VALORANT Patch Notes 9.08: Gekko Changes, Sunset Map Changes and More

The second Act is coming to an end, and the third Act is set to take place with Valorant Patch 9.08. This Act features a lot of content from agent tweaks, to map revamps and much more. Here's all you need to know about Valorant 9.08 Patch Notes.

ALL PLATFORMS

AGENT UPDATES

Gekko

Dizzy and Wingman are each getting improvements to their overall reliability to reduce cases where you hear or see them target and debuff an enemy, only to find that enemy is unaffected. These changes are targeted at addressing inconsistent behavior rather than a direct power increase for Gekko.

Dizzy is in a healthy state in terms of how often you successfully engage in its shooting counterplay, but we feel that Dizzy holds space and angles for too long. Additionally, given Gekko’s overall number of plants and defuses with Wingman , Thrash is available too frequently for its impact.

Globules

• Reduced time in world 20s >>> 15s
• Reclaim time increased 1s >>> 1.5s

Dizzy

• Time active after being thrown and forming is reduced 1.5s >>> 1s.
• Dizzy’s targeting algorithm has been updated to be more reliable.
• Dizzy’s goop flash now also blinds the minimap of affected players.
  

Wingman

• Increased the angle of the cone concuss area 45 degrees >>> 65 degrees.
• When Wingman turns into a globule after planting the Spike there are unique visuals.
  

Thrash

• Ultimate points increased 7 >>> 8

Yoru

Various abilities were not showing effects on Yoru’s Fakeout clone, which made it too easy to discern it from the real Yoru. We are going through abilities in the game and making sure they interact properly with Yoru’s Fakeout.

• Blind abilities like Gekko’s Dizzy and Vyse’s Arc Rose will now display the blind effect on Yoru’s Fakeout clone as if he was a real Agent.
• Vyse will play her Successful Blind celebration lines when blinding Yoru’s Fakeout clone.
• Cypher’s Neural Theft will show the Yoru’s Fakeout clone.
• Clove’s Meddle will now show the decay effect on Yoru’s Fakeout clone.

Skye and Jett

• Jett’s Tailwind and Skye’s Trailblazer will no longer stop at the window in Ascent. Instead, they will bust through and continue movement onto the other side.

COSMETICS UPDATES

• Updates to several scope reticles to make them more clean and less distracting. Here is the list of updated skins: Araxys Operator, Valiant Hero Operator, Reaver Operator, Gothic Marshal.

MAP UPDATES

Introducing Glitch: VALORANT new Team Deathmatch Map

• A 5v5 map that puts you in a dual-themed arena. This is the 5th TDM map and takes place in a “glitched out” Maxbot arena.
• Glitch is playable via the “Team Deathmatch” game mode queue.

Map Rotations

• Pearl and Split are BACK in the COMPETITIVE QUEUE
• Icebox and Lotus are OUT of the COMPETITIVE QUEUE

Sunset

Read all the Sunset tweaks and changes here: All Sunset Map Changes in Valorant Patch 9.08.

BUG FIXES

Maps

Abyss

• The Spike will now spawn correctly at B Danger if it falls off the map.

PC

PREMIER UPDATES

Welcome to Stage E9A3!

At the end of this Stage, the top 16 teams in Invite will remain in Invite. All other Invite teams will be demoted at the start of the next Stage. These rules are listed on the Standings tab.

• Demoted teams will seed into the zone they originally promoted from. Next Stage, Team Owners can change their zone in the Team Settings dropdown anytime before the team plays a match.
• If your team cannot be placed into a zone at the start of the next Stage, your Team Owner will be prompted to select a zone.
• Divisions other than Invite will not have demotion, and teams will still be promoted or be seeded into a division as normal at the start of next Stage.
  

Contender Eligibility updates

• If you have five Contender Eligible players on your team, you are guaranteed to place into Contender Division.
• Contender Eligibility for 2024 expires at the end of Stage E9A3.
• To be Contender Eligible in 2025, you and your team must perform a qualifying action in Stage E9A3 or at any point in 2025.
• Qualifying actions include:
• Play a Weekly or Playoff match on a team in Contender or Invite Division.
• Reach Immortal 3 or higher peak rank in Competitive.
• Play in a Playoff match in Elite 5.
• Contender Eligibility for 2025 expires at the end of the last Stage in 2025.

BUG FIXES

Premier

• Fixed an issue where you would see a Competitor Crest after playing a Practice match on a brand new team, despite not having earned any points

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