Update:January 22, 2026

Updates
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Patch notes

Overhauled Patrons and bases, six new heroes, a fast-paced game mode 'Street Brawl', HUD updates, many quality-of-life additions, revamped postgame with an MVP screen, and more.

A new fast-paced game mode
Short Game Format: Join a quick 4v4 battle for the city over a best-of-five match. Each round takes a couple of minutes.
Streamlined Shopping: Players choose from a random set of items, adding three items to their inventory each round.
Level Playing Field: Each round players start with equal resources. No farming.
Drop a piano on someone's head... If you're lucky, an Enhanced or Legendary item might make an appearance.

New bosses, bases, troopers & defensive abilities
Hidden King: The stretching shadow of a skyscraper... a boarded-up apartment in Hell’s Kitchen... The Hidden King exists in the cracks of the city, waiting for his followers to usher him into the light.
Archmother: Glass, steel and stone... Order and power where once there was none... The Archmother has always guided the founders' hands, and now it is time for them to welcome her home.

The hero pool deepens
Silver, Rem, Graves, Apollo, Celeste and Venator
Two heroes release per week: Mondays & Thursdays at 2pm PST starting January 26th
Your vote determines the release order: Earn votes by playing
First Win of the Day: Play a Standard Match or Street Brawl to earn votes. Your first win of the day gives you 4 additional votes. Cast your votes in the ballot box located in the Hideout.
New Hero Priority Tokens: Starting on the first hero release, playing will earn you priority tokens. Tokens can be used to more reliably select the new hero you want to play the most. Tokens are earned at a faster rate the more new heroes are in the pool.
In-game Sprays: Use the new spray feature to demonstrate your support for your favorite upcoming hero by campaigning for their release around the map during your match.

HUD, chat & visibility
Reactive Portraits: Your hero portrait changes based on how you are doing in game.
Kill Streaks: Show off your hot streak.
Chat: Various chat visual improvements and updated ally vs. enemy chat styles.
Custom Channel Bars: Players now have animated custom channel bars for each of their channeled abilities.
Damage Impact Indicator: Hit them where it hurts.
New Damage Numbers: More responsive hit feedback while shooting and using abilities.
Steam Game Recording: Timeline improvements for various game events.
Updated Scoreboard: Everything you need at a glance.
Objective Health Bars: Defeat the enemy Patron in style.
Mid Boss Timer: Keep track of when Mid Boss will spawn next directly on the minimap.
Random Hero Button: Leave the choice to fate.
Rejuv Duration Timer: More easily track the rejuv timer before it expires.
Visibility Outlines: Improved readability for players and structures during gameplay.
Hole Punch View: A new Camera Hole Punch system reduces the amount of unexpected camera movement when running in front of obstructions. The camera will peer through the objects instead of pushing toward the player character.
Neutrals Near Walls: Jungle camps now glow through walls when you are in close proximity, to help aid in navigation.

Settings Search: Quickly find and update the setting you are looking for on the fly.
Custom Reticle Control: New custom reticle editor with live-preview to help you find the perfect crosshair.
FOV Slider: Instead of a single legacy FOV option, you can now adjust the camera more gradually.

Ballistic Enchantment: Imbue an ability with increased range. Dealing damage with that ability grants you increased weapon damage per target hit.
Recharging Rush: Dealing significant Weapon Damage replenishes a charge for each of your charged abilities.

Improved trooper AI
New music added
New voices for the patrons
Build authoring improvements
Chat settings rework
Improved anticheat
Improved replay compatibility across game updates
Network prediction improvements
Improved trooper zipline movement code
New item sounds
Minor UI updates to ability tooltips
Rendering performance improvements
Improved light map compression
Improved last hit/death feedback for troopers and players
Improving healing related sounds
Improved how heroes attach to ziplines
Improved reverb for player sounds
Items now display what abilities they imbue in tooltips
Ultimate ability VO lines now receive unique processing to distinguish them from other VO lines
Improved bullet whizby sound detection
Additional VO for various heroes
Refinements to announce response rules
Chat Wheel now supports multiple nested segments and has improved gamefeel
Improvements to damage flashes
Added new tunnel routes in the map for tiny heroes
And many other misc changes...

Patrons and Shrines now have a beam attack that deals damage and curses players
Removed the ability to cancel channeled abilities during casting delay without going on cooldown ( Bebop's Hyper Beam, Grey Talon's Guided Owl, Haze's Bullet Dance, Mo & Krill's Burrow)
New animations for Yamato
VO pass for Haze, Holliday, Infernus, Mo & Krill, Seven and Yamato
Added new heroes to the game files: Opera and Airheart
Re-added voice lines for Ivy when using Air Drop on self, and for Shiv when using Killing Blow
Lightning Scroll now works with Vindicta's ultimate