VALORANT Patch 10.08 notes: Gifting system, big Yoru nerf, and more

VALORANT Patch 10.08 introduces a long-awaited feature along with some important agent tweaks and bug fixes as we dive into Season 25 Act Three.

The new gifting system has finally dropped, so you can now send select items to your duos or friends. On the balancing updates, Yoru, Astra, and Brimstone are receiving much-needed adjustments to keep a level playing field.

Here’s a full breakdown of the VALORANT Patch 10.08 notes.

New features in VALORANT Patch 10.08

Gifting system

Patch 10.08 finally brings a feature players have long been asking—gifting. Starting with the first bundle of V25 Act Three, you can now send select Featured Store bundles and items straight to your friends, as long as you meet a few requirements. Your friend will get a prompt to accept or decline the gift the next time they log in.

For now, gifting is limited to items from the Featured Store, but Riot has confirmed they plan to expand the system in future updates.

Ranked Gun Buddy

You can now start grinding for a ranked gun buddy in Act Three. The one you earn will reflect the highest rank you hit across all three acts of Season 2025. These exclusive buddies will be handed out when Patch 11.00 drops at the start of Act Four.

Agent changes in VALORANT Patch 10.08: Yoru, Astra, and Brimstone

Yoru’s Dimensional Drift ultimate has been giving players a tough time, and Riot’s finally stepping in with some heavy nerfs. The ability’s duration is getting cut down from 12 to 10 seconds, and the point cost is going up from seven to eight. These changes should make it harder for Yoru to gather intel and roam without consequence using his ultimate.

Astra is also getting toned down. Her Nova Pulse concuss duration is being reduced from four to 3.5 seconds, bringing it more in line with the stun effects of other agents and helping to curb her ability power creep. Lastly, Brimstone’s Incendiary has received an audio tweak—it’s now easier to hear, especially when it’s tucked inside smokes, so you’ll have a better shot at avoiding or countering it.

VALORANT Patch 10.08 bug fixes

Agents

• Waylay
  • Fixed a bug where reactivating Refract immediately after casting Convergent Paths would prevent the reactivate from working.
• Harbor
  • Fixed a bug where Harbor’s water bracelet would sometimes bleed through thin walls like the doors on Ascent.
• Deadlock
  • Fixed an issue where Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh was not playing hit audio when shooting the center node.
  • Fixed an issue where Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh could be used to boost players.
• Vyse
  • Fixed an issue where the cooldown on Vyse’s Arc Rose was not properly set after it was destroyed.
  • Fixed an issue where Vyse’s activated Shear wall didn’t display the warning fade out visual cue.
  • Fixed an issue where Vyse’s Shear wall blocked bullets after the visual wall despawned.
  • Fixed an issue where Vyse’s Steel Garden warning indicator did not properly match the debuff area.
• Yoru
  • Reverted a bugfix that caused Yoru’s clone to slightly mismatch normal player movement when running into walls.
• Skye
  • Fixed an issue where Skye’s Trailblazer leap did not get slowed by Waylay’s Saturate debuff.
• Gekko
  • Fixed an issue where Gekko’s Thrash leap did not get slowed by Waylay’s Saturate debuff.
• Tejo
  • Fixed an issue where players could boost on Tejo’s Stealth Drone.
  • Fixed an issue where Stealth Drone could not be tagged by Cypher’s camera.
  • Fixed an issue where Armageddon VFX may remain after being used.
  • Fixed an issue where there was no danger indicator for players running through Armeggadon from the back side.
• Reyna
  • Fixed an issue where Reyna’s Devour Overheal would not be interrupted when taking damage that was less than her current Overheal amount.
• Iso
  • Updated Iso’s Double Tap tooltip to mention the reload speed buff.

PC-only fix

• Lowered the size of the hover text for Rank Shields in the Summary screen.

Console-only fixes

• Fixed an issue where long player names would overlap certain elements in the Timeline screen.
• Fixed an issue where text explaining rank requirements for the current season was not shown on the Act Rank screen.
• Updated the Act Rank screen text to refer to Seasons.

VALORANT Patch 10.08 Premier updates (PC)

• Matches start on May 7.
• Updated Premier Restrictions. Instead of a flat 30-day ineligibility, players who engage in disruptive behavior are now ineligible for Premier for a period of time based on the severity of the misconduct and the length of the active intervention.