Binding to replace Icebox in Valorant Patch 6.08

Binding to replace Icebox in Valorant Patch 6.08

Icebox will be removed from Valorant Competitive and Unrated modes indefinitely, and Bind will replace it in the map pool.


A few days ago, Riot announced that one of the Valorant community's favorite maps, namely Bind, is returning to the game on April 25th in patch 6.08. A ton of changes have been made to Bind, including teleports, B-elbows, and more. Now the only question left was which card will replace Bind in the card pool, and while some people wanted Fracture to leave Valorant, pros like Fnatic Kamyk wanted her to replace Pearl.

Bind is back at the start of Act III. Here are all the changes you can expect when Bind returns to Competitive Queue in Patch 6.08, starting April 25.

— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) March 30, 2023

However, none of those wishes came true as the map leaving the Valorant map pool is Icebox and Riot has yet to announce their plans with the upcoming changes. To help players prepare for the changes coming to Bind, Riot will be making the map changes live in patch 6.07 in all other modes except for Competitive and Unrated.

Icebox leaves the Competitive and Unrated queue map rotation when Bind returns at the start of Act III (Patch 6.08).

To help you prepare, the Bind updates will go live in all other modes with Patch 6.07. pic.twitter.com/DbKLFGRgvu

— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) April 6, 2023

Players should also be able to test these changes in the Valorant patch 6.07 PBE, which runs from April 7th to 10th. We'll update this page as soon as we have more information on what Riot is planning to do with Icebox, so keep an eye out.