Patch notes · EP 02 Act 2

Valorant patch 2.05 notes

Patch 2.05 was released on during EP 02 Act 2. It changed 5 agents, touched 1 weapon and brought the Infantry bundle to the store. Agents saw 6 buffs, 3 nerfs and 9 bug fixes.

Patch
2.05
Release date
March 16, 2021
Act
EP 02 Act 2
Agents changed
5
Weapons changed
1
New bundle
Infantry
Official notes
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Sova & Astra in patch 2.05

Competitive Updates in patch 2.05

  • The Career: Act Rank tab now has a toggle which allows you to choose to enable or disable your Act Rank
    • The default is on, but if you don’t want to flex your skills, you can always turn it off
  • The Match History tab now allows you to filter your matches per mode
    • We know sometimes you just want to look at your Competitive matches
  • Players will receive a small rank rating penalty for dodging Competitive games.
    • For more context on this change see this post.
  • Tuned Radiant Rank Rating gains and losses to be more consistent with Immortal rank rating behavior
  • Custom Games layout and visuals have been updated

Social Updates in patch 2.05

  • Improved AFK Detection
  • Updated Penalties for AFK offenses
    • This includes warnings, queue restrictions, XP denial, Competitive queue bans, and game bans
  • Updated Penalties for chat-based offenses
    • This includes warnings, chat restrictions, Competitive queue restrictions, and game bans
  • Reminder that zero tolerance offenses will result in game bans automatically
  • You can read more about our work to address issues and opportunities with player behavior in our past breakdown.

What bugs did patch 2.05 fix?

  • Fixed a bug where Ranked game icons were misaligned in Match History
  • Astra now starts Spike Rush games with all 5 star charges
  • Killjoy can’t place Lockdown off the ground by jumping and placing it on cosmetic pieces of geo on the walls anymore
  • Fixed issue where Cypher’s Spycam dart could sometimes hit players that were on the other side of a wall
  • Fixed Killjoy not getting charges from her Alarmbot and Turret back if they are recalled after she is resurrected
  • Fixed dead enemies being counted as flashed enemies in the combat report
  • Fixed Astra’s “Out of charges” VO not playing for her abilities while in Astral Form
  • Fixed the deafening effect on nearsights not playing if Astra is in the game
  • Fixed Cypher’s Spycam targeting going through Sage’s wall
  • Fixed Astra having trouble placing Stars on the defender side boxes of Icebox mid from the A site
  • Sova's Owl Drone and Astra ascend/descend binds now properly respect changed jump/crouch keybinds
  • The defuse range circle indicator that shows after planting the Spike again displays properly.
  • Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Astra's astral form, Sova's Owl Drone, Skye's scout, or Cypher's Spy Camera.
    • We previously addressed some causes of this bug last patch, this fix should address the remaining known causes.
  • Fixed an issue where the Stinger’s stock would appear detached on the ground
  • Improved readability of player names in Observer
  • Fixed an issue where Skye’s seekers did not visibly move on Brimstone’s tactical map
  • Fixed an issue where scoreboard color doesn’t appropriately swap at side swap for Observers
  • Fixed a bug that would cause the "Network Problem" icon to appear when no network issues were present

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Agent changes in patch 2.05, by agent

Astra, Cypher, Killjoy, Skye and Sova were changed in patch 2.05. Each entry links to the agent's full patch history.

Astra All Astra changes →

  • BugfixBuff Astral Form: Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Astral Form
  • BugfixBuff Stars: Fixed Astra having trouble placing Stars on the defender side boxes of Icebox mid from the A site

Cypher All Cypher changes →

  • BugfixNerf Spycam: Fixed issue where Spycam's dart could sometimes hit players that were on the other side of a wall
  • BugfixNerf Spycam: Fixed Spycam targeting going through Sage's Barrier Orb wall
  • BugfixBuff Spycam: Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Spycam
    • "We previously addressed some causes of this bug last patch, this fix should address the remaining known causes"

Killjoy All Killjoy changes →

  • BugfixBuff Fixed Killjoy not getting charges from her Alarmbot and Turret back if they are recalled after she is resurrected
  • BugfixNerf Lockdown: Can no longer place Lockdown off the ground by jumping and placing it on cosmetic pieces of geo on the walls

Skye All Skye changes →

  • BugfixBuff Trailblazer: Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Trailblazer
    • "We previously addressed some causes of this bug last patch, this fix should address the remaining known causes"

Sova All Sova changes →

  • BugfixBuff Owl Drone: Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Owl Drone
    • "We previously addressed some causes of this bug last patch, this fix should address the remaining known causes"

Which skins came out in patch 2.05?

All collections →

The Infantrycollection arrived in the store with patch 2.05.

Patch change data adapted from Patch Notes/2.05 on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.