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Mar 31, 2026

Crackshot stacks up, Graves swaps upgrades

[Holliday]'s Crackshot now builds stacks, with three consecutive hits dealing bonus weapon damage and a slow instead of firing on headshots off cooldown. [Graves] shuffles upgrades between Essence Theft and Jar of Dead, moving the Deadhead trigger onto Essence Theft T3.

Holliday

Holliday

1 rework
3Crackshot

Crackshot

Crackshot

20s

Headshots deal bonus Damage and applies a Fading Move Speed penalty. This effect can only occur when off cooldown.

Cooldown is reduced by 50% on NPC hits.
Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off and does not apply to objectives.

55Damage
-50%Fading Move SpeedConditional
2sDebuff Duration
1-25% Fading Move Speed
2+49.5 Damage
5-6s Cooldown on Hero Headshots. -3s on NPC Headshots

Crackshot

20s

Bullets apply . If hit three times consecutively, deal bonus weapon damage and apply slow.
Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off and does not apply to objectives.

55Damage
-50%Fading Move SpeedConditional
2sDebuff Duration
1-25% Fading Move Speed
2+49.5 Damage
5-6s Cooldown on Hero Headshots. -3s on NPC Headshots
Mar 29, 2026Mar 31, 2026
Graves

Graves

2 nerfs3 reworks
1Jar of Dead
3Essence Theft

Essence Theft

Essence Theft

4s

Your weapon steals weapon damage and spirit resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.

10%Max Spirit Resist Stolen
3Max Steal Targets
4sTime for Max Damage
1+5% Max Spirit Resist Stolen
2+20% MaxStolenAttackDamage
5+1 Weapon Tethers & Improved Tether Targeting

Essence Theft

4s

Your weapon steals weapon damage and spirit resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.

10%Max Spirit Resist Stolen
3Max Steal Targets
4sTime for Max Damage
1+5% Max Spirit Resist Stolen
2+20% MaxStolenAttackDamage
5All Summons now apply Essence Theft
Mar 29, 2026Mar 31, 2026

MISC

8 changes

Other file and data updates.

  • Jar of Dead: properties data added.
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    ability_necro_hauntingskull · properties.SkullsFireRateOnCasterDeath (added)

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    ability_necro_hauntingskull · properties.SkullsOnCasterDeath (added)

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  • Essence Theft: properties data added.
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    ability_necro_fear · properties.ZombieMeleeBuildUp (added)

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