With a brand new episode on the horizon, VALORANT gamers are eagerly awaiting the most recent modifications for a few of the maps within the recreation’s upcoming patch—together with some leaked modifications to Icebox that would shift its meta for the brand new yr.
In response to a brand new leak from knowledge miners, a lot of the modifications shall be going down in mid and across the run-up to B Website. For instance, in Attacker Facet Spawn, gamers will seemingly not be capable of peek towards mid from the again of spawn because of the addition of a brand new field that’s blocking the prolonged sight line, which can immediate gamers to push out a bit additional for extra info.
Round B Inexperienced, one of many huge delivery containers has been lifted from the bottom, creating extra space for attackers and defenders to maneuver, whereas additionally taking away a well-liked spot for brokers to teleport to or fly up on. There are, nevertheless, two modifications that would rework mid into an essential space of competition for early trades and firefights.
In B Tube, for instance, there may be now a window that permits defending gamers to peek out into mid, creating a brand new sightline for any snipers to carry as they fend off an oncoming push by the enemy crew. Contained in the tube, there’s a new stack of packing containers that also needs to give defenders one other place to cover whereas holding off enemies from Window in order that they aren’t instantly taken out by speeding attackers who run up mid.
Lastly, B Orange and B Snow Pile have been revamped, with the outside pathway that runs alongside B Corridor being fully eliminated. Now, there is just one strategy to attain B by way of mid: You’ll both run by way of B Orange or B Kitchen. Total, it ought to be simpler to defend B since there are higher angles to maintain tabs on attacking gamers, together with one additional pathway being eliminated for simpler rotations.
Icebox shall be rejoining the present aggressive map rotation for VALORANT Episode Eight, which shall be dropping on Tuesday, Jan. 9. These modifications shall be going down alongside the tweaks to Lotus, which has additionally been given a ton of depth and new angles that each attackers and defenders might want to fear about when the brand new patch is launched.
