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Patch Notes 08-18-2025 Update (#3)
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Summary
This patch details several balance adjustments for the characters Drifter and Victor. Drifter's Rend spirit scaling and T1 damage have been reduced, along with a decrease in weapon damage at max range. Eternal Night's bonus spirit damage and scaling have also been lowered, and it no longer procs Lightning Scroll. Victor's base regeneration and Jumpstart spirit scaling have been reduced, while his Jumpstart T3 cooldown reduction is less potent. Aura of Suffering's self-damage is increased, and Shocking Reanimation's rebirth health is significantly reduced with a slight cooldown increase. Additionally, Shocking Reanimation T2 has been reworked, and it no longer procs Lightning Scroll.
Drifter Changes
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- Drifter: Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.5 to 1.4
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- Drifter: Rend T1 reduced from +40 Damage to +35
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- Drifter: Weapon damage at max range reduced from 80% to 60%
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- Drifter: Eternal Night bonus spirit damage reduced from 9 to 7
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- Drifter: Eternal Night bonus spirit damage scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.2
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- Drifter: Eternal Night T1 bonus spirit damage reduced from +11 to +7
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- Drifter: Eternal Night attack damage no longer procs Lightning Scroll
Victor Changes
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- Victor: Base regen reduced from 3 to 1.5
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- Victor: Jumpstart regen spirit scaling reduced from 2 to 1.8
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- Victor: Jumpstart T3 reduced from -8s Cooldown to -4s
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- Victor: Aura of Suffering self damage increased from 80% to 100%
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- Victor: Shocking Reanimation rebirth health reduced from 100% to 60%
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- Victor: Shocking Reanimation cooldown increased from 180s to 190s
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- Victor: Shocking Reanimation T2 changed from "-20s Cooldown" to "+40% Rebirth Health"
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- Victor: Shocking Reanimation attack damage no longer procs Lightning Scroll
Update: 29 Aug 25 • 00:49
Summary
This patch details several character adjustments aimed at balancing gameplay. Billy's Bashdown sees increased melee scaling and adjusted spirit damage, while Chain Gang's performance is improved. Doorman's Call Bell cooldown is extended and Luggage Cart stun duration reduced. Drifter experiences a reduction in weapon damage, fire rate, health per boon, and Rend T3 lifesteal, alongside a decrease in Bloodscent amplified damage. Mina receives cooldown adjustments for Sanguine Retreat and Nox Nostra, with Nox Nostra also gaining increased silence duration. Love Bites T3 is reworked. Paige's Conjure Dragon pathfinding issues have been resolved.
Billy Adjustments
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- Billy: Bashdown melee scaling increased from 1x to 1.1x
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- Billy: Bashdown spirit damage reduced from 40 to 35 and scaling reduced from 1.2x to 1.1x
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- Billy: Chain Gang will snap slightly faster when target is out of LOS
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- Billy: Chain Gang pull consistency improved in complex terrain
Doorman Adjustments
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- Doorman: Call Bell cooldown increased from 16s to 18s
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- Doorman: Luggage Cart T3 stun reduced duration from 1.5s to 1.2s
Drifter Adjustments
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- Drifter: Weapon damage per boon reduced from 0.693 to 0.55
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- Drifter: Weapon base fire rate slowed by 5% (partial base damage compensation, but primarily an overall nerf)
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- Drifter: Health per boon reduced from 43 to 41
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- Drifter: Rend T3 Bullet Lifesteal reduced from 55% to 45%
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- Drifter: Bloodscent T3 Amplified damage reduced from +13% to +11%
Mina Adjustments
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- Mina: Sanguine Retreat T3 increased from -7s cooldown to -12s Cooldown
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- Mina: Love Bites cooldown reduced from 8s to 7s
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- Mina: Love Bites T3 changed from -3s cooldown to 1 Stamina Drain and 30% Slow for 3s
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- Mina: Nox Nostra cooldown reduced from 150s to 130s
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- Mina: Nox Nostra silence duration increased from 1s to 1.25s
Paige Fixes
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- Paige: Fixed some pathfinding issues with Conjure Dragon
Update: 23 Aug 25 • 02:02
Summary
This patch details several balance adjustments for the character Billy. His health regeneration has been increased, while health per boon has been slightly reduced. Several aspects of his 'Blasted' ability have been tweaked, including increased bullet amp, modified base and T3 health boosts, and adjusted spirit scaling. The duration of 'Blasted' on heavy melee has also been reduced, alongside a cooldown reduction. Additionally, 'Blasted' no longer provides bonus health from objectives. Finally, the time to break Line of Sight for 'Chain Gang' has been slightly increased.
Health and Boon Adjustments
Blasted Ability Tweaks
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- Billy: Blasted bullet amp increased from 8% to 9%
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- Billy: Blasted increased base health boost from 75 to 80 and reduced T3 health boost from +65 to +50
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- Billy: Blasted reduced health boost spirit scaling from 0.9x to 0.8x
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- Billy: Blasted base duration reduced from 8.5s to 8.0s and duration on heavy melee reduced from 5.0s to 4.5s
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- Billy: Blasted cooldown reduced from 30s to 27s
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- Billy: Blasted no longer gives bonus health from objectives
Chain Gang Adjustment
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- Billy: Chain Gang time to break LOS increased by 0.1s
Main: 18 Aug 25 • 20:43
Summary
This major update introduces six new heroes to the game, including Mina the vampire and Billy the demonic goat. The Dashboard UI has been replaced with the Hideout, a personal space for players to interact with friends, access game modes, and practice abilities. The game's map has received visual and lighting improvements, and the character select screen has been visually overhauled with ongoing updates for existing heroes planned. A new hero voting system allows players to influence which of the new heroes unlock next.
Major Update
Six New Heroes
Six 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.
The Hideout
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 Update
The map has been updated with various visual improvements and lighting changes. Stay tuned, we have a lot more map improvements planned in upcoming updates.
Character Select Screen
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 Voting
Today 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