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Valorant’s latest patch has nerfed the Operator hardSnipers, beware!
Snipers, beware!
As of yesterday’s update, the Operator’s price has increased from 4500 to 5000. Its firing rate has been reduced, and its equip time has been increased so it’ll take longer to whip it out after defusing a bomb or interacting with something, for example. And there’s more. It becomes inaccurate sooner when starting moving, and more accurate later after stopping. Finally, its scoped movement speed has been reduced too. Phew, it really has taken a punch to the barrel hasn’t it.
With a price increase and plenty of nerfs to its base stats, this should ensure an Operator can’t be bought super early in a match then used with giddy abandon. Players will need to be more careful with the beefy sniper, and those up against them should have a better time countering them with abilities. It’ll still be a challenge for teams to deal with, just not an insurmountable one.
“We hope to better balance the risk/reward of using this premium weapon,” lead Agent designer Max Grossman said.
Also in this patch, you’ll find a few tweaks to a handful of Agents and some overall weapon adjustments too. You can see the lot inthe v1.09 patch notes.
