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Pretty much. When making this change it was a discussion around:

"should we remove Omen's ability to pick up the spike with ultimate???" and I didn't really feel like that change was necessary as Omen's ult is pretty fair and niche anyways. It felt like a bug how you had to cancel the ability to do the thing you were intending to use the ability for in the first place.

It's a bug, we're working on it! Apologies.

Phoenix's "heal off of his own fire" is also technically a passive!

This is a clove bug that we're working on fixing for next patch.

Thanks for the report!

Alerted the proper QA authorities, thanks for the report!

Yeah, you're right - these apply to all flashes in the game.

Yes, he does. This is more intended as a pattern adjustment and then we'll follow up if we need to buff him up a bit for ranked.

KAYO is 2s on the current live patch as well.

Technically Yoru does have the longest flash in the game at 3s, but that's on his clone getting popped and not his Blindside.

/u/pojobob,

I will write you a formal apology letter if this is a big overnerf

mods, i give u permission to ban me if i bamboozle

Chamber's slow nerfs were targeted mostly as a consistency thing - 10 second slows are exceptionally painful, especially when they can proc multiple times throughout a round from Tour de Force. I don't personally expect that much statistical movement as a result of that specific change, but it's still a change worth doing given no other slow in VALORANT is that long, so it's likely excessively frustrating for power that doesn't necessarily need to be there.

This is correct, it is this & not the overall map distance he can travel.

This is correct. LCQ is the first patch of VCT that will have Phoenix changes

We actually do have data analysts who are very good at this kind of work and are extremely helpful. :)

oh no to be clear balance changes are very much still coming soonTM, I just didn't want people to think I'm coming after characters' kneecaps or anything - "destroying chamber's career" makes it sound like a mafia hit lol

I won't balance with a hammer right before Champs (or hopefully at all). I'll be shipping more balance changes in general over the next coming months but these are a lot of the obvious changes that likely should have shipped alongside the trap change in 4.09.

nah

it's basically just bringing parity to his flash instead of having it be horribly underpowered

Not quite. Phoenix's flash is the only instant-reequip flash in the game, which means when he swings after a flash, his gun is ready dramatically sooner than most other flash agents. It's a lot easier to swing off a Phoenix flash by yourself compared to Skye/Breach. KAYO's right click when thrown perfectly is still stronger though.

It's fair feedback to say this might not be enough (especially at the pro level, where KAYO is highly prized or the utility from the other flash agents is considered more valuable).

How the details work:

The windup is down to .5 from .7, but the trajectory of the flash should be the same. This means that the flash both travels more quickly and pops faster.

It's definitely significantly harder to turn now.

The only circumstance where I believe the ult bugs out that way in a real game is if your ultimate times out during the round transition. The range has a bunch of funky behaviors. Please let me know if that's not the case

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