Valorant adds Veto, Senegalese Sentinel with anti-utility kit

Riot Games unveiled its 29th playable character for Valorant, Veto, during the Valorant Champions Paris Grand Final, and the Senegalese Sentinel will join the game with the Season 25 update beginning October 7. The developer described Veto as a mutation-empowered enforcer built to disrupt opponents' abilities and technology, and the rollout will be staged by region, with North and South America receiving the agent on October 7 and Asia and EMEA following on October 8 after scheduled server maintenance.

Riot released full descriptions of Veto's four abilities. Chokehold deploys a viscous fragment that creates a trap on impact, holding enemies in place while deafening and applying a decay effect; the trap can be destroyed before activation. Crosscut places a vortex that Veto can teleport back to while within range; the vortex can be recalled and repositioned during the buy phase but not after the round begins. Interceptor is a deployable device that, once activated, destroys opponent utility that would normally bounce or be destroyed by gunfire; it can also be destroyed by enemies. Veto's ultimate, Evolution, temporarily mutates the agent, granting a combat stim, regeneration,...