C
Nanoswarm
EQUIP a Nanoswarm grenade. FIRE to throw the grenade. Upon landing, the Nanoswarm goes covert. ALT FIRE to lob. ACTIVATE the Nanoswarm to deploy a damaging swarm of nanobots.
Sentinel · Season 2026 Act VI
Killjoy
SentinelTier B (community)Ultimate: LockdownThe genius of Germany, Killjoy effortlessly secures key battlefield positions with her arsenal of inventions. If their damage doesn't take her enemies out, the debuff her robots provide will make short work of them. 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 13.08
Killjoy’s abilities
Q
ALARMBOT
EQUIP a covert Alarmbot. FIRE to deploy a bot that hunts down enemies that get in range. After reaching its target, the bot explodes and applies Vulnerable to enemies in the area. HOLD EQUIP to recall a deployed bot.
E
TURRET
EQUIP a Turret. FIRE to deploy a turret that fires at enemies in a 100 degree cone. While targeting, EQUIP again to swap turret direction, HOLD ALT FIRE to rotate. HOLD EQUIP to recall the deployed turret.
X · Ultimate
Lockdown
EQUIP the Lockdown device. FIRE to deploy the device. After a long windup, the device Detains all enemies caught in the radius. The device can be destroyed by enemies.
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
Killjoy in the current meta
Bcommunity tier
51.9%win rate
1.9%pick rate
#3of 7 sentinels 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 holding a site, watching flanks and slowing pushes rather than taking first contact. Killjoy locks down a site with gadgets: a Turret, a hunting Alarmbot, a hidden Nanoswarm and the Lockdown ultimate that detains everyone in a large radius.
Written from the role and the ability descriptions above, not from match data.
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Answers
Killjoy FAQ
What role is Killjoy in VALORANT?
Killjoy 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.
What are Killjoy’s abilities?
C: Nanoswarm; Q: ALARMBOT; E: TURRET; X: Lockdown. The full in-game descriptions are on this page.
What is Killjoy’s ultimate?
Lockdown. In the game’s own words: EQUIP the Lockdown device. FIRE to deploy the device. After a long windup, the device Detains all enemies caught in the radius. The device can be destroyed by enemies.
Is Killjoy good right now?
In MetaBot’s all-ranks data of 25 September 2026, Killjoy has a 51.9% win rate and a 1.9% pick rate (tier B), number 3 of 7 sentinels 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
Checked 15 October 2026
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