May 3, 2024

Singularity

• ▲DPS increased from 48 to 60
• ▲T3 Max HP DPS increased from 3.2% to 3.8%

Charged Shot

• ▲Charge Shot damage increased from 95 to 105
• ▼Charge Shot T2 damage reduced from 80 to 70

Guided Owl

• ▲Damage increased from 200 to 300

Bullet Dance

• ▼Bonus Fire Rate reduced from +30 to +20

Smoke Bomb

• ▲Duration scaling from Spirit improved from 0.2 to 0.3

Napalm

• ▲Catalyst no longer slows Infernus to 1.3 m/s during the cast delay

Concussive Combustion

• ▲Damage increased from 130 to 160

Frost Grenade

• ▲T3 bonus damage increased from +100 to +175

Essence Bomb

• ▲Blood Bomb damage increased from 80 to 100
• ▲Blood Bomb T2 damage increased from +65 to +70
• FixBlood Bomb tooltip fixed to reference the correct self damage type and that it can be reduced with armor

Malice

• ▲Damage amp per shard increased from 10% to 15%

Grapple

• ▲Cooldown reduced from 55 to 45

Flog

• ▲Damage increased from 55 to 65
• ▲Lifesteal from heroes increased from 70% to 80% of damage dealt
• ▼Lifesteal from non-heroes reduced from 35% to 30% of damage dealt

Death Slam

• ▲T1 from +3m to +5m

• FixFixed Death Slam's targeting cone not finding enemies near the edges
• FixFixed Death Slam to only target enemies who stay in the targeting cone

Heavy Barrage

• ◆Now reduces your speed rather than setting it to a low cap (by itself this change isn't a buff or a nerf, but it allows you to buy items to move faster during the ultimate)
• FixCamera interaction with Fleetfoot Boots has been fixed

Sand Blast

• ▲Range increased from 25m to 30m
• ▲Width increased from 3m to 5m
• ◆Is now permissive with small obstructions in the way

Burrow

• ▼No longer loses its state as you change elevations
• ◆Now knocks enemies up when you come up

Combo

• ▲DPS increased from 50 to 60

• ▼No longer listed as a recommended new player hero

• ▼Base Bullet Damage reduced from 15 to 14
• ▼Bullet Damage gained per boon reduced from 0.88 to 0.7 (these are gained occasionally as you earn souls, up to 11 times)
• ◆Is now a recommended hero for new players

Stake

• ▼T1 bonus duration reduced from +1.5s to +1.0s

Crimson Slash

• ▲Radius increased from 11m to 12m
• ▲Fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
• ◆T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
• ◆T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown"

Power Slash

• ▲T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60%

Flying Strike

• ▲Cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
• ◆T2 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+20 Cast Range"
• ▼Range no longer scales with Spirit

Shadow Transformation

• ▲Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15
• ▲Shadow Explosion bonus Fire Rate per victim increased from 5 to 10
• ▲Shadow Explosion buff duration increased from 8s to 15s