Valorant’s Agent 28 Waylay Comes With a Major Mobility Boost That’s Threatening to Make Jett and Raze Obsolete

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Valorant’s Agent 28 Waylay Comes With a Major Mobility Boost That’s Threatening to Make Jett and Raze Obsolete

Riot Games is introducing Valorant’s newest agent Waylay on March 5 with Episode 2025 Act 2. Waylay is the latest addition to the Duelist role and if early impressions are any sign, we might see her compete for Jett and Raze’s spot in the meta. With movement abilities like a double dash and teleportation, we’re getting the first “space-taking duelist” since Jett and Raze.

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There are arguments to be made for both sides. Raze’s kit is so unique and useful in certain maps that it’s unlikely that she could be replaced. And while the same goes for Jett, Waylay shares a similar but different kit so there might be more competition there. With the launch just days away, we don’t have to wait long to find out the answer.

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Waylay’s signature ability, Light Speed, allows her to dash twice in quick succession, and this is where the comparison with Jett begins for us. The first dash can also propel her upward, similar to Jett’s Updraft but without needing a separate ability. From the footage that we saw yesterday, Light Speed seems like it’s faster than Jett’s Tailwind.

Senior Game Designer June Cuervo described her as a “space-taking duelist,” meaning she’s designed to fill a similar role to Jett and Raze but with a unique approach. Here’s what else Cuervo had to say about our new duelist (via

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This subclass of duelist that only Jett and Raze occupy has been an essential part of team compositions at all levels of play… When designing Waylay’s dash I wanted to capture the creativity of Raze’s satchel movement and the speed of Jett’s dash.

Waylay is going to be similar to Jett and Raze in more ways than one. Not only do her abilities look and feel similar, she’s also supposed to play the same role. But can she replace our OG duelists? Well, she does have the abilities to do so.

Waylay’s tool for creating safety for herself, Refract, allows her to take risks and play off of her teammates’ utility with confidence after dashing. These two things together allow Waylay to act as your entry duelist while not throwing away her life.

The big question we’re asking is whether Waylay will make Jett or Raze useless. The short answer is, probably not, but she will challenge their dominance. Until the recent Neon and Iso metas, Jett and Raze were the two most picked duelists in Valorant. And that’s because they offer an entry fragging potential that no other duelist has.

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If we consider Jett first, then she’s the more vulnerable one in the current meta. Raze’s kit has proved to be very unique over the last four years. Her satchel entries and damaging utility make it so she’s very unlikely to be replaced. But Jett is a different story since Waylay also seems to be a duelist that dashes in aggressively. The catch is that Waylay can actually get out.

One of Jett’s biggest advantages has always been her ability to play aggressively with an Operator. Can Waylay compete there? Yes and no. With her Refract ability, Waylay can set herself up aggressively and teleport after taking her shot. It would play similar to a Chamber in terms of using the Operator. But it’s still less versatile than Jett’s dash.

While Waylay brings a fresh take on the duelist role, it’s unlikely she will outright replace Jett or Raze. What we could see instead is a return to the double duelist meta where we see a combination of Waylay with either Jett or Raze depending on the map.

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