Valorant Patch 11.10: Harbor Rework, QoL Updates, Bug Fixes, MFA Launches

Valorant

11 Nov

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VALORANT’s upcoming patch looks to trim the hedges more than anything. Following the sweeping changes in Patch 11.08, we’ve now skipped a patch, going straight to 11.10. Big highlights of the patch are UI updates across the board for collections and In-Game, Clove balance changes, and of course, the long-awaited Harbor rework. Let’s get into it.

Harbor Set to Make Waves

We’ve already gone over the Harbor rework in more in-depth fashion here, so check it out if you’re curious what sort of makeover VALORANT’s least utilized controller has undergone.

As a quick TLDR, Harbor will be losing his Cascade ability. In it’s place will be an ability called Storm Surge, which will be castable and cause Nearsight and Slow to enemies in its AOE. Cove has been moved to his signature ability slot, and you’ll not only be able to cast it like an Omen Dark Cover but also choose when to activate the shield portion of the Cove. Lastly, his ultimate, Reckoning, will function like one massive version of his former Cascade, but will Nearsight and Slow enemies hit by the surge.

While Harbor’s new kit doesn’t completely address the weaknesses of the agent that have long prevented his prominence in the controller role, the changes have gone some ways towards one, reinvigorating interest in the agent and potentially seeing a resurgence of interest from higher level players and teams attempting to incorporate him within new compositions and strategies, and two, providing him a more aligned kit that offers better playmaking potential from an agent that was designed as an initiator-controller hybrid.

Harbor's rework: will it succeed? Credit: Riot Games

Clove Nerfed Again. Ranked Demons in Shambles

Riot’s biggest success story of creating the perfect agent for the ranked experience has once again taken another backstep with another nerf. The two targeted aspects of Clove’s kit that have been hit in this latest patch will make them far less appealing for the average ranked player.

Their Ruse will now only offer a single charge once Clove is dead, meaning far less value will be gotten from playing Clove aggressive early in the round. Moreover, their Pick Me Up will now only heal for 50hp instead of 100hp, making them far less durable in subsequent follow up duels.

Clove's incredibly high winrate in ranked may take a massive hit with the latest patch changes. Credit: Riot Games

MFA Is Here for First Few Major Regions

As reported earlier this year, Riot will begin rolling out Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). This will only affect Ascendant+ players as they will be required from Patch 11.10 to enable MFA to access competitive queue.

For now, the regions where this requirement will be rolled out are North America, Latin America, Brazil, and Korea.

Game Changers to Participate in Pick’Ems

The successful launch of the Pick’Ems aspect of large international VALORANT tournaments now bears fruit for other leagues as well. The Game Changers Championship, for the first time, will have the Pick’Ems available in-game as well as on the web. Check out our cover here for a better idea of what to expect and perhaps a few tips on picking the correct teams (wink ~~we have no idea either~~).

UI Changes, Gameplay Updates and Bug Fixes

The UI will receive some touch-ups in this latest patch:

Team HUD Health Improvements:
- Healing Indicator: The top HUD health bar now shows when you or an ally are healing. During recovery, the bar turns teal and fills to reflect healing progress. Once recovered, the bar returns to its normal white color.
Collections Experience Improvement:
- A grid layout is in, and carousel is out for PC Weapons & Buddies
- New dedicated page for equipping and viewing titles on PC.
- Custom skinline backgrounds across more Collections screens; letting your favorite weapon skins shine

A follow-up to last patch’s update to ‘Use Object’ functionality:

All persistent attached debuffs will now be removed at once by holding the ‘Use Object’ button. (e.g. Cypher Spycam Dart and Deadlock GravNet).

List of Bug Fixes:

General
- Fixed a bug where players could plant the spike outside or float partially above the site's designated area. The spike will now stay within the outlined site area no matter where you are facing in game.
- Fixed a bug where bots in The Range would not show flash VFX when hit by screen blind effects.
- Fixed a bug that caused certain abilities to apply status effects to dead players and show in the Combat Report.
Agents
- General Agents
  - Abilities that cause vulnerable will not grant assists after the vulnerable effect has ended.
  - Fixed an issue on the Kill effects at the sides of the screen where they'd look misaligned when playing in left-handed mode
- Clove
  - Fixed a bug where Clove would sometimes revive in unexpected locations when casting Not Dead Yet
  - Fixed a bug that allowed Clove to use Not Dead Yet after falling off the edge of Abyss
  - Fixed a bug that incorrectly teleported Clove to spawn when teleporting back from Iso’s Kill Contract
  - Fixed a bug where Clove would be moved into a wall if their body was intersecting Sage’s Barrier Orb
- Cypher
  - Fixed a bug where Cypher's Neural Theft would sometimes display a blank icon on the minimap
- Harbor
  - Harbor’s Cove now grants assists for players killed while affected by it.
  - Viper’s Snakebite, Brimstone’s Incendiary, Sova’s Hunter’s Fury, and Killjoy’s Nanoswarm should properly damage Harbor’s Cove.
- KAY/O
  - Fixed a bug where the killfeed wasn’t showing the proper headshot icon if KAY/O was the last player to die while NULL/CMD was active.
- Killjoy
  - Fixed a bug where the minimap icons for Alarmbot and Turret would occasionally disappear when deactivated outside their active ranges.
  - Fixed inaccurate hit detection on Killjoy's Alarmbot while it is jumping
- Omen
  - Fixed Dark Cover’s minimap to match the darkness of other dome smokes.
  - Fixed minimap icon size for Omen’s Paranoia.
- Reyna
  - Fixed a bug where Reyna’s Leer projectile would animate forward in the incorrect direction while jumping and rapidly changing her aim location.
- Sage
  - Fixed an issue where Sage’s Resurrection indicator was snapping to allies out of Sage’s POV.
  - Fixed a bug that caused Sage’s hands to flicker briefly when using Healing Orb on an ally.
  - Fixed a bug where Sage’s Slow Orb was making a popping sound when intersecting Cosmic Divide.
- Veto
  - Crosscut targeting should be more consistent now to other targetable usables.
  - Fixed a bug with Veto’s animation while recalling Interceptor.
  - Fixed a bug where Crosscut was invisible or non-functional when used in Buy Phase with high ping or packet loss.
- Vyse
  - Fixed a bug with Razorvine’s decals being able to be seen under certain platforms.
  - Fixed a bug with Razorvine’s projectile where it wouldn’t disappear upon landing.
- Yoru
  - Yoru’s Fakeout clone will now properly show suppression VFX when affected by suppression.
  - Observers are now able to see Yoru’s Blindside immediately instead of after it bounces.
  - Yoru’s Blindside will display the correct color VFX when there are two Yoru’s in the same match.
  - Fixed bug where Blindside’s audio was audible by enemies while stealthed.

Premier Experience Update

Premier team information will now be viewable from standings, invites, and social panel. You can view a team’s Roster, Zone, Division, and current Premier Score by:

Right clicking on any team on the Premier standings and choosing ‘View Team’.
Rick clicking on a friend on the social panel and choosing ‘View Team’.
Clicking ‘View Team’ on a Premier Invite you’ve received.

When will Patch 11.10 Go Live?

VALORANT Patch 11.10 is set to go live on November 11th (today). We’re assuming they keep to their usual times of 6-7am PT / 2-3pm GMT but we’re already late as of the time of this writing. Regardless, keep an eye out as we expect the latest patch to ship today. Lovers of old Harbor, this is your final chance. Lock in the Raja one more time before the changes.

Check out the full list of patch changes here from the official Riot press release.

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Featured Image Credit: Riot Games

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