Gloom Bombs
14s
3m
Throw a cluster of bombs that detonate after a delay, dealing spirit damage.
Enemies hit by multiple bombs take 65% damage.
4Bomb Count
45Damage
1-3s Cooldown2Per Bomb Touch : -6% Melee Resist for 6s5+3 Bomb CountAbilities
4Bomb Count45Damage1-3s Cooldown2Per Bomb Touch : -6% Melee Resist for 6s5+3 Bomb Count9m
Dash forward before slashing all enemies in a circle, dealing melee damage.
If the ability hits at least one hero, heal a small amount of health.
10Impact DamageOn Hero Hit:
40Heal Amount1+25 Heal Amount2Heros killed within 3s grant +200 souls5+60 Damage & On Hero Hit: 50% Cooldown RefundAva
30s
Turn to shadows and possess Ava. You gain bonus move speed that increases over time, and become
Taking damage from an enemy hero resets your bonus move speed and puts Ava on a brief cooldown.
15sBuff Duration6sInterrupt Cooldown1+15s Buff Duration2+15 Health Regen & +40% Max Move Speed5Gain Damage Amp over time, up to 18%. Lingers for 6s3s7.5m
Instantly turn to shadows, becoming untargetable, gaining bonus move speed, and dealing spirit damage.
After a delay, return from the shadows, dealing spirit damage again.
150Damage
+20%Move Speed3sExplosion Delay1-20s Cooldown2+75 Damage and +20% Move Speed5On Completion: Heal for 450 and refund all ability cooldowns
Balance history
May 2025 to Sep 2026
Buffs64in 20 patches
Nerfs76in 17 patches
Other changes38
Patches featuring changes32of 254 published patches
Changes per month
Peak 58Select a month to inspect its changes.
0–5 per month
Full recorded history32 patches, 178 changes
76 nerfs64 buffs18 reworks14 changes2 fixes1 new3 removed
Changelog
50 nerfs42 buffs16 reworks8 changes2 fixes2 removed
Urn splits off, Unstable Rift landsJul 1, 2026
- Calico: Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 100s to 115s
- Calico: Return to Shadows T1 reduced from -25s Cooldown to -20s
- Calico: Health per boon reduced from 39 to 37
- Calico: Boon reward table reworked, soul requirements reduced for early boons (lowest changed entry from 300 to 200) and increased for the last boons (highest entry from 40000 to 48600)
Holliday alt-casts, Apollo's Sigil reworkedJun 12, 2026
- Gloom Bombs T2 increased from -5% Melee Resist for 5s to -6% for 6s
- Gloom Bombs melee resist reduction now applies on bomb impact rather than on explosion
- Gloom Bombs melee resist debuff now stacks additively
- Return to Shadows damage increased from 140 to 150
- Return to Shadows T2 damage bonus increased from +65 to +75
- Return to Shadows T3 heal increased from 350 to 450
Urn moves to the bridgeMay 23, 2026
- Gloom Bombs T2 changed from "+75 Damage vs Barriers" to "-5% Melee Resist per bomb for 5s"
- Leaping Slash heal no longer scales with Spirit Power
- Base Health reduced from 740 to 730
- Health per boon reduced from 42 to 39
- Weapon Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with bonuses from 46/55/70/85 to 46/54/62/74/86
- Vitality Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k
- Spirit Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with bonuses from 38/48/57/66 to 38/45/52/59/66
Boon costs drop, Indomitable arrivesMay 1, 2026
- Souls required for boons rescaled: costs now increase by 1.5k per boon after 13.2k/14.5k, with the final boon at 40000 souls instead of 49000
- Base Health per boon reduced from 49 to 42
- Weapon Investments bonus rescaled from 7/9/13/20/49/60/80/95/115/135% to 9/12/15/18/46/55/70/85/100/115%
- Vitality Investment bonus increased from 8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to 9/12/15/20/38/42/46/50/56/62%
Fire Scarabs rework, item slots rescaledMar 21, 2026
- Base Health gained per level increased from 44 to 49
- Bonus from Vitality items reduced from 85/140/225/310/590/700/840/1120/1345/1570 to 8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56 for the 1st through 10th item
- Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 90s to 100s
- Return to Shadows Move Speed reduced from 30% to 20%
- Leaping Slash cooldown increased from 11s to 13s
- Leaping Slash Impact Damage Spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 0.8
- Leaping Slash T2 Bonus Souls Per Assassination reduced from 225 to 200
- Leaping Slash T2 Bounty Duration reduced from 4s to 3s
- Calico: Spirit item slot bonuses reduced from 52/64/76/89/101 to 48/57/66/75/100
Every hero bulks up, Wraith reeled inMar 11, 2026
- Max Move Speed reduced from 7.2 to 6.8
- Base Health increased from 700 to 740
- Health gained per level increased from 37 to 44
- Bonus Health from Vitality items increased at every cost tier, from 75/125/200/275/525/625/750/1000/1200/1400 to 84/140/224/308/588/700/840/1120/1344/1568
- Leaping Slash T3 Impact Damage Spirit scaling reduced from 1.5 to 1.2
- Leaping Slash T2 Bonus Souls Per Assassination reduced from 300 to 225
Card Trick deals suits, Telekinesis slamsMar 7, 2026
- Now fires an additional pellet right down the center, pellets per shot increased from 8 to 9, and the pellet spread pattern has been rearranged. The center pellet is now the primary pellet for headshots.
- Damage per pellet reduced from 2.09 to 1.84, total DPS is unchanged with the extra pellet.
- Bullets no longer have gravity.
- Spread penalty per shot increased from 0.5 to 1.
- Aiming spread penalty reduced from 0.5 to 0.4.
- Bullet damage gained per level reduced from 0.0484 to 0.043.
- Ava cooldown reduced from 45s to 30s.
- Ava duration reduced from 16s to 15s.
- Ava no longer grants a flat 65% bonus move speed. It now starts at 30% and builds up to 65% over 4s, and taking damage from an enemy hero resets the bonus instead of reducing it for a fixed 2s.
- Ava T1 duration bonus increased from +14 to +15.
- Ava T2 changed from +45% Move Speed to +45% Max Move Speed and +15 Health Regen.
- Ava T3 no longer grants -20s Cooldown and +35 Health Regen. It now builds Damage Amp over 10s up to 20%, lingering for 6s.
- Gloom Bombs T2 damage bonus reduced from +16.2 to +15 and now also grants +75 damage vs Barriers.
- Gloom Bombs projectile sticky radius increased from 10 to 15.
- Return to Shadows T2 damage bonus reduced from 67.5 to 65.
- Return to Shadows T3 no longer grants +18% Damage for 6s. On completion it now heals for 350 and refunds all ability cooldowns.
- Return to Shadows now allows some vertical movement during the channel.
- Leaping Slash radius reduced from 4.5m to 4m.
- Leaping Slash T2 no longer grants +49.5 Impact Damage. Heroes killed within 4s now grant +300 souls.
- Leaping Slash T3 now also grants +60 Impact Damage in addition to the cooldown refund on hero hit.
- Leaping Slash 9m dash range is now tracked as the ability's cast range.
- Gloom Bombs changed so the first grenade always lands in the middle
- Gloom Bombs cast delay reduced from 0.15s to 0.1s
- Leaping Slash improved targeting of the dash to end early if near enemy heroes
- Leaping Slash can now dash vertically, even while on the ground
- Ava can no longer manipulate movement if meleeing while midair
- Ava now uses the healthbar modifier style for its duration display
- Fixed Ava camera not being centered around Ava
- Ava melee attack delay reduced from 0.4s to 0.0s
- Ava melee attack now goes the way you are looking
- Return to Shadows now has a new channel bar
- Calico: Move speed reduced from 7.2 to 6.8
- Fixed Gloom Bombs T2 giving an extra +15 flat bonus
- Leaping Slash spirit scaling reduced from 1.5 to 1.2
- Leaping Slash T2 reduced from 300 Souls to 225
- Calico: Leaping Slash spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 0.8
- Calico: Leaping Slash cooldown increased from 11s to 13s
- Calico: Leaping Slash T2 reduced from +225 souls within 4s to +200 souls within 3s
- Calico: Ava is no longer disabled by damage over time abilities (same as zipline rules)
- Calico: Return to Shadows move speed reduced from 30% to 20%
- Calico: Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 90s to 100s
Headshots nerfed, souls hit the groundNov 22, 2025
- Clip size increased from 10 to 12
- Reload time increased from 2.5s to 2.6s
- Bullet Damage increased from 2 to 2.2
- Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.8x to 1.65x
- Bullet damage gained per level increased from 0.044 to 0.0484
- Stamina regen per second reduced from 0.2 to 0.19
- Added two levels at 47000 and 49000 souls
- Weapon Investment Bonuses now grant an additional +20% Weapon Damage at 4800 souls spent
- Vitality Investment Bonuses now grant an additional +12% Bonus Health at 4800 souls spent
- Spirit Investment Bonuses now grant an additional +20 Spirit Power at 4800 souls spent
- Gloom Bombs cooldown increased from 12s to 14s
- Gloom Bombs T2 Damage bonus reduced by 10%, from 18
- Return to Shadows T2 Damage bonus reduced from +75 to +67.5
- Return to Shadows T3 Damage Amp reduced from +24% to +18%
- Return to Shadows T3 buff duration increased from 5s to 6s
- Leaping Slash T2 Damage bonus reduced from +55 to +49.5