07-29-2025 Update

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07-29-2025 Update

Released Aug 8, 2025 16 hero changes 40 item changes

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Patch Composition

56 total changed heroes and items.

Buffed 24
Nerfed 16
Reworked 13
Adjusted 3
New 0
16 hero changes 40 item changes

Biggest Winners

No positive hero win-rate changes are available yet.

Biggest Losers

No negative hero win-rate changes are available yet.

Hero Changes (16)

Hero Change Win Rate Before Win Rate After Win Rate Change Matches
Bebop Bebop
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • No longer has +10% Base Bullet Resistance
  • Now has +0.3% Bullet Resistance per Boon
  • Exploding Uppercut T2 reduced from +50% Weapon Damage to +40%
  • Exploding Uppercut T2 duration reduced from 12s to 9s
  • Grapple Arm T1 reduced from +25% Weapon Damage to +20%
  • Grapple Arm T1 duration reduced from 10s to 6s
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Dynamo Dynamo
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Kinetic Pulse damage height increased from 0.5m to 0.7m
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Grey Talon Grey Talon
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Spirit Snare Curse duration increased from 1.75s to 2s
  • Guided Owl cooldown reduced from 135s to 120s
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Kelvin Kelvin
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Arctic Beam T3 no longer bounces off of objectives
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Lady Geist Lady Geist
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Essence Bomb no longer sticks to units
  • Essence Bomb cooldown increased from 10.5 to 14.5
  • Essence Bomb radius increased from 7m to 9m
  • Essence Bomb T1 changed from "+2m Radius" to "-4s Cooldown"
  • Essence Bomb projectile speed increased by 25%
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McGinnis McGinnis
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Health per boon reduced from 56 to 52
  • Spectral Wall fixed a bug where aiming at long stairs would sometimes cause the preview to go through it
  • Spectral Wall change the preview particle
  • Spectral Wall now supports Lag Compensation
  • Spectral Wall will now erupt where the preview Particle is displaying when manually triggering the Eruption
  • Turrets health per boon reduced from 12 to 10
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Mirage Mirage
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Base bullet damage reduced by 10%
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Paradox Paradox
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bullet damage scaling increased by 10%
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Pocket Pocket
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Affliction initial Current HP % damage increased from 10% to 12%
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Seven Seven
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Base movement speed reduced from 7.1 to 6.9
  • Move Speed spirit scaling reduced from 0.023 to 0.02
  • Power Surge T1 and T2 swapped
  • Storm Cloud cooldown increased from 170s to 180s
  • Storm Cloud Spirit Power scaling reduced from 0.7 to 0.65
  • Storm Cloud DPS reduced from 95 to 90
  • Storm Cloud T3 reduced from +65 to +60
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Shiv Shiv
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Rage now only builds up from damaging players
  • Rage buildup for all damage types increased by 20% (easier to build up)
  • Rage decay duration increased from 9s to 12s
  • Bloodletting duration reduced from 12s to 6s
  • Bloodletting cooldown reduced from 60s to 45s
  • Bloodletting damage clear increased from 30% to 40%
  • Bloodletting T1 and T2 swapped
  • Bloodletting T3 increased from +20% to +35%
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Vindicta Vindicta
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Crow T1 bounce no longer bounces off of objectives
  • Stake T3 reduced from +2m to +1m
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Viscous Viscous
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Puddle Punch cooldown reduced from 30s to 24s
  • Puddle Punch T3 increased from -11.5s Cooldown to -12s
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Warden Warden
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bullet base damage reduced from 17 to 15
  • Bullet damage growth increased from 0.38 to 0.44
  • DPS reduced from 74 to 70
  • Last Stand lifesteal vs non-heroes reduced from 15% to 10%
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Wraith Wraith
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bullet damage increased from 4.95 to 5.115
  • Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.18 to 0.175 (same overall peak damage)
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Yamato Yamato
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Alt Fire base damage reduced from 63.36 to 50
  • Alt Fire base damage now grows per boon (+0.7)
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Item Balance Changes (40)

Item Change Pick Rate Before Pick Rate After Win Rate Change Matches Average Buy Time
Restorative Shot Restorative Shot
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Heal from NPC reduced from 20 to 15
  • Weapon damage reduced from 8% to 6%
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Fleetfoot Fleetfoot
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resistance reduced from 10% to 6%
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Melee Charge Melee Charge
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resistance reduced from 10% to 6%
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Spirit Shredder Bullets Spirit Shredder Bullets
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Resist Reduction increased from -7% to -8%
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Slowing Bullets Slowing Bullets
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • After buildup is achieved, debuff duration is refreshed rather than starting buildup again
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Swift Striker Swift Striker
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Fire Rate increased from 18% to 20%
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Express Shot Express Shot
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Primary weapon damage increased from 165% to 185%
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Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Damage reduced from 2.5% Max HP to 2.1%
  • Now scales with Spirit Power (0.005%)
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Berserker Berserker
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resistance reduced from 16% to 8%
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Blood Tribute Blood Tribute
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Healing Reduction reduced from -50% to -40%
  • Now grants +4 Out of Combat Regen
  • Active Move Speed increased from 1.75 to 2
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Weighted Shots Weighted Shots
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Velocity reduced from -25% to -30%
  • Stamina Recovery reduced from -10% to -20%
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Hunter's Aura Hunter's Aura
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now grants +1 Sprint
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Spirit Rend Spirit Rend
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Resist Reduction increased from -7% to -8%
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Crushing Fists Crushing Fists
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resistance reduced from 20% to 12%
  • Heavy Melee Distance reduced from +70% to +60%
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Armor Piercing Rounds Armor Piercing Rounds
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Chance reduced from 60% to 50%
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Shadow Weave Shadow Weave
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Duration reduced from 25s to 18s
  • Cooldown reduced from 40s to 32s
  • Now grants +25% Melee Damage on Ambush reveal
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Capacitor Capacitor
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Damage increased from 45 to 50
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Spellslinger Spellslinger
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Buff duration increased from 10s to 14s
  • [ Vitality Items ]
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Guardian Ward Guardian Ward
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s
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Weapon Shielding Weapon Shielding
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Barrier reduced from 400 to 325
  • Barrier no longer scales with Spirit Power (1.116)
  • Barrier now scales with Boons (+4)
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Spirit Shielding Spirit Shielding
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Barrier reduced from 400 to 325
  • Barrier no longer scales with Spirit Power (1.116)
  • Barrier now scales with Boons (+4)
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Return Fire Return Fire
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resistance reduced from 10% to 6%
  • Bullet Damage Returned reduced from 60% to 50%
  • Spirit Damage return from 30% to 25%
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Veil Walker Veil Walker
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 14s to 12s
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Metal Skin Metal Skin
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 24s to 20s
  • Debuff Remover: Bonus Health reduced from 125 to 100
  • Debuff Remover: Cooldown increased from 45s to 50s
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Trophy Collector Trophy Collector
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Out of Combat regen increased from 2 to 3.5
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Spirit Resilience Spirit Resilience
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Resistance reduced from 30% to 25%
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Divine Barrier Divine Barrier
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s
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Cheat Death Cheat Death
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Effect no longer gets pierced by kill events like Killing Blow or Guided Owl
  • [ Spirit Items ]
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Rusted Barrel Rusted Barrel
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now reduces Bullet Resistance by 5%
  • Cooldown reduced from 25s to 20s
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Suppressor Suppressor
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Fire Rate reduction reduced from -35% to -30%
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Cold Front Cold Front
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Resistance reduced from 10% to 6%
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Slowing Hex Slowing Hex
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Duration increased from 3s to 3.5s
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Bullet Resist Shredder Bullet Resist Shredder
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet Resistance Reduction increased from -12% to -13%
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Spirit Sap Spirit Sap
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Power reduction increased from -15 to -18
  • Cast Range increased from 30m to 40m
  • Bonus Health increased from 50 to 75
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Disarming Hex Disarming Hex
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown reduced from 25s to 20s
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Surge of Power Surge of Power
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown increased from 8s to 14s
  • Duration increased from 6s to 8s
  • Fire Rate increased from 20% to 22%
  • Spirit Power increased from 25 to 28
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Tankbuster Tankbuster
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Now ignores enemy Spirit Resistance
  • Damage reduced from 6% to 5%
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Decay Decay
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Damage increased from 2.4% to 2.6%
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Scourge Scourge
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Projectile speed increased from 800 to 1600
  • Focus Lens cooldown reduced from 28s to 25s
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Vortex Web Vortex Web
Buffed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Projectile Speed increased from 1800 to 2400
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Raw Patch Notes The complete unformatted patch notes as released. 
[ General ]

- Mid Boss HP is now fixed at the spawn time. Base HP increased from 6725 to 12500 and growth reduced from 470 to 200.

- Reworked Rejuv reward from Mid Boss. No longer buffs troopers, reduces respawn time and buffs various stats. Upon death, 3 rejuv crystals fall to the ground (4 for subsequent midboss kills). Claiming one now grants you in place revive after 3s. If you already claimed one and claim another, it'll go to an ally (priority is closest allies first, then most...

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