Ever since Valorant Patch 10.06 went live on April 1, 2025, the game has been changed like a flash. This is neither an April Fool’s joke nor a simple buff to the meta. No, this patch really reworks agents in the game to rebalance and improve gameplay per se. So, interesting times lie ahead, and to go forth, everything in this patch should be understood.
Agent Updates
KAY/O
There are lots of updates for KAY/O so that he can get better advantage and performance in competitive matches. The important part of this is the addition of a new mechanic to his FLASH/DRIVE ability.
- Now, flashes will create a 0.8-sec windup before a pop after bouncing, illustrated by an accompanying distinct visual and sound effect, unlike the previous ones in the past, which had just a normal tail end of popping.
- Also, they increased the underhand flash duration to 1.5 seconds from the previous 1.25 seconds.
- Equipment unequip time was reduced from 0.85 seconds to 0.6 seconds for quicker follow-ups.
- Also, the “flashing” voiceline will now have a callout distance of 50 meters from the previous distance of 20 meters. It will also be indicated on the minimap for teammates.
Apart from FLASH/DRIVE, his ultimate NULL/cmd resurrection was also slashed from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
Vyse
Vyse, heralded among the strongest sentinels of the game, faces alterations in all dimensions to make her defense better balanced. To be specific, Riot reduced the length of her Razorvine and Shear abilities.
- Before 10.06, Razorvine lasted for 10 seconds; now its effect will last 6 seconds.
- The Shear wall earlier had been cut from 8 seconds down to a shorter duration of 6 seconds.
Yoru
Yoru just received a very noteworthy nerf that can help balance out his strong abilities.
- The cost of his Fakeout ability has been doubled now from 100 to 200 credits.
Bug Fixes on Agents
Valorant Patch 10.06 basically did a flourish across various agents that affected the general gameplay with bug fixes.
- Breach and Sova
These agents will no longer switch to incorrect idle animations after using their abilities (Aftershock and Owl Drone).
- Clove
Fixed Arc Rose’s idle animation so it wouldn’t be on repeat when she was crouching anymore. And with the ‘destroyed’ cooldown, we can wait 40 seconds for the Arc Rose to properly announce after recalling.
- Deadlock
Cocoon targets have normal hit-confirm sounds rather than being unusually loud.
- Gekko
Made a general bug fix so the “Spike Down” voiceline triggers when the Wingman gets destroyed while carrying the Spike.
- Iso
Saw a fix related to an issue where spectators see an incorrect UI bar when a weapon swap occurs while Double Tap is active.
- KAY/O
KAY/O’s downed animation would now play correctly instead of sometimes showing him standing. Also, after the packet loss issue is fixed, the Zero Point dagger will reliably hit the map.
- Raze
Raze can no longer spring back Skye’s Trailblazer of Jett’s Stealth Drone by using her Blast Pack through walls.
- Tejo
For Tejo, a bug was related to when the Stealth Drone was jumping up prior to its scan and failed to unstealth.
- Vyse
Meddle tooltips have gone through a modification to reflect the changes in 10.04.
- Yoru
Fakeout Clone, while being seen as tethered, now wouldn’t be held back by Fade’s Seize.
Quality-of-Life Changes
Besides the fixes related to specific agents, Patch 10.06 introduced quality-of-life features. The map Sunset has absorbed CPU optimizations by reducing the number of unnecessary objects in it. Moreover, players who report cheaters will receive more realistic feedback notifications of bans made. Improvements were also made on Premier Mode for PC, including solving UI overlap issues in the Premier Hub. Lastly, they fixed a bug that incorrectly updated brackets during the best-of-three matchups in the Premier playoffs.
Conclusion
Valorant Patch 10.06 now seems to be climbing up on the ladder of patches for the game’s continuous evolution. With all the changes in both competitive and casual assumptions of this patch, much more is set to ignite a new dynamic in the meta. It will be exciting to see how this would influence the overall balance and the player’s overall playing experience. That goes for Patch 10.06, which looks promising in bringing newfound thrill and challenges through the world of Valorant.
