VALORANT Raze Nerf Comparison (Patch 8.11)

VALORANT are making huge changes in Patch 8.11 including a raze nerf and neon buff, in this video I show some in game footage of the nerfs to give you some actual context to the changes,
Valorant Raze Nerf
Valorant Neon Buff
#Valorant #Raze #Nerf
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[@Pitakie]

Neon is actually crazy now, the iso buff is also really cool..

[@florianb.9840]

Neon slide with no error is absurd

[@rashidkhan-xm4rl]

yep against the core mechanics of this game

[@nashaigra8973]

Jett's knives say: hello. Shotguns say hello. Raze's RPG says hello

[@zeratultasadarov401]

⁠​⁠@@nashaigra8973 Jet's knives are projectiles, and hard to hit and also need 8 orbs Shotguns are useless on medium-long distances Raze's rpg is a projectile as well

[@williamwinckler7353]

@@zeratultasadarov401 jett knives are hitscan

[@yalocaldex]

@@zeratultasadarov401 jett knives are hitscan bro what are you on? this is not genji lol

[@mo1ya938]

Iso : 'What is my purpose?' Riot : 'You swing the Op'

[@MarvoldX]

it is so busted tbh

[@simonnilsson8375]

@@MarvoldXas a Iso otp, its not gonna be that big tbh. Iso could already do this, its just that now you can get a 2nd chance. You have to fight when you activate your abilities and if the enemies run away when they see it, well no 2nd ability for Iso. Having the shield up instantly will only matter like 20% of the times you fight, and will only win you the fight around 5% more than it did previously, but it will also lose you the round if the round lasted more than a minute, which isn’t great. Losing the increased reload speed suck as well.

[@tanto1814]

​​@@simonnilsson8375 Bro stop talking like "20% 🤓" like where you even get those numbers lmaoo. Stop acting smart. The point is before this if someone died to iso at least they know not to peek him with op. Now there's no knowing if the angle you're holding with op is safe or not cuz iso can just activate anytime. Imagine trying to be a smartass but still sounds stupid lmaoo 😂😂

[@MarvoldX]

@@simonnilsson8375 the busted thing i ment is its ability to active shiled anytime without shooting an orb, knowing there is an awp or chamber ult, gives u Massive advantage, as ur shield can fully stop it, so u peak kill and survive easily, the rest of the game is normal not busted, but the active shiled anytime is so busted, specially against snipers, sherif and guradian

[@user-ey4ut9uc8w]

@@MarvoldXexactly, i don’t know how this dude glazes over the fact that he gets a free op peak every single round (btw it also beats out the sherrif, shotguns, certain ultra and utils). That’s crazy and game mechanic breaking. It’s also gonna make the Smurf problem worse imo since now they can always peak for a long gun fight and have an even much higher chance of winning that gun fight. His ability even changes the dynamic in 2v1s either defending or offense.

[@gpfhantom1890]

Can't wait to die to a sliding Neon, even more run and game now

[@solarxenoz]

aimlabs

[@mrpineapples9716]

no cos before it was now it is skill.

[@Lindeni]

​@@mrpineapples9716 it wasn't a skill before and now it's even less of a skill.

[@mrpineapples9716]

@@Lindeni yeah cool but ur wrong. How are you gonna call it luck when it is 100% where you put ur mouse

[@cringyaf8325]

@@mrpineapples9716but it’s less skillful in a game where u mainly stop before shooting a bullet. Imagine if riot removes all weapon movement error from the falling velocity after Jett’s updraft so u can spam ur vandal and place ur crosshairs freely like ur Jett ulti while falling and multi frags. That’s where ur logic flaw if u think it’s 100% skill

[@indi3_B]

Yall neon slide with perfect accuracy ain’t nearly as good as it sounds not only were u pretty accurate already but now u can’t rely on luck to hit shots. Plus with stun and wall nerfs the biggest thing is the second slide witch if u have ever played neon u will know why it’s a must, that and the fuel returning faster she just felt so clunky to play with strafe slow and 1 slide without ult or hours of training in privates Plus this makes sentinels feel more valuable witch is a good thing

[@alterI4]

2min video, straight to the point, good examples. Good video

[@mrfluffygaming4525]

Neon buff is crazyyy I'm going to lose my plat rank in probably a couple matches

[@mrfluffygaming4525]

Update: I'm back in gold.. that's stuupid I've been banged with reyna and neon since the last days y'all r insane pls nerf neon 😭😭 I'm just so bad

[@SirCrabsy]

Yeah they need to nerf neon movement if they are going to nerf raze movement. They nerfed jett movement to now that it is down to one updraft so Neon did not need the buff.

[@athanmantas7134]

man i realy want to know how this will effect the meta. maby neon and iso are now going to be self sefficiant fraging dulests

[@8ouhl]

I don’t even play raze but the satchel nerfs are disgusting. Totally removes what makes her an engaging character.

[@JustASimpFromVN]

Têmt reaction to this neon buff iinformation: MY TIME HAS COME

[@esrefkalip4889]

are they any changes at haven?

[@ChiliSainz]

This patch gives me mixed feelings. As a Neon main, I'm extremely excited for her buffs. But as a frequent Raze player, these nerfs are so unnecessary.

[@vendolanz6711]

talk about overloaded agents...

[@nehemiahcamiling6927]

Is it just me that hates the new communication wheel ? Who thought it was a good idea to change ots entire layout for new voice lines

[@WellPlayed-sg8jh]

Neon slide buff was unnecessary!! Don't have any complaint with others changes tho

[@xLynxxx]

Bruh why does it shows neon clip on Iso. Error

[@dyvyby]

Wait wouldn't neon moving sideways create dumb game mechanics that would make her 2x faster

[@PRPG2024]

Not sure about that neon one

[@dannywoo3535]

Buff Phoenix please.

[@pinateam1216]

So Iso got nerfed, i mean if that one shield has the same timer than before having only one is worse than before

[@pinateam1216]

ok, after two kill u got another but in my opinion was better before

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

Nice to see Valo sticking to its CS roots with every small balance change being controversial no matter how small

[@LEK]

These are not small balance changes honestly.

[@akashkumar-fd9yf]

When will this be live?

[@josemiguel4551]

11th of this month i believe

[@nacun4740]

@@josemiguel4551 yes, we all have 2 days to live

[@spookz2837]

Interested to see the speed of Reyna dismis

[@ryanreviews8566]

not that much of a difference to raze tbh. neon is gonna feel crazy especially in pubs and ISO MY BOY has always been good and this shield buff is gonna make him 2x as better.

[@XXXXXX-wb5ku]

riot give a same blastpack pls :(

[@ravisingh5906]

when new update is coming

[@basaaaan]

NAH NOW ILL GET THE PLACEBO EFFECT WITH RAZE

[@mohedabbas9004]

No haven changes ? V

[@mrpineapples9716]

people are gonna hit some sick clips with neon slide

[@braxtonthelucario2129]

Finally my boy iso got a buff i like the idea

[@kejz_]

thatts fucking criminal

[@beep0333]

ANY BP UPDATES??

[@KangaValorant]

Nah the battle pass is still a few weeks ago, all this content is arriving in the patch prior to next Episode / Battle Pass

[@sjief272]

Where is reyna?

[@marcomorgadoherrera6239]

Amazing nerf to Raze, finally🎉🎉 and good to see finally too Neon mains on top.

[@RyxFPS]

Neon buffed slide + shotguns 😊

[@mikoajwecawek4265]

no heaven changes?

[@josemiguel4551]

not revealed yet

[@cilginuclu]

why 9.11 m/s :/

[@muhammadameer4327]

Update when???

[@zhiqinyin855]

the 11th with the new map I think.

[@ToaoTyre]

I grow to hate this game more and more the devs are so clueless I swear

[@hynubb3r]

There is no gun pointed at your head. Relax. Take a break

[@WH1T3Freedent]

@@drabstract You're wrong about this

[@SssNiTroGeN]

@@drabstract wrong

[@bredy9545]

After the Neon buff Valorant is slowly becoming Apex Legends

[@alixiaa]

neon next pls

[@standupibrahim]

as if neon mains were not annoying before smh rito

[@Masiii93]

This neon buff is bullshit. Cs is slowly calling me back im too old for that fast movement lol

[@DoraTheRoasta]

Right. Tf are they thinking?

[@merlingaming6541]

Go back old man

[@foxthroat3410]

I thought this is Valorant, why the heck is this turning into APEX LEGENDS. 💀 .-. Are these devs playing Valorant or Apex Legends?

[@tanto1814]

Fr like I love movement shooter like apex but this shit doesn't belong in val. Whoever came up with this idea need to go

[@foxthroat3410]

@@tanto1814 Seems like they wanna follow Overwatch with their Character "balancing"💀

[@RathElTigre]

Apex players will be insane with Neon

[@vntg9957]

Neon will actually make me stop playing. Genuinely frustrating dying to that and now it’s even easier and faster. Really smart🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@swaritkumar9103]

Get better

[@vntg9957]

@@swaritkumar9103 "precise gunplay"

[@creeperkatana7137]

You can learn how to play Neon rather than quitting the game. It's your choice in the end, I can't force you!

[@sdte21oino58]

Guys you know that buff going only to tilt players? Neon going to tilt because this is uncompetive. Jett Reyna raze are mains duelist in valorant and that was good. They just want to people play neon for no reason.

[@LemonSkuy]

i hate this patch because raze got nerfed🤬🤬🤬

[@Hitman_4Hire]

U forgot reyna

[@aname5318]

First? Second? Idk, also love the content

[@WH1T3Freedent]

It's really time to go back to CS

[@CptSamiul]

Time to Quit Valorant for this new neon.

[@OriginalSniperLol]

bruh.

[@deusflux0]

Neon is broken

[@eternaleffect2499]

instead of properly buffing other agents riot nerfing the only fun and high skill ceiling agent in game raze just wow.

[@sagetarus1]

Brother, her satchels were nerfed 4 inches and made her slightly slower in the air. Shut up.

[@monsterchxn7489]

​​@@sagetarus1 dude u already get tapped mid air on raze, now every bronze player can spray u down while double satcheling, agressive satchels are just useless now, same goes for satchelpeeks

[@eternaleffect2499]

@@sagetarus1 4 inches is a big deal many of her skill jumps won't be possible with that decrease length you're clearly a non raze player.

[@viggokneib6485]

20 sec no likes, bro fell off

[@hdhdhejqjsy5729]

I cant believe they havent touched deadlock yet, shes the worst agent right now and completely unviable, not one person plays her so theres no way riot dosent know. Shes been out longer than iso and hes already gotten a buff and sure dealocks wall got longer but that didnt address any of her actual problems

[@chrisfranceschini9357]

She is way way better than iso. ISO is horrendous and totally useless

[@creeperkatana7137]

@@chrisfranceschini9357 True, his wall is fine but other abilities are useless, only his ult is useful in a 1v1 situation where you have to play time so spike can detonate!

[@hdhdhejqjsy5729]

@@chrisfranceschini9357 ive seen an iso top frag more than once never have i gone "man that dealock is really carrying"

[@Sporkyz74]

what do you mean? they've buffed deadlock multiple times. Her wall is larger, her grenade has a larger radius, and her sonic sensors activate and stun faster than they did on launch. They've literally buffed every single one of her abilities excluding her ult.

[@sabo4142]

@@creeperkatana7137 His wall is useless it's better to just not buy it.

[@cube3156]

The raze nerf distance travelled is not the main nerf, it's mainly your movement velocity You will just be really easy to track midair

[@KangaValorant]

Ya that's a good way of wording it

[@ruthlessslayer1224]

Tbh, basically means satchels can’t be used to jump people with ARs anymore and more so towards short distance shotgun. These changes can be played around by using satchels more for positioning and strategic plays than for jumping people like monkeys. Neon buffs are going crazy, but I think iso buff is going to be much more annoying for high elo players.

[@Bro-zc9ys]

as someone who only plays swift, i liked jumping people like monkeys with raze, i dont keep up with competitive though so idk if this nerf was justified or necessary but i loathe this nerf

[@hellstorm3132]

Temet gonna Four slide now 😭

[@Alternateuniverse7157]

four slides per round in any scenario is gonna be insane.

[@odog6009]

That would happen only happen in very rare scenarios. Not any scenario.

[@Jawwwss]

sometimes five or six though because of recharge holy

[@sagetarus1]

You only get 3 slides, the 4th that you're counting is barely even a slide as it has to be done before the barrier comes down. The third slide itself only comes from an ult activation. Sure she can regen with 2 kills, but the rounds already almost over at that point.

[@noerosier4714]

​@@sagetarus1you currently get slide back with ult so this should make 5 possible with 4 kills ( 6 if the ult now regenerate both dashes)

[@edciell]

Technically u can kill 7 times in 1 round (with enemies clove and sage using their ult) so u can get 3 extra slide, now u can have 5 slide. Neon ult gonna reset 1 slide (I don't think it gonna reset 2 slide) so u can get 6 slide in one round.

[@shroomi.dori.]

why nerf one agents movement into the ground, just to completely break another agents movement

[@ryuvereignnolife3980]

To change the competetive scene up a bit for more interesting matches probably

[@abeldemess7437]

Imma still get one tapped in my neon ult 😂

[@mijkphlt]

Good you deserve it(😂jk bro don’t take it seriously) but damn neons ult seems borderline uncounterable now

[@badalsaibo]

Annoying gets more annoying now. Neon.

[@rarigate]

Raze is a hard agent to master, it just makes sense for her to be great when learned, those satchels are hard to pull off and they should be rewarded for it. They are pushing her to the gutter each patch and require so much effort for less reward

[@flame5104]

Neon main will go crazy 🤧🤧

[@ender4429]

Everyone complainging about the Neon changes has probably barely played Neon. She's a really weak agent without a specific role like the other duelists. Hopefully these buffs will make her playable, that's all. She's still in no way going to be OP. All of her util (except maybe her stun) has no situation where there wouldn't be a better piece of util.

[@ultron3065]

Finally, someone who actually has a brain

[@Noriaela]

I doubt she'll be played even with these changes. Her util is worse. The only time she'll be used is to be abused by smurfs because lower rank players suck. Her changes dont make her helpful, just more annoying.

[@ender4429]

@@Noriaela Honestly I've never seen a smurfing Neon but maybe. I think these changes buff and focus her kit on her running, which is what is unique about her and what people play her for. It still doesn't make her very good but I think it will make her more fun for the people who like her.

[@Bananana4320]

they should have kept the 2 stuns ngl

[@leogerald3864]

@@ender4429 not fun to play against thats for sure , playing against good neon mains was already painful but this is gonna be another level.

[@travissutta]

KANGA!!!!!!!! UPDATE YOUR BANNER YOU HIT 86.4K !!!!!! 3.6K MORE TO GO

[@sdte21oino58]

The game was perfect 1 year ago. Last time good agent they added was Fade. All agents after shouldn’t be in this game. They destroying this game. Why they add outplaw? It’s scar-20 from cs go for 2000$. If they gonna do like this they destroy game.

[@CookiePire]

just want to say thank you for a being a great youtuber

[@_ELzY_]

OMG HALLELUJAH ITS NOT THAT BAD RAZE IS STILL ALIVE

[@yalocaldex]

bro I still get spammed with raze on air before nerf and now it's even worse 💀good thing I'm also a neon main

[@Cableig]

and im quiting raze, and the game...

[@cursedgamerx1436]

Confused side of Valorant. One patch they're nerfed n then buffed to increase P-rate

[@KookieOCE]

yo kanga slight error on the last one u showed neon gameplay instead of iso again

[@KangaValorant]

Unfortunately I had no way of getting more footage of the Iso change for now (i.e. the orbs still appearing and stuff), so I just repeated the Neon footage. Appreciate you looking out though

[@KookieOCE]

@@KangaValorant

[@KeanuChrist]

All the crying Raze mains can stop now. Riot simply tickled your Junkrat character.

[@Drpiplup]

The devs are brain dead removing error from neon slide and they say precise gunplay

[@EGGM4N]

Honestly, not that bad. Raze was always over tuned, being able to do everything. Which reminds me of old school Jett. I do think it's a shame that we'd lose the power fantasy, they'll be more balanced. And as much as I'd probably hate dealing with Neon after this, atleast there'll be more variety in duelists. And thank god Iso can have SOMETHING to help him be self sufficient.

[@fragy10]

bro nerf raze really ? huh? its pretty balanced!! and neon buff seriously? u wanna turn this game into a rng s***? (well its already a game with "PRECISE GUNPLAY") BTW reyna buff was needed IMO.

[@MeatBa11Sub]

Neon and Raze dident need to be touched they were fair they were fine and to Nerf Raze?? why her nades are SHIT her bot is only good in corridors and her satchels are the BEST part out of her kit because her ult is a PAPERWEIGHT

[@simonnilsson8375]

Some Neon pro mains consider taking out the gun faster a nerf to Neon, because it delays her sprinting slightly, meaning you’re more vulnerable after dash. Also its an actual games the shooting accuracy is impossible, you require aim bot to use it well.

[@hooleeshiet3687]

That's kinda funny, riot nerfed/buffed based on how popular agent was not by balancing. If some agent very popular in tournament be ready NERF GOES BRRR

[@WhosDeity]

Smurfs are about to go absolutely stupid with Neon. I can’t believe this change actually happened

[@kemy7762]

neon sideways moving is 9.11? riot is talking about neon destroying the twin towers on 9/11 in the valorant world

[@NewPallav]

Wait so kanga, there are no new changes in haven?

[@KangaValorant]

Not that I saw, unless they didn’t add them to the influencer build.

[@ambasing69]

pretty balanced nerf for raze cause a jumping mf in mid air already throws off your crosshair placement

[@PRPG2024]

Glove that raze nerfed cause wtf was thatspeed. U couldnt shoot her in the air if she landed it.

[@ayushsahu9234]

Your satchels are better than 95% of people, what are you talking about!

[@Noob_God6773]

does that mean that neon can now slide shot with a awp with no error ??????💀💀

[@YoriichiTsugikuni-g8z]

Now ISO needs 0 credits to dodge raze ult nice riot...

[@dexterfromlabs]

Neons pick is gonna go crazy high

[@Zer00127]

Neon with an odin is actually going to be pretty good lmao

[@nwgverified]

I'm going back to CS, this is ridiculous

[@monsterchxn7489]

Cant wait to get one tapped mid air by bronze players

[@phantom7958]

Good nerf, raze is impossible to kill mid air sometimes

[@steviesavagegs8791]

Man trying to kill a good neon is already annoying wtf

[@notenzo5743]

The raze nerf was really unnecesarry. The duelists were perfectly balanced execept for iso, LITERALLY NO1 ASKED FOR THIS.

[@suyashrahatekar4964]

Neon buff might force me to uninstall the game

[@karma_oop]

Iso's buff isn't bad don't get me wrong, but the performance increase with these buffs between Iso and Neon is gonna be night and day. Drastically different. When it comes to whether neon needed a buff or not idk, but I hate when they drastically buff or nerf an agent in one patch instead of putting in one at a time and monitoring the results... would hate to see her get nerfed to the ground. That aside Reyna's changes sound fun and can't wait to try them!

[@falcon4359]

Then the incremental changes won't be enough to get people's attention & play the buffed agent. It will get tested less, CS & Val players hate change. They'll gladly keep playing how they have been playing since years. Buffing a character helps them find out which parts of their kit could be problems & which parts could be under powered

[@primate90]

That neon buff will break the game

[@Moooooforme]

these guys in the comment talking about neon buff gonna be op, doesn't know that IT'S HARD TO MASTER IT. Even Yoru at some point being called as troll agent. it's only this year lot pro players starting to pick up some yoru here and there. Of course neon would be annoying as f, but only for people that have mastered neon. Even in pro plays, only Rb/f0rsaken/Miniboo playin the Neon. Even in masters Shanghai Neon has 0% pick rate. I mean Valorant would be boring if it's still only raze/jett the only mobility duelist here and there, at least by making Neon a bit op(by some people that master her), we could see some change in the way people play Neon/against neon.

[@Moooooforme]

No one even gonna take the hassle to master neon if Neon not gonna be good anyway. So I think these buffs is a step towards good direction. imo.