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Infernus

Afterburn

Infernus ability

Last changed

16 patches· 27 changes Archive details

First recorded: .

Ability descriptions

Napalm
Spew an incendiary mixture, dealing spirit damage, applying slow, and coating targets in napalm.
Flame Dash
Dash forward, gaining slow resistance while leaving a flaming trail that deals spirit damage over time. Hold [W] while active to dash farther.
Afterburn
Weapon hits build up a burning effect, dealing spirit damage over time. Abilities refresh to the base burn duration and weapon hits extend it.
Concussive Combustion
Become a living bomb, dealing spirit damage and applying stun to all nearby enemies after a delay. Once cast, Concussive Combustion cannot be interrupted.

Other abilities

Napalm Flame Dash Afterburn Concussive Combustion

Change History

16 patches

2026 3 patches

  1. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Fixed Afterburn Max duration refreshing not properly accounting for both Debuff Resist and +Ability Duration
    Full patch

  2. 2 changes
    Afterburn DPS
    • Afterburn DPS increased from 12 to 14
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn T1 DPS increased from +14 to +16
    Full patch

  3. 4 changes
    Afterburn
    • Melee can now buildup afterburn (20% for light melee, 35% for heavy)
    • Afterburn T1 changed from "-20% Spirit Damage" to "+14 DPS"
    • Afterburn T2 changed from +1s Burn Duration to -35% Spirit Damage
    • Afterburn T3 changed from "+23 DPS" to "+3s Max Burn Duration" (Base duration is the same, but can buildup after igniting to grow to max burn duration, abilities only refresh up to the base)
    Full patch

2025 4 patches

  1. 2 changes
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn buildup is now 10% slower on body shots
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn now only adds 0.5s to the duration for each bullet that is hit after it procs, rather than fully refreshing the duration. Adds 1.0s for headshots.
    Full patch

  2. 2 changes
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn T1 reduced from -25% Spirit Damage to -20%
    • Afterburn T3 reduced from +28 DPS to +26
    Full patch

  3. 2 changes
    Afterburn DPS
    • Afterburn DPS reduced by 13% (still affected by the global base reductions as well, so the total amount is larger than this. This applies to all other patch note lines that reduces damage as well)
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn spirit scaling increased from 0.56 to 0.66
    Full patch

  4. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn headshot buildup rate improved by 10%
    Full patch

2024 9 patches

  1. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.6
    Full patch

  2. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn buildup decay time is now 15% slower
    Full patch

  3. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn buildup per bullet/headshot reduced from 10%/16% to 9%/14%.
    Full patch

  4. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn T1 reduced from 30% to 25%
    Full patch

  5. 4 changes
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn T1 and T2 Swapped
    • Afterburn base DPS reduced from 18 to 15
    • Afterburn T3 DPS reduced from 33 to 30
    • Afterburn spirit scaling increased from 0.4 to 0.5
    Full patch

  6. 2 changes
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn base dps reduced from 20 to 18
    • Afterburn T3 reduced from +35 to +33
    Full patch

  7. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn T3 reduced from +40 dps to +35
    Full patch

  8. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Afterburn T2 now reduces enemy Spirit damage by 30%
    Full patch

  9. 1 change
    Afterburn
    • Fixed Afterburn refreshing from item damage
    Full patch