Valorant 5.0 Patch Notes: Release Date, Changes, and What's New

The usual patch cycle of Riot Games' library has finally culminated in a big Valorant 5.0 update to cap off the month of June. Released ahead of time, the Valorant 5.0 patch notes are here to help you navigate what's the come before it truly arrives.

Beyond a new ranked tier and a map that won't enter the competitive pool for a few weeks after its debut, the highlight for some won't be the myriad bug fixes or the pain of another rank reset (which shouldn't be as crippling as previous ones due to the new tier), but the ability to now correctly spray on the A Garden wall on the Haven map. That's important.

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When Is the Valorant 5.0 Release Date?

Despite the Valorant patch notes going live on June 16, the Valorant 5.0 update won't arrive until June 22.

Valorant 5.0 Patch Notes

And that's a wrap on what we can only assume will be a big Valorant 5.0 patch early next week. There's no big new agent release to talk about, but for those already settled on their main for life, a new map to get stuck into is likely the better bit of news right now.

As it mentions in there, the new map won't be available for competitive play until two weeks after the patch launches, but it will have its own dedicated queue to help you really figure it all out before its nooks and crannies start to decimate your ranked standing.

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