Clove might be receiving some major nerfs in the next Valorant patch, curbing their aggressive potential without compromising on their utility as a Controller.
According to recent leaks from multiple sources, Clove’s Pick-Me-Up and Ultimate ability will be receiving some significant changes in the upcoming update, aiming to reduce their pubstomping potential and balance out their absurdly high win rates across all ranks.
As per several prominent Valorant dataminers on X, Clove will see the following tweaks heading into the next patch:
- Pick-Me-Up: Movement speed bonus reduced from 15% to 10%.
- After using Not Dead Yet (X), Clove can no longer gain Ultimate Points from kills for the rest of the round.
- Enemies who eliminate Clove after their Ultimate revive will now gain an Ultimate Point.
Note that the Clove nerfs have not been officially confirmed yet, and are only early leaks from dataminers.
However, it’s safe to say that these Clove nerfs have been a long time coming. At the time of writing, Clove is the highest-picked Agent in competitive play across all ranks, and that too with an incredibly high win rate.
Should the leaks turn out to be true, it would significantly curb the aggressive Duelist-style gameplay potential of Clove and force them to play more safely while providing smokes and other utility to their team.
It’s still unclear when exactly these nerfs will be shipped to the live servers, or whether they will be shipped at all. The earliest fans can expect to receive these changes is around November 1, 2026, with the game’s next patch.
Alongside the Clove changes, Valorant is also set to receive a brand-new Agent in the near future, although her exact release date also remains unconfirmed as of yet.
