patch ID:70156

July 4th, 2025

By Yoshi at 8:03 PM

14 heroes 38 items

General Changes

Bullet Cycle Time for all heroes increased by 5% (effectively reduces gun DPS globally by 5%)
Spirit bonus based on souls spent in the tree is increased by 25%
Ability base damage and AP bonus damage reduced by ~8% (spirit power growth unaffected)
Spirit gained from leveling reduced from 1.25 to 1.1
Ultimate cooldowns increased by 10% (affects base and upgrades, so the total CD with AP is 10% longer)
300 Souls Boon now gives an AP instead of an Ability Unlock
600 Souls Boon now gives an Ability Unlock instead of a AP
Small neutral camp bounty increased by 15%
Zip Line after taking Base Guardians in a lane increased from +120% to +140%
Zip Line after taking Base Guardians in a lane ramp up time reduced from 4s to 3s
Rejuv bonus duration changed from 4 minutes to 3/4/5
Rejuv trooper health bonus reduced from 200/230/260% to 170/200/230%
Mid Boss total bounty increased from 500 + 50/min to 2000 + 50/min (evenly split among the team that kills the boss, unrelated to rejuv secure)
Mid Boss shield regeneration changed from 100 + 8/min to 50 + 7/min
Mid Boss HP increased by 15%
Mid Boss warning sound now plays at 70% HP rather than 60%
Rejuv drop duration reduced from 8s to 7s
Mid Boss Spirit Resistance from abilities reduced from 30% to 20%
Mid Boss Spirit Resistance from items reduced from 50% to 20%
Walker Spirit resistance reduced from 30% to 25%
Guardian base resistance increased from 40% to 60% (decays 10 minutes still, same values as creeps)
Guardian total bounty reduced from 1650 to 1000
Walker total bounty reduced from 4500 to 3500
Base hero kill value reduced from 300 to 250 (still ramps to end value over 40 minutes, so primarily affects the very early phase)
End hero kill value increased from 2000 to 2200
Bullet Lifesteal vs creeps increased from 50% to 60%
Spirit Lifesteal vs creeps increased from 33% to 40%
Comeback values are now roughly 25% stronger (this was released before this patch in a recent update)
Fixed a bug causing soul orb shots towards the end of the contested window to not register as hits on the server
Fixed some AoE abilities not hitting midboss (Kelvin Frost Grenade, Lady Geist Blood Bomb, Holliday Barrel)
Fixed various camera issues with Calico's Ava Form and Viscous's Goo Ball
Fixed an issue where Souls were shared with anyone that punched a Sinner's Sacrifice, regardless of the duration or team
Fixed a bug where players could exit the map if they tried to teleport into specific corners
Express Shot cooldown reduced from 4s to 3s
Cultists Sacrifice: Cooldown reduced from 260s to 250s
Veilwalker: Heal now scales with boons (+3)
Cooldown Reduction stat is now renamed to Ability Cooldown Reduction and no longer affects items (all existing CDR is now Ability Cooldown Reduction)
Added a new T4 Spirit Item, Transcendent Cooldown. Builds from Superior Cooldown. Provides +30% Ability Cooldown Reduction and +30% Item Cooldown Reduction

Hero Changes

Abrams
Infernus
Ivy
Kelvin
Lady Geist
Lash
McGinnis
Mirage
Paradox
Pocket
Seven
Sinclair
Warden
Wraith

Abrams

Shoulder Charge

Shoulder Charge T3 increased from -18s to -22s

Infernal Resilience

Infernal Resilience T3 increased from +6% to +7%

Infernus

Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.16 to 0.12

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

Flame Dash

Flame Dash T2 DPS reduced by 10%
Flame Dash spirit power scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.8

Ivy

Bullet growth reduced from 0.16 to 0.15
No longer ignores shooting speed penalty
Watcher’s Covenant now grants the shooting speed benefit to you and your tethered ally

Kelvin

Frozen Shelter

Frozen Shelter now freezes Urn (like it does other objectives)

Lady Geist

Base bullet damage reduced from 23 to 21
Essence Bomb arming time increased from 0.5s to 0.65s

Malice

Malice health cost increased from 6% to 7%
Malice T2 changed from "+30 Damage and 7% Damage Amp” to “+30 Damage and +4 Blood Shards”
Malice T3 changed from "+6 Blood Shards" to "+7% Damage Amp"
Soul Exchange cast range reduced from 6m to 5.5m

Lash

Flog cast range reduced from 25m to 20m

Ground Strike

Ground Strike damage height reduced from 3.3m to 3m

McGinnis

Medicinal Specter

Medicinal Specter now comes out faster and has a better visual que

Heavy Barrage DPS

Heavy Barrage DPS increased by 6%
Fixed Mini Turrets missing targets that are on the ground from Stun or Sliding
Fixed Mini Turrets not targeting Phase 1 of the Patron after shields are down
Health per boon increased from 52 to 56

Mirage

Djinn's Mark

Djinn's Mark now has a range limit on application (45m)
Fixed Cases where Mirage's Tornado would get Stuck and/or Go through Walls

Paradox

Gun recoil adjustments to make it smoother

Pocket

Fixed Cloak sliding up walls very quickly
Fixed Cloak sometimes getting stuck on the lip of a corner
Fixed Cloak issue where you would teleport far shoter than expected

Seven

Storm Cloud DPS

Storm Cloud DPS reduced by 10%

Sinclair

Base bullet damage reduced from 20 to 17
Bullet velocity reduced from 340 to 300
Rabbit Hex cast range reduced from 30m to 24m
Rabbit Hex detonation delay increased from 0.7 to 0.9
Rabbit Hex move speed increased from 22% to 36%

Can

Can no longer teleport back to assistant while silenced or cursed

Warden

Base bullet damage reduced from 17.6 to 17

Wraith

Card Trick

Card Trick T3 slow increased from 25% to 30%
Card Trick spirit scaling increased from 1.1 to 1.2
Project Mind fixed going no where if the player is on uneven ground

Item Changes

Blood Tribute

Health Drain reduced from 50 to 40
No longer grants +125 Bonus Health
Now grants +8% Spirit Resist

Boundless Spirit

Percentage spirit bonus increased from 13% to 15%

Cheat Death

Now grants Bullet Resistance instead of Spirit Resistance
Cooldown reduced from 120s to 100s

Counterspell

Cooldown reduced from 25s to 20s
Now also grants +100 Health and +8 Spirit Power
Successful parry now provides +150 Heal

Disarming Hex

Cooldown reduced from 30s to 25s

Divine Barrier

Buff duration increased from 5s to 6s

Ethereal Shift

Cooldown reduced from 22s to 20s
Move Speed while channeling increased from 3.5 to 4

Express Shot

Weapon Damage increased from 150% to 165%
Fixed Kinetic Carbine using the primary values rather than secondary values on the item

Fortitude

Regen reduced from 3% to 2%
No longer grants +22% Weapon Damage

Guardian Ward

Buff duration increased from 5s to 6s

Inhibitor

Now uses the buildup proc mechanic
Debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s

Knockdown

Now provides +6% Ability Range
Cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s

Lifestrike

Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee.

Melee Lifesteal

Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee

Rapid Recharge

Spirit Power for charged abilities increased from +16 to +20

Reactive Barrier

Spirit Resist increased from +5% to +6%

Rebuttal

Bonus Health increased from +50 to +75

Restorative Shot

Heal from heroes increased from 40 to 50
Heal from NPCs/Orbs increased from 15 to 20

Ricochet

Fire Rate reduced from 25% to 20%
No longer bounces off objectives

Rusted Barrel

Health increased from +50 to +60
Now provides +0.5 Sprint
Cooldown reduced from 30s to 25s

Shadow Weave

Ambush Fire Rate increased from +30% to +35%

Siphon Bullets

Now grants Bullet Resistance instead of Spirit Resistance

Slowing Hex

Now provides +0.5 Sprint
Debuff effects stays on for longer so it's easier to see

Spellslinger

Now only activates while in combat

Spirit Sap

Spirit Power reduction increased from -12 to -15

Spirit Shielding

Move Speed bonus increased from 1 to 1.5
Cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s

Spirit Snatch

Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee.

Spirit Strike

Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee.

Split Shot

Duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
Cooldown reduced from 16s to 14s

Superior Cooldown

Ability Cooldown Reduction increased from 24% to 25%

Swift Striker

Fire Rate reduced from 20% to 18%

Toxic Bullets

Buildup is now 15% harder

Trophy Collector

Souls per minute increased from 20 to 23

Unstoppable

Fixed Silencer’s passive interaction during this state

Vortex Web

Now provides +1 Sprint
Capture Radius increased from 11m to 12m

Weakening Headshot

No longer has a 3s cooldown

Weapon Shielding

Move Speed bonus increased from 1 to 1.5
Cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s

Witchmail

Cooldown reduction per hit increased from 3s to 4s