VALORANT Patch 4.05
Released 22 March 2022 during ACT II. Brimmy with the stimmy is adjusted, you can import your crosshairs, and map queue updates.
Structured from Riot's official patch notes. The bullets below are the announced changes; anything VALDB detected in the game files beyond them lives on the detected changes feed and is never mixed into this page.
AGENT UPDATES
Some call him “Brimmy with the stimmy.” And while it’s been exciting to see you all leverage Brimstone’s recent Stim Beacon balance in fresh ways, we think having two stims reduced the importance of deploying it at the right moment. The changes below are our attempt to address this while still retaining Brimstone’s refined identity as a “bursty” excellence of execution.
- Stim Beacon
- Cost increased 100 >>> 200
GAME SYSTEM UPDATES
Updated “Prioritize Strongest Weapon” setting
The goal behind this setting is to allow players to traverse quickly with melee equipped and be combat-ready after using an ability or interacting with the Spike, ult orbs, etc. Two changes were made.
- Added the ability to import and export different crosshair settings via auto-generated codes.
- To import crosshair settings, go to Settings >> Crosshair tab >> click on the icon that looks like an arrow pointing down next to Crosshair Profile. Input or paste the code in the provided field and click the “Import” button.
- Reworked 'Prioritize Strongest Weapon' setting
- Updated the priority system to support weapon-like abilities (previous priority: Primary > Secondary > Melee)
- Resolve priority ties by selecting the more recently equipped weapon
- Added a new setting: Don't Auto-Equip Melee
- Prevents pulling the melee back out after channeling or casting abilities, without changing any other auto-equip behavior.
COMPETITIVE UPDATES
- Deterministic Map System enabled for all regions
BUGS
- Fixed a bug that was causing the Leave Match button to function incorrectly for PBE players
- Fixed issue where Sova’s Recon Bolt was destroyed by Brimstone’s Orbital Strike even if the Recon Bolt was well out of the area
- Fixed a bug where the mic icon on the scoreboard could not be interacted with after hovering over it with the mouse
KNOWN ISSUES
- There are a handful of bug fixes prepped for Icebox, but the team ran into an issue that blocked us from shipping them right at 4.05 launch. We hope to ship these before the next patch and will list them here as soon as we do.