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This page documents the full update history for Calico.

Update	Changes
July 28, 2026	Ava T2 reduced from +45% Move Speed to +40%. Ava T3 reduced from +20% damage amp to +18%.
June 11, 2026	Gloom Bombs melee resist debuff now stacks additively. Gloom Bombs T2 increased from -5% Melee Resist for 5s to -6% for 6s. Gloom Bombs melee resist now applies on impact rather than explosion. Return to Shadows damage increased from 140 to 150. Return to Shadows T2 damage increased from +65 to +75. Return to Shadows T3 heal increased from 350 to 450. Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 100s to 115s. (Global ult change) Return to Shadows T1 reduced from -25s Cooldown to -20s. (Global ult change)
May 22, 2026	Gloom Bombs T2 changed from "+75 Damage to Barriers" to "-5% Melee Resist for 5s Per Bomb" (stacks).
March 25, 2026	Leaping Slash base damage increased from 50 to 60.
March 21, 2026	Leaping Slash scaling reduced from 1.2 to 0.8. Leaping Slash cooldown increased from 11s to 13s. Leaping Slash T2 reduced from "+225s within 4s" to "+200 within 3s". Ava is no longer disabled by damage over time abilities (same as zipline rules) Return to Shadows move speed reduced from 30% to 20%. Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 90s to 100s.
March 10, 2026	Move speed reduced from 7.2 to 6.8. Fixed Gloom Bombs T2 giving an extra +15 flat bonus (released a couple days ago). Leaping Slash scaling reduced from 1.5 to 1.2. Leaping Slash T2 reduced from 300 Souls to 225.
March 6, 2026	Bullets no longer have gravity. Now fires an additional pellet right down the center (DPS is the same). The center pellet is now considered the primary pellet for headshots. Gloom Bombs changed so the first grenade always lands in the middle. Gloom Bombs projectile sticky radius increased from 10 to 15. Gloom Bombs cast delay reduced from 0.15s to 0.1s. Gloom Bombs T2 changed from +16.2 damage to +75 bonus damage vs barriers. Leaping Slash improved targeting of dash to end early if near enemy heroes. Leaping Slash can now dash vertically, even while on the ground. Leaping Slash T2 changed from +40 damage to +300 souls on hero kill. Leaping Slash T3 changed from -50% CDR on hit to -50% CDR and +60 damage. Leaping Slash radius reduced from 4.5m to 4m. Ava can no longer manipulate movement if meleeing while midair. Ava now uses healthbar modifier style for duration. Ava fixed camera not being centered around Ava. Ava melee attack delay reduced from 0.4s to 0.0s. Ava melee attack cooldown increased from 0.75 to 0.85. Ava melee attack now goes the way you are looking. Ava now starts at a minimum speed, and increases to maximum speed over time, resetting on taking damage. Ava now gradually recovers speed over time after taking damage, rather than being slowed for the entire duration. Ava cooldown reduced from 45s to 30s. Ava duration reduced from 16s to 15s. Ava T1 duration increased from +14s to 15s. Ava T2 changed from +45% Speed to +45% Speed and +15 Health Regen. Ava T3 changed from -20s Cooldown and +35 Health Regen to a growing damage amp the longer you are transformed, up to 20% for 6s. Return To Shadows now allows for some vertical flight movement during channel. Return To Shadows now has new channel bar. Return to Shadows T2 reduced from 67.5 Damage to 65. Return to Shadows T3 no longer grants +18% Damage Amp for 6s, but grants 350 healing instead.
January 30, 2026	Street Brawl: Return to Shadows cooldown reduced from 90s to 60s.
November 21, 2025	Clip size increased from 10 to 12. Reload time increased from 2.5s to 2.6s. Gloom Bombs cooldown increased from 12s to 14s. Return to Shadows T3 Damage Amp reduced from +24% to +18%. Return to Shadows T3 duration increased from 5s to 6s.
October 24, 2025	Gloom Bombs cooldown increased from 10s to 12s. Gloom Bombs base damage from 55 to 45. Gloom Bombs spirit scaling reduced from 0.74 to 0.64. Gloom Bombs multi bomb damage ratio increased from 50% to 65%. Ava no longer replenishes stamina on usage.
October 2, 2025	Base bullet damage increased from 1.9 to 2.0 Gloom Bombs radius increased from 2.5m to 3m Ava duration increased from 14s to 16s Leaping Slash height increased from 1.5m to 2.5m Return to Shadows cooldown reduced from 100s to 90s Return to Shadows radius increased from 7m to 7.5m
September 4, 2025	Gloom Bombs T3 increased from +2 Bombs to +3. Leaping Slash melee damage scaling increased from 1.3 to 1.5. Leaping Slash heal spirit scaling increased from 1.2 to 1.4. Ava T3 increased from -15s Cooldown to -20s. Ava T3 increased from +25 Health Regen to +35. Return to Shadows cooldown reduced from 110s to 100s.
June 17, 2025	Ava no longer automatically breaks boxes, instead you can use the melee hotkey to do a pounce attack to break them. Base Health reduced from 700 to 650. Base Health Growth reduced by 13%. Leaping Slash melee multiplier has been reduced from 1.6 to 1.3. Return to Shadows T3 reduced from +30% Amp to +24%.
May 27, 2025	Ammo increased from 9 to 10. Ava self slow on damage duration increased from 1.5s to 2s. Ava self slow on damage increased from -50% to -65%. Ava duration reduced from 15s to 14s. Ava T1 duration reduced from +20s to +14s. Ava recent damage window increased from 5s to 6s. Fixed Curse and stuns not interrupting Ava (similar to Ice Path and Flame Dash).
May 8, 2025	Remastered several characters' weapon fire sounds using the new feature set ( Wraith, Dynamo, Calico, and Abrams). Leaping Slash: Fixed animation getting stuck when stunned during the ability cast. (Undocumented) Gun damage reduced from 1.98 to 1.9. (Undocumented) Leaping Slash T1 heal reduced from +30 to +25. (Undocumented) Ava T3 health regen reduced from 30 to 25.
April 17, 2025	Base ammo reduced from 12 to 9. Gun damage growth reduced by 25%. Gloom Bombs T1 and T2 swapped.
April 4, 2025	Health growth per boon reduced from 41 to 34. Leaping Slash Heal reduced from 50 to 40. Leaping Slash Heal Spirit Scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.1.
February 25, 2025	Gloom Bombs now has updated vfx. Leaping Slash now has updated vfx. Updated Neutral Soul Orbs location while controlling Ava. Return to Shadows now has updated vfx. Fix Return to Shadows not breaking boxes on its damage portions. Updated vo - largely remastering pass, but some new content including lines to match her updated kit. Added new Ava run and jump animations. New simulation on cat tail. New upwards and downwards animation. New Calico slide animation.
February 11, 2025	Leaping Slash T2 damage decreased from +75 to +60. Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 90s to 100s. Return to Shadows speed reduced from +50% to +30%. Return to Shadows T2 now also grants +20% speed.
January 27, 2025	Gloom Bombs now has updated impact SFX. Gloom Bombs now has an arming effect for when they are about to detonate. Leaping Slash only heals when hitting heroes. Leaping Slash fixed VFX to match the damage area more accurately. Leaping Slash updated to break breakables in the area. Leaping Slash fixed a bug where calico's slash would deal no damage near walls. Ava duration reduced from 20s to 15s. Ava cooldown reduced from 50s to 45s. Ava now gets slowed by 30% for 1s anytime she takes damage. Ava speed reduced from 75% to 65%. Ava T2 speed increased from +35% to +45%. Ava now can now meow with m1. Return to Shadows cooldown increased from 80s to 90s. Fixed Leaping Slash doing bonus damage from Melee Charge. (Undocumented) Ava no longer replenishes your stamina.
January 19, 2025	Bullet Damage increased from 2 to 2.2. Leaping Slash Radius increased from 4m to 4.5m. Leaping Slash T2 damage increased from +50 to +75. Ava now destroys breakables it runs through. Ava T2 increased from 25% movespeed to 35%.
January 17, 2025	Added to the main gamemode. (Undocumented) Sekhmet's Spirit reworked into Gloom Bombs. (Undocumented) Pounce reworked into Leaping Slash. (Undocumented) Nekomata Ward reworked into Ava. (Undocumented) Queen of Shadows reworked into Return to Shadows.
October 29, 2024	Gun: Decreased Reload time from 3.5 to 3. Gun: Reduced Clip Size from 18 to 16. Gun: Increased AltFire Bullet Damage from 6 to 7. Sekhmet's Spirit: Can now be detonated immediately after cast. Sekhmet's Spirit: Will only pop up targets that were hit/dragged by the moving cat. Nekomata Ward: No longer has charges. Nekomata Ward: Now has a separate 'Attack Range' of 30m. Nekomata Ward: Duration from 120 to 60. Nekomata Ward: DPS spirit scaling from 0.4 to 0.3. Nekomata Ward: Health Spirit Scaling reduced from 3.0 to 2.0. Nekomata Ward: Removed T2 Ability Charges Bonus and Added +30 Ability Duration Bonus.
October 24, 2024	Added Calico to Hero Labs.