Kelvin/Update history

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This page documents the full update history for Kelvin.

Update	Changes
July 28, 2026	Frozen Shelter cooldown reduced from 195s to 185s.
June 30, 2026	Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 170s to 195s. (Global ult change) Frozen Shelter T1 reduced from -25s Cooldown to -20s. (Global ult change)
May 28, 2026	Urn timer now gets frozen with Frozen Shelter
May 22, 2026	Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.7 to 0.6. Ice Path: when interrupted, no longer creates an ice path below Kelvin and instead lets him fall to the ground. Arctic Beam DPS spirit scaling reduced from 0.5 to 0.38.
April 30, 2026	Street Brawl: Frost Grenade range reduced by 15%.
April 10, 2026	Frost Grenade healing spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.8. Frost Grenade T3 healing spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9.
March 25, 2026	Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.7. Frost Grenade T3 damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.8.
March 21, 2026	Frost Grenade radius increased from 6m to 6.5m. Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.914 to 0.8. Frost Grenade T3 damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.0 to 0.9. Ice Path T2 increased from -20s Cooldown to -25s. Ice Path T3 now also grants +20 Spirit Power. Frozen Shelter T3 increased from 50 Health Regen to 65.
March 6, 2026	Frost Grenade now impacts on Ice Path. Frost Grenade radius reduced from 6.5m to 6m. Frost Grenade cooldown increased from 20s to 30s. Frost Grenade now comes with 2 charges. Frost Grenade now heals in the base ability (60 + 0.9 Spirit Scaling). Frost Grenade no longer has -40% Stamina regen reduction. Frost Grenade T1 changed from "+1 Charge" to "Increases damage and heal by +30". Frost Grenade T2 changed from "Provides healing 80+1.5" to "Freezes stamina regen and -10s Cooldown". Frost Grenade T3 changed from "+144 Damage and -30% Stamina Regen" to "Increases damage and heal spirit scaling by 1.0 and Radius by +2m". Ice Path is now cancelled on Ability Button Press instead of Space. Ice Path cooldown increased from 46s to 50s. Ice Path incline/decline speed increased. Ice Path T1 changed from "+4 Sprint" to "+2 Move Speed and +35% Bullet Resistance on Ice Path". Ice Path T2 increased from -17s Cooldown to -20s. Ice Path T3 now grants you +35% Spirit Power while on Ice Path. Arctic Beam visual clarity on VFX improved. Arctic Beam now lets you cast Frost Grenade and items while using it. Arctic Beam Max Fire Rate Reduction reduced from -35% to -20%. Arctic Beam Max Slow reduced from -40% to -20%. Arctic Beam spirit scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.5. Arctic Beam cooldown increased from 25s to 28s. Arctic Beam T1 changed from "-7s Cooldown" to "Increases Move Slow and Fire Rate Reduction by -25%". Arctic Beam T2 changed from "+33 DPS" to "+20 DPS and +0.6 Spirit Scaling". Arctic Beam T3 now also reduces cooldown by 13s. Frozen Shelter can now be canceled first without canceling Ice Beam. Frozen Shelter is now 8m unit target, creates the dome around the center of both heroes. Can be self casted to create it around yourself. Frozen Shelter duration reduced from 5.25s to 5s. Frozen Shelter T1 changed from "-35% Enemy Fire Rate" to "-25s Cooldown". Frozen Shelter T2 increased from +1s to +1.5s. Frozen Shelter T3 now also dispels non-ult debuffs on cast (affects you and allies). (Undocumented) Updated sound effects for Frost Grenade and Ice Path.
January 30, 2026	Ice Path T2 increased from -15s Cooldown to -17s. Ice Path T3 max spirit increased from 75 to 90. Ice Path T3 duration increased from 8s to 9s. Frozen Shelter duration increased from 5s to 5.25s.
December 29, 2025	Frost Grenade T3 now also reduces stamina regen by -30% Ice Path T3 Max Spirit Power increased from 55 to 75 Ice Path T3 Spirit Power linger duration increased from 6s to 8s
November 21, 2025	Bullet Velocity reduced from 254 to 160. Frost Grenade base damage reduced from 74 to 60. Frozen Shelter T2 changed from "-45s Cooldown" to "+1s Duration". Frozen Shelter duration reduced from 5.5s to 5s.
October 24, 2025	Base regen reduced from 2 to 1. Headshot reduction reduced from -20% to -25%. Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 150s to 170s.
October 2, 2025	Base bullet damage reduced from 18.9 to 17.8 Clip size reduced from 15 to 14 Spirit Power per boon increased from 1.1 to 1.3
September 4, 2025	Frost Grenade cooldown reduced from 22s to 20s.
August 18, 2025	(Undocumented) Updated VO pass
July 29, 2025	Arctic Beam T3 no longer bounces off of objectives.
July 4, 2025	Fixed some AoE abilities not hitting midboss ( Kelvin Frost Grenade, Lady Geist Blood Bomb, Holliday Barrel). Frozen Shelter now freezes Urn (like it does other objectives).
June 17, 2025	Arctic Beam cooldown increased from 24s to 25s. Arctic Beam T1 reduced from -7.5s Cooldown to -7s. Arctic Beam T3 range reduced from 13m to 10m.
May 19, 2025	Stamina Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s.
May 11, 2025	Arctic Beam DPS reduced from 60 to 50.
May 8, 2025	Ice Path: Reduced how sticky the Ice Path is for allies. Arctic Beam: Fixed damaging enemies through thin walls. (Undocumented) Frost Grenade T2 heal reduced from 100 to 80. (Undocumented) Frozen Shelter regen reduced from 110 to 90. (Undocumented) Frozen Shelter T3 reduced from +60 (1.4 Spirit Power) to +50 (1.1 Spirit Power).
April 17, 2025	Base Spirit Resist reduced from 15% to 0. Now gains +1% Spirit Resist per boon. Base Sprint reduced from 2 to 1.5. Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 130s to 140s. Frozen Shelter T2 Cooldown increased from -40s to -50s.
April 4, 2025	Fixed some misc mispredictions during Ice Path movement. Fixed Ice Path being overly sticky for allies.
February 25, 2025	Frozen Shelter updated to use triggers rather than cancel, to match behavior of other un-summons. Fixed aoe abilities going through Frozen Shelter.
January 27, 2025	Arctic Beam now also slows roll distances by 20%.
January 19, 2025	Health increased from 600 to 650.
December 31, 2024	Base Spirit Resistance increased from 10% to 15%. Ice Path cooldown increased from 42s to 46s.
December 6, 2024	Fixed a regression where Kelvin referenced Grey Talon incorrectly. Fixed some issues with being unable to shoot over half-height cover. Frost Grenade now also reduces Stamina Regeneration during the slow duration. Frozen Shelter now created on key up. While the key is down an outline of the area will be shown. Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 127s to 130s. Frozen Shelter T2 increased from -38s to -40s.
November 21, 2024	Updated Kelvin VO: remaster pass and added some content. Frost Grenade T2 reduced from +125 Heal to +100. Frozen Shelter regen reduced from 120 to 110. Frozen Shelter T3 reduced from +70 (1.6 Spirit Power) to +60 (1.4 Spirit Power). Seismic Impact, Death Slam and Ground Strike now smash through Ice Path.
October 27, 2024	Ice Path cooldown increased from 38s to 42s.
October 24, 2024	Arctic Beam slow reduced from 50% to 40%. Frost Grenade T2 heal reduced from 145 to 125. Fixed Frozen Shelter not freezing weakened patron.
October 10, 2024	Updated Kelvin weapon fire audio.
September 26, 2024	Fixed a bug where Kelvin desperation VO for Arctic Beam and Ice Path were flipped. Headshot bonus damage reduced by 20%. Bullet damage growth reduced from 1.2 to 0.9. Arctic Beam movement slow reduced from 70% to 50%. Moving through breakables while on Ice Path now destroys them.
September 12, 2024	Updated Ice Dome to fix some performance related issues. Arctic Beam fire rate slow reduced from 80% to 40%. Arctic Beam movement slow reduced from 80% to 70%. Objectives and Rejuvenator are now frozen and invulnerable when under frozen shelter. Ice Path and Arctic Beam can now also be cancelled by hitting the ability key again.
August 29, 2024	Bullet radius increased from 5 to 6. Base health growth per boon increased from +45 to +50. Arctic Beam max slow increased from 60% to 80%. Arctic Beam now affects soul orbs (secures/denies them). Arctic Beam T3 range reduced from 15m to 13m. Fixed Ice Path jitter. Frost Grenade T2 Heal increased from 135 to 145.
August 15, 2024	Fixed Arctic Beam T3 range not being calculated correctly when you have range increase items. Arctic Beam no longer applies a Disarm. Arctic Beam now slows Fire Rate (same values as slow). Arctic Beam max slow reduced from 90% to 60%. Arctic Beam time to reach max slow increased from 1.2s to 2s. Frozen Shelter can now be cast while using Arctic Beam.
August 1, 2024	Fixed Arctic Beam not having proper lag compensation. Fixed some cases where Frost Grenade would explode and not hit anyone. Arctic Beam can now be canceled directly by using parry. Frost Grenade cast time reduced from 0.2s to 0.1s. Frost Grenade recharge time reduced from 8s to 7s. Ice Path sprint is now granted immediately on use.
July 18, 2024	Frost Grenade cooldown reduced from 23s to 21s. Ice Path trail duration increased from 15s to 18s. Arctic Beam T3 now hits up to 2 additional targets.
July 4, 2024	Fixed Frost Grenade not going where you had targeted if you moved quickly during the cast. Ice Path T3 bonus now lingers for 6s extra.
June 27, 2024	Arctic Beam spirit scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.9. Arctic Beam cooldown reduced from 25 to 23.
June 20, 2024	Arctic Beam movespeed limit is now applied via a reduction rather than a speed cap (to allow items to be combined for faster movement like Surge of Power).
June 13, 2024	Frozen Shelter movement speed slow increased from 25% to 35%. Can now dismiss Frozen Shelter while channeling other abilities ( Arctic Beam).
June 6, 2024	Improved visuals for Kelvin's gun projectile. Fixed some visual issues with Ice Path. Ice Path sprint speed increased from +1 to +2. Ice Path trail duration increased from 12s to 15s. Frozen Shelter T2 changed to -40s Cooldown. Frozen Shelter T3 changed to +70 Health Regen that scales with Spirit. Frozen Shelter can now be dismissed early.
May 30, 2024	Base health increased from 550 to 600. Frost Grenade radius increased from 6 to 6.5. Frost Grenade charge time reduced from 10s to 8s. Players can now slide down the Ice Path. Ice Path slow resistance increased from 50% to 60%. Ice Path T3 max spirit increased from 40 to 55.
May 23, 2024	Fixed Kelvin's Ice Beam sometimes not hitting Neutrals. Frost Grenade cooldown reduced from 26s to 23s. While Ice Pathing you no longer slow down when you shoot your gun. Arctic Beam Channel move speed increased from 4 to 6. Arctic Beam T1 changed from "+2 Channel Move Speed" to -8s Cooldown.
May 16, 2024	Now has +10% Base Spirit Resistance. Frozen Shelter T1 increased from +35% to +40% Fire Rate Slow. Ice Path T3 Now gains 1 Spirit per meter of Ice Path trail created. Max of 40 Spirit.
May 10, 2024	Fixed Ice Dome effects disappearing while still active if Kelvin dies during it. Frost Grenade cooldown reduced from 30s to 26s.
May 3, 2024	Frost Grenade T3 bonus damage increased from +100 to +175.