VALORANT Patch Notes 9.00: Iso Nerfs, Competitive Map Pool, Premier Updates and More

With VALORANT's newest episode going live, Episode Nine's first patch notes were released as well. This patch focuses on balancing Iso abilities, changes to the competitive map pool, introducing competitive to consoles and more premier updates. Here everything we know about VALORANT Patch Notes 9.00

Overview

AGENT UPDATES

ALL PLATFORMS

• Conversation voice lines between Agents that includes: Phoenix, Harbor, Brimstone, Yoru, Raze, Iso, Sage, Neon, Gekko, Skye, Deadlock, Omen, Kayo, and Reyna.

PC

Iso

• Double Tap (E): Duration decreased from 20s to 12s
• Signature kill reset removed

CONSOLE

• Sova's Owl Drone's HP is now 100, up from 60.

COMPETITIVE UPDATES

PC

• Abyss added to the Ranked map pool.

CONSOLE

• Competitive Mode is coming to Console this patch. Queue up and see if you can climb the ranks and make it onto the Immortal Leaderboards.
• Competitive Mode map pool will start with Abyss, Ascent, Bind, Haven, and Sunset with new maps slowly being added in the next few patches.

GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES

CONSOLE

• Added a new "Controls Preset" selection screen upon first boot-up prior to loading into the tutorial
• Polished sound transitions between Focus and ADS to better reflect the aim state you're transitioning into.
• Crosshair presets have been updated to reflect a better variety of usable crosshairs.
• Updated the Fighter controls preset so that Crouch is a Hold action instead of a Toggle action.
• Added holistic Aim Sensitivity slider.
• Added the ability to enter precision mode while in controls settings to adjust sensitivity sliders by .1 increments.

PLAYER BEHAVIOR UPDATES

PC

• In addition to removing zero tolerance terms from text chat, people who repeatedly engage in this behavior will see increased penalties on their transgressions.

PREMIER UPDATES

PC

• Teams in Contender that earned a promotion in Stage E8A3 are in the new Invite Division, where finishing the Stage at a high enough rank will earn you an opportunity to make it into a Challengers League.
• Contender and Invite Divisions play a little different.
• For all the details on new rules in Contender and Invite, check out: updated Everything You Need to Know About Premier article.

SOCIAL UPDATES

PC

• When you add a friend, you can now paste or type a full Riot ID (including tagline) into the "Riot ID" field and it will automatically split the data into the "Riot ID" and "tagline" fields.

CONSOLE

• The communications menu so it's easier to manage team and party voice on the fly.
• Voice Chat to the Settings page. Now you can tailor your mic behavior and voice settings to suit your setup.

BUG FIXES

Agent

PC

• Fixed an issue where Iso's shield hitbox could be misaligned.

CONSOLE

• Fixed an issue with Jett's Tailwind (diagonal dash) that was reducing the dash length.

Competitive Systems

CONSOLE

• Fixed an issue in Team Deathmatch where you would incorrectly see DRAW as a final result in EOG screens
• Added specific scoreboard screens for Team Deathmatch and Deathmatch

Gameplay Systems

ALL PLATFORMS

• Fixed a particle issue when using ADS on the Level 3 and 4 Mystbloom collection.
• Fixed an issue when exiting Cypher's Spycam that caused Cypher's hands to stutter for Spectators.

CONSOLE

• Fixed issue where both Focus and ADS sounds would play during transitions.
• Fixed Leave Game menu persisting through AFK idling.
• Fixed animation bug with Leave Game Menu.

Maps

ABYSS

• Fixed several unintended boost positions.
• Fixed bugs allowing players to get under the map.
• A Site cover should now properly appear in Omen and Astra smoke targeting world.
• Fixed an Omen exploit allowing him to get between the spawn barriers.

Social

CONSOLE

• Fixed an issue where the friends list would sometimes display inaccurate platform information for friends.

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