Valorant Episode 4 Act II patch balances controllers, tinkers with Icebox, and finally reworks Yoru

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In a dev diary at the beginning of the year, Riot Games revealed that it would press pause on the development of new agents and maps to focus on solidifying the foundation of the hero-based tactical shooter. The developer was referring to bringing balance to the agents, finally reworking Yoru, and the usual tweaks and improvements that come with every patch. So, the patch for Valorant Episode 4 Act II doesn’t include anything new, but it does include changes to all the Controller agents, as well as some map tweaks.

Before anything else, let’s run through the massive update to Yoru’s abilities. His Fakeout is now a clone of the agent, instead of just footsteps. It’s similar to Mirage’s clones from Apex Legends. It only has one charge, since it’s a lot more powerful now. Plus, the clone will turn to look at the enemy that shoots it and, after a short delay, explode in a blinding flash. Yoru can now fake teleport with his Gatecrash ability. It also gains an additional charge — up to two. As for his ultimate, Yoru can now use all of his abilities while in Dimensional Drift. It also lasts two seconds longer, and enemies can’t see him at all while using it. However, the time to draw his weapon when coming out of the ultimate is doubled to 1.2 seconds.

Omen has received a buff in Valorant patch 4.04. His Dark Cover now moves a lot faster and has a 10 second shorter cooldown. It does cost 50 more Credits, but that’s a good price for the improvements to the ability. Shrouded Step now plays out faster at 0.7 seconds. Plus, it costs 50 Credits less.

Brimstone also received some buffs in this patch. His smoke now casts in just one second — two times faster than before. Its radius has also been improved from 5,000 to 5,500, and its