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Valorant: New Agent & Patch Notes 1.05

The latest update to Valorant is here and we have all the information you need right here. Valorant patch 1.05 welcomes a brand new agent, Killjoy. As well as a new agent, a new Valorant Act has arrived. The new Valorant Act introduces a fresh battlepass, and a new deathmatch mode.

There are plenty of competitive changes including long-awaited matchmatching adjustments. Act Ranks are also live and you read all about that here.

Finally, Raze’s abilities are getting tweaks to lower the damage output. You can check out the trailer here.

Check Out Killjoy and All Her Abilities Below:

KILLJOY

Killjoy is a brand new sentinel originating in Germany. Joining the ranks of Sage and Cypher. Killjoy’s abilities are inventions she has created that debuff, damage and stop her enemies.

Alarm Bot

EQUIP an Alarmbot. FIRE to deploy a bot that hunts down enemies that get in range. After reaching its target, the bot explodes, applying Vulnerable to everyone in range. HOLD EQUIP to recall a deployed bot to save it for later.

Turrent

EQUIP a Turret. FIRE to deploy a turret that fires at enemies in a 180 degree cone. HOLD EQUIP to recall the deployed turret.

Nanoswarm

EQUIP a Nanoswarm grenade. FIRE to throw the grenade. Upon landing, the Nanoswarm goes covert. ACTIVATE the Nanoswarm to deploy a damaging swarm of nanobots.

Lockdown

EQUIP the Lockdown device. FIRE to deploy the device. After around 10 seconds, the device detains all enemies caught in the radius. The device can thankfully be destroyed by enemies.

Full Patch Notes Below:

Agent Updates:

RAZE

Valorant Raze Agent

Showstopper

  • Equip Time increased 1.1 >>> 1.4
  • Quick Equip Time increased 0.5 >>> 0.7
  • VFX reduced when firing rocket
  • VFX on rocket’s trail slightly reduced

Blast Pack

  • Damage decreased 75 >>> 50
  • Damage to objects now consistently does 600

Competitive Updates

  • Act Ranks have been added to the game
  • Patch 1.05 marks the end of Competitive Act I—Competitive Act II startsIf you earned a rank in Act I, play 3 more games to show your rank again in Act II. If you are a new player you will still need to play 5 initial placement matches so we have more time to calibrate to your skill
  • Expect a conservative initial placement, ~2 rank tiers lower than your prior Act I rank, so we are confident you are at or above that skill in Act II. Performance will have a larger impact in your early games, so you will be able to quickly gain rank if you play well and win
  • Competitive matchmaking now will have a higher chance to match solo and solo/duo players against similarly sized premade groups at the cost of queue times being slightly longer
  • Rank indicators have been modified on a loss to provide more granularity into how your rank was changed— You can now receive:Rating decreased slightly (1 down arrow)
  • Rating decreased (2 down arrows)
  • Rating greatly decreased (3 down arrows)
  • Match History will now show the rank you went into the match with for that game, versus the rank you ended the game with
  • You can now view your friends career tab via the context menu in the social panel. This means you can see your friends rank, Act Rank, and Match History.
  • Custom Games now allow the leader to select your target game pod location and see players ping to that game pod.

Game Modes

  • Deathmatch drops!
    • Hop in to hone your gunplay mechanics or warm up before you hit ranked10-player free-for-all
    • First to 30 kills with a time limit of 6 minutes
    • No abilities
    • You’ll load in as a random Agent that you own
    • Buy whatever weapons you want; heavy armor is given to you automatically
    • Killing enemies drops health kits: picking one up fully restores your health/armor AND automatically reloads your weapon.
    • All enemies are periodically revealed on the minimap
  • Deathmatch is in beta as we continue to evaluate game performance and stability. Availability will be limited to specific windows upon deployment of 1.05, with the first window starting Wednesday, August 5.

Quality of Life

  • Players who report other disruptive players will now receive an email if the reported player has been punished
  • Arriving mid-patch: Your rotating store offers will stop including things you already own!

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue causing Sova’s Owl Drone to rotate slower
  • Fixed issue where Reyna did not get her full heal if it began right when her overheal started to decay
  • Fixed nearsight not applying properly when going through smoke parts of Viper and Phoenix’s walls
  • [1.04 Hotfix] Fixed a bug where Phoenix could plant the Spike off the bomb site if he finished planting after Run it Back ended
  • Fixed a bug where ping in the scoreboard would not appear for Observers
  • Fixed a bug where Phoenix could in rare cases begin to auto-defuse the Spike if he was defusing the Spike when Run it Back ended
  • Fixed an exploit where spamming inspect with a macro could cause server lag
  • Game modifiers/cheats now notify all-chat when any player toggles them
  • General fixes to moderators, tournament mode, and game modifiers
  • Fixed a minimap bug, where the minimap would not correctly rotate on side swap rounds, when using fixed minimap + rotate based on side settings
  • Resolved inconsistencies and cleaned up UX with options present on the Match tab in the in-game settings screen
  • Resolved issue with incorrect rank briefly, and possibly persisting, to show for players in Career tab
  • Resolved issue where rating adjustment indicators would show on-hover in Agent Select
  • Resolved issue where account # tag wasn’t correctly showing on-hover on the Match tab in the in-game settings screen
  • Resolved issue where only one team was able to vote to surrender if both queued the vote at the same time
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to interact with the character selection UI through the Shooting Range loading screen
  • When equipping a gun buddy, an unassigned buddy no longer gets selected
  • Fixed a visual bug where the lobby would play an unwanted animation when a match is found
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