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

In this article, we'll be compiling the three most recent Patch Notes from the official Deadlock forums.

With the game still in its early days, balance changes happen very often, so be sure to check back to stay on top of the latest updates.

New characters and items are continually being added, and even new universal mechanics like wall-jumping.

So far, Valve has been very receptive to feedback, so be sure to express your thoughts in their Discord.

- Grey Talon: Base bullet damage reduced from 30 to 27
- Grey Talon: Movement speed scaling from Spirit Power reduced from 0.032 to 0.025
- Mirage: Fire Scarabs cooldown increased from 32s to 40s
- Mirage: HP per boon reduced from 41 to 37
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb now gains 1% stack on attach (still gains 5% on target death)
- Paradox: Time Wall T3 silence duration reduced from 3s to 2.5s
- Metal Skin: Cooldown increased from 21s to 28s
- Siphon Bullets: Max HP Steal is now affected by falloff
- Improved Burst: Damage threshold requirement reduced from 200 to 175

- Urn NW lead requirement increased from 8% to 10%
- Majestic Leap: Cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s
- Shiv: Killing Blow cast range increased from 13m to 14m
- Shiv: Killing Blow rage per weapon damage increased from 0.015 to 0.017
- Shiv: Killing Blow drain rate reduced from 0.3 to 0.25
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb stacks no longer decrease on death
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb now gives stacks based on dying heroes hurt by Sticky Bomb damage with a 12 second buffer (previously anyone hit by the bomb would automatically grant stacks)
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb damage per stack increased from 3% to 5%
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb spirit power damage scaling increased from 0.9 to 1.2
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb T1 improved from -7.5s to -8s
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb cooldown reduced from 19s to 18s
- Grey Talon: Movespeed spirit scaling reduced from 0.04 to 0.032
- Grey Talon: Bullet damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.13 to 0.12
- Kelvin: Ice Path cooldown increased from 38s to 42s
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets Spirit Resist reduced from 80% to 70%
- McGinnis: Spectral Wall cooldown increased from 37s to 46s
- McGinnis: Spectral Wall T2 cooldown improved from -14s to -23s
- Paradox: Pulse Grenade T3 reduced from +1m per Pulse to +0.75m
- Seven: Storm Cloud DPS increased from 110 to 120
- Yamato: Shadow Transformation cooldown reduced from 90s to 85s

General Changes

- Added 6 new heroes to Hero Labs, a new experimental hero matchmaking mode. The heroes are Holliday, Calico, Wrecker, Fathom, Viper and Magician (temp names). The goal of this mode is to invite players to help us in giving hero design feedback while heroes are in very early phases. Most heroes in this mode will have placeholder models, names, effects, etc (some exceptions are older in-dev heroes that had more developed art). They will also sometimes have placeholder/copy-paste abilities for certain slots if that ability slot is still TBD (such as Magician ultimate). There will be a specific hero labs section on the forum to post feedback on these. Heroes in this mode will often be removed, abilities changed, new heroes added, removed heroes re-added, etc. Patch notes for changes to heroes in this mode will be posted on the Hero Labs subforum. This mode will have limited testing hours for now while we gauge activity, in order to ensure faster queue times. You must have at least 50 games played to be able to queue here. If you don't get a new hero selected (since there are less new heroes than there are players), you will be considered higher priority for subsequent matches to get a new hero from your roster selection.

- Added Commends. You can commend players you've enjoyed playing with during the game or in the post-game scoreboard (same places you would report). The number of commends you've received on each hero will be displayed in your profile.

- Added new character shader to improve player visibility in all areas of the map and experiment with more stylized rendering of character models

- Updated environment lighting and sky

- Added sequential kill streak music cues

- Added keybinds for "Fly Up" and "Fly Down". Used for flying abilities like Ivy's Air Drop and Vindicta's Flight
- Fixed being unable to report/mute disconnected players

- You can now drag and drop build categories to move them around
- Added quick-selection for favorite builds. Clicking on the name of your currently active build in the shop will bring up a dropdown that lets you switch between favorited builds for that hero without opening the build browser.

- Added indication of game mode within match history
- Added Rank badge to matches on the Watch page
- Added Rank History tab to profile, currently only visible for yourself. You can click on previous ranks to view the Rank Report summary for that interval

- Flash Windows Taskbar icon if the game window isn't in focus and you have 3 seconds until you respawn

- Fixed issue in several languages where team net worth number shrunk to an unreadable size
- Fixed Urns sometimes appearing to stay in the world after being picked up
- Fixed jittering from Lash's gun firing while running and aiming (this should reduce screen noise significantly in this case)
- Lash melee animation updates
- Added Melee Resistance to Vitality stat screen
- Lowered pitch of Haze voice processing
- Added teleporter channel and appear sounds
- Added Healing Rite end sound
- Added Mystic Shot proc sound
- Added Magic Carpet cast, cast delay, loop, and end sounds
- Updated Slowing Hex projectile loop, hit, and debuff sounds
- Yamato's Flying Strike now stops tracking targets that teleport
- Shiv's Killing Blow now stops tracking targets that teleport
- McGinnis melee animation updates
- Fixing hitting ESC to close to intro movie also closing the ranked summary popup
- Fixed pregame countdown drawing over the shop UI
- Pocket climb animation adjustments
- Mirage Traveler now previews Mirage's model at destination to show facing direction
- Lady Geist Life Drain revisions to show start of effect better but reduce noise afterwards
- Silenced debuff revisions to reduce obstructed vision of player
- Infernus Afterburn: debuff vfx reduced opacity after start to reduce noise
- Mirage Djinn's Mark: damage vfx revision to reduce visual noise, debuff moved to overhead UI
- Mirage gun revisions to tracer, muzzle flash, and impacts
- Shiv Dagger: reduced size of stuck dagger in victim
- Unstoppable vfx has a more obvious start
- Lady Geist Malice: revisions to reduce vfx noise and obstructions

- Lady Geist Malice: reduced brightness of vfx for players close to it
- Shiv Slice and Dice: reduced vfx noise for players close to it
- Infernus: reduced darkness of players affected by Catalyst debuff
- Infernus: reduced brightness and lingering of Concussive Combustion effects
- Infernus: reduced visual noise of tracers and firerate increases
- Ivy Kudzu Bomb effects properly display visuals when above ground
- Lash Flog: new effects
- Viscous: cleaner effect for viscous alt-fire
- Rescue Beam: fixed some visual bugs on the effects
- Knockdown: updated effect animation to alert when it will stun
- Ammo Scavenger: proc sound only plays when applying a stack
- Play a sound when a debuff is applied to player but is purged due to some invulnerability
- Fixed instances where mix ducking occurs too early in a sound event's lifetime
- Fixed audio occlusion filtering artifacts during high rates of change
- Enabled certain music cues like 'respawn' to interrupt base attack music
- Denied orb sound will no longer play beyond 2500 game units from the player
- Reduced visual noise of Wraith's tracers when close up or when Wraith has a high fire rate
- Increased intelligibility of team-specific hero death sound
- Abandoning Co-op bot matches with more than one party now brings up the Abandon Match confirmation warning instead of leaving immediately
- Added looping telegraph for Seven Static Charge ability
- Added victim-specific sound for Static Charge the moment it is applied
- Bots are better at coming together to defend and push lanes
- Bots will prioritize assisting human allies on offense
- Reduced visual noise of Seven's tracers, especially when close up or when Seven has a high fire rate

- Added a "Mouse Sensitivity: Vertical Scaling" setting
- Added a "Reset Camera" bind (available in Steam Input)
- Fixed Steam Input "Melee" Action not resetting the camera vertically
- Added new Steam Input Analog Action: "Aim". This uses Angle-based sensitivity options in Steam Input (work-in-progress feature).
- Fixed Steam Input aiming no longer being affected by Mouse Sensitivity options (including Invert Y)
- Fixed a bug where the last controller plugged in would block actions from other controllers. Now multiple controllers can be combined.

Misc Gameplay

- AP is no longer granted for Walkers
- Shrine/Patron no longer have Soul/AP bounties
- Shrine Flex Slot moved to "All Shrines"
- Missing AP from above is redistributed along souls reward line at similar soul levels that the objectives previously died on average

- Trooper Soul Orbs now have a 90ms buffer to allow the server to do better calculations on who shot the orb first, to minimize latency advantages for denying
- Trooper soul changed from 50/50% in the kill/orb to 60/40%

- Breakables spawn time increased from 2 minutes to 3 minutes
- Breakables Souls reduced from 35 + 3/min to 30 + 2.5/min

- Urn comeback properties now require an 8% net worth lead to kick in
- Urn pickup locations are the same as before, however now the drop-off locations will be variable based on which team is leading. If there isn't a lead over 8% net worth, then the drop-off location is the same as before. If there is, then the drop-off location will be closer to the losing team's side. The minimap will show where the drop-off location is as usual, as well as an indicator in the world that helps show you where it is.

- If the Urn hasn't been delivered within 90 seconds of pickup time, it now drains your health for 1% of Max HP per second (the timer is per team). Your regen is disabled during this.
- Whenever the Urn is dropped after 90 seconds of pickup time, it starts moving back to its spawn point immediately and cannot be picked up by the same team for 12 seconds.
- Increased speed Urn walks back

- Guardian attack range requirement changed from 20m to requiring you are above the ramp on high ground
- Guardian resist vs troopers changed from starting at 70% and ending at -30% at 10 min to starting at 60% and ending at -35% at 8 minutes
- Guardians now have resist vs players starting at 40% and ending at -35% at 8 minutes

- Walkers now have resist vs troopers starting at 60% and ending at -30% at 14 minutes
- Walkers now have resist vs players starting at 60% and ending at -30% at 14 minutes

- Troopers now gain +40% Spirit Resist gradually over 25 minutes, goes to 70% at 50 minutes
- Backdoor protection detection range for troopers increased (harder to kill troopers approaching the objectives with long range spells to stall making the game think you are backdooring when you aren't)
- Backdoor protection removal now has a 20s buffer (so it doesn't go into protection mode immediately once creeps die)

- Mid Boss respawn timer decreases with subsequent boss kills, from 7 to 7/6/5 minutes

- The 70s respawn time now happens at 30 min instead of 35 min
- There is now a respawn curve that goes from 70s to 75s over 30->40 minutes

- Base Guardians and Shrines no longer have out-of-combat regen

- Parry active window increased from 0.7 to 0.75
- Parry cooldown reduced from 5s to 4.5s

- Medic Trooper heal now has 2 charges; time between casts is 6s [does not consume a charge when healing other troopers, mainly affects waves pushing on their own]
- Medic Trooper heal cooldown increased from 6s to 35s
- Sinner's Sacrifice now shares souls of subsequent hits with everyone that hit it recently (rather than the bigger value from last hit only going to one player)

- Redesigned stairs from central canal to the outer lanes (near Urn spawn)
- Added a skybridge with interior from the Subway Entrance buildings into the Port Authority and Speakeasy buildings

- Connection hallways behind the Chapel and Firehouse now has an option to continue inside to the Walker arenas
- Added a Bounce Pad from these connection hallways to the front of the overpass
- Neutral camps beside Amber Purple and Sapphire Yellow Walker arenas moved from the ground floor to the upper floor

- Redesigned traversal from ground floor to upper floor of the Garage and Night Club to get to the Sinner's Sacrifice neutrals
- Replaced fire escape stairs with ropes on the exterior of the Garage and Night Club

- Added more zipline nodes to outer lanes

Weapon Items

- Restorative Shot: Weapon Damage reduced from 7% to 6%
- Restorative Shot: Cooldown increased from 5.5s to 6s
- Rapid Rounds: Fire Rate increased from 9% to 10%
- Monster Rounds: Resist vs NPCs reduced from 30% to 25%
- High-Velocity Mag: Bullet Velocity reduced from 25% to 20%
- High-Velocity Mag: Bullet Shield Health increased from 50 to 65
- High-Velocity Mag: Weapon damage increased from 12% to 13%

- Melee Charge: Weapon Damage reduced from 15% to 12%
- Melee Charge: Health reduced from 100 to 75
- Long Range: No longer grants +25% Ammo
- Long Range: Now has -20% Reload Time
- Active Reload: No longer grants -20% Reload Time
- Active Reload: Now grants +18% Ammo
- Mystic Shot: Proc cannot miss due to evasion
- Mystic Shot: Cooldown increased from 5.25 to 5.75

- Burst Fire: Now grants +20% Slow Resistance
- Sharpshooter: No longer grants +20% Ammo
- Sharpshooter: Now has -20% Reload Time
- Tesla Bullets: Proc cooldown can now be reduced by cooldown reduction
- Titanic Magazine: Now grants +12% Spirit Resist
- Titanic Magazine: No longer grants +18% Bullet Resist
- Titanic Magazine: Now grants +25% Melee Damage Resistance

- Lucky Shot: Proc now pierces evasion
- Vampiric Burst: Health increased from 150 to 175

Vitality Items

- Extra Regen: No longer grants +25 Health
- Extra Stamina: Bonus Health increased from +25 to +35
- Extra Health: Now upgrades into Fortitude

- Enduring Speed: Slow Resist reduced from 35% to 30%
- Reactive Barrier: Ammo increased from 15% to 20%

- Majestic Leap: Cooldown increased from 26s to 45s
- Majestic Leap: Getting shot while in the air disables the drop-down ability
- Rescue Beam: Pull speed reduced by 20%
- Rescue Beam: Sprint reduced from +2 to +1
- Fortitude: Now upgrades from Extra Health
- Fortitude: Health increased from 325 to 365
- Fortitude: Restore delay reduced from 11s to 10s
- Fortitude: Weapon Damage increased from 25% to 27%
- Veil Walker: Bullet Shield increased from 200 to 250
- Veil Walker: Spirit Shield increased from 200 to 250
- Superior Stamina: Spirit Power increased from 8 to 12

- Soul Rebirth: No longer grants +15% Cooldown Reduction
- Soul Rebirth: Cooldown increased from 212s to 240s
- Siphon Bullets: Max HP Steal Per Bullet increased from 50 to 55
- Leech: Now has 12% Cooldown Reduction
- Leech: No longer grants Spirit Power
- Phantom Strike: No longer grants 15% Bullet Resist
- Phantom Strike: Now grants +15% Spirit Resist
- Unstoppable: No longer grants +15% Spirit Resist
- Unstoppable: Now grants +15% Bullet Resist
- Unstoppable: No longer grants 1 Move Speed
- Colossus: Slow reduced from 35% to 30%
- Colossus: Slow radius reduced from 14m to 12m

Spirit Items

- Mystic Reach: Ability Range reduced from 18% to 15%
- Mystic Reach: Bullet Resist increased from 6% to 7%
- Ammo Scavenger: Duration increased from 30s to 35s

- Slowing Hex: Slow reduced from 25% to 20%
- Improved Cooldown: Now grants +75 Spirit Shield
- Withering Whip: Projectile speed increased by 30%
- Cold Front now does double damage to NPC units
- Duration Extender: Ability Duration reduced from 16% to 14%
- Duration Extender: Now grants +8% Weapon Damage
- Bullet Resist Shredder: No longer grants +5% Bullet Resist
- Bullet Resist Shredder: Now grants +15% Melee damage resistance

- Surge of Power: When the passive procs, you no longer get slowed when shooting (similar to Fleetfoot)
- Surge of Power: Movespeed reduced from +3 to +2
- Improved Reach: Non-Imbued Ability Range increased from 25% to 26%
- Improved Reach: Bullet Resist increased from 12% to 13%
- Mystic Slow: Slow reduced from 30% to 25%
- Mystic Slow: Health bonus increased from 100 to 140
- Improved Burst: Max HP Damage increased from 7% to 9%
- Improved Burst: Threshold damage increased from 125 to 200
- Superior Cooldown: Spirit Shield increased from 100 to 150
- Superior Duration: Non-Imbued duration increased from 26% to 27%
- Superior Duration: Imbued duration increased from 32% to 33%
- Ethereal Shift: Active no longer grants 14 spirit power or reloads
- Ethereal Shift: Active now grants +3 Movespeed for 5 seconds after returning
- Ethereal Shift: Active now grants +40% Spirit Resist for 5 seconds after returning
- Ethereal Shift: Now grants +6 Spirit Power
- Improved Spirit: Spirit Power increased from 28 to 30

- Boundless Spirit: Spirit Power increased from 60 to 65
- Boundless Spirit: Weapon Power increased from 25% to 30%
- Escalating Exposure: Spirit Amp Per Stack reduced from 5% to 4%
- Mystic Reverb: Slow now only affects the primary target
- Mystic Reverb: Spirit Lifesteal, Spirit Resist, and Ability Range reduced from 15% to 14%

Hero Changes

- Abrams: Melee attack rate reduced by 15% (time between attacks)
- Abrams: Gun falloff damage starts at 20m instead of 22m
- Abrams: Fixed some cases where Shoulder Charge would do a 180/360 on spell cast
- Abrams: Fixed Shoulder Charge sliding against wall surfaces incorrectly
- Abrams: Fixed Seismic Impact sometimes getting stuck on objects

- Bebop: Bullet damage growth increased from 0.29 to 0.33
- Bebop: No longer gains 1% Bullet Resist per boon
- Bebop: Now gains 1% Spirit Resist per boon
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb now loses 20% of your stacks on death (rounds up)
- Bebop: Hook now returns troopers 75% faster than normal

- Grey Talon: Base regen increased from 2 to 2.5
- Grey Talon: Gun spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.13
- Grey Talon: Movespeed now scales with Spirit Power again
- Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows strafe speed with stamina increased by 30%

- Infernus: Afterburn T1 reduced from 30% to 25%

- Ivy: Base bullet damage increased from 4.5 to 5
- Ivy: Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.39 to 0.36
- Ivy: Air Drop slow reduced from 35% to 30%

- Kelvin: Arctic Beam slow reduced from 50% to 40%
- Kelvin: Frost Grenade T2 heal reduced from 145 to 125
- Kelvin: Fixed Frozen Shelter not freezing weakened patron

- Lady Geist: Malice slow reduced from 20% to 15%
- Lady Geist: Malice debuff duration reduced from 13s to 9s
- Lady Geist: Malice Damage Amp reduced from 15% to 8%
- Lady Geist: Malice T2 now also increases damage amp by 7%
- Lady Geist: Malice no longer causes you to un-zoom on cast

- McGinnis: Gun spin decay rate improved from 0.65 to 0.25
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets cooldown reduced from 24s to 18s
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets spirit resist increased from 60% to 80%
- McGinnis: Spectral Wall slow reduced from 25% to 20%
- McGinnis: Spectral Wall T1 damage amp reduced from 25% to 15%
- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage minimum range increased from 6m to 7m
- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage cooldown increased from 106s to 140s
- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage T2 cooldown improved from -47s to -50s
- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage T1 slow reduced from 35% to 30%

- Mirage: Fire Scarabs T3 max health steal increased from +70 to +80
- Mirage: Djinn's Mark T3 cooldown between multipliers improved from -0.5s to -0.75s
- Mirage: Traveler Fire Rate increased from 20% to 30%
- Mirage: Traveler T2 cooldown reduction improved from -30s to -40s
- Mirage: Traveler T3 now grants Unstoppable for 3s on arrival

- Mo & Krill: Now has 20% Headshot Crit reduction
- Mo & Krill: Burrow bullet and spirit resist now persist while spinning out of the burrow

- Paradox: Pulse Grenade pulses are now expressed as a duration rather than a fixed pulse count (works with Duration Extender)
- Paradox: Pulse Grenade T1 changed from +1 Pulse to +0.8s Duration
- Paradox: Pulse Grenade T2 improved from -7.5s to -8s
- Paradox: Kinetic Carbine T2 improved from -9.5s Cooldown to -10s
- Paradox: Kinetic Carbine shots cannot miss due to evasion
- Paradox: Kinetic Carbine can now pierce breakables
- Paradox: Kinetic Carbine now does 15% more damage on a headshot
- Paradox: Kinetic Carbine sound level reduced a little bit

- Seven: Lightning Ball cooldown increased from 23s to 26s
- Seven: Lightning Ball radius reduced from 4m to 3.5m
- Seven: Lightning Ball T2 slow reduced from 40% to 35%
- Seven: Movespeed reduced from 7.3 to 7.1
- Seven: Storm Cloud expand time reduced from 3s to 2s
- Seven: Storm Cloud range increased from 25m to 30m

- Shiv: Base speed reduced from 7.3 to 7.0
- Shiv: Serrated Knives collision radius reduced by 20%
- Shiv: Bloodletting cooldown increased from 21s to 50s
- Shiv: Bloodletting T2 cd increased from -4.75s to -25s (final cd changed from 16.25s to 25s)
- Shiv: Bloodletting duration increased from 10s to 13s
- Shiv: Bloodletting Incoming Damage Deferred reduced from 30% to 22%
- Shiv: Bloodletting T1 changed to +8% Incoming Damage Deferred (was +5s duration)
- Shiv: Killing Blow range reduced from 20m to 13m
- Shiv: Killing Blow Rage buildup per heavy melee reduced from 3.5 to 2.75
- Shiv: Killing Blow Rage buffer duration reduced from 10s to 9s
- Shiv: Killing Blow Rage buildup vs creeps reduced by 50%

- Vindicta: Gun cycle time improved from 0.26s to 0.22s
- Vindicta: Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 0.55 to 0.65
- Vindicta: Fire rate now scales with Spirit Power (0.14)
- Vindicta: Assassinate no longer splits to allies
- Vindicta: Flight duration increased from 8s to 12s
- Vindicta: Flight T2 duration increased from +6s to +8s
- Vindicta: Assassinate bullet radius increased from 3" to 4"
- Vindicta: Assassinate scope is now automatically canceled when Paradoxical Swap hits you

- Viscous: Bullet damage reduced from 12 to 11
- Viscous: Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 0.86 to 0.9 (total from 24.04 to 23.6)
- Viscous: The Cube T2 moved to T3
- Viscous: The Cube T2 is now +35 HP regen
- Viscous: Splatter T2 reduced from +60 Damage to +50
- Viscous: Goo Ball Spirit Resist reduced from 70% to 60%

- Warden: Alchemical Flask slow duration reduced from 6s to 3s
- Warden: Alchemical Flask weapon damage duration increased from 6s to 7s
- Warden: Binding Word escape time reduced from 2.9s to 2.8s
- Warden: Binding Word escape range increased from 18.5m to 19m
- Warden: Last Stand T3 now also grants you unstoppable during the 2s channel

- Wraith: Card Trick base damage reduced from 80 to 70
- Wraith: Card Trick cooldown increased from 0.5s to 0.65s
- Wraith: Telekinesis cooldown increased from 95s to 100s
- Wraith: Telekinesis T1 cooldown improved from -28s to -30s

- Yamato: Fixed being able to cast an ability while casting Flying Strike
- Yamato: Fixed Crimson Slash following in the direction of dash instead of cross hair
- Yamato: Shadow Transformation T1 changed to +20% Fire Rate
- Yamato: Shadow Transformation Cooldown reduced from 106s to 90s

Ranked Matchmaking Update:

- We have adjusted the matchmaking schedule to not be split across many different hours throughout the day, primarily to help address queue times. There will now be a wider continuous, but more concentrated, set of hours that it is enabled in. The schedule is now more simplified as well, as there is no more user selection component.

- Ranked now has weekend specific hours (starts 5 hours earlier)
- Fixed some regions (South America, Oceania, Asia) that were off by 1-2 hours from their intended times

- Urn now reveals you after 20s from initial pickup
- Urn sprint changed from +3/5 for winning/losing team to +2/6
- First flex slot is now granted after 3 Guardians die instead of 4
- Base kill bounty reduced from 225 to 150 (still scales to 1400 over time)
- Respawn time at 20 minutes reduced from 45s to 40s
- T3 Golden Statues spawn time moved from 25 min to 30 min
- Range to attack lane Guardians increased from 19m to 20m
- Seven: Lightning Ball T3 reduced from +2m Radius to +1m
- Shiv: Rage decay rate increased from 0.25 to 0.3
- Shiv: Rage buffer duration reduced from 12s to 10s

- Bebop: Sticky Bomb no longer has a cap (was 15 stacks)
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb scaling per hero reduced from 4% to 3% (previous uncapped was 2.5%)
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb still loses 2 stacks on death
- Bebop: Fixed some hook bugs causing it to sometimes not grab heroes near cover but still in collision range
- Bebop: Hook collision against troopers reduced to 12 (default is 33)
- Bebop: Hook no longer kills troopers (so you can bomb/uppercut/melee them)
- Bebop: Hyper Beam duration increased from 10s to 11s
- Vindicta: Movespeed increased from 8.3 to 9
- Torment Pulse now scales with cooldown again
- Torment Pulse Spirit power scaling reduced from 0.33 to 0.3
- Fixed Ethereal Shift scaling with duration
- Pause no longer restricted before 3 minutes (we plan to bring this back in the future, but we want to allow this for now while we are early and have technical issues sometimes)
- Updated Heavy Barrage sound

Ranked Mode

- Added Ranked mode

We are experimenting with a different approach to Ranked during early development, we expect to iterate on it in the future. The focus of this mode will be on concentrating players into specific time windows where they can opt into games where the primary focus is on game quality.

You must have 50 games played in order to enter this mode. If you have any behavior related restrictions (voice/text bans, report misuse, etc), you will be unable to queue into this mode.

The queue will be solo only at the moment and will be open from 1pm-4pm and 7pm-10pm in the respective time zones every day. Each region will have multiple time zones you can select from to find what best fits your schedule (you can only change your selection once per week). Players will be automatically assigned the server in that region that provides the best ping for the players in the match.

When in this mode, you will only be matched with players that have the same medal as you. There are 11 medals in total with 6 levels in each. Everyone's medal and levels will be displayed in these ranked games.

Every Tuesday at 8PM GMT we will run an algorithm that calculates everyone's performance together at the same time based on the games you've played, how the opponents you played against ended up faring in subsequent games, etc. As such, medals will only be updated once per week, to allow for analysis of a wide set of match data together at once for a more accurate review of your skill (rather than a fixed numerical addition/subtraction on a per game basis).

In order to make sure there are enough data to cross reference with other players, you must play at least 7 games in order to be eligible to receive a rank for that week. If at any time you didn't have 7 games played in the previous week, your medal will be marked as undefined until you play enough and earn a new medal the following Tuesday.

The ranked queue will first open next Tuesday, October 15th at 8PM GMT. The first medals will be granted globally the following Tuesday, October 22nd 8PM GMT. You'll have a panel that shows you the history of your previous medals.

General Changes

- Added a 3rd casting mode, Quick Cast (shows range/radius/etc on key down, then on key up acts like Instant Cast). The three casting modes are now Instant Cast, Quick Cast, and Confirm Cast.

- Added input buffering for ability usage (so if you cast an ability and then quickly cast another ability during its cast time, the next one will fire instead of the input being dropped)

- Now displaying a unique ID for builds in the description section of the build browser. You can click on it to copy the Build ID to the clipboard to share specific builds with friends.
- If you enter a Build ID in the search box of the build browser, it will show all of the builds for the current hero by the author of that build.

- For private lobbies, added the ability to swap players on both teams with a button press. In addition players can be randomly shuffled across the two teams, and if lanes are being assigned, can be shuffled within the teams.
- Added "Allow Duplicate Heroes" setting in Private Lobbies

- Certain heroes now have a higher priority at being in dual lanes (Ivy and Dynamo atm)

- Added per-player voice volume slider (accessible by clicking on a player via the ESC menu)

- Pausing is no longer allowed in the first three minutes of the game

- Added Thai and Indonesian localization

- Replaced the temp Yamato VO with a new translation spoken by a native actress
- Added Stomp AoE range indication as the Walker is about to use the ability
- Updated the way status effects are shown above the healthbar
- Fixed troopers being unreliable to shoot while on the zipline
- Fixed an Unsecured Souls bug where it gave extra bounty directly to the dying hero carrying unsecured souls
- Fixed AFK kick detection not working properly
- Added Crit Bonus Scale tooltip to the Weapon stats in the shop
- Fixed ESC key not working on the private lobbies page
- Fixed respawn music not playing while spectating another player
- Fixed a bug where the bot that would pick up the Urn was not the closest one, just the one that was in the highest player slot
- Fixed Streamer mode not persisting between game relaunches
- Keybinds in settings now selects the hero you're playing when you navigate to the Keybinds tab
- Rescue beam now shows heal indicator if you heal someone with it
- Fixed Debuff Reducer causing Teleporters to be faster
- Steam notifications moved to the top-left from the bottom-right, to avoid minimap overlap
- Continue to have mouse look enabled while M3 is pressed but before the ping wheel shows up
- Enabled Middle Mouse for "pinging" minimap
- Enabled the ability to middle mouse click players on the top bar
- Fixed Shiv's Killing Blow sometimes sending him into orbit
- Fixed Shiv's Killing Blow continuing to do damage while being teleported by Quantum Entanglement
- Fixed Quantum Entanglement's camera position anims not being smooth
- Yamato's Flying Strike now also cancels when the target is out of world (like with Quantum Entanglement)
- Fixed Pausing not working when using hero specific key binds
- Lash's Death Slam now has clearer visual states to indicate when someone is successfully locked in
- Fixed some cases where Grey Talon's trap effects would be stuck in the world
- Updated ground strike preview cone to have a little more information on shape & outer bounds
- Abandon Match is now only an available option once you have disconnected from the game server. Bringing up the menu while connected to a game now gives you the option to Disconnect rather than Abandon immediately
- Fixed issues with Bots not using ziplines properly
- Added Return Fire proc sound
- Added Metal Skin proc sound
- Updated McGinnis Heavy Barrage sound
- Added Guardian and Walker death notification sound for all players
- Improved panning resolution of bullet whizby sounds and shortened the max play distance to the local player
- Fixed hero death UI sound playing inconsistently
- Added bullet evasion sound effects
- Updated Kelvin weapon fire audio
- Updated Infernus weapon fire audio
- Improved clarity for hero roster selection VO
- Walker laser animation updated slightly, raising the forearms to better reveal the eye socket weakpoint to players on the ground
- Re-enabled weapon-specific reload sounds
- Abrams Life Siphon fades to 50% opacity after initial start to improve visibility
- Added Healing Rite cast sound
- Added Rescue Beam heal and pull loop sounds
- Added Health Nova cast sound
- Added Return Fire cast sound
- Revised Metal Skin cast sound
- Added Colossus cast and loop sounds
- Added echo to Echo Shard cast sound
- Added Silence Glyph cast and hit sounds
- Added Ammo Scavenger proc sound
- Added Restorative Shot proc sound
- Added Toxic Bullets proc variations
- Added a distance fade to Soul Shredder debuff effect and tweaked colors to reduce visual noise
- Improved visibility on Spiritual Overflow effects when heroes are airborne
- Reworked visual effects for puddle punch
- Updated "getting started" VO for the ability points tab to match the text
- Fixed a bunch of bugs that were impacting how VO was playing in a match. Now a bunch of hero VO that was previously getting squashed/cut off should play properly (for instance certain lines where allies commented on ability usage, the patrons giving compliments for assists/team healing, etc).
- The patron once again will warn you when your Walkers are under attack
- The patron now will sometimes offer words of encouragement when you level up instead of when you destroy a Guardian or Walker
- Increased the time you need to carry the urn before the urn nags about not being delivered
- Fixed more instances of the wrong name for a hero being called out
- If you're Dynamo or Krill, you can now ping during your ult to alert your allies
- Mirage still loves the Djinn, but he yells about them less frequently
- Added new custom charge and light melee and parry animations for Bebop
- Added improvements for meleeing while using Siphon Life (book now floats and hand makes a fist)
- Updated Grey Talon root effect for trap
- Updated Grey Talon updated firing, projectile, impact effects
- Updated Rain of Arrows effects
- New heavy melee anims added to Mo & Krill and Ivy
- Adjusted Trooper tracer and muzzle effects for better alignment and lower visual noise
- Adjusted Lady Geist Life Drain to lower visual obstruction but increase awareness when it first latches
- Inferno Catalyst effect revisions to help show range better
- Trooper death effects resolve quicker and more cleanly
- Mirage Djinn's Mark effects revisions to reduce noise on the victim and appear more clearly for Mirage
- Soul jar effect carry and dropoff revisions to reduce visual noise for carrier
- New Imports Building
- New Taxi Stand building
- Replaced old retaining wall
- Replaced block-in park bridges

Misc Gameplay

- Troopers attack range vs Lane Guardians reduced from 13.5m to 12m (they get closer to it)
- Players now need to be within 19m (above the ramp) to attack a Lane Guardian
- Guardians now take 70% less damage from troopers at the start of the game; this reduces by 10% per minute (max at +30% increased damage at 10 min)
- Guardian damage vs players increased by 20%

- Medium Camps spawn time changed from 7 min to 5 min
- Hard Camps spawn time changed from 7 min to 8 min
- Teleporters open time changed from 10 min to 8 min
- Trooper spawn/bounty lane end time changed from 10 min to 8 min
- Vaults spawn time/interval changed from 10/5 to 8/4

- Golden Statues and Breakables spawn time changed from 3 min to 2 min
- Golden Statues bonuses upgrade time changed from 15 min to 10 min
- Golden Statue Health buff increased from 15/20 to 20/30
- Golden Statues now have a tier 3 upgrade at 25 minutes (+2.5% Fire Rate, +8% Ammo, 1.5% CD Reduction, +7% Weapon Damage, 40 Health, +5 Spirit Power)

- Mid Boss now has 15 regen
- Mid Boss creep buff rescaled from 70% to 50/70/90% for the 1/2/3rd mid boss death (further deaths don't increase)
- Mid Boss rejuv respawn rescaled from 50% to 40/50/60% for the 1/2/3rd mid boss death (further deaths don't increase)

- Urn now causes the runner to be revealed on the minimap
- Heavy Melee against the urn runner now causes them to drop the urn
- Urn delivery now gives each player on your team a Golden Statue permanent buff
- Urn bounty increased by 15%
- Urn now falls down from the sky a little bit faster

- Comeback formula weighted a bit less on team vs team net worth calculation and more on the strength of the dying hero (regardless of lead)
- Percentage of deniable orbs from objectives for Guardian/Walker/Patron/Shrines rescaled from 54.55/66.67/100/0% to 35%

- Shields no longer reduce damage or get depleted by NPC units (Troopers, Bosses etc, but still takes damage from player summoned units)

- All heroes' movespeed increased by 0.3 (Enduring Speed reduced by 0.3)

- Bullet and Spirit Lifesteal now stack diminishingly

- Teleporters now grant +3 m/s for 5s after arriving at the other side

- Updated teleporter locations

- Moved teleporters to travel between outer lane Walkers

- Added teleporters in the underground tunnels

- Changed underground teleporters to go between Subway and Tunnel on the same side of the map

- Widened stairs from Shrines back to the player spawn area
- Added ledge to mantle back up to the player spawn area from the pit
- Added bridge and stair to the upper level of the Subway Entrance building from the outer lane Walker arenas
- Added upper level connection through the Subway Entrance building

- Moved Guardians back slightly further from stairs down to the canal
- Widened channels surrounding Mid Temple slightly
- Widened archways between Mid Temple channels

- Garage and Night Club: Changed ropes so that they take you to the second floor and added back stairs to take you to the roof

Weapon Items

- Monster Rounds: Weapon Damage vs NPCs reduced from 35% to 30%
- Restorative Shot: Weapon Damage reduced from 8% to 7%
- Basic Magazine: Ammo increased from 24% to 26%

- Melee Charge: Cooldown increased from 10.5s to 16s
- Long Range: Ammo increase from 20% to 25%

- Tesla Bullets: Spirit scaling increased from 0.13 to 0.16
- Alchemical Fire: Now behaves like other grenades and does not bounce off walls
- Alchemical Fire: Base DPS increased from 45 to 55
- Toxic Bullets: Buildup is now 15% slower

- Frenzy: Low HP threshold increased from 40% to 50%
- Ricochet: Range reduced from 14m to 11m
- Silencer: Spirit Power increased from 12 to 18
- Vampiric Burst: Added ammo on active increased from +50% to +75%
- Vampiric Burst: Cooldown reduced from 37s to 34s
- Spiritual Overflow: No longer grants +20% Fire Rate
- Spiritual Overflow: Upon full build-up, grants +35% Fire Rate
- Spiritual Overflow: Activated Spirit Power increased from +45 to +50

Vitality Items

- Healing Rite: Regen duration increased from 17s to 19s (same total heal)
- Extra Regen: Regen increased from 2.8 to 3
- Extra Regen: Ammo increased from 8% to 10%
- Extra Stamina: Stamina Recovery increased from 14% to 16%
- Extra Stamina: Fire Rate reduced from 7% to 6%
- Extra Stamina: Now gives +25 Health
- Extra Health: Weapon Damage increased from 5% to 6%

- Enduring Speed: Movespeed bonus reduced from 1.4 to 1.1 (all heroes movement speed increased by 0.3)
- Enduring Speed: Slow resist reduced from 40% to 35%
- Restorative Locket: Spirit Resist increased from 8% to 10%
- Restorative Locket: Now grants +1 Sprint
- Return Fire: Cooldown increased from 25s to 30s
- Return Fire: Active bullet resist reduced from 25% to 20%
- Health Nova: Spirit Power increased from +4 to +6
- Combat Barrier: Weapon Damage reduced from 25% to 22%

- Fortitude: Health increased from +300 to +325
- Lifestrike: Heal increased from 55% of melee damage to 65%
- Superior Stamina: Stamina Recovery increased from 20% to 25%
- Veil Walker: Speed increased from 3 to 4
- Majestic Leap: Cooldown increased from 23s to 26s
- Rescue Beam: Cast range reduced from 36m to 32m

- Leech: Weapon Damage increase from +15% to +20%
- Leech: Spirit Power increased from +12 to +18
- Siphon Bullets: HP Steal Per Bullet increased from 45 to 50

Spirit Items

- Extra Spirit: Spirit Power increased from 9 to 10
- Ammo Scavenger: Spirit Power Per Soul reduced from 2 to 1
- Ammo Scavenger: Max Stacks increased from 10 to 20

- Withering Whip: No longer grants +50 Health
- Withering Whip: Now grants +100 Bullet Shield
- Withering Whip: Cooldown reduced from 26s to 22s
- Cold Front: Cooldown reduced from 34s to 28s
- Mystic Vulnerability: Fixed it stacking with Escalating Exposure
- Slowing Hex: Slow reduced from 30% to 25%

- Improved Spirit: Spirit Power increased from +23 to +28
- Improved Burst: Max Health damage reduced from 9% to 7%
- Knockdown: Cooldown reduced from 48s to 40s
- Ethereal Shift: Can no longer end it early
- Torment Pulse: Pulse interval is now fixed and does not get reduced with cooldown reduction
- Superior Cooldown: Now grants +100 Spirit Shield

- Escalating Exposure: Spirit Resist On Damage reduced from -15% to -12%
- Escalating Exposure: Amp Per Stack reduced from 6% to 5%
- Escalating Exposure: Duration reduced from 15s to 12s
- Refresher: Cooldown increased from 212s to 230s
- Mystic Reverb: Slow reduced from 50% to 40%

Hero Changes

- Abrams: Base health reduced from 600 to 570
- Abrams: Health per boon increased from 32 to 34 (1048 vs 1046 total)
- Abrams: Fixed shoulder charge sensitivity bugs that allowed you to turn more than intended
- Abrams: Seismic Impact now allows for some very minor movement to help nudge around small objects

- Bebop: Sticky Bomb growth increased from 2.5% to 4% per stack
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb now loses 2 stacks on death
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb now has 15 max stacks
- Bebop: Hook range increased from 25m to 30m
- Bebop: Hook now also hits enemy troopers, killing them instantly
- Bebop: Fixed some cases where Hook would grab players from around corners
- Bebop: Hyper Beam movement slow reduced from 30% to 25%
- Bebop: Hyper Beam duration no longer scales with Spirit Power
- Bebop: Hyper Beam duration increased from 8s to 10s
- Bebop: Uppercut now applies a 15% Fire Rate slow in the landing radius for 5s. Scales with Spirit Power (0.2)

- Dynamo: Quantum Entanglement cooldown increased from 12.5s to 15s
- Dynamo: Quantum Entanglement T3 now also also reduces cooldown by 4s
- Dynamo: Fixed Kinetic Pulse T2 tooltip to clarify that it affects bullets only and not melee damage

- Grey Talon: Arrow cycle time increased from 0.45s to 0.55s (overall dps unchanged)
- Grey Talon: Fixed Rain of Arrows alternate cast causing you to hit the ground soon after cast
- Grey Talon: Fixed Guided Owl colliding with nearby objects during cast
- Grey Talon: Fire Rate no longer scales with Spirit Power
- Grey Talon: Base bullet damage now scales with Spirit Power (0.1)
- Grey Talon: Guided Owl 3s grace period for kill increased to 4s
- Grey Talon: Fixed Guided Owl grace period still requiring that he gets the kill, rather than the target just die
- Grey Talon: Movespeed no longer scales with Spirit Power
- Grey Talon: Base stamina increased from 3 to 4

- Haze: Fixation max stacks increased from 30 to 40
- Haze: Fixation T3 reduced from +0.2 to +0.15
- Haze: Bullet Dance no longer grants +15% Fire Rate
- Haze: Bullet Dance base ability now grants 2 Targets Hit Per Shot
- Haze: Bullet Dance base ability no longer grants +25% Evasion
- Haze: Bullet Dance T3 now grants +40% Evasion and +2 Bullet Dance Speed

- Infernus: Catalyst Damage Amp reduced from 25% to 20%
- Infernus: Catalyst T3 Damage Amp increased from 15% to 20%

- Ivy: Improved default camera position
- Ivy: Take Flight control keys are now similar to Vindicta's
- Ivy: Fixed some issues with control on Take Flight when near a wall

- Lady Geist: Fixed a bug that could cause some units to take more damage than intended with Essence Bomb when multiple targets are hit
- Lady Geist: Life Drain can now be alternate-casted on allied heroes
- Lady Geist: Added double tap accidental protection for Life Drain to help against instant cancellations
- Lady Geist: Malice slow duration reduced from 6s to 4s
- Lady Geist: Malice amp duration reduced from 16s to 13s
- Lady Geist: You can now see how many Malice stacks you have on you as the opponent

- Lash: Base bullet damage reduced from 10 to 9
- Lash: Flog Heal vs heroes reduced from 80% to 70%
- Lash: Flog Heal vs creeps reduced from 30% to 25%

- McGinnis: No longer has +25% Spirit Resist
- McGinnis: Now has +15% Bullet Resist
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets T1 no longer grants +1 charge
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets duration reduced from 30s to 24s
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets cooldown reduced from 30s to 24s
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets health scaling reduced from 30% to 20%
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets recharge time reduced from 5s to 3s
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets cast range increased from 15m to 20m
- McGinnis: Mini Turret damage reduction against troopers/neutrals increased from -40% to -50%
- McGinnis: Mini Turret damage reduction against objectives increased from -60% to -70%
- McGinnis: Fixed Ricochet not bouncing off of Mini Turrets
- McGinnis: Mini Turret spawn time reduced from 1s to 0.25s
- McGinnis: Mini Turret attack delay reduced from 0.35s to 0.2s
- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage radius increased from 4.5m to 5m

- Mirage: Tornado now uses a range for its travel distance instead of a travel duration (scales with range increase)
- Mirage: Enemies that have already been hit by Fire Scarabs now let the next scarab projectile pass through them

- Mirage: Djinn's Mark base damage reduced from 16 to 12
- Mirage: Djinn's Mark scaling from spirit power increased from 0.4 to 0.55
- Mirage: Djinn's Mark reveal duration increased from 2s to 3s
- Mirage: Traveler now causes your camera to move to the destination during the channel
- Mirage: Traveler T1 is now "+2 m/s" (was -20s cd)
- Mirage: Traveler T2 is now "-30s cd" (was +2 m/s)
- Mirage: Traveler T3 fire rate increased from 20% to 30%

- Mo & Krill: Combo T1 now grants +30% Bullet Resist While Channeling (no longer grants -28s CD)
- Mo & Krill: Combo cooldown reduced from 95s to 75s

- Paradox: Bullet growth per boon increased from 0.33 to 0.45
- Paradox: Time Wall bullet duration reduced from 1s to 0.7s
- Paradox: Fixed Time Wall not being spawned when looking down while casting
- Paradox: Paradoxical Swap cooldown increased from 48s to 65s
- Paradox: Paradoxical Swap range reduced from 30m to 25m
- Paradox: Paradoxical Swap T1 now reduces cooldown by 15s
- Paradox: Paradoxical Swap T3 now increases range by 20m
- Paradox: Pulse Grenade radius reduced from 7m to 6m
- Paradox: Pulse Grenade Damage Amp per Stack increased from 5% to 6%
- Paradox: Pulse Grenade T3 no longer increases Damage Amp by 2%
- Paradox: Pulse Grenade T3 now also increases the radius by 1m per pulse

- Pocket: Shotgun falloff start reduced from 22m to 16m
- Pocket: Enchanter's Satchel damage now respects line of sight
- Pocket: Enchanter's Satchel now shows an aoe indicator for Pocket while channeling
- Pocket: Affliction DPS Spirit Power scaling reduced from 0.4 to 0.34
- Pocket: Barrage radius reduced from 6.5m to 4.5m
- Pocket: Barrage T3 now also increases radius by 2m

- Seven: Base regen increased from 1.5 to 3
- Seven: Movespeed scaling with Spirit Power reduced from 0.028 to 0.02
- Seven: Lightning Ball T3 increased from +1m to +2m

- Shiv: Slice and Dice Spirit damage scaling increased from 1.2 to 1.3
- Shiv: Slice and Dice T1 improved from -3.75s to -4s
- Shiv: Rage decay rate reduced from 0.35 to 0.25
- Shiv: Rage buffer duration increased from 7s to 12s (how long it stays before starting to decay)

- Vindicta: Reverted recent falloff damage changes
- Vindicta: Fall off increased from 58m (default) to 64m
- Vindicta: Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.79 to 0.55
- Vindicta: Flight duration no longer scales with Spirit Power
- Vindicta: Flight T2 now increases flight duration by 6s
- Vindicta: Flight bonus move speed above base now scales at 50% effectiveness
- Vindicta: No longer has -10% base bullet resist
- Vindicta: Health growth per boon reduced from 20 to 15
- Vindicta: Gun cycle time increased from 0.22 to 0.26 (dps rescaled to remain the same, after the above changes are calculated in)
- Vindicta: Stake duration reduced from 2s to 1.75s
- Vindicta: Assassinate bonus souls is now unsecured
- Vindicta: Shooting while flying now has similar speed impact as on the ground
- Vindicta: Flight air acceleration decreased a little
- Vindicta: Crow Familiar % damage no longer affects Mid Boss

- Viscous: Goo Ball no longer triggers on hit effect while in Ethereal Shift
- Viscous: Fixed Superior Stamina dash count not working with Goo Ball
- Viscous: Goo Ball stun duration reduced from 1s to 0.7s
- Viscous: Splatter base damage reduced from 100 to 90
- Viscous: Splatter T2 reduced from +70 to +60
- Viscous: Splatter Spirit damage scale increased from 1.5 to 1.9
- Viscous: Fixed Instant Cast not working for Puddle Punch

- Warden: Alchemical Flask cooldown reduced from 14s to 12s
- Warden: Alchemical Flask damage increased from 55 to 65
- Warden: Alchemical Flask T1 is now +1 Stamina Reduction
- Warden: Alchemical Flask T2 is now +50 Damage
- Warden: Last Stand channel duration reduced from 2.2s to 2s
- Warden: Last Stand range increased from 12m to 13m

- Wraith: Card Trick spirit scale reduced from 1.2 to 1.1
- Wraith: Card Trick generation via melee reduced by 50%

- Yamato: Power Slash cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10.5s
- Yamato: Power Slash T2 now also reduces cooldown by 2s
- Yamato: Shadow Transformation no longer grants you bullet and spirit resist
- Yamato: Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 4.5s to 4s