Abrams/Update history

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This page documents the full update history for Abrams.

Update	Changes
June 30, 2026	Siphon Life T3 reduced from +3m Radius to +2m. Shoulder Charge T3 reduced from -20s Cooldown to -18s. Seismic Impact cooldown increased from 185s to 215s. (Global ult change) Seismic Impact T1 reduced from -35s Cooldown to -30s. (Global ult change)
May 22, 2026	Infernal Resilience T1 changed from "+1.5 Health Regen" to "+200 Max Health". Infernal Resilience T2 changed from "200 Max Health" to "+18% Melee Lifesteal" (40% effective vs non-heroes). Seismic Impact T2 increased from +0.7s Stun Duration to +0.8s. Seismic Impact T3 Unstoppable duration increased from 5s to 6s.
April 30, 2026	Siphon Life heal reduced from 80/40% to 70/35%. Fixed speed coming out of canceling Shoulder Charge being too high when hitting a hero.
March 21, 2026	Melee damage per boon increased by 10%. Siphon Life range increased from 7.5m to 8m. Siphon Life T3 range reduced from +3.5m to +3m. Infernal Resilience T3 increased from +7% Damage Regenerated to +8%. Seismic Impact impact height increased from 4m to 6m. Seismic Impact T2 increased from +0.6s Stun Duration to +0.7s. Seismic Impact T3 Unstoppable duration increased from 4s to 5s.
March 6, 2026	Bullet damage reduced from 3.86+0.13/boon to 3.6+0.1/boon. Siphon Life DPS reduced from 29 to 22. Siphon Life range reduced from 10m to 7.5m. Siphon Life is now circular rather than just in front of him. Siphon Life range no longer increases with Spirit Power. Siphon Life visual range FX fixed to show larger than default radius values. Siphon Life Lifesteal against heroes increased from 66% to 80%. Siphon Life Lifesteal against non-heroes increased from 33% to 40%. Siphon Life DPS spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.6. Siphon Life T1 increased from -19s to -20s. Siphon Life T3 now also increases radius by +3.5m. Siphon Life T3 DPS reduced from 20 to 18. Shoulder Charge damage reduced from 37 to 30. Shoulder Charge wall stun duration reduced from 0.6s to 0.3s. Shoulder Charge spirit scaling reduced from 1.9 to 1.4. Shoulder Charge T1 changed from "+2.2 Weapon Damage for 8s" to "+40% Slow for 3s". Shoulder Charge T2 wall stun duration increased from 0.45s to 0.8s. Shoulder Charge T3 cooldown increased from -18s to -20s. Shoulder Charge T3 now also grants +1.5 Weapon Damage for 6s. Infernal Resilience T2 increased from +150 Health to +200. Infernal Resilience T3 now also grants +20% Debuff Resistance. Seismic Impact is a little faster to target the location when rising. Seismic Impact damage increase from 75 to 100. Seismic Impact now allows you to use items during it. Seismic Impact radius reduced from 10.5m to 9m. Seismic Impact T2 changed from "Per Hero Hit: +100 HP and +14% Fire Rate" to "+0.6s Stun Duration". Seismic Impact T3 now also increases radius by 6m.
January 30, 2026	Gun Falloff range reduced from 20m-46m to 17m-40m. Bullet damage growth reduced from +0.154 to +0.13. Siphon Life T3 reduced from +31 DPS to +20 DPS and Increased Spirit Scaling (+0.12). Fixed Shoulder Charge T1 triggering from non-heroes. Seismic Impact damage increased from 55 to 75. Seismic Impact stun duration increased from 1.5s to 1.6s. Improved collision consistency with Seismic Impact.
November 21, 2025	Shoulder Charge cooldown reduced from 37s to 33s. Shoulder Charge T3 reduced from -22s Cooldown to -18s. Seismic Impact T3 duration increased from 3s to 4s.
October 2, 2025	Siphon Life damage and spirit scaling reduced by 10% Siphon Life heal ratio increased by 10% Shoulder Charge T1 changed from +25% Weapon Power to +20 Bullet Damage Per Shot (results in a weaker followup melee hit)
September 4, 2025	Infernal Resilience damage regenerated increased from 12% to 13%.
July 4, 2025	Shoulder Charge T3 increased from -18s to -22s. Infernal Resilience T3 increased from +6% to +7%.
May 27, 2025	Health growth per boon reduced from 81 to 78. Infernal Resilience Damage Regenerated increased from 10% to 12%. Infernal Resilience T3 increased from 5% to 6%. Various network related fixed for Shoulder Charge. Shoulder Charge wall stun from 0.85s to 0.6s. Shoulder Charge T2 changed from -12s Cooldown to +0.45s Wall Stun. Shoulder Charge T3 changed to -18s Cooldown. Seismic Impact cooldown increased from 160s to 170s.
May 19, 2025	Move Speed reduced from 6.8 to 6.5.
May 8, 2025	Various Fixes for camera positions when characters push the camera into the ceiling in special cases ( Vindicta & Abrams' Ults ). Remastered several characters' weapon fire sounds using the new feature set ( Wraith, Dynamo, Calico, and Abrams). Siphon Life: Added new animation logic support for Siphon Life and items. Shoulder Charge: Base duration increased from 1.2s to 1.4s. Shoulder Charge: T1 is now "On Hero Collide: +25% Weapon Damage for 8s". Shoulder Charge: T2 is now "-12s Cooldown". Shoulder Charge: T3 is now "+0.2s Stun Duration and 40% Movement Slow for 4s". Shoulder Charge: New cycle and pre cast 'goose step'. Shoulder Charge: Added support for shoulder charging while in air. Shoulder Charge: New sounds added for hitting heroes, troopers, and walls. Siphon Life: Added new animation logic support for Siphon Life and items. Shoulder Charge: Base duration increased from 1.2s to 1.4s. Shoulder Charge: T1 is now "On Hero Collide: +25% Weapon Damage for 8s". Shoulder Charge: T2 is now "-12s Cooldown". Shoulder Charge: T3 is now "+0.2s Stun Duration and 40% Movement Slow for 4s". Shoulder Charge: New cycle and pre cast 'goose step'. Shoulder Charge: Added support for shoulder charging while in air. Shoulder Charge: New sounds added for hitting heroes, troopers, and walls. Seismic Impact: Radius increased from 9m to 10.5m. Seismic Impact: Effects revisions. Seismic Impact: Fixed crash down sound triggering twice. Seismic Impact: New slam animation. Seismic Impact: New sounds added for in-air looping sound and descend sound. Added new 'out of combat' run and sprint. New Crouch animations. Improved hipfire animations. Added custom jump catapult animation - an alternate jump animation when using fans and Majestic Leap etc. Refined jump start to be cleaner. Added custom Zipline Boosted loop. Added Zipline swinging animation. Fixed a regression where Abrams' Siphon Life and Shoulder Charge ping VO were swapped. Removed competing camera modifier on Seismic Impact. Fixed camera position on client's ground target not using previews, causing it to be jittery. (Undocumented) Siphon Life Heal vs Heroes reduced from reduced from 75% to 60%. (Undocumented) Siphon Life Heal vs Non-Heroes reduced from 40% to 30%. (Undocumented) Infernal Resilience Damage Regenerated reduced from 12% to 10%. (Undocumented) Infernal Resilience T3 reduced from +5.5% to +5%. (Undocumented) Seismic Impact cooldown increased from 159s to 160s. (Undocumented) Seismic Impact damage reduced from 150 to 60. (Undocumented) Seismic Impact damage spirit scaling increased from 0.91 to 2.5. (Undocumented) Seismic Impact stun duration increased from 1s to 1.5s. (Undocumented) Seismic Impact T1 cooldown increased from -38s to -40s.
February 25, 2025	Updated playable model with latest art, animation, and vfx content. New Siphon run locomotion. New stand and crouch idles. New book model. New run stop animations. New shop UI animations. New jump animation Set. New run locomotion. Added new zoomed run set. Added new stagger animation. Re-authored crouch locomotion to match faster speeds. Authored new stand and crouch turn set. Improved camera animations during Seismic Impact. Updated vo - remastering pass, no new content. Added ambient effects to book. Siphon Life buff effect revisions to unify theme better. Improved Abrams zipline animations. Fixed Shoulder Charge acting like it's modifying your movespeed on the hud active player stats.
January 27, 2025	Infernal Resilience increased from 11% to 12%.
December 6, 2024	Bullet Damage decreased from 4.68 to 4.5. Spirit Siphon spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.65.
November 21, 2024	Fixed Abrams camera. Infernal Resilience reduced from 14% to 11% and T3 from 7% to 5.5%. Siphon Life Heal vs Heroes reduced from 100% to 75%. Siphon Life Heal vs Non-Heroes reduced from 50% to 40%. Base regen increased from 1 to 1.5. Siphon Life range now scales with Spirit Power (0.05). Siphon Life damage scaling with Spirit Power increased from 0.4 to 0.5. Seismic Impact drag down collision improved a bit.
November 7, 2024	Reverted Melee attack speed reduction. Shoulder Charge can now again use left/right strafe to slightly change direction. Shoulder Charge now carries momentum at the end of the charge. Siphon Life spirit scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.36. Infernal Resilience Damage Regen reduced from 15% to 14%. Infernal Resilience Damage Regen duration increased from 18s to 20s. Infernal Resilience T3 reduced from +8% to +7%. Fixed an issue where Seismic impact would travel more downwards instead of the facing direction.
October 24, 2024	Melee attack rate reduced by 15% (time between attacks). Gun falloff damage starts at 20m instead of 22m. Fixed some cases where Shoulder Charge would do a 180/360 on spell cast. Fixed Shoulder Charge sliding against wall surfaces incorrectly. Fixed Seismic Impact sometimes getting stuck on objects.
October 10, 2024	Abrams Life Siphon fades to 50% opacity after initial start to improve visibility. Base health reduced from 600 to 570. Health per boon increased from 32 to 34 (1048 vs 1046 total). Fixed shoulder charge sensitivity bugs that allowed you to turn more than intended. Seismic Impact now allows for some very minor movement to help nudge around small objects.
September 26, 2024	Abrams now has a new custom heavy melee animation. Infernal Resilience reduced from 16% to 15%. Infernal Resilience T3 reduced from 9% to 8%. Siphon Life spirit scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3. Fixed Cases where Shoulder Charge was unexpectedly 'slamming' in to walls and stairs.
September 12, 2024	Minor updates to Abram's Seismic Impact to resolve some states faster to reduce visual noise. Added Shoulder Charge wall impact effects. Added wall impact animation for Abram's Shoulder Charge. Lowered gun arm during Abram's jump animation to not obscure reticle. Fixed Seismic Impact getting stuck on ceilings like in the mid boss room. Shoulder Charge turn rate reduced a bit. Infernal Resilience reduced from 17% to 16%. Shoulder Charge stun time reduced from 1s to 0.85s.
August 29, 2024	Added custom effects for Abram's Seismic Impact T3 buff. Infernal Resilience Regeneration Time increased from 16s to 18s (this is a nerf). Now does pull ups on the zipline once again (this is a buff). Fixed Shoulder Charge sometimes stunning enemies on stairs. Fixed Seismic Impact sometimes not going to the area selected.
August 15, 2024	Improved Abrams Siphon and Seismic Impact visuals to not obstruct player view as much. Remastered Abrams, Pocket, and Dynamo weapon fire sounds. Fixed Seismic Impact often not dragging enemies in the air along with you when you are slamming down. Fixed Shoulder Charge not always placing enemies in front of you. Seismic Impact damage reduced from 175 to 150.
August 1, 2024	Fixed Abrams' Charge and Siphon pings not playing the correct VO. Fixed Shoulder Charge not stunning the target when colliding with Kelvin's Ice Dome. Fixed some cases where Shoulder Charge did not stun when hitting a wall. Fixed enemies being able to double jump out of Seismic Impact. Shoulder Charge T3 reduced from +6.5 to +5.5 Weapon Damage. Seismic Impact damage reduced from 200 to 175.
July 18, 2024	Added additional voice lines for Abrams. Shoulder Charge now considers Spectral Wall and Frozen Shelter as walls. Infernal Resilience duration to regen increased from 14s to 16s (this is a nerf). Infernal Resilience damage regenerated reduced from 18% to 17%. Infernal Resilience T3 increased from +8% to +9%. Improved reliability of Seismic Impact. Seismic Impact base radius increased from 6m to 9m. Seismic Impact T1 changed from +4m Impact Radius to -40s Cooldown. Seismic Impact T3 moved to T2 (was -70s Cooldown). Seismic Impact T3 is now Gains Unstoppable while in air and 3s after landing.
July 11, 2024	Fixed ability-based lifesteals not granting life from damage caused to shields (affects things like Hyperbeam T3, Siphon, Scorn, Life Drain, Flog and Concussive Combustion T3). Shoulder Charge speed increased by 25%. Shoulder Charge distance increased by 15%. Shoulder Charge now stuns enemies for 1s if it drags them into a wall. Infernal Resilience now provides +1 Health Regen. Infernal Resilience damage regenerated reduced from 20% to 18%. Infernal Resilience T3 changed to +8% damage regenerated. Fixed Siphon Life not healing you against shields.
July 4, 2024	Seismic Impact T3 is now Gain +100 Max HP and +15% Fire Rate per enemy hero hit for 25s.
June 27, 2024	Improved Abrams animation while hovering in the air during his ultimate and adjusted the downward acceleration animation.
June 20, 2024	Improved misc issues with Seismic Impact collision. Seismic Impact can be held for up to 3 seconds. Press the ability again anytime to land.
June 13, 2024	Base health regen reduced from 2 to 1. Infernal Resilience T1 reduced from +2 HP Regen to +1.5.
June 6, 2024	Base HP growth reduced from 36 to 32. Infernal Resilience T2 reduced from +200 Health to +150. Seismic Impact personal brief busy state upon landing increased from 0.2s to 0.3s.
May 30, 2024	Added new sprint animations for Abrams. Seismic Impact is now faster to play out. Seismic Impact now has a very brief busy state upon landing.
May 23, 2024	Fixed Abrams getting stuck on department store facade when using his ult. Adjusted timing of select Abrams impact lines to time with either the rise of his leap or the descent accordingly. Siphon Life T1 and T2 swapped. Shoulder charge now allows for a bit more steering control.
May 10, 2024	Reduced chances that Leap gets stuck on geometry during the downward phase.
May 3, 2024	Base Health increased from 550 to 600. Siphon DPS increased from 24 to 35.