VALORANT Patch Notes Breakdown 10.09 -- Tejo and Breach nerfs and more!

VALORANT Patch Notes Breakdown 10.09 -- Tejo and Breach nerfs and more!

Overview

Here's a quick breakdown of the latest changes to VALORANT. If you want to see stats on agents or view your own profile, be sure to check out our VALORANT page here.

Patch 10.09's major changes are long awaited nerfs to Tejo and Breach, which should shake up the meta a significant amount in pro play and at the highest ELO brackets on VALORANT.

To see Riot's full notes, click here.

Balance Updates

  • Tejo

    • Guided Salvo no longer recharges -- instead he starts with one charge and the other can be bought for 150

      • Each rocket used will consume 1 charge

      • No cooldown

      • Target Range decreased from 55m to 45m

    • Stealth Drone

      • Cost increased from 300 to 400

    • Special Delivery

      • Cost decreased from 300 to 200

    • Armageddon

      • Ult points increased from 8 to 9

  • Breach

    • Fault Line detonation time increased from 1 second to 1.2 seconds

This should increase the prevalence of other initiators like Skye and Sova again, as the initiator role is still extremely powerful and necessary for coordinated play.