Valorant 1.02 Patch Notes - Ranked Has Arrived!

Published: 24 Jun 2020 6:31 PM +00:00 Updated: 24 Feb 2021 2:34 PM +00:00

Valorant's player base has been waiting for the competitive ranked mode and it has finally arrived.

Patch 1.02 is here and it brings a multitude of changes to both agents, UI and the game itself.

Here's a rundown of the key information from update 1.02.

Viper

Toxic Screen now burns through walls, placing emitters at all valid locations (e.g., the ground) over its length
Poison Orb activation cooldown increased :: .5s >>> 6s

Jett

Reyna

Cypher

Fixed an issue where Spycam blocked Spike defusal
Fixed an issue where players could place a Cyber Cage on a Trapwire
Added prevention for Spycam going through teleporter doors on Bind when placed on the frame from the outside

Smoke Tuning

Bucky (right-click)

A number of locations have been adjusted:

Haven

Garage Doors
Entrance to C Long on Attacker Side
Cover in A Lobby restructured to open up the space which allows for additional sight lines and traversal options
C Link
A Link
The Entrance to A Sewer and the bottom of A Sewer

Ascent

Defender spawn entrance
Attacker side of A Main (Including a self-boost to gain an additional angle to peek A Main as an attacker)
Garden entrance

Bind

Split

All main sections views now have a “back” button in the upper left to return to the Home view (pressing Escape is also supported)
All details views (gun details, players cards, match details, etc.) have been converted to use the same back button in the upper left instead of a close button in the upper right
Small popup dialogs still use the close button in the upper right where appropriate
Slide-out options menu removed from the logo button in upper left
New options button added to upper right, which opens the menu with Settings, Support, About, Leave Match, and Exit to Desktop buttons
Circle progress elements for Battlepass and active contract removed from navigation; missions element remains throughout the experience
Navigation reordered to accommodate the changes
Exit to desktop flow converted to a single button with a popup that allows a player to exit or sign out and exit.
Note that the Leave Match button is now displayed all the time, but will be locked in cases where leaving a match is not allowed. Previously the button was missing completely when leaving was not allowed, which looked like a bug rather than a restriction.
Added a setting that allows players to always display the inventory in the lower right of the HUD
Added a new HUD element that tells you when you haven't been spawned in due to being AFK

Moved Agents section out from under Collection to make it easier to find and to provide a home for contract progress in the nav
Added small progress bar below text that shows progress for current level of the active contract
Hovering Agents in the nav shows a “peek” of upcoming contract rewards
Clicking Agents goes to the Agents section, and clicking the contract flyout navigates to Agents and opens the associated contract details
Removed secondary navigation from Collection view since Agents no longer lives there and the navigation is no longer needed

Added Battlepass text button in the nav to make it easier to find
Added small progress bar below text that shows progress for current level of the pass
Hovering Battlepass in the nav shows a “peek” flyout of upcoming pass rewards
Clicking either goes to a new Battlepass section

This patch brings a number of new and exciting changes to Valorant.

It will be interesting to see how the community finds the ranked system and the different tiers.

Good luck in the competitive mode, for further details visit the Valorant website.

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