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Operator

The Operator is a sniper rifle that costs 4,700 credits. It holds 5 rounds, fires 0.6 rounds per second and deals 255 damage to the head and 150 to the body at 0–50 m.

Operator in Valorant
Cost
4,700
Magazine
5
Fire rate
0.6/s
Reload
3.7s
Equip
1.5s
Wall penetration
High
Run speed
76%
ADS zoom
2.5×
First-shot spread
5°

How much damage does the Operator do?

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Range Head Body Legs Body shots · 100 HPBody shots · 125 HPBody shots · 150 HP Headshots · 150 HP
0–50 m 255 150 120 111 1

How has the Operator changed in every patch?

The Operator has been changed in 3 patches since the closed beta, most recently in patch 8.01. Each entry links to the full notes for that patch.

  1. Patch 8.01
  2. Patch 3.0
    • Cost decreased 5000 → 4700
  3. Patch 1.09
    • Increased price from 4500 → 5000
    • Decreased scoped movement speed from 76% → 72%
    • Adjusted weapon deadzone from becoming inaccurate at 30% movement speed → 15% (become inaccurate sooner, become accurate later when stopping)
    • Firing rate reduced from.75 →.6
    • Instant equip time adjusted from 0.3 → 0.5 (instant equip plays after tapping orb, bomb defuse/plant tap, Jett Cloud Burst, and Phoenix Curveball)
    • Leg shot damage decreased from 127 → 120

Patch change data adapted from Patch Notes on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

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