Valorant Patch 10.03 Brings Big Changes

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In this latest development, Riot Games is deploying an update for Valorant, specifically version 10.03. This update brings about certain modifications to the slowing skills and resolves several technical issues. Here’s a rundown of the key points.

Over the past few updates, Valorant’s changes on Future Earth have been quite significant. At the beginning of this year, Tejo was introduced and swiftly became a popular choice among players, solidifying its place as a top Agent.

Additionally, you’ll find newly implemented Regen Shields and rank safeguards for your protection in specific ranked tiers, ensuring you don’t have a rough start to your day. Moreover, these measures are designed to shield you from the increasing number of cheaters as well.

These recent updates will lead to several fresh fixes from Riot, among them being the upcoming one at 10.03, scheduled for release on February 19th.

Slow changes in Valorant Patch 10.03

This update’s prominent modification centers around adjusting certain abilities that slow characters, making them consistent with the alterations implemented in patches 9.10 and 9.11.

Riot states that all slows are being adjusted uniformly throughout the entire agent roster, mimicking changes implemented in patches 9.10 and 9.11 for Vyse and Concuss effects.”

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“Riot announces a consistent adjustment of all slows across the entire agent lineup, mirroring alterations made to Vyse and Concuss effects in patches 9.10 and 9.11.

“This means it now affects Chamber, Skye, and Harbor’s slows.”

Moreover, the minimap has been updated “to enhance gameplay clarity and authenticity,” and several bug issues have been resolved in the purchase menus, agent skills, and unusual camera perspectives.

You can find the full set of patch notes below.

Valorant 10.03 patch notes

ALL PLATFORMS

AGENT UPDATES

  • All slows consistently slow dashes across the whole agent ecosystem now to match behavior we made in patches 9.10 and 9.11 for Vyse and Concuss effects.
    • This means it now affects Chamber, Skye, and Harbor’s slows.

GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES

  • Minimap visual language has been updated for increased gameplay clarity & fidelity.
    • Here’s an example using Icebox:

BUG FIXES

  • General
    • Fixed issues where explosive damaging utility could kill Sentinel trap abilities like Vyse’s Arc Rose from vastly outside its intended radius.
    • NOTE: New explosive damage functionality was toggled off for 10.01/10.02 while this was being investigated and fixed. We’ll be monitoring these changes to ensure there are no other issues requiring a toggle. 
  • Gameplay Systems
    • Fixed an issue where you could not move/use the buy menu while the remake vote screen is displayed. This new voting widget also color corrects the confirmation button to be green and the decline button to be red.

KNOWN ISSUES

  • General
    • There is a bug where the first person camera angle may be slightly offset from the expected player point of view while spectating another player

CONSOLE ONLY

SOCIAL UPDATES

  • You can now add and edit friend notes for your Riot friends.
  • We’ve added a way to search your friends list.
    • You can use the friends list search field to filter your friends list by player name or tag.
  • When you have more than four party invites, the friends list will now hide them so you can still see your friends. You can click ‘Show More’ to display any hidden invites.

BUG FIXES

  • Competitive
    • Fixed an issue where Remake-ended matches in Competitive queue would display incorrect end-of-game screens after the game.
    • Fixed an issue where navigating players on the Leaderboard would sometimes highlight multiple players.

PC ONLY

BUG FIXES

  • Premier
    • Fixed an issue on the tournament bracket screen where match score was occasionally displayed in black.
    • Fixed an issue where the tournament bracket was not properly centered on some ultrawide displays.

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2025-02-18 17:20