Update:June 27, 2024

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Source: 06-27-2024 Update

Patch notes

General Changes

Added a hero based mmr system, so when you join a match with a specific hero the matchmaker adjusts the skill level it assumes you are at by a percentage up or down based on your experience and performance levels with that hero.
Added settings option to allow weapon zoom to be a toggle
Added a game volume slider which will control volume independently from voice chat (VoIP)
General improvements to voice chat quality
Non-matchmaking lobbies are now considered safe to abandon
Crates now show the amount of souls they have in the tooltip
Greater contrast between team and enemy sounds
Updated headshot hit indicator
Updated McGinnis weapon sounds
Updated Vindicta weapon sounds
Updated Lady Geist weapon sounds
Fixed a bug where pinging Bebop's Hook and Sticky Bomb abilities would call the wrong ability name
Fixed a recent bug with Metal Skin that caused you to do zero bullet damage
Fixed a bug with releasing Grey Talon's Owl early
Updated Dynamo's animation while using Rejuvenating Aurora
Fixed a bug that could allow Grey Talon to hit the same target multiple times when close during Rain of Arrows
Fixed a bug that could cause button input detection to malfunction
Fixed an issue where the Rejuvenator being stolen was firing incorrectly
Fixed a bug introduced in last week's update that caused gun spreads to not work properly
Added an effect at the bottom of a player's screen whenever they are standing on something that causes damage
Improved Abrams animation while hovering in the air during his ultimate and adjusted the downward acceleration animation

Misc Gameplay

Flex slot removed from killing the Patron and added to killing all Walkers
Urn now spawns on both sides of the map. Bounty for each is reduced by 40%
Rejuvenator now reduces players' next respawn time by 75% instead of giving a 3s respawn time
Golden Statues no longer drop powerups (time duration buffs). Instead they now drop small permanent bonuses. These stack and do not decay with time or death. Drop rates rebalanced.
- +2 Spirit
- +1.5% Fire Rate
- +3% Ammo
- +15 Max HP (this has slightly higher odds of dropping than the others)
- +0.5% Cooldown Reduction
- +2% Weapon Damage
At defined locations around the map, powerups now spawn starting 10 minutes (and every 5 minutes after). There are 6 spots where they spawn and they are indicated on the minimap when they are up.
Movement powerup duration increased from 30s to 50s
Fire Rate powerup duration increased from 35s to 45s and +15% Fire Rate to +18%
Regeneration powerup duration increased from 25s to 45s
Stamina powerup duration increased from 80s to 120s
Cooldown powerup is unchanged
Clip powerup is unchanged
Breakables initial spawn time increased from 2 min to 3 min
Fixed being able to hide inside the Guardian's head
Jumping after a dash jump no longer causes your hero to sometimes jump in place
Breakables souls base value reduced by 30%. Increases to +15% of current values over 30 minutes. (so -30% to +15% from start to 30 min)
All hero guns' reload time reduced by 5%
Zipline Boost ability cooldown reduced from 380s to 340s
Medic Trooper heal now bounces to up to one other allied hero within 25m from the hero
Trooper gold sharing radius from the location of the allied hero reduced from 50m to 40m
Creep waves now land at their lane destinations at the same time as each other
Added connection hallway between outer lane Shop and crate room
Opened up Authority Building and Jazz Club to the Guardian side
Added intermediate cover in front of Amber Orange Guardian and Sapphire Blue Guardian
Added Veils to entrances to base fountain
Extended cover near Sapphire Orange Guardian to match Amber Blue
Extended alcove on outer lane cover position in front of the Shop
Underground tunnels have more light
Removed underground tunnel alcoves
Added signs for entrance to the underground tunnel from the warehouse side

Item Gameplay

Extra Charge: CD reduction increased from +7% to +8%
Infuser: Active Spirit Power increased from +12 to +18
Ammo Scavenger: Now a Spirit Item
Ammo Scavenger: No longer grants +20% Fire Rate for 4s on Soul Secure/Deny
Ammo Scavenger: Now grants +3 Spirit for 18s on Soul Secure/Deny. Multiple instances stack and refresh the duration. Max 12 stacks.
Extra Spirit: Spirit bonus increased from +7 to +8
Extra Health: Health increased from +135 to +140
Healing Rite: Cooldown reduced from 80s to 75s
Swift Striker: Fire Rate increased from +20% to +22%
Active Reload: Timing window to click increased from 0.2s to 0.3s
Active Reload: Active Bullet Lifesteal increased from 30% to 40%
Active Reload: Duration increased from 6s to 8s
Active Reload: Weapon Damage increased from 8% to 10%
Melee Charge: Weapon Damage increased from 10% to 15%
Long Range: Ammo increased from +15% to +20%
Bullet Lifesteal: Increased from 20% to 22%
Reactive Barrier: Spirit Shield Health reduced from +500 to +200
Reactive Barrier: Now grants +400 Bullet Shield Health
Restorative Locket: Max stacks increased from 18 to 20
Duration Extender: Health increased from +50 to +75
Duration Extender: Ability Duration reduced from 18% to 16%
Decay: Healing Reduction improved from -65% to -70%
Decay: Bleed increased from 2.4% to 2.6%
Withering Whip: Ammo increased from 15% to 20%
Withering Whip: Now grants +4 Spirit
Suppressor: Fire Rate reduction reduced from -35% to -30%
Mystic Slow: Fire Rate reduction reduced from -35% to -30%
Titanic Magazine: Ammo increased from +75% to +90%
Escalating Resilience: Stack duration increased from 10s to 14s
Burst Fire: Cooldown reduced from 9s to 8s
Burst Fire: Slide Distance increased from 25% to 35%
Alchemical Fire: Max DPS increased from 85 to 95
Alchemical Fire: Cooldown reduced from 30s to 28s
Alchemical Fire: Weapon Damage increased from +12% to +14%
Warp Stone: Distance increased from 12m to 13m
Point Blank: Bullet Shield health increased from +200 to +225
Heroic Aura: Now provides +16% Bullet Lifesteal
Heroic Aura: No longer grants a 10% Fire Rate Aura
Heroic Aura: Active now grants +20% Fire Rate instead of Bullet Lifesteal
Lifestrike: Slow duration increased from 2s to 2.5s
Surge of Power: Imbued Ability Spirit Power increased from +20 to +24
Ethereal Shift: Duration increased from 3s to 3.5s
Ethereal Shift: Post-cast bonus is now still granted when ending the buff early
Superior Duration: Health increased from +100 to +125
Superior Duration: Now grants +4 Health Regen
Crippling Headshot: Weapon Damage reduced from 25% to 20%
Crippling Headshot: Debuff duration reduced from 8s to 5s
Spiritual Overflow: Bonus spirit increased from +40 to +45
Spiritual Overflow: Fire Rate increased from +15% to +20%
Frenzy: Whenever you go back above 40%, the buff lingers for 4s
Frenzy: Ammo increased from +7 to +9
Vampiric Burst: Cooldown reduced from 30s to 24s
Siphon Bullets: Max HP Steal duration increased from 12s to 15s
Leech: Now grants +8% Weapon Damage
Mystic Reverb: Radius increased from 10m to 12m
Mystic Reverb: Cooldown reduced from 12s to 8s

Hero Gameplay

Dynamo: Quantum Entanglement is prevented from being cast when Dynamo is rooted or movement-silenced (such as by Slowing Hex)
Dynamo: Rejuvenating Aurora T3 reduced from +5% to +4%
Haze: Bullet Dance T1 increased from +5 Weapon Damage to +6
Haze: Fixed various bugs with the fire rate on Bullet Dance (net effect of the bugs was that it often fired a little faster than it was intended to)
Infernus: Afterburn base dps reduced from 20 to 18
Infernus: Afterburn T3 reduced from +35 to +33
Kelvin: Arctic Beam spirit scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.9
Kelvin: Arctic Beam cooldown reduced from 25 to 23
Lash: Ground Strike radius reduced from 14m to 13m
Lash: Death Slam radius reduced from 20m to 19m
McGinnis: Fixed her gun having a recent regression that caused it to not have any spread
McGinnis: Mini Turret damage reduced by up to 30% at 35m (now has bullet falloff from 20m to 35m)
McGinnis: Mini Turret deploy time reduced from 2s to 1s
McGinnis: Mini Turret now shows up on the minimap
McGinnis: Medicinal Spectre^[sic] can no longer be attacked
McGinnis: Spectral Wall height increased by 2m
McGinnis: Spectral Wall slow duration increased from 2s to 2.5s
McGinnis: Fixed a bug with Spectral Wall that caused the Rejuvenator to instantly drop
Mo & Krill: Base HP regen increased from 2.5 to 3
Mo & Krill: Scorn damage increased from 50 to 60
Mo & Krill: Fixed Scorn not healing for more with things like Mystic Burst
Mo & Krill: Burrow now destroys breakables in its path
Mo & Krill: Fixed Healing Booster not applying to Scorn's 2x heal multiplier on heroes
Mo & Krill: Added a bonus counter to show how much health has been earned by getting a kill during Combo
Paradox: Base movement speed reduced from 7 to 6.5
Paradox: Kinetic Carbine impact radius reduced by 15%
Paradox: Kinetic Carbine Max Stop Duration reduced from 0.75 to 0.5
Paradox: Kinetic Carbine buff duration reduced from 6 to 4
Paradox: Kinetic Carbine T1 increased from +0.5s Max Stop Duration to +0.75
Paradox: Kinetic Carbine T2 now also increases buff by +2s
Paradox: Paradoxical Swap range reduced from 35m to 30m
Pocket: Enchanter's Satchel can now be canceled by shooting
Seven: Fixed Return Fire working with Power Surge
Seven: No longer has base +15% Spirit Resistance
Seven: Now has base +20% Bullet Resistance
Seven: Base health regen reduced from 2 to 1
Seven: Static Charge T1 improved from -15s Cooldown to -20s
Vindicta: Base movement speed increased from 7 to 8
Vindicta: Fixed Crow Familiar T1 only bouncing to 1 additional target instead of 2
Vindicta: Assassinate zoom level is reduced a bit
Warden: Willpower no longer loses movement speed when the shield is depleted
Warden: Willpower duration reduced from 8s to 7s
Wraith: The Royal Flush ability has been replaced with Card Trick. Card Trick enables Wraith's weapon damage to summon playing cards. Activating the ability throws one of the cards, which will fly towards the enemy or point under the crosshair and explode on impact.
Yamato: Power Slash damage reduced from 175 to 170
Yamato: Can now cancel Flying Strike
Yamato: Shadow Transformation damage and debuff resistance reduced from 80% to 70%
Yamato: Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4.5s to 5s