Patch 4.05 is now available for Valorant which addresses all the bugs reported after update 4.04 rolled out. This new patch comprises agents, competitive updates and bugs. In addition to that, the devs have also acknowledged the Icebox bug which shall be fixed in the near future. So, without any further delay, take a look at the Valorant Patch Notes 4.05.

Regarding the agent updates in the latest patch, Brimstone is the main focus. Patch 4.05 nerfs the Stim Beacon ability of Brimstone allowing room for the players to counter him.

Agent Updates

Some call him “Brimmy with the stimmy.” And while it’s been exciting to see you all leverage Brimstone’s recent Stim Beacon balance in fresh ways, we think having two stims reduced the importance of deploying it at the right moment. The changes below are our attempt to address this while still retaining Brimstone’s refined identity as a “bursty” excellence of execution.

Game System Updates

Updated “Prioritize Strongest Weapon” setting

The goal behind this setting is to allow players to traverse quickly with melee equipped and be combat-ready after using an ability or interacting with the Spike, ult orbs, etc. Two changes were made.

Note that you can still queue up ‘equip’ inputs (e.g., pressing ‘1’ mid-dash to equip your primary once the dash completes). When you didn’t queue up a specific equip action, the default auto-equip behaviour was to pull out the most recently equipped weapon. The new settings are meant to allow you to modify that behaviourbased on preference.

When considering how abilities fit in, deciding whether Jett’s knives or her primary weapon is ‘stronger’ depends on gameplay context and your preference. How many knives do you have left? How close is the enemy? How’s your aim feeling? In playtesting, we found that the best heuristic for which weapon is contextually stronger was whichever you had equipped previously.

Competitive Updates

Competitive

Known Issues

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That’s all for Valorant Patch Notes 4.05. You can also visit the officialsiteof Valorant to grab more information on the latest update.