VALORANT Patch 3.06: Agent Changes, Map Updates, And Everything You Need To Know

Riot Games recently revealed the Patch Notes for update 3.06 coming in VALORANT Episode 3 Act 2. This will be the second update for the new act, and it will feature numerous changes.

The new map Fracture will enter competitive matchmaking and some of the Agents got much-needed balance changes. The upcoming 3.06 update is scheduled to commence from 21st September 2021.

At the same time, fans are treated to the new VALORANT Go Vol.2 skin line. So, if you want to know more about the recent changes in VALORANT Patch 3.06, then we have you covered!

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VALORANT 3.06 Patch Notes

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming 3.06 patch update.

This round of balance changes targets two Initiators: Skye and KAY/O. Skye’s benefitted from some quick movement shortly after her flashes and frequent Seekers, so we’ve slowed her down a tad and bumped the cost of her ult. For KAY/O, he should be better at hiding his FLASH/drive pitches.

And then there’s Jett. Simply put, these changes are about getting the most out of Blade Storm’s primary fire and creating matching damage rules for the alternate fire. In the same vein, there is one less smoke to work with, so choose wisely.

Five of the maps now come with sturdier crates, offering more protection for attackers on some planting sites, or safer positioning for defenders.

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Agent Updates

SKYE

We’ve liked that Skye has been able to play off her own flash more and more. But lately, there's a sense that it's become too effective and optimal to play off of herself in some situations. An increase to the unequip time should make it slightly more difficult for Skye to capitalize on Guiding Light bird flashes as quickly as before—making coordinated play or different styles of flashes more competitive.

The increased activation time aims to give prepared enemies a slightly larger window to react, without trivializing her main Initiator tool. Also, we’ve seen both the frequency of Skye’s ult and its effectiveness increase as players have become more skilled with the Agent. Looking at the recon and impact it can provide, it now seems more appropriate amongst the ults that cost seven points.

Guiding Light (E)

• Unequip time after casting or bending Guiding Light’s projectile increased .5 >>> .75
• Windup time after activation before the flash goes off increased .25 >>> .3

Seekers (X)

• Cost increased 6 >>> 7

KAY/O

When we first launched KAY/O, we had two big questions: “How strong is Suppression for initiation?” and “Can regular flashbangs exist against other flashes in VALORANT?” Although we believed the ability to lab out flashes was where the power could come in, we over-indexed on telegraphing the projectile, which is holding back its success.

These changes should help reward those of you that put in additional effort to throw clever pop flashes. As far as the ultimate goes, we wanted to increase the baseline value of the ultimate by ensuring a longer suppression window for those explosive site takes.

FLASH/drive

• Duration of windup telegraph reduced 0.5s >>> 0.3s
• Duration of windup telegraph reduced on Right Click 1s >>> 0.3s
• The audio attached to the in-flight projectile has been removed

NULL/cmd

• Does not stop pulsing after being downed

JETT

Cloudburst

• charges reduced 3 >>> 2
• Our feeling here is that Jett has one too many smokes, and it’s contributed to a sense that she could get away with using them at any time, have more to spare, or spam them without much thought.
• The reduced charges for her smoke should hopefully make the choice on whether to smoke a choke point, smoke a path for a dash, or make a one-way, a more tactical one.

Bladestorm 

• Right-click/Alternate Fire kills no longer recharge Jett’s kunai
• By removing the recharge, we hope Jett mains will optimize for the single kunai kills in order to keep the Bladestorm going and really play into the high precision fantasy Jett is all about.
• We want to incentivize the high skill primary fire kills while still allowing the low-risk-low-reward burst fire option.

Bladestorm 

• Right-click/Alt. Fire damage changes are reverted, damage and multipliers will mirror the left-click
• We’ve seen Jett’s right-click be very unpredictable and feel that it’s confusing to have different damage rules than the left-click. This change should unify how both modes of fire work and provide a little more predictability if Jett decides to go for the single kill as opposed to chaining.

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Map Updates

FRACTURE

• Tunnel to Generator/Canteen areas can no longer be bullet penned (a.k.a. wallbang)
• One crate on B site is no longer pennable
• This should create a safer planting option for attackers, while retaining a riskier, but more powerful option.

ICEBOX

• The crate stack on B site is no longer pennable, this is to create a safer planting option for attackers

HAVEN

• One stack of crates on C site is no longer pennable, this is to create a safer planting option for attackers

ASCENT

• One crate on A site is no longer pennable, this is to create a safer position on site for defenders

BIND

• One stack of crates on A site is no longer pennable, this is to create a safer planting option for attackers.

Game System Updates

• For users of the Public Beta Environment (PBE), your settings for Live and PBE have been split, and your setting should no longer be wiped when going between the two environments

Bugs

Map

• Icebox minimap and vision cones will now correctly display near B Yellow callout.

Social

• Deathmatch penalties will no longer prevent you from getting banned for AFK-ing

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