Added 6 new heroes to Hero Labs, a new experimental hero matchmaking mode. The heroes are Holliday, Calico, Wrecker, Fathom, Viper and Magician (temp names). The goal of this mode is to invite players to help us in giving hero design feedback while heroes are in very early phases. Most heroes in this mode will have placeholder models, names, effects, etc (some exceptions are older in-dev heroes that had more developed art). They will also sometimes have placeholder/copy-paste abilities for certain slots if that ability slot is still TBD (such as Magician ultimate). There will be a specific hero labs section on the forum to post feedback on these. Heroes in this mode will often be removed, abilities changed, new heroes added, removed heroes re-added, etc. Patch notes for changes to heroes in this mode will be posted on the Hero Labs subforum. This mode will have limited testing hours for now while we gauge activity, in order to ensure faster queue times. You must have at least 50 games played to be able to queue here. If you don't get a new hero selected (since there are less new heroes than there are players), you will be considered higher priority for subsequent matches to get a new hero from your roster selection.

Added Commends. You can commend players you've enjoyed playing with during the game or in the post-game scoreboard (same places you would report). The number of commends you've received on each hero will be displayed in your profile.

Added new character shader to improve player visibility in all areas of the map and experiment with more stylized rendering of character models

Updated environment lighting and sky

Added sequential kill streak music cues

Added keybinds for "Fly Up" and "Fly Down". Used for flying abilities like Ivy's Air Drop and Vindicta's Flight

Fixed being unable to report/mute disconnected players

You can now drag and drop build categories to move them around

Added quick-selection for favorite builds. Clicking on the name of your currently active build in the shop will bring up a dropdown that lets you switch between favorited builds for that hero without opening the build browser.

Added indication of game mode within match history

Added Rank badge to matches on the Watch page

Added Rank History tab to profile, currently only visible for yourself. You can click on previous ranks to view the Rank Report summary for that interval

Flash Windows Taskbar icon if the game window isn't in focus and you have 3 seconds until you respawn

Fixed issue in several languages where team net worth number shrunk to an unreadable size

Fixed Urns sometimes appearing to stay in the world after being picked up

Fixed jittering from Lash's gun firing while running and aiming (this should reduce screen noise significantly in this case)

Added Melee Resistance to Vitality stat screen

Lowered pitch of Haze voice processing

Added teleporter channel and appear sounds

Added Healing Rite end sound

Added Mystic Shot proc sound

Added Magic Carpet cast, cast delay, loop, and end sounds

Updated Slowing Hex projectile loop, hit, and debuff sounds

Fixing hitting ESC to close to intro movie also closing the ranked summary popup

Fixed pregame countdown drawing over the shop UI

Silenced debuff revisions to reduce obstructed vision of player

Play a sound when a debuff is applied to player but is purged due to some invulnerability

Fixed instances where mix ducking occurs too early in a sound event's lifetime

Fixed audio occlusion filtering artifacts during high rates of change

Enabled certain music cues like 'respawn' to interrupt base attack music

Denied orb sound will no longer play beyond 2500 game units from the player

Reduced visual noise of Wraith's tracers when close up or when Wraith has a high fire rate

Increased intelligibility of team-specific hero death sound

Abandoning Co-op bot matches with more than one party now brings up the Abandon Match confirmation warning instead of leaving immediately

Added looping telegraph for Seven Static Charge ability

Added victim-specific sound for Static Charge the moment it is applied

Bots are better at coming together to defend and push lanes

Bots will prioritize assisting human allies on offense

Reduced visual noise of Seven's tracers, especially when close up or when Seven has a high fire rate

Added a "Mouse Sensitivity: Vertical Scaling" setting

Added a "Reset Camera" bind (available in Steam Input)

Fixed Steam Input "Melee" Action not resetting the camera vertically

Added new Steam Input Analog Action: "Aim". This uses Angle-based sensitivity options in Steam Input (work-in-progress feature).

Fixed Steam Input aiming no longer being affected by Mouse Sensitivity options (including Invert Y)

Fixed a bug where the last controller plugged in would block actions from other controllers. Now multiple controllers can be combined.

AP is no longer granted for Walkers

Shrine/Patron no longer have Soul/AP bounties

Shrine Flex Slot moved to "All Shrines"

Missing AP from above is redistributed along souls reward line at similar soul levels that the objectives previously died on average

Trooper Soul Orbs now have a 90ms buffer to allow the server to do better calculations on who shot the orb first, to minimize latency advantages for denying

Trooper soul changed from 50/50% in the kill/orb to 60/40%

Breakables spawn time increased from 2 minutes to 3 minutes

Breakables Souls reduced from 35 + 3/min to 30 + 2.5/min

Urn comeback properties now require an 8% net worth lead to kick in

Urn pickup locations are the same as before, however now the drop-off locations will be variable based on which team is leading. If there isn't a lead over 8% net worth, then the drop-off location is the same as before. If there is, then the drop-off location will be closer to the losing team's side. The minimap will show where the drop-off location is as usual, as well as an indicator in the world that helps show you where it is.

If the Urn hasn't been delivered within 90 seconds of pickup time, it now drains your health for 1% of Max HP per second (the timer is per team). Your regen is disabled during this.

Whenever the Urn is dropped after 90 seconds of pickup time, it starts moving back to its spawn point immediately and cannot be picked up by the same team for 12 seconds.

Increased speed Urn walks back

Guardian attack range requirement changed from 20m to requiring you are above the ramp on high ground

Guardian resist vs troopers changed from starting at 70% and ending at -30% at 10 min to starting at 60% and ending at -35% at 8 minutes

Guardians now have resist vs players starting at 40% and ending at -35% at 8 minutes

Walkers now have resist vs troopers starting at 60% and ending at -30% at 14 minutes

Walkers now have resist vs players starting at 60% and ending at -30% at 14 minutes

Troopers now gain +40% Spirit Resist gradually over 25 minutes, goes to 70% at 50 minutes

Backdoor protection detection range for troopers increased (harder to kill troopers approaching the objectives with long range spells to stall making the game think you are backdooring when you aren't)

Backdoor protection removal now has a 20s buffer (so it doesn't go into protection mode immediately once creeps die)

Mid Boss respawn timer decreases with subsequent boss kills, from 7 to 7/6/5 minutes

The 70s respawn time now happens at 30 min instead of 35 min

There is now a respawn curve that goes from 70s to 75s over 30->40 minutes

Base Guardians and Shrines no longer have out-of-combat regen

Parry active window increased from 0.7 to 0.75

Parry cooldown reduced from 5s to 4.5s

Medic Trooper heal now has 2 charges; time between casts is 6s [does not consume a charge when healing other troopers, mainly affects waves pushing on their own]

Medic Trooper heal cooldown increased from 6s to 35s

Sinner's Sacrifice now shares souls of subsequent hits with everyone that hit it recently (rather than the bigger value from last hit only going to one player)

Redesigned stairs from central canal to the outer lanes (near Urn spawn)

Added a skybridge with interior from the Subway Entrance buildings into the Port Authority and Speakeasy buildings

Connection hallways behind the Chapel and Firehouse now has an option to continue inside to the Walker arenas

Added a Bounce Pad from these connection hallways to the front of the overpass

Neutral camps beside Amber Purple and Sapphire Yellow Walker arenas moved from the ground floor to the upper floor

Redesigned traversal from ground floor to upper floor of the Garage and Night Club to get to the Sinner's Sacrifice neutrals

Replaced fire escape stairs with ropes on the exterior of the Garage and Night Club

Added more zipline nodes to outer lanes

High-Velocity Mag: Bullet Velocity reduced from 25% to 20%

High-Velocity Mag: Bullet Shield Health increased from 50 to 65

High-Velocity Mag: Weapon damage increased from 12% to 13%

Items

Active Reload

No longer grants -20% Reload Time

Now grants +18% Ammo

Ammo Scavenger

proc sound only plays when applying a stack

Ammo Scavenger

Duration increased from 30s to 35s

Boundless Spirit

Spirit Power increased from 60 to 65

Weapon Power increased from 25% to 30%

Bullet Resist Shredder

No longer grants +5% Bullet Resist

Now grants +15% Melee damage resistance

Burst Fire

Now grants +20% Slow Resistance

Cold Front

now does double damage to NPC units

Colossus

Slow reduced from 35% to 30%

Slow radius reduced from 14m to 12m

Duration Extender

Ability Duration reduced from 16% to 14%

Now grants +8% Weapon Damage

Enduring Speed

Slow Resist reduced from 35% to 30%

Escalating Exposure

Spirit Amp Per Stack reduced from 5% to 4%

Ethereal Shift

Active no longer grants 14 spirit power or reloads

Active now grants +3 Movespeed for 5 seconds after returning

Active now grants +40% Spirit Resist for 5 seconds after returning

Now grants +6 Spirit Power

Extra Health

Now upgrades into Fortitude

Extra Regen

No longer grants +25 Health

Extra Stamina

Bonus Health increased from +25 to +35

Fortitude

Now upgrades from Extra Health

Health increased from 325 to 365

Restore delay reduced from 11s to 10s

Weapon Damage increased from 25% to 27%

Improved Burst

Max HP Damage increased from 7% to 9%

Threshold damage increased from 125 to 200

Improved Cooldown

Now grants +75 Spirit Shield

Improved Reach

Non-Imbued Ability Range increased from 25% to 26%

Bullet Resist increased from 12% to 13%

Improved Spirit

Spirit Power increased from 28 to 30

Knockdown

updated effect animation to alert when it will stun

Leech

Now has 12% Cooldown Reduction

No longer grants Spirit Power

Long Range

No longer grants +25% Ammo

Now has -20% Reload Time

Lucky Shot

Proc now pierces evasion

Majestic Leap

Cooldown increased from 26s to 45s

Getting shot while in the air disables the drop-down ability

Melee Charge

Weapon Damage reduced from 15% to 12%

Health reduced from 100 to 75

Monster Rounds

Resist vs NPCs reduced from 30% to 25%

Mystic Reach

Ability Range reduced from 18% to 15%

Bullet Resist increased from 6% to 7%

Mystic Reverb

Slow now only affects the primary target

Spirit Lifesteal, Spirit Resist, and Ability Range reduced from 15% to 14%

Mystic Shot

Proc cannot miss due to evasion

Cooldown increased from 5.25 to 5.75

Mystic Slow

Slow reduced from 30% to 25%

Health bonus increased from 100 to 140

Phantom Strike

No longer grants 15% Bullet Resist

Now grants +15% Spirit Resist

Rapid Rounds

Fire Rate increased from 9% to 10%

Reactive Barrier

Ammo increased from 15% to 20%

Rescue Beam

fixed some visual bugs on the effects

Rescue Beam

Pull speed reduced by 20%

Sprint reduced from +2 to +1

Restorative Shot

Weapon Damage reduced from 7% to 6%

Cooldown increased from 5.5s to 6s

Sharpshooter

No longer grants +20% Ammo

Now has -20% Reload Time

Siphon Bullets

Max HP Steal Per Bullet increased from 50 to 55

Slowing Hex

Slow reduced from 25% to 20%

Soul Rebirth

No longer grants +15% Cooldown Reduction

Cooldown increased from 212s to 240s

Superior Cooldown

Spirit Shield increased from 100 to 150

Superior Duration

Non-Imbued duration increased from 26% to 27%

Imbued duration increased from 32% to 33%

Superior Stamina

Spirit Power increased from 8 to 12

Surge of Power

When the passive procs, you no longer get slowed when shooting (similar to Fleetfoot)

Movespeed reduced from +3 to +2

Tesla Bullets

Proc cooldown can now be reduced by cooldown reduction

Titanic Magazine

Now grants +12% Spirit Resist

No longer grants +18% Bullet Resist

Now grants +25% Melee Damage Resistance

Unstoppable

vfx has a more obvious start

Unstoppable

No longer grants +15% Spirit Resist

Now grants +15% Bullet Resist

No longer grants 1 Move Speed

Vampiric Burst

Health increased from 150 to 175

Veil Walker

Bullet Shield increased from 200 to 250

Spirit Shield increased from 200 to 250

Withering Whip

Projectile speed increased by 30%

Heroes

Infernus

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

Viscous

cleaner effect for viscous alt-fire

Abrams

Melee attack rate reduced by 15% (time between attacks)

Gun falloff damage starts at 20m instead of 22m

Fixed some cases where Shoulder Charge would do a 180/360 on spell cast

Shoulder Charge

Fixed sliding against wall surfaces incorrectly

Seismic Impact

Fixed sometimes getting stuck on objects

Bebop

Bullet damage growth increased from 0.29 to 0.33

No longer gains 1% Bullet Resist per boon

Now gains 1% Spirit Resist per boon

Hook now returns troopers 75% faster than normal

Sticky Bomb

now loses 20% of your stacks on death (rounds up)

Grey Talon

Base regen increased from 2 to 2.5

Gun spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.13

Movespeed now scales with Spirit Power again

Rain of Arrows

strafe speed with stamina increased by 30%

Infernus

Afterburn

T1 reduced from 30% to 25%

Ivy

Base bullet damage increased from 4.5 to 5

Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.39 to 0.36

Ivy Kudzu Bomb effects properly display visuals when above ground

Air Drop

slow reduced from 35% to 30%

Kelvin

Arctic Beam

slow reduced from 50% to 40%

Frost Grenade

T2 heal reduced from 145 to 125

Frozen Shelter

Fixed not freezing weakened patron

Lady Geist

Lady Geist Malice: revisions to reduce vfx noise and obstructions

Lady Geist Malice: reduced brightness of vfx for players close to it

Lady Geist Life Drain revisions to show start of effect better but reduce noise afterwards

Malice

slow reduced from 20% to 15%

debuff duration reduced from 13s to 9s

Damage Amp reduced from 15% to 8%

T2 now also increases damage amp by 7%

no longer causes you to un-zoom on cast

McGinnis

Gun spin decay rate improved from 0.65 to 0.25

Mini Turrets cooldown reduced from 24s to 18s

Mini Turrets spirit resist increased from 60% to 80%

McGinnis melee animation updates

Spectral Wall

slow reduced from 25% to 20%

T1 damage amp reduced from 25% to 15%

Heavy Barrage

minimum range increased from 6m to 7m

cooldown increased from 106s to 140s

T2 cooldown improved from -47s to -50s

T1 slow reduced from 35% to 30%

Mirage

Mirage Djinn's Mark: damage vfx revision to reduce visual noise, debuff moved to overhead UI

Mirage Traveler now previews Mirage's model at destination to show facing direction

Mirage gun revisions to tracer, muzzle flash, and impacts

Fire Scarabs

T3 max health steal increased from +70 to +80

Djinn's Mark

T3 cooldown between multipliers improved from -0.5s to -0.75s

Traveler

Fire Rate increased from 20% to 30%

T2 cooldown reduction improved from -30s to -40s

T3 now grants Unstoppable for 3s on arrival

Mo & Krill

Now has 20% Headshot Crit reduction

Burrow

bullet and spirit resist now persist while spinning out of the burrow

Paradox

Pulse Grenade

pulses are now expressed as a duration rather than a fixed pulse count (works with Duration Extender)

T1 changed from +1 Pulse to +0.8s Duration

T2 improved from -7.5s to -8s

Kinetic Carbine

T2 improved from -9.5s Cooldown to -10s

shots cannot miss due to evasion

can now pierce breakables

now does 15% more damage on a headshot

sound level reduced a little bit

Seven

Movespeed reduced from 7.3 to 7.1

Lightning Ball

cooldown increased from 23s to 26s

radius reduced from 4m to 3.5m

T2 slow reduced from 40% to 35%

Storm Cloud

expand time reduced from 3s to 2s

range increased from 25m to 30m

Shiv

Base speed reduced from 7.3 to 7.0

Shiv Dagger: reduced size of stuck dagger in victim

Shiv Slice and Dice: reduced vfx noise for players close to it

Shiv's Killing Blow now stops tracking targets that teleport

Serrated Knives

collision radius reduced by 20%

Bloodletting

cooldown increased from 21s to 50s

T2 cd increased from -4.75s to -25s (final cd changed from 16.25s to 25s)

duration increased from 10s to 13s

Incoming Damage Deferred reduced from 30% to 22%

T1 changed to +8% Incoming Damage Deferred (was +5s duration)

Killing Blow

range reduced from 20m to 13m

Rage buildup per heavy melee reduced from 3.5 to 2.75

Rage buffer duration reduced from 10s to 9s

Rage buildup vs creeps reduced by 50%

Vindicta

Gun cycle time improved from 0.26s to 0.22s

Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 0.55 to 0.65

Fire rate now scales with Spirit Power (0.14)

Assassinate

no longer splits to allies

bullet radius increased from 3" to 4"

scope is now automatically canceled when Paradoxical Swap hits you

Flight

duration increased from 8s to 12s

T2 duration increased from +6s to +8s

Viscous

Bullet damage reduced from 12 to 11

Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 0.86 to 0.9 (total from 24.04 to 23.6)

The Cube

T2 moved to T3

T2 is now +35 HP regen

Splatter

T2 reduced from +60 Damage to +50

Goo Ball

Spirit Resist reduced from 70% to 60%

Warden

Alchemical Flask

slow duration reduced from 6s to 3s

weapon damage duration increased from 6s to 7s

Binding Word

escape time reduced from 2.9s to 2.8s

escape range increased from 18.5m to 19m

Last Stand

T3 now also grants you unstoppable during the 2s channel

Wraith

Card Trick

base damage reduced from 80 to 70

cooldown increased from 0.5s to 0.65s

Telekinesis

cooldown increased from 95s to 100s

T1 cooldown improved from -28s to -30s

Yamato

Fixed being able to cast an ability while casting Flying Strike

Shadow Transformation T1 changed to +20% Fire Rate

Shadow Transformation Cooldown reduced from 106s to 90s

Yamato's Flying Strike now stops tracking targets that teleport

Crimson Slash

Fixed following in the direction of dash instead of cross hair

Lash

Lash Flog: new effects

Lash melee animation updates

Pocket

Pocket climb animation adjustments