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• ✅ Some agents are S-tier on certain maps but may not be good on others.
• ✅ Season 2026 hasn't completely flipped the game, but there have been significant meta changes on several maps.
• ✅ Utility reduction is having an overall impact.
• ✅ Breeze map has been completely reworked.
• ✅ Harbor rework isn't great except for one map.
• ✅ Gekko currently has the most powerful kit.
• ✅ Using the same composition as in 2025 will cause you to lose RR.

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• ✅ The meta on the Abyss map changes significantly depending on the ELO bracket.
• ✅ Jett is the queen of the Abyss map.
• ✅ KO players do well in Radiant, but may struggle at other levels.
• ✅ Sova is a must-pick.
• ⚠️ Omen and Harbor are the worst maps.
• ✅ Clove is the best map.
• ✅ Killjoy is good in the Iron-Silver bracket.
• ✅ Chamber can change the game.

Flex picks perform better when there's a pairing in the same role. Viper struggles as a solo controller but is good as a secondary controller.

• ✅ Yoru is good in an environment with reduced utility.
• ✅ Raze is the best agent.
• ✅ Gekko is the best initiator.
• ✅ Brimstone is the best controller.
• ✅ Vice offers a flexible kit.
• ✅ Sage is good for healing and long stall plays.
• ✅ Harbor is good as a secondary controller.

You can execute unique combos like Deadlock Beto, Yoru Way, and Gekko Ray.

• ✅ Jett has always excelled on Breeze.
• ✅ Gekko is good when you need to fill an initiator role.
• ✅ Sova is a must-pick.
• ✅ Viper can function competently as a solo controller.
• ✅ Cypher is a great pick.
• ✅ Chamber is an easy S-tier.
• ✅ Neon helps split Breeze's wide sightlines.

• ✅ Way is the most popular duelist for Radiant and Immortal players.
• ✅ ISO is thriving in the new meta.
• ✅ Tiaho is the best map.
• ✅ Fade is the best choice.
• ✅ Clove is unstoppable.
• ✅ Chamber moves to A tier.
• ✅ Vice moves to S tier.
• ✅ Phoenix, Tiaho, and Viper are all good.

• ✅ Jett and Neon are sliding to A tier.
• ✅ Raze and Phoenix replace them.
• ✅ Sova remains in S tier.
• ✅ Skye moves to S tier.
• ✅ Killjoy is the best sentinel.
• ✅ Breach, Neon, and Whale need to attack the back site quickly.
• ✅ Sage can spend time on flanks and lurks.

• ✅ ISO is an easy answer to Chamber.
• ✅ Reina is a powerful tool against snipers.
• ✅ Fade is the best scan initiator.
• ✅ Gekko is sliding to S tier.
• ✅ Brimstone is finding success.
• ✅ Killjoy can cover mid.
• ✅ Neon Rayner pairing can easily open B long.
• ✅ Gekko and Sage care about defusing the plant.
• ✅ Killjoy and Chamber are great.

• ✅ Raze sits alone in S tier.
• ✅ Gekko moves to A tier.
• ✅ Skye is placed in S tier.
• ✅ Viper can replace sentinel picks.
• ✅ Clove is S tier.
• ✅ Deadlock is S tier.

If you give up the sentinel and play Viper instead, you can play double duelist and double smoke or double initiator and double smoke.

Hopefully, we'll continue to see more diverse metas in 2026.