VALORANT: Players criticize Skye nerfs in Update 8.01

Riot Games launched the Update 8.01 for the new season of VALUING, which includes nerfs to Skyeand players criticized the changes made by the developer to the launcher.

The VALORANT Update 8.01 notes arrived in the game this Tuesday (23) with a series of changes to the game at the start of another season of content.

Riot Games made radical changes to VALORANT and its agents in this patch, such as buffing ISO, changing Breeze and nerfing Skye.

After reading the changes, players stated on social media that the nefs might be too much.

Sad Leviatan reading this having signed one of the best (if not the best) Sova of the last year https://t.co/moERrDEhi2

— aqua love (@_aquavlr) January 23, 2024

They destroyed my Skye

Damn, every doll I turn into will be bad? ☹️

— Letícia Motta (@leticiaxmotta) January 23, 2024

I cannot wait for the @chetsingh tweet when he wakes up to the skye nerf

— yay (@yay) January 23, 2024

goodbye Skye

It was good to see you in the meta for a while.

in short: the flash doesn’t come back, even if you try to fake bang it will explode at the end and the ult shows indicators to your opponents where it’s coming from.

https://t.co/cjJjqgGYHu

— napeR (@napeRx) January 23, 2024

topppppp gallery https://t.co/uI5eSHwuag

— jzz (@jzzvlr) January 23, 2024

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE SKYE STRIKE UNTIL REWORK OR BUFF:

-gordãossmagamonoskye
-jellybangsmonoskye https://t.co/aufNrJn6Wj

— MIBR jelly (@jellyvlr) January 23, 2024

Meanwhile, Gekko has a flash with 13 uses per round, which marks their EXACT location

A molly the size of Texas that 1 shots you

And a literal 6th player

EDIT: OH AND A MASSIVE SHARK THAT MOVES AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT https://t.co/ZFB5Gv3eIK

— NRG Ethan (@ethanarnold) January 23, 2024

As of VALORANT patch 8.01, the Pathfinder Light (E) Skye will no longer regenerate charges in the middle of a round and will automatically activate her flash at the end of its duration. Additionally, when a tracker approaches a target, the player will receive a yellow directional alert indicator from now on.