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Infernus

March 6, 2026

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Melee can now buildup afterburn (20% for light melee, 35% for heavy)
Napalm Napalm
damage reduced from 46 to 40
damage spirit scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.6
amplified damage taken reduced from 20% to 16%
T2 lifesteal increased from 10% to 15%
Flame Dash Flame Dash
DPS spirit scaling increased from 0.8 to 1.0
T1 changed from "-25% Fire Rate" to "-12s Cooldown"
T2 DPS reduced from +27 to +20
T2 DPS now also increases trail duration by 1s
T3 no longer reduces cooldown by 15s
T3 now also grants +1 Charge
T3 time between charges reduced from 20s to 14s
Afterburn Afterburn
T1 changed from "-20% Spirit Damage" to "+14 DPS"
T2 changed from +1s Burn Duration to -35% Spirit Damage
T3 changed from "+23 DPS" to "+3s Max Burn Duration" (Base duration is the same, but can buildup after igniting to grow to max burn duration, abilities only refresh up to the base)
Concussive Combustion Concussive Combustion
cast now causes camera to move back a bit
delay increased from 3s to 3.25s
radius reduced from 13m to 12m
cooldown increased from 140s to 165s
damage reduced from 150 to 125
T1 changed from "-35s Cooldown" to "+100 Damage"
T2 changed from "+0.5s Stun and +3m Radius" to "-65s Cooldown and +65% Explosion Heal"
T3 changed from "+94 Damage and Heal for 70% damage" to "+0.75s Stun and +10m Radius"

December 3, 2025

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Base bullet damage reduced from 6.2 to 5.5
Bullet falloff range from 20-58 to 18-55
Afterburn Afterburn
now only adds 0.5s to the duration for each bullet that is hit after it procs, rather than fully refreshing the duration. Adds 1.0s for headshots.

November 21, 2025

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Afterburn Afterburn
buildup is now 10% slower on body shots
Napalm Napalm
T3 damage amp reduced from +20% to +17%

October 24, 2025

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Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.12 to 0.08
Flame Dash Flame Dash
T2 reduced from +35 to +30
Afterburn Afterburn
T1 reduced from -25% Spirit Damage to -20%
T3 reduced from +28 DPS to +26

September 4, 2025

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Flame Dash Flame Dash
DPS reduced from 33 to 30
T2 reduced from +37 DPS to +35

July 4, 2025

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Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.16 to 0.12
Afterburn Afterburn
DPS reduced by 13% (still affected by the global base reductions as well, so the total amount is larger than this. This applies to all other patch note lines that reduces damage as well)
spirit scaling increased from 0.56 to 0.66
Flame Dash Flame Dash
T2 DPS reduced by 10%
spirit power scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.8

May 27, 2025

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Afterburn Afterburn
headshot buildup rate improved by 10%

December 31, 2024

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Flame Dash Flame Dash
cooldown increased from 35s to 38s
spirit scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.8
T2 reduced from +45 to +40
T3 Charge Time increased from 18s to 20s

December 21, 2024

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Flame Dash Flame Dash
T3 changed Charge Time increased from 15s to 18s

December 6, 2024

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Flame Dash Flame Dash
cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s
T3 changed from -19s CD to -15s
T3 now also makes the ability charged (15s charge time)
Afterburn Afterburn
spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.6

November 21, 2024

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Catalyst T2 reduced from 15% Lifesteal to 12%
Catalyst T3 reduced from -40% Heal Degen to -33%
Concussive Combustion Concussive Combustion
T3 reduced from 100% to 85%

October 24, 2024

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reduced darkness of players affected by Catalyst debuff
reduced brightness and lingering of Concussive Combustion effects
reduced visual noise of tracers and firerate increases
Infernus Afterburn: debuff vfx reduced opacity after start to reduce noise

October 10, 2024

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Updated Infernus weapon fire audio

September 26, 2024

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Infernus will no longer appear in every bot match

September 1, 2024

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Flame Dash Flame Dash
now has 30% Slow Resistance

August 29, 2024

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Reduced vertical reach on Flame Dash dps
Catalyst Damage Amplification reduced from 30% to 25%
Catalyst T3 Damage Amplification increased from +10% to +15%
Catalyst T2 reduced from +20% Lifesteal to +15%
Flame Dash Flame Dash
speed is now affected by slows
trail now gets wider with Ability Range bonus
T1 duration reduced from 7s to 6s

August 15, 2024

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Updated Infernus tracer, muzzle, and impact fx revisions for better performance

August 1, 2024

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Fixed Infernus being unable to slide out of Flame Dash
Afterburn Afterburn
T1 and T2 Swapped
base DPS reduced from 18 to 15
T3 DPS reduced from 33 to 30
spirit scaling increased from 0.4 to 0.5

July 4, 2024

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Flame Dash Flame Dash
dps linger duration increased from 0.4s to 1s

June 27, 2024

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Afterburn Afterburn
base dps reduced from 20 to 18
T3 reduced from +35 to +33

June 20, 2024

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Flame Dash Flame Dash
Fixed duration not being affected by duration extender

June 6, 2024

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Infernus's Afterburn now shows portraits of enemies that are burning for the full duration
Flame Dash Flame Dash
cooldown increased from 30s to 38s

May 30, 2024

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Afterburn Afterburn
T3 reduced from +40 dps to +35
Flame Dash Flame Dash
T1 duration reduced from 8s to 7s
T1 Fire Rate slow increased from +30% to +35%
T2 increased from +40 DPS to +45
T3 increased from -15s to -20s

May 16, 2024

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Afterburn Afterburn
T2 now reduces enemy Spirit damage by 30%

May 10, 2024

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Afterburn Afterburn
Fixed refreshing from item damage

May 3, 2024

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Catalyst no longer slows Infernus to 1.3 m/s during the cast delay
Concussive Combustion Concussive Combustion
damage increased from 130 to 160