VALORANT Patch 10.08 introduces Yoru Nerfs, Gifting System and More

VALORANT Patch 10.08 is set to usher us into the third Act of V25. With the new Act, we also get the brand new in-game gifting system. Additionally, there are bug fixes, agent updates and more coming our way with this latest patch.

So let’s jump right into it.

A Celebration of VALORANT’s Fifth Anniversary

Launched in June 2020, VALORANT is soon closing in on its five year anniversary. With a major milestone ahead, the celebrations are already starting. For starters, Episode 1 music returns to VALORANT for the upcoming two patches, this includes menu music, character select and Victory/Defeat.

V25A3 Battlepass to celebrate the last 5 years of VALORANT (credits: Riot Games)

Additionally, the V25A3 battlepass will celebrate some iconic moments from the past five years.

Gifting Is Finally Here

With the upcoming patch, players can directly gift a skin or bundle from the featured store to another player.

How to Gift:

1. Navigate to the Store
2. Open the details page for the Featured bundle or item
3. Click the Gift button in the bottom-right corner
4. Select your recipient (restrictions apply)
5. Choose to gift the full bundle or individual items
6. Send your gift!

Gifting comes to VALORANT with Patch 10.08 (credits: Riot Games)

Once the gift is sent, the recipient would need to accept. Currently, the feature is limited to the featured store items i.e. latest bundles. Riot has planned better support for the future.

Furthermore, to avoid the feature’s exploitation, Riot has requirements and limits in place. These are:

• The gifter's VALORANT account must be at least level 15
• Both gifter and gifted accounts must be unbanned and friends for at least one week
• You can send a maximum of five gifts per day
• You can receive a maximum of five gifts per day
• You can't send content the gifted account already owns
• The gifts are also limited by region, you can check the detailed restrictions here

Agent Updates

Brimstone, Astra and Yoru are the three agents tweaked in the patch.

For Brimstone, the sound cue for his Incendiary grenade has been made easier to hear. In case of Astra, the Nova Pulse stun is reduced from 4s to 3.5 s.

• Brimstone
  • This change is a part of our constant effort to improve gameplay & combat clarity similar to our updates to Neon’s Overdrive visual effects and Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh health states.
  • Incendiary - Brim’s molotov audio has been updated to be easier to hear, especially when placed underneath smokes.
• Astra
  • This is part of our ongoing efforts to reduce ability power creep. Most non-ultimate concusses are 3.5 seconds, so we’re changing Astra’s Nova Pulse to match the typical duration.
  • Nova Pulse stun duration: 4s >>> 3.5s

The biggest update comes to Yoru, the duelist that has seen a lot of action will have his ultimate adjusted in the upcoming patch.

The nerf doesn’t necessarily affect Yoru, but reduces the effectiveness of his ultimate.

• Yoru’s Dimensional Drift is a powerful ultimate that requires a lot of opponent attention, so we’re standardizing its duration to similar ultimates and raising its point cost.
• Dimensional Drift duration reduced 12s >>> 10s
• Dimensional Drift point cost 7 >>> 8

Bug Fixes

These changes address unintentional gameplay mechanics, improving overall stability of the game.

• Waylay
  • Fixed a bug where reactivating Refract immediately after casting Convergent Paths would prevent the reactivate from working.
• Harbor
  • Fixed a bug where Harbor’s water bracelet would sometimes bleed through thin walls like the doors on Ascent.
• Deadlock
  • Fixed an issue where Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh was not playing hit audio when shooting the center node.
  • Fixed an issue where Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh could be used to boost players.
• Vyse
  • Fixed an issue where the cooldown on Vyse’s Arc Rose was not properly set after it was destroyed.
  • Fixed an issue where Vyse’s activated Shear wall didn’t display the warning fade out visual cue.
  • Fixed an issue where Vyse’s Shear wall blocked bullets after the visual wall despawned.
  • Fixed an issue where Vyse’s Steel Garden warning indicator did not properly match the debuff area.
• Yoru
  • Reverted a bugfix that caused Yoru’s clone to slightly mismatch normal player movement when running into walls.
• Skye
  • Fixed an issue where Skye’s Trailblazer leap did not get slowed by Waylay’s Saturate debuff.
• Gekko
  • Fixed an issue where Gekko’s Thrash leap did not get slowed by Waylay’s Saturate debuff.
• Tejo
  • Fixed an issue where players could boost on Tejo’s Stealth Drone.
  • Fixed an issue where Stealth Drone could not be tagged by Cypher’s camera.
  • Fixed an issue where Armageddon VFX may remain after being used.
  • Fixed an issue where there was no danger indicator for players running through Armageddon from the back side.
• Reyna
  • Fixed an issue where Reyna’s Devour Overheal would not be interrupted when taking damage that was less than her current Overheal amount.
• Iso
  • Updated Iso’s Double Tap tooltip to mention the reload speed buff. Thanks Reddit user /u/RemoteWhile5881!

The patch also kicks off Premier V25A3. Disruptive Behavior will now be punished according to the severity of the act instead of a flat 30-day ineligibility.

Read the complete 10.08 patch notes here. 

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Featured Image Credits: Riot Games // VALORANT

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