New Valorant Patch 7.08 PBE Notes: Smoke Audio Cues, Premier Changes, & More

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The patch notes for the upcoming Valorant 7.08 PBE update have officially been revealed, and it’s about to bring a bunch of interesting changes to the competitive shooter by Riot Games.

For the uninitiated, the Valorant Public Beta Environment (PBE) enables the developers to test out potential changes to the main game in a closed beta environment, where only select players who have opted to sign up for the PBE can test out the changes ahead of their official release. Players looking to know more about how to sign up for the Valorant PBE servers can check out our article covering the topic.

The Valorant 7.08 PBE update is set to introduce a major change to certain smokes in the game. Premier updates and bug fixes are also on the menu, but the community’s excitement for the long-awaited Deadlock buffs remains unfulfilled.

Let’s take a look at the detailed patch notes of the next Valorant PBE update, as officially revealed by Riot.

Valorant 7.08 PBE Patch Notes

Here are the official patch notes for the Valorant 7.08 PBE:

GENERAL UPDATES

A slight adjustment to the rows of Agents you can select from at the bottom of the screen in order to make room for future Agents.

AGENT UPDATES

Astra, Brimstone, and Omen’s smokes play an audio and visual cue 1.5 seconds before they are about to fade.

Ability-equipping sounds are no longer audible to your Allies.

PREMIER UPDATES

The Playoffs Tournament Queue is now only 15 minutes instead of 1 hour. If you don’t queue up and stay queued within the 15-minute window, your team will not be able to play in the Tournament.

At the end of the waiting period, all teams that are still in the queue will be matched at one time into evenly distributed brackets seeded by Premier Score.

This change ensures that having a better regular season record gives you a higher seeding in your tournament.

STORE UPDATES

Your Level Borders and Player Card collection UI is getting an upgrade! You’ll now be able to search, navigate, and equip your Level Borders and Player Cards using our grid UI.

BUG FIXES

Deadlock

Annihilation (X) can no longer open Bind’s automatic doors from outside the teleporter rooms.

Annihilation (X) can no longer open Breeze’s Mid Chute trapdoor from below.

Neon

Fast Lane (C) now more reliably fully extends through Fracture’s A Door when cast from the outside, behaving the same as when used from inside A Hall.

General

Fixed a bug where the music would hitch/skip while loading into a map or the Range.

Fixed a bug so that you’ll receive the correct Ranked Rating penalties for disruptive behavior.

Fixed a bug where kill banner audio was playing too quietly.

That’s everything you need to know about the upcoming Valorant PBE update.

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