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Patches / 2026-10-05

Minor Update - 10-05-2026

2026-10-05 · Original on Steam

What changed

0 buffed2 nerfed0 adjusted

Rat King nerf
  • Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Fixed some bugs with bouncing targeting
  • Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Damage increased from 65 to 70
  • Rat King: Scrap Grenade - T2 Damage increased from 65 to 70
  • Rat King: Rat Swarm - Base Cooldown reduced from 28s to 24s
Sinclair nerf
  • Sinclair: Base HP Regen reduced from 2 to 1
  • Sinclair: Gun - Falloff range reduced from 25-61 to 20-60
  • Sinclair: Gun - Reduced bullet base damage from 17.76 to 16.5
  • Sinclair: Vexing Bolt - Now does half damage to objectives

Read automatically from the notes: a line counts as a buff or nerf from its numbers and the stat (a longer cooldown is a nerf). Spot something wrong? Tell us.

Measured impact

Stronger since this patch

  • Wraith+1.2 pp · 50.2% → 51.4%
  • The Doorman+1.1 pp · 45.3% → 46.4%
  • Haze+0.8 pp · 54.3% → 55.1%
  • Holliday+0.7 pp · 47.5% → 48.3%
  • Rem+0.6 pp · 46.3% → 47.0%

Weaker since this patch

Items that got better

Items that got worse

Win rate in the 7 days before 2026-10-05 vs the 7.0 days after, all ranks. Only changes larger than twice their standard error, on 1,000+ games each side, are listed. Meta shifts and new heroes also move numbers, so not every change is caused by the notes.

The notes

- Fixed bugs that were causing troopers to walk too slowly in lane

- Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Fixed some bugs with bouncing targeting

- Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Damage increased from 65 to 70

- Rat King: Scrap Grenade - T2 Damage increased from 65 to 70

- Rat King: Rat Swarm - Base Cooldown reduced from 28s to 24s

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Cooldown increased from 130 to 160

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Damage Reduction reduced from 20% to 15%

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Radius reduced from 24m to 20m

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Charge Duration reduced from 12s to 10s

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Bonus Move speed no longer scales with Spirit

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - Now falls faster while charging

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - T1 +1m/s Move Speed to +2m/s Move Speed

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - T1 No longer gives -20s cooldown (Total cooldown from 110s to 160s)

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - T2 No longer grants +8s Charge Duration (Total charge duration from 20s to 10s)

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - T2 Flag Duration reduced from +8s to +5s

- Rat King: Rule, Ratannia! - T3 Damage Reduction reduced from 15% to 10% (Total Damage Reduction from 35% to 25%)

- Sinclair: Base HP Regen reduced from 2 to 1

- Sinclair: Gun - Falloff range reduced from 25-61 to 20-60

- Sinclair: Gun - Reduced bullet base damage from 17.76 to 16.5

- Sinclair: Vexing Bolt - Now does half damage to objectives

- Sinclair: Spectral Assistant - Gun falloff range reduced from 25-61 to 20-60

- Sinclair: Rabbit Hex - Radius reduced from 6.5m to 6m

- Sinclair: Rabbit Hex - T3 reduced from +3m Radius to +2m

- Sinclair: Audience Participation - Copy duration reduced from 12s to 9s

- Sinclair: Audience Participation - Copied cooldown increased from 40% to 60%