13.01|Jul 14, 2026
View on Valorant↗Valorant Patch 13.01: Outlaw, Iso and Yoru Changes
3/5 Moderate
Outlaw's first-shot recovery, spread, and recoil increase, while Iso and Yoru receive buffs. Rank manipulation penalties are also beginning.
Key Changes
- 1Outlaw's recovery, spread, and recoil after its first shot have increased.
- 2Yoru's Gatecrash Active Beacon Duration increased from 15s to 20s.
- 3Iso now equips his weapon instantly after unequipping Double Tap.
- 4New detection tools are in place, and penalties will begin for confirmed rank manipulation.
- 5Yoru's Fakeout clones now hold his last equipped weapon instead of his strongest weapon.
All Changes
🎭Agents(3)
- buffIso: Iso now equips his weapon instantly after unequipping Double Tap.
- buffYoru: Yoru's Gatecrash Active Beacon Duration increased from 15s to 20s.
- changeYoru: Yoru's Fakeout clones now hold his last equipped weapon instead of defaulting to his strongest weapon.
🔫Weapons(1)
- nerfOutlaw: Outlaw recovery after the first shot increased from 0.1 to 0.15, spread from 0 to 2.25, and recoil from 0 to 4.0.
⚖️Player Behavior(2)
- changeNew detection tools are in place and penalties will begin for confirmed rank manipulation, potentially including account suspensions, rank reversions, and ranked reward reversions.
- newPlayers will begin receiving in-game reporter and bystander feedback when someone in their matches is penalized for rank manipulation.
🐛Bug Fixes(27)
- fixAstra: Fixed Astra's ability cooldown timer sometimes remaining visible after the ability was used.
- fixClove: Fixed Clove gaining an extra Ruse charge during the Buy Phase by purchasing and reselling charges.
- fixCypher: Fixed Cyber Cage incorrectly blocking line-of-sight interactions above its visual effects.
- fixCypher: Fixed Cyber Cage's trajectory indicator not appearing when thrown outside Cypher's line of sight.
- fixCypher: Fixed Cyber Cage sometimes failing to play an audio cue when enemies entered through its lower portion.
- fixCypher: Fixed certain Spycam voice lines not playing correctly during specific actions.
- fixDeadlock: Fixed GravNet's third-person visual effects disappearing after a player disconnected and reconnected.
- fixFixed Nearsight visual effects persisting on some controllable creatures after an enemy destroyed them.
- fixIso: Fixed Iso's Double Tap incorrectly preventing the first instance of fall damage.
- fixJett: Fixed Cloudburst activating during Updraft and Tailwind animations when multiple abilities were bound to the same key.
- fixJett: Fixed Jett being unable to pick up the Spike or weapons during Tailwind.
- fixKAY/O: Fixed missing visual effects on KAY/O's FLASH/drive.
- fixKAY/O: Fixed an animation skip when equipping KAY/O's FLASH/drive.
- fixKilljoy: Fixed Killjoy's Alarmbot interacting with players through certain wooden covers on Split.
- fixMiks: Fixed Miks gaining an extra Waveform charge during the Buy Phase by purchasing and reselling charges.
- fixNeon: Fixed Neon being unable to pick up the Spike while sliding over it.
- fixReyna: Fixed Dismiss occasionally leaving Reyna unable to equip a weapon.
- fixReyna: Fixed Reyna's Leer applying its blind effect in unintended locations near A Main on Abyss.
- fixSage: Fixed players revived by Sage inside Viper's Pit or Poison Cloud not correctly receiving the nearsighted debuff.
- fixSkye: Fixed Skye gaining an extra Guiding Light charge during the Buy Phase by purchasing and reselling charges.
- fixViper: Fixed players using controllable abilities briefly seeing through Viper's Pit.
- fixVeto: Fixed Veto's Evolution voice filter persisting on certain voice lines for the rest of the match after activating the Ultimate.
- fixYoru: Fixed Yoru gaining unintended movement speed in Dimensional Drift when interacting with Flex/Totems.
- fixSplit: Fixed certain wall-based abilities being cut off in the middle of B Garage on Split.
- fixSummit: Fixed Iso surviving the falling door crush on Summit.
- fixSummit: Fixed Waylay reaching unintended locations on Summit using Refract and Lightspeed.
- fixFixed incorrect Packets Received/Sent Rate graph values at extremely high framerates.
📅Coming Soon(1)
- newOn July 21, PC players can link Discord accounts globally wherever Discord is available to invite friends, share lobby links, and see Discord friends who play VALORANT.
Summary
Balance
Outlaw has more recovery, spread, and recoil after its first shot. Iso equips his weapon instantly after Double Tap, while Yoru's Gatecrash lasts longer and his Fakeout clones use his last equipped weapon.
Player behavior and fixes
New tools improve rank manipulation detection, with penalties and in-game feedback beginning for confirmed cases. Agent and map fixes address extra ability charges, unintended interactions, and visual and audio issues. Omen's Shrouded Step obstructed placement indicator remains missing.
Coming soon
PC Discord account linking and social features launch globally wherever Discord is available on July 21.