Neon expels built up radianite-infused bioelectrical charge from both her hands at once.The lines rise into walls of static electricity that block vision and damage enemies passing through them. FIRE two energy lines forward on the ground that extend a short distance or until they hit a surface.Coaches should no longer experience the issue where swapping targets with number keys + mouse clicks occasionally fails.Fixed an issue where the Signature Kill Counter was not updating visually.Increased our map weights, which should lead to an increase in map variety and reduction in map duplicates from match to match.

We only made this change for ranks not breaking into, or on, the leaderboard to help maintain leaderboard integrity.This means the new minimum penalty is 25% reduced gains/losses compared to the previous 50% Diamond 2 and below players will see their RR penalty reduced by 25% compared to the current balance.Because of this data, we are reducing the penalties for lower ranks. Match fairness for 5-stacks is equal to non-five stacks, meaning it’s difficult for you to bring in a higher ranking player and potentially boost a low rank player. For those that have not yet reached account level 20, but have already played in Competitive queue, you will still be able to play in ranked.Īfter getting our initial data on 5-stacks in ranked, we've realized we may have been too harsh on the penalty you receive to your RR gains/losses while in a 5-stack.Starting with Patch 4.0, accounts that have yet to play in Ranked are required to reach account level 20 level before they are able to enter the Competitive queue.To force this learning period, we’ve decided to add an Account Level requirement to play in Competitive. We believe everyone should take time to learn the ins and outs of core gameplay, and have ample exposure to all the maps and Agents VALORANT will throw at you before competing in our ranked experience. However, we haven’t made any changes to when players are able to access our most competitive experience. COMPETITIVEĪs the map and Agent pool has increased, it's become increasingly difficult for new players to effectively learn and play VALORANT. MAP UPDATES Check out the full map updates here. Lower recovery time should improve burst fire efficiency. Inaccuracy is accrued any time the weapon is re-fired prior to a complete duration of a weapon’s respective Gun Recovery Time.We’re giving the Bulldog some love to help make it feel like a better buy in those situations when you might need a cheaper but versatile rifle option. Added an extra bullet before it enters a recovery curve.Removed firing rate penalty on ADS (Aiming Down Sight).Adding another bullet before it starts to get unstable should make the weapon feel much more proficient at tapping shots, and improve its overall effectiveness in a fight. The Guardian didn’t need the fire rate penalty compared to its fully-automatic counterparts, so we’re removing it. While spraying, the time you have until you could switch yaws (horizontal movement) again is lower, meaning it can happen more oftenĪlongside changes to the Spectre, we hope to improve the feel and power of the Ares and take it out of the shadow of other weapons in its price tier.Protected bullet count from yaw (horizontal) switching while spraying, decreased 8 > 5 bullets.Increased pitch and yaw (vertical and horizontal) recoil multipliers when running/jumping/on ascender from 1.25 > 1.5.For example, instead of errors occurring at bullets 4, 7, 10 (in terms of firing order) they will instead happen at bullets 3, 6, 8.Firing error occurs at earlier bullet stages.Likewise, the close range sprays will require more control to be effective. By making the accuracy error come in a bit earlier and switching yaws more often, we hope it will make it more difficult to get kills when spraying over a long range. The Spectre’s versatility makes us happy, but it was over-performing in long range engagements and was too powerful even within its intended close range and mobile scenarios. Bonus: Knifing walls now have instant feedback when slicing up walls (predicted on the client side).Targets closer to the center of your knife attacks will get hit first, so you still have precision if you need it.Left click hitboxes are now larger than a right click and have a slightly longer range too. Right click hitboxes are now 1.5x larger.So we’ve updated both left and right click melee attacks for more reliable Agent-whacking action. The melee’s been too tricky to aim with, making it tough to rely on.

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