Patch Update

General Changes

• Flex Slot changed from "Two Guardians" to "Three Guardians"
• Flex Slot changed from "Two Walker" to "Three Walkers"
• Guardian and Walker total bounty is now split with all nearby players (including players that have done damage to it within 20s). Nearby players get 40% and the rest is split evenly with all 6 players (including those nearby).
• Trooper damage to Walkers reduced from 80 DPS to 60 DPS
• Hero Kill bounty increased from 250->1800 to 300->2000 (over 40 minutes, previously over 45 minutes)
• Killing heroes no longer spawns orbs; souls are directly awarded to the killer and assisters
• Destroying objectives no longer spawns orbs; souls are directly awarded to the killer and their team
• Trooper base bounty reduced from 132 to 120
• Trooper bounty growth per minute increased from 1 to 1.5
• Time holding Urn before taking damage reduced from 90s to 45s (1% max health damage per second)
• Time Urn will Autorun back to Home regardless of nearby players reduced from 75s to 45s
• Time an Urn will wait for a nearby player to pick it up reduced from 20s to 12s
• Boons distribution cleaned up: every level now gives one stat bonus and one AP/Unlock. Total AP reduced from 32 to 29, total stat levels increased from 20 to 32 (rescaled in value).
• Walker HP increased by 10%
• Walker Spirit Resist reduced from 40% to 30%
• Soul Orb auto claim radius reduced from 40m to 35m
• Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.9x to 1.8x
• Fixed some issues with hitting troopers while on ziplines
• Fix potential prediction issue on guns, causing clients' spread to potentially decay faster
• Rejuv drop duration reduced from 9s to 8s

Map Changes

Mid Lane Rework

• Removed the Arch Monument
• Removed the rope entrances to Mid Boss
• Removed barrels and kiosk low cover
• Replaced bridge with a larger version
• Added stairway entrance to Mid Boss
• Moved the veil areas to fit with the new bridge
• Veil areas connect to Mid Boss
• Extended the wall cover further toward the bridge

Mid Boss Changes

• Started Mid Boss Sewer theming
• Added connection from the rope shafts to upper area of Mid Boss
• Increase height of entrances to rope shafts from Mid Boss
• Added sloped mounds on side of stairs from the pit
• Adjusted breakables that were spread out in the underground

Hero Changes

Calico

• Ava no longer automatically breaks boxes; melee hotkey used for pounce attack to break them
• Base Health reduced from 700 to 650
• Base Health Growth reduced by 13%
• Leaping Slash melee multiplier reduced from 1.6 to 1.3
• Return to Shadows T3 reduced from +30% Amp to +24%

Kelvin

• Arctic Beam cooldown increased from 24s to 25s
• Arctic Beam T1 reduced from -7.5s Cooldown to -7s
• Arctic Beam T3 range reduced from 13m to 10m

Lady Geist

• Base bullet damage reduced from 26 to 23
• Life Drain self slow increased from 25% to 40%
• Soul Exchange cast range reduced from 7m to 6m

Viscous

• Goo Ball hitbox size increased
• Splatter second bounce damage reduced from 70% to 50%. Damage sequence is now 100%, 50%, 50% for first, second, and third hit
• Goo Ball damage reduced from 140 to 120

Warden

• Last Stand no longer gets reduced cooldown when interrupted
• Last Stand DPS reduced from 90 to 80
• Last Stand T2 DPS reduced from +60 to +50
• Last Stand spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.6

Wraith

• Base health reduced from 700 to 650
• Bullet damage growth reduced by 18%
• Card Trick damage reduced from 70 to 60
• Card Trick spirit scaling increased from 0.84 to 1.1
• Card Trick T3 now also applies a 25% Slow for 1s
• Full Auto T2 reduced from 4 Spirit Damage to 3
• Project Mind improved teleport targeting to remove clipping nearby geo

Item Changes

• Opening Rounds: No longer works against objectives
• Extra Regen: Regen reduced from 3.5 to 3
• Healing Booster: Regen reduced from 3.5 to 3
• Enchanter's Emblem: Spirit Resistance reduced from 18% to 15%
• Fortitude: Damage taken cooldown increased from 12s to 14s
• Bullet Resilience: Health threshold for bonus resistance reduced from 35% to 30%
• Spirit Resilience: Health threshold for bonus resistance reduced from 35% to 30%
• Rescue Beam: Cooldown increased from 30s to 60s
• Radiant Regeneration: Regen reduced from 5 HP to 4
• Radiant Regeneration: Healing on ability cast reduced from 100 to 70
• Radiant Regeneration: Healing on ability cast now scales with Boons (1.5)
• Tankbuster: Only goes on cooldown when it affects players (no longer goes on cooldown if an ability hits a trooper)
• Superior Cooldown: Cooldown Reduction reduced from 25% to 24%