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Patch notes · Balance update

August 1, 2024

08-01-2024 Update · 27 months ago

17 heroes and 46 items changed; buffs to Dynamo, Grey Talon, Veil Walker, Bebop and 32 more; nerfs to Seven, Infernus, Abrams, Lash and 10 more.

Heroes: 17
Items: 46
Buffs: 54
Nerfs: 27
Lines: 205

Buffed 36

Grey Talon▲2▼1

Hero changes

17 heroes

Abrams

▼2Nerfed

FixFixed Shoulder Charge not stunning the target when colliding with Kelvin's Ice Dome
FixFixed some cases where Shoulder Charge did not stun when hitting a wall
FixFixed enemies being able to double jump out of Seismic Impact

Shoulder Charge

▼T3 reduced from +6.5 to +5.5 Weapon Damage

Item changes

46 items

Hollow Point

weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200▼1Nerfed

▼Bonus damage reduced from 25% to 20%

Monster Rounds

weapon · Tier 1 · 800▲1Buffed

▲HP Bonus increased from +50 to +65

General changes

95 lines

General Changes

•Added a new hero, Viscous. He's green.
•Improved client performance
•Reworked the Hero Builds system. Browsing and editing builds now happens within the Shop UI (accessible via Sandbox or during a normal game). You can create custom categories for items with unique names and descriptions that can be independently resized and positioned. The interface for browsing builds has also been improved, public builds will now be sorted by popularity (number of favorites). Old builds are incompatible with this system, so they won't be visible in this UI, but we'll have a console command we'll release soon that you can use to print out your older guides if you need them for reference.
•North America (NA) servers have been moved from the west coast to closer to the middle of the country to make latency between east and west coast a little more even, as the majority of users are east coast now. The total average ping amongst all players will be lower as a result of this (a little higher for some and a lot lower for others).
•NA region testing times now start 1 hour earlier weekdays and weekends
•Minimum hero roster requirement reduced from 4 to 3
•Added Oceanic servers and matchmaking region. Testing times are displayed in the client
•Added Teleporter icons on the minimap. The icons glow when you get close to them and pulse on the teleporter's exit location to show you the destination when you are about to enter it.

Misc Gameplay

•Reworked the location of the Walker on Amber Yellow and Sapphire Purple lanes. They are a little further towards the map edges. Nearby terrain has been reworked as well.
•The shooting experience near corners has been improved. Previously if your hero's eyes were obstructed at all, you would be unable to shoot altogether even if a large portion of your body was clearly visible. The check will now be a little more sophisticated and custom per hero, to allow you to shoot if your body is reasonably exposed. A part of this will also involve your hero leaning out a bit if not enough of your model is exposed to enemies.
•Soul Orbs now fly out in different initial directions before floating up. There is a 1/3rd chance it goes left, 1/3rd chance it goes right, and 1/3rd chance it goes up.
•Teleporters are now in pairs that send you between them to traverse the map horizontally
•Removed outer lane teleporters
•Added teleporters to areas between lanes (one in each quadrant). Total of 6 teleporters.
•Old teleport exit location changed to a connection to the street that slopes down to Mid
•Added connection from the underground teleport station to the outer lane Guardian (previously a juke spot)
•Added steam tunnel connection from Amber Blue Guardian and Sapphire Orange Guardian to Mid (one-way)
•Each trooper you shoot at will now consider you a higher priority than Guardians/Walkers; that trooper will stop shooting the Guardians/Walkers and consider you its target for a few seconds
•Walker laser DPS vs troopers increased from 150 to 190
•Parrying a Guardian attack will no longer cause the Guardian to be stunned
•When Shrines are destroyed the Patron gets more aggressive, moves faster, and does more damage
•Weakened Patron HP regen increased from 80 to 120
•Weakened Patron out of combat delay reduced from 30s to 20s
•Rejuv bonus reduced from 75% to 50% respawn time reduction
•Mid Boss health gained per minute increased from 350 to 425
•Urn now gives the team that is behind +2 more sprint when carrying it
•Bullet damage falloff now maxes out at ~60m instead of ~65m
•Movement Powerup: Stamina regen increased from 20% to 30%
•Movement Powerup: Sprint speed increased from +2 to +3
•Movement Powerup: Zipline bonus increased from 30% to 50%
•Gun Powerup: Ammo increased from +30% to +40%
•Powerup durations increased from 150s to 160s
•Reworked the climb-up exit from the Cosmic Veil space on the outer lanes
•Moved kiosk cover prop in the outer lanes to space out trooper paths
•Moved delivery truck out from the street curb near the underground shop
•Moved breakable idols from the street level juke spots to other locations
•Removed the tree in front of the Walkers on Amber Orange and Sapphire Blue
•Replaced some trees on the Amber side with steam vents
•Moved barrel cover barrier to block the Guardian shop opening on Amber Purple and Sapphire Yellow
•Raised the sign on the roof of the garage
•Removed the smoke wall from the end of the alleys