Patch Note

Sword and shield at the front, holding the attention of every enemy.

• +160 HP · 3x threat
• +Block: 70% less damage from the front
• -Any place in line but the first

• RMB

  BlockRaise the shield and face the blow.

• Q

  Shield BashA short lunge that stuns its target and cancels its wind-up.

• E

  TauntA pulse that turns every nearby enemy toward the Vanguard.

An aimed healer who keeps the squad standing through raid-wide blows.

• +110 HP · heals by aim, not by target
• +Mending Ray: 8 HP every 0.25 s
• -The luxury of being ignored

• RMB

  Mending RayA channeled beam on the ally under the crosshair.

• Q

  SanctuaryA placed circle that heals every ally inside over five seconds.

• E

  BarrierA shield on an ally (or yourself) that absorbs 40 damage.

Ranged damage over the shoulder: crossbow bolts and grenades from a safe distance.

• +100 HP · over-the-shoulder aim
• +Piercing Shot: up to 45 damage
• -A safe distance, eventually

• RMB

  Piercing ShotCharge up to a second, then fire through every target in line.

• Q

  Backstep ShotDash backwards out of danger, firing.

• E

  GrenadeA lobbed explosive that blasts everything around its impact.

Melee damage with a two-handed axe: bleeding cuts and a blow that finishes the wounded.

• +135 HP · bleeds stack three times
• +Hotfix: double damage under 35%
• -Patience

• RMB

  RendA cut that keeps bleeding for four seconds.

• Q

  ChargeRush forward through everything in the way.

• E

  HotfixA heavy blow that hits twice as hard on a wounded target.

The Scribes' own editors, turned: they slow, drag and shield the squad from afar.

• +115 HP · over-the-shoulder aim
• +Changelog Ward: 25 shield on every ally near
• -Lines nobody asked to keep

• RMB

  Redaction FieldA placed field that slows and wears down every enemy inside.

• Q

  RevertDrag nearby enemies back toward you.

• E

  Changelog WardShield yourself and every ally within ten meters.

They read every line twice: flag the enemy, call the fault out loud and fix the squad on the fly.

• +120 HP · over-the-shoulder aim
• +Marks stack three times, Lint Pass cashes them in
• -Unflagged mistakes

• RMB

  Lint PassConsume the marks on a target for burst damage and shield nearby allies per mark.

• Q

  WarningMarked enemies near the shot take 25% more damage from everyone.

• E

  AutofixHeal the ally under the crosshair and clear its chill and root.

Compiles the Archive into fire: bolts that burn, a linker beam, a burning field and a stack overflow that cashes the burn in.

• +100 HP · over-the-shoulder aim
• +Every bolt adds a Burn stack, up to five
• -Builds that finish cold

• RMB

  Linker BeamChannel a beam that burns the enemy under the crosshair every quarter second.

• Q

  Build FirePlace a burning field that wears down every enemy inside for five seconds.

• E

  Stack OverflowCash in every Burn stack you put on the target for a single heavy hit.

Deploys the Archive's defenses: a ping that marks the way, sentry nodes that hold the line, a load balancer that shares their fire and a failover that blows them up.

• +Sentry nodes fight while you reposition
• +Failover: every node detonates at once
• -A single point of failure

• RMB

  Deploy NodePlace a sentry node that fires at the nearest enemy until it falls.

• Q

  Load BalancerShare the load: your nodes focus one target and fire faster.

• E

  FailoverDetonate every node you own in a blast around it.

Keeps the party connected: data binds that feed allies, dropped connections that cut enemies off, sync streams that heal in rhythm and a traceroute that finds the weak link.

• +Data Bind: your damage also feeds the bound ally
• +Sync Stream: heals every ally on the line
• -Dropped packets

• RMB

  Drop ConnectionCut an enemy's connection: it slows and loses its target for a moment.

• Q

  Sync StreamStream a heal along the line to every ally it touches.

• E

  TracerouteTrace the path to the weakest enemy and mark it for the party.