Kinessa

• Weapon
  • Sniper Rifle
    • Decreased charge time from 1.2s ➞ 1.1s.
• Talents
  • NEW: Crystalline Battery
    • Oppressor Mines now target you to supercharge, healing you for 25 every .2s and providing 100% increased Jump Height. Carbine Mode gains 15% damage while supercharged.
    • Replaces Octopressor.
• Cards
  • New Default Deck for Crystalline Battery

• Weapon
  • Carbine Rifle
    • Damage reduced from 215 ➞ 200
    • Fire rate increased from .19s ➞ .17s
• Abilities
  • Oppressor Mine
    • Decreased Slow strength from 15% ➞ 12.5%
  • Sniper Mode
    • Decreased charge rate from 1s ➞ 1.2s

• Weapon
  • Carbine Rifle
    • Damage increased from 170 → 215
    • Fire rate decreased from .15 → .19
    • Increased hip-fire accuracy from .75 → .9
    • Increased maximum effective range from 55 → 100
    • Increased minimum damage range start from 115 → 175
  • Sniper Mode
    • Decreased damage from 1200 → 1000
    • Increased base damage from 30 → 100
    • Decreased charge time from 1.5s → 1s
    • Increased FOV from 25 → 38
• Abilities
  • Transporter
    • Travels 30% faster
  • Oppressor Mine
    • Now applies a 15% Slow to targets affected by it
• Ultimate
  • Headhunter
    • Increased duration from 5s to 8s
    • On activation, Kinessa loses 50% Ult charge. Carbine shots cost 2 Ult Charge & Sniper shots cost 8 Ult charge. If she ends her ultimate with any charge remaining, that amount goes towards her next Ultimate.
• Talents
  • Reposition
    • Now also reduces the distance you teleport from 100 → 75
  • Octoppressor
    • Replacing Oppression
    • Moved from Card to Talent, now states “Oppressor Mines now target up to 5 enemies and can have up to 3 active at once.”
• Cards
  • Aftershock
    • New Card to replace Octopressor, states “Oppressor Mines' Slow now lingers after exit for {.4|.4s}.”
  • Lie in Wait
    • Reworked to "Your Sniper Mode scope zooms an additional {5|5}%."
  • Beam Me Up
    • Original effect moved into base at Level 3
    • Reworked to "Reduce your damage taken by {4|4}% while in Transporter"
  • Calibrate
    • Reduced effect scaling from .15s → .12s
  • Power Supply
    • Reworked to "Hitting a headshot grants you {.4|.4}% Ult Charge."

• Fixed an issue where Kinessa’s passive wasn’t showing players they were revealed.

• Abilities
  • Carbine Mode
    • Reduced bloom & increased return to center speed
  • New Passive: Tag ‘Em and Bag ‘Em
    • Hitting targets in Sniper Mode now reveals them for 1s
• Cards
  • Quick Scope ➞ Eagle Eye
    • Old effect at level 3 was moved into base kit (60% ADS speed)
    • New effect: Increases duration of passive reveal by 0.25|.025s
  • Generator
    • Scaling increased from 1.2|1.2% ➞ 1.25|1.25%

• Cards
  • Restore
    • Removed Cooldown
    • Refactored Healing from flat 25% to {6|6}%

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Kinessa’s Oppressor Mines were lasting longer than the intended 6 seconds.

• Talents
  • Oppression
    • Now also increases the Cooldown of Oppressor Mines by 2s.
• Abilities
  • Sniper Rifle (Carbine)
    • Decreased damage 180 ➞ 170
  • Sniper Rifle (Sniper Mode)
    • Increased time to fully charge shot 1s ➞ 1.2s
  • Transporter
    • Reduced the time before you teleport 1.1s ➞ 0.95s
  • Oppressor Mines
    • Mines will no longer target mounted enemies
    • Reduced projectile speed by 20%
• Cards
  • Generator
    • Reduced scaling value {1.5|1.5}s ➞ {1.2|1.2}s
  • Power Supply
    • Reduced scaling value {12|12}% ➞ {8|8}%
    • Increased the time before this card can activate again after activation 15s ➞ 30s

• Talents
  • Oppression
    • Current: Change Sniper Rifle to have increased Fire Rate, Charge Rate, and maneuverability while scoped, but reduce the damage per shot.
    • New: You can have two additional Oppressor Mines out at one time and you throw out two Mines per use of the ability instead of one.
    • Oppressor Mines with this talent now have a maximum Lifetime of 6s
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Kinessa’s HUD overlay for her Sniper Mode ability was slightly off-center.

• Talents
  • Eagle Eye
    • Old: Increase the damage done by Headshots by an additional 25% of base for a total of 175% damage.
    • New: Sniper Rifle gains increased Fire and Charge Rate at the cost of reduced damage per shot, and while scoped gains increased maneuverability.

• Cards
  • True Grit
    • Hitting an enemy with a fully-charged Sniper Mode shot Heals you for {100|100} ➞ {50|50}.

• Talents
  • Steady Aim
    • Reduced time limit for bonus damage 7s ➞ 4s
    • Reduced Additional Damage Increase 30% ➞ 20%

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the Scope UI was not centered properly on the screen.

• Abilities
  • Oppressor Mine
    • Increased range 40 ➞ 50 units
    • Increased Health 100 ➞ 200
    • Increased damage 20 ➞ 25
  • Transporter
    • Decreased time it takes to Teleport 1.3s ➞ 1.1
  • Sniper Mode
    • Decreased time it takes to reach maximum charge 1.4s ➞ 1.3s
• Cards
  • Generator
    • Increased Cooldown reduction {1.225|1.225}s ➞ {1.5|1.5}s
  • Restore
    • OLD: Heal for {10|10}% of your maximum Health after Teleporting with Transporter
    • NEW: Heal for 25% of your maximum Health after Teleporting with Transporter. Can activate every {30|-5}s
  • Calibrate
    • Increased Cooldown reduction {0.12|0.12}s ➞ {0.15|0.15}s
  • Power Supply
    • OLD: Killing Blows generate {4|4} Ammo
    • NEW: Reset the Cooldown of Transporter after dropping to or below {12|12}% Health.
  • Lie in Wait
    • Reduced the time required before Ammo regeneration starts 2s ➞ 1s
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the Internal Cooldown for the Restore card was reducing by less than the intended amount per rank of the card.

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed various clipping issues with Kinessa’s Smokin and Jokin MVP Pose.
  • Fixed an incorrect description for Transporter.
  • Addressed a few issues with her Clocking emote and Eagle Eye skin.

• Talents
  • Suppression removed
  • Eagle Eye now unlocked at Champion Mastery Level 8

• Cards
  • Octoppressor – NEW: Oppressor mines affect up to {1|1} more enemies
  • Open Season – NEW: Full charged weapon hits refund {1|1} ammo
  • Lie in Wait – NEW: After 2s of standing still, regenerate {1|1} ammo every 2 seconds

• Bug Fixes
  • Oppressor Mines properly have two charges again.

• Talents
  • Eagle Eye
    • Reduced Headshot damage increase 50% ➞ 25%
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the “Quick Scope” card was granting less of a benefit than intended

• Bug Fixes
  • Kinessa’s scope overlay now properly shows 6 bullets instead of 5.

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue with Calibrate where Sniper Mode shots were also reducing the cooldown of Transporter.

• Sniper Mode
  • Increased zoom

• Talent
  • Reposition
    • No longer reduces the Cooldown of Transporter by 2s.

• Open Season (Card)
  • Now reveals Stealth.
  • Now reveals to Self Only.
• Transporter
  • Added VFX trail to indicate travel path.
• Cards
  • Calibrate
    • Hitting an enemy with your Carbine lowers the cooldown of Transporter by {0.25|0.25}s ➞ {0.12|0.12}s.
  • Headstrong
    • You cannot be slowed below {60|10}% of your base movement speed.
    • NEW EFFECT: Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}.
  • Restore
    • Added 10 second Internal Cooldown.
  • Power Supply
    • After getting a Kill Reload {8|8}% faster for 5s.
    • NEW EFFECT: Kills grant {4|4} ammo.
  • True Grit
    • Hitting an enemy with a fully charged shot heals you for {75|75} ➞ {100|100}.

• Cards
  • Well Stocked
    • No longer generates ammo over time.
    • Activating Oppressor Mine generates {scale=3|3} ammo.

• Sniper Rifle
  • Decreased falloff in Carbine Mode.
  • Increased initial Accuracy of Carbine Mode.
  • Increased ammo from 20 to 24.
• Oppressor Mine
  • Removed Bonus Damage from hitting enemies affected by Oppressor Mines with Carbine.
  • No longer applies a slow to enemies.
  • Damage increased from 20 per second to 100 per second.
  • Increased velocity of Mine when thrown.
• Legendary Cards
  • Suppression
    • Changed to: “Oppressor Mines may now target 2 additional enemies. Deal {22|2}% more damage to affect targets when in Sniper Mode.”
    • Level 4 value: 30% damage.
• Cards
  • Well Stocked
    • Changed to: “Throwing an Oppressor Mine regenerates 1 ammo every 0.5s for {1|1}s.” Level 4 value: 4s.
  • Octoppressor
    • Changed to: “Enemies affected by Oppressor Mine receive {8|8}% less healing.”
    • Level 4 value: 32% healing reduction.
  • Amplitude
    • Decreased Oppressor Mine range increase from 15% per level to 10% per level.

• Legendary Cards
  • Reposition
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from {3.4|.2} to {1.7|.1}.

• Health increased from 2000 to 2100.
• Sniper Rifle
  • Unscoped damage increased from 150 to 180.
• Cards
  • Bob and Weave
    • [Transporter] Increase your movement speed by {13.5|13.5}% for 2s after deploying or teleporting through transporter.
    • Maximum rank Movement Speed reduced from 140% to 135%.
  • Quick Scope
    • [Sniper Mode] Reduce the time it takes to scope in and scope out by {10|10}%.
    • Scope in time per rank rescaled so that maximum rank is still 100%.
• Legendary Cards
  • Reposition
    • New.
    • [Transporter] Transporter is now instant and its cooldown is reduced by {2.55|.15}s.

• Sniper Rifle
  • Minimum accuracy increased from 85% to 90%.
  • Accuracy loss per shot decreased from 4% to 2%.

• Cards
  • Bob and Weave
    • Movement Speed reduced from 40/80/120/160% to 35/70/105/140%.

• General
  • Fixed a bug where the Blue transition lighting could get stuck on Cutthroat Accessory in game

• Transporter
  • This ability should be more responsive in a high ping environment.

• General
  • Improvements made to weapon fire feel.

• Legendary Cards
  • Steady Aim
    • Increased time interval between empowered shots from 5 to 7s.

• General
  • Fixed Kinessa poking her finger through her helmet when using her Default Emote with Nova Strike Helmet.
• Transporter
  • Fixed an issue where Kinessa could get stuck on Ice Mines when using Transporter.
• Cards
  • Headstrong
    • Increased slow limit from 40/50/60/70% to 50/60/70/80% of base movement speed.
• Legendary Cards
  • Steady Aim
    • Will no longer activate when hitting Deployables or Shields.

• Cards
  • Tracking
    • Renamed to Calibrate.

• Cards
  • Reconfigure
    • Fixed a condition where Reconfigure card was incorrectly granting ammo.

• Sniper Mode
  • No longer deals bonus damage for a fully charged shot.
  • Increased maximum damage from 1000 to 1200.
• Cards
  • Beam Me Up
    • Decreased Flight Speed Increase from 20/40/60/80% to 10/20/30/40%.
  • Reconfigure
    • Reworked.
    • Activating Transporter generates 4/8/12/16 ammo.
• Legendary Cards
  • Eagle Eye
    • [Weapon] Deal 50% increased damage with Headshots.
  • Steady Aim
    • [Sniper Mode] Hitting a fully charged shot will cause your next fully charged shot within 5s to deal 30% more damage.
  • Suppression
    • [Oppresor Mine] Multiple Oppressor Mines can now affect the same target and Oppressor Mines now slow for an additional 20%.

• Oppressor Mine
  • Now affected by Cooldown reduction, such as Chronos.

• Transporter
  • Reduced Cooldown from 12 to 10s.

• Sniper Mode
  • Updated description to reflect that kinessa gains 30% bonus damage for fully charged shots.
• Oppressor Mine
  • Description updated to reflect that the increased damage from Sniper Rifle's Carbine mode is Bonus Damage.

• General
  • Fixed issue where Kinessa's mine (and other projectiles) could be placed at the end of round 1 and persist to round 2.

• General
  • Addressed an issue where tracers would not appear when looking below a certain angle.
• Sniper Rifle
  • Reduced reload time from 2.2 to 2s.
• Cards
  • *NEW* Headstrong
    • [Armor] You cannot be slowed below 40/50/60/70%.

• Carbine
  • Reduced damage from 200 to 150.
  • Now Deals 30% increased damage to targets under the effect of Oppressor Mines.
• Transporter
  • Increased Cooldown from 10 to 12s.
  • Added a brief pause before the Transporter appears on screen to be thrown.
  • Kinessa can no longer use other abilities while holding Transporter before throwing it.
• Cards
  • *NEW* True Grit
    • [Sniper Mode] Hitting an enemy with a fully charged shot heals you for 75/150/225/300.
  • *NEW* Power Supply
    • [Weapon] After getting a Kill Reload 8/16/24/32% faster for 5s.
  • Lie in Wait
    • Now applies in combat.
    • Health per Second reduced from 100/200/300/400 to 50/100/150/200.

• Transporter
  • Updated targeter for transporter
• Cards
  • Generator
    • Fixed a bug where Rank 2 was not increasing the rate at which mines generated.
    • Changed rate at which mines generated from 25/50/75/100% to 1.25/2.5/3.75/5s.
  • Tracking
    • Reworked.
    • [Weapon] Hitting an enemy with your Carbine lowers the cooldown of Transporter by .25/.5/.75/1s.
  • Open Season
    • Reworked.
    • [Sniper Mode] Your Sniper attacks reveal enemies for 1/2/3/4s.

• Transporter
  • Cooldown reduced from 12s ➞ 10s.
  • Speed increased from 200 ➞ 300.

• General
  • Movement abilities will no longer remove Crowd Control effects.
• Sniper Mode
  • Damage decreased from 1200 ➞ 1000.
  • Bonus damage reduced from 30% when fully charged ➞ 20% when fully charged.

• General
  • Champion values were changed across the board.
• Transporter
  • No longer goes to third person.

• Oppressor Mine
  • No longer force her into combat when mines trigger on nearby enemies.

• General
  • Reduced movement speed from 365 ➞ 360.
• Sniper Mode
  • Adjusted maximum range of Sniper Mode to match draw distance.
• Transporter
  • Fixed Knockup interrupting Transporter.
• Cards
  • Critical Hits
    • Reworked.
    • Renamed to Beam Me Up.
    • [Transporter] Increases the flight speed of Transporter by {20/40/60/80}%.
  • Open Season
    • Now only affects Kinessa.
    • Duration reduced from {3/6/9/12}s ➞ {1/2/3/4}s.
  • Tracking
    • Duration reduced from {10/20/30/40}s ➞ {1/2/3/4}s.
    • Now refreshes when Oppressor Mine ticks.

• Bonus Damage
  • Hitting a target with a fully charged shot increases the damage of your next fully charged shot to any target by 10%. Has five stacks and lasts 5 seconds. Resets on a miss.
• General
  • Reduced Movement Speed from 400 ➞ 365.
• Carbine
  • Increased attack speed from .2 ➞ .15.
  • Reduced Damage from 70 ➞ 65.
  • Now has accuracy bloom from firing.
  • Now has dynamic damage fall off.
  • Updated reload animation.
  • Reduced size of ground decals when hitting a surface.
  • Reduced time that tracer shots linger after firing.
  • Updated muzzle fire visual effects.
  • Updated crosshair to circle.
• Oppressor Mine
  • Now deal 4 damage every 0.2s while channeling on a target per mine.
  • Slowing beams now correctly come from the top of the mine.
  • Updated visual presentation of the slowing beams to be easier to identify at a distance.
• Sniper Mode
  • Fixed an issue where kinessa could hit players outside of her sight range.
  • Removed motion from the Sniper Mode tracer shot to make it more distinguishable from a distance.
  • Sniper Mode tracer is now at its brightest instantly, and then fades to improve clarity.
• Transporter
  • Fixed an issue where the teleport visual effects would not stick with Kinessa before the teleport takes place.
  • Updated visual effects trail on the Transporter projectile to make it more noticeable during flight.
  • The end portal visual effects now start playing immediately upon the Transporter locating a teleport location.
• Headhunter
  • The audio trigger for Headhunter now travels further and is more noticeable.
  • Headhunter now causes Sniper Mode to charge 50% faster for its duration.
• Cards
  • Well Stocked
    • Increase your maximum deployed mine count by {1/2/3/4}.
  • Generator
    • Mines Generate {1.5/3/4.5/6}s faster.
  • Critical Hits
    • Hitting an enemy in the upper third of their body dazes them for {1.5/3/4.5/6}s. 5s Cooldown.

• General
  • Added improvements to reload sound.
• Oppressor Mine
  • Now plays a confirmation sound when a new enemy champion is hit by Oppressor Mines with a brief cooldown before the sound will trigger again.
• Sniper Mode
  • Fixed an issue where the timings would change when rapidly scoping in and out.
• Headhunter
  • Added improvements to sound when firing Headhunter shots in Sniper Mode.

Cards

• Well Stocked
  • Reduced maximum number of mines from {3/4/5/6} to {1/2/3/4}.

• Transporter
  • Increased cooldown from 10s ➞ 12s.
  • Updated ability description to correctly describe Transporters function

Cards

• Generator
  • Changed category from "Weapon" to "Sniper Mode" in order to reflect that this card only affects Sniper Mode.
• Octoppressor
  • Updated description.

• Sniper Rifle
  • Updates have been made to Kinessa's rifle fire being too loud in some cases.
• Transporter
  • Reduced the time it takes to charge your Transporter from 1.2s ➞ 0.6s.
  • Increased the range of Transporter from 50 units ➞ 80 units.
  • Fixed an issue with Transporting delay if mounting immediately afterwards.

Cards

• Critical Hits
  • Increased damage bonus from {5/10/15/20}% to {10/20/30/40}%.
  • No longer reduces Sniper Mode charge time.
• Generator
  • Reintroduced as a Specialty card.
  • [Weapon] Reduce the time it takes your Sniper Mode shots to fully charge by {1.5/3.0/4.5/0.6}s.

Cards

• Removed from the game:
  • Generator, Steady

• Oppressor Mine
  • Slow no longer stacks

Cards

• Removed from the game:
  • Size of the Fight
• Critical Hits
  • Now a Specialty card.
  • Successful shots made to the upper half of an enemy character will deal 5/10/15/20% increased damage. Reduces time to fully charge by .20s.
• Well Stocked
  • Now a Specialty card.
  • You may have up to 3/4/5/6 Oppressor Mines active at once and reduce Oppressor Mine's cooldown by 4s.

• Transporter
  • No longer persists in the world for a duration and instead immediately teleports Kinessa once it reaches it's max distance. Press and Hold "F" to increase the max deploy distance.

Cards

• Beam Me Up
  • Removed from game.
• Restore
  • Fixed a typo in the description for Restore IV.
• Steady
  • Reduced damage from {8/16/24/32}% ➞ {5/10/15/20}%.

• Sniper Rifle
  • Reduced damage from a fully charged shot from 880 ➞ 800
• Headhunter
  • Reduced bonus damage from 100% ➞ 50%.

Cards

• Generator
  • Reduced charge time from {0.15/0.30/0.45/0.60}s ➞ {0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4}s.

• Sniper Rifle
  • Increased audio volume on weapon firing when heard at a distance.
• Transporter
  • Transporter is now thrown instantly and does not require the player to hold down the ability to throw.
  • Reactivating Transporter will teleport you to it with a faster channel time.
  • Transporter now lasts for 30s.
  • Reduced Cooldown to 10s.
  • Fixed an issue where a traced outlined image of herself would persist.

Cards

• *NEW* Size of the Fight
  • [Weapon] Your attacks made in Sniper Mode deal {2/4/6/8}% more damage for every 200 health more your opponent has than you.
• Critical Hits
  • Reduced damage from {10/20/30/40}% ➞ {5/10/15/20}%.
• Steady
  • Reduced damage from {15/30/45/60}% ➞ {8/16/24/32}%.
• Generator
  • Reduced charge time reduction from 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8 ➞ 0.15/0.3/0.45/0.6.
• Restore
  • Reduced healing per rank from 20% ➞ 10%.
• Beam Me Up
  • Increased Teleport Speed bonus per rank from 15% ➞ 20%.
• Snag
  • Removed from the game.

• Scout Rifle
  • Increased damage from 77 ➞ 97.
• Sniper Rifle
  • Increased maximum damage from a full charge from 800 ➞ 880.
• Sniper Mode
  • Removed voice cue playing while aiming down sight.
• Headhunter
  • Fixed an issue where Headhunter would reveal stealthed targets.

Cards

• Beam Me Up
  • Reduced the cast time reduction per rank from 25% ➞ 15%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 15%.
• Bob and Weave
  • This card has been re-enabled.

Cards

• Removed from the game:
  • Bob and Weave.

• Sniper Rifle
  • Increased damage per shot from 70 ➞ 77.
• Oppressor Mine
  • Fixed an issue where these could be deployed on a Siege Engine or Payload Cart.
• Sniper Mode
  • Reduced the time to fully charge a sniper shot from 1.6s ➞ 1.4s.
• Transporter
  • Updated description to state that Kinessa must hold F to deploy a new Transporter.
  • Fixed an issue where visual effects would persist on Kinessa after she has used Transporter.
• Headhunter
  • Your weapon shots no longer consume ammo for the duration.

Cards

• Steady
  • Increased the damage bonus per rank from 10% ➞ 15%.
  • Rank 1 starts at 15%.
• Generator
  • Increased the charge reduction per rank from 0.1 ➞ 0.15.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 0.15s.
• Beam Me Up
  • Updated description to correctly reference Transporter.
  • Fixed an issue where this card would stop working during a match.
  • Channel time reduction increased to 25% per rank.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 25% channel time reduction.
• Amplitude
  • Increased range bonus per rank from 20% ➞ 30%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 30%.
• Lie in Wait
  • Fixed an issue where Kinessa would get into a state where she had Health regen that was too high.
  • Increased the heal bonus per rank from 50 ➞ 100.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 100.
• Octoppressor
  • This card now works properly.
• Open Season
  • Increased reveal duration per rank from 3s ➞ 4s.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 4s.
• Prodigy
  • Increased movement speed bonus per rank from 20% ➞ 25%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 25%.
• Reconfigure
  • Increased DOT reduction per rank from 20% ➞ 25%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 25%.
• Restore
  • Increased the heal percent per rank from 10% ➞ 20%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 20%.
• Bob and Weave
  • Increased move speed bonus per rank from 25% ➞ 40%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 40%.

• Kinessa was added to the game.