Abyss vs Breeze: Valorant Patch 13.04 Malaysia (Act 5 Map Pool)

Published: 2026-08-22

Patch 13.04 Went Live 18 August: What Malaysian Players Should Know

Riot pushed Valorant Patch 13.04 to live servers on 18 August 2026 at 1pm UTC — that's 9pm Malaysia Time (MYT, GMT+8). Season 2026 Act 5 launched with it. Abyss is back in Competitive and Deathmatch. Breeze is out. Six other maps held their Act 4 shape, and every timing across this piece uses Malaysia Time so you can compare directly against your Riot Client tracker without doing the GMT offset in your head.

The rotation lines up with Valorant Champions Shanghai, which runs 24 September through 18 October 2026, so the pool you are grinding at REDX Game right now is exactly the pool the sixteen partnered teams will play on LAN, and that matters a lot if you enjoy scrimming what the pros run against a live meta.

Emily "ghoulies" Hu framed the patch this way in the official notes: "Act 5 is here, and with it a few fixes to keep your ranked grind consistent." (playvalorant.com patch notes 13.04). Bug fixes hit four agents, cosmetics fixes hit two transforming melees, and Premier Stage V26A5 opened its shortened five-week window rather than the usual seven-week competitive stretch that Malaysian teams had built their scrim blocks around.

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Abyss vs Breeze: The Only Two Maps That Changed

Everything else carried over untouched: Haven, Ascent, Split, Sunset, Lotus and Summit remain in the queue. Only one slot swapped. Here's the head-to-head so you know exactly what the next Ranked lobby out of that PJ café will drop you into.

Abyss (in as of 18 August 2026)

Released 11 June 2024; a subterranean base perched near Norway's Jan Mayen island.
First and only Valorant map with no outer boundaries. You can literally fall off mid.
Three lanes, two sites, branching mid paths, and jump shortcuts for faster rotations.
Rewards vertical smokes and clean bomb-carrier control; Sova, Killjoy and Cypher climb the tier.

Breeze (out, removed after 224 days on rotation)

Long sightlines, high skybox, Ares-friendly open beach terrain.
Longest continuous stint in the pool since June 2024: 224 days from 6 January to 18 August 2026 (Hotspawn breakdown).
Rotates out for Competitive and Deathmatch; still playable in custom lobbies and older replay archives.
Historically punished duelists who couldn't hold the mid pillar — many KL players won't miss it.

What Patch 13.04 Changes for Your Ranked Grind

Across the fixes, Cypher's trip-wire re-activation bug returns to clean interaction, Viper's screen edge is patched, Deadlock's GravNet cast timing is normalised, and Clove's post-death Meddle detection finally returns to spec. Small but real for players climbing Ascendant and Immortal during the Kuching night grind.

Kuronami 2.0 and Nocturnum melees now transform cleanly, so the cosmetic hiccup that hit collectors on the round-start inspect animation is finally done. If you top up 1,000 VP through REDX Game to grab the Act 5 store rotation, the fix means the transformation plays as intended when you first equip the melee in agent select. Boleh tahan for a small patch.

Premier's shortened five-week schedule for Stage V26A5 also matters. Teams need Premier Score 450+ by 20 September to reach Playoffs, which is a tighter runway than the seven-week grind Malaysian squads had gotten used to across Stage V26A4. Rosters scrimming out of Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya should schedule their scrim blocks around this compression, because two missed weeks translate to roughly forty fewer minutes of practice value against every partnered opponent on the ladder.

Events Calendar: What's Coming After Patch 13.04

Three dates matter through October. Mark them.

Premier Stage V26A5 (18 August to ~19 September 2026). Five weeks of open Premier queues. Playoffs qualification cut-off falls on 20 September for any team above Premier Score 450, which is the same threshold used through 2026 but with two fewer weeks to build the number.
Valorant Champions Shanghai (24 September to 18 October 2026). Sixteen partnered teams; the same seven-map rotation you are queuing on. Prize pool sits at USD 2.25 million (Liquipedia VCT Champions 2026).
Next Dev Update (early September 2026, window mentioned in the 13.04 notes). Watch for map-pool teases, mid-season economy tweaks, and any signal on when Bind or Breeze might rotate back after the Shanghai LAN wraps in the middle of October.

Paper Rex (PRX) — the SEA-headquartered squad Malaysian casters follow most — carry Pacific hopes into Shanghai alongside BOOM Esports and Team Secret. Falcons and NAVI top the international power ranks. Simple je: if you want to feel the meta before the LAN, queue Abyss now, because the pros will fire the same lineups you're seeing on ladder.

Frequently Asked Questions

Bila Patch 13.04 Valorant live di Malaysia?

Patch 13.04 went live 18 August 2026 at 9pm MYT, which is 1pm UTC. Season 2026 Act 5 opened alongside it, and Riot's Emily Hu confirmed the drop on the official patch notes page for the update.

Adakah Breeze masih boleh dimainkan?

Yes for custom lobbies and replays, but Breeze is out of Competitive and Deathmatch. You cannot queue it in Ranked until it rotates back, and historically that has taken months, sometimes over a year.

Berapa harga 1,000 VP di Malaysia untuk Act 5?

The Malaysia ringgit rail is RM 33.90 for 1,000 VP, RM 16.90 for 475 VP, and RM 169.90 for 5,350 VP based on Riot's Asia Pacific pricing. REDX Game runs the same ladder with DuitNow, Touch 'n Go and Boost at the checkout, and delivery is advertised at 1 to 3 minutes for Malaysian orders.

Will Abyss stay for Valorant Champions 2026?

Yes. The Shanghai event, running 24 September to 18 October 2026, uses the exact seven-map pool from Patch 13.04. Abyss included, Breeze excluded.

Which agents got quiet buffs from the 13.04 fixes?

Cypher (trip re-arm), Viper (screen edge render), Deadlock (GravNet cast), and Clove (post-death Meddle) all shed old bugs in this patch, which is a reliability improvement rather than a damage change. None are hard buffs, but the interactions are more predictable and that is worth a re-pick if you dropped these agents late in Act 4 because their kits were misfiring under specific angles.

Malaysia Top-Up Tips: How to Set Up Your Act 5 Grind

Cash grind first, ranked second — set up VP top-ups before you queue. If you want to buy the Act 5 Battle Pass without waiting on Riot Client's payment flow, REDX Game processes VP top-ups through Malaysian rails you already trust. FPX from Maybank, CIMB or Public Bank works. Touch 'n Go eWallet, GrabPay and Boost route through DuitNow (Bank Negara DuitNow), the national real-time payment scheme run by PayNet.

For value, the 1,000 VP tier is the standard workhorse for a single Bundle purchase; 2,050 VP at RM 67.90 covers a full Bundle plus the Battle Pass with change to spare. Order at REDX Game Valorant Malaysia and the credit hits your Riot ID inside a KL lunch break. Senang je.

Two operator notes for a smooth checkout. Set your region to Asia Pacific on the Riot Client so your VP wallet accepts the top-up on the correct shard, otherwise the balance lands on the wrong account and you burn a support ticket to get it moved. Keep your Riot ID (with the four-digit tag) ready when you open the redxgame.com/order/direct-top-up/valorant-malaysia page, because the checkout asks for it exactly as displayed in-game, colon and numbers included.

One warning worth flagging up front. The Act 5 store rotates faster than the seven-week Acts you might remember from earlier in 2026, and if you miss a bundle in the first four weeks it may not return before Champions ends in Shanghai. Batch your top-ups: buy VP once, spend across the five-week window, and avoid the double transaction fees that stack when you top up in three or four separate small purchases. That single behaviour saves most Johor Bahru players RM 3 to RM 6 in aggregate over the Act on repeat card-processing charges alone.

Grinding out of Ipoh or watching finals from Bangsar, the pool is set, the calendar is tight, and REDX Game keeps the VP taps open for the full stretch. Queue Abyss, learn the death drops, and try not to slip.