The sparkly effects at the tail end of smokes for Astra, Omen, and Brimstone definitely stood out the most visually in VALORANT Patch 7.08. But a really subtle change made to the UI indicates that Riot isn’t slowing down when it comes to one of the game’s most foundational trends: adding new agents.
The patch notes for 7.08 included a small but significant change listed under the general updates section: “We made a slight adjustment to the rows of agents you can select from at the bottom of the screen in order to make room for future Agents.” Currently, the agent select screen sees the 22 agents split into two rows of 11. Patch 7.08 will move them into three rows of nine, which leaves five empty spaces in the third row.