VALORANT Patch Notes 2.03

For all, you VALORANT players here are the latest patch note for Patch 2.03

AGENT UPDATES

REYNA

• Maximum Devour(Q) and Dismiss(E) charges reduced 4 >>> 2
• Cost of Devour and Dismiss charges increased 100 >>> 200
• Slain enemies that Reyna has damaged in the last 3 seconds now drop Soul Orbs, even ii Reyna does not land the killing shot

YORU

Gatecrash(E)

• Gatecrash now displays the range at which the tether can be seen by enemies while moving on the minimap
  The range that enemies are able to hear the audio of a Gatecrash teleport is now displayed on the minimap

Dimensional Drift(X)

• While in Dimensional Drift, Yoru’s minimap is now visible
• Enemies within Yoru’s vision range, while in Dimensional Drift, are now revealed to ally minimaps, as well
• Dimensional Drift can no longer body block enemies

BRIMSTONE

Incendiary(Q)

• The audio of the Incendiary’s lingering fire zone will be easier to hear when other actions and sounds occur nearby.

PHOENIX

Hot Hands(E)

● The audio of the Hot Hands lingering fire zone will be easier to hear when other actions and sounds occur nearby.

WEAPON UPDATES

MARSHAL

• Movement speed when zoomed is now at 90% of unzoomed movement speed (previously, zoomed movement speed was 76% of unzoomed)
• Price decrease 1100 >>> 1000
• Zoom magnification increased 2.5x >>> 3.5x

STINGER (full auto fire)

• Price increased from 1000 >>> 1100
• Full auto fire rate reduced from 18 >>> 16
• Full auto fire now reaches max spread at bullet 4, instead of bullet 6
• Adjusted pitch (vertical) recoil curve for full auto, recoil climbs more aggressively past the 3rd bullet

STINGER (burst fire)

• Adjusted pitch (vertical) recoil to be more aggressive after the first burst
• Added more error on bursts after the first one
• Improved recovery time on burst mode from .45 >>> .4

FRENZY

• Price Increased from 400 >>> 500

MODE UPDATES

Escalation goes live! (read our full game mode rundown)

COMPETITIVE UPDATES

• AFK-ing in Competitive games for a prolonged period (currently defined as 6 or more rounds) will now result in a penalty of 8 rank rating points
• Act Rank Badges will now be based on your highest rank win, instead of your ninth best win

For more context around these changes, read our overall E2: A2 rank plans.

QUALITY OF LIFE

• All sprays will now be destroyed on round start.

DEATH SEQUENCE IMPROVEMENTS AND UPDATES

Timing

• Fade to black start time decreased 1.75 seconds after death >>> 1.5 seconds after death
• Time spent on a full black screen increased ~0 seconds >>> 0.25 seconds.
• The total time of the death sequence has not changed, it remains at 2.75 seconds

Camera movement smoothed significantly , especially for those under poor network conditions

• Prior to patch 2.03, any of you (but especially those with high ping or packet loss) could experience camera jitter during the death sequence.
• Based on our investigations of this issue, you can rest assured this camera jitter did not impact combat performance—anyone experiencing this issue was already dead during the unsmooth movement.
• Now everyone, regardless of network conditions, will have smooth camera movement during the death sequence.

BUGS

• 16 assorted bugs were fixed in this patch

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