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Valorant Patch Notes For 1.09 Update Reveal Major Viper Changes

The full patch notes for Valorant‘s 1.09 update have been revealed, and they include notable nerfs and buffs for some of the game’s top Agents and weapons. Let’s start with the game’s Agents. Viper is arguably the biggest beneficiary of this update as she receives what essentially feels like a soft rework. She’ll now start each round with 100 fuel capacity (up from 50) and the debuff applied by her Snake Bite ability now remains for two seconds after the player leaves the field of acid. Additionally, her movement speed will be doubled when she casts her Viper’s Pit ability…
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Valorant Act 2 Update Includes New Deathmatch Mode

Riot Games has revealed more of the content that will be included as part of Valorant‘s long-awaited Act 2 update. As we previously discussed, this upcoming update is arguably highlighted by the release of a new agent named Killjoy. With their unique arsenal of gadgets and abilities, Killjoy may just become a favorite amongst disruptive players. We’ll see what kind of impact they ultimately have on the game when Killjoy is released on August 4. If Killjoy doesn’t end up becoming the most significant addition of the Act 2 update, then that honor will almost certainly end up going to…
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Valorant’s New Agent Is the Appropriately Named Killjoy

The Valorant team has officially revealed the competitive shooter’s latest playable agent: Killjoy. “The genius of Germany, Killjoy effortlessly secures key battlefield positions with her arsenal of inventions,” reads a statement from Riot Games regarding the new character. “If their damage doesn’t take her enemies out, the debuffs her robots provide will make short work of them.” As noted above, all of Killjoy’s abilities revolve around the use of some kind of device. As her name suggests, those devices will more often than not cause your opponents to have a bad time either through direct damage or lingering effects. For…
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Valorant 1.03 Patch Notes Feature Guardian Changes

Riot has posted the full patch notes for Valorant‘s 1.03 update, and they include a pretty significant change to the game’s Guardian rifle. While Riot notes that they feel Valorant “is looking fairly stable thus far” after the game’s latest patch, they do highlight the Guardian rifle as one of the biggest issues they feel need to be addressed sooner rather than later. Basically, the team feels that the Guardian wasn’t being treated as the economic, long-range, precision-based option they wanted it to be. To help address the Guardian’s identity issues, Riot will reduce the weapon’s rate of fire to…
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