10-30-2026UPDATE.

Base gun damage increased by 5%

Siphon Life - T3 increased from +18 DPS to +22

Shoulder Charge - Fixed enemies being held in place longer if you don't hit a wall

Riposte - Pommel Hit changed from a stun to an immobilize and parry disable

Riposte - Pommel Hit disable duration increased from 0.8s to 1.5s

Riposte - T2 disable duration increased from +0.4s to +0.6s

Riposte - Fixed the counterattack dash sometimes missing its target or launching Apollo away when the target moves, rounds a corner, or is displaced

Riposte - Fixed the counterattack dash missing when Apollo is right on top of the target

Flawless Advance - Being stunned or put to sleep during the ability now refunds that stab and keeps your remaining recasts instead of putting it on cooldown

Itani Lo Sahn - No longer interrupted by Sleep

Baba: Spirit Resist scaling reduced from 0.1 to 0.07

Baba: Threadsap - Spirit Steal duration reduced from 22s to 16s

Baba: Threadsap - When a victim cleanses the Threadsap debuff, the matching spirit Baba gained is also removed

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Light Melee knockback distance reduced from 10m to 8m

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Heavy Melee cooldown reduced from 1.4s to 1.2s (default is 1.0s)

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Heavy Melee slow duration reduced from 4s to 2s

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Heavy melee stomp now only hits the closest Rejuvenator in range

Baba: Baba's Brew - No longer has an initial brew time

Baba: Baba's Brew - Brew order is now random each time she casts it

Baba: Baba's Brew - Cycle time between each type of brew increased from 1s to 1.5s

Baba: Baba's Brew - UI indicator color now matches the current brew

Baba: Baba's Brew - Silence duration reduced from 3s to 2.75s

Rising Ram - T3 increased from +10% Max Health for 16s to +15% for 20s

Blasted - Cooldown reduced from 27s to 25s

Leaping Slash - T3 increased from +60 Damage to +90

Ava - T3 increased from 6s duration to 8s

Shining Wonder - Damage reduced from 140 to 125

Chimera Mk1 - Jetpack can no longer be used while cursed

Chimera Mk1 - Fixed bug causing it to not deal damage when held through a Close The Deal

Chimera Mk1 - Items and abilities that pull to the ground now work more reliably against Danny

Chimera Mk1 - Slows now reduce the jetpack's in-air impulse more effectively, and even more if movement abilities are silenced

Close the Deal - Fixed some incorrect behavior when used at the top of the belltower

Chimera Mk1 - Cooldown reduction per boon reduced from -0.4s to -0.25s

Chimera Mk1 - Cooldown refund on hit from T3 reduced from 50% to 30%

Luggage Cart - T2 increased from +75 Damage on Wall Impact to +90

Luggage Cart - T3 increased from -15s Cooldown to -18s

Base gun damage increased by 3%

Bloodscent - T3 increased from +11% Amplified Damage to +12%

Eternal Night - T3 increased from +2.5s Duration to +2.75s

Move speed reduced from 7 to 6.7

Bullet damage per boon reduced by 4%

Grasping Hands - Can now be more easily double jumped over

Grasping Hands - Deploy time increased from 0.6s to 0.8s

Borrowed Decree - T2 no longer has -0.3s Time To Spawn

Borrowed Decree - T3 now also provides -0.3s Time To Spawn

Charged Shot - T2 now also has -2s Charge Delay

Charged Shot - T3 no longer has -3s Charge Delay

Charged Shot - T3 now also lets the shot bounce once off a wall (can't hit a target more than once)

Guided Owl - Now launches in the exact direction you're aiming, including steep downward angles (previously always launched at least 45° upward)

Napalm - T2 lifesteal increased from 15% to 20%

Concussive Combustion - T3 now increases spirit scaling by 0.4

Smoke Bomb - Fixed T3 dispelling debuffs that can't be dispelled (like the Specter Crash from Nurse's Wretched Vapors)

Frozen Shelter - Cooldown increased from 185s to 190s

Frozen Shelter - T1 increased from -20s Cooldown to -30s

Frozen Shelter - T2 now also reduces enemy fire rate by -20%

Frozen Shelter - T3 regen increased from +65 to +75

Essence Bomb spirit scaling increased from 1.22 to 1.35

Grapple - T3 now also increases Jump Velocity by +4m

Death Slam - Targeting indicator changed from a cone to a cylinder to more accurately match the ability's range (visual change only)

Mini Turret - Damage vs troopers increased from 50% to 65%

Mini Turret - Health per boon increased from 9 to 10

Traveler - Channel time increased from 2s to 3s

Traveler - Onterrupt/cancel cooldown increased from 4s to 5s

Traveler - Now gets interrupted if you are Stunned/Immobilized/Slept or have slowing hex on you

Traveler - Now grants the old T2 barrier in the base ability (with no scaling)

Traveler - The minimap now moves to the center of the screen and is enlarged while targeting

Traveler - Added a targeting reticle under your cursor on the minimap that your allies can see, so they can tell where you're thinking of going before you click

Traveler - Your destination is now marked on your and your allies' minimaps until you arrive, and stays there briefly after landing

Traveler - T2 changed from "400 Barrier that scales with spirit" to "-65s Cooldown"

Traveler - T3 changed from "-90s Cooldown" to "Cannot be interrupted by damage"

Traveler - T3 now also adds barrier spirit scaling (0.8)

Spirit per boon reduced from 1.1 to 0.6

Spirit damage on all abilities reduced by 10% (base values and growth/upgrades)

Bullet damage per boon increased by 4%

Base gun damage reduced by 10%

Leech Therapy - Fixed enemies being unable to see the glow on the hunting leeches

Leech Therapy - Fixed leeches attaching to targets while the game is paused

Leech Therapy - Fed leeches duration on the ground changed from a fixed 180s to 120s + 3s/min

Nurse: Wretched Vapors - T3 increased from +15% Rush Speed to +20%

Nurse: Healing Needles - Heal Per Shot reduced from 25 to 22

Nurse: Healing Needles - T2 Heal Per Shot reduced from +20 to +16

Nurse: Healing Needles - Spirit scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.24

Lurking Terrors - Fear buildup time increased from 1.3s to 2s

Lurking Terrors - Enemies no longer build fear when Nurse is more than 50 degrees above or below their view

Lurking Terrors - T3 changed from "Immune to damage while channeling" to "Takes 50% Reduced Damage while channeling"

Leech Therapy - Leeches on the ground are now removed on round reset

Nurse: Lurking Terrors - Duration reduced from 7s to 5s

Nurse: Lurking Terrors - T3 reduced from +3s Duration to +2s

Base bullet damage reduced from 35 to 32

Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 0.52 to 0.61

Bookwyrm - T2 Trail Duration reduced from +2s to +1s

Paradoxical Swap - Cooldown reduced from 110s to 95s

Base bullet damage reduced by 5%

Bullet damage growth reduced by 20%

Scrap Grenade - Damage reduced from 70 to 60

Scrap Grenade - T2 damage reduced from +70 to +60

Scrap Grenade - T3 damage reduced from 300 to 275

Scrap Grenade - Fuse timers increased by 0.1s (first bounce from 0.8s to 0.9s, later bounces from 0.7s to 0.8s, T3 final explosion from 1.5s to 1.6s)

Scrap Grenade - Meleeing the grenade now gives it at least 0.4s before it explodes (if less than 0.4s was left on its fuse, the fuse is extended to 0.4s)

Rule, Ratannia! - Knockup duration reduced by 50%

Rule, Ratannia! - Cooldown increased from 160s to 180s

Rule, Ratannia! - Now goes on cooldown when stunned/slept before placing it. In that case, the flag is placed in that position but without any of the initial impact effects (damage/knockup)

Scrap Grenade - Radius reduced from 8m to 6m

Scrap Grenade - Large explosion radius reduced from 14m to 10m

Rule, Ratannia! - Radius reduced from 20m to 16m

Rule, Ratannia! - T2 Radius reduced from +8m to +6m

Rule, Ratannia! - Duration reduced from 12s to 9s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Duration reduced from 6s to 5s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - T3 reduced from +4s to +3s

Static Charge - T3 stun duration increased from 0.9s to 1.1s

Alt Fire damage per boon reduced by 5%

Fixed the Alt Fire last-shot sound only playing when you had 1 bullet left

Serrated Knives - Rage damage increased from 3.5% Current Health to 4%

Serrated Knives - T3 now also increases rage damage spirit scaling by +0.01

Bloodletting - Fixed damage ticks playing audio

Killing Blow - Recast duration reduced from 16s to 12s

Base health regen increased from 2.5 to 3

Entangling Bola - Fixed Unstoppable flying targets being made to fall

Entangling Bola - Fixed not grounding Grey Talon during his Rain of Arrows

Go For The Throat - Now counts weapon damage from Point Blank and Opening Rounds

Gun now deals -20% headshot damage

Base bullet damage reduced from 30 to 25

Polished slide animations, added new ability and item aim poses, and adjusted run-to-stop timing

Setup Bishop - Square height reduced from 4m to 1m

Setup Bishop - On Square spirit scaling increased from 0.64 to 0.85

Setup Bishop - T1 increased from +15% slow to +25%

Setup Bishop - T3 Spirit Resist reduction is now applied on impact instead of by squares

Setup Bishop - T3 increased from -2.5% to -5% Spirit Resist per stack (max reduction unchanged)

Rook Battery - Damage scaling reduced from 1.3 to 0.9

Rook Battery - T3 reduced from -12s cooldown to -10s

Develop Queen - Cooldown increased from 210s to 240s

Develop Queen - Damage scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.6

Develop Queen - Delay for stun tiles increased from 1s to 1.2s

Develop Queen - Improved warning effects on the stun tiles to make it clear its just those tiles rather than the full area

Develop Queen - Fixed hitting things outside of the intended square volumes

Develop Queen - Base ability now has the checkmate behavior for heroes under 100 Health (scales +5/boon)

Develop Queen - T2 now increases checkmate threshold by 150

Move Piece - Range to grab pieces increased from 50m to 65m

Move Piece - Improved placement: pieces no longer fall through geometry or end up under the map, land closer to where you aim, and can now be placed closer to walls and in hallways

Ira Domini - Blessed stake damage reduced from 115 to 95

Ira Domini - Blessed stake damage boon scaling increased from 3 to 3.6

Aura of Suffering - T3 increased from +15% Damage to +16%

Violet: Some moderate performance improvements (still more to do here)

Violet: Still Life - Stun duration reduced from 1.0s to 0.9s

Violet: Still Life - Line of sight is now required when the channel ends, even during the grace period

Violet: Still Life - Now shows a text bar to the victim

Violet: Still Life - Sketches now grant +2% healing amp from Nurse Harrow, Kelvin, Ivy, Dynamo, Paige, and Rem instead

Violet: Still Life - Sketches changed to give Spirit Power instead of Weapon Damage for Grey Talon, Infernus and Mina

Violet: Still Life - T1 health regen is now only granted while drawing (still refreshes for 4s on pickup)

Violet: Still Life - T1 health regen scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.15

Violet: Still Life - T3 stun duration increased from +0.35s to +0.45s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Cooldown increased from 165s to 180s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.04 to 0.01

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Now ends early if Violet dies

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Cooldown between times you can be affected by it increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - T3 no longer has "Ink is no longer destroyed"

Alt fire damage growth per boon increased by 5%

Splatter - T1 increased from +36 Damage to +45 Damage

Goo Ball - Fixed being able to heavy melee or activate Ethereal Shift during the cast delay

Goo Ball - Fixed the direction indicator not appearing

Alchemical Flask - Now travels 40% faster (overall cast range unchanged)

Alchemical Flask - Weapon Damage reduction increased from -25% to -30%

Willpower - Speed bonus increased from +15% to +20%

Last Stand - T2 increased from +40.5 DPS to +50

Last Stand - T2 cooldown reduction increased from -30s to -40s

Card Trick - Heal reduced from 60 to 45

Project Mind - Cooldown increased from 46s to 50s

Project Mind - Initial cast time for projectile increased from 0.75s to 1s

Power Slash - Spirit scaling increased by 6% (base and T3)

Flying Slash - Cast Range reduced from 26m to 23m

Flying Slash - Enemy targets are now marked with an overhead symbol as soon as the grapple is cast, instead of only when the hook lands

Flying Slash - T3 Cast Range reduced from +15m to +8m

Shadow Transformation - Cooldown increased from 150s to 160s (moved to T2) Street Brawl:

Bullet Velocity reduced from 60% to 45% (upgrades unaffected)

Secondary Fire Weapon Damage and growth reduced by 5%

Slow duration increased from 2s to 2.5s

No longer affects or counts enemies outside of line of sight or through walls

No longer has Ambush Fire Rate or Melee Damage

Now has +50% Ambush Weapon Damage

Ambush bonuses now build up over 6s of being stealthed before reaching full power (invis progress UI pulses when it is charged up)

Abilities used to break stealth now benefit from the Ambush bonus on their own damage (previously the bonus was applied after the ability had already gone off)

Anti Heal increased from 35% to 40%

Chance increased from 55% to 60%

Weapon Damage increased from 80% to 85%

Spirit power increased from 6 to 8 (from component changes)

Anti-Heal increased from -35% to -40%

Damage Penalty reduced from -15% to -12%

Cooldown increased from 18s to 22s

Cast range reduced from 40m to 35m

Dash Distance slow increased from -10% to -12%

Incoming Heal reduction increased from -50% to -55%

Regen on Spirit Damage scaling reduced from 0.35 to 0.25

Heal on Ability Cast now only triggers when you are in combat (like Spellslinger)

Heal on Ability Cast reduced from 65 to 40

Heal on Ability Cast boon scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4

Bonus Health increased from +50 to +90

Melee Resistance increased from 18% to 22%

Post cast time reduced from 0.5s to 0.2s

Cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s

Fixed damage dealt to a barrier not counting toward the repeated damage

Damage now scales with Spirit Power (0.35)

Dash Distance slow increased from -10% to -12%

Parry Cooldown reduction reduced from -1.75s to -1.25s

Weapon Damage increased from 18% to 22%

Weapon Damage increased from 6% to 10%

Bullet Lifesteal increased from 13% to 15%

Multiple sources now stack on the enemy with diminishing returns (previously didn't stack)

Heal on Hero Kill reduced from 275 to 170 + 3/Boon

No longer builds from Extra Regen

No longer grants +3 Health Regen

Out of Combat Regen increased from +1 to +2

Now returns the damage you take from Haze's Fixation

Fixed the shop tooltip not listing the 10% Bullet Resistance

Spirit Power increased from 6 to 8

Spirit Lifesteal increased from 13% to 15%

Spirit Resist reduced from 18% to 15%

Bullet Resistance increased from 30% to 35%

Out of Combat Regen increased from 3 to 5

Active Move Speed increased from +1m to +1.5m

Bullet Lifesteal increased from 14% to 15%

Weapon Damage increased from 6% to 10%

Now scales with Spirit Power (1.1) instead of Boons (6)

Now increases your gravity by 20% while active

Active Lifesteal increased from 70% to 75%

Spirit Lifesteal increased from 13% to 15%

Spirit power increased from 6 to 8

Health Regen increased from +8 to +15

Bullet Lifesteal increased from 28% to 30%

Spirit Lifesteal increased from 28% to 30%

Active Lifesteal increased from 70% to 75%

Bullet Lifesteal increased from 13% to 15%

Weapon Damage increased from 6% to 10%

When the item procs, it continues to reduce any other spirit damage that happens as a result in that damage stack (for example, getting hit by charged shot that procs tankbuster now both get reduced)

Cooldown increased from 45s to 55s