gekko was revealed to be one of the new VALORANT agents. Despite its good reception, like everyone else, it needs some tweaking after its first week on the server. Jo-Ellen Aragon explained on Reddit the changes that will come in the next patch.
A few changes that, while focused on Gekko (resolving some audio and VFX issues with the character and his abilities), It’s not just about that, but also about changes to improve the game’s performance on computers.
Changes in Update 6.05
These are, Following what was posted on Reddit by Jo-Ellen, VALORANT Community Manager for Riot Games, changes we can expect in this next patch:
AGENTS
Gekko
- Wingman (Q) crash and disable distance increased so he can go even further
- Variations for Mosh’s explosions (C).
- Audio improvements for Dizzy’s (E) plasma shots, making it easier to tell when they’re flying towards your allies.
- We added a VFX for both when Gekko collects an orb and when he has finished collecting a glob.
- We improved the visuals of enemy creatures
- We have improved performance in agent selection
PERFORMANCE
- We’ve added the “CPU wait GPU time” metric to the performance settings to help players see when their computers are tied to rendering threads.