Valorant Update 9.07 Out Now, Patch Notes

Tuna Han

October 10, 2024

Valorant is a free-to-play first-person tactical hero shooter game developed and published by Riot Games in 2020. The game is supported by the dev with constant updates, and I received a new one a while ago. The patch notes of the Valorant 9.07 update are below.

Valorant Update 9.07 Patch Notes

ALL PLATFORMS

AGENT UPDATES

• Agent ability projectiles, walls, and AOEs have been updated to have more consistent audio presentation when clipping/passing through Astra’s Cosmic Divide
• Placeable abilities like Cypher’s Spycam can no longer be placed in the space above a rising Sage Barrier Orb

PROGRESSION UPDATES

• Basic Training Event Milestone 3 objectives have been changed.
  • Before:
    • PRACTICE: Practice in The Range
    • PRACTICE: Complete a Shooting Test
  • After:
    • STRATEGY: Defuse 5 Spikes as a Team
    • STRATEGY: Plant 5 Spikes as a Team
  • Rewards & XP gain amount unchanged

BUG FIXES

Agents

• Neon
  • Fixed a bug where Neon utilizing backwards slide inputs could slide while standing

Maps

• Abyss
  • The wall collision has been updated to prevent Agents from accessing an out of bounds area on top of A Site.
  • The Spawn Barriers have been updated to prevent Cypher’s Cyber Cage from landing on top of the barrier.
• Bind
  • Vyse’s Arc Rose ability can no longer flash through foliage in Attacker Side Cave.
• Lotus
  • Fixed a bug where you can avoid taking damage by standing behind the hanging foliage on A Site.
• Pearl, Fracture
  • Fixed a bug where Ground effects from Agent abilities would not appear on glass floors.
• Piazza
  • Wall mounted Agent abilities can now be placed on the Crown Coffee building.

PC

PREMIER UPDATES

• We’ve updated Best of 1 playoff brackets and match history with a new visual style!
• In Contender and Invite divisions, match history now groups games in a Best of 3 matchup together under one heading.

BUG FIXES

COMPETITIVE UPDATES

• Fixed an issue where Match History would show duplicate modes in the filter dropdown.

PREMIER UPDATES

• Fixed an issue in Contender and Invite divisions where your team’s rank on your roster list would incorrectly display as 275 until you played a match.
• Fixed an issue where the schedule had overlapping text in some languages.

SOCIAL UPDATES

• Fixed an issue with the Block Player feature where you could block players while in match and bypass the Hide My Riot ID Setting.

KNOWN ISSUES

PREMIER UPDATES

• Best of 1 playoff matchups incorrectly display Best of 3 as their match type in Premier match history.

CONSOLE

GENERAL UPDATES

• Added new text and visual descriptions for “aim curve” settings options.
• Combined similar Smooth and Standard aim curves – if you had the Smooth curve selected, you will now have the Standard curve instead.

COMPETITIVE UPDATES

• You can now enable and disable your previous act rank triangle in the Act Rank page.

BUG FIXES

COMPETITIVE UPDATES

• Fixed an issue where the MVP screen was displayed after a Deathmatch game.
• Fixed a visual issue where players would sometimes see an incorrect rank when joining a party queued up for Competitive.
• Fixed an issue you would see the option to enable and disable your own act rank when viewing a friend’s career

KNOWN ISSUES

PLAYER BEHAVIOR UPDATES

• When you report and select to also mute that player, sometimes the player remains unmuted until you try to mute again