Riot reverts rank restrictions on Valorant with newest Patch 7.07

Published: 13:00, 03 October 2023
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Riot reverts rank restrictions on Valorant with newest Patch 7.07
There is a slight change coming to Haven
There is a slight change coming to Haven

Valorant Patch 7.06 reverses the rank restriction and adds some Agent tweaks with its latest update, bringing back the freedom to queue with friends and introducing agent changes for a more balanced gameplay experience.

Riot has just released Patch 7.07 for Valorant, and with it come some interesting changes. In Patch 7.05, Riot has introduced a restriction to five stacks where only Plats and higher can queue together, but that restriction is being reverted.

The reason behind the original restriction was the unfair boosting of lower ranks by higher ranks since 5 stacks could be made up of teammates with any rank, from iron to radiant. Riot tried combating this with the restriction but have decided to revert it with this message:

“We know how important it is to play with your friends and your need for flexibility in order to do that.Initially, the rank restriction was made to prevent people from illegitimately boosting to the highest ranks, like Radiant. In the end, we realized that your ability to have flexibility with your 5 stack was more important than the very small number of people who abuse this exploit.”

Additionally, Patch 7.07 will bring some agent changes as well:

Cypher

Neural Theft (X) now completes even if Cypher dies after casting.

Gekko

Dizzy’s (E) enemy detection range is now correctly reduced while inside Viper's Pit (X) ability.

Altchar
Dizzy will fall asleep if you hold him for too long
Dizzy will fall asleep if you hold him for too long

And lastly, Premier will get a few touchups for an overall better and more fair user experience.

Premier

  • Fixed an issue where the Attacker team takes priority over the Defender team in the overtime vote.
  • Fixed a bug where a second timer bar would appear after the “Choose Side” vote had already ended.
  • Fixed a bug where certain scenarios would cause subsequent Overtime Priority votes to occur in the following round.

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