

#VALORANT 2.02 PATCH FULL#
On the whole, this brings Omen’s full utility price up to a level that's more comparable with other Agents as well as making it more important to get value out of Paranoia when you cast it, so that big $400 chunk of cash isn’t wasted. Paranoia has been quite strong for a while, and rather than reduce its effectiveness and take away some of the most exciting plays Omen can make, we decided to up the cost. The projectile speed decrease here is meant to give Omen more pressure and responsiveness when smoking nearby targets, while taking a bit longer to get smokes to far away parts of the map that he isn’t actively covering. We needed to introduce some tradeoffs in exchange for the consistent pressure his recharging smokes provide. Omen’s role as a Controller is to bring consistent pressure. Brimstone no longer makes a sound that enemies can hear when confirming the location of his smokes.Smoke duration increased:14.25 > 19.25.We think this is a much smoother, more explosive version of Brimstone that we hope you enjoy.

Too often Brimstone would pull out Stim Beacon only to see his allies disappearing around a corner, or correctly recognize a fight was coming, pull out stim to get buffed up for it, and get blown up before he could get his gun back up. While at it, we didn’t feel Stim Beacon was fitting smoothly into his execution pattern, or into the situations where you might want to use it.

In that spirit, we’ve increased the duration of his smokes and given him more flexibility in where he can position to drop smokes exactly where he wants them. Brimstone is all about the big site execute moment. Happy New Year Brimstone players! We know you’ve been hoping for some buffs this holiday season and we have them just in time. Viper is on our radar as well, we believe she is underperforming and are looking at ways to help her out in the future. By giving each more clear strengths, we hope to make both Agents strong in different situations. Omen and Brimstone have been in competition since beta and usually only one of them is considered viable.
#VALORANT 2.02 PATCH UPDATE#

This includes regional leaderboards, more granular rank progress info, ranked rewards, and a ton more. The start of Episode 2 adds Yoru to the roster as well as small but important tweaks to two of our Controllers, Brimstone and Omen (Viper is on the way).Ĭompetitive is aiming for the quality of life award with substantial updates that we’ve summarized here, but laid out in detail in a dedicated article separately. Just because you’ve seen some of it, doesn’t mean you know all of it.
