There may have also been a small nerf to his Sky Smokes, which the Valorant devs failed to highlight.
However, it’s not exactly a nerf that Riot chose to exact on the Agent. It was more like removing a bug that has persisted in the game ever since its beta launch.
Intel acquiring abilities like Sova’s Recon Bolt and Raze’s Boom Bot would not track enemies if their vision was obstructed by smoke. Moreover, even if Sova’s Recon Bolt was inside the smoke where the enemy was, it would still not give away their location.
This was not something that Riot intended, and with patch 2.02, they removed it. Now, Raze’s bot and Sova’s bolt will track targets if it lands inside the smoke where the enemy is.
The patch notes stated:
But a large portion of the Valorant community looks at it as a direct nerf to Brimstone’s Sky Smokes.
Brimstone smoke bug removed in Valorant patch 2.02
In a recent Reddit post that talked about the new Brimstone changes, Valorant developer Coleman “Altombre” Palm opened up about the situation and told players in the comment threads that:
What irked the Valorant community was the lack of transparency, which was there from Riot’s side in communicating the change to players.
To clear the air a bit, Altombre added:
With intel gaining abilities now being able to detect enemies if both of them are inside the smoke, the Valorant Agent meta might just see a significant shift. And, fans will be quite excited to see just how much this affects the ongoing Champions Tour.
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