

Her Gravity well had its cooldown increased from 25 to 45, a significant nerf to the ability. VALORANT nerfs Controller agents Astra and ViperĪstra and Viper are all seeing some reductions in their capabilities in this patch, in an attempt to make room for Omen and Brimstone to share more of the spotlight.Īstra received the most changes in this patch, outside of Yoru, affecting her Gravity Well, Nova Pulse, Nebula, and Astral Form abilities. Overall, this new version of Yoru promises a more effective form of misdirection and confusion for the enemies, and will hopefully make him more viable on maps outside Breeze and Fracture. Footsteps can still be heard within 15 meters, and the cast delay has been added upon casting dimensional rift to prevent the invisibility frame on cast. Yoru will also now be able to cast his utility out of his ultimate. The duration increased from 8 to 10 seconds, you will not be revealed to enemies, and the unequip delay time was increased from. Upon activating a fake teleport, the beacon will now create a "small decal" on the floor for 30 seconds to indicate the location of the fake teleport.įinally, they are reworking Yoru's Dimensional Drift ability too. 5 seconds, while the teleport beacons in-game audio was also reduced by 10 meters to 12.5m, along with the speed being increased from 675 to 800. The time to teleport has been reduced by 1 second, down to. The charges for this ability have increased from 1 to 2, and the cooldown charge refresh was removed, switching it back to the previous 2-kill reset version. Secondly, his Gate Crash ability is also being reworked.

If the decoy takes damage from an enemy weapon, the decoy will turn toward the enemy and explode, flashing all enemies in its cone area of effect.

Fakeout now sends out a decoy with health points of 150, that can be sent running in a straight line by placing a stationary marker for him to run toward. The new rework is designed to make Yoru more viable in comparison to the other duelists like Jett and Reyna, who have been featured much more prominently on both the pro meta and ladder play.įirstly, his Fakeout charges have been reduced to only 1. Yoru is finally getting the rework he deserves, as previously announced a few weeks ago by Riot. They are also rebalancing controllers, buffing Brimstone and Omen, while at the same time nerfing Astra and Viper in the new patch. The patch brings with it the new rework to Yoru, designed to make him more competitive against Jett, Reyna, and Phoenix. VALORANT patch 4.04 dropped today, bringing with it numerous changes to characters that promise to help balance out the controller meta and make Yoru a more viable duelist.
