Valorant Benches Breeze and Brings Back Abyss for Act 5 and Champions 2026

Riot released Valorant patch 13.04 on August 18, opening Act 5 of the 2026 season and swapping the competitive map pool. Abyss, the map with bottomless drop-offs and no edge walls, returns to ranked and Deathmatch while Breeze rotates out. The same pool runs at Valorant Champions 2026 in Shanghai from September 24 to October 18. Act 5 lasts five weeks instead of the usual seven, and the patch adds agent and melee-skin bug fixes.