Patron/Update history

Update	Changes
January 22, 2026	Patrons redesigned and renamed as the Hidden King and the Archmother Patrons now have a special attack that can deal damage and curse players
December 17, 2025	Weakened Patron now gains 50% damage reduction if one defender is in the pit and 100% if two or more are (defenders must be in pit for at least 2s for reduction to kick in)
September 4, 2025	Patron 1st death time is now a constant 12s instead of being variable between 8 and 15 seconds
July 29, 2025	Objectives no longer have 20-25% Spirit Resistance
June 17, 2025	Destroying objectives no longer spawns orbs, instead the souls are directly awarded to the killer and their team
May 19, 2025	Objectives Spirit Resistance reduced from 50% to 40%
May 8, 2025	Added Patron Throne that moves down into the ground to form the final Patron area. Added sounds for Patron transforming to weakened state. Added Patron shock attack sound when in weakened state. Adjusted Patron VO frequency when leveling up so they're a little less chatty.
February 25, 2025	Players no longer collide with Bosses to prevent some unintended interactions.
January 27, 2025	All objectives now take 50% less damage from Spirit Damage (abilities no longer have one off values for this)
December 6, 2024	Patron HP reduced from 10k to 7.5k Downed Patron HP reduced from 18k to 13.5k Patron HP grows by 250/Min starting 20 min Downed Patron HP grows by 450/Min starting 20 min (overall, these are -25% HP at 20 min, 0% at 30 min, and +25% at 40 min)
November 21, 2024	Patron Laser now also deals 3% Max HP DPS Killing the first Patron now causes any existing enemy hero respawns to be reduced by 20 seconds. However, it does not reduce remaining respawn time lower than 10s. Updated Patron VO to give the Amber Hand more lines that are unique to him as opposed to having the identical script of the Sapphire Flame (for instance, while the Sapphire Flame might praise Haze by saying "you are perfection, Haze", the Amber Hand would say "Haze will dance, and they will fall")
October 24, 2024	Shrine/Patron no longer have Soul/AP bounties Missing AP from above is redistributed along souls reward line at similar soul levels that the objectives previously died on average
October 10, 2024	Percentage of deniable orbs from objectives for Guardian/Walker/Patron/Shrines rescaled from 54.55/66.67/100/0% to 35% The patron once again will warn you when your Walkers are under attack The patron now will sometimes offer words of encouragement when you level up instead of when you destroy a Guardian or Walker
August 15, 2024	Patron damage increased by 30% after it is vulnerable Weakened Patron Health increased by 15% Weakened Patron now has a Torment Pulse style effect, hitting up to 2 enemies in the pit for 75 damage per second
July 18, 2024	Weakened Patron health increased by 20%
July 11, 2024	Increased Weakened Patron's out of combat (30s) regeneration from 40 to 80
July 4, 2024	Objectives now have 80% damage reduction anti-backdoor defense when there haven't been creeps nearby in a while Patron (Weakened) now has 40hp/s regen when it has not taken damage for 30s
June 27, 2024	Flex slot removed from killing the Patron and added to killing all Walkers
June 13, 2024	Added Patron VO for when allied or enemy base guardians are destroyed The Patrons no longer care about the well being of the Urn Runner, and so they will stop asking you to protect them (patrons will no longer call out the urn being picked up)
May 23, 2024	Patrons will now play a voice warning when Rejuvenator time is close to expiring as well as when it's expired Updated VO for Amber Hand's Patron
May 3, 2024	Patron (Weakened) now has 40hp/s regen when it has not taken damage for 30s