VALORANT Patch 9.05

Overview

Hey, friends. It's me again, Jo-Ellen. How've you been?

Below we've got Patch Notes 9.05. What's in it? Glad you asked. We've got updates to a few Agents including Astra now getting 5 stars and Chamber's Rendezvous having its radius increased. There are some Player Behavior updates for all platforms and one for just PC. Breeze is coming to Unrated and Swift Play on console. Console is also getting an updated Progression screen.

AGENT UPDATES

• We've updated Omen's voice lines and added interaction lines with Viper, Clove, Iso, and Vyse.
• Rendezvous : TP radius increased from 13m >>> 18m
• Stars: Increased from 4 >>> 5
• Over the years we've heard player feedback that combat stim effects like Reyna's Empress can feel disruptive when spraying and it makes it harder to hit your shots. We've updated all buffs that increase your rate of fire to have consistent recoil control that matches the default rate of fire. This should allow players who are stimmed to utilize their learned muscle memory that they've built up from un-stimmed weaponry. This change only affects how the stims modify recoil without affecting the applied spread reduction.

PLAYER BEHAVIOR UPDATES

• We have updated the existing ranked and Premier restrictions to expand to all team-based modes so that penalized players will be restricted from queueing up in any team-based mode for disruptive behavior.

WEAPONS UPDATES

These changes aim to make headshot damage more consistent with competitors and to encourage its capability at holding down a location against multiple enemies.

• Revert crouch benefits nerf from standard 25% back to 40%
• Headshot multiplier adjusted from 2.4 >>> 2.5

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where some letters with special characters in Polish, Russian, and Japanese were not returning the correct result when searching using the Search bar in the Spray screen collection page.
• Abyss
• Lotus
• Icebox
• Sunset
• Fixed the box at Mid Top to display the correct bullet penetration decals.
• The Range

PERFORMANCE UPDATES

• Optimized threading logic and ordering of files on disk to improve load times. Please note that this will increase download time of the patch and an increase in patch time.

PLAYER BEHAVIOR UPDATES

• We've updated the Riot Voice Evaluation (RVE) experience in certain regions where voice recording is now enabled to ensure you understand the behavioral expectations and technical implications associated with RVE and voice chat.

PREMIER UPDATES

• Added a button to view the maps available in Playoffs. To see the Playoff map pool, click Playoffs Event in the schedule on the Premier hub, and then click the "Show Map Pool" button in the center of the hub.

CLIENT UPDATES

• Progression Screen

GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES

• Added a new Map Cursor Speed slider which will let you speed up or slow down cursor movement on the megamap and maps for Agent abilities (Example: Brimstone's Sky Smoke ).

MAPS UPDATES

• New map: "Breeze" enters Unrated & Swift Play queues.

BUG FIXES

Please note that Patch dates can change due to a number of different reasons.

• Fixed an issue where the Base Aim Curve setting was being applied to cursor movement on the megamap and maps for Agent abilities (Example: Brimstone's Sky Smoke ).
• Ability Targeting
• Vyse
• Fixed an issue where Shear's collision would linger after being placed on sloped surfaces.
• Fixed an issue where Shear could extend over gaps improperly.
• Fixed instances where Shear's destruction voice line was not properly playing.
• Fixed instances of Arc Rose voice line being cut off prematurely.
• Fixed an issue where the combat report would show the incorrect abilities for Vyse.
• [PS5] Fixed rare client crash instances related to Steel Garden .
• Omen
• Fixed an issue where Dark Cover would move slower than intended.
• KAY/O
• Patch — Scheduled Date (Pacific Time)
• 9.06 — September 24, 2024
• 9.07 — October 8, 2024
• 9.08 — October 22, 2024
• 9.09 — November 5, 2024
• 9.10 — November 19, 2024
• 9.11 — December 10, 2024