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| prev_update = {{Update link|December|15|2025}}
| month = December
| day = 16
| year = 2025
| next_update = {{Update link|December|17|2025}}
| source = https://forums.playdeadlock.com/threads/12-16-2025-update.93983/
| source_title = 12-16-2025 Update
| notes =
* The 10% move speed slow from taking damage is now a 20% slow only for the portion over the hero's base move speed
* Move Speed bonuses now stack diminishingly
* Base move speed reduced by 0.1 (except for heroes lower than 6.5)
* Heroes with move speed spirit scaling have the values reduced by 40%
* Updated move speed values on items:
** {{ItemIcon|Active Reload}}: Move speed reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Backstabber}}: Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5
** {{ItemIcon|Fleetfoot}}: Move speed reduced from 3.5 to 3.25 {{sic|The official notes list 3.25, but the value in-game is actually 3.}}
** {{ItemIcon|Enduring Speed}}: Move speed reduced from 2.25 to 2.0
** {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ward}}: Move speed reduced from 3 to 2.75
** {{ItemIcon|Spirit Shielding}}: Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5
** {{ItemIcon|Weapon Shielding}}: Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5
** {{ItemIcon|Blood Tribute}}: Move speed reduced from 2.25 to 2
** {{ItemIcon|Burst Fire}}: Move speed reduced from 1.5 to 1.25
** {{ItemIcon|Headhunter}}: Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75
** {{ItemIcon|Heroic Aura}}: Move speed reduced from 2.5 to 2.25
** {{ItemIcon|Counterspell}}: Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75
** {{ItemIcon|Debuff Remover}}: Move speed reduced from 2.5 to 2.25
** {{ItemIcon|Fortitude}}: Move speed reduced from 1.5 to 1.25
** {{ItemIcon|Veil Walker}}: Invis move speed reduced from 4 to 3.5
** {{ItemIcon|Radiant Regeneration}}: Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75
** {{ItemIcon|Surge of Power}}: Move speed reduced from 2 to 1.75
** {{ItemIcon|Frenzy}}: Move speed reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Frenzy}}: Active move speed reduced from 3 to 2.5
** {{ItemIcon|Divine Barrier}}: Move speed reduced from 3 to 2.75
** {{ItemIcon|Healing Tempo}}: Move speed reduced from 1.5 to 1.25
** {{ItemIcon|Juggernaut}}: Move speed reduced from 2.25 to 2
** {{ItemIcon|Ethereal Shift}}: Move speed reduced from 3 to 2.5
* Sprint ramp rate reduced from 0.75/sec to 0.6/sec

* Sprint now starts accelerating for sprint speeds over +2.5 rather than only after +3
* Base sprint speed reduced by 0.4
* {{HeroIcon|Wraith}}: Sprint speed spirit power scaling reduced from 0.6 to 0.5
* Updated sprint values on items:
** {{ItemIcon|Sprint Boots}}: Sprint reduced from 2.2 to 2.0
** {{ItemIcon|Long Range}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Swift Striker}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Mystic Slow}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Heroic Aura}}: Sprint reduced from 2 to 1.5
** {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Aura}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Sharpshooter}}: Sprint reduced from 1.5 to 1
** {{ItemIcon|Rescue Beam}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Trophy Collector}}: Sprint reduced from 2.2 to 2.0
** {{ItemIcon|Disarming Hex}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Shadow Weave}}: Sprint reduced from 2 to 1.5
** {{ItemIcon|Lightning Scroll}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Vortex Web}}: Sprint reduced from 1 to 0.75
** {{ItemIcon|Enduring Speed}}: Slow resist reduced from 30% to 25%
** {{ItemIcon|Fleetfoot}}: Active slow resist reduced from 40% to 35%
** {{ItemIcon|Majestic Leap}}: Cooldown increased from 34s to 45s
** {{ItemIcon|Majestic Leap}}: Barrier scaling per boon reduced from 10 to 8

* Bonus Health on all Weapon and Spirit items is reduced by ~25
* Vitality investment tree bonuses changed from a % of base health to a fixed amount (from +8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to +75/125/200/275/525/625/750/1000/1200/1400)
* {{ItemIcon|Colossus}}: Bonus Health reduced from +600 to +300
* {{ItemIcon|Colossus}}: Now grants +15% Base Health
* {{ItemIcon|Siphon Bullets}}: Cooldown increased from 0.8s to 1.2s

* Spirit investment tree 4.8k bonus reduced from 45 to 38
* {{ItemIcon|Surge of Power}} Imbued Ability Spirit reduced from 28 to 24
* {{ItemIcon|Rapid Recharge}} Charged Ability Spirit reduced from 20 to 16
* {{ItemIcon|Crippling Headshot}}: Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction from -18% to -16%
* {{ItemIcon|Focus Lens}}: Spirit Resist reduction reduced from -12% to -9% (affects {{ItemIcon|Spirit Sap}})
* {{ItemIcon|Spirit Snatch}}: Spirit Resist steal reduced from 15% to 12%
* {{ItemIcon|Tankbuster}}: Changed from doing % of Max Health to a % of Current Health
* {{ItemIcon|Tankbuster}}: Damage dealt increased from 5% to 7.5%

* Trooper bounty reduced by 12%

* Shrines health increased from 3000 to 7000
* Killing both enemy shrines will now make all of your troopers stronger (30% hp and 30% damage)
* Walker Rocket Barrage radius reduced from 6m to 5m

* Medic orbs now heals allied troopers 30% more
* Medic orbs regen on allied troopers is now applied over 8s instead of 2s
* Medic Trooper HP increased from 260 to 350 (default trooper is 300)
* Medic Trooper DPS vs other troopers increased from 35 to 45 (default trooper is 35)
* Medic Troopers attack range vs troopers and players increased by +5m over the default
* Medic Pack pickup range scales from 18m->26m to 18m->30m (over the same time period, 10min to 18min)

* Urn: Bounty increased from 700 + 230/min to 1300 + 230/min
* Urn: Comeback bounty now gives more souls
* Urn: Bullet and Spirit resist for carrier increased from 30% to 50%
* Urn: Bonus bounty for carrier increased from 25% to 35%

* Increased kill bounty for solo kills (1 attacker in the kill) by 25%, and by 15% for duo kills
* Increased portion of the bounty the killer gets relative to the assist portion
* Increased comeback bounties for losing team a bit

* Getting hit while on Jump Pad during the window now deals 15% max hp damage

* Neutral HP reduced by 20%
* Neutral HP growth increased from 0.5%/min to 2.1% (less HP before ~15 minutes, more afterwards)
* Neutrals spirit resistance increased by 5%
* Sinner's Sacrifice bounty reduced by 10%
* {{ItemIcon|Cultist Sacrifice}}: Cooldown increased from 260s to 270s
* Unsecured souls claim period reworked. Previously the way it worked was any unsecured souls you gained were added to a rolling 165s window, where it was divided over that time and given out, with a minimum amount given per second of 1 soul. The new system drains 0.5% (of the remaining souls) + 1.6 (scales with the 8% bounty growth per minute).

**There are a few examples below to show how they compare. Old was 165s (assuming bounty was at least 165s). New is:

***1x Small Camp: 77s
***2x Medium Camps: 163s
***1x Hard Camp: 193s
***4x Medium Camps: 230s
***2x Hard Camps: 263s
***1x Hard Camp + 3x Medium Camps: 270s
***2x Hard Camp + 6x Medium Camps: 354s

* Fixed a bug causing AP Rounds to reduce damage on targets with negative resist
* When {{ItemIcon|Armor Piercing Rounds}} Proc's, {{ItemIcon|Plated Armor}} can no longer stop the Proc'd Bullet.
* Fixed {{ItemIcon|Curse}} dispelling targets with [[Status Effects#Unstoppable|Unstoppable]] state

* {{HeroIcon|Billy}}: Health regen reduced from 3 to 2.5
* {{HeroIcon|Billy}}: {{AbilityIcon|Blasted}} non-player effectiveness reduced from 35% to 25%
* {{HeroIcon|Billy}}: {{AbilityIcon|Blasted}} light melee effectiveness reduced from 50% to 40%
* {{HeroIcon|Billy}}: {{AbilityIcon|Chain Gang}} will now break slightly faster when target is out of LOS

* {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}}: {{AbilityIcon|Kinetic Pulse}} spirit scaling range reduced from 0.2 to 0.1
* {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}}: Health regen reduced from 2.5 to 1.75

* {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}: Stamina dash distance moved to bucket 3 (slower)
* {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}: {{AbilityIcon|Essence Bomb}} self damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.8
* {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}: {{AbilityIcon|Malice}} self damage increased from 7% to 9%

* {{HeroIcon|Mirage}}: Move speed reduced by 0.2
* {{HeroIcon|Mirage}}: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.616 to 0.5
* {{HeroIcon|Mirage}}: {{AbilityIcon|Djinn's Mark}} cooldown increased from 2.5s to 2.6s
* {{HeroIcon|Mirage}}: {{AbilityIcon|Djinn's Mark}} max range from 45m to 40m
* {{HeroIcon|Mirage}}: {{AbilityIcon|Traveler}} cooldown increased from 145s to 155s
* {{HeroIcon|Mirage}}: {{AbilityIcon|Traveler}} T1 cooldown from -25s to -35s

* {{HeroIcon|Shiv}}: {{AbilityIcon|Bloodletting}} deferred damage reduced from 30% to 25%
* {{HeroIcon|Shiv}}: {{AbilityIcon|Bloodletting}} T2 deferred damage increased from 10% to 15%
* {{HeroIcon|Shiv}}: Rage buildup rate reduced by 6%
* {{HeroIcon|Shiv}}: {{AbilityIcon|Killing Blow}} cast range reduced from 15m to 13m

* {{HeroIcon|Vindicta}}: {{AbilityIcon|Assassinate}} T2 reduced from +90 Max Bonus Damage to 80

* {{HeroIcon|Wraith}}: Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.17 to 0.14
* {{HeroIcon|Wraith}}: {{AbilityIcon|Project Mind}} T2 spirit scaling reduced from 2.44 to 1.7
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