Patch January 27, 2025

The January 27, 2025 patch changes 14 heroes, 7 items and 3 general changes. Most changes: Calico (14), Holliday (11), Sinclair (11), Vyper (4).

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Heroes

Abrams

Abrams counters →

Infernal Resilience

• Increased from 11% to 12%

Bebop

Bebop counters →

• Uppercut air control lockout period reduced from 0.5s to 0.3s

Calico

Calico counters →

• Fixed Leaping Slash doing bonus damage from Melee Charge

Gloom Bombs

• Now has updated impact SFX
• Now has an arming effect for when they are about to detonate

Leaping Slash

• Only heals when hitting heroes
• Fixed VFX to match the damage area more accurately
• Updated to break breakables in the area
• Fixed a bug where calico's slash would deal no damage near walls

Ava

• Duration reduced from 20s to 15s
• Cooldown reduced from 50s to 45s
• Now gets slowed by 30% for 1s anytime she takes damage
• Speed reduced from 75% to 65%
• T2 speed increased from +35% to +45%
• Now can now meow with m1

Return to Shadows

• Cooldown increased from 80s to 90s

Dynamo

Dynamo counters →

Kinetic Pulse

• Damage spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.8
• T3 now also adds +1 Charge

Grey Talon

Grey Talon counters →

Spirit Snare

• Cooldown reduced from 37s to 34s
• T2 increased from +0.5s to +0.75s

Haze

Haze counters →

Bullet Dance

• T3 increased from +40% Evasion to +60%
• T3 increased from +2 Dance Move Speed to +3

Holliday

Holliday counters →

Powder Keg

• Will no longer arm instantly if the player has the Bounce Pad modifier
• Charge Time increased from 1s to 2s
• Knock up time reduced by 15%

Bounce Pad

• No will no longer expire after 5 seconds in the air
• Spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.4
• Will now play a different sound on the player's first bounce when the stomp modifier is active
• VFX and lifetime display improved
• Will now be more responsive for the player when landing and dealing damage

Spirit Lasso

• Duration reduced from 2.5s to 2.25s
• Duration now lasts 1.5s longer when using Bounce Pad
• Fixed an issue where the lasso animation would get stuck on sometimes

Kelvin

Kelvin counters →

Arctic Beam

• Now also slows roll distances by 20%

Seven

Seven counters →

Storm Cloud

• Secondary ability delay reduced from 2s to 0.25s

Shiv

Shiv counters →

Serrated Knives

• No longer stops after hitting a Soul Orb

Sinclair

Sinclair counters →

• No longer has -35% Headshot Damage Reduction
• Rabbit can now use jump

Vexing Bolt

• Damage mechanics reworked, increases damage as the bolt travels, various values adjusted (150 max damage, 75 min damage, 2s time for max damage, assistant does 50% damage. T3 is now +150 max damage, +50% assistant damage)
• T2 updated to remove base fire rate debuff, add as t2 upgrade, remove spirit shred t2
• Allow for retarget to try to find targets through walls and to bend around corners

Rabbit Hex

• Projectile updated to better track targets that have recently changes models

Spectral Assistant

• Update VFX radius & lifetimes to scale off of clone damage

Audience Participation

• Cooldown with successful usage reduced from 100% to 50%
• Stolen ultimate duration increased from 10s to 20s
• VFX updated steal effect to feel snappier
• Fixed a typo in the ability description

Vindicta

Vindicta counters →

• Bullet damage reduced from 11.7 to 11.4
• Crow projectile speed reduced from 4750 to 4250

Assassinate

• T2 reduced from +120 to +110

Viscous

Viscous counters →

Goo Ball

• Turn rate improved by 10%

Vyper

Vyper counters →

• Bullet damage growth increased from 0.32 to 0.36
• Fixed Lethal Venom T2 anti-heal not working properly

Petrifying Bola

• Changed the petrify to no longer be breakable

Lethal Venom

• Updated to deal damage through petrify, rather than cleanse the petrify and damage

Items

Weapon 5

Swift Striker

1,600 souls

• Fire Rate reduced from 22% to 20%

Alchemical Fire

3,200 souls

• Base damage reduced from 50 to 45

Berserker

3,200 souls

• Damage to gain stack increased from 100 to 120

Heroic Aura

3,200 souls

• Lifesteal reduced from 18% to 16%

Spellslinger

6,400 souls

• Spellslinger Headshots: Amp per headshot increased from 4% to 6%
• Spellslinger Headshots: Max Stacks reduced from 12 to 10

Vitality 1

Bullet Lifesteal

1,600 souls

• Lifesteal reduced from 26% to 24%

Spirit 1

Ammo Scavenger

800 souls

• Ammo reduced from 15% to 10%

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