Valorant has a lot of fantastic playable characters with two great ones added this year in the form of Episode 8’s Clove and Episode 9’s more recent addition, Vyse. As is typical of most multiplayer games, there are issues with balancing as there are agents players feel are underpowered while others are too OP. The good news is that Riot has confirmed a nerf is incoming for an “overpowered” Valorant agent , and it will arrive fairly soon.
Riot recently shared the patch notes for update 9.09 , and there is plenty else to anticipate for the future of Riot’s multiplayer shooter. The developer has previously discussed plans for transitioning the game from UE4 to Unreal Engine 5 , meanwhile, leaks claim a mega feature is currently “in development,” and it’s something that is already a huge part of League of Legends.
While leaks are always exciting, in official news Riot has confirmed an upcoming nerf for an agent largely complained about within the Valorant community. Valorant nerf confirmed for Neon On X, Valorant game designer, Penguin , revealed that a nerf is coming for Neon. Following complaints and feedback from the community, the game designer posted “For what it’s worth – we agree that Neon is too strong as well”.
Although there are no specifics for how Neon will be nerfed, the developer said Riot is “working on some adjustments to balance out the parts that feel overpowered while maintaining her grounded movement combat fantasy”. The nerf will .
