Valorant: How to play Vyse and what’s in patch 9.04

Fans of Riot Games are currently in for a treat. Tomorrow, August 28, 2024, not only will the patch for version 9.04 be released, which will bring numerous adjustments and improvements. With Vyse, there is also a new agent who can bend metal, which brings with it some exciting possibilities.

Metalbending sounds like a cheap rip-off of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but let me tell you: Vyse has some skills up her sleeve that could really shake up your Valorant matches. She will be available from August 28, 2024 at 10:00 p.m. Central European Time.

How to play Vyse

I was able to do my first rounds with Vyse on a test server and I see a lot of potential in her, but she definitely needs some training. For example, with “Arch Rose” she places a small bud on a surface that you have to trigger manually. All enemies that look in her direction are then blinded. This skill is particularly useful in defense, but you can also use it to secure captured spike spots.

The same applies to the “scissors”. You don’t use them to cut your opponents in half, but instead place traps, ideally in passageways. When activated, these cause metal walls to appear that are impenetrable and can therefore very effectively stop a push. However, the next few months will have to show on which maps and in which spots it makes the most sense to place it. The “razor vine” also needs to be placed in the right place; this skill, which is activated manually, slows down opponents and even causes damage.

The uses for Vyse’s ultimate should be particularly exciting. After a short charging time, the “Steel Garden” ensures that your opponents’ weapons jam for a short time. In other words: If you want to conquer a spot and use the ability skillfully, your opponents are likely to curse loudly. At the moment, the time of jammed weapons seems to be within limits, but skills often prove to be too strong or too weak in live operation – so there will certainly be balancing adjustments. After my few rounds with her, however, I’m definitely keen on Vyse and am excited to see how she shakes up the meta.

This is what is in patch 9.04

Balancing is also a good point when it comes to patch 9.04. Before I throw all the changes in your face, however, there is one more minor change to the map pool. You can now play Split in Unranked and Quick Play queues on the console versions of Valorant.

But now it’s time to get down to business: Here are the extensive patch notes for Valorant version 9.04:

PLAYER BEHAVIOR UPDATES

• We will provide players who have committed communication abuse with a behavioral guidance assessment to create a healthier communication experience in VALORANT.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Agent

• Skye

  
  

• Neon

  
  

• KAY/O

  • BLEND/granate

    • Fixed a bug with BLEND/grenade that caused a second explosion to appear when thrown behind a wall.

Gameplay-Systeme

• Battle report

  • Fixed a bug that caused spike icons to not appear in the combat report when the kill occurred via spike explosion damage.

• Fixed a bug that caused parts of the minimap to not be covered by limited vision when the player left the area where they were affected (such as by using the Bind Teleporters).

• Fixed a bug that caused the scoreboard to display a white box icon for a player who disconnected from the game.

Cards

• Abyss

  • Fixed several areas around Center and Area A to prevent agent abilities from passing through walls.

  • The pre-round barriers on the edges of the map are now more clearly visible.

  • Fixed an area near B Main to prevent agents from camping outside the map boundaries.

• Icebox

  
  

• Lotus

  • Fixed a visual bug that caused agents to float next to the rope when using the Rope Ladder.

• New player tutorial

  
  

KNOWN BUGS

Agents

GAMEPLAYSYSTEM-UPDATES

TROUBLESHOOTING

Premier

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the schedule to not scroll consistently when collapsing/expanding weeks.

AGENT UPDATES

MAP UPDATES

RATED MODE UPDATES

TROUBLESHOOTING

Generally

• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented you from switching to your primary or secondary weapon in the traditional control preset.

• Fixed a bug that caused skill bar icons to not align when unassigned.

• Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect text input to be displayed during a surrender vote.

• Fixed a bug that could cause D-pad and stick inputs to change toggleable settings.

Rated

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused ranking updates to not appear on the Match History page.

• Fixed a bug that caused a missing banner to appear when viewing players on the leaderboard.

• Fixed a bug that caused secondary items on the Leaderboard page to become unselectable after leaving a game.

• Fixed a bug that caused an observer to see a blank summary screen after ending their own game.

• Fixed a bug that caused the last match to not display correctly when viewing a friend’s career.

Gameplay-Systeme

• Battle report

  • Fixed a bug that caused battle reports to flicker after rejoining Team-Based Deathmatch.

  • Fixed a bug that caused battle reports to overlap with the victory/defeat ceremony if the player was dead in the last round.

  • Fixed a bug that prevented battle reports from appearing after force quitting the game and then reconnecting to the match.

KNOWN BUGS

• Higher

  
  

• Gameplay-Systeme

  • Surrender vote

    • You can close the voting notification by pressing Circle/B button. This will prevent you from participating in the voting and will be scored as “No” by default after the time runs out.

    • Button icons appear at the bottom right of the screen while voting is active. They can block other UI elements until voting ends.