Patches

2025-01-17update

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builds: 5458, 5459, 5460, 5462, 5467, 5468 · official notes
13Buffs
22Nerfs
15New
12Removed
6Reworks
21Other
Holliday810Vyper55Calico45Sinclair22Infernus2+1 in development
4 covered by a general line80 not in patch notes5 on heroes in development8 notes we couldn't match
Expanding our roster is one of our major goals in 2025. While some of these characters have a much higher degree of temporary art than usual, we are excited to see how they perform on the battlefield.
So who are the new faces you’ll be seeing on the streets of New York?
NERFArmed with an heirloom revolver and a spirit lasso, Holliday's investigations have led her to New York... and when she finds the killer she's looking for she's bringing him in dead, not alive.Lasso Target Max Speed 13.97m/s→1.4m/s
NEWDid you know that when you slide your gun has infinite ammo? Vyper does. That’s why you’ll find her sliding around the battlefield spraying lead and poison.Sliding Recoil Reduction 50
Mystify your rivals with combat tricks so vexing that they won’t believe their eyes! Summon a spectral assistant, polymorph foes into rabbits, and turn the enemies own abilities against them! Impossible? Not for THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR…
MECHA feared assassin; Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one. More importantly, you can possess her sphinx Ava and run around as a cat.Can Zoom now
UIThis update also marks the conclusion of the Winter Event. Players who participated in it will have a record of their achievements on their profile page.
See you in The Cursed Apple
NEWAdded Holliday
NEWAdded Vyper
NEWAdded Calico
NEWAdded The Magnificent Sinclair

Biggest changes

WeaponVyperBUFFShoot Spread Penalty Decay1→3+200.0%
CrackshotHollidayBUFFT3: Cooldown Per Headshot-2s→-4s+100.0%
Spirit LassoHollidayBUFFCast Range10m→20m+100.0%
Spirit LassoHollidayNERFBounce Pad Extend Duration2s→0s-100.0%
Powder KegHollidayBUFFCharge Delay5s→1s-80.0%
Spirit LassoHollidayNERFBullet Velocity254m/s→88.9m/s-65.0%
WeaponVyperBUFFSpread per Shot0.055→0.02-63.6%
WeaponCalicoBUFFPellets per Shot5→8+60.0%
Petrifying BolaVyperNERFSlow Duration3.5s→1.5s-57.1%
CrackshotHollidayBUFFT2: Damage50→75+50.0%
Powder KegHollidayNERFCharges2→1-50.0%
Powder KegHollidayBUFFArm Time1s→0.5s-50.0%
Spirit LassoHollidayBUFFTargeting Cone Angle40→60+50.0%
Spirit LassoHollidayNERFFollow Distance3.05m→1.52m-50.0%
Vexing BoltSinclairNERFT2: Spirit Resist-20%→-10%-50.0%
Spirit LassoHollidayNERFTargeting Cone Angle40→25-37.5%
Spirit LassoHollidayBUFFCooldown159s→100s-37.1%
Petrifying BolaVyperNERFT3: Petrify Duration1.5s→1s-33.3%
WeaponCalicoNERFBullet Damage3→2-33.3%
CrackshotHollidayNERFDamage100→75-25.0%
Vexing BoltSinclairNERFFire Rate Slow20%→15%-25.0%
WeaponCalicoNERFAmmo16→12-25.0%
Powder KegHollidayNERFExplosion Damage (spirit scaling)1.97→1.5-23.7%

What the patch notes left out

Valve's patch notes do not mention these changes; every line below is read from the game files.

Heroes80

Calico
422215
Base stats214
Ava1
NEWAdded to the game files
Gloom Bombs1
Leaping Slash1
Return to Shadows1
Sweetest Lie221
MECHCan Zoomnow
Technical (8)
NEWPellet pattern-0.75, -0.75
NEWPellet pattern0.75, -0.75
NEWPellet pattern-0.75, 0.75
Holliday
458102223
Base stats112
Bounce Pad1
Crackshot21
Powder Keg222
Technical (1)
Spirit Lasso4346122
NERFLasso Target Max Speed13.97m/s→1.4m/s-90.0%
Infernus
2
Flame Dash2
THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR
2121112
Base stats111
Technical (1)
Audience Participation1
Rabbit Hex111
Spectral Assistant1
Vexing Bolt2
Trapper
32
Civil Servant32
NERFShoot Spread Penalty Decay5→1-80.0%
NERFSpread0.6→1.5+150.0%
NERFSpread per Shot0.2→0.3+50.0%
MECHAiming Shoot Spread Penalty→0–1
MECHStanding Shoot Spread Penalty→0–1
Vyper
412552
Base stats112
Lethal Venom31
Technical (3)
Petrifying Bola21
Slide1
The Rattler223
Slide
1
NEWSliding Recoil Reduction50
Packed files: added / removed / modified
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hero_model+11−0~208
material+33−2~6
model+36−0~7
npc_model+0−0~2
other+0−0~3
particles+116−10~43
sound+150−174~64
ui+22−2~22

Hero model folders touched: archer, astro, atlas_detective_v2, bebop, box, cadence, chrono, digger, engineer, engineer_v3, gen_man, gen_man_dual, gen_man_twohand, ghost, ghost_v2, gigawatt, gigawatt_prisoner, grey_talon, gunslinger, haze, haze_v2, hornet_v3, inferno_v4, kali, kelvin, kelvin_v2, lash_v2, magician, mirage, mirage_v2, nano, operative, prof_dynamo, rutger, shiv, shiv_ult, skymonk, slork, synth, tempest, tengu, thumper, tokamak, trapper, vandal, vindicta, viper, viscous, warden, wraith, wraith_gen_man, wraith_magician, wraith_puppeteer, wrecker, yakuza, yamato_v2

Also 311 visual / audio / UI / technical data fields (see the build pages).

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