12-16-2025 Update

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12-16-2025 Update

Released Dec 17, 2025 7 hero changes 40 item changes

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Patch Composition

47 total changed heroes and items.

Buffed 0
Nerfed 40
Reworked 6
Adjusted 1
New 0
7 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 (7)

Hero Change Win Rate Before Win Rate After Win Rate Change Matches
Wraith Wraith
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Sprint speed spirit power scaling reduced from 0.6 to 0.5
  • Updated sprint values on items:
  • Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.17 to 0.14
  • Project Mind T2 spirit scaling reduced from 2.44 to 1.7
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Billy Billy
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Health regen reduced from 3 to 2.5
  • Blasted non-player effectiveness reduced from 35% to 25%
  • Blasted light melee effectiveness reduced from 50% to 40%
  • Chain Gang will now break slightly faster when target is out of LOS
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Dynamo Dynamo
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Kinetic Pulse spirit scaling range reduced from 0.2 to 0.1
  • Health regen reduced from 2.5 to 1.75
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Lady Geist Lady Geist
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Stamina dash distance moved to bucket 3 (slower)
  • Essence Bomb self damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.8
  • Malice self damage increased from 7% to 9%
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Mirage Mirage
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Move speed reduced by 0.2
  • Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.616 to 0.5
  • Djinn's Mark cooldown increased from 2.5s to 2.6s
  • Djinn's Mark max range from 45m to 40m
  • Traveler cooldown increased from 145s to 155s
  • Traveler T1 cooldown from -25s to -35s
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Shiv Shiv
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Bloodletting deferred damage reduced from 30% to 25%
  • Bloodletting T2 deferred damage increased from 10% to 15%
  • Rage buildup rate reduced by 6%
  • Killing Blow cast range reduced from 15m to 13m
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Vindicta Vindicta
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0
  • Assassinate T2 reduced from +90 Max Bonus Damage to 80
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Item Balance Changes (40)

Item Change Pick Rate Before Pick Rate After Win Rate Change Matches Average Buy Time
Ethereal Shift Ethereal Shift
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 3 to 2.5​
  • Sprint ramp rate reduced from 0.75/sec to 0.6/sec
  • Sprint now starts accelerating for sprint speeds over +2.5 rather than only after +3
  • Base sprint speed reduced by 0.4
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Colossus Colossus
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bonus Health reduced from +600 to +300
  • Now grants +15% Base Health
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Tankbuster Tankbuster
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Changed from doing % of Max Health to a % of Current Health
  • Damage dealt increased from 5% to 7.5%
  • Trooper bounty reduced by 12%
  • Shrines health increased from 3000 to 7000
  • Killing both enemy shrines will now make all of your troopers stronger (30% hp and 30% damage)
  • Walker Rocket Barrage radius reduced from 6m to 5m
  • Medic orbs now heals allied troopers 30% more
  • Medic orbs regen on allied troopers is now applied over 8s instead of 2s
  • Medic Trooper HP increased from 260 to 350 (default trooper is 300)
  • Medic Trooper DPS vs other troopers increased from 35 to 45 (default trooper is 35)
  • Medic Troopers attack range vs troopers and players increased by +5m over the default
  • Medic Pack pickup range scales from 18m->26m to 18m->30m (over the same time period, 10min to 18min)
  • Urn: Bounty increased from 700 + 230/min to 1300 + 230/min
  • Urn: Comeback bounty now gives more souls
  • Urn: Bullet and Spirit resist for carrier increased from 30% to 50%
  • Urn: Bonus bounty for carrier increased from 25% to 35%
  • Increased kill bounty for solo kills (1 attacker in the kill) by 25%, and by 15% for duo kills
  • Increased portion of the bounty the killer gets relative to the assist portion
  • Increased comeback bounties for losing team a bit
  • Getting hit while on Jump Pad during the window now deals 15% max hp damage
  • Neutral HP reduced by 20%
  • Neutral HP growth increased from 0.5%/min to 2.1% (less HP before ~15 minutes, more afterwards)
  • Neutrals spirit resistance increased by 5%
  • Sinner's Sacrifice bounty reduced by 10%
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Cultist Sacrifice Cultist Sacrifice
Reworked N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown increased from 260s to 270s
  • Unsecured souls claim period reworked. Previously the way it worked was any unsecured souls you gained were added to a rolling 165s window, where it was divided over that time and given out, with a minimum amount given per second of 1 soul. The new system drains 0.5% (of the remaining souls) + 1.6 (scales with the 8% bounty growth per minute).
  • There are a few examples below to show how they compare. Old was 165s (assuming bounty was at least 165s). New is:
  • 1x Small Camp: 77s​
  • 2x Medium Camps: 163s​
  • 1x Hard Camp: 193s​
  • 4x Medium Camps: 230s​
  • 2x Hard Camps: 263s​
  • 1x Hard Camp + 3x Medium Camps: 270s​
  • 2x Hard Camp + 6x Medium Camps: 354s​
  • Fixed a bug causing AP Rounds to reduce damage on targets with negative resist
  • When Armor Piercing Rounds Proc's, Plated Armor can no longer stop the Proc'd Bullet.
  • Fixed Curse dispelling targets with Unstoppable state
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Active Reload Active Reload
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 1 to 0.75​
  • Backstabber: Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5​
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Fleetfoot Fleetfoot
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 3.5 to 3.25​
  • Active slow resist reduced from 40% to 35%
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Enduring Speed Enduring Speed
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2.25 to 2.0​
  • Slow resist reduced from 30% to 25%
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Guardian Ward Guardian Ward
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 3 to 2.75​
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Spirit Shielding Spirit Shielding
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5​
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Weapon Shielding Weapon Shielding
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5​
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Blood Tribute Blood Tribute
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2.25 to 2​
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Burst Fire Burst Fire
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 1.5 to 1.25​
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Headhunter Headhunter
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75​
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Heroic Aura Heroic Aura
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2.5 to 2.25​
  • Sprint reduced from 2 to 1.5​
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Counterspell Counterspell
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75​
  • Debuff Remover: Move speed reduced from 2.5 to 2.25​
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Fortitude Fortitude
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 1.5 to 1.25​
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Veil Walker Veil Walker
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Invis move speed reduced from 4 to 3.5​
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Radiant Regeneration Radiant Regeneration
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75​
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Surge of Power Surge of Power
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75​
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Frenzy Frenzy
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 1 to 0.75​
  • Active move speed reduced from 3 to 2.5​
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Divine Barrier Divine Barrier
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 3 to 2.75​
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Healing Tempo Healing Tempo
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 1.5 to 1.25​
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Juggernaut Juggernaut
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Move speed reduced from 2.25 to 2​
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Sprint Boots Sprint Boots
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 2.2 to 2.0​
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Long Range Long Range
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Swift Striker Swift Striker
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Mystic Slow Mystic Slow
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Hunter's Aura Hunter's Aura
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Sharpshooter Sharpshooter
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1.5 to 1​
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Rescue Beam Rescue Beam
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Trophy Collector Trophy Collector
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 2.2 to 2.0​
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Disarming Hex Disarming Hex
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Shadow Weave Shadow Weave
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 2 to 1.5​
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Lightning Scroll Lightning Scroll
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Vortex Web Vortex Web
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75​
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Majestic Leap Majestic Leap
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown increased from 34s to 45s
  • Barrier scaling per boon reduced from 10 to 8
  • Bonus Health on all Weapon and Spirit items is reduced by ~25
  • Vitality investment tree bonuses changed from a % of base health to a fixed amount (from +8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to +75/125/200/275/525/625/750/1000/1200/1400)
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Siphon Bullets Siphon Bullets
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Cooldown increased from 0.8s to 1.2s
  • Spirit investment tree 4.8k bonus reduced from 45 to 38
  • Surge of Power Imbued Ability Spirit reduced from 28 to 24
  • Rapid Recharge Charged Ability Spirit reduced from 20 to 16
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Focus Lens Focus Lens
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Resist reduction reduced from -12% to -9% (affects Spirit Sap)
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Spirit Snatch Spirit Snatch
Nerfed N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Spirit Resist steal reduced from 15% to 12%
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Crippling Headshot Crippling Headshot
Adjusted N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A
  • Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction from -18% to -16%
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Raw Patch Notes The complete unformatted patch notes as released. 
- The 10% move speed slow from taking damage is now a 20% slow only for the portion over the hero's base move speed

- Move Speed bonuses now stack diminishingly

- Base move speed reduced by 0.1 (except for heroes lower than 6.5)

- Heroes with move speed spirit scaling have the values reduced by 40%

- Updated move speed values on items:

- Active Reload: Move speed reduced from 1 to 0.75​
- Backstabber: Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5​
- Fleetfoot: Move speed reduced from 3.5...​

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