Patch May 22, 2026

The May 22, 2026 patch changes 33 heroes, 76 items and 63 general changes. Most changes: Rem (15), Graves (14), Grey Talon (8), The Doorman (8).

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Heroes

Abrams

Abrams counters →

Infernal Resilience

• T1 changed from "+1.5 Health Regen" to "+200 Max Health"
• T2 changed from "200 Max Health" to "+18% Melee Lifesteal" (40% effective vs non-heroes)

Seismic Impact

• T2 increased from +0.7s Stun Duration to +0.8s
• T3 Unstoppable duration increased from 5s to 6s

Apollo

Apollo counters →

• Improved the hero's hitboxes (easier to hit)
• Base regen reduced from 2 to 1

Riposte

• No longer automatically dashes. It now grants you a sub ability immediately to target the hero you want to jump to for a brief duration (can target the enemy before the parry to buffer it). Cast range is 25m.
• No longer triggers on damage auras (things like Flame Dash)
• No longer triggers off of objective damage

Flawless Advance

• Hitbox reduced by 10%

Bebop

Bebop counters →

• Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.139 to 0.115

Exploding Uppercut

• T2 weapon damage reduced from +40% to +30%

Sticky Bomb

• T2 increased from +75 Damage to +85

Billy

Billy counters →

• Health per boon increased from +48 to +59
• Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.165 to 0.142

Rising Ram

• Cooldown increased from 30s to 32s
• T2 increased from +0.3s Duration to +0.4s
• T3 increased from -10s Cooldown to -13s

Calico

Calico counters →

• Gloom Bomb T2 changed from "+75 Damage to Barriers" to "-5% Melee Resist for 5s Per Bomb" (stacks)

Celeste

Celeste counters →

• Improved the hero's hitboxes (easier to hit)
• Stamina cooldown increased from 4.5s to 5s

Radiant Daggers

• T2 changed from "-18s Cooldown and +70 Damage" to "-22s Cooldown and +80 Damage"

Shining Wonder

• T2 increased from +50 Damage to +70

Drifter

Drifter counters →

Rend

• T3 no longer increases scaling by 0.4
• T3 now also deals Heavy Melee Damage (0.55 scale)

Dynamo

Dynamo counters →

Kinetic Pulse

• T2 reduced from -18% Bullet Resistance to -15%
• Spirit scaling reduced from 1.65 to 1.55

Quantum Entanglement

• T3 changed from dispelling non-ult debuffs to reducing the duration of non-ult debuffs by 50%

Graves

Graves counters →

• Sprint speed increased from 1.6 to 2.2
• Updated dash ranges for Deadheads to be calculated from the center of Graves when they are following her
• Fixed Fire Rate buffs for Deadheads not being applied to their next attack, but only on subsequent attacks
• Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash through veils
• Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash to targets at the very end of your attack range when they are in follow mode
• Fixed Deadhead's damage taken from bullets being unaffected by fall-off
• Added 0.1s buffer duration for Deadheads losing line-of-sight before they stop following an enemy
• Fixed Deadheads becoming inactive if Graves dies while they are following her
• Increased speed & acceleration of Deadheads only when they are following Graves - doesn't affect in-combat
• Fixed certain projectiles (i.e Gray Talon's Bird) colliding with Deadheads
• Update Grave's melee to also set the dash target for Deadheads
• Bullet damage and growth reduced by -10%

Grasping Hands

• Now spawns a ghoul in the base ability (T3 still increases it by 1)

Jar of Dead

• Spirit scaling reduced from 0.35 to 0.31 (they are better at dealing damage now)

Grey Talon

Grey Talon counters →

• Rain of Arrow stamina distance changed from being -9% to +25%

Rain of Arrows

• Cooldown reduced from 30s to 22s
• Cast delay reduced from 0.5s to 0.2s
• Duration reduced from 7s to 4s
• Moving ability in air improved
• Weapon Damage bonus reduced from +4 to +3
• T1 changed from "-14s Cooldown" to "+3 Weapon Damage and +30% Slow for 1.5s"
• T2 changed from "+5 Weapon Damage and +40% Slow for 1.5s" to "-13s Cooldown" (Total CD from 16s to 9s)

Haze

Haze counters →

Fixation

• T3 increased from +0.12 to +0.14

Holliday

Holliday counters →

• Base bullet damage increased from 18.8 to 19.7
• Health regen increased from 1 to 2

Infernus

Infernus counters →

• Bullet size increased from 3 to 4

Concussive Combustion

• T3 increased from +0.75s Stun Duration to +0.9s

Kelvin

Kelvin counters →

• When interrupted on Ice Path, it no longer creates an ice path below him and instead lets him fall to the ground

Frost Grenade

• Damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.7 to 0.6

Arctic Beam

• DPS spirit scaling reduced from 0.5 to 0.38

Lash

Lash counters →

• Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.341 to 0.31

Ground Strike

• Damage per meter spirit scaling increased from 0.0372 to 0.04

Grapple

• T2 bonus damage no longer stacks with itself, but instead refreshes the duration
• T3 now also grants +1 Charge

McGinnis

McGinnis counters →

• Bullet damage per boon increased from 0.17 to 0.18
• Fixed Heavy Barrage not triggering Diviner's Kevlar

Medicinal Specter

• Radius increased from 5.5m to 6m

Mina

Mina counters →

• Innate -8% Debuff Resist
• Fixed Rake sometimes not working with high ping

Love Bites

• T3 increased from -4s Cooldown to -5s
• No longer applies the flat on hit damage to abilities (was doing 20% of its value on Nox Nostra)

Nox Nostra

• T3 reduced from 1% Current HP to 0.5%

Mirage

Mirage counters →

• Updated Djinn's Mark visuals

Mo & Krill

Mo & Krill counters →

• Getting hit with a melee no longer knocks you up when you are burrowed

Sand Blast

• T3 increased from +1s Duration to +1.5s

Paige

Paige counters →

Bookwyrm

• T2 improved from -8s Cooldown to -12s

Rallying Charge

• T3 increased from +135 Damage to +160
• Now has half cooldown if it hits no allies or enemies

Paradox

Paradox counters →

Time Wall

• T1 duration increased from +2.5s to +3.5s
• T3 increased from +1 Charge to +2
• T3 Charge Delay reduced from 4s to 2s

Kinetic Carbine

• T3 increased from +50% Max Damage Scaling to +55%

Paradoxical Swap

• Damage increased from 125 to 150

Pocket

Pocket counters →

Flying Cloak

• T2 weapon damage duration reduced from 8s to 6s

Affliction

• Cooldown increased from 140s to 150s

Rem

Rem counters →

• Reduced lockout period after ejecting from Tag Along from 1s to 0.3s

Pillow Toss

• Charge time reduced from 9s to 8s
• T3 increased from +90 to +100 Damage

Tag Along

• Burst heal now also applies to secondary allies that you jump to
• Lingering heal duration reduced from 3s to 2s (values rebalanced to be the same overall heal just faster)
• T2 Barrier and Item Duration/Range effectiveness increased from 25% to 35%
• T3 now also increases Missing Health Heal from 0.03 to 0.05 and Regen Per Second from 0.66 to 1.0
• Can now be cast through veils
• Time to fly to your ally is now 50% faster
• Heal duration is now displayed on the hud as well as the healthbar icon
• Fixed specific abilities/items that could kill Rem while he's napping
• Now allows friendly auras to affect Rem
• Eject is no longer affected by debuff resistance and now launches upwards slightly more to prevent hitting the ground
• Eject no longer briefly restricts movement abilities and input

Naptime

• Now provides +30% damage reduction in the base ability (T3 still adds +50%)

Seven

Seven counters →

• Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.374 to 0.337
• Crit reduction increased from 35% to 55%

Shiv

Shiv counters →

Slice and Dice

• T2 reduced from -8% Spirit Resist to -6%

Bloodletting

• Deferred Damage Cleared reduced from 40% to 35%
• T3 increased from +45% Deferred Damage Cleared to +50%

Killing Blow

• Cooldown increased from 105s to 125s
• Full rage damage bonus reduced from 14% to 12%
• T2 increased from +8% Full Rage Damage Bonus to +10%
• T2 now also reduces cooldown by -30s

Silver

Silver counters →

• Bullet Cycle Time reduced from 0.9s to 0.85s (overall DPS adjusted to remain the same)

Entangling Bola

• No longer prevents you from jumping and mantling
• T2 changed from "+0.75s Duration" to "-5s Cooldown"
• T3 changed from "-5s Cooldown and Ricochet to 2 additional targets" to "+0.75s Duration and Ricochet to 2 additional targets"

Lycan Curse

• Fire Rate reduced from 80% to 65%
• Fire Rate spirit scaling increased from 0.25 to 0.45

The Doorman

The Doorman counters →

• Doorways close sub ability now starts on cooldown for 8s
• Fixed recent bug causing Luggage Cart not being dispelled

Call Bell

• Radius reduced from 6m to 5.5m
• T3 radius increased from +4m to +4.5m
• Explosion damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.4 to 1.3
• Inaccuracy debuff no longer diminishes from 100% to 0% over 1 second (the rest of the debuff is 4s)
• Inaccuracy debuff reduced from -100% to -40% (lasts the full duration)

Doorway

• Is no longer unsilenceable

Venator

Venator counters →

• Health increased from 790+43/boon to 830+48/boon

Hex-Lined Snap Trap

• T3 increased from +25% Damage Against Revealed Targets to +30%
• T3 now also grants +1 Charge

Victor

Victor counters →

• Bullet damage reduced from 13+0.3135 to 12+0.26

Jumpstart

• T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.6 to +0.9

Aura of Suffering

• Now does 50% damage to objectives

Viscous

Viscous counters →

Puddle Punch

• T1 now also increases damage by +20
• T2 no longer increases damage by +30
• T2 now also grants +40% Lifesteal (1/4th against non-heroes)

Vyper

Vyper counters →

Screwjab Dagger

• T2 bullet resist per stack from -5% to -6%
• T3 now also increases max stacks by 2

Warden

Warden counters →

• Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.38 to 0.34

Willpower

• T3 debuff resistance now retroactively applies to existing debuffs when cast

Binding Word

• T2 no longer increases cast range by +12m

Yamato

Yamato counters →

• Fixed Crimson Slash not being able to hit anything if the player is aimed too high or low

Power Slash

• Post cast time reduced from 0.4s to 0.2s
• Spirit scaling increased from 1.86s to 2.1

Flying Slash

• Range increased from 25m to 30m
• T2 no longer grants +20m Cast Range
• T3 now also grants +15m Cast Range
• T3 increased from +1 Charge to +2

Shadow Transformation

• T1 increased from +5 Weapon Damage to +7

Items

Weapon 27

Restorative Shot

800 souls

• NPC Healing increased from 15 to 20

Active Reload

1,600 souls

• Lifesteal increased from 14% to 16%

Fleetfoot

1,600 souls

• Now grants +6% Weapon Damage
• Active slow resistance increased from 35% to 40%

Melee Charge

1,600 souls

• Cooldown reduced from 7s to 5s

Mystic Shot

1,600 souls

• Spirit scaling increased from 1 to 1.2

Opening Rounds

1,600 souls

• Spirit Power reduced from +7 to +4

Recharging Rush

1,600 souls

• Cooldown increased from 24s to 25s

Slowing Bullets

1,600 souls

• Dash Distance slow reduced from -25% to -22%

Weakening Headshot

1,600 souls

• Now works vs NPCs

Alchemical Fire

3,200 souls

• Damage per Second spirit scaling increased from 0.152 to 0.2

Cultist Sacrifice

3,200 souls

• Weapon Damage increased from 8% to 10%
• Weapon Damage boon scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.8
• Bonus Souls increased from 170% to 180%

Escalating Resilience

3,200 souls

• Max Ammo increased from 30% to 35%
• Weapon Damage increased from 15% to 18%

Heroic Aura

3,200 souls

• Radius increased from 30m to 35m

Hunter's Aura

3,200 souls

• Fire Rate reduction increased from -14% to -15%

Shadow Weave

3,200 souls

• Duration increased from 10s to 13s
• Ambush Fire Rate increased from 20% to 25%
• Ambush Spirit Power increased from 20 to 25
• Ambush Melee Damage increased from 20% to 25%

Sharpshooter

3,200 souls

• Now upgrades from High-Velocity Rounds (in addition to Long Range). Grants +60% Bullet Velocity.
• Long range weapon damage reduced from 70% to 60%
• Now has innate 10% Weapon Damage (from components)

Tesla Bullets

3,200 souls

• Proc cooldown reduced from 0.25s to 0.2s

Toxic Bullets

3,200 souls

• No longer builds up from melee attacks

Weighted Shots

3,200 souls

• Dash Distance slow reduced from -25% to -22%
• Debuff resistance increased from 20% to 22%

Capacitor

6,400 souls

• Proc cooldown reduced from 0.25s to 0.2s

Crippling Headshot

6,400 souls

• Now works vs NPCs
• Bullet Resist reduction increased from -16% to -17%
• Spirit Resist reduction increased from -16% to -17%

Crushing Fists

6,400 souls

• Cooldown reduced from 7s to 5s
• Melee damage increased from 20% to 22%

Frenzy

6,400 souls

• Triggered debuff resistance increased from 30% to 40%

Glass Cannon

6,400 souls

• Max Health reduction reduced from -15% to -13%

Silencer

6,400 souls

• Spirit Resistance reduced from 15% to 12%

Spellslinger

6,400 souls

• Cooldown Reduction reduced from 6% to 5%

Spiritual Overflow

6,400 souls

• Spirit Lifesteal moved from Active to Innate (reduced from 16% to 13%)
• Now builds from Spirit Lifesteal (gains the innates it has)

Vitality 29

Extra Regen

800 souls

• Regen reduced from 3 to 2.5
• Out of Combat regen increased from 1 to 1.5

Healing Rite

800 souls

• Spirit scaling increased from 0.93 to 1.1

Rebuttal

800 souls

• Parry cooldown reduced from -2s to -1.75s

Battle Vest

1,600 souls

• Weapon Damage increased from 15% to 18%

Bullet Lifesteal

1,600 souls

• Now grants +6% Weapon Damage

Debuff Reducer

1,600 souls

• Now grants +90 Health

Guardian Ward

1,600 souls

• Barrier increased from 200 to 250
• Cooldown increased from 45s to 60s
• Now grants +1.5 Out of Combat Regen (from components)

Healing Booster

1,600 souls

• Fixed various abilities and items not being boosted correctly

Reactive Barrier

1,600 souls

• Now grants +1 Out of Combat Regen (from components)

Restorative Locket

1,600 souls

• No longer has a minimum of 1 stamina restore
• Max stamina restored reduced from 4 to 3

Return Fire

1,600 souls

• Duration increased from 6s to 6.5s

Spirit Lifesteal

1,600 souls

• Bonus Health increased from +70 to +90

Spirit Shielding

1,600 souls

• No longer grants +1.75m Move Speed on activation
• Proc now also temporarily grants +18% Spirit Resistance (for the 8s duration)

Weapon Shielding

1,600 souls

• No longer grants +1.75m Move Speed on activation
• Proc now also temporarily grants +18% Bullet Resistance (for the 8s duration)

Counterspell

3,200 souls

• Spirit Power reduced from +8 to +5

Dispel Magic

3,200 souls

• Cooldown increased from 40s to 45s

Fortitude

3,200 souls

• Move speed increased from 1.25m to 1.5m

Fury Trance

3,200 souls

• Active duration increased from 6s to 6.5s
• Gains the +6% Weapon Damage (from component)
• Fire Rate increased from 30% to 32%

Majestic Leap

3,200 souls

• Now grants +50% air control for the duration of the barrier
• Barrier boon scaling increased from 8 to 12

Veil Walker

3,200 souls

• Heal per boon increased from 6 to 8
• Invisibility duration increased from 7s to 8s

Divine Barrier

6,400 souls

• Now grants +1.5 Out of Combat Regen (from components)

Indomitable

6,400 souls

• Barrier scaling increased from 1.8 to 2.0
• Now has +2 Out of Combat Regen (from components)
• Bullet Resist increased from 8% to 10%
• Spirit Resist increased from 8% to 10%

Infuser

6,400 souls

• Duration increased from 6s to 7s
• Gains +6 Spirit Power (from components)

Juggernaut

6,400 souls

• Fire Rate reduction increased from -36% to -40%
• Move speed bonus increased from +2m to +2.5m

Leech

6,400 souls

• Updated bonus HP to match the components

Spellbreaker

6,400 souls

• Now grants +90 Health (from components)

Unstoppable

6,400 souls

• Cooldown reduced from 65s to 60s

Vampiric Burst

6,400 souls

• Duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
• Now grants +6% Weapon Power (from components)

Witchmail

6,400 souls

• Spirit Resist increased from 20% to 22%

Spirit 20

Golden Goose Egg

800 souls

• Permanent buff from every 100 souls to every 80

Mystic Regeneration

800 souls

• Regen duration increased from 6s to 7s

Rusted Barrel

800 souls

• Bonus health increased from 50 to 60

Arcane Surge

1,600 souls

• Fixed various interaction bugs with different abilities

Bullet Resist Shredder

1,600 souls

• No longer grants +65 Bonus Health
• Bullet Resist increased from 8% to 9%
• Now grants +9% Weapon Damage

Cold Front

1,600 souls

• Radius reduced from 12m to 10m
• Damage height increased from 5m to 7m

Mystic Slow

1,600 souls

• Bonus Health increased from +30 to +50

Decay

3,200 souls

• Cooldown reduced from 32s to 30s

Disarming Hex

3,200 souls

• Duration increased from 4s to 4.25s

Radiant Regeneration

3,200 souls

• Regen duration increased from 6s to 7s

Rapid Recharge

3,200 souls

• Spirit Power for Charged Abilities increased from +10 to +14

Spirit Snatch

3,200 souls

• Bonus damage spirit scaling increased from 0.744 to 0.84
• Spirit Power Steal increased from 20 to 28

Surge of Power

3,200 souls

• Imbued Spirit Power increased from 24 to 25

Torment Pulse

3,200 souls

• Melee Resist increased from 15% to 18%

Arctic Blast

6,400 souls

• Slowed targets now have their stamina regen frozen for the 4s slow duration
• Radius increased from 12m to 16m
• Damage height increased from 5m to 7m
• No longer does 15% damage amp
• Immobilize increased from 0.75s to 1s

Focus Lens

6,400 souls

• Duration increased from 4s to 4.5s

Magic Carpet

6,400 souls

• Now innately grants -15% Gravity and Air Control by +25%

Mercurial Magnum

6,400 souls

• Base Bullet Damage spirit scaling increased from 0.465 to 0.49

Scourge

6,400 souls

• Debuff resist increased from 15% to 17%

Vortex Web

6,400 souls

• Fixed the debuff losing gravity modification when upgraded from Slowing Hex

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