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There was a lot of hype for the reveal of Valorant Agent 28. Tejo was released at the beginning of 2025, and fans were anxious to know who was joining him next after claims from pros that the new playable character is OP and better than “Jett, Yoru, and Reyna combined”. Riot Games has now pulled the curtain aside, and, while the new character is by no means bad, some fans are disappointed with the abilities for Valorant Agent 28, Waylay.
Valorant fans disappointed with Agent 28 Waylay abilities
The official abilities for Valorant Agent 28, Waylay, are as follows:
- 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
- Equip to focus your prismatic power. Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant. After a brief delay, you gain a powerful speed boost and the beam expands, hindering other players in the area.
Reacting to these abilities on Reddit, there is some disappointment within the community. The overwhelming complaint is that “creativity is really dead”. Fans are not impressed with how Riot Games “created a new agent [just] to add other agents’ abilities” to them, and this is because their skillset is basically “Breach ult + Jett dash + clove decay + clove ult but in reverse,” or “Chamber tp, Jett q+e… Neon stun that don’t screen shake”.
Most of the complaints are about Riot “recycling/tweaking other agents’” abilities, and how this is a sign the developer is running out of ideas. Another comment says, “This is underwhelming. Nothing new added, just past agents’ abilities rearranged into a new one,” which is echoed by another comment saying, “Why are we reskinning abilities? [They don’t] have a single unique quality”.
While fans might be disappointed, reskinned abilities was to be expected as Valorant pros teased Agent 28 is a cocktail of previous Duelists. Hopefully this new character has enough about them to stand out when they release on March 5th, but right now fans are underwhelmed.
For more Valorant, check out our 18 tips on how to get better at the game along with our guide for how to appear offline if you don’t want certain friends knowing you’re playing. We also have guides for how to chat with the team, all, and private, along with how to add friends.
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