C
Prowler
EQUIP a prowler. FIRE to send the prowler forward. HOLD FIRE to steer the prowler towards your crosshair. The prowler will chase down the first enemy or terror trail it sees, and Nearsight the enemy on impact.
Initiator · Season 2026 Act VI
Fade
InitiatorTier A (community)Ultimate: NightfallTurkish bounty hunter Fade unleashes the power of raw nightmare to seize enemy secrets. Attuned with terror itself, she hunts down targets and reveals their deepest fears - before crushing them in the dark. Data
Initiator: Initiators challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.
From the game data · client 13.08
Fade’s abilities
Q
Seize
EQUIP a knot of raw fear. FIRE to throw. The knot drops down after a set time. RE-USE to drop the knot early. The knot ruptures on impact, holding nearby enemies in place. Held enemies are Deafened, and Decayed.
E
Haunt
EQUIP a haunting watcher. FIRE to throw. The watcher drops down after a set time. RE-USE to drop the watcher early. The watcher lashes out on impact, Revealing enemies in its line of sight and creating terror trails to them. Enemies can destroy the watcher.
X · Ultimate
Nightfall
EQUIP the power of nightmare itself. FIRE to unleash a wave of unstoppable nightmare energy. Enemies caught in the wave are Marked by terror trails, Deafened, and Decayed.
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
Fade in the current meta
Acommunity tier
51.9%win rate
5.4%pick rate
#1of 7 initiators by win rate
MetaBot ranked data across all ranks, as published 25 September 2026 Community. Community statistics, not Riot figures. Patch 13.08 made no agent balance changes. Riot Full tier list on the meta page.
Suited to players who like setting up teammates: gathering information and disrupting defenders before the team commits. Fade gathers information: Haunt reveals enemies, Prowler hunts them down and Nearsights, Seize holds them in place, and Nightfall marks, deafens and Decays a whole area.
Written from the role and the ability descriptions above, not from match data.
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Answers
Fade FAQ
What role is Fade in VALORANT?
Fade is a Initiator. Riot describes the role this way: Initiators challenge angles by setting up their team to enter contested ground and push defenders away.
What are Fade’s abilities?
C: Prowler; Q: Seize; E: Haunt; X: Nightfall. The full in-game descriptions are on this page.
What is Fade’s ultimate?
Nightfall. In the game’s own words: EQUIP the power of nightmare itself. FIRE to unleash a wave of unstoppable nightmare energy. Enemies caught in the wave are Marked by terror trails, Deafened, and Decayed.
Is Fade good right now?
In MetaBot’s all-ranks data of 25 September 2026, Fade has a 51.9% win rate and a 5.4% pick rate (tier A), number 1 of 7 initiators by win rate. These are community statistics, not Riot figures, and they predate patch 13.08.
valorant-api.com: game data (agents, abilities, skins, ranks, acts), client 13.08 · Neuralboost — agent tier list by win rate (MetaBot data, all ranks, 25 Sep 2026) (community) · VALORANT Patch Notes 13.08
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