Officially announced that it’s the last patch for Episode 7 (and for 2023!). This means you still have the Battle Pass to complete and a few more ranks to climb before everything resets in the new year. Players can choose Valorant Top Up to achieve the above goals. In the meantime, we also get updates for Gekko and Skye, a new TDM map, and more below.

Agent Update

Gecko

One of Gekko's unique strengths is the ability to take back his creatures. This change is intended to speed up the process so that you can recycle them in more situations. Additionally, we're increasing the reliability of Dizzy (E) to increase Gekko's confidence when using the ability and give him more motivation to engage in recycling it.

Reclaim for Dizzy (E), Wingman (Q), and Thrash (X)

Reduce reclaim channel time from 2s to 1s

Once Dizzy is ready to shoot and sees a target, they will shoot faster and the projectile will travel faster.

Pre-fire targeting delay decreased from 0.5 to 0.35s

Missile speed increased from 7000 to 10000

Skye

The core of these changes is to prompt Skye to be more cautious when using the Trailblazer (Q):

By keeping the camera locked on the Trailblazer while jumping, Skye has to be more thoughtful when choosing to gain extra distance when jumping versus completely clearing multiple angles without jumping.

Enemies will now be rewarded for successfully destroying the Trailblazer while jumping, as it will cancel the concussion blast.

Made Concussion universal in how it affects allies and enemies, bringing it in line with other abilities like Gecko's Whip. This change required more coordination and intention from Skye and her team to successfully play around the Trail Blazers.

Map Update

The newest map, Drift, is joining the roster of deathmatch maps! Drift features a long mid lane, isolated side lanes, and exciting lane swaps. I believe that this map update will allow players to experience more fun in the game.

Player Behavior and Performance Updates

Later in the game, team invitation codes were implemented and the process of team formation was optimized so that team leaders can generate invitation codes that others can use in the game to join the same team. Compared to before, team formation will be much simpler in the future. At the same time:

raw input buffer;

Beta tag removed;

Default changed from off to on;

Existing setting values will not be affected.

BUG Fix

This patch also fixes previously summarized problems encountered by players during the game, as follows:

Agent:

Fixed a bug where kill bonuses would not be awarded when controlling skills. This affects Sova killing with Shock Dart (Q) while controlling Owl Drone (C), Gekko using Mosh (C) while controlling Thrash (X), and Cypher using Trapwire (C) while controlling Spycam (E). Kill. When KAY/O is knocked down during NULL-CMD (X), a red portrait will now be shown to everyone in the game.

Player Behavior:

Fixed an issue in rare cases where someone would respawn the next round after detecting an AFK, preventing teammates from receiving the pistol round bonus.

Prime Minister:

Fixed an issue where a "Waiting for Opponent" message appeared behind the voting team in overtime voting.

The above are the details of this patch note. This is also the last patch update for this year, and the next update will be next year. Every update is a good time to fight. What are you waiting for? Go and experience the updated Gekko and Skye in the game, Cheap VP Points will make them more powerful. I believe their updated skills will make your eyes shine. I wish you a good time in Valorant.