Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update

Solomon

5 changes: Move Piece, Setup Bishop, Rook Battery, Develop Queen…

In the patch notes

• 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
• Setup Bishop: Square height reduced from 4m to 1m
• Setup Bishop: On Square spirit scaling increased from 0.64 to 0.85
• Setup Bishop: T1 increased from +15% slow to +25%
• Setup Bishop: T3 Spirit Resist reduction is now applied on impact instead of by squares
• Setup Bishop: T3 increased from -2.5% to -5% Spirit Resist per stack (max reduction unchanged)
• Rook Battery: Damage scaling reduced from 1.3 to 0.9
• Rook Battery: T3 reduced from -12s cooldown to -10s
• Develop Queen: Cooldown increased from 210s to 240s
• Develop Queen: Damage scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.6
• Develop Queen: Delay for stun tiles increased from 1s to 1.2s
• Develop Queen: Improved warning effects on the stun tiles to make it clear its just those tiles rather than the full area
• Develop Queen: Fixed hitting things outside of the intended square volumes
• Develop Queen: Base ability now has the checkmate behavior for heroes under 100 Health (scales +5/boon)
• Develop Queen: T2 now increases checkmate threshold by 150
• 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

In the game's files

Reading the files…