Iso’s reign of terror is coming to an end after just two weeks. The VALORANT dev team at Riot has come up with a plan to weaken his overpowered Double Tap shield ability in next week’s Patch 9.0.
Iso is weakened in episode 9…
VALORANT’s game designers, Penguin, confirmed today via a post on Twitter/X that the team plans to toggle Iso at the start of Episode Nine, Act One. Riot is removing the two-kill reset on the Double Tap shield ability, effectively taking away an extra charge from the ability, and reducing the ability’s duration from 20 seconds to just 12.
With these changes, Iso's ability to defeat an entire enemy team has been diminished. In his current state, an Iso who picked up two kills would gain an extra charge of Double Tap, which combined with the reset granted by popping an orb, would grant Iso an additional 40 seconds of shield.
Penguin said that removing the two-kill reset will limit Iso to just one activation of the ability per round, adding that the reduced ability duration "should create a clearer window for opponents to deny him combat." Enemy teams should spend less time running away from Iso.
