Update:May 23, 2024

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Source: 05-23-2024 Update

Patch notes

General Changes

• Playtesting times are now starting 1 hour earlier. Weekdays are 5PM PDT and weekends are 3PM PDT.
• Added in-game custom item builds support. Create your own builds or browse builds from the community in the heroes page.
• Added post game player reporting option
• Ally player glow-through-world silhouette now communicates their current health
• Added ambient music track
• Added unique Haze footstep sound effects
• Fixed various issues with mic audio input and lag it introduced
• Small adjustments to how the crosshair UI area looks
• Mic input device is now selected from in-game settings rather than the steam client
• Improved various networking and hit registration related issues (this was released a couple days ago)
• Updated Trooper and Neutral shooting sound effects
• Various improvements to damage audio clarity for victims and attackers
• Sped up select Amber Hand VO that related to game state (shrines being under attack, protecting the urn runner etc)
• Adding game audio muted indicator in top left if the game is muted
• Camera can now be moved while the game is paused in replays
• Fixed the Rejuvenator falling during pause
• Fixed the Idol falling during pause
• Fixed the bottom most shop items having part of their icon be unclickable
• Fixed a few unit target abilities that could sometimes select a target behind a nearby wall (e.g. Bebop Sticky Bomb)
• Added some additional visual tells for the receiving end of Lash's Death Slam
• Updated Bullet Shredder debuff effects
• Mid-Boss is now invulnerable if there are no enemies it can actually attack
• Fixed your active items not hiding in the UI when you are dead and spectating a team mate
• Added support for binding mouse1 and mouse2 to any key (this was released a couple days ago)
• Fixed various movement stuck bugs with Ivy
• Added alt info to recent damage view to make it clearer that this can be brought up again after it disappears
• Improved Vindicta's Stake effects to make it a little clearer when you are affected
• Fixed upgrading McGinnis's Medicinal Specter to T3 while active causing it to heal everyone to full instantly
• Fixed a bug that could cause all of Paradox Pulse Grenade's pulses to go off at once
• Fixed Kelvin's Ice Beam sometimes not hitting Neutrals
• Fixed being able to see some things through the Veils in the map that you shouldn't be able to see
• Removed stack of cardboard boxes inside connection hallway near bases to prevent cover from Neutrals
• Fixed getting stuck under stair at inner lanes near Guardian
• Fixed Abrams getting stuck on department store facade when using his ult
• Sapphire side materials tint color changed to white
• Sapphire side street materials changed to new asphalt blend
• Added new slide and reload animation for Wraith
• Out of combat run animation variants now only play during sprint state
• Fixed missing VO for Yamato ability use/upgrades
• Allies now compliment teammates when they see impressive use of channeled abilities (for instance, Gigawatt killing three people with Storm Cloud)
• Adjusted timing of select Abrams impact lines to time with either the rise of his leap or the descent accordingly
• Improved visibility of Seven's bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Paradox's bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Wraith's bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Haze's bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Lady Geist's bullet and travel path
• Added custom tracer and muzzle flash for Seven's gun
• Added custom tracer and muzzle flash for Paradox's gun
• Added custom tracer and muzzle flash for Wraith's gun

Misc Gameplay Changes

• Adjusted map around the middle lanes to have an area with Veils for laning
• Hero kill bounty ratio between Killer and Assister reduced from 2.75x to 2.55x (means slightly more to the Assister)
• Spirit scaling reduced by ~15% (the total effective Spirit damage is reduced by less than this, this is just the Spirit multiplier scaling portion and has largest impact on late game burst)
• Unclaimed souls now convert 10% slower
• Vaults base bounty increased from 220 to 260
• Strong Neutrals Spirit Resist increased from 25% to 35%
• Medium Neutrals Spirit Resist increased from 25% to 30%
• Starting at 15 minutes, one melee Trooper per wave will spawn with 1.75x health
• Medic Trooper health increased from 240 to 260
• Sidelane Veils near Guardians are now one-way visibility (used to be blocked visibility in both directions)
• Neutrals can now lean side to side to fire when obstructed by map geometry and being attacked
• Zipline Boost ability speed increased from 100% to 130%
• Zipline Boost ability ramp time to reach max speed reduced from 2s to 1s
• Zipline base speed boost after Base Guardians are killed increased from 100% to 120%
• Zipline base speed boost's ramp time after Base Guardians are killed reduced from 5s to 4s
• Being Disarmed no longer prevents you from reloading

Item Gameplay Changes

• Headshot Booster: Cooldown reduced from 14s to 9s
• Spirit Strike: No longer has +50 Health
• Spirit Strike: Now grants +75 Spirit Shield
• Spirit Strike: Now grants +0.7 HP regen
• Mystic Burst: No longer has +1 HP Regen
• Mystic Burst: Now grants +1 Sprint
• Mystic Burst: Cooldown reduced from 8s to 6s
• Withering Whip: Moved from T3 to T2
• Withering Whip: Duration reduced 5s to 3.5s
• Withering Whip: Cooldown increased from 25s to 40s
• Withering Whip: Bullet Resist reduced from 25% to 20%
• Withering Whip: Cast range reduced from 20m to 15m
• Decay: Cooldown increased from 22s to 27s
• Slowing Hex: Range increased from 30 to 35
• Reactive Barrier: Cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s
• Combat Barrier: Bullet Shield increased from 275 to 300
• Combat Barrier: Weapon Damage while Shielded from 20% to 24%
• Mystic Shot: Now requires that shotguns middle pellet hit the target
• Restorative Locket: Now displays its current number of charges on its active icon
• Silence Glyph: Moved from T2 to T3
• Silence Glyph: Health increased from 50 to 75
• Silence Glyph: Spirit Amp increased from 8% to 12%
• Shifting Shroud: Cooldown reduced from 70s to 55s
• Shifting Shroud: Duration 2.5s to 2.75s
• Majestic Leap: Duration of no damage taken requirement reduced from 5s to 4s
• Majestic Leap: Now gives +75 Health
• Lifestrike: Flat portion of the lifesteal increased from 90 to 110
• Knockdown: Spirit bonus reduced from 6 to 5
• Knockdown: Now grants +2 Sprint
• Knockdown: Stun duration starts after hitting the ground
• Superior Cooldown: HP regen reduced from 6 to 4
• Escalating Resilience: Max Bullet Resist increased from 30% to 36%
• Improved Burst: Damage reduced from 11% Max HP to 10%
• Frenzy: When below 40% HP you now gain 25% Spirit Resist
• Curse: Ammo increased from 15% to 20%
• Refresher: Now grants +10% Spirit Resist
• Glass Cannon: Fire Rate reduced from 15% to 10%
• Silencer: Now provides 15% Ammo
• Leech: Spirit bonus reduced from 12 to 8
• Phantom Strike: Damage reduced from 200 to 150

Hero Gameplay Changes

• Abrams: Siphon Life T1 and T2 swapped
• Abrams: Shoulder charge now allows for a bit more steering control
• Bebop: Sticky Bomb T3 changed from Silence to Disarm
• Bebop: Improved Hook hitbox detection to not grab targets that are behind cover
• Bebop: Hyper Beam width increased from 2.5m to 2.7m
• Dynamo: Base gun damage reduced from 18 to 15
• Dynamo: Gun damage growth reduced from +1.1 to +0.8
• Grey Talon: Guided Owl Spirit scaling reduced from 2.2 to 1.2
• Grey Talon: Guided Owl T3 changed from +200 damage to "Kills enemy heroes below 20%". Low health enemies are highlighted while guiding the owl.
• Haze: Sleep Dagger no longer breaks invisibility when cast (previously was part of the T3)
• Haze: Sleep Dagger Spirit scaling increased from 2.3 to 2.6
• Haze: Sleep Dagger no longer gets +140 damage with the T3
• Haze: Sleep Dagger T3 is now "-30% Damage Penalty On Victim for 4s after wakeup"
• Haze: Bullet Dance cast time increased from 0.7s to 0.8s
• Haze: Bullet Dance evasion from 70% to 50%
• Ivy: Kudzu Bomb duration increased from 3.5s to 4s
• Ivy: Kudzu Bomb T2 duration increased from +1.5s to +2s
• Ivy: Watcher's Covenant Replicated Healing increased from 50% to 65%
• Ivy: Watcher's Covenant Fire Rate reduced from 20% to 15%
• Ivy: Watcher's Covenant T1 changed to +15% Rate
• Kelvin: Frost Grenade cooldown reduced from 26s to 23s
• Kelvin: While Ice Pathing you no longer slow down when you shoot your gun
• Kelvin: Arctic Beam Channel move speed increased from 4 to 6
• Kelvin: Arctic Beam T1 changed from "+2 Channel Move Speed" to -8s Cooldown
• Lady Geist: Soul Exchange cast time reduced from 0.65s to 0.5s
• Lady Geist: Fixed Malice clipping aggressively against map geometry edges
• Lash: Base Stamina increased from 2 to 3
• Lash: Ground Strike base Damage Per Meter reduced from 8 to 6
• Lash: Fixed some cases with Ground Strike not hitting units positioned just below the impact zone
• Lash: Flog angle increased from 20 degrees to 30 degrees
• Lash: Flog cooldown reduced from 35s to 30s
• McGinnis: Fixed certain rooftops allowing turrets to be built on them
• Mo & Krill: Scorn healing against non-heroes reduced from 1x to 0.7x
• Mo & Krill: Sandblast no longer prevents enemies from reloading while disarmed
• Paradox: Kinetic Carbine Max Damage Amp reduced from 125% to 100%
• Paradox: Paradoxical Swap range reduced from 45m to 40m
• Pocket: Barrage T3 added, now heals Pocket for 100% of its damage (33% vs non-heroes)
• Pocket: Fixed some issues with Barrage projectiles getting caught on map geometry
• Pocket: Flying Cloak pathing improved, it will no longer bounce erratically off map geometry
• Vindicta: Flight T3 reduced from +4m/s to +3m/s
• Vindicta: Crow Familiar T3 improved from -30% Healing Suppression to -40%
• Warden: Alchemical Flask travel speed increased from 800 to 1000
• Wraith: Ability Royal Flush not found no longer has a cast delay
• Wraith: Ability Royal Flush not found time to spawn cards increased from 0.4s to 0.6s
• Wraith: Telekinesis no longer allows the victim to shoot back
• Yamato: Ability Shadow Explosion not found renamed to Shadow Transformation and reworked into a new ability
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation no longer has radius impact behavior
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation now gives you 4.5s of invulnerability after the initial 2s invulnerable channel period. You transform and refresh your abilities, improving ability speeds by 60% and gaining unlimited ammo. "Ability Speeds" affects Power Slash cast time, Yamato flying time, and Crimson Slash cast time.
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation cooldown increased from 90s to 100s
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation T2 is now +4 m/s during Shadow Form
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation T3 is now +1s duration