Theoretical Balance Patch

Rewards Robots Canteens Upgrades

Rewards
Botkiller Weapons Kills: 0 (Robots Destroyed: 0) Silver attachment applied	Changes All Botkiller weapon reward drops have a 'Strange Part: Robots Destroyed' attached Botkiller weapons now have alternative styles to change the botkiller attachment type	Reason This may encourage MvM players to use these weapons more as they have in-built robot kill tracking.
Botkiller Dismantler Use on Botkiller weapon to consume the weapon and redeem its Botkiller attachment, which can be applied to another Botkiller weapon to unlock an alternative style. This is a limited use item. Uses: 1	Changes Botkiller dismantlers are the only way of applying new alternative styles to Botkiller weapons Botkiller weapons lists every attachment type assigned within the stats	Reason This is mainly to reduce inventory bloat and to provide somewhat of a sink for botkiller rewards. Regular MvM players can work towards earning 'Trophy' botkillers that have every botkiller type attached.
Squad Surplus Voucher Present this voucher in Mann vs. Machine when starting Mann Up Mode. Each team member that activates one will add an additional reward for all members upon completing the mission.	Changes Guarantees one of the following rewards upon completing any mission: 40% chance to receive 1 random weapon drop 30% chance to receive 2 random robot parts 20% chance to receive 1 random rare robot part 10% chance to receive 1 random robot cosmetic item	Reason Many find the cost of $1.99 to be a bit steep for 6 weapons and a rare chance at a robot cosmetic. The pool of rewards has been expanded on and chances of getting alternative rewards are more probable.
Operation Oil Spill Difficulty: Intermediate Doe's Doom (Decoy) Day of Wreckening (Decoy) Cave-in (Coal Town) Quarry (Coal Town) Mean Machines (Mannworks) Mannhunt (Mannworks)	Rewards Upon completing a mission: 1 weapon item drop (gauranteed) 5-7 robot parts (gauranteed) Upon completing a tour: 2 rare robot parts (gauranteed) 1 Rust Botkiller MK.I weapon (gauranteed) or 1 Blood Botkiller MK.I weapon (rare) 1 Australium weapon (extremely rare)	Reason As the easiest mission to complete, while also having the most missions (6) to complete its tour. It seems appropriate to offer a grinding purpose to play through it. Each mission complete offers a significant amount of robot parts to nearly ensure youll get what you need to complete your fabricators. The small chance for an Australium weapon was put in so players do not feel like they are sacrificing the chance.
Operation Steel Trap Difficulty: Advanced Disk Deletion (Decoy) Data Demolition (Decoy) Ctrl+Alt+Destruction (Coal Town) CPU Slaughter (Coal Town) Machine Massacre (Mannworks) Mech Mutilation (Mannworks)	Rewards Upon completing a mission: 1 weapon item drop (gauranteed) 1-2 robot parts (gauranteed) 1 Strange Part (rare) Upon completing a tour: 1 Silver Botkiller MK.II weapon (gauranteed) or 1 Gold Botkiller MK.II weapon (rare) 1 Strangifier Fabricator (rare) 1 Australium weapon (extremely rare)	Reason Offering additional alternative rewards allows for variation in tour selection. This tour adds the reward of Strangifier Fabricators, which will require robot parts to complete, as well as Strange Parts. The pool of items that can be Strangified has been expanded, giving an incentive to seek out ones you cannot normally obtain elsewhere. Requiring 6 missions to complete and no gaurantees of getting either exclusive reward, this will only be for those willing to put some money into it.
Operation Mecha Engine Difficulty: Advanced Disintegration (Decoy) Broken Parts (Bigrock) Bone Shaker (Bigrock)	Rewards Upon completing a mission: 1 weapon item drop (gauranteed) 1-2 robot parts (gauranteed) Upon completing a tour: 1 Rust Botkiller MK.I weapon (gauranteed) or 1 Blood Botkiller MK.I weapon (rare) 1 Botkiller Dismantler (garunteed) 1 Australium weapon (extremely rare)	Reason Offering additional alternative rewards allows for variation in tour selection. This tour adds a new reward that will help build up botkiller weapons, known as Botkiller Dismantlers. With one gauranteed every 3 missions, this should be easy enough to grind out for some botkillers.
Operation Two Cities Difficulty: Advanced Empire Escalation (Mannhattan) Metro Malice (Mannhattan) Hamlet Hostility (Rottenburg) Bavarian Botbash (Rottenburg)	Rewards Upon completing a mission: 1 weapon item drop (gauranteed) 2-4 robot parts (gauranteed) 1 rare robot parts (rare) 1 Specialized Killstreak Fabricator (rare) Upon completing a tour: 1 Killstreak Kit (gauranteed) 1 Specialized Killstreak Fabricator (gauranteed) 1 Professional Killstreak Fabricator (rare) 1 Australium weapon (extremely rare)	Reason Previously the only tour worth doing for its amount of gauranteed rewards, Operation Two Cities has had its robot part reward count dropped. Instead, Operation Oil Spill (the easiest and longest mission) has been given the title of robot part grinding. Operation Two Cities will keep its Killstreak rewards as is for those who wish to grind for them.
Operation Gear Grinder Difficulty: Expert Desperation (Decoy) Cataclysm (Coal Town) Mannslaughter (Mann Works)	Rewards Upon completing a mission: 1 weapon item drop (gauranteed) 1-2 robot parts (gauranteed) Upon completing a tour: 1 Carbonado Botkiller MK.I weapon (gauranteed) or 1 Diamond Botkiller MK.I weapon (rare) 1 Collector's Kit Fabricator (very rare) 1 Australium weapon (extremely rare)	Reason Offering additional alternative rewards allows for variation in tour selection. This tour has a very rare chance of rewarding a Collector's Kit Fabricator, which will require robot parts to complete. What used to be obtainable can now be grinded out through a 3 mission tour, though with no gaurantees. Gamble with caution.

Robots
Bleed vs Robots	Changes Bleed duration no longer has a maximum of 10s Bleed damage inflicted by projectiles will fully stack with each application Arrows from and apply bleed to robots	Reason TODO
Tanks	Changes Tanks are now considered buildings Tanks always take base damage and are still susceptible to critical damage modifiers Heavy deals 40% less minigun damage to tanks	Reason TODO

Power Up Canteens
Power Up Canteen Currently holds 0 charges Holds a maximum of 3 charges Each charge lasts 5 seconds Applies a bonus effect for a limited amount of time when used. Must first be filled at an Upgrade Station and can only be filled with one bonus type at a time.	Changes Canteens cannot be activated until wave start Currently holds charges tooltip changed to be yellow and moved to top of the stats list Canteens can be refunded for full price Sentry Guns only benefit from canteens when the Canteen Specialist upgrade is purchased	Reason This will prevent players from accidentally activating their canteens before the wave begins. One side effect is that Demoman must make crit sticky traps as the wave starts. The text change was to make the current charges more visible for spectating players.
Crits Canteen Grants a crit boost for 5s Triples sentry gun firing rate for 5s	Changes Increased cost from $100 to $125	Reason Making this canteen more expensive will make it dip into the player's upgrade credits pool a little more while maintaining its strong power.
Übercharge Canteen Grants invulnerability for 5s Grants a healing effect for 5s Grants a shield to sentry guns that block 75% of all incoming damage for 5s	Changes Effect now heals the user at a rate of 24hp/s Reduced Sentry Gun shield resistance from 90% to 75%	Reason TODO
Ammo Refill Canteen Instantly refill all weapon clips and ammo Instantly recharge all damage meters All buildings upgrade by 1 level	Changes Ammo refill applies to all energy-based weapons Effect now instantly recharges all meters Affects meters dependent on time or damage, including meters that are in active use Does not affect Übercharge meters All level 1 buildings upgrade to level 2 and all level 2 buildings upgrade to level 3 on use Increased cost from $25 to $75	Reason TODO
Recall Canteen Instantly revive user and grant a 5s speed boost -100% building construction costs for 5s Can only be activated while dead	Changes Canteen can be used while dead to revive at spawn No longer teleports user to spawn while alive Canteen can only be purchased 3 times per mission Increased cost from $10 to $25	Reason The Recall Canteen only really shines for returning to spawn for upgrades or preventing the bomb from being deployed if a Super Scout gets by. A rework was implemented to replace the existing buyback mechanic. Now offering a cheap option for newer players to work with while also limiting the amount of buybacks that can be used per mission.
Upgrade Buildings Canteen Instantly upgrade all buildings to max level	Changes Removed	Reason This canteen has been removed and its effect has been integrated into the Ammo Refill canteen through the Canteen Specialist upgrade.

Upgrade Station
Upgrades	Changes Removed most upgrade point limitations Weapon upgrades of the same attribute as an existing downside consolidate into a single stat Example: Winger with one +50% clip size upgrade Updates the weapon stat card from listing -60% smaller clip size AND +50% larger clip size to -40% smaller clip size	Reason These upgrade limitations have been alleviated to encourage more experimenting. Upgrades that increase in value, such as damage or health on kill are no longer limited by points. However, upgrades that reduce action time, such as firing speed or reload speed, will have a capped value. The only exception to this is the ÜberCharge rate upgrade, which would certainly result in significant balancing issues if not limited.
Refund Credit Pool Each player has an upgrade refund credit pool, which allows them to refund any singular upgrade point if the cost is not larger than the refund pool Refund pools carry over into every wave	Changes Replaced the 'Refund Upgrades' button with a refund credit pool system for the upgrade station HUD After wave completion, 25% of credits collected and all bonus credits earned are added to the refund pool Refunding any upgrade reduces the pool by its cost	Reason This allows some upgrade flexibility while keeping the challenge of the waves/missions. For instance, some upgrades such as fire resistance, can be refunded if the future waves do not require it.
Buybacks	Changes Removed ability to buyback with credits Buybacks now require purchased Recall canteens which can be used while dead to instantly revive youself Recall canteens can only be used 3 times per mission	Reason Buybacks are mostly inconsequential, as the credits they consume fluctuate based on time saved. However, being unlimited and always available leaves no real punishment for bad play. Reworking buybacks into limited canteens will punish players for dying if they do not buy them and offers a benefit to buying them while preemptively dipping into their credits.

Scout
Class Upgrades & Innates Extra-large cash collection radius Health and overheal boosts from collected cash	Changes No longer has a reduced respawn timer Reduced cash collection radius from 203hu to 192hu Reduced max overheal gained from cash from +500% (750hp) to +200% (375hp) With the max health upgrade, this increases to 420/465/510/555/600 +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes +20% reload speed [$250] [●] +10% firing speed [$200] [●]
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Removed the -35% speed on Target upgrade from +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] On Kill: +50% primary clip reloaded [$350] [●] Earning a kill with this upgrade passively reloads ammo for your primary weapon -20% recharge time [$250] [●●●] Renamed the +15% Recharge Rate upgrade Does not reduce the 750 damage requirement to fill for Increased cooldown reduction per point from -15% to -20% +100% max misc ammo [$125] [●●●●]
Melee Upgrades	Changes Ball Stuns Target [$350] [●] Ball stuns robots based on distance (2-7s) Giant robots are instead slowed by 35% Giant robots are unable to move for 7s if hit by a moonshot (unchanged) Note: The innate ability to 'stun' giant robots with moonshots was removed ↪︎ Replaces Ball Marks Target -20% recharge time [$250] [●●●] Renamed the +15% Recharge Rate upgrade Increased cooldown reduction per point from -15% to -20% +10% firing speed [$200] [●●●●] Ball launch rate is also affected by this upgrade +100% max misc ammo [$125] [●●●●] +2 bleed damage [$100] [●●●] Increases bleed damage to 6/8/10

Soldier
Class Upgrades & Innates	Changes +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes Removed the +25% damage and Rocket Specialist upgrades from Changed the +50% clip size upgrade to a +2 clip size for Fixed the Explosive Specialist upgrade to correctly provide increased rocket speed for Explosive Specialist [$500] [●●●●●] +20% bonus damage per point On direct hit: Damage is unaffected by fall-off and briefly stuns the target On direct hit: +15% blast radius per point +15% projectile speed per point ↪︎ Replaces +25% damage and Rocket Specialist
Secondary Upgrades	Changes On Kill: +2 primary clip reloaded [$350] [●] Soldier and Demoman get +2 to match their clip size upgrades Earning a kill with this upgrade passively reloads ammo for your primary weapon Global Buff Radius [$350] [●] Buff effects are provided to the entire team, regardless of distance +2s Buff Duration [$200] [●●●] Changed duration increase from 12.5s/15s to 12s/14s/16s Increases parachute duration to 7/9/11s for -30% push force taken [$100] [●●●] [●]
Melee Upgrades	Changes +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] Access to this upgrade no longer requires an equipped shield

Pyro
Class Upgrades & Innates -75% less airblast knockback vs Giant Robots	Changes Arson Specialist [$350] [●●] This upgrade combines +50% burn damage and +50% burn time for all weapons +50% afterburn time on wearer per point Increases afterburn damage from 4 to 6/8 Increases inferno damage from 5 to 8/10 +50% afterburn maximum duration (+5s per point, up to 20s) Afterburn duration applications will fully stack +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes Removed the +25% Burn Damage and +25% Burn Time upgrades from all weapons -15% repressurization time [$200] [●●●●] [●] ↪︎ Replaces +25% Airblast Force
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Removed the +25% Burn Damage and +25% Burn Time upgrades from all weapons Removed the +10% firing speed upgrade from +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] +20% reload speed [$250] [●●●] The Manmelter now has a reload animation Stun on Eruption [$250] [●] Robots covered in gas will be stunned for 4s upon taking damage ↪︎ Replaces Explode on Ignite -20% recharge time [$250] [●●●] Renamed the +15% Recharge Rate upgrade No longer reduces the 750 damage requirement to fill for Increased cooldown reduction per point from -15% to -20%
Melee Upgrades	Changes Weapons that malform sappers will instead destroy them Destroys them in one hit, regardless of damage dealt +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] Hammer-type weapons benefit from a damage upgrade, similarly to swords +25 health on kill [$100] [●●●●] +2 bleed damage [$100] [●●●] Increases bleed damage to 6/8/10

Demoman
Class Upgrades & Innates	Changes +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes Explosive Specialist [$500] [●●●●] +20% bonus damage per point On direct hit: Damage is unaffected by fall-off and briefly stuns the target On direct hit: +15% blast radius per point +15% projectile speed per point ↪︎ Replaces +20% damage and +25% projectile speed +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] Bonus damage increased from 20% to 25% -30% push force taken [$100] [●●●]
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Removed the +20% damage upgrade from Relocated the -30% push force taken upgrade to Primary Upgrades (boot items only) +2 clip size [$400] [●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +50% clip size +2 max stickybombs out [$400] [●●●] [●] Critical damage on full charge [$350] [●] Charging up the launcher to max will crit boost stickybombs fired On Kill: +2 primary clip reloaded [$350] [●] Soldier and Demoman get +2 to match their clip size upgrades Earning a kill with this upgrade passively reloads ammo for your primary weapon +5s Crits On Shield Bash [$350] [●] ↪︎ Removes +2s Crits On Kill from all melees +50% ammo capacity [$250] [●●●] -20% recharge time [$250] [●●●] Renamed the +15% Recharge Rate upgrade Increased cooldown reduction per point from -15% to -20% Changed charge recharge times from 6/4/3/2.5s to 9.6/7.2/4.8s ↪︎ Replaces +100% Charge Recharge
Melee Upgrades	Changes Removed the +2s Crits On Kill upgrade from all melee weapons +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] Access to this upgrade no longer requires an equipped shield

Heavy
Class Upgrades & Innates Triple Hit Combo does not require alternating attacks -60% primary damage penalty vs Tanks -60% primary damage penalty vs Giant Robots	Changes +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes Reduced Minigun damage penalty vs Tanks from -75% to -60% Reduced Minigun damage vs Giant Robots by -60% Metal Shredder [$500] [●●●] Grants a RAGE meter that can be activated with the Reload Key when full Building RAGE to full requires 18/15/12 robot kills (Giants count as 3 kills) RAGE effect has a duration of 5s RAGE provides bullet penetration RAGE fires +0/1/2 additional bullets per shot (0/25/50% damage increase) RAGE resets minigun accuracy and does not ramp-up for the duration Note: Does not reset damage ramp-up ↪︎ Replaces Projectile Penetration and Knockback Rage +15% firing speed [$400] [●●●] Increased firing speed per point from 10% to 15% Note: This fixes some purchase points not accurately increasing firing speed Attack interval per point: 0.090s/0.075s/0.060s (0.105s at base ) Attack interval per point: 0.120s/0.105s/0.090s (0.135s at base ) Armor Penetration [$350] [●●●●] Reduces the damage penalty vs Giant Robots by 25% per point (15% damage) Minigun damage per point: -45%/-30%/-15%/0% Does not affect damage against tanks Destroy Projectiles [$350] [●●] Hits required for projectile deletion changed from 2/1 to 1 at all levels Cooldown for projectile deletion changed from 0.3/0.1s to 0.3/0.15s The fire ring from the can also destroy projectiles
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Lunch Specialist [$350] [●] Lunchbox healing and effects are twice as strong and can overheal up to 150% Heals up to 600 health Heals up to 300 health and effect duration lasts 32s Effect duration lasts 60s (no healing benefits) Heals up to 240 health -20% recharge time [$250] [●●●] Renamed the +15% Recharge Rate upgrade Increased cooldown reduction per point from -15% to -20% +100% max misc ammo [$125] [●]
Melee Upgrades	Changes +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] Fist-type weapons benefit from a damage upgrade, similarly to swords +25 health on kill [$100] [●●●●]

Engineer
Class Upgrades & Innates Redeployed buildings construct rapidly No move speed reduction while hauling buildings	Changes Level 2 and 3 buildings have their final upgrade animation play before being active Redeployment takes 1.6s to occur instead of instantly Level 1 buildings unaffected and are redeployed instantly +50% max metal capacity [$200] [●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +5 metal regen +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes Projectile Penetration [$200] [●] +50% ammo capacity [$125] [●●●] Max revenge crits increases with ammo capacity, up to 60 for the +25% projectile speed [$100] [●●●●]
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Removed the Projectile Penetration upgrade from +10% firing speed [$100] [●●●●] Firing speed will also apply to the Alt-fire ability 0.675s/0.60s/0.525s/0.45s (0.75s at base)
Melee Upgrades	Changes +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] Fist-type weapons benefit from a damage upgrade, similarly to swords +1 disposable sentry gun [$350] [●] [●●] Disposable Sentry Guns can now be repaired and resupplied Disposable Sentry Guns now have the same stats as the Combat Mini-sentry +25 health on kill [$100] [●●●●] +2 bleed damage [$100] [●●●] Increases bleed damage to 6/8/10
Building Upgrades	Changes Hauling Sentry Guns into spawn no longer causes the Sentry Gun to self-destruct Relocated the +50% Max Metal Capacity upgrade to Class Upgrades Relocated the +1 Disposable Sentry Gun upgrade to Melee Upgrades +15% sentry firing speed [$400] [●●●] Increased firing speed per point from 10% to 15% Note: This fixes some purchase points not accurately increasing firing speed Attack interval per point: 0.120s/0.090s/0.075s (0.135s at base ) Firing rate bonus caps at 0.060s for the 2-way teleporters [$350] [●] Teammates using the teleporter are provided with a 3s speed boost Canteen Specialist [$350] [●●] Engineer now requires this upgrade to share canteen bonuses with his Sentry Gun Canteen costs now update in real time, but lock the ability to refund this upgrade Refunding this upgrade only becomes available when the canteen is empty Canteen cost reduction changed from 10/20/30 to 25/50 Each point increases maximum canteens held by +1 (up to 5 canteens) Removed the canteen duration bonus

Medic
Class Upgrades & Innates Allies drop reanimators on death Reanimators can be healed to revive allies	Changes +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes Removed the +2 clip size and +10% firing speed upgrades from +50% clip size [$200] [●●●●] +50% ammo capacity [$125] [●●●] +20% reload speed [$125] [●●●] +10% firing speed [$100] [●●●●] +2 bleed damage [$100] [●●●] Increases bleed damage to 6/8/10 +25 health on kill [$100] [●●●●]
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Canteen Specialist [$350] [●●] Patients now see which and how many canteens you are holding via the Healer HUD Canteen costs now update in real time, but lock the ability to refund this upgrade Refunding this upgrade only becomes available when the canteen is empty Removed the canteen duration bonus Each point increases maximum canteens held by +1 (up to 5 canteens) Canteen cost reduction changed from 10/20/30 to 25/50 Projectile Shield [$350] [●●] Shield no longer builds from healing 400 health Shield now builds while your beam is attached to a patient (30s to build) Shield build rate doubles when healing patients below maximum overheal Note: Includes healing reanimators to revive patients Changed shield duration per point from 12s at all levels to 8/12s Changed shield damage from 1/2 to 1 at all levels Changed shield slow from 30/50% to 35% at all levels Reduced maximum damage counted per instance to charge from 250 to 100 +2s Über duration [$300] [●●●] +25% Übercharge rate [$250] [●●●●] [●●●] [●] +50% max overheal [$250] [●●●●] Note: Upgrade is reworded and overheal values per point remains unchanged Fixed overheal duration scaling from 34/60/94/135s to the intended 22.5/30/37.5/45s No longer increases the health threshold for the ÜberCharge build rate penalty (>142.5% health) +25% heal rate [$250] [●●●●] No longer provides +25% faster revive rate No longer increases self-regen rate Quick-Fix still has increased self healing during its Übercharge
Melee Upgrades	Changes +2 bleed damage [$100] [●●●] Increases bleed damage to 6/8/10

Sniper
Class Upgrades & Innates Primary weapon kills auto-collect cash	Changes +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes Removed the Projectile Penetration upgrade from Silent Killer: Non-giant robots take twice as long to aggro from attacks Hitman Specialist [$500] [●●●●●] +20% bonus damage per point No unscoping required until reload (with no charge delay between shots) Headshots cause the shot to ricochet to 1/2/3/4/5 additional robot(s) Ricochets will deal the base damage of the shot plus mini-crit damage Headshots slow the target by 35% for 3s Ricochet damage applies Jarate to robots for 3s with the ↪︎ Replaces +25% damage and Explosive Headshot +50% clip size [$400] [●●●●] +20% reload speed [$250] [●●●] Only applies to clip reloading for rifles and not firing speed No longer provides faster charge for the +10% firing speed [$200] [●●●●] Attack interval bonus per point reduced from 20% (60% total) to 10% (40% total) +25% faster charge [$250] [●●●●] +2 bleed damage [$100] [●●●] Increases bleed damage to 6/8/10
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Removed the -35% speed on Target upgrade from On Kill: +50% primary clip reloaded [$350] [●] Earning a kill with this upgrade passively reloads ammo for your primary weapon -20% recharge time [$250] [●●●] Renamed the +15% Recharge Rate upgrade Does not reduce the 5 headshot requirement to fill for Increased cooldown reduction per point from -15% to -20% +5% ammo regen [$100] [●●●●] +5% ammo every 5s per point (min of 1) Razorback only provides ammo while active
Melee Upgrades	Changes +2 bleed damage [$100] [●●●] Increases bleed damage to 6/8/10

Spy
Class Upgrades & Innates No move speed reduction while disguised Melee weapon kills auto-collect cash Large cash collection radius while cloaked Backstabs vs Giant Robots deal 195 damage	Changes Spy always walks at base movement speed while disguised Increased cash collection radius to 128hu while cloaked Stealth Specialist [$350] [●] +20% damage resistance while cloaked (40% total) Activation damage resistance goes up to 80% for the -25% debuff duration while cloaked per point (-75% total) No flickering while cloaked (loses robot aggro) +15 max health [$150] [●●●●●] ↪︎ Replaces +2 health regen
Primary Upgrades	Changes +25% damage [$400] [●●●●] Hitman Specialist [$250] [●●●●●] +20% bonus damage per point Headshots cause the shot to ricochet to 1/2/3/4/5 additional robot(s) Ricochets will deal the base damage of the shot plus mini-crit damage Headshots slow the target by 35% for 3s +10% firing speed [$100] [●●●●] Now improves accuracy recovery for all revolvers Now reduces headshot cooldown for the
Secondary Upgrades	Changes Reworked how Sappers function against robots Nearby robots will detect spies that place sappers on other robots Sappers are no longer consumed on use and are always available Sappers duration reduced from 4s to 1.5s Sapper base slow vs giant robots reduced from 85% to 35% Reworked how Sapper Radar functions against robots Robots cannot detect spies that use Radar Robots outlined by Radar will be sapped after a 1.5s delay Reduced radius of Radar from 512hu to 256hu Sapper Power [$350] [●●●] Duration bonus changed from +0/1.5/3s to +1.5s per point Note: Total duration from 4.0/5.5/7.0s to 3.0/4.5/6.0s No longer increases in radius per point Sapper Power applies Mark For Death to affected robots +15% increased slow strength vs giants per point (50%/65%/80%) -20% recharge time [$250] [●●●] Renamed the +15% Recharge Rate upgrade Reduces Radar recharge time from 30s to 24/18/12s Increased cooldown reduction per point from -15% to -20%
Melee Upgrades	Changes Cash dropped by robots killed with a melee weapon is auto-collected Increased backstab damage vs Giant robots from 188 to 195 Weapons with Silent Killer attributes will reduce robot aggro Non-giant robots do not aggro from backstab kills All robots take twice as long to aggro from backstabs that do not kill Robots can still aggro (and are not fooled) by attacking while within FOV Disguise time on backstab kills changed from 2s to instantaneous Assassin Specialist [$500] [●●●●] Increases melee range by 25% Backstab kills instantly reload your primary weapon and grant 3/4/5/6s of critical hits Pierces backstab resistance against giants by +25% per point (unchanged) ↪︎ Replaces +2s crits on kill Armor Penetration [$350] [●●●●] Backstab damage per point from 375/562.5/750/937.5 to 390/585/780/975