Calico
Leaping Slash1NERFT2 damage decreased from +75 to +60
Return to Shadows12NERFCooldown increased from 90s to 100s
NERFSpeed reduced from +50% to +30%
NEWT2 now also grants +20% speed
4Buffs
14Nerfs
2New
1Removed
Leaping Slash1Return to Shadows12
Holliday
Powder Keg1NERFCooldown between charges increased from 2s to 3.5s
Bounce Pad1NERFT2 damage reduced from +100 to +80
Sinclair
The Prestige11NERFBullet Damage reduced by 15%
BUFFBullet velocity increased from 86 to 340
Rabbit HexREWORKTargeting mechanism has been reworked. It is now an AoE target ability in the base. It has a 0.7s delay before the area is affected. Cast range increased from 20m to 30m, Movespeed reduced from 35% to 15% and cooldown reduced from 45s to 35s.
Audience Participation11BUFFRange increased from 10m to 20m
NERFCopy duration decreased from 20s to 10s
Wraith
Card Trick1NERFBase radius reduced from 5m to 4m
Telekinesis1NERFBase damage reduced from 175 to 140
Ammo Scavenger
NERFMax Stacks reduced from 20 to 18
NERFNo longer grants +40 health
Extra Stamina
NERFNo longer grants +4% Fire Rate
Restorative Shot
NERFNo longer grants +3% Weapon Damage
- SinclairSpectral Assistant now has new VFX
- SinclairRabbit Hex now has new VFX
- SinclairVarious new and improved SFX
Biggest changes
 Spectral AssistantSinclair | BUFF | Bullet Velocity | 86.36m/s→340.36m/s+294.1% |
| Audience ParticipationSinclair | NERF | Targeting Cone Angle | 30→15-50.0% |
| Audience ParticipationSinclair | BUFF | Copy Internal Cooldown | 1s→0.5s-50.0% |
What the patch notes left out
Valve's patch notes do not mention these changes; every line below is read from the game files.
Heroes4
- BUFFSinclair · Audience Participation: Copy Internal Cooldown reduced from 1s to 0.5s
- NERFSinclair · Audience Participation: Targeting Cone Angle reduced from 30 to 15
- DELSinclair · Audience Participation: Swap Back Delay removed (was 0.1s)
- BUFFSinclair · Spectral Assistant: Bullet Velocity increased from 86.36m/s to 340.36m/s
Calico
Leaping Slash1NERFT2: Impact Damage75→60-20.0%
Return to Shadows12NEWT2: Move Speed bonus20%
NERFCooldown90s→100s+11.1%
NERFMove Speed bonus50%→30%-40.0%
Holliday
Bounce Pad1NERFT2: Stomp Damage100→80-20.0%
Powder Keg1NERFCharge Delay2s→3.5s+75.0%
THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR
Base statsTechnical (1)
DELWIP Abilities{}
Audience Participation221BUFFCast Range10m→20m+100.0%
BUFFCopy Internal Cooldown1s→0.5s-50.0%
NERFCopy Duration20s→10s-50.0%
NERFTargeting Cone Angle30→15-50.0%
DELSwap Back Delay0.1s
Rabbit Hex1NEWAdded to the game files
Spectral Assistant1BUFFBullet Velocity86.36m/s→340.36m/s+294.1%
The Prestige11BUFFBullet Velocity86.36m/s→340.36m/s+294.1%
NERFBullet Damage27→23-14.8%
Wraith
Card Trick1NERFRadius5m→4m-20.0%
Telekinesis1NERFDamage175→140-20.0%
Ammo Scavenger
NERFBonus Health40→0-100.0%
NERFMax Stacks20→18-10.0%
Extra Stamina
NERFFire Rate4%→0%-100.0%
Restorative Shot
NERFWeapon Damage3%→0%-100.0%
- Rabbit HexNEW Rabbit Hex
- Magician animalhexarea/animalhex curse modifierNEW Hexed!
- Rabbit Hex · descriptionNEW Hex a target area, dealing Damage and transforming all enemies 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 Participation · descriptionCopy 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.→Dealing Damage copies 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. · Audience Participation will also copy the cooldown.
- Return to Shadows · T2 descriptionNEW +[Damage] Damage. +[Move Speed Bonus Pct]% Move Speed bonus.
- Stat nameNEW Hex Duration
- Stat unitNEW s
| data | +0 | −0 | ~2 |
| material | +2 | −0 | ~0 |
| model | +3 | −0 | ~0 |
| particles | +17 | −0 | ~14 |
| sound | +71 | −0 | ~2 |
| ui | +1 | −0 | ~0 |
Also 46 visual / audio / UI / technical data fields (see the build pages).