20m1.25s
Lift an enemy hero into the air and then slam them towards the target location.
100Damage
1-28s Cooldown2+0.5s Duration5+5 AbilityUnitTargetLimitVandal
Abilities
100Damage1-28s Cooldown2+0.5s Duration5+5 AbilityUnitTargetLimit20m4m
Create a hexed area on the ground. After a delay, ALL units in the cylindrical area are Petrified. Enemies also suffer Spirit Damage. Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions.
200Damage
3sPetrify Duration
200Petrify Damage Block1-15s Cooldown2+1.5s Petrify Duration5+3m RadiusWeapon hits build up a burning effect, dealing spirit damage over time.
Abilities refresh to the base burn duration and weapon hits extend it.
15Damage Per Second0.3sBurn Duration8.33%Buildup Per Bullet
16%Buildup Per Headshot
0.1sBuildup Decay Time1-30 AfterburnSpiritDamageReduction2+1s Burn Duration5+30 Damage Per Second20m1.25s
Lift an enemy hero into the air and then slam them towards the target location.
100Damage1-28s Cooldown2+0.5s Duration5+5 AbilityUnitTargetLimit
Balance history
May 2025 to Sep 2026
Buffs36in 15 patches
Nerfs25in 12 patches
Other changes13
Patches featuring changes22of 254 published patches
Changes per month
Peak 12Select a month to inspect its changes.
0–3 per month
Full recorded history22 patches, 74 changes
25 nerfs36 buffs6 reworks1 change4 new2 removed
Most changed abilities
Changelog
25 nerfs36 buffs6 reworks1 change4 new2 removed
Urn moves to the bridgeMay 23, 2026
- Base Health reduced from 790 to 780
- Health per boon reduced from 59 to 56
- Weapon Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, thresholds changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with bonuses changed from 46/55/70/85 to 46/54/62/74/86
- Vitality Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, thresholds changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k, with the final two tiers shifted up
- Spirit Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, thresholds changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with bonuses changed from 38/48/57/66 to 38/45/52/59/66
Boon costs drop, Indomitable arrivesMay 1, 2026
- Base Health per boon reduced from 66 to 59
- 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%
- Weapon Investment bonus rescaled from 7/9/13/20/49/60/80/95/115/135% to 9/12/15/18/46/55/70/85/100/115%
- Souls required for boons reduced past the first boon, from 15000/17000/19000/21000/23000/25000/27000/29000/31000/33000/35000/37000/39000/41000/43000/45000/47000/49000 to 14500/16000/17500/19000/20500/22000/23500/25000/26500/28000/29500/31000/32500/34000/35500/37000/38500/40000
Headshots nerfed, souls hit the groundNov 22, 2025
- Stamina regen reduced from 0.2 to 0.19 per second.
- Added two levels at 47000 and 49000 souls, letting you get all ability upgrades.
- Bullet damage gained per level increased from 0.22 to 0.242.
- Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.8x to 1.65x.
- 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.
Vyper's dagger stacks, heroes gain a levelOct 3, 2025
- Added a new level requiring 45000 souls.
- Weapon mod slot bonuses increased at the higher slots: from 58 to 60, from 72 to 75, from 83 to 95 and from 93 to 115.
- Vandal: souls required per level reduced across the upper levels, from 10200 to 10000 at the low end of the affected range and from 45000 to 43000 at the high end.
Cooldowns split, bosses take full damageJul 4, 2025
- Spirit Power gained per level reduced from 1.25 to 1.1
- Spirit slot item bonuses increased from 6/9/12/15/20/25/35/45/55/65 to 7/11/15/19/25/32/44/56/69/81
- Surge: Boss damage scale increased from 0.7 to 1
- Pillar: Boss damage scale increased from 0.7 to 1
- Haunt: Boss damage scale increased from 0.7 to 1
- Overflow: Boss damage scale increased from 0.7 to 1
Level curves rebuilt, crits dulledJun 17, 2025
- Souls needed for early levels reduced: level 2 from 400 to 300, level 3 from 800 to 600, level 4 from 1200 to 900
- Bonus Weapon Damage per level reduced from 0.353571 to 0.22
- Bonus Melee Damage per level reduced from 2.53 to 1.58
- Bonus Health per level reduced from 85 to 53
- Bonus Spirit Power per level reduced from 2 to 1.25
- Critical damage bonus reduced from 1.9 to 1.8
- Surge damage against bosses increased from 0.6 to 0.7 scale
- Pillar damage against bosses increased from 0.6 to 0.7 scale
- Haunt damage against bosses increased from 0.6 to 0.7 scale
- Overflow damage against bosses increased from 0.6 to 0.7 scale
- Vandal: souls needed increased across a large portion of the level table, from 3500 to 3800 at the low end up to 43000 to 45000 at the high end.
- Vandal: the top entries of the soul cost table were removed, previously requiring 44000, 45000, 46000 and 47000 souls.
Spirit scaling shaved, Malice bleeds GeistMay 11, 2025
- Weapon item cost bonuses increased at every tier, from 6/8/12/18/26/36/52/68/78/88 to 7/9/13/20/29/40/58/72/83/93
- Damage Spirit scaling reduced from 1.04832 to 0.974938
- Damage Spirit scaling reduced from 1.15 to 1.0695
- DPS Spirit scaling reduced from 0.5 to 0.465
- Damage Spirit scaling reduced from 1.04832 to 0.974938