Deadlock Update – 07-09-26 – Patch Notes

Yoshi brings us additional tweaks to the Unstable Rift and Soul Urn this patch, as well as a handful of hero buffs and nerfs.

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Urn

Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m)
Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m
Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%
Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s
Urn talking sound distance increased (easier to hear a nearby Urn Runner)

Unstable Rift

Unstable Rift warning time reduced from 25s to 20s
Rift Troopers now have Spirit Resist (30/35/40/45%)
Rift Troopers now have Melee Resistance (25%)
Rift Troopers spawn interval increased from every 0.3s to 0.5s (spawns slightly more staggered)
Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from 20m to 35m
Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from 12 to 14

Scourge

Max Health Per Second reduced from 2.6% to 2.5%

Rising Ram

T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.03
Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19
Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%

Hotel Guest

T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s
Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49

Bloodscent

T3 reduced from +12% to +11%

Stalker’s Mark

cooldown increased from 20s to 24s
T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s
T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%

Jar of Dead

T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16
now build up faster from neutral creeps

Grasping Hands

immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s
T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s

Essence Theft

now procs from melee hits
T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4

Borrowed Decree

T1 changed from “-15s Cooldown” to “-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed”
T2 changed from “+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration” to “-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration”

Sleep Dagger

T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks
T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s

Powder Keg

spirits caling reduced from 1.2 to 1.05

Fire Scarabs

T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17 to +0.13

Dust Devil

T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1 to +0.6

Djinn’s Mark

cooldown reduced from 3s to 2.75
T3 cooldown reduced from -1s Cooldown to -0.75s

Traveler

T3 increased from -70s Cooldown to -90s

Affliction

duration reduced from 11s to 10s

Serrated Knives

T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07

Slice and Dice

spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2
T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%

Bloodletting

cooldown increased from 20s to 25s
T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s
Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30%
T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40%

Killing Blow

Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%
T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%

Lycan Curse

cooldown reduced from 80s to 60s

Shocking Reanimation

cooldown reduced from 275s to 240s

Splatter

T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9

Flying Slash

range reduced from 28m to 26m
T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s
T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input

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