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Valorant updates Agents and Smurf Detection in new patch notes (August 2022) Latest Details!

By Umair Qureshi

Posted on July 14, 2022

Valorant’s new patch notes uncover huge changes for Phoenix, Smurf Detection and then some.

Valorant has recently delivered its 5.01 patch notes, switching around the Agents once more, fixing a few bugs and adding new Smurf Detection refreshes for North American players.

Here is the authority tweet from Valorant’s Twitter channel, which momentarily noticed a portion of the key changes:

For the people who don’t have the foggiest idea, “smurfing” is a system where significant level players utilize new records to wreck everything in sight easily.

This makes a difficult issue for new players, and frequently deters them from staying with the game. Some first-individual shooter games experience the ill effects of this strategy, which is fundamentally a cheat, like Apex Legends. Obviously, that game has hopeless matchmaking issues at any rate.

Presently, Valorant will be further developing their Smurf Detection capability to keep up with adjusted matchmaking. North America will get the preliminary attempt this week. The devs are likewise anticipating a worldwide rollout, however no delivery date has been solidified for that.

Players can likewise draw nearer to one another all the more serenely, making it simpler to leave produce or push collectively. This will likewise be significant for tucking against corners together, which is a critical strategy for playing views appropriately. Particularly in a game with such a low chance to kill.

Agent Updates breakdown

Phoenix, Yoru and KAY/O have all gotten significant adjusting changes for the new update. First and foremost, Phoenix was acclimated to match with additional forceful plays.

Phoenix’s “Curve” has been polished, expanding the term of Flash Max to 1.5 seconds and bringing the Flash Windup down to simply a portion of a second.

“Run it Back” has likewise gotten a serious buff, giving players similar measure of safeguards they had when they initially cast the capacity. Once more, this permits fans to face greater challenges.

Yoru mains will have two additional seconds to gain by their definitive, which may not seem like a ton, but rather two seconds can be a lifetime in high speed shooters.

Ultimately, KAY/O got a few fascinating changes to FRAG/ment and NULL/cmd. FRAG’s harm will apply without views. Just partners will hear the full channel sound of restoring KAY/O, and foes will possibly hear a short sound prompt when the resuscitate has begun.