VALORANT 4.04 Patch Notes

VALORANT's much-anticipated 4.04 patch notes just went live. The VALORANT 4.04 patch notes arrive as the start of Episode 4 Act 2, and cover some agent changes like Yoru's and some updates to the Icebox map.

VALORANT 4.04 Patch Notes

Agent Updates

• Improved the system used to place abilities at targeted locations. With this update, finding valid placement spots in tight spaces will be easier. The abilities affected by this update are:
  • Omen's Shrouded Step
  • Viper's Pit
  • Chamber's C ability
  • All of Killjoy's abilities
  • Yoru's Gatecrash
  • Sage's Barrier Orb

OMEN

Dark Cover:

• Cooldown reduced 40s >>> 30s
• Cost increased 100 >>> 150
• Projectile speed increased 2800 >>> 6400

Shrouded Step:

• Cost reduced 150 >>> 100
• Pre-teleport delay reduced by 1 second >>> 0.7 seconds

Paranoia:

Added a forward spawn offset so that players adjacent to Omen will no longer be hit.

BRIMSTONE

Sky Smoke:

• Deployment time reduced 2 >>> 1 second
• Deployment radius increased 5000 >>> 5500
• Smoke height increased to match other Controllers

Stim Beacon:

• Will now also grant an extra 15% speed boost alongside Rapid Fire.

ASTRA

Stars:

• Max Stars reduced 5 >>> 4
• Cooldown for gaining a Star increased 14 >>> 25
• Astra can now recall placed Stars during the buy phase and get an immediate refund.
• Max Star Placement distance increased 10000 >>> 30000, allowing her to place her stars in the farthest corners of the maps.

Gravity Well:

• Cooldown increased: 25 >>> 45
• Gravity Well's size reduced: 525 >>> 475
• Gravity Well will no longer affect anyone standing fully above it.

Nova Pulse:

• Cooldown Increased 25 >>> 45
• Nova Pulse will no longer affect anyone standing fully above it.

Nebula:

• Cooldown Increased 14 >>> 25
• Nebula's cooldowns will now progress sequentially instead of simultaneously.
• Nebula's size increased: 410 >>> 475

Astral Form/Recall:

• While in Astral Form, pings will no longer be blocked by level geometry Astra can't see through.
• Astra's targeting reticle in Astral Form has been consolidated into a single ring that reflects the combined size of all her utility.
• Astra's targeting reticle will no longer randomly disappear while aiming at certain map locations.
• Increased the speed of the overlay covering Astra's screen when entering and exiting Astral Form.
• Fixed an issue where Stars would be placed slightly above the location Astra was targeting.

VIPER

Fuel:

• Fuel consumption will increase by 50% while both Toxic Screen and Poison Cloud are active at the same time.
• Viper's fuel meter will turn red when she doesn't have enough fuel left to use her abilities.

Toxic Screen:

• Cooldown after being disabled increased 6 >>> 8
• Cooldown will now start when the smoke begins to dissipate instead of when the disable telegraph plays.
• Disable delay reduced 1 >>> .8
• Toxic Screen now has yellow lights to indicate it's on cooldown.
• Removed the delay before Toxic Screen is disabled when Viper is suppressed.
• Added a unique VO line that plays when the smoke is disabled by suppression.

Poison Cloud:

• Cooldown after being disabled increased 6 >>> 8.
• Cooldown will now start when the smoke begins to dissipate.
• Disable delay reduced 1 >>> .8
• Poison Orb now has a yellow light to indicate it's on cooldown.
• Removed the delay before Poison Orb is disabled when Viper is suppressed.
• Added a unique VO line that plays when the smoke is disabled by suppression.

Snake Bite:

• Duration reduced: 6.5 >>> 5.5

YORU

Fakeout:

• Charge count reduced 2 >>> 1
• Decoy Health: 150
• The decoy will now only mimic Yoru's running state and can only run forward.
• When hit by an enemy weapon, the decoy will now turn to face the enemy who hit it and explode after a short delay.

Gatecrash:

• Charge count increased: 1 >>> 2
• Cost: 200 Credits
• Removed the charge refill on cooldown, reverted to refilling on 2 kills instead.
• To create a fake Gatecrash, hover your cursor over the teleport marker and press F.
  • A fake teleport will play the same sounds and visual effects as a real Yoru teleport.
• Time required for the teleport marker reduced: 1.5s >>> 0.5s
• Reduced the in-game hearing range of the sound made by the teleport marker while teleporting: 22.5m >>> 12.5m
• Increased the speed of the teleport marker: 675 >>> 800
• After activating the fake teleporter, the teleport marker will create a small visual that stays on the ground for 30 seconds to indicate the fake teleporter's location.

Dimensional Drift:

• Duration increased: 8s >>> 10s
• Yoru will no longer be visible to enemies.
• Disable delay increased: 0.6s >>> 1.2s
• Yoru can now use all of his abilities while his ultimate is active.
• Yoru's footsteps can now be heard from up to 15m away from his location.
• When using Dimensional Drift, the ability will now activate with a slight delay to prevent the agent from being intangible for the duration it takes to use the ability.

Competitive Updates

• The deterministic map selection system will follow three rules when selecting a map after players have been matched for a game.
• The system will look at the maps players have played in their last five matches in that mode.
• The system will remove from the map pool every map a player has played for the second time in their last five matches.
• The system will select the least-played map.
  • If all maps were removed due to the "Played Twice" rule, all maps will be added back to the map pool and the least-played map will be selected.

Bugs

• Fixed an issue that in rare cases caused enemies not to trigger Cypher's Trapwire.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Spike plant explosion to not be visible to Astra while she was in Astral Form.
• Fixed a bug that caused Viper's Toxic Screen sound to play at the start of the next round when the ability was activated at the very end of a round.
• Fixed an issue that caused Yoru's Gatecrash icon to appear as a large white circle on Brimstone's targeting map.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Chamber's teleport ability to fail when used right after Headhunter's last round was fired.
• Fixed a bug that caused Chamber's Headhunter ability, when used during KAY/O's NULL/CMD ability, to inconsistently create slowing zones.

SOURCE: playvalorant.com (You can read more about the map updates and other changes here.)