VALORANT 9.02 Patch Notes

The VALORANT 9.02 patch notes have been released. Let's take a close look at the highlights of the patch.

VALORANT 9.02 Patch Notes

You can find the details of the VALORANT 9.02 patch notes below:

VALORANT 9.02 Patch Notes: PLAYER BEHAVIOR CHANGES

• Behavior Penalty Update: Penalties for players who abuse chat have been made harsher.

VALORANT 9.02 Patch Notes: BUG FIXES

Agents

• Neon
  • Fixed a bug that caused Neon to be slightly misplaced while her hitbox was sliding.

Gameplay Systems

• Fixed an issue that prevented the pause vote from starting after switching sides during overtime in Premier matches.
• Fixed an issue that caused the ability UI to appear in the death cam.

Maps

• Abyss
  • Fixed spots where the Spike could get stuck on ledges outside the map, becoming unreachable.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Omen to die when teleporting to a specific spot in Mid Bottom.
  • Fixed several visual bugs.
• Sunset
  • Players can no longer stand on top of the long box at A Alley.

VALORANT 9.02 Patch Notes: PC

GENERAL UPDATES

• All new players will now be required to go through Basic Training, and these players will be able to optionally play a bot training match.
• Players who are already playing the game can access Basic Training and the Range from the Practice menu.

GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES

• Combat Report
  • The in-game combat report now has a new look.
  • The combat report will now appear by default during the buy phase. It will be possible to toggle the combat report on and off during this phase.

PREMIER UPDATES

• Playoff finals for the Challengers and Invite pools will be played as best-of-3 series. Matches before the finals will be played as best-of-1 series.
  • The map pick and ban step in matchups will now happen before each match's agent select phase.
  • Once a map has been played, it can't be played again in other matches in the matchup.
• Playoff qualification requirements have been added to the sidebar on the standings page.

SOCIAL UPDATES

• Platform information has been added to the social panel. Players playing VALORANT on another platform can now be identified more easily.

BUG FIXES

• Premier
  • Fixed an issue that caused the playoff results text on the standings page to always appear in English.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the wrong background to appear on the team page.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the standings page content to not refresh when switching stages from the dropdown menu.

• Gameplay Systems
  • The combat report's detailed info screen is missing the "Weapon/Ability," "Damage," and "Hits" headers. This will be fixed in the next patch.
• Premier
  • The countdown for the rest period between matches during a tournament sometimes doesn't appear.
    • If a match hasn't started 10 seconds after you see "MATCH STARTING" in the lobby, going to the Premier tab and back to the lobby will refresh the countdown.
    • Even if the countdown doesn't appear, the match will still start at the scheduled time. You will still see the "MATCH FOUND" notification.
    • There is always at least a 5-minute break between matches. This can be longer if you're waiting for a match to finish in order to determine your next opponent.

CONSOLE

GENERAL UPDATES

• If the minimap zoom is above 1.0, the "Keep Player Centered" setting will be forced on.

AGENT UPDATES

• Toggleable Abilities: Abilities that previously required holding down a button to use can now be used as a "Toggle." This lets you control the ability however you like after pressing and releasing the button.
  • You can set the following abilities to "Toggle" in your agent profile settings:
    • Harbor: High Tide
    • Phoenix: Wall of Fire
    • Skye: Guiding Light

• Neon
  • High Gear
    • The descriptions in High Gear's info panel have been updated to match the ability's bindings.
• Sova
  • Hunter's Fury
    • Aiming Hunter's Fury with the controller is now easier.

MAP UPDATES

• Icebox is coming to Competitive, Unrated, Swiftplay and Team Deathmatch modes.

SOCIAL UPDATES

• The in-game scoreboard now has voice chat control shortcuts. You can now open the scoreboard and press a single button to mute other players or switch voice channels.
• Audio has been added to social notifications. You'll now hear a notification sound when you receive a friend request or party invite.
• Party information has been added to the social panel. You'll now be able to see how many players are in your friends' party from your friends list.

BUG FIXES

General

• Fixed an issue that could cause controls to stop working while interacting with the surrender vote system.
• Fixed an issue that caused unbound buttons to appear incorrectly in the control scheme.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the minimap to spin while spectating other players after dying.
• Localization for credit-related sections in Basic Training now appears as intended.
• Fixed a bug that caused the weapon wheel to not show the correct inputs while remapping controls in agent profiles.

Gameplay Systems

• Fixed an issue that caused the duration and ability status text to overlap in combat reports.
• Added "YOU" and "ULT FRIENDLY" labels to the combat report.
• Fixed overlapping Indonesian text in the combat report.

Performance

• Fixed a performance issue that occurred when changing control presets.

Social

• Fixed a bug that prevented you from unfriending a player while in a match.
• Fixed a bug that caused your social status to not update after a match ended.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the block player option to not work in social systems.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes showed your name during a match despite having it hidden.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue that caused sensitivity to suddenly spike by a large amount during the scope-in animation while using scoped weapons.
• General
  • There is a bug where, after reaching the second checkpoint while playing the Basic Training Event, the end-of-game screen on the Progress page shows current progress as +1 instead of the actual +2. This data is shown correctly on other screens in the client, and players are earning their full XP. This issue will be fixed in Patch 9.03.

SOURCE: playvalorant

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