All Agent Changes in Valorant Episode 4 Act 2

Riot Games recently issued the 4.04 patch update in Valorant Episode 4 Act 2, and it brought several changes to Agent pool. The patch notes highlighted that all four Controller Agents received massive tweaks to their kit, which facilitated a meta change in the game.

At the same time, Yoru received a major rework to his kit, and it definitely makes the lowest pick rate Duelist much stronger than before. The following list features all the Agent changes in Valorant Episode 4 Act 2:

Brimstone 

• Sky Smoke deploy time decreased from 2 to 1 second
• Sky Smoke deploy radius increased from 5000 to 5500
• Sky Smoke height increased to match other Controllers
• Stim Beacon now applies a 15% speed boost along with RapidFire

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Astra

• Maximum Stars reduced from 5 to 4
• Star cooldown time increased from 14 to 25
• Astra can now pick up placed Stars during the Buy Phase to refund their charge immediately
• The maximum distance for placing Stars has been increased from 10000 to 30000 allowing Astra to reach the furthest areas of the map
• Gravity Well cooldown increased from 25 to 45
• Gravity Well size reduced from 525 to 475
• Gravity Well will not affect players completely underneath the Gravity Well
• Nova Pulse cooldown increased from 25 to 45
• Nova Pulse will not affect players completely underneath the Nova Pulse
• Nebula cooldowns increased from 14 to 25, and they are now sequential instead of simultaneous
• Nebula size increased from 410 to 475
• Players pinging locations in Astral form will no longer be blocked by level geometry
• Astra’s targeting ring in Astral form is reduced to one ring that reflects the now unified size of all her utility
• Astra’s targeting ring will not disappears when aiming across a few map locations
• Overlay speed increased which covers Astra’s screen when moving in and out of Astral form
• Stars are now placed exactly where Astra targets instead of slightly above

Omen

• Dark Cover cooldown decreased from 40s to 30s
• Dark Cover cost increased from 100 to 150
• Dark Cover projectile speed increased from 2800 to 6400
• Shrouded Step's cost decreased from 150 to 100
• Shrouded Step's pre-teleport delay decreased from 1s to 0.7s
• Paranoia now has a forward spawn offset, so players adjacent to Omen do not get hit

Viper

• Toxic Screen cooldown after deactivating increased from 6 to 8
• Toxic Screen cooldown timer will start when her smoke starts dissipating
• Toxic Screen deactivation delay decreased from 1 to .8
• Toxic Screen now has yellow lights that indicate when it is on cooldown
• Toxic Screen disables immediately when Viper gets suppressed, and a new voice line is added to assist players
• Viper's fuel drain increased 50% while Toxic Screen and Poison Cloud were active together
• Viper's fuel bar now turns red when there is no fuel to use on abilities
• Snakebite duration decreased from 6.5 to 5.5
• Poison Cloud cooldown after deactivating increased from 6 to 8
• Poison Cloud cooldown timer now starts as the smoke starts dissipating
• Poison Cloud deactivation delay decreased from 1 to .8
• Poison Orb now has a yellow light to indicate when it is on cooldown.
• Poison Orb disables immediately when Viper gets suppressed, and a new voice line is added to assist players

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Yoru

• FakeoFakeout charges reduced from 2 to 1
• Fakeout decoy now has 150 HP
• Fakeout decoy now deploys a full running version of Yoru that can only run sent forward and stops on hitting walls
• Right-click feature allows players to plant a decoy and reactivate it later
• If an enemy gun damages decoy Yoru, then it faces the enemy that shot it and flashes them after a short delay
• Gatecrash charges increased from 1 to 2
• Gatecrash cost is now 200 Credits
• Gatecrash cooldown charge refresh was removed, and now it resets with two kills
• Gatecrash faking added, and players simply have to press F while looking at the beacon. This fake teleport triggers an audio cue similar to Yoru's actual teleport
• The time it takes for a teleport beacon has decreased from 1.5 to 0.5 seconds
• Teleport beacon's in-game audio while traveling reduced from 22.5m to 12.5m
• Speed of the Teleport beacon increased from 675 to 800
• If Yoru fake teleports, then a small blue decal is created at the area of fake Gatecrash
• Dimensional Drift duration increased from 8 to 10 seconds
• Yoru is not revealed to enemies while in Dimensional Drift
• Dimensional Drift unequip delay time increased from 0.6 to 1.2 seconds
• Yoru can now use all utilities while inside Dimensional Drift
• Yoru's Dimensional Drift footsteps are now audible within 15m of his location
• Dimensional Drift now has a delay which prevents the invulnerability frame at the start of Yoru's ultimate

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