Patch 1.10.6 - Patch Notes

✦AI summary1d

Patch 1.10.6 focuses on reworking Hive Scum talents, specifically improving the Stimm Lab branch and polishing various ability interactions and bug fixes.

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▲Buffs11

Hive Scum
- Stimm Lab:Swapped Toughness Regeneration for Toughness Replenishment, making the buff active during combat rather than only while in coherency outside of combat.Toughness Regeneration→Toughness Replenishment
- Barrage I-IV:Now grants 6.25% Toughness per rank.→6.25% %
- Barrage I-IV:Now grants 5% Toughness Replenishment per rank.→5% %
- Barrage I-IV:Now grants 4% Damage Reduction per rank.→4% %
- Tank:Increased Toughness Replenishment bonus from 20% to 30%.20%→30% %
- Cheap Shots:Now grants +15% Strength against medium and heavy staggered enemies.→15% %
- Cheap Shots:Now grants +10% Strength against light staggered enemies.→10% %
- Rampage!:The player is no longer left 'exhausted' after the ability ends.Exhausted→Removed
- Channelled Aggression:No longer requires Rampage duration to be above a certain threshold to be active.Required threshold→Always active
- Unload:Now refreshes itself if triggered while active and can be triggered by activating Desperado.→Added
- Speedloader / Vulture's Mark:Fixed issue where Needle Pistol Toxin damage did not trigger these talents.Broken→Fixed

▼Nerfs1

Hive ScumChem Grenade:Duration reduced to align with similar Blitz abilities.20s→15s s

✚Bug fixes1

Ogryn Twin-Linked Heavy StubbersFixed looping shooting sound that restarted on every bullet shot.Restarting per bullet→Fixed

◆Other changes9

Hive Scum
- Regain:Changed from a one-time 25% burst to a steady 5% per second for the duration of the Cartel Special.25% (instant)→5% per 1s %
- Nimble:Changed dodge window bonus from a multiplicative 25% to a flat 0.15s bonus, affecting ranged fire dodges but reducing effectiveness against melee.25%→0.15s s
- Pocket Toxin:Now infects enemies with 3 stacks of Chem Toxin when using Blinder/Blackout Blitz.→3
- Pocket Toxin:Now infects enemies with 6 stacks of Chem Toxin when using Boom Bringer Blitz.→6
- Pocket Toxin:Now infects enemies with 10 stacks of Chem Toxin on the initial blast of the Chem Grenade.→10
- Chem Grenade:Explosion radius now matches visuals, allowing it to properly benefit from Pocket Toxin.→Visual Match
- Ranged/Melee Attack Immunity:Rewritten to clarify that these talents trigger dodge interactions.Immunity→Counts as Dodging
- Dodge Extended:Renamed to Dodge Speed to better reflect the primary benefit of the talent.Dodge Extended→Dodge Speed
Pyre BladeFixed VFX to span the full length of the blade.Short→Full Length

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Hive Scum20 Ogryn Twin-Linked Heavy Stubbers1 Pyre Blade1

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