Needs reviewAbrams
2 changes- Increased: Infernal Resilience T3 +8%→+9%
- Decreased: Seismic Impact T3 6s Unstoppable→5s
September 16, 2026 Patch NotesMinor Update
- 20Heroes changed
- 22Items changed
- 17Gameplay changes
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Hero Changes
Needs review20 heroes
Needs review
Needs reviewCeleste
7 changes- Increased: Stamina cooldown 5→5.3
- Decreased: Light Eater spirit lifesteal 20%→18%
- Decreased: Light Eater T3 +25→+22
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- Increased: Dazzling Trick cooldown 34s→38s
- Decreased: Radiant Daggers T2 +80→+70
- Decreased: Shining Wonder radius 16.5m→15.5m
- Decreased: Shining Wonder T3 Max Bounces +8→+6
Needs reviewGraves
1 change- Increased: Health per boon 33→35
Needs reviewHaze
2 changes- Increased: Fixation headshot stack count +2→+3
- Increased: Fixation T3 weapon scaling 0.0003→0.00035
Needs reviewHolliday
3 changes- Increased: Health per boon 41→43
- Crackshot T2 now also applies -6% Bullet Resistance for 5s
- Increased: Lasso duration extention by Bounce Pad +1s→+1.25s
Needs reviewIvy
2 changes- Decreased: Stone Form radius 6m→5.75m
- Decreased: Stone Form T1 max health heal 7%→6%
Needs reviewKelvin
1 change- Frozen Shelter base ability health regen now scales with spirit power (0.2)
Needs reviewLady Geist
2 changes- Increased: Life Drain T3 spirit scaling +0.3→+0.45
- Increased: Essence Bomb T3 damage 26%→30%
Needs reviewLash
8 changes- Decreased: Gun falloff range 18m->54m→16m->48m
- Increased: Ground Strike T3 spirit scaling +0.03→+0.04
- Increased: Ground Strike T3 damage per meter scaling 110%→120%
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- Decreased: Grapple T2 Weapon Damage buff duration 10s→6s
- Decreased: Flog heal 50%→40%
- Increased: Flog angle 38→40
- Decreased: Flog T3 +40 degrees angle→+25
- Decreased: Flog T3 +20% heal→+15%
Needs reviewPaige
4 changes- Increased: Heavy Melee spirit scaling 0.3→0.45
- Increased: Captivating Read T1 -11s Cooldown→-14s
- Increased: Captivating Read T3 +1m→+2m
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- Fixed some collision issues with Rallying Charge
Needs reviewParadox
2 changes- Decreased: Kinetic Carbine min damage multiplier 25%→10% (max damage multiplier unaffected)
- Increased: Kinetic Carbine min damage multiplier no longer gets increased by the T3
Needs reviewRem
2 changes- Fixed a bug where multiple helpers could be sent to follow a single player for no effect
- Lil Helpers now have a target UI when instant cast mode is selected
Needs reviewShiv
3 changes- Increased: Alt fire base damage increased by 4%
- Increased: Alt fire damage per boon +0.2→+0.24
- Serrated Knives while rage is full now deals 3.5% current HP damage on impact instead of ricocheting (0.01 spirit scaling)
Needs reviewSilver
6 changes- Increased: Health per boon 28→31
- Increased: Sprint speed 1.5→2.5
- Dashes and light melee's no longer pause your gun's cycle time
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- Boot Kick can only target heroes and objectives now
- Entangling Bola can only target heroes now
- Weighted Bola now increases gravity during the debuff duration, and interrupts flying abilities (same rules as Phantom Strike)
Needs reviewVenator
2 changes- Ira Domini now works with Ricochet, all the shots will bounce
- Ira Domini can now split shot (releases 1 extra bolt on each side, 3 total)
Needs reviewViscous
6 changes- Decreased: Alt fire damage growth reduced by 10%
- Decreased: Splatter detonation cooldown 0.15→0.12
- Decreased: Splatter T1 +2m→+1.5m
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- Decreased: The Cube cast range 26m→20m
- Increased: Puddle Punch cooldown 21s→24s
- Goo Ball T3 now also increases spirit scaling by 0.2
Needs reviewVyper
2 changes- Decreased: Slither T3 barrier duration 5s→4s
- Increased: Petrifying Bola cooldown 105s→115s
Needs reviewWarden
5 changes- Decreased: Bullet damage per boon 0.28→0.25
- Decreased: Fire Rate spirit scaling 0.25→0.21
- Decreased: Alchemical Flask projectile range and speed reduced by 30%
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- Decreased: Willpower T3 spirit scaling +2.7→+2.1
- Decreased: Willpower T3 debuff resistance 40%→30%
Needs reviewWraith
7 changes- Decreased: Card Trick heart heal 75→60
- Decreased: Card Trick heart heal spirit scaling 0.75→0.5
- Decreased: Card Trick Diamond Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction -8%→-7%
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- Decreased: Card Trick T3 Diamond Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction -5%→-4%
- Decreased: Card Trick T3 Clubs slow +20%→+15%
- Fixed Project Mind getting caught on edges/corners when aiming past it
- Increased: Full Auto spirit damage per bullet scaling 0.03→0.045
Needs reviewYamato
2 changes- Crimson Slash T3 now also increases the heal spirit scaling by +0.4
- Increased: Flying Slash light melee scaling 1.0→1.2
Item Changes
Needs review22 items
Needs reviewBallistic Enchantment
Weapon1 change- Increased: Duration 14s→20s
Needs reviewCultist Sacrifice
Weapon1 change- Decreased: Bounty 180%→170%
Needs reviewDecay
Spirit2 changes- Decreased: DPS reduced by 25%
- Increased: Duration increased by 20%
Needs reviewDiviner's Kevlar
Vitality1 change- Now grants +10% Ultimate Ability Cooldown Reduction
Needs reviewFocus Lens
Spirit2 changes- Increased: Damage 30%→35%
- Increased: Cast range 20m→25m
Needs reviewFortitude
Vitality1 change- Increased: Max Health regen 2%→2.25%
Needs reviewGolden Goose Egg
Spirit3 changes- Increased: Damage Penalty -10%→-15%
- Stored souls now count towards net worth (affects comeback reward calculations)
- Decreased: Souls per minute 90→80
Needs reviewHollow Point
Weapon1 change- Increased: Bullet Resist Reduction 9%→10%
Needs reviewLeech
Vitality1 change- Increased: Bullet and Spirit Lifesteal 25%→28%
Needs reviewLifestrike
Vitality2 changes- Increased: Heal on Melee hit 100+1.5→120+1.75
- Increased: Melee hit heal 30%→35%
Needs reviewMercurial Magnum
Spirit2 changes- Decreased: Base bullet damage scaling 0.49→0.38
- Decreased: Base bullet damage 25%→20%
Needs reviewPlated Armor
Vitality1 change- Fixed on-hit damage prevention not blocking the following on-hit spirit damage effects: Mercurial Magnum, Vindicta's Flight, Wraith's Full Auto, and Tesla Bullets/Capacitor
Needs reviewRadiant Regeneration
Spirit1 change- Decreased: Healing on Ability Cast per boon scaling 2→1.7
Needs reviewRestorative Locket
Vitality2 changes- Decreased: Heal per boon 0.5→0.45
- Decreased: Stack range 35m→32m
Needs reviewShadow Weave
Weapon3 changes- Now builds from Sprint Boots
- Increased: Sprint speed 1.5→2
- Decreased: Cooldown 45s→37s
Needs reviewSlowing Hex
Spirit1 change- Increased: Cooldown 27s→29s
Needs reviewSpiritual Overflow
Weapon3 changes- Buildup is 35% slower
- Decreased: Spirit Power on proc 40→30
- Decreased: Fire Rate 30%→25%
Needs reviewTankbuster
Spirit1 change- Decreased: Current Health Bonus damage 8%→7.5%
Needs reviewToxic Bullets
Weapon1 change- Increased: Spirit scaling 0.005%→0.006%
Needs reviewTrophy Collector
Vitality1 change- Decreased: Souls per minute 18→16
Needs reviewVeil Walker
Vitality4 changes- No longer builds from Sprint Boots
- No longer grants +2 Sprint and +2 Out of Combat Regen (due to loss of component)
- Movement speed bonus is now removed when the invisibility is removed
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- Decreased: Spirit Power 10→6
Needs reviewWeakening Headshot
Weapon1 change- Decreased: Bullet Resist Reduction -13%→-12%
Gameplay Changes
General changes
- Unstable Rift comeback resist max values now scale over the course of the game. Previously the max values were 35%. Now it is 10% + 1% per minute (around ~20% for the first one), with an upper limit of 40% at 30 minutes.
- Removed a fixed amount of extra bonus souls you would get for being behind even a very slightly amount in net worth for both hero kill bounties as well as Unstable Rift bounties (this had a larger impact on the early to mid game)
- Slightly reduced comeback bounties in general (this is in addition to the above change)
- A portion of the comeback souls earned by players above enemy teams average net worth is instead distributed via the tick gold system that is given to the lowest 2 players (70% of the extra comeback value goes to them)
- Increased: Guardian bounty increased by 10%
- Increased: Walker bounty increased by 5%
- Decreased: Share for objectives bounty to nearby heroes 30%→25% (the remaining gets split between all 6 players)
- Increased: Respawn Time at 20 minutes 35s→38s (does not affect the max values later on, just a little higher earlier)
- Using parry now pauses reloading
- Parrying while doing a regular dash will now cancel the dash (and momentum) and parry on the spot
- Getting stunned now pauses your reload rather than restarting it
- Increased: Breakables in the underground tunnels initial spawn time 3m→5m
- Increased: Breakables in the underground tunnels respawn rate 3m→5m
- Decreased: All move slow values reduced by ~20% globally
- Decreased: All ground dash slows reduced by ~10% globally
- Slows now also affect air drag by 35% of the slow value (convar citadel_enable_slows_affect_air_drag
- Dashes and light melee's no longer pause your gun's cycle time (this is a general change that affects high-cycle time weapons the most like Silver or Abrams)
Official Sources
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