- Today's update adds four new heroes to matchmakingHolliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair.
Biggest changes
| BUFF | Shoot Spread Penalty Decay | 1→3+200.0% | |
| BUFF | T3: Cooldown Per Headshot | -2s→-4s+100.0% | |
| BUFF | Cast Range | 10m→20m+100.0% | |
| NERF | Bounce Pad Extend Duration | 2s→0s-100.0% | |
| BUFF | Charge Delay | 5s→1s-80.0% | |
| NERF | Bullet Velocity | 254m/s→88.9m/s-65.0% | |
| BUFF | Spread per Shot | 0.055→0.02-63.6% | |
| BUFF | Pellets per Shot | 5→8+60.0% | |
| NERF | Slow Duration | 3.5s→1.5s-57.1% | |
| BUFF | T2: Damage | 50→75+50.0% | |
| NERF | Charges | 2→1-50.0% | |
| BUFF | Arm Time | 1s→0.5s-50.0% | |
| BUFF | Targeting Cone Angle | 40→60+50.0% | |
| NERF | Follow Distance | 3.05m→1.52m-50.0% | |
| NERF | T2: Spirit Resist | -20%→-10%-50.0% | |
| NERF | Targeting Cone Angle | 40→25-37.5% | |
| BUFF | Cooldown | 159s→100s-37.1% | |
| NERF | T3: Petrify Duration | 1.5s→1s-33.3% | |
| NERF | Bullet Damage | 3→2-33.3% | |
| NERF | Damage | 100→75-25.0% | |
| NERF | Fire Rate Slow | 20%→15%-25.0% | |
| NERF | Ammo | 16→12-25.0% | |
| NERF | Explosion 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.
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- DELCalico: Available In Hero Labs removed (was yes)
- DELCalico: Kit: Alt weapon removed (was Alt weapon)
- ONCalico: In Development changed from yes to no
- MECHCalico: Kit: Ability 1 changed from Sekhmet's Spirit to Gloom Bombs
- MECHCalico: Kit: Ability 2 changed from Pounce to Leaping Slash
- MECHCalico: Kit: Ability 3 changed from Nekomata Ward to Ava
- MECHCalico: Kit: Ultimate changed from Queen of Shadows to Return to Shadows
- NEWCalico · Gloom Bombs: added to the game
- NEWCalico · Leaping Slash: added to the game
- NEWCalico · Return to Shadows: added to the game
- BUFFCalico · Sweetest Lie: Pellets per Shot increased from 5 to 8
- BUFFCalico · Sweetest Lie: Reload Time reduced from 3s to 2.5s
- NERFCalico · Sweetest Lie: Bullet Damage reduced from 3 to 2
- NERFCalico · Sweetest Lie: Ammo reduced from 16 to 12
- NERFHolliday: Max Health reduced from 625 to 550
- DELHolliday: Available In Hero Labs removed (was yes)
- ONHolliday: Bot Selectable changed from no to yes
- ONHolliday: In Development changed from yes to no
- CHANGEDHolliday · Bounce Pad: Channel Move Speed changed from 1.27m/s to no limit
- BUFFHolliday · Crackshot: T2: Damage increased from 50 to 75
- BUFFHolliday · Crackshot: T3: Cooldown Per Headshot increased from -2s to -4s
- NERFHolliday · Crackshot: Damage reduced from 100 to 75
- REWORKHolliday · Powder Keg: T1 upgrade reworked: Charges 1 → Cooldown -10s
- REWORKHolliday · Powder Keg: T3 upgrade reworked: Cooldown -9.5s, Arm Time -1s, Min Time Before Destroy -1 → Charges 3
- BUFFHolliday · Powder Keg: Charge Delay reduced from 5s to 1s
- BUFFHolliday · Powder Keg: Arm Time reduced from 1s to 0.5s
- NERFHolliday · Powder Keg: Charges reduced from 2 to 1
- NERFHolliday · Powder Keg: Explosion Damage (spirit scaling) reduced from 1.97 to 1.5
- NEWHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Damage added (120)
- NEWHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Lift Initial Delay added (0.5s)
- NEWHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Lift Initial Rising Speed added (2.54m/s)
- NEWHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Lift Initial Velocity Start added (12.7m/s)
- REWORKHolliday · Spirit Lasso: T1 upgrade reworked: Duration 0.6s → Damage 80
- REWORKHolliday · Spirit Lasso: T2 upgrade reworked: Cooldown -56s → Duration 0.5s
- REWORKHolliday · Spirit Lasso: T3 upgrade reworked: Targeting Cone Angle 60, Grab Extra Targets 1 → Cooldown -30s
- BUFFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Behaviour: +doesn't interrupt a slide
- BUFFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Cast Range increased from 10m to 20m
- BUFFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Cooldown reduced from 159s to 100s
- BUFFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Targeting Cone Angle · extra increased from 40 to 60
- NERFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Targeting Cone Angle · base reduced from 40 to 25
- NERFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Cast Delay increased from 0s to 0.5s
- NERFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Bounce Pad Extend Duration reduced from 2s to 0s
- NERFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Follow Distance reduced from 3.05m to 1.52m
- NERFHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Bullet Velocity reduced from 254m/s to 88.9m/s
- DELHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Targeting removed (was unit)
- MECHHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Activation changed from press to instant cast
- MECHHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Targeting shape changed from cone to sphere
- CHANGEDHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Channel Move Speed changed from 0 to no limit
- CHANGEDHolliday · Spirit Lasso: Follow Damping Factor reduced from 12 to 8
- DELInfernus · Flame Dash: Slide Buffer Speed removed (was 5.5m/s)
- DELInfernus · Flame Dash: Slide Buffer Time removed (was 0.5s)
- NEWSinclair · Audience Participation: added to the game
- NEWSinclair · Rabbit Hex: Move Speed bonus added (25%)
- BUFFSinclair · Rabbit Hex: Behaviour: +self-cast +passes through walls
- CHANGEDSinclair · Rabbit Hex: Channel Move Speed changed from 1.27m/s to no limit
- CHANGEDSinclair · Spectral Assistant: Channel Move Speed changed from 2.54m/s to no limit
- NERFSinclair · Vexing Bolt: Fire Rate Slow reduced from 20% to 15%
- NERFSinclair · Vexing Bolt: T2: Spirit Resist reduced from -20% to -10%
- DELTHE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR: Available In Hero Labs removed (was yes)
- ONTHE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR: In Development changed from yes to no
- MECHTHE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR: Kit: Ultimate changed from Grand Finale! to Audience Participation
- NERFVyper: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.3929 to 0.36
- DELVyper: Available In Hero Labs removed (was yes)
- ONVyper: Bot Selectable changed from no to yes
- ONVyper: In Development changed from yes to no
- NEWVyper · Lethal Venom: Build-up › Build Up Decay Delay added (2s)
- NEWVyper · Lethal Venom: Buildup Decay Time added (5s)
- NEWVyper · Lethal Venom: Venom Buildup Per Shot added (1)
- REWORKVyper · Lethal Venom: T3 upgrade reworked: Missing Health Damage 8% → Buildup Per Shot 5%
- NERFVyper · Petrifying Bola: Slow Duration reduced from 3.5s to 1.5s
- NERFVyper · Petrifying Bola: T3: Petrify Duration reduced from 1.5s to 1s
- DELVyper · Petrifying Bola: Petrify Radius removed (was 3m)
- NEWVyper · Slide: Sliding Recoil Reduction added (50)
- BUFFVyper · The Rattler: Shoot Spread Penalty Decay increased from 1 to 3
- BUFFVyper · The Rattler: Spread per Shot reduced from 0.055 to 0.02
- NERFVyper · The Rattler: Standing Spread increased from 0 to 0.2
- NERFVyper · The Rattler: Shoot Spread Penalty Decay Delay increased from 0s to 0.3s
- DELVyper · The Rattler: Aiming Move Spread Penalty removed (was 0–0.15)
- DELVyper · The Rattler: Standing Move Spread Penalty removed (was 0–0.5)
- DELVyper · The Rattler: Spread Decay removed (was 2.5)
Technical (8)
Technical (1)
Technical (1)
Technical (3)
- Bounce Pad · descriptionDrop a bounce pad in the world that sends you and other heroes flying. You will Stomp on landing, dealing damage to any nearby enemies. · · The Stomp can only occur once per Bounce Pad.→Drop a bounce pad in the world that launches any hero. · · You explode on landing, dealing Damage to any nearby enemies. The explosion can only occur once per Bounce Pad.
- Bounce Pad · T2 description+[Stomp Damage] Stomp Damage with improved scaling→+[Stomp Damage] Stomp Damage. Improve Spirit scaling
- Bounce Pad · T3 description+[Stomp Stun Duration]s Stun on Stomp→+[Stomp Stun Duration]s Stun on landing
- Crackshot · descriptionHeadshots deal bonus Weapon damage and applies a Fading Slow. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. · · Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off.→Headshots deal bonus Damage and applies a Fading Slow. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. · · Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off.
- Crackshot · quipDeals bonus damage and applies a slow with Headshots→Deal bonus damage with headshots
- Powder Keg · descriptionPlace a barrel that explodes when shot, or on landing after launched via melee attack or bounce pad. Has a minimum arm time before it can explode.→Throw an explosive barrel that arms after a delay. · · Once armed, the barrel can be shot, meleed, launched, or detonated by another barrel to explode, dealing Damage.
- Powder Keg · T3 descriptionDEL [Ability Cooldown] Cooldown · No arm time
- Spirit Lasso · descriptionGrab an enemy with your lasso and drag them along behind you. The enemy is stunned and Astro is slowed slightly during the lasso. · · Lasso duration is paused for [Bounce Pad Extend Duration]s during the first usage of a bounce pad.→Throw out your lasso, dealing Damage and grabbing the first enemy hit. Grabbed enemies are Stunned and dragged along behind you. · · While Spirit Lasso is active, Holliday cannot melee or shoot.
- Spirit Lasso · T3 descriptionDEL Can lasso another enemy inside targetting area
- Rabbit Hex · descriptionHex a target, transforming them into a Rabbit for a limited duration. · · Rabbits are small, but suffer from limited movement speed, increased Incoming Damage, and are unable to perform most actions. · Hex does not interrupt abilities.→Hex a target, transforming them into a Rabbit for a limited duration. · · Rabbits are small and move faster, but take increased Damage and are unable to perform most actions. · Hex does not interrupt abilities.
- Audience ParticipationNEW Audience Participation
- Magician copyult/copyult modifierNEW Tada!
- Magician copyult/ultcopiedNEW Ultimate Copied...!
- Audience Participation · descriptionNEW Copy the Ultimate of an enemy hero for a limited time. Reactivating the ability will use the Copied Ultimate instead. · · Copies will inherit this ability's upgrade points. · Copies will not gain benefits from Imbue. · Audience Participation will also copy the cooldown.
- Audience Participation · quipNEW Copy an enemies Ultimate for a limited time
- Audience Participation · T1 descriptionNEW Upgrade the Copy.
- Audience Participation · T2 descriptionNEW Upgrade the Copy AGAIN!
- Audience Participation · T3 descriptionNEW Upgrade the Copy ONCE AGAIN!
- MeleeNEW Melee
- MeleeNEW Melee
- AvaNEW Ava
- Nano catform/modifier catformNEW Ava
- Ava · descriptionNEW Turn to shadows and possess Ava. You gain Movement Speed and become Hidden on the Minimap, but cannot attack or cast abilities. · · Cannot be used for [Interrupt Cooldown]s after taking damage from an enemy hero.
- Ava · quipNEW Take control of Ava
- Ava · T3 descriptionNEW [Ability Cooldown]s Cooldown. Gain [Health Regen] Health Regen during Ava.
- Ava · trigger buttonhintNEW Return from Ava
- Gloom BombsNEW Gloom Bombs
- Gloom Bombs · descriptionNEW Throw a cluster of bombs that detonate after a delay, dealing Damage. · · Enemies hit by multiple bombs take [Multi Hit Penalty Percentage]% damage.
- Gloom Bombs · quipNEW Throw out cluster bombs
- Leaping SlashNEW Leaping Slash
- Leaping Slash · descriptionNEW Dash forward before slashing all enemies in a circle, dealing Light Melee Damage. · · If the ability hits at least one target, heal a small amount of health.
- Leaping Slash · quipNEW Dash forward and slash enemies
- Leaping Slash · T3 descriptionNEW -[Cooldown Reduction Percent On Hit]% Cooldown On Hit
- Return to ShadowsNEW Return to Shadows
- Nano shadow pulse/buffNEW Strength from Shadows
- Return to Shadows · descriptionNEW Instantly turn to shadows, becoming Untargetable, gaining Movement Speed, and dealing Damage. · · After 3s, return from the shadows, dealing Damage again.
- Return to Shadows · quipNEW Turn to Shadows, gaining movespeed and dealing delayed damage
- Return to Shadows · T3 descriptionNEW Reset all cooldowns and gain [Damage Amp]% Damage Amp for [Buff Duration]s.
- Screwjab Dagger · quipNEW Throw a slowing dagger
- Petrifying Bola · descriptionThrow an explosive bola. On exploding, the bola Slows and Damages all enemies in the area. · · Enemies in the center of the explosion take additional Damage and are Petrified. · · Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions. · Petrified units break free after blocking enough damage.→Throw an explosive bola. On exploding, the bola Slows and Damages all enemies in the area. · · Direct hits deal additional Damage and Petrify instead. · · Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions. · Petrified units break free after blocking enough damage.
- Petrifying Bola · quipNEW Toss a petrifying bola
- Petrifying Bola · T3 descriptionNEW +[Petrify Duration]s Petrify Duration. Petrifies all enemies in the area.
- Lethal Venom · T3 description+[Venom Missing Health Damage Percentage]% Missing Health Damage→Bullets also build up Lethal Venom
- Last Stand · descriptionAfter charging for [Ability Cast Delay]s, release pulses that damage enemies and heal you based on the damage done. · While channeling Last Stand you are have greatly increased bullet and spirit resist. Goes on a reduced cooldown if interrupted while charging.→After charging for [Ability Cast Delay]s, release pulses that damage enemies and heal you based on the damage done. · While channeling Last Stand you have greatly increased bullet and spirit resist. Goes on a reduced cooldown if interrupted while charging.
- profile showcaseNEW Showcase
- Settings · hudtelemetry networkmissedtickspoor infoWhen the percentage of ticks missed due network misdelivery exceeds this value, conditions are considered 'poor'.→When the percentage of ticks missed due to network misdelivery exceeds this value, conditions are considered 'poor'.
- showcase seasonalachievement2024NEW December 2024
- weapon hero astro setOccult 45→Doc's Orders
- weapon hero magician setLegerdemain→The Prestige
- Stat nameNEW Copy Duration
- Stat unitNEW s
- Stat nameNEW Copied Cooldown
- Stat unitNEW %
- Stat nameNEW Damage Amp
- Stat unitNEW %
- Stat nameNEW Bomb Count
- Holliday · playstyleAstro depends on her skills as a crack shot, shooting things she's bounced into the air. With good aim she can lay out heavy damage. Her movement skills let her isolate her enemies or beat a hasty retreat.→Holliday depends on her skills as a crack shot, shooting things she's bounced into the air. With good aim she can lay out heavy damage. Her movement skills let her isolate her enemies or beat a hasty retreat.
- Sinclair · playstyleWith the help of their unwilling assistant, the Magician can confuse enemies with curving hexes and rapid cards.→With the help of their unwilling assistant, THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR can confuse enemies with curving hexes and rapid bolts.
- Calico · loreGranted the dubious honor of being named Time Magazine's most dangerous woman on the planet, Calico is an enigmatic occult arms dealer that is willing to fund any and all sides of a conflict if the price is right. While her critics (and friends) would correctly identify her as being amoral, she is not without her principles... however cold and calculated those principles may be.→Once a decorated member of The Baxter Society, Calico left the august order once she realized that killing monsters for free was less profitable than killing people for money. Now an in demand contract killer, Calico is living her best life ending someone else's.
- Vyper · loreWhen it comes to breaking the law, not getting caught is a pretty important part of the job. Viper never got that memo. Luckily for her, if there’s one thing she’s better at than being arrested, it’s escaping out of jail. Having done time in every major prison in the tri-state area, Viper has built an impressive network of street level lowlifes that owe her one. She’s also built an impressive netw→When it comes to breaking the law, not getting caught is a pretty important part of the job. Vyper never got that memo. Luckily for her, if there’s one thing she’s better at than being arrested, it’s escaping out of jail. Having done time in every major prison in the tri-state area, Vyper has built an impressive network of street level lowlifes that owe her one. She’s also built an impressive netw
- Vyper · playstyleWith a powerful weapon (and deadly venom to match), Viper can slither into the back of teams and assassinate high-priority targets in a storm of bullets.→With a powerful weapon (and deadly venom to match), Vyper can slither into the back of teams and assassinate high-priority targets in a storm of bullets.
- Stat nameNEW Shadow Duration
- Stat nameNEW Slash Radius
- Stat unitNEW m
- Spirit Rend · descriptionYour bullets apply a debuff that amplifies your Spirit Damage and grants you Spirit Lifesteal against them. Landing a headshot increases your total Spirit Amp against them.→Your bullets apply a debuff that amplifies your Spirit Damage and grants you Spirit Lifesteal against targets. Landing a headshot increases your total Spirit Amp against them.
- Puddle Punch · T3 description[Ability Cooldown] Cooldown and now deals Heavy Melee Damage→[Ability Cooldown]s Cooldown and now deals Heavy Melee Damage
- readyup toomanylimitedheroesNEW Your roster contains mostly new heroes. In order to help form matches, we are currently requiring rosters to include some heroes that are not new. Please add some more heroes into your roster.
- startmatchmaking toomanylimitedheroesNEW Your roster contains mostly new heroes. In order to help form matches, we are currently requiring rosters to include some heroes that are not new. Please add some more heroes into your roster.
- myrosterrosterdesc minnonnewNEW Your roster needs at least {d:min_non_new_heroes} or more heroes that are not new
| data | +0 | −0 | ~83 |
| 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).