https://x.com/VALORANTLeaksEN/status/1785747301887013298
• New Map
• New Map Rotation
• Duelists Changes
• June 9
5 week waiting will be long but finally some new map, thanks Riot.
Now they are many question we need an answer :
Vlr nation, what is your though on those questions ?
From my calculations it will be lotus and ascent/breeze if three maps are going then all the three mentioned
Reasoning for lotus: in the lore updates there was a message from clove basically clove omen and iso are going to discover the new map while astra and harpor are going to lotus because something weird is happening there
Ascent: the oldest map that haven't rotated out
Breeze: dogshit ass map
preds:
my guess is raze nade cant recharge, and maybe reduce satchel time and power (more absurdly but less way likely: buff satchel and reduce charges to 1) and please for the love of everything pls make the rocket shoot straight
maybe only 1 jett smoke that lasts longer?
prolly a neon phoenix iso and yoru buff
neon maybe longer lasting wall, more running juice
phoenix longer lasting molly quicker flash ideally both in pulling it out and using it
yoru tp animation quicker and the timer tp timer only starts counting after barriers down
iso needs a rework imo he's just a budget reyna with a worse harbour wall
I really like Fracture, I would love it to come back, but to be fair, Pearl didn't stay long in the mapool, it's probably the map that gonna get back, if Riot favor the favorite map instead of the most recent one, it will be Haven. As sad as I think, I don't think Fracture will come back next mouth.
I would really want to know if Fracture will be played without a vision if the map come back, because this kinda disappear recently.
If the map change comes into effect on the 11th of June, like you're assuming, then we can look to the Premier schedule for some hints. The 11th of June would be 4 weeks into the rotation, which means the week 5, 6, and 7 maps (Breeze, Split, and Icebox respectively) are NOT getting rotated out. That leaves only Bind, Lotus, Ascent, and Sunset as the candidates. Sunset is the newest map and Lotus got changes just four months ago, so it's most likely Ascent and Bind getting taken out of the rotation.
As for what's being put in, it's 100% going to be the new map + one other map. If we look at the maps currently out of rotation, the ones that've been out the longest are Pearl and Fracture, so we're most likely getting one of the two back alongside the new map.
TL;DR it's most likely Ascent + Bind OUT, new map + Fracture/Pearl IN.
If they nerf Razes satchels in terms of her own mobility, RIP Raze, if they nerf stuff like it doing damage (maybe) or the ability to affect other players besides Raze herself, its gonna be dogshit
Reyna better be a rework rather than a buff
Fuck Ascent gimme Fracture or Pearl back please, losing Split was such an L move
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