Riot Games releases a newValorantpatch that makes major changes to playable characters Raze and Sage. The patch also features a fix for amajor, game-breaking bug with Cypher’s SpycamwhichValorantclosed beta players discovered last week.
TheValorantclosed beta has now been updated to version 0.47 and Riot Games has released some patch notes along with it.Valorantplayable character Sage has been heavily affected as melee attacks now do double the damage to destructibles like Sage’s barrier and the metal double doors on the Haven map. Riot says that this provides a “high-risk, high-reward method for players to interact with her wall” whatever their loadout. Sage’s Slow Orb now allows players to walk through it without making noise and it also slows the airspeed of players in its zone so enemies can’t just bunny hop around it.
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Riot has also nerfedRaze, a playable character that has been called incredibly powerfulby manyValorantplayers. Raze now has one Paint Shell and not two, they have a minimum duration for exploding, and they have a kill reset so that players have to get two kills to refresh the cooldown. TheValorantteam has tuned the audio for Paint Shells, Showstopper, and Blast Pack too to make them easier to hear.
TheValorantpatch comes with some bug fixes too like a bug that stopped audible footsteps showing on the mini-map and a bug with corrupted packets that caused a rare server crash. Orb has been moved to B Mid to B Main on the Split map and several exploits have been fixed on the Bind, Haven, and Split maps. Riot hasconfirmed plans to add new maps toValorantafter release, so fans can expect map exploit fixes to become a regular part of the game’s updates.
There are also some quality of life changes to the game. Riot has “reduced outbound network traffic from client for players running at high frames-per-second” while ensuring that this hasn’t affected gameplay or responsiveness. The developer has spoken aboutValorantand its Riot Direct ISP plan, something which could give the game the technical edge over titles likeOverwatchandCounter-Strike: Global Offensive.
It’s unclear if Riot is planning any major updates for theValorantclosed beta or if it will just be making sure the game works before its summer 2020 release. No launch date has been confirmed for the game and that may be because Riot is unsure how long it will take to fix everything it finds from beta testing.
Valorantreleases this summer on PC.
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