Valorant has released its latest 12.10 patch, adding the Valorant Masters London Pick’Ems, new Skirmish maps, and Replay Friend Sharing to the tactical FPS.
The patch will act as the final patch before Valorant Masters London begins, but it does not touch the meta in what has already been a disrupted period for Valorant’s agent pool.
The 12.09 patch saw nerfs to Neon and Shotgun movement accuracy as urgent fixes before nMasters London begins, but the VCT will have to wait for the meta-defining changes to Sentinels and Initiators until after Masters London, when the 13.00 patch drops.
Replay Friend Sharing introduced
The most esports-adjacent patch introduces Replay Friend Sharing, which will allow players to share replays of their games in Competitive, Unrated, Swiftplay, Premier, and Custom modes.
Riot notes that “Replays for Custom games are only available when the lobby owner enables recording in the Custom options menu before the game starts. Recording must be enabled again for each new game.”
The replays should be a helpful tool for players looking to improve parts of their play, allowing teammates and friends to watch their games and see where to improve.
Valorant Masters London Pick’Ems added
Masters London Pick’Ems have been added to the game, with the Swiss Stage selections now available. Players will get points for correctly predicting who will advance from the eight-team Swiss stage, and get extra points when they correctly predict the 2-0 teams.
Players will get an exclusive title for playing the Pick’Ems and earn additional prizes depending on how well they do throughout the tournament.
To see who we think will do well, check out our Valorant Masters London Tournament Guide!
Two skirmish maps added
Riot also added Skimish Maps D and E to the Skirmish mode, with different configurations of boxes, ramps, and covers to help players test their aim.
Additionally, all Agents will be available for Skirmish: Ascension regardless of whether players have unlocked that Agent. Seems like a good way to test them, before you use up your resources to unlock an Agent.
Valorant 12.09 Patch Bug Fixes
The devs also noted a list of bug fixes, directly shared from patch notes below:
- Agents
- Miks
- Fixed a bug where Miks’s M-Pulse healing would persist briefly on enemies after they exit its range.
- Fixed a bug where Miks’s M-Pulse could cancel other ability and weapon equip animations
- Fixed a bug where spamming alt-fire with Miks’s M-Pulse could cause it to be used in the wrong form.
- Harbor
- Fixed a bug where Harbor’s Reckoning could disappear early if the player spammed the cast button
- Miks
- Gameplay
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to inadvertently kill enemies from spawn during the buy phase. This fix was rolled out with a patch redeploy during 12.09.
- Modes
- Skirmish 2v2: Fixed a bug where the timer was stuck at 0.5 seconds in overtime
- Store
- Fixed an issue where bundle details were not displayed on the confirmation page when purchasing VCT bundles.
CONSOLE ONLY
- Store
- Fixed a clipping issue when confirming a gun buddy purchase from the battlepass.
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Darragh is an Esports Journalist for Insider Gaming specialising in Counter-Strike. He loves to explore how esports teams work, or why they very often do not.
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