05-21-2025 Update

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05-21-2025 Update

Released May 21, 2025 0 hero changes 8 item changes

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Patch Composition

8 total changed heroes and items.

Buffed 0
Nerfed 5
Reworked 2
Adjusted 1
New 0
0 hero changes 8 item changes

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Hero Changes (0)

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Item Balance Changes (8)

Item Change Pick Rate Before Pick Rate After Win Rate Change Matches Average Buy Time
Express Shot Express Shot
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Weapon Damage increased from 125% to 150%
  • Now does reduced damage for non-primary gun damage (alt fires, carbine), 150% to 75%
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Headshot Booster Headshot Booster
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Health reduced from 65 to 40
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Headhunter Headhunter
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Heal reduced from 6% to 4%
  • Heal now scales with spirit power (0.014)
  • Bonus damage reduced from 120 to 100
  • Bonus damage now scales with spirit power (0.3)
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Spirit Rend Spirit Rend
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Fixed being able to get 2 stacks without using the cooldown
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Frenzy Frenzy
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Active Spirit Resistance reduced from 40% to 30%
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Siphon Bullets Siphon Bullets
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Steal per hit reduced from 65 to 55
  • Spirit Resistance reduced from 12% to 10%
  • Fixed the cooldown not being consumed when blocked by Plated Armor
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Decay Decay
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cast range spirit scaling reduced from 0.13 to 0.1
  • Damage reduced from 2.5% to 2.4%
  • Damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.00465 to 0.0038
  • Cooldown increased from 30s to 36s
  • Healing Reduction increased from -35% to -40%
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Superior Cooldown Superior Cooldown
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown Reduction reduced from 27% to 26%
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Raw Patch Notes The complete unformatted patch notes as released. 
[ General ]

- Troopers will now only flinch from player damage if it is a headshot while the trooper is busy running.

- Trooper resistance near base reduced from 50% to 40%

- Fixed Breakable souls being counted as secured souls rather than unsecured souls (this fix was released yesterday)

- Added Breakable souls to the post game Souls by Source graph (was previously bundled in with Urn)

- Melee damage growth per boon reduced by 5%

- Express Shot: Weapon Damage increased from 125% to 150%

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