VALORANT Patch Notes 12.05

What’s in this update

Hi, friends! Kenny, here.

We’ve got a bunch of pretty sweet updates to share today with the start of Act 2, including welcoming VALORANT’s
newest Agent from Croatia, Miks!

Also, the Live Balance team wanted to drop a bit of extra context around some of the changes, so be sure to read
the italicized sections for more info from the Dev team! Here’s what’s changing:

TL;DR:

• Assist Banners have been added to the HUD to celebrate when you get an assist.
• Your Killfeed has also been updated to more clearly illustrate assists and assisting abilities.
• Status Effect Tags on the HUD have been updated for clarity.
• Bok, Miks! Say hello VALORANT’s newest Controller!
• Ally targeting UX/UI has been updated on Sage to match Miks’s targeting experience.
• Sage also got a model update to reflect her current state in VALORANT’s story.
• Yoru, Clove, and Skye have all received balance updates.

Breach got new voice lines.

• The Competitive Map Pool has been updated, and Lotus received some changes to

A-site.

• Knockout is the new Limited Time Mode. AROS and Skirmish: 2v2 are leaving the

queue.

GL HF GGs, gamers.

ALL PLATFORMS

GENERAL UPDATES

For 12.05, we’ll be putting our focus on supporting coordinated teamplay and increasing pick diversity across the
board. While we do think individual skill really shines when it comes to your gunplay and execution, we still
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