fade will be shipped to the title with the Episode 4 Act 3 update. The major patch will make its way to the live servers around April 26, 2022.
Fade is set to be a female initiator and will provide players with a rather “intimate feeling when hunting down enemies.” Fade’s abilities had also been leaked on the internet a few weeks ago, but they haven’t been confirmed by Riot, so take them with a grain of salt.
Valorant Fade Abilities
Here are all the abilities of Fade, according to leaks:
- PROWLER (C): EQUIP. FIRE to send a creature out which will travel in a straight line looking for enemies AND/OR Trails. HOLD FIRE AND MOVE MOUSE to steer the creature in the direction you are facing. When the creature finds a trail or enemy, it will move towards them. Upon reaching the enemy, it will start a .5s cooktime and then NEARSIGHT the closest enemy for 3s. Only one Creature can latch onto a TRAIL ever.
- SEIZE (Q): Equip an orb. FIRE to throw the orb. The orb will travel in the air a max time of 1.5s until dropping to the ground. Upon hitting the ground, it will stick in place and being to cook for .5s. After .5s a zone will expand out to 7m and all enemies caught will be tethered to the center. Tethered enemies suffer 75 decay damage, are deafened, and cannot escape the zone by normal means for 5s. Can be reactivated in flight to drop earlier.
- HAUNT (E): Equip an orb. Fire to throw the orb. The orb will travel in the air a max time of 1.5s until dropping to the ground. Once it hits the ground, It raises back up and turns into an Eye that can be destroyed. Equip this ability, fire to send out a wave of dark mist. If the mist comes in contact with an enemy they will be TRAILED, DEAF, and DECAYED for 12s.
- NIGHTFALL (X): Equip this ability, FIRE to send out a wave of dark mist. If the mist comes in contact with an enemy, they will be TRAILED, DEAF, and DECAYED for 12s.
Valorant Agent Fade Nationality
According to a message from Cypher, the new Agent is from Turkey. Moreover, Riot Games has also put up physical posters teasing the new Agent in the streets of Turkey.
Unfortunately, no actual gameplay footage of ‘Fade’ has come to light as of yet. Fans will have to wait a few more days to find out what the new Valorant Agent will bring to the table.
