Riot Games was forced to remove Valorant’s Omen after the recent patch accidentally made him completely invulnerable through an easy-to-replicate glitch. Apart from that unintended god mode, the update actually introduced some valuable balance changes and improvements.

Valorant was released at the beginning of June following a few beta testing phases. The game was off to a good start ultimately demonstrating that the niche of multiplayer 5v5 FPS, seemingly dominated by Counter-Strike, still has enough room for newcomers. And while Valorant originally came out as a PC-exclusive title, the development team is already prototyping console versions to expand the experience onto new platforms. Riot’s intentions aren't always flawless, though, as demonstrated by the recently released patch.

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After the patch 1.07 was deployed in Valorant, players quickly discovered that the already-powerful teleporting character Omen received a new, unintentionally game-breaking ability granting him complete invulnerability – along with some other superpowers. It’s all to blame a simple glitch that didn’t require any specific skills to replicate. All players had to do was to activate Omen’s ultimate ability and have it cancelled right before the round ended. After that, the hero remained completely invincible until the very end of the match. Bullets’ stopping effect still applied to the character, but no damage was taken at all. On top of that, Omen received another unfair advantage by having the ability to teleport beyond defensive barriers before the start of a round, which resulted in taking crucial positions earlier than anyone else. Riot researched the issue and made a reasonable decision to remove Omen from the game, later returning him to the roster with a fix to all the problems caused by the patch 1.07.

Riot’s fast and adequate reaction shouldn’t be surprising as the studio takes every challenge very seriously, to say the least. For instance, it took Valorant’s developers five years to create and adjust the popular Ascent map. Commonly, such a process takes around a year to complete which just goes to show the level of commitment the team has towards finetuning the game. In that instance, such a drastic difference was caused by the ever-changing state of the game itself, and Riot continues to enhance and expand Valorant with new features and solid content drops.

Unexpected things tend to happen, especially in live service games and online multiplayer experiences, which are being updated on a regular basis, so there’s nothing specifically uncommon in Omen acquiring invincibility through a glitch. However, the whole situation implies that Riot needs to invest in quality control a bit more by giving crucial Valorant updates additional time to be thoroughly checked and prepared for a public launch. Otherwise, the studio risks causing another game-breaking bug, which might not be as easy to fix.

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Valorant is currently available exclusively on PC.

Source: Valorant