patch ID:50599

December 6th, 2024

By Yoshi at 12:05 PM

22 heroes 44 items

Original

General Changes

Added a new hero, Raven, to Hero Labs
Added park theming to purple lane
Added park backdrop to park side of map
Updated tree models to new visual style and added player collision to canopies
For each player on the main leaderboard, you can see their top 3 heroes as well as their overall skill rating
Moved the post-game survey to the final score screen
Added text box field to the post-game survey
Muting a player now also silences map drawing, pings, and chatwheel messages
Various rendering performance improvements on map assets
Added two new setting options "Force English Hero Names" and "Force English Item Names", which will display those values in English regardless of your chosen language
Added Toggle Crouch as a new keybind
Added a new setting option: "Additional Build Search Language", which lets you select a language to search for when requesting builds in addition to the current display language of the client.
Fixed shop search not working in the shop when opened from Resources
Revisions to melee parry effect and removal of the parry fail effect to make parries more clear
Tweaked falloff range and toned down bass frequencies of hotel music
Added Pocket Barrage cast delay sound
Updated Pocket Enchanted Satchel cast sound
Passive cooldown indicator now shows when the item is off cooldown instead of 1 second before
Fixed invulnerable-to-debuff sound effect playing at wrong times
Fixed melee damage audio playing despite no damage dealt
Fixed rejuv collect sound playing from wrong location in hero sandbox
Updated parry cast and parry success sounds
Mirage now has custom animations for most of his core movement
Fixed being able to wall jump off of the same surface multiple times
Fixed the Damage Report UI clipping into the shop in Sandbox mode
Fixed shop showing with a broken build tab if you had previously navigated to the hero builds, then opened it from Resources
Fixed clicking on minimap not taking you to that location as a spectator
Fade rooftop antenna ambient effects so that they are not visible at a distance
Visual revisions to Quantum entanglement effect
Reverted recent updates to Shiv run animations
Increased volume and adjusted the mix of sounds for firing while disarmed and using abilities while silenced
Lash's Flog impact sound adjusted for better feedback for attacking player
Fixed bug preventing purchase sound from playing when buying/quickbuying Active or Imbued items
Visual updates to Mirage muzzle flash and tracers
Updated Bullet Flurry tracers to be spirit-based
Fixed Bebop's bomb damage growth not being reflected in the tooltip
Fixed Grey Talon's spirit power growth from his ult not being reflected in the shop
Fix to Yamato Shadow Transformation visuals when duration is extended after killing an enemy
Fixed some item sounds playing on caster instead of target
Updated Krill VO - largely remastering pass, but some new content
Updated Ivy VO - largely remastering pass, but also fixed some lines with Spanish pronunciation issues
Fixed a regression where Kelvin referenced Grey Talon incorrectly
Updated Divine Barrier cast sound
Added Telemetry HUD options to the settings menu. The Telemetry HUD is an in-game HUD which can be used to monitor the frame rate and network conditions. The Telemetry HUD can be enabled under Settings > Game. More information on the HUD can be found here: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5E6F-5B36-5485-F6B9
Added new Learn to Play tutorial images in collaboration with Toastyghostey (https://www.instagram.com/toastyghostey/)
Steam Input Support:
Added support for new Crouch Toggle button
Added 3 new Official Control Schemes: { Standard | Gyro | FlickStick }. Thanks to @FlickStickVids for consultation.
Added versioning system to Configs, so that outdated configs are unloaded
Added an Extra Competitive option to allow players to control what type of players are placed on their team. If you prefer to play with higher levels of coordination, communication, and competitiveness, then you can use this option to tell the matchmaker to build your team with like-minded allies. This option will sometimes be inactive in scenarios where the pool is very shallow (large portions of Eternus, off peak hours like 5am, extremely long queue, etc.), but otherwise in most normal scenarios the matchmaker will attempt to find you similar players.
The new Extra Competitive option, Incoming Chat, and Lane Preference (party only) settings are now collected within a 'Queue Options' button on the dashboard below the profile area
The recent change to increase party size allowed at the top MMR (from 2 to 3) reverted for Eternus and up, but maintained for Ascendant
The matchmaker will now try to prioritize each team having at least 2 frontliners when it has the option to do so
Ability Range stat now has diminishing stacking
Ability Duration stat now has diminishing stacking
Fire Rate now has a minimum final value of -50%
Heroes now have +0.5 Sprint
Sprint Boots reduced from +2 Sprint to +1.5
Enduring Speed reduced from +2 Sprint to +1.5
Carrying Urn now sets and limits your movespeed to a fixed 13 (this includes things like Ivy Air Drop). It no longer provides sprint. The speed cannot be reduced or increased.
Urn spawn point now alternates left and right starting with left, rather than being random
Shooting a trooper on a zipline now causes other troopers near it on the zipline to dismount as well
Flying over buildings no longer causes you to get zapped, only standing on the building does
Patron HP reduced from 10k to 7.5k
Downed Patron HP reduced from 18k to 13.5k
Patron HP grows by 250/Min starting 20 min
Downed Patron HP grows by 450/Min starting 20 min (overall, these are -25% HP at 20 min, 0% at 30 min, and +25% at 40 min)
Added a tick based souls system that gives the bottom two net worth players on the team a small amount of souls per second. The amount of souls available to distribute to the bottom two players is based on the souls gathered by your team (2% and 1%). This occurs after the laning phase.
Added new limiting function for the soul orb duplication abuses during the laning phase. You shouldn't experience any real difference in normal gameplay:
Reverted a few changes recently related to soul duplication issues
Reverted: - Guardians now deal 25% more damage to troopers
Reverted: - Guardians now take 25% more damage from troopers/players
Reverted: - Range to be considered for souls reduced by 5m
Reverted: - Troopers now do 20% more damage to each other
Basic Magazine: Weapon Damage reduced from 15% to 12%
High-Velocity Mag: Weapon Damage reduced from 13% to 11%
Hollow Point Ward: Threshold increased from 60% to 65%
Hollow Point Ward: Weapon Damage reduced from 22% to 20%
Spellslinger Headshots: Proc bonus changed from 3% Spirit Power to 3% Spirit Amp
Enchanter's Barrier: Cooldown reduction reduced from 8% to 6%
Return Fire no longer has +9 Spirit Power
Return Fire now has +3 HP Regen
Return Fire now has +10% Ammo
Debuff Remover: Buff duration increased from 4s to 5s
Debuff Remover: Heal on active increased from 10% Max HP to 300 HP
Withering Whip: Duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
Withering Whip: Bullet Resist reduced from -11% to -12%
Silence Glyph: Now pierces through all enemies in the path
Silence Glyph: Projectile and collision size increased by 40%

Hero Changes

Abrams
Bebop
Dynamo
Grey Talon
Haze
Infernus
Ivy
Kelvin
Lady Geist
Lash
McGinnis
Mirage
Mo & Krill
Paradox
Pocket
Seven
Shiv
Vindicta
Viscous
Warden
Wraith
Yamato

Abrams patch history

Abrams

Bullet Damage decreased from 4.68 to 4.5

Siphon Life change history

Siphon Life

Spirit Siphon spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.65

Bebop patch history

Bebop

Uppercut

Uppercut now only locks enemies out of air control for a max of 0.5s (down from 1s)

Hook

Hook now shows a hero icon when you connect with a target
Hook delay reduced when pulling allies
Hook T1 now also improves melee damage

Dynamo patch history

Dynamo

Quantum Entanglement change history

Quantum Entanglement

Fixed Quantum Entanglement not deselecting if you get silenced while targeting

Kinetic Pulse change history

Kinetic Pulse

Kinetic Pulse T2 now affects melee damage too

Rejuvenating Aurora change history

Rejuvenating Aurora

Fixed Magic Carpet + Dynamo heal interaction

Singularity change history

Singularity

Singularity cooldown increased from 191s to 215s
Singularity now deals half damage to objectives
Singularity fixed tooltip referencing knock-up that it doesn't do

Grey Talon patch history

Grey Talon

Spirit Snare change history

Spirit Snare

Immobilizing Trap renamed to Spirit Snare
Spirit Snare now applies a Curse debuff for 1.75s to all enemies in the radius when it triggers instead of a tether
Spirit Snare T2 no longer increases slow by 1s
Spirit Snare T2 now increases Curse debuff by 0.5s

Charged Shot change history

Charged Shot

You can now shoot Charged Shot onto Spirit Snare center to trigger it to detonate immediately in a 30% increased radius
Charged Shot can now secure orbs

Haze patch history

Haze

Smoke Bomb change history

Smoke Bomb

Smoke Bomb T1 Sprint reduced from +6 to +5
Smoke Bomb T3 charge time reduced from 10s to 7s

Fixation change history

Fixation

Fixed Fixation not working correctly with debuff resist
Fixation T3 reduced from 0.15 to 0.12

Sleep Dagger change history

Sleep Dagger

Sleep state no longer disables the target. It instead allows them to move at 2 m/s and be unable to take any other action (including stamina, mantle, parry etc). The target still wakes up on damage.
Sleep dagger now takes effect immediately, rather than after a brief delay
Fixed creeps sometimes attacking and waking on sleeping targets

Bullet Dance change history

Bullet Dance

Bullet Dance cooldown increased from 138s to 150s
Bullet Dance T1 reduced from +7 to +6 Spirit Damage
Bullet Dance T2 increased from -38s to -40s
Bullet Dance fixed an issue causing the game to freeze for the duration of the ult channel

Infernus patch history

Infernus

Flame Dash change history

Flame Dash

Flame Dash cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s
Flame Dash T3 changed from -19s CD to -15s
Flame Dash T3 now also makes the ability charged (15s charge time)

Afterburn change history

Afterburn

Afterburn spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.6

Ivy patch history

Ivy

Melee damage and growth reduced by 15%
Starting Health reduced from 550 to 525

Kudzu Connection change history

Kudzu Connection

Watcher's Covenant fixed to replicate healing even when you are full

Watcher's Covenant

Watcher's Covenant now initially locks onto the target in your facing direction if there is one

Stone Form change history

Stone Form

Stone Form now shows the Ivy player a visible radius indicator for where your hero will hit

Kudzu Bomb

Kudzu Bomb now grows on the ground if it hits geo instead of floating in the air

Air Drop change history

Air Drop

Air Drop damage reduced from 150 to 125
Fixed Phantom Strike not grounding Ivy when using Air Drop
Air Drop now lets you choose to significantly reduce your initial upward momentum by holding the fly key down while casting the ability

Kelvin patch history

Kelvin

Fixed some issues with being unable to shoot over half-height cover

Frost Grenade change history

Frost Grenade

Frost Grenade now also reduces Stamina Regeneration during the slow duration

Frozen Shelter change history

Frozen Shelter

Frozen Shelter now created on key up. While the key is down an outline of the area will be shown
Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 127s to 130s
Frozen Shelter T2 increased from -38s to -40s

Lady Geist patch history

Lady Geist

Malice change history

Malice

Malice can now secure orbs

Soul Exchange change history

Soul Exchange

Soul Exchange T2 changed from "-10% Min Health" to "On cast +40% Fire Rate for 8s"
Soul Exchange T3 changed from "On cast, +40% Fire Rate and +40% Spirit Resist for 8s" to "Silences enemies in 15m radius for 3s"

Life Drain change history

Life Drain

Life Drain duration increased from 2s to 2.5s
Life Drain T3 changed from "Enemy is Silenced while being Life Drained" to "Ability becomes charged and grants +1 Charge". You can cast multiple Life Drains at the same time on different targets, no Charge Time.

Lash patch history

Lash

Ground Strike change history

Ground Strike

Ground Strike T1 improved from -9.5s Cooldown to -10s

Death Slam change history

Death Slam

Death Slam cooldown increased from 137s to 140s
Death Slam channel time increased from 2s to 2.3s

Death Slam Impact

Death Slam Impact radius increased from 5m to 6m
Death Slam cone angle increased from 75 to 85
Death Slam cast range increased from 18m to 20m

Death Slam change history

Death Slam

Death Slam T2 changed from +100 damage to -30s Cooldown
Death Slam T3 changed from -56s Cooldown to Impact Area Stuns for 1s
Death Slam fixed a rendering issue that could lead to crashes, especially in tight spaces like Mid Boss arena

McGinnis patch history

McGinnis

Mini Turret change history

Mini Turret

Mini Turrets HP gain per boon increased from 20 to 30

Mini Turrets

Mini Turrets no longer limit the damage they take to 33% of HP per second
Mini Turrets now have a minimum lifetime of 4s. If they are killed during this time, they will be marked for death regardless of what happens during that time. There will be a visual indication that they are malfunctioning/dying.

Mini Turrets Fire Rate

Mini Turrets Fire Rate reduced by 20%

Mirage patch history

Mirage

Fire Scarabs change history

Fire Scarabs

Fire Scarabs now applies its drain over 4s instead of frontloaded
Fire Scarabs no longer restricts you from hitting the same target (debuff duration refreshes)
Fire Scarabs launch window increased from 5s to 8s (can be extended by duration extender)

Traveler change history

Traveler

Traveler now allows you to rotate the camera
Traveler T2 changed from "-56 Cooldown" to "Grants Ally Traveler Benefits" (if cast on an enemy, it'll give the bonus to the closest ally hero within 30m)

Mo & Krill patch history

Mo & Krill

Burrow change history

Burrow

Burrow is no longer affected by Shoulder Charge

Spectral Wall

Spectral Wall no longer hits you while you are Burrowed

Scorn change history

Scorn

Scorn now heals you instantly rather than over 1s

Combo change history

Combo

Combo health gain tooltip clarified

Paradox patch history

Paradox

Time Wall Time Stop

Time Wall Time Stop duration reduced from 0.6s to 0.5s

Kinetic Carbine Max Stop

Kinetic Carbine Max Stop duration reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s

Kinetic Carbine change history

Kinetic Carbine

Kinetic Carbine T1 reduced from +0.5s to +0.4s

Pocket patch history

Pocket

Health growth reduced from 31 to 27

Enchanter's Satchel change history

Enchanter's Satchel

Enchanter's Satchel T1 increased from -4.75s to -5s

Enchanter's Satchel Escape Duration

Enchanter's Satchel Escape Duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s

Enchanter's Satchel change history

Enchanter's Satchel

Enchanter's Satchel T3 now also increases Escape Duration by +0.5s

Flying Cloak change history

Flying Cloak

Flying Cloak duration increased from 3.2 to 3.4s (slower speed, same overall distance)

Affliction change history

Affliction

Affliction now immediately deals 18% of Current HP on application

Affliction DPS

Affliction DPS reduced from 27 to 12

Affliction DPS Spirit Power

Affliction DPS Spirit Power scaling reduced from 0.3 to 0.22

Affliction change history

Affliction

Affliction radius reduced from 14m to 9m
Affliction T3 reduced from +27 DPS to +15 DPS
Affliction T3 now also increases range by +5m and increases initial damage by 5%

Seven patch history

Seven

Storm Cloud change history

Storm Cloud

Storm Cloud now grants you a secondary ability Lightning Strike. It is a one time use AoE ability. You can target anywhere in your ultimate range, after a 2s delay it releases a vertical lightning strike onto a 6m area, knocking enemies away from that radius (6m knockback) and dealing 150 Damage (1.5 spirit scaling). There is a visual indicator for enemies that that area is about to be hit.

Storm Cloud DPS

Storm Cloud DPS reduced from 125 to 110

Storm Cloud change history

Storm Cloud

Storm Cloud T3 now also allows you to float around at 2.5m/s speed

Shiv patch history

Shiv

Killing Blow change history

Killing Blow

Fixed some targeting issues with Killing Blow

Vindicta patch history

Vindicta

Health reduced from 550 to 525

Crow Familiar change history

Crow Familiar

Crow Familiar projectile speed increased from 3500 to 4750

Stake change history

Stake

Stake cooldown reduced from 42s to 40s
Stake T2 increased from -19s Cooldown to -20s
Stake T3 reduced from +0.75s to 0.5s
Stake T3 now also increases capture radius by +2m

Assassinate change history

Assassinate

Assassinate time between charges increased from 1.6s to 2s
Assassinate base damage reduced from 130 to 120
Assassinate T2 damage reduced from 140 to 130

Viscous patch history

Viscous

Puddle Punch change history

Puddle Punch

Fixed visual parry cooldown bug with Puddle Punch

The Cube change history

The Cube

The Cube cooldown reduced from 48s to 42s
The Cube cast range reduced from 30m to 26m

Puddle Punch change history

Puddle Punch

Puddle Punch radius increased from 4 to 4.5
Puddle Punch slow reduced from 20% to 15%
Puddle Punch T2 slow reduced from 20% to 15%
Puddle Punch T3 now also causes the Punch to become a heavy melee

Goo Ball change history

Goo Ball

Goo Ball damage Spirit Power scaling reduced from 1.3 to 1.1
Goo Ball damage T2 reduced from 120 to 90

Warden patch history

Warden

Fire Rate Spirit Power scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.22

Last Stand change history

Last Stand

Last Stand Resistance reduced from 60% to 30%
Last Stand now only goes on cooldown for 20s when interrupted rather than full
Last Stand T2 now also reduces cooldown by 35s
Last Stand T3 changed from "-56s Cooldown" to "+50% Bullet and Spirit Resistance During Channel and +2.5s Duration"

Wraith patch history

Wraith

Bullet damage growth increased 0.37 to 0.39

Full Auto change history

Full Auto

Full Auto T2 Spirit Damage Per Bullet now has default 0.05 Spirit Power scaling
Full Auto T3 reduces the improved Spirit Power scaling from 0.1 to 0.05
Full Auto T3 changed from 30% Bullet Lifesteal to 20% Bullet and Spirit Lifesteal

Telekinesis change history

Telekinesis

Telekinesis cast time reduced from 0.7s to 0.4s
Telekinesis projectile speed increased from 650 to 750
Telekinesis now briefly lifts the enemy and then slams them to the ground and leaves the target with 2.5s of silence and disarm
Telekinesis T2 duration now applies to the silence and disarm, increased to +0.75s
Telekinesis T3 now causes the projectile to bounce to another nearby hero within 20m

Yamato patch history

Yamato

Flying Strike

Flying Strike T3 now also lets you grapple to ally heroes

Shadow Transformation change history

Shadow Transformation

Shadow Transformation cast time reduced from 2s to 1.5s
Shadow Transformation no longer has a 0.6s post cast time
Shadow Transformation T3 now also increases Resist by 15%

Item Changes

Active Reload patch history

Active Reload

Ammo increased from 18% to 24%

Alchemical Fire patch history

Alchemical Fire

Spirit Power reduced from 11 to 7
Added alternate desaturated variant for friendly versions of this

Arcane Surge patch history

Arcane Surge

Ability range reduced from +20% to +18%
Ability duration reduced from +20% to +18
Spirit Power reduced from +20 to +18

Berserker patch history

Berserker

Now builds into Frenzy

Close Quarters patch history

Close Quarters

Weapon Damage reduced from 25% to 22%
Bullet Resist reduced from 5% to 4%

Crippling Headshot patch history

Crippling Headshot

The headshot debuff will now stack from different sources, diminishingly (24%, 12%, 6%, etc)

Decay patch history

Decay

Bleed damage increased from 1.4% to 1.5%

Diviner's Kevlar patch history

Diviner's Kevlar

Cooldown Reduction reduced from 12% to 10%
Ability Duration increased from 7% to 10%

Ethereal Shift patch history

Ethereal Shift

Allows you to float around slowly (2 m/s)

Extra Stamina patch history

Extra Stamina

Fire Rate reduced from 6% to 5%

Fleetfoot patch history

Fleetfoot

Cooldown increased from 19s to 20s

Frenzy patch history

Frenzy

Now builds from Berserker. Grants Berserker passive. Increases bonus per stack from 6% to 8%. Provides +12 ammo, 150 Bonus Health, +10% Bullet Resist. Stat bonuses when 50% below unchanged (4 m/s, 40% Fire Rate, 55% Bullet Resist, has 4s buffer memory)

Headshot Booster patch history