01-30-2026 Update

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01-30-2026 Update

Released Feb 17, 2026 23 hero changes 39 item changes

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Patch Composition

62 total changed heroes and items.

Buffed 18
Nerfed 21
Reworked 22
Adjusted 1
New 0
23 hero changes 39 item changes

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Biggest Losers

No negative hero win-rate changes are available yet.

Hero Changes (23)

Hero Change Win Rate Before Win Rate After Win Rate Change Matches
Abrams Abrams
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Gun Falloff range reduced from 20m-46m to 17m-40m
  • Bullet damage growth reduced from +0.154 to +0.13
  • Siphon Life T3 reduced from +31 DPS to +20 DPS and Increased Spirit Scaling (+0.12)
  • Fixed Shoulder Charge T1 triggering from non-heroes
  • Seismic Impact damage increased from 55 to 75
  • Seismic Impact stun duration increased from 1.5s to 1.6s
  • Improved collision consistency with Seismic Impact
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Grey Talon Grey Talon
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Rain of Arrows air speed from 3.8 to 4.1
  • Spirit Snare lifetime increased from 20s to 22s
  • Guided Owl cooldown reduced from 120s to 110s
  • Guided Owl spirit power per kill increased from 8 to 10
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Kelvin Kelvin
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Ice Path T2 increased from -15s Cooldown to -17s
  • Ice Path T3 max spirit increased from 75 to 90
  • Ice Path T3 duration increased from 8s to 9s
  • Frozen Shelter duration increased from 5s to 5.25s
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Holliday Holliday
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Crackshot Spirit Scaling increased from 1.1 to 2.5
  • Bounce Pad cooldown reduced by 20s
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Mirage Mirage
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Traveler Cooldown reduced from 155s to 60s
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Calico Calico
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Return to Shadows cooldown reduced from 90s to 60s
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Lash Lash
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Ground Strike rotation is restricted to 90 degrees rather than 360
  • Fixed bugs with Ground Strike where it would sometimes not do damage on ramps and special locations
  • Grapple T1 reduced from -19s Cooldown to -17s
  • Flog damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.1 to 0.85
  • Death Slam throw distance reduced by 30%
  • Ground Strike damage reduced by 10%
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Mina Mina
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Move speed reduced from 6.6 to 6.5
  • Stamina cooldown increased from 3.6s to 3.9s
  • Rake Heal spirit scaling reduced from 0.5 to 0.43
  • Love Bites bonus damage spirit power scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.6
  • Love Bites T3 reduced from -2 Stamina to -1
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Paige Paige
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Defend and Fight barrier reduced from 150 to 125
  • Captivating Read damage reduced from 120 to 90
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Shiv Shiv
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Serrated Knives impact damage spirit ratio reduced from 0.558 to 0.25
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Victor Victor
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Aura of Suffering spirit scaling reduced from 0.23/1.15 to 0.18/0.92
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Viscous Viscous
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Spirit per boon increased from 1.1 to 1.3
  • Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.5 to +0.36
  • The Cube T3 no longer removes ult debuffs
  • Puddle Punch displacement duration reduced from 1s to 0.8s
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Warden Warden
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.47 to 0.44
  • Last Stand healing reduced by 25%
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McGinnis McGinnis
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Mini Turret cooldown increased from 18s to 26s
  • Medicinal Specter regen reduced by 20% (was unaffected by the global regen change previously)
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Seven Seven
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Storm Cloud damage reduced by 25%
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Dynamo Dynamo
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Rejuvenating Aurora T3 reduced from 2.5% to 2% (was previously being reduced)
  • Singularity max HP damage reduced from 1.5% to 1%
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Graves Graves
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Borrowed Decree duration reduced by 30%
  • Borrowed Decree ghoul damage reduced by 30%
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Bebop Bebop
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Exploding Uppercut T3 no longer grants +100% Ammo
  • Exploding Uppercut T3 now also restores 20% of your Missing HP on enemy hero hit
  • Fixed some bugs with Sticky Bomb tooltip
  • Sticky Bomb stacks now diminish after 60 hits and 7 kills (rather than 100/10)
  • Sticky Bomb now drops on the ground and continues counting down when dispelled
  • Sticky Bomb can no longer be selfcast
  • Sticky Bomb T2 increased from +70 Damage to +75
  • Hyperbeam duration reduced from 11s to 7s
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Billy Billy
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.18 to 0.165
  • Blasted Amp increased from 9% to 10%
  • Blasted Melee Bonus Health reduced from 80 to 70
  • Blasted Melee Bonus Health spirit scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.8
  • Chain Gang damage reduced from 150 to 120
  • Chain Gang now always goes on full cooldown after interruption
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Drifter Drifter
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bloodscent Isolation Range reduced from 25m to 20m
  • Stalker's Mark T3 now also increases duration by 2s
  • Fixed Stalkers Mark not gaining charges from items after upgrading the T3
  • Eternal Night cooldown reduced from 130s to 120s
  • Bloodscent Isolation Range reduced from 20m to 10m
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Ivy Ivy
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • No longer has reduced melee damage
  • Air Drop now has a very brief period where allies cannot cancel to prevent accidental cancels
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Vyper Vyper
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Lethal Venom Max Venom damage reduced from 165 to 140
  • Lethal Venom Max Damage now happens at 30% HP instead of 25%
  • Lethal Venom cooldown increased from 20s to 24s
  • Lethal Venom T2 now also reduces cooldown by 8s
  • Screwjab Dagger T3 increased from 40% Charge Cooldown to 55%
  • Petrifying Bola damage increased from 45/165 to 50/180
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Vindicta Vindicta
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Stake Tether Length no longer increases when Capture Radius increases
  • Assassinate now grants +5% Weapon Damage per kill rather than Bonus Souls
  • Assassinate T3 now provides an additional +4% Weapon Damage per kill (retroactive)
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Item Balance Changes (39)

Item Change Pick Rate Before Pick Rate After Win Rate Change Matches Average Buy Time
Slowing Bullets Slowing Bullets
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • No longer provides Fire Rate
  • Now provides +15% Weapon Damage
  • Dash Distance reduction increased from -20% to -25%
  • Minor improvement in buildup rate
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Capacitor Capacitor
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Debuff duration reduced from 4s to 3s
  • Cooldown reduced from 50s to 40s
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Extra Regen Extra Regen
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +1 Out of Combat Regen
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Healing Booster Healing Booster
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +1 Out of Combat Regen
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Healing Tempo Healing Tempo
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +4 Out of Combat Regen
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Restorative Locket Restorative Locket
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 30s to 20s
  • Changed from +6% Spirit Resist to +8%
  • Changed to self cast only
  • Now restores up to 3 stamina based on the percentage of stacks you have relative to the max
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Dispel Magic Dispel Magic
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • No longer builds from Debuff Reducer
  • No longer grants +30% Debuff Resistance
  • Now grants +14% Spirit Resistance
  • No longer grants +100 HP
  • Move Speed bonus reduced from 2.25 to 2
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Spellbreaker Spellbreaker
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now builds out of Debuff Reducer
  • Spirit Resistance reduced from 25% to 18%
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Bullet Resist Shredder Bullet Resist Shredder
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resistance increased from 7% to 8%
  • Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -12% to -10%
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Mystic Regeneration Mystic Regeneration
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +40 Health
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Radiant Regeneration Radiant Regeneration
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +65 Health
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Quicksilver Reload Quicksilver Reload
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bonus damage now has spirit scaling (0.16)
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Mercurial Magnum Mercurial Magnum
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bonus damage now has spirit scaling (0.16)
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Rapid Recharge Rapid Recharge
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bonus Spirit Power for Charged Abilities reduced from +16 to +10
  • Time between charges reduced from +50% to +30%
  • Now reduces cooldown on charged abilities by 14%
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Mystic Reverb Mystic Reverb
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Lifesteal reduced from 15% to 10%
  • Imbued ability now provides +30% Spirit Lifesteal for any damage it does (including the reverb)
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Spirit Burn Spirit Burn
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Burn DPS now scales with spirit power (0.05)
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Intensifying Magazine Intensifying Magazine
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Time for Max Damage reduced from 3s to 2.5s
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Hollow Point Hollow Point
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -12% to -9%
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Alchemical Fire Alchemical Fire
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -8% to -7%
  • Bullet Resist Reduction spirit scaling reduced from 0.07 to 0.055
  • Damage reduced by 30%
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Glass Cannon Glass Cannon
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Max Health penalty increased from -13% to -15%
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Lucky Shot Lucky Shot
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Ammo reduced from +40% to +30%
  • Crit reduced from 110% to 100%
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Fury Trance Fury Trance
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Lifesteal reduced from 22% to 18%
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Stamina Mastery Stamina Mastery
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Air Dash distance reduced from 30% to 23%
  • Stamina recovery reduced from 20% to 18%
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Metal Skin Metal Skin
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown increased from 20s to 24s
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Echo Shard Echo Shard
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Removed cast time
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Prism Blast Prism Blast
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • DPS reduced from 300 to 270
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Melee Lifesteal Melee Lifesteal
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Light Melee cooldown penalty reduced from 2x to 1.5x
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Lifestrike Lifestrike
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Light Melee cooldown penalty reduced from 2x to 1.5x
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Bullet Resilience Bullet Resilience
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Low HP threshold increased from 30% to 35% health
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Spirit Resilience Spirit Resilience
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Low HP threshold increased from 30% to 35% health
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Debuff Reducer Debuff Reducer
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Debuff Resistance increased from 20% to 25%
  • No longer grants +50 Health
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Unstoppable Unstoppable
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bonus Health increased from +75 to +125
  • Debuff Resistance increased from 20% to 25%
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Inhibitor Inhibitor
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Weapon Damage increased from 15% to 22%
  • Bonus Health increased from 125 to 150
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Cold Front Cold Front
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Vertical hitbox increased from 2.5m to 3.5m
  • Spread duration increased from 0.5s to 0.6s
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Arctic Blast Arctic Blast
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Vertical hitbox increased from 2.5m to 3.5m
  • Spread duration increased from 0.5s to 0.6s
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Mystic Slow Mystic Slow
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Dash distance increased from -10% to -12%
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Lightning Scroll Lightning Scroll
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Dash distance increased from -10% to -12%
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Silence Wave Silence Wave
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit damage scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.6
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Kinetic Dash Kinetic Dash
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bonus ammo no longer scales with % increase
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Raw Patch Notes The complete unformatted patch notes as released. 
- Added hero banning to Standard Mode and Street Brawl. You can now select one hero in your roster screen (using middle click) to tell the matchmaker that you prefer to avoid that hero. When the game starts, it will tell you which heroes were banned. We are doing just 2 total bans for now. This does not affect new heroes in the initial release window.

- Parties of 3+ players now need to have an additional hero in their roster (from 3 to 4)

- Fire Rate increases and reductions from most...

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