Patch date: . Guide reviewed 2026-11-03. Historical changes can be superseded; use current definitions for a match today.
How this guide was prepared: AI-assisted analysis with a separate source-check pass against archived official notes. Practical decisions are reasoned suggestions, not player-tested results or measured win-rate evidence. A small hotfix receives a short guide rather than a reconstructed full build.
Original update sources
Recorded topics: Heroes, Items. Dates refer to the update named in the notes; a mirrored post can be published later.
Graves: Jar of Dead and Borrowed Decree
What changed: Jar of Dead overall damage is reduced by 18%; deadheads bounce off enemies for shorter distances and die faster to damage. Borrowed Decree T3 changes from 5% Max HP to 5% Current HP.
How to adapt: Retest Jar of Dead damage and deadhead behavior in the situations where you use it. For Borrowed Decree T3, compare its effect when targets are at different current-health levels; the notes do not establish which basis is better in every situation.
Bebop: Sticky Bomb changes
What changed: Sticky Bomb on-hit/on-kill spirit scaling falls from 0.0025/0.015 to 0.002/0.012. T3 duration increases from 3s to 5s and now grants +20% Fire Rate.
How to adapt: If you take Sticky Bomb T3, test how its longer duration and Fire Rate bonus affect your use of the upgrade, while accounting for the reduced scaling. The notes do not specify the Fire Rate bonus’s duration or establish the net effect in a particular setup.
Shiv: health growth and knife damage
What changed: Health growth per boon decreases from 48 to 45, and Serrated Knives overall damage is reduced by 12%.
How to adapt: When assessing Shiv’s health growth or Serrated Knives damage, account for these reductions and retest the affected situations rather than assuming a particular matchup result.
Rem: cooldown and tier changes
What changed: Pillow Toss cooldown reduction on a pillow hit increases from 4s to 5s. Tag Along T2 item and barrier effectiveness increases from 20% to 25%; Lil Helpers T2 Move Speed increases from +1m to +1.5; Naptime T3 cooldown reduction increases from 40s to 55s.
How to adapt: Test Pillow Toss’s cooldown reduction on pillow hits, and check the changed Tag Along T2, Lil Helpers T2 and Naptime T3 effects in the situations where you use those upgrades. The notes do not establish an optimal combination.
Follow the affected decisions
- Bebop build and counter guide
- Graves build and counter guide
- Rem build and counter guide
- Shiv build and counter guide
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Earlier and later records
Archive coverage currently ends 2026-10-30; sources last successfully checked 2026-11-01. A source check does not establish a post-patch win rate.