Patch February 12, 2026

The February 12, 2026 patch changes 5 heroes and 6 general changes. Most changes: Venator (18), Rem (13), Celeste (9), Graves (9).

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Heroes

Celeste

Celeste counters →
  • Now has a base -6% Bullet Resistance
  • Base damage reduced from 29 to 25

Light Eater

  • Spirit Lifesteal no longer grants lifesteal to allies doing damage
  • Now respects line of sight

Dazzling Trick

  • Explosion radius reduced from 15m to 14m

Radiant Daggers

  • Damage reduced from 65 to 60
  • Spirit scaling reduced from 0.49 to 0.42

Shining Wonder

  • Damage reduced from 115 to 105
  • Now causes you glide down more slowly while channeling it if cast in the air

Graves

Graves counters →
  • Base damage from 4.2 to 4.0
  • Max attack range increased from 16m to 17m

Grasping Hands

  • Width reduced from 20m to 14m
  • Duration reduced from 7s to 5s
  • Damage spirit scaling 1.3 to 1.9

Jar of Dead

  • Max duration reduced from 15s to 10s
  • Damage increased from 16 to 20

Borrowed Decree

  • Spawn interval improved from every 5s to every 4s (same total ghouls over the duration)
  • Duration reduced from 20s to 16s (spirit scaling from 0.05 to 0.04)

Rem

Rem counters →
  • Light Melee damage increased by 15%
  • Enemies attacking a Sinner's Sacrifice while your helpers are on it will now cause them to get scared and go back to you

Pillow Toss

  • Time between charges reduced from 12s to 10s
  • T2 now also grants +2m Radius
  • T3 no longer grants +2m Radius
  • T3 now also grants +1 Charge

Lil Helpers

  • Souls gained on troopers when no nearby allies are around increased from 50% to 100%
  • Troopers now grants +20% Bonus Bounty to the killer
  • Following trooper heal reduced from 14/s to 10/s
  • Following trooper heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.125
  • Trooper resistance reduced from 35% to 30%
  • T3 increased from +15% Resistance to +20%

Naptime

  • T3 increased from -55s Cooldown to -65s

Silver

Silver counters →
  • Base health increased from 725 to 800
  • Falloff range changed from 16m-46m to 20m-46m
  • Ammo increased from 6 to 7
  • Go For The Throat range increased from 7m to 7.5m

Boot Kick

  • Spirit scaling increased from 1 to 2

Entangling Bola

  • Spirit scaling increased from 1 to 1.6

Lycan Curse

  • Buildup rate improved a bit
  • Resist reduced from 20% to 14% (T1 from 15% to 14%)

Venator

Venator counters →
  • Health increased from 720 to 750
  • Hex Lined Snap Trap now spawns in line with the crosshair, rather than in line with Venator

Consecrating Grenade

  • T2 now also increases debuff duration by +1s

Gutshot

  • Cooldown reduced from 26s to 23s
  • Added tooltip for wall stun distance.
  • Fixed wall stun distance not scaling with ability range
  • Increased wall stun distance from 6.5m to 7m
  • On wall hit bonus damage scaling increased from 0.4 to 0.9
  • T2 changed from -8s cooldown and 2.5m range to -10s cooldown and +0.4s stun duration

Hex-Lined Snap Trap

  • Clarified tooltip
  • Spirit scaling increased from 1.6 to 2.2
  • Reveal duration increased from 5s to 6s
  • Cooldown reduced from 30s to 25s
  • T2 reduced from -12s to -8s
  • T3 increased from 20% to 25%

Ira Domini

  • Reduced weapon damage scaling from 1.7 to 1.5
  • Now has a laser visual & sound effect where Venator is aiming
  • T2 reduced from -15s cooldown and 150 damage to -15s cooldown and 65 damage

General changes

  • Troopers now get stronger for the specific lane that the shrine died in, rather than only after both shrines died (when both die, middle lane also gets improved)
  • Shrines HP reduced by 10%
  • Improved blue zipline attach speed and fixed various bugs
  • Street Brawl: There is now a global time slow when the round ends
  • Street Brawl: You can now move around in the spawn area after buying phase ends
  • Quick Silver Reload and Mercurial Magnum now proc on non-spirit ability sources

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