DISRUPT ENEMY UTILITY WITH VETO, VALORANT’S NEWEST SENTINEL

Filipino Guardian | Manila, Philippines | October 6, 2025 – During the grand finals of VALORANT Champions Paris, Riot Games and VALORANT revealed Veto, the newest Sentinel joining the agent roster. Empowered by an unstoppable DNA mutation, Senegalese enforcer Veto defies the rules of engagement by nullifying his opponent’s powers and technology. On Veto’s battlefield, gunplay is your only guarantee. Veto’s abilities include:

• Chokehold – EQUIP a viscous fragment of your mutation. FIRE to throw. The fragment deploys upon impact, creating a trap to hold enemies in place. Held enemies are Deafened and Decayed. Enemies can destroy the trap before activation.
• Crosscut – EQUIP a vortex. FIRE to place on the ground. While in range and looking at the vortex, REACTIVATE to teleport to the vortex. During the BUY PHASE, the vortex can be reclaimed to be REDEPLOYED.
• Interceptor – EQUIP an Interceptor. FIRE to place the Interceptor at the projected location. Once placed, RE-USE to activate. Once active, it will destroy any utility that would BOUNCE off a player and/or be destroyed naturally by gunfire. Enemies can destroy the Interceptor.
• Evolution – INSTANTLY begin to fully mutate, gaining a combat stim, regeneration, and becoming IMMUNE to all forms of debuffs.

Veto releases on October 7, 2025. VALORANT also recently introduced Skirmish, now live for players. Skirmish is a new custom game mode providing 1v1 to 5v5 fights in a new, close quarters map where you get into the fight right away.