Valorant maps
Every map in the Valorant competitive pool, with its layout, what makes it different and how pro teams play it, plus the maps that left the pool.
Riot rotates the seven-map competitive pool often, usually with a new act. Before each series, the two teams ban and pick maps from it in the veto, so knowing the pool is the quickest way to read a match.
Each map page explains the routes into both bombsites, the callouts casters use, which side the map favors and what to watch in the first seconds of a round. Maps that were rotated out keep a short page with their history and why they went. See every change to the pool since Valorant launched.
Competitive pool
Abyss in Valorant: Map GuideAbyss is the first Valorant map with no boundaries: players can fall off the edges. Its layout, drops and shortcuts, how pros play it and its pool status.
Bind in Valorant: Map GuideBind is the Valorant map with one-way teleporters and no middle lane. Its layout, how the teleporters change rotations, how pros play it and pool status.
Corrode in Valorant: Map GuideCorrode is a Valorant map set in a French castle town turned into a salt mine. Its three-lane layout, defensive design, how pros play it and pool status.
Haven in Valorant: Map GuideHaven is the Valorant map with three bombsites, A, B and C. Its layout, what makes it different, how pros play it and where it sits in the map pool.
Lotus in Valorant: Map GuideLotus is a three-site Valorant map in India, with rotating doors and a breakable wall. Its layout, special mechanics, how pros play it and its pool status.
Summit in Valorant: Map GuideSummit is the newest Valorant map, released June 2026 in the mountains of China. Its layout, the walls teams can drop mid-round and how pros play it.
Sunset in Valorant: Map GuideSunset is a Valorant map set in Los Angeles with a classic two-site, three-lane layout. Its layout, the fight for mid, how pros play it and pool status.
Out of the competitive pool
Ascent in Valorant: Out of the Map PoolAscent left the Valorant competitive map pool in patch 13.08. It is still playable in unrated modes. What made Ascent special and why maps rotate out.
Split in Valorant: Out of the Map PoolSplit left the Valorant competitive map pool in patch 13.08. It is still playable in unrated modes. What made Split special and why maps rotate out.
The current Valorant map pool
Seven maps are in the competitive pool right now:
| Map | Sites | What makes it different |
|---|---|---|
| Abyss | 2 | no boundaries: players can fall off |
| Bind | 2 | one-way teleporters, no mid |
| Corrode | 2 | defensive layers, simple mid |
| Haven | 3 | three bombsites |
| Lotus | 3 | rotating doors, breakable wall |
| Summit | 2 | walls teams can drop mid-round |
| Sunset | 2 | classic three-lane layout |
What makes Valorant maps different
Valorant maps are built around mechanics as much as layout. Bind's teleporters let players rotate between sites in a moment. Lotus has doors that rotate open and closed and a wall that can be broken. Abyss has no boundaries, so a careless step or a knockback ability can send a player off the edge. Summit, the newest map, lets teams drop walls during the round to block a sightline or a rotation.
Two maps, Haven and Lotus, have three bombsites. Defenders have to spread thinner there, and Attackers have more options to fake one site and hit another.
How the pool changes
Riot rotates maps more often than Valve does in CS2. Usually one or two maps change at a time, often with a new act. In patch 13.08, Bind and Corrode came back, and Ascent and Split left. Removed maps stay playable in unrated modes and often return later.
The Valorant Map Pool guide always has the latest changes.
Maps in pro play
Before each series, teams ban and pick maps from the pool in the map veto. In a BO3, each team picks one map and the last one left is the decider. A team with a deep map pool is hard to veto against, while a team that only plays three maps well can be cornered.
FAQ
What maps are in the Valorant pool?
Abyss, Bind, Corrode, Haven, Lotus, Summit and Sunset.
Which Valorant maps have three sites?
Haven and Lotus.
What is the newest Valorant map?
Summit, released on June 24, 2026.
How often does the map pool change?
Riot changes it regularly, often with a new act. Usually one or two maps rotate at a time, and removed maps often come back later.
