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As Halloween draws near, the residents of The Cursed Apple have put out some decorations to celebrate their favorite holiday. The Hideout gains a spooky new look, our heroes don masks, and NYC is now littered with pumpkins and curious Halloween Cauldrons that grant willing trick-or-treaters delicious candy.

New this year - Halloween Cauldrons:

As you walk down the streets of Manhattan during a match, you'll come across bubbling cauldrons boasting a tempting display of treats. With a Heavy Melee, break the cauldron to pick up a piece of Candy and stash it in your pocket for later. When you're feeling a bit snacky, you can consume the candy to grant yourself a boost of energy with the temporary Sugar Rush buff. - Who said candy is bad for you?

The Halloween festivities are available in-game now through November 2nd, 2026. Happy Haunting!

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Gameplay Update

General:

Items:

Heroes:

Abrams: Base gun damage increased by 5%

Abrams: Siphon Life - T3 increased from +18 DPS to +22

Abrams: Shoulder Charge - Fixed enemies being held in place longer if you don't hit a wall

Apollo: Riposte - Pommel Hit changed from a stun to an immobilize and parry disable

Apollo: Riposte - Pommel Hit disable duration increased from 0.8s to 1.5s

Apollo: Riposte - T2 disable duration increased from +0.4s to +0.6s

Apollo: Riposte - Fixed the counterattack dash sometimes missing its target or launching Apollo away when the target moves, rounds a corner, or is displaced

Apollo: Riposte - Fixed the counterattack dash missing when Apollo is right on top of the target

Apollo: Flawless Advance - Being stunned or put to sleep during the ability now refunds that stab and keeps your remaining recasts instead of putting it on cooldown

Apollo: Itani Lo Sahn - No longer interrupted by Sleep

Baba: Spirit Resist scaling reduced from 0.1 to 0.07

Baba: Threadsap - Spirit Steal duration reduced from 22s to 16s

Baba: Threadsap - When a victim cleanses the Threadsap debuff, the matching spirit Baba gained is also removed

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Light Melee knockback distance reduced from 10m to 8m

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Heavy Melee cooldown reduced from 1.4s to 1.2s (default is 1.0s)

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Heavy Melee slow duration reduced from 4s to 2s

Baba: Granny Long Legs - Heavy melee stomp now only hits the closest Rejuvenator in range

Baba: Baba's Brew - No longer has an initial brew time

Baba: Baba's Brew - Brew order is now random each time she casts it

Baba: Baba's Brew - Cycle time between each type of brew increased from 1s to 1.5s

Baba: Baba's Brew - UI indicator color now matches the current brew

Baba: Baba's Brew - Silence duration reduced from 3s to 2.75s

Billy: Rising Ram - T3 increased from +10% Max Health for 16s to +15% for 20s

Billy: Blasted - Cooldown reduced from 27s to 25s

Calico: Leaping Slash - T3 increased from +60 Damage to +90

Calico: Ava - T3 increased from 6s duration to 8s

Celeste: Shining Wonder - Damage reduced from 140 to 125

Deadman Danny: Chimera Mk1 - Jetpack can no longer be used while cursed

Deadman Danny: Chimera Mk1 - Fixed bug causing it to not deal damage when held through a Close The Deal

Deadman Danny: Chimera Mk1 - Items and abilities that pull to the ground now work more reliably against Danny

Deadman Danny: Chimera Mk1 - Slows now reduce the jetpack's in-air impulse more effectively, and even more if movement abilities are silenced

Deadman Danny: Close the Deal - Fixed some incorrect behavior when used at the top of the belltower

Drifter: Base gun damage increased by 3%

Drifter: Bloodscent - T3 increased from +11% Amplified Damage to +12%

Drifter: Eternal Night - T3 increased from +2.5s Duration to +2.75s

Graves: Move speed reduced from 7 to 6.7

Graves: Bullet damage per boon reduced by 4%

Graves: Grasping Hands - Can now be more easily double jumped over

Graves: Grasping Hands - Deploy time increased from 0.6s to 0.8s

Graves: Borrowed Decree - T2 no longer has -0.3s Time To Spawn

Graves: Borrowed Decree - T3 now also provides -0.3s Time To Spawn

Grey Talon: Charged Shot - T2 now also has -2s Charge Delay

Grey Talon: Charged Shot - T3 no longer has -3s Charge Delay

Grey Talon: Charged Shot - T3 now also lets the shot bounce once off a wall (can't hit a target more than once)

Grey Talon: Guided Owl - Now launches in the exact direction you're aiming, including steep downward angles (previously always launched at least 45° upward)

Infernus: Napalm - T2 lifesteal increased from 15% to 20%

Infernus: Concussive Combustion - T3 now increases spirit scaling by 0.4

Haze: Smoke Bomb - Fixed T3 dispelling debuffs that can't be dispelled (like the Specter Crash from Nurse's Wretched Vapors)

Kelvin: Frozen Shelter - Cooldown increased from 185s to 190s

Kelvin: Frozen Shelter - T1 increased from -20s Cooldown to -30s

Kelvin: Frozen Shelter - T2 now also reduces enemy fire rate by -20%

Kelvin: Frozen Shelter - T3 regen increased from +65 to +75

Lady Geist: Essence Bomb spirit scaling increased from 1.22 to 1.35

Lash: Grapple - T3 now also increases Jump Velocity by +4m

Lash: Death Slam - Targeting indicator changed from a cone to a cylinder to more accurately match the ability's range (visual change only)

McGinnis: Mini Turret - Damage vs troopers increased from 50% to 65%

McGinnis: Mini Turret - Health per boon increased from 9 to 10

Mirage: Traveler - Channel time increased from 2s to 3s

Mirage: Traveler - Onterrupt/cancel cooldown increased from 4s to 5s

Mirage: Traveler - Now gets interrupted if you are Stunned/Immobilized/Slept or have slowing hex on you

Mirage: Traveler - Now grants the old T2 barrier in the base ability (with no scaling)

Mirage: Traveler - The minimap now moves to the center of the screen and is enlarged while targeting

Mirage: Traveler - Added a targeting reticle under your cursor on the minimap that your allies can see, so they can tell where you're thinking of going before you click

Mirage: Traveler - Your destination is now marked on your and your allies' minimaps until you arrive, and stays there briefly after landing

Mirage: Traveler - T2 changed from "400 Barrier that scales with spirit" to "-65s Cooldown"

Mirage: Traveler - T3 changed from "-90s Cooldown" to "Cannot be interrupted by damage"

Mirage: Traveler - T3 now also adds barrier spirit scaling (0.8)

Mo & Krill: Spirit per boon reduced from 1.1 to 0.6

Mo & Krill: Spirit damage on all abilities reduced by 10% (base values and growth/upgrades)

Mo & Krill: Bullet damage per boon increased by 4%

Nurse Harrow: Base gun damage reduced by 10%

Nurse Harrow: Leech Therapy - Fixed enemies being unable to see the glow on the hunting leeches

Nurse Harrow: Leech Therapy - Fixed leeches attaching to targets while the game is paused

Nurse Harrow: Leech Therapy - Fed leeches duration on the ground changed from a fixed 180s to 120s + 3s/min

Nurse Harrow: Lurking Terrors - Fear buildup time increased from 1.3s to 2s

Nurse Harrow: Lurking Terrors - Enemies no longer build fear when Nurse is more than 50 degrees above or below their view

Nurse Harrow: Lurking Terrors - T3 changed from "Immune to damage while channeling" to "Takes 50% Reduced Damage while channeling"

Paige: Base bullet damage reduced from 35 to 32

Paige: Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 0.52 to 0.61

Paradox: Paradoxical Swap - Cooldown reduced from 110s to 95s

Rat King: Base bullet damage reduced by 5%

Rat King: Bullet damage growth reduced by 20%

Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Damage reduced from 70 to 60

Rat King: Scrap Grenade - T2 damage reduced from +70 to +60

Rat King: Scrap Grenade - T3 damage reduced from 300 to 275

Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Fuse timers increased by 0.1s (first bounce from 0.8s to 0.9s, later bounces from 0.7s to 0.8s, T3 final explosion from 1.5s to 1.6s)

Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Meleeing the grenade now gives it at least 0.4s before it explodes (if less than 0.4s was left on its fuse, the fuse is extended to 0.4s)

Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Knockup duration reduced by 50%

Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Cooldown increased from 160s to 180s

Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Now goes on cooldown when stunned/slept before placing it. In that case, the flag is placed in that position but without any of the initial impact effects (damage/knockup)

Seven: Static Charge - T3 stun duration increased from 0.9s to 1.1s

Shiv: Alt Fire damage per boon reduced by 5%

Shiv: Fixed the Alt Fire last-shot sound only playing when you had 1 bullet left

Shiv: Serrated Knives - Rage damage increased from 3.5% Current Health to 4%

Shiv: Serrated Knives - T3 now also increases rage damage spirit scaling by +0.01

Shiv: Bloodletting - Fixed damage ticks playing audio

Shiv: Killing Blow - Recast duration reduced from 16s to 12s

Silver: Base health regen increased from 2.5 to 3

Silver: Entangling Bola - Fixed Unstoppable flying targets being made to fall

Silver: Entangling Bola - Fixed not grounding Grey Talon during his Rain of Arrows

Silver: Go For The Throat - Now counts weapon damage from Point Blank and Opening Rounds

Solomon: Gun now deals -20% headshot damage

Solomon: Base bullet damage reduced from 30 to 25

Solomon: Polished slide animations, added new ability and item aim poses, and adjusted run-to-stop timing

Solomon: Setup Bishop - Square height reduced from 4m to 1m

Solomon: Setup Bishop - On Square spirit scaling increased from 0.64 to 0.85

Solomon: Setup Bishop - T1 increased from +15% slow to +25%

Solomon: Setup Bishop - T3 Spirit Resist reduction is now applied on impact instead of by squares

Solomon: Setup Bishop - T3 increased from -2.5% to -5% Spirit Resist per stack (max reduction unchanged)

Solomon: Rook Battery - Damage scaling reduced from 1.3 to 0.9

Solomon: Rook Battery - T3 reduced from -12s cooldown to -10s

Solomon: Develop Queen - Cooldown increased from 210s to 240s

Solomon: Develop Queen - Damage scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.6

Solomon: Develop Queen - Delay for stun tiles increased from 1s to 1.2s

Solomon: Develop Queen - Improved warning effects on the stun tiles to make it clear its just those tiles rather than the full area

Solomon: Develop Queen - Fixed hitting things outside of the intended square volumes

Solomon: Develop Queen - Base ability now has the checkmate behavior for heroes under 100 Health (scales +5/boon)

Solomon: Develop Queen - T2 now increases checkmate threshold by 150

Solomon: Move Piece - Range to grab pieces increased from 50m to 65m

Solomon: Move Piece - Improved placement: pieces no longer fall through geometry or end up under the map, land closer to where you aim, and can now be placed closer to walls and in hallways

Venator: Ira Domini - Blessed stake damage reduced from 115 to 95

Venator: Ira Domini - Blessed stake damage boon scaling increased from 3 to 3.6

Victor: Aura of Suffering - T3 increased from +15% Damage to +16%

Violet: Some moderate performance improvements (still more to do here)

Violet: Still Life - Stun duration reduced from 1.0s to 0.9s

Violet: Still Life - Line of sight is now required when the channel ends, even during the grace period

Violet: Still Life - Now shows a text bar to the victim

Violet: Still Life - Sketches now grant +2% healing amp from Nurse Harrow, Kelvin, Ivy, Dynamo, Paige, and Rem instead

Violet: Still Life - Sketches changed to give Spirit Power instead of Weapon Damage for Grey Talon, Infernus and Mina

Violet: Still Life - T1 health regen is now only granted while drawing (still refreshes for 4s on pickup)

Violet: Still Life - T1 health regen scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.15

Violet: Still Life - T3 stun duration increased from +0.35s to +0.45s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Cooldown increased from 165s to 180s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.04 to 0.01

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Now ends early if Violet dies

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Cooldown between times you can be affected by it increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - T3 no longer has "Ink is no longer destroyed"

Viscous: Alt fire damage growth per boon increased by 5%

Viscous: Splatter - T1 increased from +36 Damage to +45 Damage

Viscous: Goo Ball - Fixed being able to heavy melee or activate Ethereal Shift during the cast delay

Viscous: Goo Ball - Fixed the direction indicator not appearing

Warden: Alchemical Flask - Now travels 40% faster (overall cast range unchanged)

Warden: Alchemical Flask - Weapon Damage reduction increased from -25% to -30%

Warden: Willpower - Speed bonus increased from +15% to +20%

Warden: Last Stand - T2 increased from +40.5 DPS to +50

Warden: Last Stand - T2 cooldown reduction increased from -30s to -40s

Wraith: Card Trick - Heal reduced from 60 to 45

Wraith: Project Mind - Cooldown increased from 46s to 50s

Wraith: Project Mind - Initial cast time for projectile increased from 0.75s to 1s

Yamato: Power Slash - Spirit scaling increased by 6% (base and T3)

Yamato: Flying Slash - Cast Range reduced from 26m to 23m

Yamato: Flying Slash - Enemy targets are now marked with an overhead symbol as soon as the grapple is cast, instead of only when the hook lands

Yamato: Flying Slash - T3 Cast Range reduced from +15m to +8m

Yamato: Shadow Transformation - Cooldown increased from 150s to 160s (moved to T2)

Street Brawl:

Deadman Danny: Chimera Mk1 - Cooldown reduction per boon reduced from -0.4s to -0.25s

Deadman Danny: Chimera Mk1 - Cooldown refund on hit from T3 reduced from 50% to 30%

Nurse Harrow: Leech Therapy - Leeches on the ground are now removed on round reset

Paige: Bookwyrm - T2 Trail Duration reduced from +2s to +1s

Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Radius reduced from 8m to 6m

Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Large explosion radius reduced from 14m to 10m

Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Radius reduced from 20m to 16m

Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - T2 Radius reduced from +8m to +6m

Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Duration reduced from 12s to 9s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - Duration reduced from 6s to 5s

Violet: Abstract Landscape - T3 reduced from +4s to +3s

It's hard to know if that chill in the air is from the approaching fall breeze, or from the withering glare of Nurse Harrow, who now joins us on the streets of Manhattan. To some, her practices may seem unorthodox, her patients at the Marble Hill Possession Ward cannot say that the results aren't effective. With Leech Therapy, she throws a jar full of leeches that attach to oncoming enemies, draining their health and energy, before crawling back to deliver their haul. Cracking open one of her vials, she releases her Wretched Vapors, possessing her allies with a powerful boost of effectiveness - though subjects should be warned of the side effects when the vapors wear off. To efficiently keep her teammates fighting their best, she loads her syringe full of Healing Needles to inject medicine directly into their veins. And when her patience runs out, she opens her bag to release all the Lurking Terrors captured inside, making her adversaries run for cover. - "Trust me, I know best."

With Nurse Harrow joining us today, that marks the end of our City Never Sleeps releases. We want to thank everyone for participating in voting once again, and hope you've been enjoying all the new delights that NYC has to offer.

City Never Sleeps Voting Stats:

Brush in hand, Violet approaches the ritual with the same precision she does her art, wielding Living Ink that both empowers her bullets, and draws mere inspiration into reality. When entering Flow State, her ink glides easily, weaving towards danger to deal damage, or away from it to make a quick getaway. By creating a Still Life Violet can truly capture her enemies' likeness to stunning results. And with Abstract Landscape she surrounds herself and those nearby with her biggest and most ambitious piece yet, leaving onlookers completely speechless. - "I worked too hard to get here, I can't stop now."

Violet is available in-game now! Which means that our final hero - Nurse Harrow - will be joining us Next Tuesday October 20th at 2pm PDT. We want to thank everyone for participating in voting once again, and we'll see you next week for the culmination of our City Never Sleeps update. Have a good weekend!

Today, Fairfax Industries is proud to introduce their most valuable salesman: Deadman Danny. Wielding a rocket launcher and flying high above the streets of New York (courtesy of the Chimera Mk1 - the latest and greatest in self-adhered aviation technology), Danny rains his Strix Salvo missiles down upon foes, marking them for future attacks. Jettison Fuel is a handy trick that both expels heat from the Chimera System, while also dousing nearby enemies in the warm embrace of a fiery inferno. Yet his most impressive tactic has always been his ability to Close the Deal, wowing prospective customers with an explosive hands-on demonstration of all that Fairfax has to offer. - "At Fairfax Industries we say "All's Fair", but that's not true! Because with the Fairfax Chimera Mark 1, you have the advantage."

Take flight with Deadman Danny, available in-game now! With only two hero releases remaining, keep your votes coming to help determine who will be joining us on Friday October 16th at 2pm PDT.

Solomon remains calm and collected when facing a new challenger, so when the Patrons come calling, he approaches the city as if it's one giant chessboard. With Setup Bishop he advances, planting his loyal damage dealers ahead of him and sliding them across the streets with ease. Kingside Knight comes into play when it's time for defense, granting protection to allies and making tactical retreats when needed. Rook Battery charges forward with great force, stalling enemies in their tracks. And with his final move, Develop Queen, he locks down his enemies in an ultimate checkmate. - "There's a lot you can learn from losing to a master."

Solomon is available in-game now (just in time for National Chess Day)! We're halfway through our latest set of heroes, keep your votes coming to help determine who will be joining us next Tuesday at 2pm PDT. Have a great weekend!

It was a close contest, but today we find New York's notorious pigeon lady leaving her favorite perch in Central Park and joining the fight on the city streets.

Tourists in the park might not think much of ol' Baba sitting on her bench - sipping tea and talking to her birds - but the locals have always suspected that something more brews below the surface. In the heat of battle, Baba throws out her Threadsap, a chaotic spool of yarn that steals the very spirit of her enemies, granting her greater power. While her legs might not be what they used to, her trusty bench comes to life with a creak of metal, allowing her to run, jump, and kick with impressive vigor. Parkgoers know it's best to stay on Baba's good side, as at tea time you might find yourself splashed with one of Baba's Brews (some of them much sweeter than others), and when tea time is over - The Birds come out to play... "They think they know magic? Oh I'll show 'em some magic."

Baba and her pigeons are available now! We'll see you back here on Friday at 2pm PDT to introduce our next hero.

Additionally, the end date for our first Ranked season has been pushed back to Thursday November 5th, 2026 at 2pm PDT, with the next season starting immediately after.