Minor Update - 09-16-2026

General

• 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)
• Guardian bounty increased by 10%
• Walker bounty increased by 5%
• Share for objectives bounty to nearby heroes reduced from 30% to 25% (the remaining gets split between all 6 players)
• Respawn Time at 20 minutes increased from 35s to 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
• Breakables in the underground tunnels initial spawn time increased from 3m to 5m
• Breakables in the underground tunnels respawn rate increased from 3m to 5m
• All move slow values reduced by ~20% globally
• 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 to toggle the slow drag behavior on and off)
• 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)

Items

• Weakening Headshot: Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -13% to -12%
• Hollow Point: Bullet Resist Reduction increased from 9% to 10%
• Toxic Bullets: Spirit scaling increased from 0.005% to 0.006%
• Shadow Weave: Now builds from Sprint Boots
• Shadow Weave: Sprint speed increased from 1.5 to 2
• Shadow Weave: Cooldown reduced from 45s to 37s
• Cultist Sacrifice: Bounty reduced from 180% to 170%
• Ballistic Enchantment: Duration increased from 14s to 20s
• Spiritual Overflow: Buildup is 35% slower
• Spiritual Overflow: Spirit Power on proc reduced from 40 to 30
• Spiritual Overflow: Fire Rate reduced from 30% to 25%
• Restorative Locket: Heal per boon reduced from 0.5 to 0.45
• Restorative Locket: Stack range reduced from 35m to 32m
• Trophy Collector: Souls per minute reduced from 18 to 16
• Veil Walker: No longer builds from Sprint Boots
• Veil Walker: No longer grants +2 Sprint and +2 Out of Combat Regen (due to loss of component)
• Veil Walker: Movement speed bonus is now removed when the invisibility is removed
• Veilwalker: Spirit Power reduced from 10 to 6
• Fortitude: Max Health regen increased from 2% to 2.25%
• Lifestrike: Heal on Melee hit increased from 100+1.5 to 120+1.75
• Lifestrike: Melee hit heal increased from 30% to 35%
• Leech: Bullet and Spirit Lifesteal increased from 25% to 28%
• Plated Armor: 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
• Diviner's Kevlar: Now grants +10% Ultimate Ability Cooldown Reduction
• Golden Goose Egg: Damage Penalty increased from -10% to -15%
• Golden Goose Egg: Stored souls now count towards net worth (affects comeback reward calculations)
• Golden Goose Egg: Souls per minute reduced from 90 to 80
• Slowing Hex: Cooldown increased from 27s to 29s
• Radiant Regeneration: Healing on Ability Cast per boon scaling reduced from 2 to 1.7
• Tankbuster: Current Health Bonus damage reduced from 8% to 7.5%
• Decay: DPS reduced by 25%
• Decay: Duration increased by 20%
• Mercurial Magnum: Base bullet damage scaling reduced from 0.49 to 0.38
• Mercurial Magnum: Base bullet damage reduced from 25% to 20%
• Focus Lens: Damage increased from 30% to 35%
• Focus Lens: Cast range increased from 20m to 25m

Heroes

Abrams

• Infernal Resilience T3 increased from +8% to +9%
• Seismic Impact T3 reduced from 6s Unstoppable to 5s

Celeste

• Stamina cooldown increased from 5 to 5.3
• Light Eater spirit lifesteal reduced from 20% to 18%
• Light Eater T3 decreased from +25 to +22
• Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 34s to 38s
• Radiant Daggers T2 reduced from +80 to +70
• Shining Wonder radius reduced from 16.5m to 15.5m
• Shining Wonder T3 Max Bounces reduced from +8 to +6

Graves

• Health per boon increased from 33 to 35

Haze

• Fixation headshot stack count increased from +2 to +3
• Fixation T3 weapon scaling increased from 0.0003 to 0.00035

Holliday

• Health per boon increased from 41 to 43
• Crackshot T2 now also applies -6% Bullet Resistance for 5s
• Lasso duration extension by Bounce Pad increased from +1s to +1.25s

Ivy

• Stone Form radius reduced from 6m to 5.75m
• Stone Form T1 max health heal reduced from 7% to 6%

Kelvin

• Frozen Shelter base ability health regen now scales with spirit power (0.2)

Lady Geist

• Life Drain T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.3 to +0.45
• Essence Bomb T3 damage increased from 26% to 30%

Lash

• Gun falloff range reduced from 18m->54m to 16m->48m
• Ground Strike T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.03 to +0.04
• Ground Strike T3 damage per meter scaling increased from 110% to 120%
• Grapple T2 Weapon Damage buff duration reduced from 10s to 6s
• Flog heal reduced from 50% to 40%
• Flog angle increased from 38 to 40
• Flog T3 reduced from +40 degrees angle to +25
• Flog T3 reduced from +20% heal to +15%

Paige

• Heavy Melee spirit scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.45
• Captivating Read T1 increased from -11s Cooldown to -14s
• Captivating Read T3 increased from +1m to +2m
• Fixed some collision issues with Rallying Charge

Paradox

• Kinetic Carbine min damage multiplier reduced from 25% to 10% (max damage multiplier unaffected)
• Kinetic Carbine min damage multiplier no longer gets increased by the T3

Rem

• 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

Shiv

• Alt fire base damage increased by 4%
• Alt fire damage per boon increased from +0.2 to +0.24
• Serrated Knives while rage is full now deals 3.5% current HP damage on impact instead of ricocheting (0.01 spirit scaling)

Silver

• Health per boon increased from 28 to 31
• Sprint speed increased from 1.5 to 2.5
• Dashes and light melee's no longer pause your gun's cycle time
• 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)

Venator

• 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)

Viscous

• Alt fire damage growth reduced by 10%
• Splatter detonation cooldown reduced from 0.15 to 0.12
• Splatter T1 reduced from +2m to +1.5m
• The Cube cast range reduced from 26m to 20m
• Puddle Punch cooldown increased from 21s to 24s
• Goo Ball T3 now also increases spirit scaling by 0.2

Vyper

• Slither T3 barrier duration reduced from 5s to 4s
• Petryifying Bola cooldown increased from 105s to 115s

Warden

• Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.28 to 0.25
• Fire Rate spirit scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.21
• Alchemical Flask projectile range and speed reduced by 30%
• Willpower T3 spirit scaling reduced from +2.7 to +2.1
• Willpower T3 debuff resistance reduced from 40% to 30%

Wraith

• Card Trick heart heal reduced from 75 to 60
• Card Trick heart heal spirit scaling reduced from 0.75 to 0.5
• Card Trick Diamond Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction reduced from -8% to -7%
• Card Trick T3 Diamond Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction reduced from -5% to -4%
• Card Trick T3 Clubs slow from +20% to +15%
• Fixed Project Mind getting caught on edges/corners when aiming past it
• Full Auto spirit damage per bullet scaling increased from 0.03 to 0.045

Yamato

• Crimson Slash T3 now also increases the heal spirit scaling by +0.4
• Flying Slash light melee scaling increased from 1.0 to 1.2