Free-to-play shooter Valorant has been given an enormous new replace on PC. The new replace introduces the Sunset map, which in response to the patch notes beneath, has three lanes and two totally different websites. According to Riot Games, the Sunset solely queue will solely be playable in Swiftplay mode for one week after which goes into the Competitive and Unrated map rotation in Patch 7.05. Needless to say, the brand new replace makes hero stability adjustments, bug fixes and a wide range of map changes. There’s additionally a brand new BattlePass launching as a part of the second Act of Evolution.

Valorant replace 7.04 patch notes

AGENT UPDATES

VALORANT asks you to make powerful choices when interacting with enemy utility—taking pictures, dodging, and timing your second to take a decisive motion. We need everybody to come back away from rounds feeling like that they had the potential of making a greater play if solely they have been a bit sooner or smarter. The staff has seen that when confronted with a number of items of utility or a few of bigger scale ultimates, your avenues for counterplay can generally be overloaded, main you to really feel uncertain of what is occurring or what you could possibly do in another way subsequent time.

While Patch 7.04 contains adjustments to over half of the roster, the adjustments are sharply targeted on growing recreation state readability by making the next changes:

• Reducing the frequency of enormous space of impact of ultimates

• Reducing the period of time utility is lively on the earth

• Reducing the HP of shootable utility

• We additionally consider the Ultimate price updates beneath higher align massive space, high-impact ults with the strain they place on the enemy, creating each a greater pacing of the round-defining talents and a clearer alternative competitors between excessive and low price ults.

BREACH

• Aftershock (C)

 – Ticks diminished from 3 to 2

 – Damage elevated from 60 per tick to 80

• Rolling Thunder (X)

 – Ultimate factors elevated 8>>> 9

BRIMSTONE

• Orbital Strike (X)

 – Ultimate factors elevated 7>>>8

FADE

• Prowler (C)

 – Time to re-equip gun takes barely longer after utilizing the power.

GEKKO

• Mosh Pit (C)

 – The impacted space does 10 injury per second earlier than exploding

• Wingman (Q)

 – HP diminished 100>>>80

• Thrash (X)

 – Thrash’s explosion had a bit makeover to make it simpler to see and perceive the realm it has affected (on high of being stunning)

KILLJOY

• Lockdown (X)

 – Ultimate factors elevated 8>>> 9

OMEN

• Paranoia (Q)

 – No motion velocity imparted when casting

SKYE

• Guiding Light (E)

 – Max period whereas casting diminished 2.5s >>>2s

• Trailblazer (Q)

 – HP diminished 100>>>80

• Seekers (X)

 – Ultimate Points elevated 7 >>>8

 – Seeker Health decreased 150>>>120

SOVA

• Recon Bolt (E)

 – Total variety of scans diminished 3>>>2

VIPER

• Viper’s Pit (X)

 – Ultimate factors elevated 8>>>9

ASTRA

• Gravity Well (C)

 – Startup time elevated .6>>>1.25

 – Gravity time period decreased 2.75>>>2.0

• Nova Pulse (Q)

 – Startup time decreased from 1.25>>>1.0

• Cosmic Divide (X)

 – Audio now’s blocked fully by the wall somewhat than muffled

JETT

• Tailwind (E)

 – Dash window decreased 12s>>>7.5s.

 – Activation windup elevated 0.75s>>>1s.

• Cloudburst (C)

 – Duration decreased 4.5s>>>2.5s

 – Time to re-equip gun takes barely longer after utilizing the power.

• Updraft (Q)

 – Charges decreased 2>>>1

• Blade Storm (X)

 – Ultimate factors elevated 7>>>8.

MAP UPDATES

MAP ROTATION

• Breeze will probably be rotating again into the Competitive and Unrated map pool.

• Please observe that Fracture and Pearl have been rotated out of the Competitive and Unrated map rotation.

NEW MAP: SUNSET

• Sunset, our latest map, options three lanes and two websites.

 – Please observe that the Sunset solely queue will solely be playable in Swiftplay mode for one week after which goes into the Competitive and Unrated map rotation in Patch 7.05.

BREEZE

Breeze’s scale and dimension are core to the map’s design however we wished to handle rotation instances by simplifying the place threats might be to make retaking much less harmful. This set of adjustments goals so as to add extra tradeoffs to A and B website slams that make the most of post-plant utility to safe the spherical whereas including extra incentive for Attackers to regulate Mid to exert strain all through the map.

• Adjusted Mid Pillar

 – We closed off one aspect of Mid Pillar and tightened up Mid Cubby. As a end result, Mid ought to be extra snug to rotate by with extra predictable threats.

• Mid Pillar

 – One aspect has been closed off and packing containers have been added.

PLAYER BEHAVIOUR UPDATES

• Report UI Improvements

• We’ve elevated readability by including icons and exhibiting detailed textual content descriptions when hovering over every of the newly added icons.

• We categorized the record of post-game stories into teams to assist break down resolution making from excessive degree class to subcategories.

• We’ve added reportee data with the intention to scale back false reporting.

PREMIER UPDATES

• Premier has formally launched!

• If you performed in Premier’s Ignition Stage, your staff and match historical past will carry over.

• Enrollment runs till September 7. The actual time for the top of Enrollment varies by Zone—ensure that to test the schedule within the consumer for extra info so that you don’t miss it.

• Weekly matches will function the total aggressive map pool throughout seven weeks. Each week will nonetheless have one devoted map and a most of two matches on stated map. Matches begin on September 7 and run by October 21, with Playoffs on October 22.

• Earn a Premier Score of no less than 675 to qualify and to have an opportunity to be topped the most effective groups in your Division.

• Performance will now be tracked from Stage to Stage. You will obtain a Division crest on the finish of every Stage.

• Divisions will probably be cut up into 5 tiers: Open, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite, and Contender.