Valorant 13.02 Patch Notes Revealed: Phoenix Nerfs, AROS Replication Delayed, New Retake Maps

Riot Games has officially revealed the patch notes for the Valorant 13.02 update, and it’s a rather underwhelming one.

While balance patches are almost never as big as new Acts, the Valorant community was still looking forward to the 13.02 update for a number of reasons. The biggest highlight of the patch was supposed to be the new game mode, All Random One Site: Replication. However, the patch notes reveal that this highly anticipated new mode has been delayed with no set release date in sight.

Fortunately, the devs confirmed that the game mode hasn’t been completely scrapped.

“We don’t take these decisions lightly as we know a lot of you were looking forward to this mode,” Riot Games said in a statement, “We are still targeting a future release date and will let you know when we have more to share.”

Valorant 13.02 Update: All Changes

While fans won’t be able to try out the AROS Replication mode just yet, Valorant 13.02 still brings a couple of important changes worth mentioning.

For starters, Phoenix has received a slight but notable nerf, as the cost of his ultimate has been increased from 6 to 7 ult orbs.

“Overall we are happy with the state of Phoenix’s balance,” the devs said. “This is a small touch to address the frequency with which he is able to cast his ultimate to be more in line with other characters.”

Apart from this, the Retake game mode will see the entry of three new maps to its map pool: Split, Corrode, and Lotus.

Valorant 13.02 Patch Notes

Here’s the full list of changes in the Valorant 13.02 update:

ALL PLATFORMS

AGENTS UPDATES

• Phoenix
  • Overall we are happy with the state of Phoenix’s balance. This is a small touch to address the frequency with which he is able to cast his ultimate to be more in line with other characters.
    • Ultimate points increased from 6 to 7.

MODES UPDATES

• RETAKE
  • Split, Corrode, and Lotus are being added to the map pool for RETAKE.
• AROS: Replication
  • All Random One Site: Replication will no longer be released in this update. We don’t take these decisions lightly as we know a lot of you were looking forward to this mode. We are still targeting a future release date and will let you know when we have more to share.

BUG FIXES

• Agents
  • Omen
    • Fixed an issue where the Shrouded Step‘s obstructed placement indicator is missing.
  • KAY/O
    • Fixed an issue where NULL/cmd’s visual and death audio effects would not play when his downed timer expired.
    • Fixed an issue where NULL/cmd’s death animation played incorrectly after being revived.
  • Cypher
    • Fixed an issue where Cyber Cage displayed incorrect visual effects when cast.
    • Fixed a rare issue where Cypher disconnected while casting Neural Theft.
  • Gekko
    • Fixed an issue where the incorrect voiceover could play when Wingman planted the Spike.
    • Fixed an issue where Wingman could unexpectedly die while planting or defusing the Spike under very low frame rate conditions.
  • Miks
    • Fixed an issue where the M Pulse ability icon and tooltip could be in the wrong place or missing on certain screens.
  • Reyna
    • Fixed an issue where the Dismiss icon remained grayed out after eliminating an enemy.
  • Chamber
    • Fixed an issue where Rendezvous could fail to teleport Chamber back to his anchor.
  • Waylay
    • Fixed an issue on Icebox where Lightspeed and Refract could allow Waylay to clip into the walls of B Tube.
  • Jett
    • Fixed an issue where Tailwind and Updraft could experience an unintended delay after using Cloudburst.
  • Raze
    • Fixed an issue where Boom Bot could briefly travel through solid geometry while locking onto airborne enemies.
  • Deadlock
    • Fixed an issue where Annihilation could incorrectly capture Omen while he was using From the Shadows, resulting in unintended damage of 900100 damage.
  • Vyse
    • Fixed an issue where Razorvine could become indestructible if it was deployed at the same moment Vyse was suppressed.
• Maps
  • Summit
    • Fixed an issue where Agent utility could sometimes be crushed by the door when it was already closed.

PC ONLY

BUG FIXES

• General
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue where Packets Received/Sent Rate graphs showed incorrect values when the game is running at extremely high framerates.

CONSOLE ONLY

BUG FIXES

• Agent
  • Chamber
    • Fixed an issue where Tour de Force missed haptic feedback when equipped and fired.
  • Yoru
    • Fixed an issue where Fakeout was missing aim assistance functionality.
  • Waylay
    • Fixed an issue where using Lightspeed and immediately equipping the Spike or a Flex item could grant unintended dash speed and distance.
• Gameplay Systems
  • Fixed an issue in game modes with no abilities where selecting Agent Info from the Settings menu could close the menu instead of displaying ability information.