Reyna
Forged in the heart of Mexico, Reyna dominates single combat, popping off with each kill she scores. Her capability is only limited by her raw skill, making her sharply dependent on performance.
Reyna is a Duelist. Reyna's signature ability is Dismiss, and their ultimate is Empress.
- Role
- Duelist
- Signature (E)
- Dismiss
- Ultimate (X)
- Empress
- Released
- patch 1.00 (June 2, 2020)
What are Reyna's abilities?
Leer
Basic abilityEQUIP a destructible Leer. FIRE to send. After a delay, form, nearsighting enemies looking at it.
Devour
Basic abilityINSTANTLY consume a Soul Orb to heal. Excess healing is converted into overheal. While ULTIMATE is active, Devour auto-casts.
Dismiss
Signature abilityINSTANTLY consume a Soul Orb to briefly become intangible. REACTIVATE to cancel early. While ULTIMATE is active, also gain invisibility.
Empress
Ultimate abilityINSTANTLY gain Empress. Empress grants combat stim, endless Soul Orb consumption, and permanent overheal.
Vitality
PassiveSpawn a Soul Orb from dead enemies Reyna has damaged or killed.
How has Reyna changed in every patch?
All patch notes →Reyna has been changed in 31 patches, from patch 1.00 to patch 12.02: 23 buffs, 20 nerfs and 23 bug fixes. Newest changes first.
- Soul Harvest
- Orbs duration in world decreased from 4s >> 3s
- The ability description had incorrectly listed the duration at 3s while they were lasting 4s. The duration now accurately matches the description.
- Nerf Devour: Overheal is now temporary and lasts 10s. Healing applied while in Empress is still permanent.
- Nerf Devour: UNDOCUMENTED: Full heal time increased from 2s → 3s
- Nerf Devour: UNDOCUMENTED: Full heal time in Empress increased from 2s → 2.5s
- Nerf Empress: Ult points increased 6 >> 7
- Soul Harvest
- BugfixBuff Leer: Fixed an issue where throw animations would break if aiming straight down
- Bugfix Devour: Fixed a bug where Reyna’s overheal health was not being displayed accurately on the HUD for spectators
- BugfixBuff Devour: Fixed a bug where Reyna’s HUD UI prompts would linger on screen even if Reyna has no ability charges left
- BugfixBuff Dismiss: Fixed a bug where Reyna’s HUD UI prompts would linger on screen even if Reyna has no ability charges left
- BugfixBuff Leer: Fixed a bug where the projectile would animate forward in the incorrect direction while jumping and rapidly changing her aim location.
- Bugfix Empress: Fixed a bug where using it would sometimes not progress the Use Your Ultimate Ability mission
- BugfixBuff Empress: Fixed a bug where in very specific set of circumstances after turning invisible, she would reappear in his original location when the invisibility ends.
- BugfixBuff Empress: Fixed a bug where in some cases after turning invisible, she would reappear in her original location when the invisibility ends.
- Bugfix Leer: Fixed an issue where Targeting visual for Leer wouldn’t properly display for spectators, allies, and observer perspectives.
- BugfixNerf Devour: Fixed an issue where Reyna’s Devour Overheal would not be interrupted when taking damage that was less than her current Overheal amount.
- Buff Empress: Increased rate of fire to have consistent recoil control that matches the default rate of fire.
- Nerf Devour: Healing decreased 100 → 50
- Buff Devour: Full heal time reduced from 3s → 2s
- Buff Devour: Overheal of armor no longer decays after a timer.
- Buff Dismiss: Top speed increased 9.1 meters/second → 12 meters/second
- Nerf Dismiss: Total duration of Dismiss reduced from 2s → 1.5s
- Buff Empress: Empress no longer has a timer and is permanent until Reyna is killed or the round ends.
- BugfixBuff Leer: Fixed an issue where Agents would look like they were still nearsighted in 3rd person for a short period of time if they destroyed Leer right after it became shootable.
- Team Deathmatch only:
- Leer
- Cooldown increased 44s → 51s
- Empress
- Cost increased 70 → 80
- Team Deathmatch only:
- BugfixBuff Devour: Fixed an issue during healing that caused frame rate to decrease.
- Removed Leer: Yellow indicator removed from Leer
- BugfixNerf Empress: Will no longer auto-heal after a kill while suppressed
- Adjustment Progress/Charge bars moved to a consistent location and made a consistent size
- BugfixBuff Dismiss: Fixed an issue where Reyna couldn’t sell then rebuy charges during Buy Phase
- BugfixBuff Fixed Reyna taking decay damage while intangible
- Soul Harvest
- Fixed parts of Reyna’s Soul Orb feedback triggering when assisting kills on non-players
- Fixed Reyna’s Soul Orb timer not properly syncing with its actual duration
- Soul Harvest
- Nerf Maximum Devour and Dismiss charges reduced 4 → 2
- Nerf Cost of Devour and Dismiss charges increased 100 → 200
- Soul Harvest
- Slain enemies that Reyna has damaged in the last 3 seconds now drop Soul Orbs, even if Reyna does not land the killing shot
- Nerf Empress: Fire rate bonus decreased from 25% → 15%
- BugfixBuff Devour: Fixed issue where Reyna did not get her full heal if it began right when her Overheal started to decay
- Soul Harvest
- Soul Orbs are now spawned when Reyna kills Phoenix during Run It Back.
- Soul Harvest
- BugfixBuff Leer: Fixed issue where translucent particles, like smoke layers, would show through Reyna’s Nearsight.
- BugfixBuff Leer: Area-of-Effect indicator now only shows up on the enemy’s minimap if the player or their allies are close to the affected area.
- BugfixBuff Devour: Fixed VFX that obscured Reyna’s screen if she scoped while healing.
- Bugfix Devour: Overheal health no longer incorrectly shows 151 total when maxed.
- Added Added
Patch change data adapted from Reyna's update history on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reyna gear skins
Unlocked by completing Reyna's Gear contract with Kingdom Credits.