The VARORANT Episode 9 update is out, and a lot of things have changed. Some new in-game settings to make the game comfortable for you, Iso’s Double Tap ability changes, and Abyss being added to the Ranked Map Pool. Here, you will find a list of the most important changes.
Contents
AGENT
Iso Double Tap duration decreased, and refreshing was removed after two kills. The only way to extend Double Tap now is by shooting the orbs that spawn while the buff is active.
- Double Tap (E): Duration: 20s >>> 12s
- Signature kill reset was removed
COMPETITIVE UPDATES
PC
- Abyss was added to the Ranked map pool.
CONSOLE
- Competitive Mode is coming to the Consolethis patch! Queue up and see if you can climb the ranks and make it onto the Immortal Leaderboards. Good luck on your first race to Radiant!
- 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
- You can now choose between our VALORANT-specific controls preset or a more familiar, TRADITIONAL consoleFPS preset as your starting controls scheme.
- You can easily change your preset and customize controls at any point once in-game through the Settings menu.
- 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.
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 differently:
- Strict rematch protection in weekly matches prevents you from ever matching against the same team more than once in a Stage.
- If we can’t find you an appropriate match during the queue window, you’ll be given a Bye.Byes award a match win and 100 points.
- Losses award 0 points.
- Finals in the playoffsare Best of 3 matchups.
- There are some extra roster restrictions for Contender and Invite Division teams.
Complete list of the changes in this update and patch note you can find here.
