UPCOMING PATCH AND MAINTENANCE - PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 22 @ 10:00am CET

• [p]Start Time: 10:00 AM CET[/p][/*]
• [p]Duration: A few hours (we’ll share an exact time when ready!)[/p][/*]
• [p]Servers: Offline during this time[/p][/*]
• [p]What’s This Maintenance Aiming to Fix?[/p][list]
• [p]This maintenance is focused on addressing some key issues, including one of the more stubborn problems we’ve been tackling that's tied to a specific service we recently identified. Following this maintenance, we hope to see improvements to the hiccups you've seen, including queues. [/p][/*]

• [p]See below for patch notes![/p][/*]

PATCH NOTES - FOR THE OCTOBER 22, 2025 PATCH

GENERAL

• [p]General improvements to the login queue to make it more reliable.[/p][/*]
• [p]The AFK timer has been increased to 10 minutes (was 5 minutes).[/p][/*]
• [p]The "Self"- and "Target unit frames" will no longer cause the portraits to be zoomed in over time.[/p][/*]

UI

• [p]Added UI Settings for the "Self"- and "Target unit frame" sizes.[/p][/*]
• [p]Added UI Settings to hide the player's name on the "self unit frame".[/p][/*]

PROGRESSION

• [p]The relic that provides you a resurrect ability no longer causes a hitch upon respawning.[/p][/*]

• [p]Sealed Fate (amethyst) now increases critical strike chance by 10% / 30% on targets above 50% health (was "above 80% health").[/p][/*]

• [p]The major trait Diamond Strike now correctly increases the healing with each stack (was only affecting damage).[/p][/*]
• [p]Updated major trait Diamond Strike tooltip to show correct damage / healing increase applied per stack.[/p][/*]

HEROES

• [p]Fixed an issue causing movement abilities with charges to sometimes end up having a negative number of charges.[/p][/*]

• [p]Meiko's threat modifier was increased by 20%.[/p][/*]
• [p]The damage of Meiko's abilities have been increased by 12%.[/p][/*]
• [p]The legendary Shattering Obelisk Drape now increases the health and duration of Earth Sibling by 50% (was 20%), in addition to it's other effect.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue causing Meiko to sometimes get locked out of her abilities permanently if she dies during her Shatter Earth leap.[/p][/*]

• [p]Helena's threat modifier was increased by 20%.[/p][/*]
• [p]The damage of Helena's abilities have been increased by 12%.[/p][/*]
• [p]Helena's percentual damage reduction when blocking an attack has been increased to 20% (was 15%).[/p][/*]
• [p]Helena's Shield Slam now applies a stacking debuff (Lingering Concussion) to the main target that lasts for 12 seconds, causing that target to deal 3% reduced damage to Helena, stacking up to 5 times.[/p][/*]
• [p]Grand Melee can now be cast during Global Cooldown.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the legendary Warboots of the Blackened Vanguard. The free Shockwave now triggers Veteran of the War.[/p][/*]
• [p]The legendary Masochistic Razor Necklace now causes enemies hit to deal 20% reduced damage to Helena (was 10%).[/p][/*]
• [p]The legendary Unscarred Vigilante's Cape now reduces all damage taken by 25% while Hold the Line is active on Helena (was 20%).[/p][/*]