October 30, 2026

Riposte

• ▼Pommel Hit changed from a stun to an immobilize and parry disable
• ▲Pommel Hit disable duration increased from 0.8s to 1.5s
• ▲T2 disable duration increased from +0.4s to +0.6s
• FixFixed the counterattack dash sometimes missing its target or launching Apollo away when the target moves, rounds a corner, or is displaced
• FixFixed 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

Stats

• ▼Spirit Resist scaling reduced from 0.1 to 0.07

Threadsap

• ▼Spirit Steal duration reduced from 22s to 16s
• ▼When a victim cleanses the Threadsap debuff, the matching spirit Baba gained is also removed

Granny Long Legs

• ▼Light Melee knockback distance reduced from 10m to 8m
• ▲Heavy Melee cooldown reduced from 1.4s to 1.2s (default is 1.0s)
• ▼Heavy Melee slow duration reduced from 4s to 2s
• ◆Heavy melee stomp now only hits the closest Rejuvenator in range
• ▲Reduced Heavy Melee cooldown on miss from 1.7s to 1.5s (1.2s cooldown on hit)Undocumented

Baba's Brew

• ▲No longer has an initial brew time
• ◆Brew order is now random each time she casts it
• ▼Cycle time between each type of brew increased from 1s to 1.5s
• FixUI indicator color now matches the current 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
• FixFixed bug causing it to not deal damage when held through a Close The Deal
• ▼Items and abilities that pull to the ground now work more reliably against Danny
• ▼Slows now reduce the jetpack's in-air impulse more effectively, and even more if movement abilities are silenced
• ▼Cooldown reduction per boon reduced from -0.4s to -0.25s
• ▼Cooldown refund on hit from T3 reduced from 50% to 30%

Close The Deal

• FixFixed some incorrect behavior when used at the top of the belltower

Luggage Cart

• ▲T2 increased from +75 Damage on Wall Impact to +90
• ▲T3 increased from -15s Cooldown to -18s

Stats

• ▲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

Stats

• ▼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
• ▼Deploy time increased from 0.6s to 0.8s

Borrowed Decree

• ▼T2 no longer has -0.3s Time To Spawn
• ◆T3 now also provides -0.3s Time To Spawn

Charged Shot

• ▲T2 now also has -2s Charge Delay
• ▼T3 no longer has -3s Charge Delay
• ▲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)

Smoke Bomb

• FixFixed T3 dispelling debuffs that can't be dispelled (like the Specter Crash from Nurse Harrow's Wretched Vapors)

Napalm

• ▲T2 lifesteal increased from 15% to 20%

Concussive Combustion

• ▲T3 now increases spirit scaling by 0.4

Frozen Shelter

• ▼Cooldown increased from 185s to 190s
• ▲T1 increased from -20s Cooldown to -30s
• ▲T2 now also reduces enemy fire rate by -20%
• ▲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

• FixTargeting 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%
• ▲Health per boon increased from 9 to 10

Traveler

• ▼Channel time increased from 2s to 3s
• ▼Interrupt/cancel cooldown increased from 4s to 5s
• ▼Now gets interrupted if you are Stunned/Immobilized/Slept or have Slowing Hex on you
• ▲Now grants the old T2 barrier in the base ability (with no scaling)
• ◆The minimap now moves to the center of the screen and is enlarged while targeting
• ◆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
• ◆Your destination is now marked on your and your allies' minimaps until you arrive, and stays there briefly after landing
• ◆T2 changed from "400 Barrier that scales with spirit" to "-65s Cooldown"
• ◆T3 changed from "-90s Cooldown" to "Cannot be interrupted by damage"
• ◆T3 now also adds barrier spirit scaling (0.8)

Stats

• ▼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%

Stats

• ▼Base gun damage reduced by 10%

Leech Therapy

• FixFixed enemies being unable to see the glow on the hunting leeches
• FixFixed leeches attaching to targets while the game is paused
• ◆Fed leeches duration on the ground changed from a fixed 180s to 120s + 3s/min
• ▼Leeches on the ground are now removed on round reset

Wretched Vapors

• ▲T3 increased from +15% Rush Speed to +20%

Healing Needles

• ▼Heal Per Shot reduced from 25 to 22
• ▼T2 Heal Per Shot reduced from +20 to +16
• ▲Spirit scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.24

Lurking Terrors

• ▼Fear buildup time increased from 1.3s to 2s
• ▼Enemies no longer build fear when Nurse is more than 50 degrees above or below their view
• ▼T3 changed from "Immune to damage while channeling" to "Takes 50% Reduced Damage while channeling"
• ▼Duration reduced from 7s to 5s
• ▼T3 reduced from +3s Duration to +2s

Stats

• ▼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

Stats

• ▼Base bullet damage reduced by 5%
• ▼Bullet damage growth reduced by 20%

Scrap Grenade

• ▼Damage reduced from 70 to 60
• ▼T2 damage reduced from +70 to +60
• ▼T3 damage reduced from 300 to 275
• ▼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)
• ▼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)
• ▼Radius reduced from 8m to 6m
• ▼Large explosion radius reduced from 14m to 10m

Rule, Ratannia!

• ▼Knockup duration reduced by 50%
• ▼Cooldown increased from 160s to 180s
• ▼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)
• ▼Radius reduced from 20m to 16m
• ▼T2 Radius reduced from +8m to +6m
• ▼Duration reduced from 12s to 9s

Static Charge

• ▲T3 stun duration increased from 0.9s to 1.1s

Stats

• ▼Alt Fire damage per boon reduced by 5%
• FixFixed 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%
• ▲T3 now also increases rage damage spirit scaling by +0.01
• ▲Rage damage spirit scaling increased from 0.01 to 0.015Undocumented

Bloodletting

• FixFixed damage ticks playing audio

Killing Blow

• ▼Recast duration reduced from 16s to 12s

Stats

• ▲Base health regen increased from 2.5 to 3

Entangling Bola

• FixFixed Unstoppable flying targets being made to fall
• FixFixed not grounding Grey Talon during his Rain of Arrows

Go For The Throat

• ▲Now counts weapon damage from Point Blank and Opening Rounds

Stats

• ▼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
• ▲Move Piece: Range to grab pieces increased from 50m to 65m
• FixMove 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

Setup Bishop

• ▼Square height reduced from 4m to 1m
• ▲On Square spirit scaling increased from 0.64 to 0.85
• ▲T1 increased from +15% slow to +25%
• ◆T3 Spirit Resist reduction is now applied on impact instead of by squares
• ▲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
• ▼T3 reduced from -12s cooldown to -10s

Develop Queen

• ▼Cooldown increased from 210s to 240s
• ▲Damage scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.6
• ▼Delay for stun tiles increased from 1s to 1.2s
• ◆Improved warning effects on the stun tiles to make it clear its just those tiles rather than the full area
• FixFixed hitting things outside of the intended square volumes
• ▲Base ability now has the checkmate behavior for heroes under 100 Health (scales +5/boon)
• ▲T2 now increases checkmate threshold by 150

Ira Domini

• ▼Blessed stake damage reduced from 115 to 95
• ▲Blessed stake damage boon scaling increased from 3 to 3.6

Aura of Suffering

• ▲T3 increased from +15% Damage to +16%

Stats

• FixSome moderate performance improvements (still more to do here)

Still Life

• ▼Stun duration reduced from 1.0s to 0.9s
• ▼Line of sight is now required when the channel ends, even during the grace period
• ◆Now shows a text bar to the victim
• ◆Sketches now grant +2% healing amp from Nurse Harrow, Kelvin, Ivy, Dynamo, Paige, and Rem instead
• ◆Sketches changed to give Spirit Power instead of Weapon Damage for Grey Talon, Infernus and Mina
• ▼T1 health regen is now only granted while drawing (still refreshes for 4s on pickup)
• ▼T1 health regen scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.15
• ◆T3 stun duration increased from +0.35s to +0.45s
• ▲Increased grace period from 0.3s to 0.45sUndocumented

Abstract Landscape

• ▼Cooldown increased from 165s to 180s
• ▼Duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.04 to 0.01
• ▼Now ends early if Violet dies
• ▼Cooldown between times you can be affected by it increased from 0.5s to 0.75s
• ▼T3 no longer has "Ink is no longer destroyed"
• ▼Duration reduced from 6s to 5s
• ▼T3 reduced from +4s to +3s

Stats

• ▲Alt fire damage growth per boon increased by 5%

Splatter

• ▲T1 increased from +36 Damage to +45 Damage

Goo Ball

• FixFixed being able to heavy melee or activate Ethereal Shift during the cast delay
• FixFixed the direction indicator not appearing

Alchemical Flask

• ▲Now travels 40% faster (overall cast range unchanged)
• ▲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
• ▲T2 cooldown reduction increased from -30s to -40s

Card Trick

• ▼Heal reduced from 60 to 45

Project Mind

• ▼Cooldown increased from 46s to 50s
• ▼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
• ◆Enemy targets are now marked with an overhead symbol as soon as the grapple is cast, instead of only when the hook lands
• ▼T3 Cast Range reduced from +15m to +8m

Shadow Transformation

• ▼Cooldown increased from 150s to 160s (moved to T2)

• ◆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
• FixFixed 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
• FixFixed 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