Trooper/Update history

Update	Changes
May 27, 2025	Trooper resistance near base reduced from 40% to 35%.
May 21, 2025	Troopers will now only flinch from player damage if it is a headshot while the trooper is busy running. Trooper resistance near base reduced from 50% to 40%.
May 19, 2025	Troopers now gain 50% resistance when they are in near the base (this has been 30% the past few days).
May 13, 2025	Troopers now gain 30% resistance when inside the enemy base.
April 17, 2025	[ General ] Soul Orbs no longer have special duplication rules before 8 minutes. Soul splitting rules are now the same before 8 minutes as afterwards. Adjusted trooper economy to compensate. There is also no longer a bounty bump that occurs at 8 minutes. Wave interval increased from 25s to 30s (bounty values adjusted by the same ratio). Players can no longer Parry troopers. Medic Trooper: Heal no longer has charges (was 3). Medic Trooper: Cooldown reduced from 35s to 6s (this was the previous setup before). Medic Trooper: Fixed healing sometimes not functioning on bounce when there are walls nearby. Troopers will no longer aggro to you when you shoot them while they are attacking a Guardian. [ Trooper AI Fixes ] Melee troopers will no longer see and follow players around corners and through veils. Smoothed out trooper navigation in some spots of the map where they need to drop down. Troopers that are attacking shrines are no longer distracted from their task by distant enemy troopers. Troopers now know to cross the base and attack the other shrine once their near one is defeated. Fixed a bug where troopers would rapidly change targets when multiple enemies are in range. Fixed a bug where troopers would fidget with their facing direction when walking without a target. Fixed a bug where troopers would fear really steep stairs. Fixed a bug where troopers would flash their targeting flare at the targeted player every time they came into camera or line of sight.
February 25, 2025	[ Soul Orb Mechanics ] Troopers no longer need to be last hit by a player in order to generate souls, as long as you are nearby. Troopers no longer have the "near death" flashing behavior. Soul Orb lifetime in the air reduced significantly. Soul Orb denies changed from 65/35% to 50/50%. Soul Orb physical radius increased by 10%. Reduced horizontal movement of soul orbs from troopers.
November 21, 2024	Mid Boss trooper health for first spawn reduced from 95% to 70%. Trooper Spirit Resist at 25 minutes reduced from 30% to 20% (still scales to 70% at 50 minutes). Trooper soul changed from 60/40% in the kill/orb to 65/35%. Medic Trooper now has 3 charges of heal rather than 2.
November 7, 2024	Fixed some cases where troopers could get stuck in the base. Troopers no longer change soul sharing rules after laning phase ends (meaning 2 heroes don't split souls). Troopers no longer increase their bounty by 20% at 8 minutes. Troopers now take 28% more damage from Guardians. Troopers Spirit resist goes to 30% instead of 40% at 25 minutes. Mid Boss Rejuv Trooper Health increased by 30%. Fixed Troopers resistance against Base Guardians not working properly.
October 24, 2024	Trooper Soul Orbs now have a 90ms buffer to allow the server to do better calculations on who shot the orb first, to minimize latency advantages for denying. Trooper soul changed from 50/50% in the kill/orb to 60/40%. Medic Trooper heal now has 2 charges; time between casts is 6s (does not consume a charge when healing other troopers, mainly affects waves pushing on their own). Medic Trooper heal cooldown increased from 6s to 35s. Troopers now gain +40% Spirit Resist gradually over 25 minutes, goes to 70% at 50 minutes. Backdoor protection detection range for troopers increased (harder to kill troopers approaching the objectives with long range spells to stall making the game think you are backdooring when you aren't). Backdoor protection removal now has a 20s buffer (so it doesn't go into protection mode immediately once creeps die). Walkers now have resist vs troopers starting at 60% and ending at -30% at 14 minutes. Guardian resist vs troopers changed from starting at 70% and ending at -30% at 10 min to starting at 60% and ending at -35% at 8 minutes.
October 10, 2024	Fixed troopers being unreliable to shoot while on the zipline. Adjusted Trooper tracer and muzzle effects for better alignment and lower visual noise. Trooper death effects resolve quicker and more cleanly. Troopers attack range vs Lane Guardians reduced from 13.5m to 12m (they get closer to it). Guardians now take 70% less damage from troopers at the start of the game; this reduces by 10% per minute (max at +30% increased damage at 10 min). Trooper spawn/bounty lane end time changed from 10 min to 8 min. Shields no longer reduce damage or get depleted by NPC units (Troopers, Bosses etc, but still takes damage from player summoned units). Bebop: Grapple Arm now also hits enemy troopers, killing them instantly. McGinnis: Mini Turret damage reduction against troopers/neutrals increased from -40% to -50%.