Agent 21 in VALORANT will be a controller according to an official blog entry. There are also new, clear clues about the origin and his abilities.
The upcoming agent in VALORANT will be a controller. This was confirmed by John Goscicki, Senior Character Producer at Riot Games, in a (blog entry on the official VALORANT website) on Tuesday. In the blog entry, Goscicki also placed rather obvious hints about the origin and abilities of the new agent.
Update (11.10.2022)
Agent 21 finally has a name
After a long time of Riot Games withholding more detailed information about the new agent, the development studio finally announced the name.
The new agent is called Harbor and VALORANT has now also published the first images.
The YouTube account VALORANT Hub already posted a new teaser for Harbor on 09 October.
In the video, Astra, Omen and Skye are on a quest to find the new agent before REALM does.
The agents observe vast amounts of water, although no water source can be found nearby. This again confirms the rumours about the agent”s water abilities.
It can also be assumed that Harbor will have a shield of some kind, as the agents observed in the video that spent bullets fell to the ground in a semi-circular shape – effectively as if they had hit a shield.
Harbor will be the fifth controller in the game alongside Viper, Omen, Brimstone and Astra.
Original article from 09/15:
Agent 21 with water capabilities?
So allusions to water keep hiding in the blog entry about the new VALORANT agent. “We”ve seen that controllers are in a bit of a drought,” the producer writes, among other things. “I don”t want to flood you with too much information” and “the introduction of controllers is a blue ocean of possibilities” provide further clues to the theme. The community therefore speculates that Agent 21”s abilities in VALORANT will revolve around the element of water.
Agent 21 in VALORANT presumably from India
Even clearer are the clues to the origin and identity of the new VALORANT agent. Presumably, the new character comes from India. This is indicated by the picture John Goscicki inserted in the blog entry. It shows a notebook with a map of India and the word “Mumbai” written in it.
Time for the Indian in me to show off.
Easter eggs 🧵
This is photo from Mumbai, India. This is seen through the structure in the top left which is a popular site in the city called as “Gateway of India”! https://t.co/khdvvixApI pic.twitter.com/MK6HjrkDVq
– Incorrect Valorant Quotes (@IncorrectValo) September 13, 2022
There are many more little hints of the country India hidden in the picture, as Twitter user “IncorrectValo” summarised in a thread. The hints of the country and the element of water could also confirm the presumed name of Agent 21. Back in August, the name “Varun Batra” had surfaced in a VALORANT message, which many attributed to the new Agent 21. Varuna is an Indian deity closely associated with water.
The blog entry ends with a sentence in Hindi: “Jald hi milte hain”. This means something like “See you soon”. So the release of Agent 21 in VALORANT could be soon.
