2025-06-17update

Biggest changes

TornadoMirage	NERF	Distance Above Ground	2m→0.5m-75.0%
Headhunter	NERF	Head Shot Bonus Damage (boon scaling)	5→3-40.0%
Headhunter	NERF	Heal Per Headshot (boon scaling)	0.1→0.06-40.0%
Mini TurretMcGinnis	NERF	Turret Health (boon scaling)	20→12-40.0%
Viscous	NERF	Health per boon	73→44-39.7%

What the patch notes left out

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

Heroes12

• NERFBebop: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.2 to 0.13
• NEWCalico · Ava: Cat Form Damage Dealt Reduction added (-100)
• NEWCalico · Catform pounce: added to the game
• NERFCalico · Queen of Shadows: Cooldown increased from 100s to 110s
• NERFHaze: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.2015 to 0.13
• NERFMcGinnis · Mini Turret: Turret Health (boon scaling) reduced from 20 to 12
• NERFMirage · Tornado: Distance Above Ground reduced from 2m to 0.5m
• NERFViscous: Health per boon reduced from 73 to 44
• NERFViscous · Goo Ball: Damage (spirit scaling) reduced from 1.02 to 1
• NEWWraith · Card Trick: T3: Slow Duration added (1s)
• NEWWraith · Card Trick: T3: Movement Slow added (25%)
• NERFYamato: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.216 to 0.14

Items5

• NERFCultist Sacrifice: Fire Rate (spirit scaling) reduced from 1.25 to 0.8
• NERFCultist Sacrifice: Bonus Health (boon scaling) reduced from 11 to 7
• NERFHeadhunter: Head Shot Bonus Damage (boon scaling) reduced from 5 to 3
• NERFHeadhunter: Heal Per Headshot (boon scaling) reduced from 0.1 to 0.06
• NERFHealing Nova: Total HP Regen (boon scaling) reduced from 7 to 4.4

Units1

• UPWalker: Health increased from 4500 to 5000

Game rules & map objects4

• BUFFAll abilities (260): Boss Damage Scale increased from 60% to 70%
• NEWCasting: Collision Radius added (1.02m)
• NEWCasting: Hits Required added (1)
• NEWObjective bounties: Near Player Split added (40%)

• Ava · descriptionTurn to shadows and possess Ava. You gain bonus move speed and become hidden on the minimap, but cannot attack or cast abilities. · · After taking damage from an enemy hero, you lose [Enemy Damage Speed Penalty]% Move Speed and are briefly unable to activate Ava.→Turn to shadows and possess Ava. You gain bonus move speed and become hidden on the minimap, but cannot use your weapon or cast abilities. · [Ability Melee] : Pounce to break boxes. · · When taking damage from an enemy hero, bonus move speed is reduced by [Enemy Damage Speed Penalty]% and you are unable to activate Ava for [Interrupt Cooldown]s.
• 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 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.
• Card Trick · T3 descriptionNEW +[Card Resource Gen Pct Scale]% Card Summon Rate and Cards apply a [Slow Percent]% Slow for [Slow Duration]s.
• flexslotunlockedalltier1DEL You've unlocked an extra slot for killing two of the Enemy Guardians
• flexslotunlockedalltier2DEL You've unlocked an extra slot for killing two of the Enemy Walkers
• flexslotunlockedgeneratorDEL You've unlocked an extra slot for killing a set of Base Guardians
• flexslotunlockedkill2tier2DEL You've unlocked an extra slot for killing one Enemy Walker
• flexslotunlockedslot01NEW You've unlocked an extra slot for killing three of the Enemy Guardians
• flexslotunlockedslot02NEW You've unlocked an extra slot for killing one of the Enemy Walkers
• flexslotunlockedslot03NEW You've unlocked an extra slot for killing three of the Enemy Walkers
• flexslotunlockedslot04NEW You've unlocked an extra slot for killing a set of Base Guardians
• HUD · levelup titleNEW Boon Received!
• HUD · powerincreaseBoon→Power Increase
• level testNEW 99
• player level ap rewardsNEW Ability Unlock or AP
• player level ap rewards unlocknoteNEW Abilities unlock at Boons 0, 1, 4 and 6
• player level ap rewards visualsNEW or
• player level maxrewardsNEW Max Reached
• player level powerincreasegrantsEach Boon grants:→Each Boon Grants:
• player level rewardssubheadNEW At each threshold, [Hero name] gains:
• player level rewardstitleNEW Boon Rewards
• player level stat rewardsNEW Stat Increases
• player level stat rewardsmaxNEW Stat Rewards max at Boon {#}
• player level statincreasesNEW Stat Increases
• player level statmaxNEW Rewards max at Boon 32
• player level titleNEW Boons
• player level tonextNEW {i:gold_to_next} TO NEXT
• player level totalgoldNEW {i:total_gold} TOTAL SOULS
• modicontooltip unlockalltier1DEL Unlocked after your team destroys two enemy Guardians
• modicontooltip unlockalltier2DEL Unlocked after your team destroys two enemy Walkers
• modicontooltip unlockgeneratorsDEL Unlocked after your team destroys a set of Base Guardians
• modicontooltip unlockguardiansDEL Unlocked after your team destroys a set of enemy Base Guardians
• modicontooltip unlockslot01NEW Unlocked after your team destroys three enemy Guardians
• modicontooltip unlockslot02NEW Unlocked after your team destroys one enemy Walker
• modicontooltip unlockslot03NEW Unlocked after your team destroys three enemy Walkers
• modicontooltip unlockslot04NEW Unlocked after your team destroys a set of Base Guardians
• modicontooltip unlocktier2DEL Unlocked after your team destroys one enemy Walker
• modicontooltip unlocktier3DEL Unlocked after your team destroys the enemy Patron's first form
• myrosterrosterdescIn order to enter Matchmaking, you’ll need to add at least 3 Heroes to your Roster.→Minimum 3 Heroes required to queue
• roster create titleNEW Create Roster
• survey question descNEW Please provide your general, high-level reactions. Player input helps shape the game.
• survey question heroplayagainstNEW How fun is it to play against this hero?
• survey question heroplayagainst highlabelNEW Great
• survey question heroplayagainst lowlabelNEW Awful
• survey question itemdesignNEW How interesting or fun is this item?
• survey question itemdesign highlabelNEW Very Fun
• survey question itemdesign lowlabelNEW Needs Redesign
• survey question itempowerNEW How powerful is this item?
• survey question itempower highlabelNEW Too Strong
• survey question itempower lowlabelNEW Too Weak
• survey question numberNEW Question {d:question_number} / {d:max_question_number}
• survey question titleNEW Playtester Survey
• survey skipNEW Skip
• survey submittingNEW Submitting ...

Hero model folders touched: abrams, astro, bebop, chrono, digger, dynamo, hornet_v3, inferno_v4, kelvin_v2, lash_v2, mcginnis, mirage_v2, nano, shiv, viper, viscous, warden, wraith_gen_man, yamato_v2

Also 186 visual / audio / UI / technical data fields (see the build pages).