VALORANT Patch Notes 13.01

Here’s the breakdown for Patch 13.01: Iso buff to weapon equip speed after unequipping Double Tap Yoru buff with an increase in duration of Gatecrash Outlaw adjustment to allow for more expression and control We can better detect rank manipulation and will begin issuing penalties for confirmed users. If you know you do this, count your days. Loads of bug fixes

AGENTS UPDATES Iso Double Tap The speed of equipping your weapon after unequipping Double Tap is now instant. Yoru Gatecrash Active Beacon Duration increased from 15s >>> 20s Fakeout To further satisfy his deception fantasy, clones from Fakeout will now hold Yoru's last equipped weapon, instead of defaulting to his strongest weapon. PLAYER BEHAVIOR UPDATES Rank Manipulation Penalties We’ve rolled out new tools to better detect rank manipulation in VALORANT, building on systems we successfully introduced in League of Legends last year. Combined with the data we’ve gathered since adding the Rank Manipulation category in-game late last year, we will begin issuing penalties for confirmed rank manipulation. Penalties may include account suspensions, rank reversions, and ranked reward reversions. As part of this, players will begin to receive reporter and bystander feedback in game when a player in their matches is penalized for rank manipulation. Our goal is to protect ranked integrity and make sure competitive progress reflects fair play. For more detail on what counts as rank manipulation and how we’re approaching enforcement, check out this Play Fair article. WEAPONS UPDATES Outlaw has been performing strongly and we still want it to feel powerful with its back-to-back shots, but allow for some expression and some control to warrant that power.