Back to Patches27 Jan 2025 General, hero, and item balance changes.

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Heroes

Abrams

Infernal Resilience increased from 11% to 12%

Bebop

Uppercut air control lockout period reduced from 0.5s to 0.3s

Dynamo

Kinetic Pulse damage spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.8

Kinetic Pulse T3 now also adds +1 Charge

Calico

Gloom Bombs now has updated impact SFX

Gloom Bombs now has an arming effect for when they are about to detonate

Leaping Slash only heals when hitting heroes

Leaping Slash fixed VFX to match the damage area more accurately

Leaping Slash updated to break breakables in the area

Leaping Slash fixed a bug where calico's slash would deal no damage near walls

Ava duration reduced from 20s to 15s

Ava cooldown reduced from 50s to 45s

Ava now gets slowed by 30% for 1s anytime she takes damage

Ava speed reduced from 75% to 65%

Ava T2 speed increased from +35% to +45%

Ava now can now meow with m1

Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 80s to 90s

Fixed Leaping Slash doing bonus damage from Melee Charge

Grey Talon

Spirit Snare cooldown reduced from 37s to 34s

Spirit Snare T2 increased from +0.5s to +0.75s

Haze

Bullet Dance T3 increased from +40% Evasion to +60%

Bullet Dance T3 increased from +2 Dance Move Speed to +3

Holliday

Powder Keg will no longer arm instantly if the player has the Bounce Pad modifier

Powder Keg Charge Time increased from 1s to 2s

Powder Keg knock up time reduced by 15%

Bounce Pad no will no longer expire after 5 seconds in the air

Bounce Pad spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.4

Bounce Pad will now play a different sound on the player's first bounce when the stomp modifier is active

Bounce Pad VFX and lifetime display improved

Bounce Pad will now be more responsive for the player when landing and dealing damage

Spirit Lasso duration reduced from 2.5s to 2.25s

Spirit Lasso duration now lasts 1.5s longer when using Bounce Pad

Spirit Lasso Fixed an issue where the lasso animation would get stuck on sometimes

Kelvin

Arctic Beam now also slows roll distances by 20%

Seven

Storm Cloud secondary ability delay reduced from 2s to 0.25s

Shiv

Serrated Knives no longer stops after hitting a Soul Orb

The Magnificent Sinclair

No longer has -35% Headshot Damage Reduction

Vexing Bolt damage mechanics reworked, increases damage as the bolt travels, various values adjusted (150 max damage, 75 min damage, 2s time for max damage, assistant does 50% damage. T3 is now +150 max damage, +50% assistant damage)

Vexing Bolt T2 updated to remove base fire rate debuff, add as t2 upgrade, remove spirit shred t2

Vexing Bolt allow for retarget to try to find targets through walls and to bend around corners

Rabbit can now use jump

Rabbit Hex projectile updated to better track targets that have recently changes models

Spectral Assistant update VFX radius & lifetimes to scale off of clone damage

Audience Participation cooldown with successful usage reduced from 100% to 50%

Audience Participation stolen ultimate duration increased from 10s to 20s

Audience Participation VFX updated steal effect to feel snappier

Audience Participation fixed a typo in the ability description

Vindicta

Bullet damage reduced from 11.7 to 11.4

Crow projectile speed reduced from 4750 to 4250

Assassinate T2 reduced from +120 to +110

Viscous

Goo Ball turn rate improved by 10%

Vyper

Bullet damage growth increased from 0.32 to 0.36

Petrifying Bola changed the petrify to no longer be breakable

Lethal Venom updated to deal damage through petrify, rather than cleanse the petrify and damage

Fixed Lethal Venom T2 anti-heal not working properly

Weapon Items

Swift Striker

Fire Rate reduced from 22% to 20%

Alchemical Fire

Base damage reduced from 50 to 45

Spellslinger Headshots

Amp per headshot increased from 4% to 6%

Max Stacks reduced from 12 to 10

Heroic Aura

Lifesteal reduced from 18% to 16%

Berserker

Damage to gain stack increased from 100 to 120

Vitality Items

Bullet Lifesteal

Lifesteal reduced from 26% to 24%

Spirit Items

Ammo Scavenger

Ammo reduced from 15% to 10%

General Changes

• - All objectives now take 50% less damage from Spirit Damage (abilities no longer have one-off values for this).
• - Shrines are no longer vulnerable to Spirit Damage when out of range (rather than only immune to bullet damage).
• - Can no longer stand on top of Walkers.

Weapon Items

Swift Striker

Fire Rate reduced from 22% to 20%

Alchemical Fire

Base damage reduced from 50 to 45

Spellslinger Headshots

Amp per headshot increased from 4% to 6%

Max Stacks reduced from 12 to 10

Heroic Aura

Lifesteal reduced from 18% to 16%

Berserker

Damage to gain stack increased from 100 to 120

Vitality Items

Bullet Lifesteal

Lifesteal reduced from 26% to 24%

Spirit Items

Ammo Scavenger

Ammo reduced from 15% to 10%

other patch notes

11 May 2025 December 2023 Patch Note Summary

Buffs

Nerfs

08 May 2025 Full shop rework update with new items and design improvements

17 Apr 2025 Major balance update on trooper AI, item stats, and hero abilities

Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

04 Apr 2025 Balance changes, bug fixes, and quality of life updates

Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

19 Mar 2025 Sprint speed increased for all heroes.

16 Mar 2025 Neutral bounty adjustments and item changes

Nerfs

13 Mar 2025 Patch notes focusing on hero and item balancing adjustments.

Nerfs

Balances

25 Feb 2025 Deadlock Map Rework Update

Balances

11 Feb 2025 Hero and item balance adjustments

Nerfs

Balances