Patch Update

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%
• 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
• 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%
• 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
• 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
• 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

Item Changes

Restorative Shot

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

Split Shot

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

Weakening Headshot

• No longer has a 3s cooldown

Swift Striker

• Fire Rate reduced from 20% to 18%

Toxic Bullets

• Buildup is now 15% harder

Blood Tribute

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

Express Shot

• Cooldown reduced from 4s to 3s
• Weapon Damage increased from 150% to 165%
• Fixed Kinetic Carbine using the primary values rather than secondary values on the item

Cultists Sacrifice

• Cooldown reduced from 260s to 250s

Ricochet

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

Shadow Weave

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

Spellslinger

• Now only activates while in combat

Melee Lifesteal

• Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee

Rebuttal

• Bonus Health increased from +50 to +75

Weapon Shielding

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

Spirit Shielding

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

Guardian Ward

• Buff duration increased from 5s to 6s

Reactive Barrier

• Spirit Resist increased from +5% to +6%

Lifestrike

• Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee

Fortitude

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

Veilwalker

• Heal now scales with boons (+3)

Counterspell

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

Trophy Collector

• Souls per minute increased from 20 to 23

Inhibitor

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

Siphon Bullets

• Now grants Bullet Resistance instead of Spirit Resistance

Cheat Death

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

Divine Barrier

• Buff duration increased from 5s to 6s

Witchmail

• Cooldown reduction per hit increased from 3s to 4s

Unstoppable

• Fixed Silencer’s passive interaction during this state

Rusted Barrel

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

Disarming Hex

• Cooldown reduced from 30s to 25s

Spirit Strike

• Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee

Slowing Hex

• Now provides +0.5 Sprint
• Debuff effects stays on for longer

Spirit Sap

• Spirit Power reduction increased from -12 to -15

Spirit Snatch

• Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee

Knockdown

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

Rapid Recharge

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

Transcendent Cooldown

• New T4 Spirit Item (builds from Superior Cooldown)
• Provides +30% Ability Cooldown Reduction and +30% Item Cooldown Reduction

Superior Cooldown

• Ability Cooldown Reduction increased from 24% to 25%

Boundless Spirit

• Percentage spirit bonus increased from 13% to 15%

Vortex Web

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

Ethereal Shift

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

Hero Changes

Abrams

• Shoulder Charge: T3 increased from -18s to -22s
• Infernal Resilience: T3 increased from +6% to +7%

Infernus

• Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.16 to 0.12
• Afterburn: DPS reduced by 13%
• Afterburn: Spirit scaling increased from 0.56 to 0.66
• 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: Now freezes Urn

Lady Geist

• Base bullet damage reduced from 23 to 21
• Essence Bomb: Arming time increased from 0.5s to 0.65s
• 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: Damage height reduced from 3.3m to 3m

McGinnis

• Medicinal Specter: Now comes out faster and has a better visual cue
• 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: 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 shorter than expected

Seven

• 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 no longer teleport back to assistant while silenced or cursed

Warden

• Base bullet damage reduced from 17.6 to 17

Wraith

• Card Trick: T3 slow increased from 25% to 30%
• Card Trick: Spirit scaling increased from 1.1 to 1.2
• Project Mind: Fixed going nowhere if the player is on uneven ground