Rumors about Agent 17 have once again resurfaced in the VALORANT community. With Episode 3 Act 2 approaching its end day by day, will we finally get a reveal of VALORANT‘s Agent 17? Here’s what we know so far. 

Just recently, Riot Games decided to prolong VALORANT Episode 3 Act 2’s release. This meant that players have to wait a little longer before getting to see the latest agent soon coming out. In Episode 3 Act 2, Riot released their most recent map called Fracture. Sad to say that Agent 17 was nowhere to be found during this Act, however, an Act 3 release window sounds probable. 

So far many leakers and lore enthusiasts have dug down deep into VALORANT’s files. The majority of them claim that Agent 17’s name will be Deadeye. While it may make sense for Deadeye to be his name, Riot usually does away from the initial codename. In fact, Deadeye made a brief cameo in VALORANT’s Year One Anthem. 

Twitter leaker Cynprel tweeted Deadeye’s design which was partially designed by Riot August. Deadeye kind of looks like a mafia boss with a slight resemblance to Fortnite’s Midas. 

Riot is yet to make any official announcements yet regarding when Deadye will officially come out. Sadly, there also isn’t any information about his abilities and gameplay style. What we do know is that he will play as a Sentinel role of the team, bringing defense with major offensive plays. Deadeye could possibly introduce a new way to play the Sentinel role. For now, we just have to wait and see if Deadeye will officially come out by Episode 3 Act 3.