Mid-Patch Update - August 30
Hero Changes
Weapon damage at max range reduced from 80% to 60%
Spirit scaling reduced from 1.5 to 1.4
T1 reduced from +40 Damage to +35
Bonus spirit damage reduced from 9 to 7
Bonus spirit damage scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.2
T1 bonus spirit damage reduced from +11 to +7
Attack damage no longer procs Lightning Scroll
Base regen reduced from 3 to 1.5
Regen spirit scaling reduced from 2 to 1.8
T3 reduced from -8s Cooldown to -4s
Self damage increased from 80% to 100%
Rebirth health reduced from 100% to 60%
Cooldown increased from 180s to 190s
T2 changed from "-20s Cooldown" to "+40% Rebirth Health"
Attack damage no longer procs Lightning Scroll
Mid-Patch Update - August 29
Hero Changes
Melee scaling increased from 1x to 1.1x
Spirit damage reduced from 40 to 35 and scaling reduced from 1.2x to 1.1x
Impact center is now slightly closer to Billy
Will snap slightly faster when target is out of LOS
Pull consistency improved in complex terrain
Weapon damage per boon reduced from 0.693 to 0.55
Weapon base fire rate slowed by 5% (partial base damage compensation, but primarily an overall nerf)
Health per boon reduced from 43 to 41
T3 Bullet Lifesteal reduced from 55% to 45%
T3 Amplified damage reduced from +13% to +11%
T3 increased from -7s cooldown to -12s Cooldown
Cooldown reduced from 8s to 7s
T3 changed from -3s cooldown to 1 Stamina Drain and 30% Slow for 3s
Cooldown reduced from 150s to 130s
Silence duration increased from 1s to 1.25s
Fixed some pathfinding issues with Conjure Dragon
Cooldown increased from 16s to 18s
T3 stun reduced duration from 1.5s to 1.2s
Mid-Patch Update - August 23
Hero Changes
Health regen increased from 2.5 to 3.0
Health per boon reduced from 44 to 43
Bullet amp increased from 8% to 9%
Increased base health boost from 75 to 80 and reduced T3 health boost from +65 to +50
Reduced health boost spirit scaling from 0.9x to 0.8x
Base duration reduced from 8.5s to 8.0s and duration on heavy melee reduced from 5.0s to 4.5s
Cooldown reduced from 30s to 27s
No longer gives bonus health from objectives
Time to break LOS increased by 0.1s
General Changes
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45164767/f67ecaff28204a3d8d9ab86f495a3e4465df3135.pngSix new heroes have been spotted on the streets of the Cursed Apple: Mina the vampire, Billy the demonic goat, Paige who can bring books to life, The Doorman who's always at your service, Victor the monster who can't be stopped, and Drifter who terrorizes the city.
Rather than enabling all these new heroes at once, we're trying a new approach where we'll be staggering their release, unlocking one every other day with the first starting today. From there, you’ll help decide which hero unlocks next by casting votes in the new pre-game lobby called 'The Hideout'.
Along with the new heroes and Hideout are various map visual updates as well as a new character select screen.
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Welcome to the Hideout! The Hideout replaces the existing Dashboard UI and is your personal area to play around in while waiting for a match. You can invite friends to your hideout, or join them in theirs. We hope it will be a fun place to spend time as well as provide future opportunities for personalization, achievements, and events.
Interact with the terminals located throughout the Hideout to access various functions like Play, Watch, and Learn. The Hideout features a practice range where you can quickly test movement and abilities without needing to load into the Sandbox. Don't worry, the legacy sandbox is still available via a teleporter in the practice range, or through the Play Menu.
Map UpdateThe map has been updated with various visual improvements and lighting changes. Stay tuned, we have a lot more map improvements planned in upcoming updates.
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The character select screen has received a major visual overhaul. In addition, there have been numerous visual updates to existing heroes. This work is ongoing and you can expect more updated heroes in the future.
Hero VotingToday we introduce the first of the six new heroes, Mina, with another new hero unlocking every two days. Heroes will be released on Monday, Wednesday and Friday both this week and next. We'll also release balance adjustments in the days following each hero's release.
Every time you complete a game you will earn a vote which you can cast by visiting the voting booth in the Hideout. Who do you want to see unlocked next?
As a note, while developing this new set of heroes, we paused work on hero labs. In the future, we may revisit some of the hero labs heroes as we understand there are some elements of them that players like.
Killing enemies has never looked better. Mina is a glass cannon that delivers quick bursts of Spirit damage at range with her passive, Love Bites. She can transform into bats and escape when things get a bit too messy. Each time you trigger Love Bites, your vampiric powers grow stronger for the rest of the match. This builds toward your ultimate, Nox Nostra, which unleashes a massive swarm of bats that hunt down and silence nearby enemies. - ‘Who got blood on my brand new shirt?’
Hero Changes
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