Sentinel · Season 2026 Act VI
SentinelTier A (community)Ultimate: Neural TheftThe Moroccan information broker, Cypher is a one-man surveillance network who keeps tabs on the enemy's every move. No secret is safe. No maneuver goes unseen. Cypher is always watching. Data
Sentinel: Sentinels are defensive experts who can lock down areas and watch flanks, both on attacker and defender rounds.
From the game data · client 13.09
EQUIP a destructible <whitebold>Trapwire</>. FIRE to place a wire between surfaces. <whitebold>Trapwire</> <teal>stealths</> after placement. Triggers when enemies come in contact, <debuffred>tethering</> enemies, and after a delay, <debuffred>revealing</> them if <whitebold>Trapwire</> is not destroyed. Can be picked up.
INSTANTLY throw a <whitebold>Cyber Cage</>. INTERACT to create a vision-blocking cylinder that plays an audio cue when enemies come in contact. Can be picked up during BUY PHASE.
EQUIP a destructible <whitebold>Spycam</>. FIRE to place. <whitebold>Spycam</> <teal>stealths</> after placement. REACTIVATE to control it. FIRE to shoot a dart that <debuffred>snapshots</> enemies hit until they remove it. Can be picked up.
ACTIVATE on a targeted dead enemy. After a delay, <debuffred>snapshot</> living enemies twice.
Ability names and descriptions are Riot’s in-game text; keys are the default bindings (C, Q, E, X for the ultimate). Data
Ranked, all ranks · 25 September 2026
MetaBot ranked data across all ranks, as published 25 September 2026 Community. Community statistics, not Riot figures. Patch 13.09 changed Clove’s Pick-me-up and added Hush; no other agent numbers moved since 13.02. Riot Full tier list on the meta page.
Suited to players who like holding a site, watching flanks and slowing pushes rather than taking first contact. Cypher watches the map with a tripwire that slows and reveals (Trapwire), a camera with a marking dart (Spycam) and vision-blocking cages, and reveals the enemy team with Neural Theft.
Written from the role and the ability descriptions above, not from match data.
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Answers
Cypher is a Sentinel. Riot describes the role this way: Sentinels are defensive experts who can lock down areas and watch flanks, both on attacker and defender rounds.
C: Trapwire; Q: Cyber Cage; E: Spycam; X: Neural Theft. The full in-game descriptions are on this page.
Neural Theft. In the game’s own words: ACTIVATE on a targeted dead enemy. After a delay, <debuffred>snapshot</> living enemies twice.
In MetaBot’s all-ranks data of 25 September 2026, Cypher has a 52.1% win rate and a 3.1% pick rate (tier A), number 2 of 7 sentinels by win rate. These are community statistics, not Riot figures, and they predate patch 13.09.
valorant-api.com: game data (agents, abilities, skins, ranks, acts), client 13.09 · Neuralboost — agent tier list by win rate (MetaBot data, all ranks, 25 Sep 2026) (community) · VALORANT Patch Notes 13.09 (Hush, Clove changes)
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