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Valorant Adds Summit Map With Player‑Triggered Droppable Walls

Player‑activated walls that stay closed for a round can lock rotations and change competitive tactics.

Overview

  • Riot publicly revealed Summit on Sunday, June 21, as a mountain‑set Radiant training academy tied to Sage's backstory.
  • Summit includes three droppable walls on A, B and Mid that players trigger by shooting nearby switches and that remain closed for the rest of the round.
  • The map goes live with Season 2026 // Act 4 on June 24 and enters Competitive immediately with two weeks of 50% reduced RR loss for defeats and a limited Summit‑only queue to help players learn it.
  • Riot designed Summit to be slightly smaller with tighter sightlines and preserved 90‑degree combat corners while adding curved meditation spaces, a choice meant to favor close‑to‑medium engagements and skirmish‑style agents such as Omen and Iso.
  • Act 4 also launches Retake, a fast 3v3 post‑plant practice mode, plus the Blackspyre skinline and a new Battle Pass, and Summit's permanent‑in‑round changes could reshape public match tactics and pro-level retake strategies.