Valorant Patch 10.08 Introduces Yoru Ultimate Nerf & Gifting System

Riot Games has dropped the patch notes for Valorant patch 10.08, and it’s a big one. Alongside key agent balance changes, the patch brings Gifting feature that will let players in-game gift items to their friends.

With the release of the update, Yoru'sDimensional Drift ultimate has had its duration shortened from 12 seconds to 10, and it’ll now cost 8 points instead of 7. According to Riot, this change is aimed at bringing the ability more in line with similarly impactful ultimates.

Astra also received a minor nerf, with her Nova Pulse stun duration reduced from 4 seconds to 3.5. Brimstone got a small quality-of-life update as the audio on his Incendiary molotov has been improved to make it easier to hear, especially when used inside smoke.

Moreover, as Valorant celebrates its fifth anniversary, long-time players will be hit with a wave of nostalgia as the Episode 1 menu, character select, and victory/defeat music have returned for patches 10.08 and 10.09. 

Let’s kick off our 5 Year celebration with a little message from Anna Donlon. pic.twitter.com/MuSfdUJXTP

— VALORANT (@VALORANT) April 29, 2025

Check out the detailed Valorant patch notes 10.08 below for the list of everything released with the update:

All Platforms

Client Updates

In celebration of VALORANT’s fifth anniversary, we are bringing some of the Episode 1 music back in patches 10.08 and 10.09. This includes music for the menus, character select, and Victory/Defeat.

General Updates

Gifting Now Available
With Patch 10.08, gifting is officially live. Starting with the first bundle of the Act, players can now send select Featured Store bundles and items directly to friends.
How to Gift:

1. Navigate to the Store
2. Open the details page for the Featured bundle or item
3. Click the Gift button in the bottom-right corner
4. Select your recipient (restrictions apply)
5. Choose to gift the full bundle or individual items
6. Send your gift!

Your recipient will be prompted to accept or decline the gift the next time they log in to VALORANT. Gifting is currently limited to Featured Store items, with expanded support planned for future updates.

Ranked Gun Buddy Coming Soon!

Act III starts today! So we want to remind everyone that this is your last Act to grind before ranked buddies are distributed with Patch 11.00 at the start of Act IV. After Act III ends, you’ll receive a ranked gun buddy based on the highest rank you achieved throughout the first three acts of Season 2025.

Agent Updates

Brimstone

• Incendiary - Brim’s molotov audio has been updated to be easier to hear, especially when placed underneath smokes.

Astra

• Nova Pulse stun duration: 4s >>> 3.5s

Yoru

• Dimensional Drift duration reduced: 12s >>> 10s
• Dimensional Drift point cost: 7 >>> 8

BUG FIXES

Agents

Waylay

• Fixed a bug where reactivating Refract immediately after casting Convergent Paths would prevent the reactivate from working.

Harbor

• Fixed a bug where Harbor’s water bracelet would sometimes bleed through thin walls like the doors on Ascent.

Deadlock

• Fixed an issue where Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh was not playing hit audio when shooting the center node.
• Fixed an issue where Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh could be used to boost players.

Vyse

• Fixed an issue where the cooldown on Vyse’s Arc Rose was not properly set after it was destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where Vyse’s activated Shear wall didn’t display the warning fade out visual cue.
• Fixed an issue where Vyse’s Shear wall blocked bullets after the visual wall despawned.
• Thanks to SeismicChef on X for reporting the above issues!
• Fixed an issue where Vyse’s Steel Garden warning indicator did not properly match the debuff area.

Yoru

• Reverted a bugfix that caused Yoru’s clone to slightly mismatch normal player movement when running into walls.

Skye

• Fixed an issue where Skye’s Trailblazer leap did not get slowed by Waylay’s Saturate debuff.

Gekko

• Fixed an issue where Gekko’s Thrash leap did not get slowed by Waylay’s Saturate debuff.

Tejo

• Fixed an issue where players could boost on Tejo’s Stealth Drone.
• Fixed an issue where Stealth Drone could not be tagged by Cypher’s camera.
• Fixed an issue where Armageddon VFX may remain after being used.
• Fixed an issue where there was no danger indicator for players running through Armeggadon from the back side.

Reyna

• Fixed an issue where Reyna’s Devour Overheal would not be interrupted when taking damage that was less than her current Overheal amount.

Iso

• Updated Iso’s Double Tap tooltip to mention the reload speed buff. Thanks Reddit user /u/RemoteWhile5881!

Known Issues

Cosmetics

• We’re currently aware of an issue within the Act III Battlepass where some Player Cards are currently displaying the incorrect item name.
• We’ll be deploying a fix with the correct item names with Patch 10.09 in a couple of weeks.

PC Only

Premier Updates

Welcome to Stage V25A3! Matches start on May 7. We’ve updated our Premier Restrictions. Instead of a flat 30 day ineligibility, players who engage in disruptive behavior are now ineligible for Premier for a period of time based on the severity of the misconduct and the length of the active intervention.

Bug Fixes

• Lowered the size of the hover text for Rank Shields in the Summary screen.

Console Only

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where long player names would overlap certain elements in the Timeline screen.
• Fixed an issue where text explaining rank requirements for the current season was not shown on the Act Rank screen.
• Updated the Act Rank screen text to refer to Seasons.