Riot Games released the VALORANT Patch 6.08 on 25th April, which also marks the start of Episode Six, Act Three of the game. This new patch brings significant changes to Killjoy and the game's latest addition Gekko. Furthermore, the patch also brings some visual changes to Brimstone and Omen's smokes, along with cosmetics updates, map updates, and a bunch of bug fixes.

 Valorant Patch 6.08: Full Notes and Updates
Agent updates
Gekko:
- Wingman (Q)

• Audio improvements to Wingman’s (Q) plant and defuse audio.
• The audio cues for Wingman’s spike and defuse sound were unclear during hectic combat situations. This should help make those audio cues stand out.

- Riot updated Gekko’s in-game portrait for better gameplay readability and quality consistency.

Killjoy:
The developers recognized that Killjoy has become more prominent in the meta and has been the go-to sentinel for most of the maps and teams. To address this, Riot Games has fine tuned her abilities, especially Nanoswarm (C). 

- Nanoswarm (C)

• Nanoswarm reveal radius increased 350 >> 525
• Nanoswarm audio has been updated > Audio loop now also turns off when disabled as a result of Killjoy being killed or suppressed. 
• Improved feedback for the enemy when they destroy Nanoswarm.
• Nanoswarm is now revealed when it is disabled.

- Other Abilities

• Updated visuals for Killjoy’s ultimate Lockdown (X) being destroyed.
• Removed the yellow warning UI Indicator for enemies Killjoy’s Lockdown (X).
• Updated deactivate sounds for Killjoy’s Turret (E) and Alarmbot (Q) to make them more distinct.

Miscellaneous:

Brimstone’s Sky Smoke (E), Orbital Strike (X), and Omen’s From the Shadows (X) ability have updated targeting visuals to help players with precision placement on the map.

Cosmetic updates:

“We have upgraded several Shorty models, including the default Shorty, to get them up to par visually with the rest of our weapons. These are just art updates—there will be no gameplay changes,” Riot said.

- Players who own any of the following will notice an updated 
Shorty:

• Default Shorty
• Wunderkind Shorty
• Sidekick Shorty
• Karabasan Shorty
• Prism II Shorty
• Doodle Buds Shorty

Map updates:

The newly updated Bind rotates into Competitive and Unrated queues.
Icebox rotates out of Competitive and Unrated queues.

In addition to these changes, the developers have also included a few bug fixes in the gameplay and social system.