On Tuesday December 8, VALORANT will be adding its last major update for 2020. Patch 1.14 adds some balance to Icebox, and surprisingly enough, a Sage buff. Best of all, the newest patch features a brand new game mode to celebrate the winter season. Grab some friends and take part in the VALORANT Snowball fight game mode for a limited time.
Check out the full
patch notes here.
Agent Updates
Sage
- Barrier Orb
- Barrier Orb can’t be placed during Buy Phase
- Once fortified, Barrier no longest loses health over time. Barrier only starts to deteriorate a few seconds before it expires
Map Updates
Icebox
- The overall height of the map now reduced. Several key areas on Sites have been shortened to give players a chance to play on A Site.
[Related: VALORANT Announces New Map “Icebox” For Act III]
Game Mode Updates
New Game Mode: Snowball Fight
- 5v5 Team Deathmatch, with respawns enabled.
- First to 50 kills wins
- Each player is given a Snowball Launcher. It shoots and works just like Brimstone’s molotov launcher.
- Power Ups will be available throughout the match in the form of Gifts. Players can receive four different Gift Types
- Rapid Fire allows players to shoot faster
- Growball shoots a projectile that grows in size over time
- Ricochet will allow snowballs to bounce off of the ground and walls
- Skates give players a speed increase and jump height increase
- Game mode available from December 15 to December 29
Quality of Life and Other Changes
- New Store feature: Night Market
- Each player will receive six chances to receive a random Select, Deluxe, or Premium weapon skin at a discount. Opens December 10
- Requirements to unlock Competitive play have been changed from Play 20 Unrated matches to Win 10 Unrated matches
- Manual Game State Recovery added
- Cinematic Cameras added for observers
- Projectile Follow added. Observers can now follow a projectile fired by a player
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