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 Historical changes can be superseded; use current definitions for a match today.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. Dates refer to the update named in the notes; a mirrored post can be published later.
Grey Talon: lower bullet damage and movement scaling
What changed: Base bullet damage decreased from 30 to 27. Movement speed scaling from Spirit Power decreased from 0.032 to 0.025.
How to adapt: Compare bullet damage and Spirit Power-related movement with your prior setup before deciding whether to change how you build or play Grey Talon.
Mirage: Fire Scarabs cooldown and HP per boon
What changed: Fire Scarabs cooldown increased from 32s to 40s, and HP per boon decreased from 41 to 37.
How to adapt: When testing Mirage, account for the longer wait between Fire Scarabs uses and the lower HP per boon; the notes do not establish a preferred response.
Bebop and Paradox: stack gain and silence duration
What changed: Bebop’s Sticky Bomb gains 1% stack on attach and still gains 5% on target death. Paradox’s Time Wall T3 silence duration decreased from 3s to 2.5s.
How to adapt: Track Bebop’s attach and target-death gains separately, and account for Paradox’s shorter T3 silence when testing its timing.
Item changes: cooldown, falloff, and threshold
What changed: Metal Skin cooldown increased from 21s to 28s. Siphon Bullets’ maximum HP steal is now affected by falloff. Improved Burst’s damage-threshold requirement decreased from 200 to 175.
How to adapt: Check Metal Skin availability against its longer cooldown, test Siphon Bullets at different ranges, and verify which damage instances meet Improved Burst’s lower threshold.
Follow the affected decisions
- Bebop build and counter guide
- Grey Talon build and counter guide
- Mirage build and counter guide
- Paradox build and counter guide
- Siphon Bullets item reference
- Metal Skin item reference
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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.