Valorant Patch Notes 8.04 (New Premier stage, KAY/O bug fixed)

In Patch 8.04 of Valorant, there aren’t a lot of changes but it’s mainly Premier and KAY/O bugs that have been there for two years. No new agent is added in Patch 8.04 as the fans have been waiting for a new character in the Valorant. The Valorant team has already announced before the release of the Patch notes that no new character will be revealed till the last match of the Valorant Masters Madrid tournament which will be held on March 14th,2024.

Release Date for Patch 8.04

Valorant Patch 8.04 will be released on Tuesday, March 5th, the game will go down due to a maintenance period that will be 4 hours long. In North America, Brazil, and LATAM the maintenance will begin at 6:00 PT and ends at 10:00 PT.
Unfortunately, the maintenance will start on the next day for Europe so they have to wait more. For Europe Servers, the maintenance will start on March 6th, at 4:00 GMT and ends at 8:00 GMT. Stay tuned for updates and changes in the Valorant Patch Notes 8.02 to 8.03.

Changes in Valorant Patch 8.04

The release of Patch 8.04 is just the beginning of Act 2 Episode 8. The full list of the Patch has been released by Riot as there will be a bigger update for brackets to follow the pros, premier system, Improvement in Esports Hub, and Agents bugs fixed.

Mode Updates

⦁ Developers have added Character portraits and Minimap icons for the training bot in the range.

Premier Updates

⦁ There will be no more enrollment, at any time on the stage, Players can create a team and just start playing.
⦁ Before playing the first match of the stage, Teams will be able to change their Zone.
⦁ As a free agent, there will be no jumping between teams within the same week because players will be limited to playing only 2 matches in a week.
⦁ Players don’t have to face the same team twice in a stage as there will be rematch protection in weekly matches.
⦁ After playoffs come to an end, playoff results will be displayed by the standings once the playoff starts and locked in 2 days or 48 hours.
⦁ Upon team creation, provisional divisions will be shown straight away, updated whenever the roster or Zone changes, and are locked in once your team plays your first match of the stage.

For improving the flexibility of teams while maintaining competitive integrity these kinds of modifications are made in Valorant.

Esports Features

A few updates for Esports have been made as the masters Madrid is nearby.
⦁ Users will be able to watch which teams will be qualifying for playoffs and also check out the Swiss bracket page for Groups.
⦁ VCT season progresses will get unlocked by the Global Events Hub to Masters Madrid. Valorant players will get access to navigate the match schedules, Bracket format, and participating teams.

Bug Fixes

Esports Features

⦁ Before patch 8.04, the Esports Hub schedule was not taking you to the current day, but now the bug has been fixed by developers and now the Esports Hub schedule will take you to the present day.
⦁ Play in Groups Bracket was showing duplicate information, but now due to the arrival of Patch 8.04, Play in Groups Bracket will not display any duplicate information.

Agents

⦁ if players were revived by Sage’s Resurrection, you would be nudged slightly at the end of the animation and this bug is removed by the developers.
⦁ Fixed a bug where bullets could pass through the corners of Sage’s Barrier Orb.
⦁ Kay/O sometimes reports false information but in patch 8.04, this bug is fixed. Sometimes Zaro/point (0) says that there are four people but in actuality, there were five, before patch 8.0 which gives inaccurate information. This bug was there for 2 years as the Kay/O was released in Valorant.

Gameplay Systems

⦁ Fixed a bug where abilities like Killjoy’s Lockdown (X) were sticking out beyond the minimap.

Premier

⦁ Fixed a bug in which the start button wouldn’t update the prompt if you are in the lobby when an event starts.

Also Read: Valorant System Requirements

Known Issues

Premier

⦁ A team creation deadline is sometimes shown on the Premier hub. For the team creation, there will be no longer a deadline. Be free and make it at any time on the stage.

List of Patch Notes

Patch 8.04 is rewarding esports determination and intensity, but Episode 8 Act 2 will soon arrive with a calming warm weather theme to soothe players’ spirits. Valorant patch Notes 8.04 includes the following.
⦁ Modes Updates
⦁ Premier Updates
⦁ Esports Features
⦁ Bug Fixes (Agent, Esports Features, Gameplay Systems, Premier)
⦁ Known Issues (Premier)

Agent Tier List Patch 8.04

We will be breaking down the new meta tier list from best and worst agents.

Tier	Agents
S-tier	Cypher, Raze, Omen, Viper
A-tier	Gekko, Skye, Kay/O, Killjoy, Jett, Sova
B-tier	Astra, Fade, Brimstone, Breach
C-tier	Chamber, Yoru, Harbor
D-tier	Deadlock, Phoenix, Sage, Neon

Deadlock was being experimented with by pro team EG maps like Icebox and doing incredibly impressive. As enemy teams got more and more used to dealing with Deadlock, they were able to adapt and overcome them. Deadlock is viable on Icebox, especially in ranked play. Deadlock entered the D-tier category along with Phoenix.
Sage is having a tough time in Meta as Sage pick rates on Icebox have slipped to the point where she doesn’t see any play right now. Even the Deadlock is seeing more play than her. Sage still has a high win rate in ranked play and is still doing fine, you can win with her in ranked but for pro play her utility doesn’t quite transfer into the value. Neon will also be in the D-tier category due to the lack of her abilities.
Chamber did get buffed but it didn’t change his pick rate. He is still seeing some plays but due to the powers of a lot of Sentinels at the high ends, he is not seeing Play even on his previous good maps like Breeze and Lotus. Chamber will be in C-tier along with Yoru.

Harbor is usually used as a double controller setup on maps and he does have a lot of potential to see more play overall. Right now, he’s seeing a little bit of play on Breeze and Icebox. The Harbor’s pick rate is kind of lagging and he will be in C-tier.
Astra is a double controller as well specifically on split. She sees play but she sees a substantial amount about 50% is what she is seeing but she is not so dominating in every single map along with Fade who is still a strong character and still seeing a little bit of play on the map like Lotus.
Brimstone seeing a ton of pick rate, especially on Bind that’s his best map by far. We are seeing him sometimes on Icebox and some other maps with double controller setups. Fracture isn’t in the map pool but once that comes back Brimstone’s pick rate will skyrocket and his tier on this list will go up respectively.
Gekko is looking good especially after Skye has got nerfed. Gekko is seeing a lot of value, especially from many of the top teams trailing Gekko. Gekko is the best character in ranked as well along with Skye because of her nerfed. Her utility is good on Split and Bind.
Cypher has kind of just wrapped the Meta around him in a meaningful way on maps like Breeze, and Sunset, and he sees play on Ascent and Split. Players are getting better at dealing with Cypher because they respect his utility more.
Raze is seeing an almost 100% pick rate on Split, seeing tons of pick rates on Bind, lotus, and Sunset. The best Duelist right now just narrowly edging out Jett and being very strong as she is best rank Stompers as well.

Also Read: Valorant Ranks

Conclusion

VALORANT Update 8.04 PATCH NOTES, Premium Update will fix the bugs for Kay/O including his Zaro/point (0), Sage’s Resurrection, and Sage’s Barrier Orbs. Developers are updating the Premier, Modes, and Esports. Along with all of these updates, the Gameplay bug of Killjoy’s Lockdown (X) is also fixed. Due to the VALORANT Update 8.04 PATCH NOTES, Premium Update the tier list of Agents is also changed as many of the bugs of Agents are fixed. The Masters Valorant Madrid Tournament will begin from 14th March 2024.

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