Duelist · Season 2026 Act VI
DuelistTier A (community)Ultimate: Run it BackHailing from the U.K., Phoenix's star power shines through in his fighting style, igniting the battlefield with flash and flare. Whether he's got backup or not, he's rushing in to fight on his own terms. Data
Duelist: Duelists are self-sufficient fraggers who their team expects, through abilities and skills, to get high frags and seek out engagements first.
From the game data · client 13.08
EQUIP a flame wall. FIRE to create a line of flame that moves forward, passing through the world and creating a wall of fire that blocks vision and damages players passing through it. The fire wall heals Phoenix instead of dealing damage. HOLD FIRE to bend the wall in the direction of your crosshair.
EQUIP a fireball. FIRE to throw a fireball that explodes after a set amount of time or upon hitting the ground, creating a lingering fire zone that damages enemies. The fire zone heals Phoenix instead of dealing damage. ALT FIRE to lob.
EQUIP a flare orb that takes a curving path and detonates shortly after throwing. FIRE to curve the flare orb to the left, detonating and Blinding any player who sees the orb. ALT FIRE to curve the flare orb to the right. Curveball resets a charge every two kills.
INSTANTLY place a marker at Phoenix's location. While this ability is active, dying or allowing the timer to expire will end this ability and bring Phoenix back to this location with full health and the amount of armor he had when the ability was cast.
PASSIVELY Heal Phoenix instead of taking damage after standing in Phoenix's own fire
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 13.08 made no agent balance changes. Riot Full tier list on the meta page.
Suited to players who like taking the first fight and creating space for the team, and who are comfortable relying on their aim. Phoenix flashes around corners (Curveball), heals in his own fire (Blaze, Hot Hands) and can take a fight with no risk of dying, thanks to Run it Back.
Written from the role and the ability descriptions above, not from match data.
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Answers
Phoenix is a Duelist. Riot describes the role this way: Duelists are self-sufficient fraggers who their team expects, through abilities and skills, to get high frags and seek out engagements first.
C: Blaze; Q: Hot Hands; E: Curveball; X: Run it Back; Passive: Heating Up. The full in-game descriptions are on this page.
Run it Back. In the game’s own words: INSTANTLY place a marker at Phoenix's location. While this ability is active, dying or allowing the timer to expire will end this ability and bring Phoenix back to this location with full health and the amount of armor he had when the ability was cast.
In MetaBot’s all-ranks data of 25 September 2026, Phoenix has a 51.7% win rate and a 3.6% pick rate (tier A), number 2 of 8 duelists 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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