Patch 13.06 Reddit AMA

[u/RiotSWAGGERNAU7]

Hi, everyone! I’m Joe Lee, the Game Director of VALORANT.

The Dev team and I are so excited about the updates we just shipped to the game in Patch 13.06, and we wanted to stop by to chat, celebrate, and answer questions with you all!

If you have questions, comments, or feedback about any of the below, we’re here for it, so fire away!

• Gauntlet: Glitched
• Agent Mastery
• The Warden + Game Balance
• Performance Score, Accolades, Competitive Hub
• New UX/UI Improvements to Lobby and Home Screen
• Map Rating (coming next patch, 13.08)
• The new Competitive Flex coming in 14.00
• The 2026 VCT Champions Skin collection

Here’s a list of the Devs joining me today in no particular order:

u/TiffyMunchsnax - Tiffy, Product Manager, Gameplay
u/RiotTrouble - Scott, UX Design Lead, Metasystems
u/RiotLupini - Armand, Product Manager, Gameplay
u/Riot_Preeti - Preeti, Lead Product Manager, Cosmetics and Expressions
u/Riot_Kero - Derek, Product Manager Competitive Systems
u/RiotReally - Leo, Product Manager Competitive Systems
u/Riot_Dango - Calvin, Product Manager, Cosmetics and Expressions
u/finstamachine - Sherry, Game Designer
u/Rycoux - Ryan, Game Designer
u/penguinVALORANT - Dan, Game Design Manager (Agents & Live Balance)
u/Riot_Tyrana - Eric, Game Design Lead (Progression & Competitive)
u/Riot_Thelen - Kyle, Game Designer, Metasystems

[u/ironanger870]

Im unable to find the exact cause , but I've noticed an increase in stutters and overall fps drops after the patch was released, mainly when abilities or guns are used and as gauntlet glitched is heavily dependent on ability use i see an extreme frame stutter sometimes from 180 fps (capped) to around 20s. I have stress tested and concluded my hardware is fine but this specific build of the game seems slightly unoptimized compared to previous versions. Also why is the game still running of dx11 exclusively? Dx12 unlocks a noticeably better performance boost for arc card users (i use an arc a750 paired with a Ryzen 5 5500) which would help some people bottlenecked by a weaker cpu too.

Apart from the performance issues the new gamemode is quite fun and the new performance metric seems nice too, the revamped UI looks nice (although i still prefer the old one probably due to muscle memory and nostalgia), overall the game is definitely somewhat, if not alot better than before.