VALORANT Patch 13.10 brings Sentinel buffs and Performance Score updates

VALORANT Patch 13.10 arrives on Tuesday, November 10, bringing several changes to the Performance Score system, particularly how assists are calculated. The Replay feature will also receive an update, allowing players to bookmark specific moments for later review or analysis. Additionally, several Sentinels, including Cypher, Sage, Killjoy, and Vyse, are set to receive buffs.

Replay Bookmark

Players can now bookmark key moments during their matches, making it easier to find specific moments when reviewing Replays. These bookmarks are private and will only be visible to the player who created them, meaning other players watching the same Replay cannot see them.

On PC, the Replay Bookmarking keybind is unassigned by default and can be configured under Settings → Controls → Interface → Replay Bookmarking. Players can assign their preferred keybind to this feature through the game’s settings.

Console players can create bookmarks using a new button in the Options Menu while in a match. In the Replay, bookmarked moments will be marked with a yellow arrow, making them easy to identify and revisit.

Agent Updates: Sentinels buffs

Riot is introducing minor changes to Sentinel cooldowns to encourage more strategic back-and-forth between teams. The targeted adjustments will reduce the cooldown after certain abilities are destroyed, giving Sentinels more opportunities to deploy utility early and reset their setups mid-round while still rewarding opponents for destroying their equipment.

These cooldowns will now sit slightly below the 50-second cooldown of Initiator signature abilities. Riot will monitor how the changes affect utility timing and team interactions before considering broader adjustments to Sentinel abilities across VALORANT.

• Cypher' Spycam: Cooldown after being destroyed decreased from 60s >>> 45s. Reclaim cooldown increased from 15s >>> 20s, in line with other Sentinels.
• Killjoy's Turret: Cooldown after being destroyed decreased from 60s >>> 45s.
• Vyse's Arc Rose: Cooldown after being destroyed decreased from 60s >>> 45s.

Sage’s Healing Orb targeting accuracy has been improved to match Miks’ Harmonize, making it easier to select the intended teammate and avoid accidental heals.

• Increased accuracy while targeting allies
• Crosshair is now visible while targeting with Healing Orb

Gameplay System Updates

Following player feedback and ongoing monitoring of ranked matches, Riot has updated how assists are awarded as part of its Performance Score adjustments. These changes were not included in the original patch notes, however. The goal is to better reward players who contribute to securing kills, encourage trading, and ensure healing assists more accurately reflect their impact during fights.

Here's what changed:

• Damage Assists: Players can now earn an assist by dealing more than 10 damage to an enemy within three seconds before a teammate secures the kill. The existing rule also remains in place, granting an assist for dealing at least 50 damage to an enemy who is later eliminated by a teammate, regardless of how much time has passed.
• Healing Assists: Healing assists will now only be awarded if a teammate who received healing secures a kill within 10 seconds after the healing effect ends.

As usual, Patch 13.10 also includes several bug fixes and updates to ongoing game modes and events, including Gauntlet: Glitched. You can find the full list of changes on the official VALORANT Patch Notes page.

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