Patch history
What changed for this hero in each patch
- 2026-10-30
Base stats
- Gun now deals -20% headshot damage
- Base bullet damage reduced from 30 to 25
- Polished slide animations, added new ability and item aim poses, and adjusted run-to-stop timing
- Move Piece - Range to grab pieces increased from 50m to 65m
- Move Piece - Improved placement: pieces no longer fall through geometry or end up under the map, land closer to where you aim, and can now be placed closer to walls and in hallways
- 2026-10-30
11 - Setup Bishop
- Square height reduced from 4m to 1m
- On Square spirit scaling increased from 0.64 to 0.85
- T1 increased from +15% slow to +25%
- T3 Spirit Resist reduction is now applied on impact instead of by squares
- T3 increased from -2.5% to -5% Spirit Resist per stack (max reduction unchanged)
- 2026-10-30
33 - Rook Battery
- Damage scaling reduced from 1.3 to 0.9
- T3 reduced from -12s cooldown to -10s
- 2026-10-30
44 - Develop Queen
- Cooldown increased from 210s to 240s
- Damage scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.6
- Delay for stun tiles increased from 1s to 1.2s
- Improved warning effects on the stun tiles to make it clear its just those tiles rather than the full area
- Fixed hitting things outside of the intended square volumes
- Base ability now has the checkmate behavior for heroes under 100 Health (scales +5/boon)
- T2 now increases checkmate threshold by 150
Some forum-only patches without a change list are not included