Fathom/Update history

Overview

Update history

Voice lines

Update	Changes
August 18, 2025	(Undocumented) Removed from the game.
February 25, 2025	Added missing unique death vo sounds for: Fathom, Trapper, Wrecker, Raven, Sinclair, and Wraith. Lurker's Ambush: The spit debuff is now a heavy slow rather than an immobilize, and its damage is dealt over the effect's duration rather than all on initial impact. Added unique footstep sfx. Lurker's Ambush: the active's duration and damage are halved if Fathom is not latched to a wall while casting. Lurker's Ambush: shortened the channel time required for max duration/damage. Reefdweller Harpoon: fixed it failing to cast if you were sliding while casting. Scalding Spray now has new vfx. Scalding Spray now has a new animation. Remastered sounds for Scalding Spray and Breach abilities for better feedback. Fixed a bug that caused Scalding Spray sound to be too quiet for the victim in certain situations. (Undocumented) Scalding Spray weapon damage gain per second reduced from 7% to 5%. (Undocumented) Scalding Spray T3 DPS increased from 45 to 55.
December 17, 2024	Default item build added. Updated and improved SFX for all abilities.
December 6, 2024	Scalding Spray: Updated particles. Lurker's Ambush: Added an aquatic screen effect for enemies that get immobilized. Lurker's Ambush: The active's projectile now has a 2.5m radius.
November 21, 2024	Stubbed in first pass VO for Fathom, Magician, Trapper, and Viper - the primary goal for these is to give coverage for pings, but we also added lines for hero select and ability usage. Weapon: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.57 to 0.35. Lurker's Ambush: Updated particles.
November 19, 2024	Weapon: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.57 to 0.35.
November 13, 2024	New Ability: Lurker's Ambush. Fathom's Bloodletting replaced by Reefdweller Harpoon. Reefdweller Harpoon: Gains 2 charges once latched to a surface. Reefdweller Harpoon: Can no longer be cast onto a floor. Reefdweller Harpoon: Will now prevent casting when target surface is too far. Reefdweller Harpoon: Now won't break invisibility when cast. Reefdweller Harpoon: Triggers invisibility on Lurker's Ambush when cast. Reefdweller Harpoon: Now starts cooldown upon detaching from surface. Reefdweller Harpoon: No longer has passive regen. Reefdweller Harpoon: No longer has passive invisibility.
November 1, 2024	Health per boon reduced from 41 to 36. Shotgun damage per pellet reduced from 4.5 to 4. Shotgun falloff start reduced from 18m to 16m. Scalding Spray weapon damage gain per sec reduced from 8% to 7%. Fathom's Bloodletting updated to have the same values as the latest version of Shiv's Bloodletting.
October 29, 2024	Gun: Damage per pellet reduced from 5 to 4.5. Gun: Pellet spread increased and falloff start range reduced from 20m to 18m. Scalding Spray: Updated particle to not obstruct Fathom's vision, and added a hit effect. Breach: You can now use other abilities during Breach's motion. Breach: Updated particle effects. Reefdweller Harpoon: You can now perform any action while latched to the wall and it will instantly cancel the latch.
October 24, 2024	Added Fathom to Hero Labs.