Lady Geist/Update history

Update	Changes
February 25, 2025	Updated vo - largely remastering pass, some new content. Tracer revisions to lower visual noise when close to tracer. Life Drain is no longer cancellable. Life Drain no longer slows you down if it's not draining life from an enemy. Fixed Soul Exchange flashing on left of hud for <1s. Fixed casting errors that would sometimes happen with Soul Exchange
December 6, 2024	Malice can now secure orbs Soul Exchange T2 changed from "-10% Min Health" to "On cast +40% Fire Rate for 8s" Soul Exchange T3 changed from "On cast, +40% Fire Rate and +40% Spirit Resist for 8s" to "Silences enemies in 15m radius for 3s" Life Drain duration increased from 2s to 2.5s Life Drain T3 changed from "Enemy is Silenced while being Life Drained" to "Ability becomes charged and grants +1 Charge". You can cast multiple Life Drains at the same time on different targets, no Charge Time.
November 21, 2024	Essence Bomb Self Damage spirit scaling reduced from 2 to 1.8
October 24, 2024	Malice slow reduced from 20% to 15% Malice debuff duration reduced from 13s to 9s Malice Damage Amp reduced from 15% to 8% Malice T2 now also increases damage amp by 7% Malice no longer causes you to un-zoom on cast
October 10, 2024	Fixed a bug that could cause some units to take more damage than intended with Essence Bomb when multiple targets are hit. Life Drain can now be alternate-casted on allied heroes. Added double tap accidental protection for Life Drain to help against instant cancellations. Malice slow duration reduced from 6s to 4s. Malice amp duration reduced from 16s to 13s. You can now see how many Malice stacks you have on you as the opponent.
September 26, 2024	Life Drain cooldown reduced from 42s to 30s. Malice cooldown reduced from 6.25s to 6s. Malice T1 improved from -2.75s Cooldown to -3s. Fixed Life Drain not healing extra based on amplifications (like Soul Shredder and Malice stacks). Sprint increased from 1 to 1.5. Bots can now choose to play Lady Geist, Mirage, Shiv, and Warden. Fixed various projectiles going through bosses ( Wraith cards, Geist bombs, etc)
September 12, 2024	Updated Lady Geist Essence Bomb, Life Drain, Malice, and Soul Exchange sounds. Lady Geist Essence Bomb revisions to improve visibility in team fights. Essence Bomb T3 damage increased from 22% to 26%. Essence Bomb spirit scaling increased from 1.05 to 1.15. Fixed a recent bug with Malice that caused multiple blood shards to be absorbed by 1 hero rather than pass through and hit others (it didn't stack that way in any case). Self Damage no longer consumes shields (general change).
August 16, 2024	Fixed Lady Geist not being able to jump during Life Drain.
August 15, 2024	Improved effects around Lady Geist Soul Exchange to help with clarity.
August 1, 2024	Base sprint reduced from 2 to 1.
July 18, 2024	Base bullet damage reduced from 28 to 25. Bullet damage growth increased from 1.84 to 2.1. Essence Bomb T2 reduced from +70 to +60. Essence Bomb T3 increased from 20% to 22%. Life Drain self slow reduced from -40% to -25%. Soul Exchange can be cast on enemies that are lower health. It will always steal a minimum of 30% of their current health.
July 11, 2024	Fixed ability-based lifesteals not granting life from damage caused to shields (affects things like Hyper Beam T3, Siphon Life, Scorn, Life Drain, Flog and Concussive Combustion T3).
June 27, 2024	Updated Lady Geist weapon sounds.
June 20, 2024	Fixed the unit target UI not showing up for instant-cast abilities ( MoKrill ult, Lady Geist ult, Bebop bomb). Essence Bomb no longer starts decaying the arm time while in the air. Essence Bomb arm time reduced from 1s to 0.5s (this is a nerf for long distance bombs). Soul Exchange T3 changed to "After swap gain +40% Fire Rate and +40% Spirit Resistance for 8s".
June 6, 2024	Fixed a bug with Malice firing slightly upward.
May 30, 2024	Soul Exchange cast time reduced from 0.5 to 0.2.
May 23, 2024	Improved visibility of Lady Geist's bullet and travel path. Soul Exchange cast time reduced from 0.65s to 0.5s. Fixed Malice clipping aggressively against map geometry edges.
May 16, 2024	Soul Exchange now uses a new instant cast mechanism. When you are in range there is a valid target indicator.
May 10, 2024	Malice now comes out quicker and no longer slows you.
May 3, 2024	Essence Bomb damage increased from 80 to 100. Essence Bomb T2 damage increased from +65 to +70. Essence Bomb tooltip fixed to reference the correct self damage type and that it can be reduced with armor. Malice damage amp per shard increased from 10% to 15%.