9.10 Updates | VLR.gg

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foythvlr

Absolutely bonkers. 2025 meta will be insane. Everything changed holy shit

https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/valorant-9-10-update-patch-notes-phoenix-buff-regend-shield-weapon-changes-more-2983345/

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holy shit thank fuck for the omen one way nerf

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im mixed because im sometimes an omen player and i should fucking hate it but i do think hes been the meta controller for wayyy too long

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i played omen for my team and his ass was way too busted with the implicit space one ways gave you, glad that aspect is getting taken away from his ass

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It was always dumb that he was the only character who could actually pop one ways.

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astra meta pt 2 here we go

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910??????
mongolz reference 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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foythvlr

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take 910

add 1

USA reference

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MAAAN stop this

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Laundry

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHYYY YHE SECOND I CHANGE MAINS RIOT ALWAYS NERFS THEMMMMMMM

FREE MY BOY OMENNNNNNN

(An omen nerf is def deserved don’t get me wrong I’m just sad now 😢, kinda surprised they went for his smokes instead of his blind tho)

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foythvlr

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i think his blind has been pretty fine since they nerf the movement difference tbh but i was also not expecting nerfs on his smokes

although i understand because he has been pretty overused on proplay and he needs to step down a bit

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L omen nerf tf fuck riot games

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foythvlr

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nah the game needed it one ways were way too overused and omen itself needs to step down for other controllers

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opLOL

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regen shield? tf is that! i dont wanna give false info to my team

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foythvlr

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from what i understood is like half shield but more expensive (650cr), it absorbs 100% of damage and heals itself if you disengage long enough

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Biggest update ever bruh

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foythvlr

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most impactful update we had in years probably. they just decided to shuffle everything and now the meta is really open. and its not even the whole thing because theres still neon nerfs and harbor buffs coming for next year

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calImegod

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Yeah. I still can't wrap my head around the regen shield thingy. Don't even know what I'm reading.

When does the patch go live?

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foythvlr

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I explained in #12

I think its either already live or later today

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Laundry

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Yeah. I still can't wrap my head around the regen shield thingy. Don't even know what I'm reading.

It's really hard to explain without seeing it but let me try my best.
You have the option to be 3 different kinds of shield: Half Armor for 400 cr, Regen Armor for 650 cr, and full armor for 100 cr. You can only buy one kind of shield. For the regen armor, you have 25 shield in your "active" pool, which means essentialy you have 125 hp, and 50 in your "reserve pool". If you take any damage, it goes out of your active pool. A few seconds after combat, if your active pool isn't full, shield from your reserve will enter the active and regen back to 25.
TLDR; You still have 25 shield, but it can regenerate back to 25 if you lose it

When does the patch go live?

Different for each region, NA already has it

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uwukitten

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the update where they changed agent utility so there's less clutter was bigger

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jawn

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astra is meta again

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foythvlr

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she was already back but now i think she will be THE controller for 2025

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Hot take: omen wasn't nerfed as much as a lot of agents in the position he was in he's still an option but you can't just put him into every comp and smoke players actually need to bother playing more than 1 agent now

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bro they removed his gimmick

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But it really isn't the only thing he can do plsu the gimmick made him way better than other agents for kinda no reason (also they can actually buff him again now if he actually ends up being bad but he won't)

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Harapan845

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yea i just thought they could have lowered his range rather than this

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Galactc

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Maybe I just don't think one-ways are the most valuable they stop people from pushing your smoke and let you (kinda) see past them also true it's a bit silly he gets the best of literally everyone range, stalling, only agent to have infinite dome smokes and can be aggressive and had one-ways exclusive to him something needed to go and they choose the exclusive one-ways I assume he can still do the ones on C-main in lotus and A-main on ascent though

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yeah but omen loses some crucial one ways, such as on lotus a main and split b. he also can no longer be a niche pick on other maps such as fracture. nerfing his range, smoke regen or paranoia makes more sense in my head than losing what makes his smokes unique.

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foythvlr

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i agree, he's still very much viable, its just that he's not gonna be used on 80% of the map pool anymore (specially since astra got a great buff too), which is good because he has been the main smoker for too long

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jawn

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he wasn’t really overpowered he just had one gimmick that made him the safe choice in every single comp imaginable, with the nerf his playing time will go down but he’s not gutted or unplayable, he’s still one of the strongest on his role

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Like I said in #28 he simply has way too much given to him the nerf makes him less optimal but I honestly think you can still play him just fine on at least 5 of the current maps in the pool it's just a matter of how you smoke player plays

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jawn

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ts does not affect ranked at all, im in ascendant and i only go up against obscure omen one ways once every 100 games or so, it’s more of a VCT nerf

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Definitely

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Regen shield won't really be that relevant imo only in low level or against ecos

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I can't say because idk how proplayers see it and how it will be played out so we'il see

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Demon1_The_GOAT

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Nice. This will make 2025 a lot more interesting now. Can't wait to see who thrives in the new meta.

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foythvlr

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honestly this changes a bit of my opinion in some teams because i think some of them have omen as main smokes as a team dynamic and i dont think he will be the #1 priority on next year meta

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Demon1_The_GOAT

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Exactly. Changes a lot of things on a lot of maps. Should be fun.

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NOO THSI IS ASS I ALREADY HATE WHEN KIDS LOCK SAGE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO WALL AND RES THE WRONG GUY AND SLOW OUR ENTIRE TEAM OFF AND I CANT EVEN USE 1 WAYS ANYMORE HOW DO I SOLO ANCHOR SITES NOOOOOOOOO

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Aayan

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i lowkey fw the omen change even thought a lot of people dont like it

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foythvlr

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me too, meta will be a lot more diverse and fun, without hurting omen that much

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Galactc

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People hate any change ignore it and listen to opinions after the patch has gone live for a few days

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Omen is still gonna get played the nerf doesn't really do anything the blind is still way too strong.

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foythvlr

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its just going to be less prioritized in certain maps which is good because he was too overpicked during this year

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we are cooked

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GambleNats

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extremely dislike the omen nerf, its what made omen unique

nerfing his other abilities make more sense imo

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foythvlr

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its what made omen unique

You say that and then ask to nerf his tp and blind

Pick a side bro

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GambleNats

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Let me rephrase, I would rather they have changed a number value change than a system change.

When nerfing his blind or tp you are not changing the identity of omen, you are just changing the number values of his abilities. changing omen smokes to not be able to one way is system change that makes omen less omen.

I dont mind if they nerfed the range of the omen smoke, or made the recharge longer or made the travel speed slower, etc

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foythvlr

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When nerfing his blind or tp you are not changing the identity of omen

You are tho

Omen is not unique because of his one-way. He's unique because of his mobility and agressive controller style. All his abilities take part on this, but mostly his tp's and his blind. The one-ways were just being overused and made him way too strong of a controller, and most of them could still be done after the nerf, they're just controlling how much it could be abused.

His blind already got a pretty significant nerf last year and his tp is purely based on skill of the player. They were not being overused, and were pretty healthy, good enough abilities that are fine rn the way they are. There's no reason to change that, or the range and recharge of smokes, which are also pretty fine