VALORANT — Patch 11.04: Expanded Servers, Agent Balance Updates, and Abyss back in rotation

VALORANT — Patch 11.04: Expanded Servers, Agent Balance Updates, and Abyss back in rotation | Sheep Esports

Abyss is back, Icebox out

Riot Games has just unveiled the patch 11.04 of VALORANT. This update brings a range of additions, both for the esports scene and for the overall player experience. The Esports Store now allows players to gift skins to their friends, a highly requested feature that was already available for the rest of the cosmetic collection. On the server side, Riot continues to expand accessibility by opening a new server in Manila, which improves connectivity for players in the Philippines as well as the broader Asia Pacific region.

Credit: Riot Games

When it comes to gameplay, several Agents are receiving important adjustments. Sage benefits from increased range on both her wall and her resurrection, strengthening her role as a control-oriented Sentinel. Chamber finally sees the removal of the range limit on his trap, giving him true strategic flexibility once again. Phoenix gets fresh voice lines, including interactions with Vyse, while a set of smaller fixes polish the experience for Agents such as Neon, Astra, Harbor, and Sova.

Finally, in the map pool, Abyss makes its return in ranked and Deathmatch modes, while Icebox is being temporarily rotated out of competitive play.

VALORANT Patch 11.04

GENERAL UPDATES

"Gifting for the esports store is live!
- Want your friends to rep your favorite VCT team? Head over to the esports tab in the in-game store to share your support.
PHILIPPINES SERVER MENTIONED RAHHHHHHH 👋👋👋
- A new server is opening up in Manila. This will be the sixth server available for selection in the Asia Pacific Shard, bringing better connectivity and game experience to our players.

AGENT UPDATES

We've updated Phoenix's voice lines and added interaction lines with Vyse. Enemies and allies beware!
Chamber
- Trademark
  - Range restriction has been removed. We’re giving a little bit more strategic & positional flexibility for Chamber as his trap hasn’t felt like it warrants a range restriction in modern VALORANT. This went live accidentally in patch 11.02 and we didn’t want to revert a buff that was planned for 11.04 anyways.
Sage
- We’re leaning into Sage’s identity as a Controller-leaning Sentinel hybrid by allowing her to control space from further safety.
- Barrier Orb: Sage wall cast range has increased from 10m >>> 15m
- Resurrection: Sage resurrection range has increased from 6m >>> 12m
Sova
- Visual effects around Hunter Fury’s have been adjusted to resolve more quickly and take up less gameplay space

GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES

Pings that are placed on the minimap have had their audio adjusted to be less harsh.
AOE Ultimate indicator colors on the minimap have been updated to reflect if they were cast by an ally or enemy.
- All ally zones will now appear a consistent teal and enemy zones should now be consistently yellow. Ability icons will now only appear in the minimap zone if the ultimate is destructible.

MAP UPDATES

MAP POOL UPDATES
- ABYSS is back IN the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues.
- ICEBOX is OUT of the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues.

BUG FIXES

General
- Fixed an issue where a Concussed player's crosshair would stop swaying while debuffed if they quickly entered and exited a pilotable ability like Cypher cam or Sova drone.
Agents
- Chamber
  - Fixed an issue where the minimap would still show the deactivation range of Chamber's Trademark while the ability was equipped.
- KAY/O
  - Fixed a bug where KAY/O’s Zero/Point revealed exact opponent locations with an audio cue. (This was fixed in 11.02 but we’re letting you know now)😀
- Astra & Harbor:
  - Fixed an issue where bullet tracers could be seen passing through Astra's Cosmic Divide and Harbor's Cove.
- Phoenix & Tejo
  - Fixed a bug where the wrong voiceline played during round-start when Phoenix & Tejo are both present.
- Neon
  - Fixed a bug where Neon could skip her unequip delay by binding High Gear to multiple keys.
Maps
- Split
  - Fixed an issue where molotov abilities did not properly spread up stairs after hitting the ground.

KNOWN ISSUES

There is a known issue where player resolution and display settings reset the first time people play after patching to UE5. We will not issue a fix, but make sure to adjust your resolution and display settings to your preferred settings after patching the game.

PC ONLY

BUG FIXES

Competitive Updates
- Fixed an issue for end of game screens where characters were cut off in some languages.
Premier Updates
- Fixed an issue on the Awards tab where characters were cut off in some languages."

Header Photo Credit: Riot Games

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