Winter Soldier

Reduce Roterstern Spell Field Damage on hit from 65 to 55.

This hero was meaningfully weakened and may feel worse after the patch.

Less splash, more mash. Bucky's range damage gets trimmed.

This hero received meaningful improvements and should feel noticeably stronger.

Reduce base damage from 80 to 70.

This hero was meaningfully weakened and may feel worse after the patch.

Increase Kraken Impact Culling Threshold from 15% to 20%.

This hero received a small improvement, but the overall impact is limited.

Reduce Tainted Voltage single charge energize time from 6s to 5s.

This hero received a small nerf, but should remain mostly playable.

Decrease Spell Field Damage from 55 to 45.

This hero was meaningfully weakened and may feel worse after the patch.

Increase Roterstern Projectile Damage from 75 to 80

This hero received meaningful improvements and should feel noticeably stronger.

Increase Bionic Hook cooldown from 12s to 15s.

This hero received a small nerf, but should remain mostly playable.

Reduce Cooldown from 12s to 10s.

This hero received a small improvement, but the overall impact is limited.

Bucky had a bit too much CC, which caused some serious frustration for enemies, especially when facing dive Vanguards, Duelists, or anchor Vanguards. He felt more like a "bodyguard" than a lethal operative. We're reducing his CC capabilities and slightly buffing his frontal damage output to enrich h

This hero was not meaningfully changed in this patch.