Valorant Episode 5 Act III Sees the Return of Ion Skinline and the Introduction of Agent 21, Harbor, New Battle Pass, and More

Episode 5 Act III has finally dropped for Valorant, and players have finally had their chance to try out the game’s latest Agent in Harbor.

The Indian character was first announced over a week ago, and he is now available to try out in all of your favourite modes. It will be interesting to see how the new Controller will fare in the game’s current meta, as players experiment with combinations involving other Agents.

With all the excitement of a new Act (and Agent), we made some changes and fixed a few bugs.
Read Patch Notes 5.08 here: https://t.co/KfFb6wcyNO pic.twitter.com/5iiuq1gdOD

— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) October 18, 2022

Other than the new Agent, Riot Games has also announced the return of the Ion collection, which features skins for Vandal, Ares, Spectre, Frenzy, along with a Karambit melee.

The new Battle Pass for Episode 5 Act III comes with a myriad of cosmetic items like the Simple Instructions Spray, Can’t Break Me Buddy and Starlit Odyssey Ghost. Furthermore, grab some free items like the Corbin’s Light Gun Buddy, which has been created to honour a fellow Valorant community member in Corbin with the help of the Make-A-Wish foundation.

Alongside the new additions in the Agent and Battle Pass department, Riot Games has also released the list of minor changes to the game as part of Patch 5.08. The latest update features tweaks to the Immortal leaderboard, various bug fixes involving KAY/O, Viper and more. Moreover, there’s also a map fix for Pearl revolving around a line-of-sight issue.

Might want to change agent, or map names @PlayVALORANT#Pearl#Harbor pic.twitter.com/jm6DCLhqgR

— ThatGuyMint (@ThatGuyMint) October 18, 2022

Finally, Valorant players couldn’t help but laugh at the dire coincidence involving the game’s latest agent in Harbor, as they joked about players searching for attack strategies on Pearl. This unfortunate naming crisis has led to players revealing their search histories that feature searches like “How to attack Pearl Harbor”, “Pearl Harbor Strats” and more.