Valorant Patch Notes 5.12 PBE: Chamber Nerfs, Agent Changes & More

The patch notes for Valorant 5.12 PBE are out, and it is introducing some significant changes to the competitive shooter. The changes scheduled for the upcoming Valorant update will undoubtedly have a drastic impact on the current meta. These include some heavy nerfs to the French Sentinel Chamber, the addition of a third damage range to the Spectre, the removal of Bind and Breeze from the map pool, and much more. Let’s take a look at everything that has been revealed in the patch notes for Valorant 5.12 PBE. Valorant 5.12 PBE Patch Notes: What’s New The patch notes for the Valorant PBE update have been revealed by Riot Games in a Reddit thread today. Here’s what it will bring to the game: AGENT UPDATES We've increased the point costs of the Agent Ultimates that have large, site-wide footprints. We've also made a tuning pass on Agent ability economy. Damage-over-time area abilities (like Brimstone’s Incendiary and Viper’s Snakebite) now damage enemy utility (read more in the Gameplay Systems Updates), so we’ve increased the health of 1hp destructibles so that they aren’t instantly vaporized—but can still be destroyed by one-shot in most situations. Breach Rolling Thunder (X) Ultimate Points increased 7 >>> 8 Chamber Headhunter (Q) Updated Stability Curve Spread increased after 2nd bullet, when spamming. This is explicitly meant to reduce low-precision body-shot spam as an effective combat measure at range. Rendezvous (E) Chamber now places a single anchor that can be teleported to while inside its range Radius increased 7.5m >>> 13m Removed teleport activation height restriction You can teleport to the Anchor while on different verticality so long as you are within its radius. Increased weapon equip time after teleporting 0.4s >>> 0.7s Headhunter is unaffected by this change. Destroying Rendezvous teleport anchor now disables it for the remainder of the round, instead of being placed on a cooldown. Chamber no longer incurs an additional cooldown when recalling his Anchor after teleporting. Health decreased 80 >>> 50 Trademark (C) The trap is now range restricted Trademark will disable when Chamber moves out of range, and reactivate once he is inside. Can now be recalled mid-round without line of sight 30s cooldown on recall Destruction remains permanent Initial Arm Time increased 2s >>> 4s Health Increased 1 >>> 20 Tour De Force (X) Fire rate decreased by 57.5% Slow This applies to both Trademark and Tour De Force Reduced duration 6s >>> 4s Cypher Trapwire (C) Health increased 1 >>> 20 Fade Prowler (C) Health decreased 100 >>> 60 Harbor High Tide (E) Duration increased 12s >>> 15s Cascade (C) Duration increased 5s >>> 7s KAY/0 ZERO/POINT (E) Health increased 1 >>> 20 NULL/cmd (C) Ultimate points increased 7 >>> 8 Killjoy Lockdown (X) Health increased 150 >>> 200 Nanoswarm (C) Health increased 1 >>> 20 Omen Paranoia (Q) Cost decreased 300 >>> 250 Phoenix Blaze (C) Cost decreased 200 >>> 150 Raze Boom Bot (C) Health decreased 100 >>> 60 Blast Pack (Q) Health increased 1 >>> 20 Sage Barrier Orb (C) Fortify delay increased 3.0s >>> 3.3s Healing Orb (E) Self heal total amount decreased 60HP >>> 30HP Ally heal total amount increased 60HP>>> 100HP Sova Recon Bolt (E) Health increased 1 >>> 20 Skye Trailblazer (Q) Cost increased 250 >>> 300 Regrowth (C) Cost decreased 200 >>> 150 Viper Viper’s Pit (X) Smoke integrity regen time 5.0 >>> 25.0 Max time out of smoke decreased 15.0 >>> 8.0 Ultimate points required 7 >>> 8 Yoru Gatecrash (E) Health decreased 100 >>> 60 Cost decreased 200 >>> 150 GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES Assist Tail Tuning Assist tails are the “grace period” duration after a debuff has expired where a player will still be awarded an assist for debuffing the killed target. Concuss, Nearsight, Detained Assist tail increased 2s >>> 3s Exiting Smokes Assist tail increased 1s >>> 2s Slow Assist tail increased 1s >>> 2s Suppression Added new 3s assist tail Damage Interaction Updates Abilities that output damage will now universally damage enemy objects that can be damaged. Exceptions are made for Skye Trailblazer & Cypher Trapwire that only deal damage to players. We want to ensure that abilities are interacting in a consistent manner across the board. We want you to spend time thinking about how to approach utility in-game, rather than wondering if you can in the first place. Brimstone Incendiary now damages: Killjoy Nanoswarm Killjoy Alarmbot Killjoy Lockdown Cypher Trapwire Raze Blast Pack Sova Recon Bolt Reyna Leer Sage Barrier Orb KAY/0 Knife Chamber Trademark Chamber Rendezvous Fade Prowler Orbital Strike now damages: Chamber Rendezvous Phoenix Hothands bow damages: Cypher Trapwire Killjoy Nanoswarm Killjoy Alarmbot Killjoy Lockdown Raze Blast Pack Reyna Leer Sage Barrier Orb Sova Recon Bolt Fade Prowler KAY/0 Knife Chamber Trademark Chamber Rendezvous Blaze now damages: Cypher Trapwire Killjoy Nanoswarm Killjoy Alarmbot Killjoy Lockdown Raze Blast Pack Reyna Leer Sage Barrier Orb Sova Recon Bolt Fade Prowler KAY/0 Knife Yoru Fakeout Chamber Trademark Chamber Rendezvous KAY/0 FRAG/MENT: KAY/0 now has a voiceover that tells his allies the number of enemies suppressed when the knife hits. ZERO/POINT now damages: Fade Prowler Killjoy Nanoswarm now damages: Cypher Trapwire Killjoy Nanoswarm Killjoy Alarmbot Killjoy lockdown Raze Blast Pack Reyna Leer Sage Barrier Orb Sova Recon Bolt Chamber Trademark Chamber Rendezvous Fade Prowler KAY/0 Knife Raze Blast Pack Now damages: Fade Prowler Paint Shells Now damages: Fade Prowler Sova Shock Bolt Now damages: Fade Prowler Hunters Fury Now damages: Raze Satchel Reyna Leer Fade Prowler Chamber Rendezvous Viper Snakebite Now damages: Cypher Trapwire Killjoy Nanoswarm Killjoy Alarmbot Killjoy lockdown Raze Blast Pack Reyna Leer Sage Barrier Orb Skye Seekers Sova Recon Bolt Chamber Trademark Chamber Rendezvous Fade Prowler KAY/0 Knife Damage Multiplier Updates With damage-over-time area abilities now universally damaging utility, we took a pass on damage multipliers. These area damage abilities cover a wide space and deal large amounts of damage over their duration. We’ve reduced their non-player output to 50% of base damage to prevent instant destruction of enemy utility and to ensure abilities with higher health, such as Sage Barrier Orb, retain their relevant impact. Breach Aftershock now deals 250% >>> 100% damage to non-players Brimstone Incendiary now deals 100% >>> 50% damage to non-players KAY/0 Fragment now deals 250% >>> 100% damage to non-players Killjoy Nanoswarm now deals 100% >>> 50% damage to non-players Phoenix Hot Hands now deals 100% >>> 50% damage to non-players Raze Blast Pack now deals 1200% >>> 250% damage to non-players Paint Shells now deals 100% >>> 250% damage to non-players Boom Bot now deals 100% >>> 250% damage to non-players Viper Snake Bite now deals 100% >>> 50% damage to non-players Allied Ability Damage Immunity The following abilities are now immune to allied damage. Chamber Rendezvous Trademark Cypher Spycam Fade Prowler Haunt KAY/0 ZERO/POINT Killjoy Alarmbot Lockdown Raze Blastpack Boom Bot Skye Seekers Trailblazer Sova Owl Drone Recon Bolt Yoru Gatecrash Fakeout WEAPONS UPDATES Spectre Added a third damage range to the Spectre and updated distances. New distances and body shot damage are: 0-15m, 26 damage. 15m-30m, 22 damage. 30m+, 20 damage. For reference, the old ranges and damages were: 0-20m, 26 damage. 20m+, 22 damage. BUGS Fixed an issue where Phoenix would not be decayed by Viper for a short period after dying during Run It Back while decayed. (Thanks for the report Iyerfire) Fixed an issue where Cypher wasn’t able to place Trapwires on the glass panels by the yellow crate on Icebox. Fixed a bug where enemy Spycams or Turrets could trigger Cypher’s Trapwires. Fixed a bug where enemy knives could not damage Chamber’s Rendezvous teleport anchor. Fixed a bug where Boom Bot would explode on contact with Yoru’s Gatecrash beacons. How these changes will impact the competitive meta of Valorant still remains to be seen.