Minor Update - 07-09-2026
9 July 2026, posted by IceFrog on Steam
Patch notes
Valve's own words, as posted on Steam. Values that changed are shown as old → new. Hover an item or ability icon for its card: that card shows today's values, from deadlock-api.com, not the values at this update.
- Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from
+2mto 0 (trailing bonus reduced from+7mto +5m) - Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from
+3.5mto +2m - Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from
+15%to +25% - Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s
- Urn talking sound distance increased (easier to hear a nearby Urn Runner)
- Unstable Rift warning time reduced from
25sto 20s - Rift Troopers now have Spirit Resist (30/35/40/45%)
- Rift Troopers now have Melee Resistance (25%)
- Rift Troopers spawn interval increased from every 0.3s to 0.5s (spawns slightly more staggered)
- Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from
20mto 35m - Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from
12to 14 - Objectives bounty split for nearby heroes reduced from
40%to 30% (this means slightly more portion of the bounty is split team wide rather than towards an individual player)
Scourge
- Max Health Per Second reduced from
2.6%to 2.5%
Billy
Rising Ram T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035to 0.03
Doorman
- Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19
- Crit scaling reduced from
-25%to -30% - Hotel Guest T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s
Drifter
- Bullet damage per boon reduced from
+0.616to +0.49 Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12%to +11%Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 20sto 24sStalker's Mark T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s Stalker's Mark T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%
Graves
Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1to 0.16Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25sto 1sGrasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10sto -14sEssence Theft now procs from melee hits Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3to 4Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown"to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed"Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration"to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration"
Haze
Sleep Dagger T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks Sleep Dagger T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s
Holliday
Powder Keg spirit scaling reduced from 1.2to 1.05
Mirage
Fire Scarabs T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17to +0.13Dust Devil T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1to +0.6Djinn's Mark cooldown reduced from 3sto 2.75Djinn's Mark T3 cooldown reduced from -1s Cooldown to -0.75s Traveler T3 increased from -70s Cooldown to -90s
Pocket
Affliction duration reduced from 11sto 10s
Shiv
Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09to +0.07Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44to 1.2Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4% Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20sto 25sBloodletting T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s Bloodletting Damage Cleared reduced from 35%to 30%Bloodletting T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35%to 40%Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20%to 18%Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8%to +10%
Silver
Lycan Curse cooldown reduced from 80sto 60s
Victor
Shocking Reanimation cooldown reduced from 275sto 240s
Viscous
Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0to +0.9
Yamato
Flying Slash range reduced from 28mto 26mFlying Slash T3 Charge Delay increased from 3sto 4sFlying Slash T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input