Deadlock Patch Notes (Buffs, Nerfs, and Other Changes)

Hero Changes

• Bebop: Base health regen increased from 1.5 to 2.5

• Calico: Leaping Slash base damage increased from 50 to 60

• Celeste: Base regen reduced from 2 to 1
• Celeste: Dazzling Trick T3 silence duration reduced from +2s to +1.5s

• Doorman: Call Bell slow increased from 30% to 35%
• Doorman: Call Bell radius increased from 5m to 6m
• Doorman: Doorway Distance increased from 60m to 70m
• Doorman: Luggage Cart T2 now deals 75 bonus damage (0.6 spirit scaling) when hitting a wall
• Doorman: Luggage Cart T3 stun duration reduced from 1.5s to 1.25s

• Graves: Grasping Hands spirit damage scaling reduced from 1.9 to 1.6
• Graves: Grasping Hands T3 reduced from 2 Ghouls Summoned to 1
• Graves: Grasping Hands T3 now also reduces cooldown by 10s
• Graves: Borrowed Decree Ghoul HP reduced from 200 + 12/boon to 180 + 8/boon
• Graves: Borrowed Decree Ghouls damage reduced from 150 to 135

• Holliday: Bounce Pad now provides allies with air control and stomp damage
• Holliday: Crackshot T3 increased from -4s/-2s for hero/npc headshots to -6s/-3s

• Infernus: Afterburn DPS increased from 12 to 14
• Infernus: Afterburn T1 DPS increased from +14 to +16
• Infernus: Concussive Combustion T2 increased from +85% Explosion Lifesteal to +100%
• Infernus: Concussive Combustion T2 increased from -65s Cooldown to -75s

• Kelvin: Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.7
• Kelvin: Frost Grenade T3 damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.8

• Lady Geist: Gun Falloff reduced from 20->52 to 17->48
• Lady Geist: Life Drain spirit scaling reduced from 0.536 to 0.43
• Lady Geist: Life Drain T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.3 to +0.4

• McGinnis: Medicinal Specter T3 duration increased from +1s to +1.5s
• McGinnis: Spectral Wall duration increased from 5s to 5.5s

• Mirage: Fire Scarabs Health Steal Per Sec reduced from 10 to 9
• Mirage: Fire Scarabs T1 reduced from +8 Health Steal Per Sec to +7
• Mirage: Fire Scarabs T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.23 to +0.17
• Mirage: Dust Devil cooldown increased from 32s to 36s
• Mirage: Dust Devil T2 cooldown increased from -8s to -12s
• Mirage: Dust Devil T3 now also increases lift duration by 0.3s
• Mirage: Djinn's Mark spirit scaling reduced from 0.44 to 0.38

• Rem: Naptime T3 now also provides unstoppable while channeling

• Silver: Bullet damage rescaled from 5.5+0.1206 to 5.4+0.124
• Silver: Slam Fire cooldown increased from 22s to 25s
• Silver: Slam Fire T2 cooldown increased from -7s to -10s

• Venator: Consecrating Grenade impact damage scaling reduced from 1.2 to 1.0
• Venator: Gut Shot wall stun reduced from 0.65s to 0.6s
• Venator: Gut Shot damage scaling reduced from 1 to 0.8

• Victor: Restored health per boon back to 46
• Victor: No longer has -30% Lifesteal Effectiveness
• Victor: Jumpstart T3 no longer purges non-ult debuffs
• Victor: Jumpstart T3 now adds +50% Debuff Resistance and cuts existing debuff durations by 50%
• Victor: Aura of Suffering radius reduced from 9.5m to 9m

Gameplay Changes

• Vitality investment tree bonus reverted back to % base hp increase rather than raw constant bonus (back to how it was set up in december)
• Hero health growth increased by +3 and 4%
• Spirit investment rescaled from 7/11/15/19/38/52/64/76/89/101 to 7/11/15/19/38/48/57/66/75/100
• Small neutrals spirit resist increased from 35% to 45%

Item Changes

• Greater Expansion: Ability Range reduced from 35% to 30%
• Guardian Ward: Ability Range reduced from 10% to 8%
• Ballistic Enchantment: Ability Range reduced from 25% to 20%
• Cultist Sacrifice: Ability Range reduced from +15% to +12%
• Healing Nova: Ability Range reduced from +6% to +5%
• Rescue Beam: Ability Range reduced from +8% to +6%
• Knockdown: Ability Range reduced from +6% to +5%
• Divine Barrier: Ability Range reduced from +15% to +10%
• Arcane Surge: Ability Range reduced from 15% to 12%
• Echo Shard: No longer grants +5% Ability Range
• Spirit Burn: Ability Range reduced from +8% to +6%
• Vortex Web: Ability Range reduced from +10% to +8%

• Weighted Shots: Debuff Resist increased from 18% to 20%
• Burst Fire: Duration increased from 3.5s to 4.5s
• Burst Fire: Cooldown increased from 7s to 9s
• Blood Tribute: Spirit Resist reduced from 10% to 8%
• Enchanter's Emblem: Spirit Resist increased from 15% to 18%
• Restorative Locket: Spirit Resist increased from 8% to 10%
• Metal Skin: Bullet Resist reduced from 15% to 12%
• Counterspell: Bonus Health reduced from 100 to 75
• Golden Goose Egg: Now has a 2 second channel to hatch
• Boundless Spirit: Constant spirit bonus reduced from 35 to 30

Hero Changes

• Abrams: Melee damage per boon increased by 10%
• Abrams: Siphon Life range increased from 7.5m to 8m
• Abrams: Siphon Life T3 range reduced from +3.5m to +3m
• Abrams: Infernal Resilience T3 increased from +7% Damage Regenerated to +8%
• Abrams: Seismic Impact impact height increased from 4m to 6m
• Abrams: Seismic Impact T2 increased from +0.6s Stun Duration to +0.7s
• Abrams: Seismic Impact T3 Unstoppable duration increased from 4s to 5s

• Apollo: Bullet damage increased from 17 to 18.5
• Apollo: Riposte T2 melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -30%
• Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from +1.2s Stun to +1.6s

• Billy: Rising Ram now uses a break-off angle when grounded, allowing upward movement if looking up enough

• Calico: Leaping Slash scaling reduced from 1.2 to 0.8
• Calico: Leaping Slash cooldown increased from 11s to 13s
• Calico: Leaping Slash T2 reduced from "+225s within 4s" to "+200 within 3s"
• Calico: Ava is no longer disabled by damage over time abilities (same as zipline rules)
• Calico: Return to Shadows move speed reduced from 30% to 20%
• Calico: Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 90s to 100s

• Celeste: Bullet/Melee resistance reduced from -6% to -8%
• Celeste: Gun now has falloff 22m->60m
• Celeste: Bullet damage increased from 18+0.6 to 22+0.7
• Celeste: Light Eater spirit scaling increased from 0.23 to 0.28
• Celeste: Dazzling Trick no longer grants +1m Move Speed
• Celeste: Dazzling Trick T1 increased from +2.5m Move Speed to +3.5m
• Celeste: Radiant Daggers spirit scaling increased from 0.42 to 0.56
• Celeste: Radiant Daggers T2 increased from "-15s Cooldown and +60 Damage" to "-18s Cooldown and +70 Damage"
• Celeste: Radiant Daggers T3 fire rate increased from 6% to 7%
• Celeste: Shining Wonder range reduced from 15m to 14m
• Celeste: Shining Wonder T3 reduced from +10 Max Bounces to +8

• Doorman: Call Bell now continuously emits slow
• Doorman: Call Bell impact damage spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7
• Doorman: Call Bell explosion damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4
• Doorman: Call Bell T1 changed from "+3m Radius" to "+1 Charge"
• Doorman: Call Bell T3 no longer grants +1 Charge
• Doorman: Call Bell T3 now also grants +4m Radius
• Doorman: Call Bell T3 duration increased from +22s to +26s
• Doorman: Call Bell T3 now also increases spirit scaling by +0.4
• Doorman: Call Bell T3 no longer increases slow by -15%
• Doorman: Doorway now shows the range of where the second door can be placed on the minimap.
• Doorman: Doorway T3 distance spirit scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.15
• Doorman: Doorway T3 reduced from +50m to +45m
• Doorman: Fixed Luggage Cart moving targets with Unstoppable if it goes through a Doorway

• Dynamo: Ammo increased from 18 to 20
• Dynamo: Kinetic Pulse spirit scaling reduced from 2.1 to 1.8
• Dynamo: Kinetic Pulse width increased from 5m to 5.5m
• Dynamo: Kinetic Pulse T3 increased from +16m Range to +20m
• Dynamo: Quantum Entanglement T3 now also replenishes 1 charge for charged abilities (half effect on allies)
• Dynamo: Singularity T3 Max health as damage increased from 5.5% to 6%

• Graves: Jar of Dead spirit scaling increased from 0.25 to 0.35
• Graves: Jar of Dead health per boon increased from 1 to 1.3
• Graves: Jar of Dead fixed colliding with the world sometimes
• Graves: Jar of Dead T2 now increases duration by +4s
• Graves: Grasping Hands deploy time reduced from 0.7s to 0.6s
• Graves: Grasping Hands T3 changed from "+1s Immobilize and -12s Cooldown" to "+1s Immobilize and +2 Ghouls Summoned"
• Graves: Essence Theft T3 fixed to latch onto targets nearby more readily
• Graves: Borrowed Decree now summons 2 Ghouls on cast
• Graves: Borrowed Decree T3 no longer summons 3 Ghouls on cast
• Graves: Borrowed Decree T3 increased from +5% Current Health to +6%

• Infernus: Reload time reduced from 2.491 to 2.25
• Infernus: Flame Dash speed now moves faster by the same amount of speed above your base
• Infernus: Concussive Combustion T2 increased from +65% Explosion Lifesteal to +85%

• Ivy: Stone Form spirit scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.6
• Ivy: Stone Form T3 spirit scaling reduced from +2 to +1.7
• Ivy: Air Drop ally cast range increased from 18m to 22m
• Ivy: Air Drop is no longer disabled by damage over time abilities (same as zipline rules)
• Ivy: Air Drop cooldown increased from 65s to 85s
• Ivy: Air Drop cooldown is reduced by 25% when used on allies

• Kelvin: Frost Grenade radius increased from 6m to 6.5m
• Kelvin: Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.914 to 0.8
• Kelvin: Frost Grenade T3 damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.0 to 0.9
• Kelvin: Ice Path T2 increased from -20s Cooldown to -25s
• Kelvin: Ice Path T3 now also grants +20 Spirit Power
• Kelvin: Frozen Shelter T3 increased from 50 Health Regen to 65

• McGinnis: Bullet damage increased from 6.0+0.15/boon to 6.2+0.16/boon
• McGinnis: Mini Turret attack range increased from 25m to 30m
• McGinnis: Medicinal Specter radius increased from 5m to 5.5m
• McGinnis: Spectral Wall duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
• McGinnis: Heavy Barrage cooldown increased from 165s to 175s
• McGinnis: Heavy Barrage spirit scaling reduced from 0.23 to 0.2
• McGinnis: Heavy Barrage T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.2 to 0.16
• McGinnis: Heavy Barrage T3 DPS reduced from 22 to 18

• Mina: Fixed a bug with Rake with how the low hp bonus damage against non-hero targets was dealt (when they were low, the spirit resist didn't matter effectively)
• Mina: Float time with umbrella increased from 2.5s to 4s
• Mina: Can now zoom in again to continue floating if you let go of the zoom, as long as the total zoom time is still under the max
• Mina: Fixed various issues with Nox Nostra bats not hitting things properly (DPS values reduced to compensate for this indirect buff)

• Mirage: Fire Scarabs no longer does max health steal
• Mirage: Fire Scarabs now drains life from the enemy, dealing DPS to the enemy and healing you for 8s.
• Mirage: Fire Scarabs no longer applies +10% Damage Amp
• Mirage: Fire Scarabs now reduces enemy damage output by 20% (and +15% in T3)
• Mirage: Dust Devil radius increased from 3.5m to 4m
• Mirage: Dust Devil T3 window to recast increased from 5s to 6s
• Mirage: Djinn's Mark spirit scaling reduced from 0.51 to 0.44
• Mirage: Djinn's Mark debuff visuals improved
• Mirage: Djinn's Mark T1 slow duration increased from 0.5s to 0.8s
• Mirage: Djinn's Mark T2 multiplier duration increased from 2.5s to 3s
• Mirage: Traveler no longer gets interrupted by non-hero sources nor DOT damage
• Mirage: Traveler wait time reduced from 3s to 2s
• Mirage: Traveler interrupt cooldown reduced from 6s to 4s
• Mirage: Traveler cooldown reduced from 145s to 120s
• Mirage: Traveler can now be manually canceled
• Mirage: Traveler can now also target units

• Mo & Krill: Combo range reduced from 4.8m to 4m
• Mo & Krill: Combo DPS reduced from 45 to 40
• Mo & Krill: Combo DPS spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 0.6
• Mo & Krill: Combo cooldown reduced from 140s to 130s
• Mo & Krill: Combo T3 DPS reduced from +60 to +50
• Mo & Krill: Combo T3 now also increases spirit scaling +0.4
• Mo & Krill: Combo health rescaled from 50 to 30 + 1/Boon (not retroactive)

• Shiv: Stamina increased from 2 to 3
• Shiv: Stamina cooldown increased from 4.5s to 5.5s
• Shiv: Bloodletting no longer interrupts sliding when cast
• Shiv: Bloodletting is now affected by healing modifiers
• Shiv: Fixed a bug with Killing Blow T3 causing the cooldown to be delayed if you failed to execute during the allowed window
• Shiv: Killing Blow now continues forward (and dealing damage) until it reaches a target it can kill or runs out of range

• Silver: Slam Fire Weapon Accuracy reduced from -25% to -30%
• Silver: Go For The Throat, Boot Kick and Mauling Leap now benefit from range increases
• Silver: Boot Kick now uses a break-off angle when grounded, allowing upward movement if looking up enough
• Silver: Tail Whack spirit scaling increased from 1 to 1.5
• Silver: Lycan Curse now grants 1.5m Move Speed
• Silver: Lycan Curse T1 increased from +18% Resists to +20%
• Silver: Lycan Curse T2 increased from +150 Bonus Health to +200
• Silver: Lycan Curse T3 now has a 1.5s buffer for kill credit

• Victor: Health per boon increased from 46 to 50
• Victor: Now has 30% less effectiveness from lifesteal (Lifesteal Effectiveness stat added to Vitality tooltip)
• Victor: Shocking Reanimation radius increased from 12m to 18m
• Victor: Shocking Reanimation cooldown increased from 210s to 230s
• Victor: Shocking Reanimation T3 no longer increases radius by 6m
• Victor: Shocking Reanimation T3 cooldown from -70s to -100s
• Victor: Shocking Reanimation T3 now also deals +150 Damage

• Viscous: Puddle Punch scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.6
• Viscous: Puddle Punch now has +20 bonus damage
• Viscous: Puddle Punch wind up time increased from 0.15s to 0.2s
• Viscous: Puddle Punch displacement duration reduced from 0.8s to 0.6s
• Viscous: Goo Ball stun duration reduced from 0.7s to 0.5s
• Viscous: Goo Ball lockout period from being affected again increased from 1.25s to 1.35s
• Viscous: Goo Ball duration increased from 10s to 11s

• Wraith: Card Trick heart now only heals for half the amount for secondary targets in the area
• Wraith: Card Trick now randomly pulls cards out of a 2 deck stack (lowers overall variance. Gets a new 2 deck stack after that is depleted)
• Wraith: Project Mind cooldown increased from 42s to 46s
• Wraith: Project Mind T3 cooldown increased from -28s to -32s
• Wraith: Full Auto T3 now interrupts/finishes an ongoing reload
• Wraith: Telekinesis cast time increased from 0.35s to 0.45s
• Wraith: Telekinesis debuff duration reduced from 2.75s to 2.25s
• Wraith: Telekinesis cast range reduced from 13m to 10m
• Wraith: Telekinesis cooldown increased from 120s to 130s

• Yamato: Fixed Flying Strike triggering heavy melee procs rather than light melee (damage amount was light melee still)