VALORANT patch notes 11.04: Manila server, Sage buff, and more

Riot Games answered the prayers of our friends in the Philippines and is opening a server in Manila, letting you play with lower ping. In these VALORANT patch notes for 11.04, Sentinels will have the time of their lives. Chamber and Sage will be buffed. Let's dive into all the changes coming this patch.

Riot Games has announced the launch of a new Asia-Pacific server in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. This new server aims to provide players with improved connectivity and a better gaming experience.

Riot has reported that the Southeast Asian gaming community has experienced significant growth over the past five years, especially in the Philippines. This growth prompted the decision to establish a new server specifically for this region. Previously, most Filipino players were using the Hong Kong server. However, this created some infrastructure limitations that negatively impacted the quality of the gaming experience.

Keep in mind that this is a new server, allowing you to continue playing on other servers as you wish. Regarding the matchmaking quality in Hong Kong, Riot has assured that the server is "expected to remain resilient."

The Gifting feature arrived to the game in May, but it was not available for the esports teams' store. Now, you can gift a friend your team's bundle! This is no better way to show support for your favorite team than gifting their bundle to your duo.

Phoenix's voice lines were updated and added interaction lines with Vyse. If you are a lore fan, you might want to take a look and see if you can find some new information. As for the agents, Chamber and Sage are getting important buffs this VALORANT patch notes 11.04.

As time passed, Chamber became overshadowed by other significant sentinels and faced multiple nerfs, which led to his decreased popularity. Now, Riot Games aims to revitalize him by enhancing his impact.

Riot aims to make Sage a hybrid Controller-Sentinel instead of a pure Sentinel. With these changes, Sage will have greater control over map space and facilitate better plays from secure positions.

Sova will receive a small update on his Hunter Fury's visual effects to resolve more quickly and take up less gameplay space.

Riot has adjusted the audio of pings placed on the minimap to make them less harsh and updated the AOE Ultimate indicator colors to show whether they were cast by an ally or an enemy.

Abyss is back in the competitive and Deathmatch queues. Icebox will be leaving for now.

Fixed an issue where a Concussed player's crosshair would stop swaying while debuffed if they quickly entered and exited a pilotable ability like Cypher cam or Sova drone.

In Split, Riot fixed an issue where molotov abilities did not properly spread up stairs after hitting the ground.

There is a known issue where player resolution and display settings reset the first time people play after patching to Unreal Engine 5. Riot is not going to fix it, but will make sure to adjust your resolution display settings to your preferred settings after patching the game.

Riot fixed a bug in competitive that cut off character screens at the end of the game in certain languages. They also solved this issue in Premier, where character names were truncated in the Awards tab for some languages.

As always, you can check out the VALORANT patch notes for 11.04 on the official game page. That's all for now. Stick around for more VALORANT news, guides, and updates on esports.gg.