Patch 9.09 for Valorant did not bring anything new and exciting, but it did aim to improve the overall player experience by addressing various bugs related to agents. There were also a few bugs in the agent selection and spectator screen which weren’t as game-breaking but were certainly annoying.
General
- Fixed a bug where the locking-in animation in the Agent Select would not play immediately when installing.
- Fixed a bug where you would see a blank screen as a tournament coach during Agent Select.
- Removed an exploit that resulted in a stretched FOV, when using windowed mode at a 4:3 resolution.
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Agent
- Fixed a bug where Yoru would hold the Nocturnum scythe incorrectly after using Dimensional Drift.
- Fixed a bug where Gekko’s Thrash had difficulty making some small jumps. Thrash should now jump more similarly to a player.
- Fixed a bug where players pulled by Deadlock’s ANNIHILATION would sometimes get stuck at the top of ledges.
- Fixed a bug where players could outrun Fade’s Prowler during its Bite. Prowlers should now continue to track their target during the Bite unless the
- target teleports outside their line of sight.
- Fixed a bug where Astra would not receive the alert sound effect when being watched by Cypher’s Spycam.
- Fixed a bug where Killjoy’s Turret would not display the deactivation range on the minimap after switching between her Turret and other abilities or weapons.
- Fixed a bug where KAY/O with NULL/cmd active could be picked up by Yoru during Dimensional Drift.
Maps and Premier
Fixed a bug that allowed the breakable doors in mid to be destroyed when shot from a certain angle in Abyss.
The dropdowns in Premier also received an update to include the ‘Invite division’ across the division list for all zones. Furthermore, selecting an Invite division to view will change the zone dropdown to the appropriate zone. A fix for the Competitor Crest title not showing was also deployed in the patch.