VALORANT Patch Notes Breakdown 12.05: Miks is here!

Overview

Miks is the newest agent and controller to join the VALORANT lineup after Masters Santiago. Here's the TLDR on the patch:

• Skye buffed

• Yoru and Clove nerfed

• Assist banners added to killfeed

• Lotus and Fracture are back in the pool

  • Multiple changes to Lotus A-site

• Abyss and Corode are out

• New Mode: Knockout

  • Team mode, 5v5 TDM, 3min rounds

  • First to 4 wins, 8-15m expected time

  • Every kill resurrects an ally

Agents

Skye

• Guiding Light now has a 60s cooldown

  • It was 45s last year before being turned into a one-use ability

Yoru

• Gate Crash

  • Beacon duration reduced from 30s to 15s

• Blindside

  • Charges reduced from 2 to 1

Clove

• Ruse

  • Smoke duration decreased from 14s to 6s (when casted while dead)

• Meddle

  • AoE reduced from 6m to 4m

Lotus Changes

• Not pictured below but A site attacker-side lobby wall is no longer penable now

• Other changes below: