07-04-2025 Update

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07-04-2025 Update

Released Jul 4, 2025 14 hero changes 38 item changes

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Patch Composition

52 total changed heroes and items.

Buffed 20
Nerfed 9
Reworked 19
Adjusted 4
New 0
14 hero changes 38 item changes

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Biggest Losers

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Hero Changes (14)

Hero Change Win Rate Before Win Rate After Win Rate Change Matches
Ivy Ivy
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • 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
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Kelvin Kelvin
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Frozen Shelter now freezes Urn (like it does other objectives)
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McGinnis McGinnis
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Medicinal Specter now comes out faster and has a better visual que
  • 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
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Mirage Mirage
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • 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
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Infernus Infernus
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.16 to 0.12
  • 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 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
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Lady Geist Lady Geist
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • 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
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Lash Lash
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Flog cast range reduced from 25m to 20m
  • Ground Strike damage height reduced from 3.3m to 3m
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Seven Seven
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Storm Cloud DPS reduced by 10%
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Sinclair Sinclair
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • 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
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Warden Warden
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Base bullet damage reduced from 17.6 to 17
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Abrams Abrams
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Shoulder Charge T3 increased from -18s to -22s
  • Infernal Resilience T3 increased from +6% to +7%
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Wraith Wraith
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • 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
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Paradox Paradox
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Gun recoil adjustments to make it smoother
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Pocket Pocket
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0
  • 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
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Item Balance Changes (38)

Item Change Pick Rate Before Pick Rate After Win Rate Change Matches Average Buy Time
Blood Tribute Blood Tribute
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Health Drain reduced from 50 to 40
  • No longer grants +125 Bonus Health
  • Now grants +8% Spirit Resist
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Boundless Spirit Boundless Spirit
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Percentage spirit bonus increased from 13% to 15%
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Cheat Death Cheat Death
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now grants Bullet Resistance instead of Spirit Resistance
  • Cooldown reduced from 120s to 100s
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Counterspell Counterspell
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 25s to 20s
  • Now also grants +100 Health and +8 Spirit Power
  • Successful parry now provides +150 Heal
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Disarming Hex Disarming Hex
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 30s to 25s
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Divine Barrier Divine Barrier
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Buff duration increased from 5s to 6s
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Ethereal Shift Ethereal Shift
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 22s to 20s
  • Move Speed while channeling increased from 3.5 to 4
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Express Shot Express Shot
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Weapon Damage increased from 150% to 165%
  • Fixed Kinetic Carbine using the primary values rather than secondary values on the item
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Fortitude Fortitude
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Regen reduced from 3% to 2%
  • No longer grants +22% Weapon Damage
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Guardian Ward Guardian Ward
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Buff duration increased from 5s to 6s
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Inhibitor Inhibitor
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now uses the buildup proc mechanic
  • Debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
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Knockdown Knockdown
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +6% Ability Range
  • Cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s
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Lifestrike Lifestrike
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee.
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Melee Lifesteal Melee Lifesteal
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee
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Rapid Recharge Rapid Recharge
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Power for charged abilities increased from +16 to +20
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Reactive Barrier Reactive Barrier
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Resist increased from +5% to +6%
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Rebuttal Rebuttal
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bonus Health increased from +50 to +75
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Restorative Shot Restorative Shot
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Heal from heroes increased from 40 to 50
  • Heal from NPCs/Orbs increased from 15 to 20
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Ricochet Ricochet
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Fire Rate reduced from 25% to 20%
  • No longer bounces off objectives
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Rusted Barrel Rusted Barrel
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Health increased from +50 to +60
  • Now provides +0.5 Sprint
  • Cooldown reduced from 30s to 25s
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Shadow Weave Shadow Weave
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Ambush Fire Rate increased from +30% to +35%
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Siphon Bullets Siphon Bullets
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now grants Bullet Resistance instead of Spirit Resistance
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Slowing Hex Slowing Hex
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +0.5 Sprint
  • Debuff effects stays on for longer so it's easier to see
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Spellslinger Spellslinger
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now only activates while in combat
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Spirit Sap Spirit Sap
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Power reduction increased from -12 to -15
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Spirit Shielding Spirit Shielding
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move Speed bonus increased from 1 to 1.5
  • Cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s
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Spirit Snatch Spirit Snatch
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee.
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Spirit Strike Spirit Strike
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now has double cooldown when triggered via light melee.
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Split Shot Split Shot
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
  • Cooldown reduced from 16s to 14s
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Superior Cooldown Superior Cooldown
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Ability Cooldown Reduction increased from 24% to 25%
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Swift Striker Swift Striker
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Fire Rate reduced from 20% to 18%
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Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Buildup is now 15% harder
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Trophy Collector Trophy Collector
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Souls per minute increased from 20 to 23
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Unstoppable Unstoppable
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Fixed Silencer’s passive interaction during this state
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Vortex Web Vortex Web
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now provides +1 Sprint
  • Capture Radius increased from 11m to 12m
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Weakening Headshot Weakening Headshot
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • No longer has a 3s cooldown
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Weapon Shielding Weapon Shielding
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move Speed bonus increased from 1 to 1.5
  • Cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s
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Witchmail Witchmail
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduction per hit increased from 3s to 4s
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Raw Patch Notes The complete unformatted patch notes as released. 
[ General ]

- 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

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