Patch July 11, 2024

The July 11, 2024 patch changes 14 heroes, 30 items and 85 general changes. Most changes: Lash (10), Abrams (7), Grey Talon (6), Ivy (6).

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Heroes

Abrams

Abrams counters →
  • Fixed Siphon Life not healing you against shields

Shoulder Charge

  • Speed increased by 25%
  • Distance increased by 15%
  • Now stuns enemies for 1s if it drags them into a wall

Infernal Resilience

  • Now provides +1 Health Regen
  • Damage regenerated reduced from 20% to 18%
  • T3 changed to +8% damage regenerated

Grey Talon

Grey Talon counters →

Rain of Arrows

  • Flight duration reduced from 8s to 7s

Guided Owl

  • Spirit gain per kill increased from 4 to 5
  • Base ability now stuns for 0.75s
  • Base damage reduced from 300 to 250
  • T1 is now +100 damage
  • Collision size reduced

Ivy

Ivy counters →
  • Base damage growth increased from 0.35 to 0.55
  • Watcher's Covenant replicated healing reduced from 45% to 35%
  • Watcher's Covenant bullet lifesteal now scales with spirit power (0.18)
  • Watcher's Covenant fire rate reduced from 15% to 10%
  • Watcher's Covenant fire rate now scales with spirit power (0.2)
  • Fixed Kudzu Bomb not going where you had targeted if you moved quickly during the cast

Lash

Lash counters →
  • Base bullet damage reduced from 11.5 to 10
  • Bullet damage growth increased from 1 to 1.15
  • Now has +8% spirit resist

Ground Strike

  • Damage per meter reduced from 6.75 to 6.3
  • Damage per meter spirit power scaling increased from 0.04 to 0.05

Death Slam

  • Range is now defined as the horizontal distance to the units rather than the distance from his position in the air (so being high up doesn't work against you)
  • Range reduced from 19m to 14m
  • T1 reduced from +5m to +4m
  • Cone increased from 60 degrees to 75
  • Grab time reduced from 0.9 to 0.8

McGinnis

McGinnis counters →
  • Turrets receive full damage from enemy guns regardless of distance (fall off is not considered when taking damage)
  • Turrets outgoing damage fall off distance window (20m-35m) now scales with range upgrades
  • Turrets duration reduced from 40s to 30s

Mo & Krill

Mo & Krill counters →
  • Fixed Scorn not healing you against shields

Sand Blast

  • Base duration reduced from 4s to 3.5s
  • T1 reduced from +2s to +1.5s

Paradox

Paradox counters →
  • Fixed Time Wall projectiles and bullets being stuck in the wall for its full duration instead of for the shorter time stop duration
  • Fixed Pulse Grenade not going where you had targeted if you moved quickly during the cast

Kinetic Carbine

  • Collision radius reduced by 10%

Seven

Seven counters →

Static Charge

  • Cast range scaling reduced from 0.1 to 0.07
  • Base radius reduced from 8m to 5m
  • T2 changed to +5m radius

Vindicta

Vindicta counters →
  • Gun damage growth increased from 0.7 to 0.85

Crow Familiar

  • Duration spirit power scaling reduced from 0.07 to 0.05

Warden

Warden counters →
  • Reload time no longer scales with spirit power
  • Now innately gains additive fire rate from spirit power (scale factor is 0.015)

Yamato

Yamato counters →

Shadow Transformation

  • Incoming damage reduction reduced from 70% to 55%
  • Changed from 70% debuff reduction to the same buff as Unstoppable

Items

Weapon 12

Headshot Booster

800 souls
  • Bonus health reduced from +50 to +40

Restorative Shot

800 souls
  • Weapon damage reduced from +8% to +6%

Active Reload

1,600 souls
  • Added 0.2s grace period where the reload start does not count any button presses
  • Active fire rate increased from 18% to 24%
  • Cooldown reduced from 23s to 21s

Kinetic Dash

1,600 souls
  • Cooldown reduced from 14s to 12s

Long Range

1,600 souls
  • Min distance reduced from 20m to 18m

Melee Charge

1,600 souls
  • Bonus health increased from 75 to 100

Titanic Magazine

1,600 souls
  • No longer has 10% reload penalty

Burst Fire

3,200 souls
  • Now innately gives +12% fire rate
  • Conditional fire rate now only triggers when you hit a hero, this bonus is reduced from 40% to 30%

Heroic Aura

3,200 souls
  • Lifesteal increased from 16% to 18%
  • Active duration reduced from 8s to 5s
  • Active movement speed increased from 2 to 3
  • Active fire rate increased from 20% to 25%

Frenzy

6,400 souls
  • Active spirit resist increased from 30% to 40%

Glass Cannon

6,400 souls
  • Weapon damage increased from 65% to 70%

Silencer

6,400 souls
  • Now requires Slowing Bullets (total cost from 6500 to 7700)
  • Innately gives 25% slow for 1.3s
  • Active no longer applies 30% slow for 2s
  • Weapon damage reduced from 25% to 15%

Vitality 13

Extra Regen

800 souls
  • Health regen increased from 2 to 2.3

Healing Rite

800 souls
  • Bonus health increased from 35 to 45

Melee Lifesteal

800 souls
  • Cooldown reduced from 8s to 7s

Bullet Lifesteal

1,600 souls
  • Lifesteal increased from 24% to 26%

Debuff Reducer

1,600 souls
  • Now a T2 Vitality item. Grants +30% debuff resist, +75 health and +10% weapon damage. No longer has an active.

Fortitude

3,200 souls
  • Health increased from 225 to 250

Lifestrike

3,200 souls
  • Now grants +6% bullet resist

Majestic Leap

3,200 souls
  • Added a brief period before you can press the hotkey again to prevent accidental uses of drop down

Veil Walker

3,200 souls
  • Ammo reduced from 15% to 12%
  • Weapon damage reduced from 8% to 6%

Leech

6,400 souls
  • Spirit Lifesteal increased from 33% to 35%
  • Bullet Lifesteal increased from 30% to 35%

Phantom Strike

6,400 souls
  • Fixed it sometimes malfunctioning and not teleporting to the target

Unstoppable

6,400 souls
  • Duration reduced from 9s to 6s
  • No longer grants +20% spirit resist in the active
  • Now grants +15% spirit resist innately
  • Now grants +12 spirit power
  • Now grants +1 m/s

Vampiric Burst

6,400 souls
  • Active lifesteal increased from 80% to 100%

Spirit 5

Ammo Scavenger

800 souls
  • Ammo reduced from +20% to +15%

Extra Charge

800 souls
  • Now grants +6% weapon damage

Spirit Strike

800 souls
  • Spirit shield increased from +75 to +85

Surge of Power

3,200 souls
  • Active movement speed increased from 2 to 3

Mystic Reverb

6,400 souls
  • Cooldown reduced from 8s to 6s
  • Now gives +15% ability range

General changes

General Changes

  • Testing schedule now starts 1 hour earlier for all regions
  • EU matchmaking region is now split up into two regions based on language
  • Shop search now highlights the relevant sections of the item tooltip that match the search string you've put in
  • Fixed the Shop search not finding all the types of bonuses an item has
  • Various adjustments to the Damage Report feature
  • Damage Report now shows up by default when dead or spectating
  • Added HUD Notifications on Soul Urn drop off to let depositor know they gained +25% Souls and +1 AP
  • Reworked how cycling through spectators works. Space bar now cycles between all the players.
  • You can now click on the top bar hero icons to jump to a specific hero while spectating
  • You no longer automatically switch to other players when the player you are watching dies
  • Fixed not being able to click on the portrait of a dead hero while spectating
  • Reduced the flash damage effect on heroes to reduce visual noise
  • Added in-world confirmation text when an enemy denies your soul orbs
  • Affliction now has an AoE indicator buildup during cast
  • Affliction now has more toxic elements in the cast and linger
  • Updated Restorative Shot impact and heal effects
  • Updated Phantom Strike effects
  • Updated Restorative Locket effects when casting on an ally
  • Added Grey Talon Charged Shot sound effects
  • Added currency sound effects for receiving small and large amount of souls
  • Added new sound effects to picking up powerups and breakable drops
  • Added a UI sound when entering hero select screen
  • Fixed Vindicta's Stake sometimes moving units that aren't supposed to be moved
  • Fixed Majestic Leap buff sticking around after attaching to zipline (caused audio bugs as well)
  • Fixed Soul Urn walking back while the game is paused
  • Fixed bugs with Guided Owl and pause
  • Fixed the following abilities changing their launch direction if the player snapped their camera quickly during the cast time: Ivy's Kudzu Bomb, Paradox's Pulse Grenade, Warden's Alchemical Flask, Vindicta's Stake, Alchemical Fire (T3 Weapon item)
  • Fixed some instances of heroes being called by the wrong name
  • Get Started tutorial VO has been replaced and some text has been updated
  • Newsstand now has a lot more world lore news callouts
  • Enabled support for FSR 2 by default
  • Widened the street on the outer side of the factory/mansion
  • Added street curb models around factory and mansion
  • Added street curb overlay around factory and mansion
  • Replaced temp arrows with street sign markings coming out of the mid temple
  • Removed some fake doors to not confuse with juke closets
  • Replaced older stone wall material with newer one in uptown areas
  • Replaced item signs with new poster style and removed item signs on Yellow and Blue lanes
  • Added rooftop smart prop trim where it was missing

Misc Gameplay

  • Reworked the core base area where the Weakened Patron goes. It is now in a low terrain pit and requires attackers be inside the pit to do damage to it.
  • Redesigned exit from the base's regeneration area to the rest of the base
  • Increased Weakened Patron's out of combat (30s) regeneration from 40 to 80
  • Removed platform blocking line of sight from regeneration area exit to the center
  • Added window in fountain barrier beside exit
  • Added two drop down chutes from fountain to the center
  • Base respawn time increased from 8s to 12s (peak values unchanged)
  • Guardian health increased by 10%
  • Base Guardian health increased by 10%
  • Zipline Boost duration increased from 25s to 32s
  • Urn now grants the Urn Runner +1 AP
  • Urn Runner now gains +2 sprint and is disarmed while carrying the Urn
  • Urn bounty increased from 900 + 200/min to 1500 + 200/min (10 min spawn goes from 2900 to 3500)
  • Urn display on the minimap is now pulsing a green rectangle showing where the destination is if an ally is carrying the urn, and a red rectangle at the destination if an enemy is carrying it
  • Powerup Bonus duration increased from 100s to 130s
  • Movement powerup now grants +20% stamina regeneration
  • Fixed Movement powerup not replenishing stamina on pickup
  • Golden Statues level 2 bonuses spawn time reduced from 25 minutes to 20 minutes
  • Golden Statues Weapon Damage bonus increased from 2% to 3% (level 2 from 3% to 4%)
  • Golden Statues Ammo bonus increased from 3% to 4% (level 2 from 5% to 6%)
  • Capture radius for breakable drops increased very slightly
  • Added an indicator near the reticle when Parry is on cooldown
  • Added a visual effect when the Rejuvenator is attackable
  • Global base Ammo increased by 5% (except for Wraith and Haze)
  • The spawn area's regeneration buff now lingers for 1s
  • Bullet falloff damage now starts at 22m instead of 25m
  • Base Guardian and Shrines bullet resist per nearby hero increased from 40/20/0/0% (for 0/1/2/3 people) to 60/40/20/0%
  • Trooper gold sharing radius from the location of the soul orb increased from 50m to 60m
  • Fixed ability-based lifesteals not granting life from damage caused to shields (affects things like Hyperbeam T3, Siphon, Scorn, Life Drain, Flog and Concussive Combustion T3)
  • Fixed dropping unsecured souls not lowering your net worth
  • Fixed a bug that caused denies during the laning phase to sometimes be shared with allies and sometimes not
  • Some tweaks to how the comeback formula works have been done over the past couple days and we'll continue iterating on it over the coming days
  • Added several upper level juke closets from balconies/awnings and two on rooftops
  • Shortened connection to the underground tunnel from the shop side
  • Adjusted pathing in the underground tunnel to be a little less zig zagging
  • Added more signage to the underground tunnel
  • Redesigned interior of new stairwells beside inner lane Walkers

Weapon Items

  • Basic Magazine: Ammo increased from +20% to +24%
  • Sharp Shooter: Min distance reduced from 20m to 18m

Vitality Items

  • Health Nova: Now grants +10% weapon damage
  • Debuff Remover: T3 Vitality Item that upgrades from Debuff Reducer. Removes debuffs fully on cast again. Grants +3 m/s for 3s if any debuff is removed. Grants +40% debuff resist, +125 health, +20% weapon damage. Cooldown: 45

Spirit Items

  • Withering Whip: Cast range increased from 15m to 17m
  • Improved Cooldown: Cooldown reduction increased from 12% to 13%
  • Silence Glyph: No longer has +75 health
  • Silence Glyph: Now gives +150 spirit shield
  • Improved Reach: Non-Imbued range increased from +20% to +25%

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