Patch Notes

Hi, Jo-Ellen here. How are you liking Gekko and his buddies so far? Either way, with each new Agent comes many new bugs to fix and updates to deploy—we listed the most important ones for Gekko below.

Prepare your aim for the start of Episode 6 Act II. New Initiator Agent, the return of the Oni skinline, rank reset, and a fresh Battlepass. Check out the updates and bug fixes below.

Hello! Jo-Ellen here. Thank you for all your feedback on Swiftplay. We’re happy to hear how much you love this mode. Additionally, we’ve got a Killjoy and Raze update—and even more bug fixes.

Stinger balance, lots more bug fixes, and one welcome change to help when playing against high-ping.

Hello! Jo-Ellen here. Patch Notes 6.01 is a short one and it's focused on Lotus (including bug fixes that you helped point out).

Jo-Ellen, here. Happy New Year, y’all—we’re starting off 2023 with Patch 6.0. Aside from our new map, Lotus (which you should definitely check out), the Araxys skinline, new Battlepass, and ranks being refreshed, we’ve still got some changes to the game in this patch we wanted to let you know about.

Last patch before the end of the year—and it’ll be a long one (last until Patch 6.0 goes live in January). Check out what we’ve got going on in Patch 5.12 below.

We’re back with Patch Notes 5.10 and we’re addressing some of the larger issues players have had with Cypher and Fade in the past. Also included are a bunch of Agent bug fixes and a new feature called Real Time Text Evaluation so that players can feel safer engaging with their teammates and opponents. Read more about it below.

How’s your Episode 5 Act III going so far? Either way, patch notes are light this time around as we prepare for larger changes coming later in the year.

Reminder: this is the start of Episode 5 Act III and that means there’s a number of new things that aren’t featured below: the return of the Ion skinline, a whole new Battlepass and a reset of ranks.

The VALORANT Character Design team is constantly discussing the state of the Agent meta, and wanted to make some changes to sharpen some of our Agents and role definitions. We’re in a more stable state since Champions, and Game Changers teams will have decent time to acclimate before the Game Changers World Championships takes place.

Since the launch of Pearl in the summer, the map team has put in work based on months-worth of feedback to make the first major update to the underwater map. There are some good bones here, it just needed a quick fixer upper.

Keeping this one on the lighter side again while we watch the best VCT teams exchange blows over the VALORANT Champions 2022 crown. Still some important bug work from our Social & Player Dynamics team below!

Don’t forget! It’s the start of Episode 5 Act II, so keep an eye out for all the updates not reflected below, like a fresh Battlepass, Competitive reset, a totally free Event Pass that celebrates Champions 2022, and then there’s a new limited skinline…maybe you’ve seen that trailer? The one that makes you feel like you’re shooting esports at people.

As players in both ranked and pro play have mastered Chamber, his strengths have started to overshadow his weaknesses, making the counterplay to Rendezvous and his arsenal not as effective as we’d hoped. Chamber’s overall strength has also felt outsized, and we believe that we can reduce the complete power of his kit while still keeping him competitive with the rest of the roster.

We believe Phoenix's Curveball is the cornerstone of his kit, and as we explored adjustment options it became clear that Curveball being more powerful unlocks his kit as a whole. So we wanted to assess Phoenix in a world where Curveball is more competitive with the rest of the ecosystem to get a sense for the impact of the changes. We view Phoenix as an aggressive entry Agent, so the additional…

NEW MAP: Pearl goes live!

Clutch Mute - You now have the option to mass mute your teammates and/or party members so you can focus during clutch moments!Go to Settings (Esc) > Controls > Communication

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Right now, Chamber's Trademark outperforms other Sentinel tools in both reliability and power, which feels inappropriate given the amount of defensive combat tools Chamber has spread across the rest of his kit. We believe Chamber's identity is defined by his unique weapons and defensive combat mobility, so we are decreasing his level of global flank protection/information and increasing…