Rangers
• To use Fleet of Foot, the squad must have the Pathfinder upgrade
• Decreased the Health of rangers
• Pathfinder is now a Tier 1 upgrade
• Added Kinetic Pulse: a Ranger ability that fires a high-impact, low-damage blast of kinetic energy that can knock a single unit down
• Removed the Rangers’ Suppressive Volley ability
• Changed the cost to spawn a squad of Rangers from 360 requisition 25 power to 300 requisition 30 power
• Added setup/teardown time to the Long Rifle of 1.5 seconds
• Reduced the cooldown time on the Long Rifle from 7 seconds to 3.5 seconds
• Increased Ranger Long Rifle damage from 160 to 180

• Reduced the cost of Swift Movement from 120 Psychic Might down to 50
• Reduced the cost of the Crackshot ability from 150 Psychic Might down to 50
• Reduced the cost of the Distort Field ability from 175 Psychic Might to 75
• Increased the cost of Eldritch Storm from 650 Psychic Might to 750
• Reduced the cost of Seer Council from 600 to 450
• Decreased the Psychic Might cost of Spider’s Brood from 400 to 200

Banshees
• The Banshee Exarch’s health has been buffed from 160 HP to 200
• Removed power cost on Banshee Squads
• The power sword’s damage has been increased from 34 to 37
• The Aspect of Banshee effect now increases HP by 20%
• To use Fleet of Foot Banshee squads require the Aspect of Banshee upgrade

D-Cannon
• Removed knockback from the D-cannon weapon
• Increased the HP of D-Cannon crew members from 160 to 180

Sluggas
• The requisition cost of Sluggas have been increased from 270 to 300
• Increased the damage of Choppas from 17 to 27
• Increased the cost of Burnas from 30 requisition, 10 power to 50 requisition, 15 power
• Decreased the cost of Burna melee damage from 45 to 50
• Decreased the Burna cooldown from 3 to 0.3 seconds
• The Slugga Nob Leader is now a stealth detecting unit
• Upgrading to a Slugga Nob Leader no longer requires Tier 2
• Reduced the Waaagh cost of the Recklessness ability from 35 to 18

Stormboyz
• Choppa damage has been increased from 19 to 27
• Increased the cost of Improved Rokkit Packs from 25 requisition and 10 power to 50 requisition and 20 power
• Choppas are now categorized as power weapons
• Increased the cost of Stormboyz from 400 requisition, 20 power to 400 requisition, 40 power
• Reduced the Waaagh cost of the Bommaboyz ability from 45 to 20
• Increased the health of Stormboyz from 160 to 180

Tankbustas
• Changed the damage type of Rokkit Barrage from rocket to artillery
• Increased the scatter reduction of Rokkit Barrage from 40 to 48 (scatters less)
• Reduced the Waaagh cost of Tankbusta Barrage from 25 to 12
• Tankbusta build time reduced to 6 seconds

Warboss
• Increased the Bang Bang Hammer’s damage from 130 to 150
• Bang Bang Hammer hits now increases the speed of surrounding friendly units by 0.15 m/s
• Kustom Shoota now has a knockback ability called ‘Shoot ‘em Good
• Removed the passive knockback effect on the Kustom Shoota
• The limit break cost of ‘Cybork’ has been decreased from 800 HP to 400 HP
• Decreased the HP cost of Angry Bits from 800 to 200, you need only take 200 points of HP damage before Angry Bits can be cast
• Angry Bits now adds 1.5 m/s of speed to the Warboss when activated
• The Trophy rack damage reduction effect has been reduced from 50% to 25%

Deff Dread
• Decreased the cost from 300 requisition and 70 power to 250 requisition, 45 power
• Decreased its HP from 550 to 450
• Decreased Buzz Klaw damage from 170 to 120
• Increased the Burnaz ‘n Bits cost from 50 requisition, 20 power to 200 requisition, 20 power
• Increased the effect of Burnaz ‘n Bits from 125 HP to 300 HP
• Reduced the Waaagh cost of the Rampage ability from 75 to 35

Global Space Marine Balance Changes
• Decreased the Zeal cost of Angels of Death from 500 to 250
• Decreased the duration of Angels of Death from 15 to 8 seconds
• Decreased the cost of Assault Terminators from 700 requisition/ 900 Zeal to 500 requisition/ 500 Zeal
• Decreased the cost of Terminators from 700 requisition/ 900 Zeal to 700 requisition/ 500 Zeal

Apothecary
• Decreased the healing effect of the Armor of Apothecarion from 5% to 2%
• Decreased the healing effect of the Armor of Apothecarion from 5 seconds to 3.5 seconds

Assault Space Marine
• Decreased the squad cost from 550 requisition, 50 power to 500 requisition, 50 power
• Changed the Armor type of the ASM from Infantry to Heavy Infantry
• Increased the HP of individual squad members from 325 to 400
• Increased chainsword damage from 34 to 35
• Changed the cost of Melta Bomb upgrade from 30 requisition, 15 power to 50 requisition, 30 power
• Melta bombs no longer immobilize, but instead reduce a vehicle’s speed to 40%
• Melta bomb effect duration has been changed from 20 seconds to 15 seconds

Devastator Plasma Cannon
• Slowed the projectile speed of the Plasma Cannon from 40 m/s to 35 m/s

Force Commander
• Decreased the cost of the Stormshield from 150 requisition, 30 power to 125 requisition, 25 power
• Decreased the damage of the Thunder Hammer from 175 to 125
• Increased the energy cost of the Power Fist Flesh over Steel from 50 to 80
• Decreased the cost of Artificer Armor from 125 requisition, 25 power to 100 requisition, 20 power
• Added Teleport Ability to the FC’s Terminator armor
• Decreased the cost of Terminator Armor from 300 requisition, 150 power to 200 requisition, 100 power

Scouts
• Added Explosive Shot ability to Scout Shotguns, a conical blast that grants knockback
• Removed the AOE on the Scout Shotgun
• Increased the damage of the Scout Shotgun from 11.5 to 40

Tactical Marine
• Reduced the Flamer cooldown from 0.3 to 0
• Flamer burst info values have been reduced from 3 to 5 seconds to 1 second
• Reduced the reload frequency of Flamers from 6 to 8 bursts to 10 bursts
• Changed the squad’s armor type from infantry to heavy infantry
• Increased the squad’s capping speed from 1 to 1.5

Techmarine
• The Orbital Relay Beacon now has a retreat toggle, allowing you to toggle whether or not you want to retreat to that point or the HQ
Tyranid Balance Updates

Screamer-Killer
• Added the Screamer-Killer, a ranged Carnifex unit to Tier 3
• Screamer Killers are equipped with a Barbed Strangler
• Screamer Killers can be upgraded to equip Venom Cannons
• Increased the damage of the Screamer-Killer’s Barbed Strangler from 85 to 150
• Decreased the 8 m AOE Bioplasma damage size down to 5 m

Hive Tyrant
• Improved Synapse effect has been decreased from 50% to 25%
• Reduced the damage of the Tyrant’s Charge; previously it was 20, now it is 15
• Decreased the -70% effect of Psychic scream down to -25%

Lictor Alpha
• Changed the name of the Loner upgrade to ‘The Lone Hunter’

Ravener Alpha
• Crippling Talons’ damage has been decreased from 110 down to 80
• The Crippling Talons’ slow effect no longer affects retreating units
• Acid Splatter’s damage has been decreased from 110 down to 60
• Decreased the Corrosive Devourer’s cost of 135 requisition and 60 power down to 150 requisition and 50 power
• Decreased the 150 requisition cost of Hardened Carapace down to 100
• Strengthened Sinew now grants the Fleet of Claw ability
• Strengthened Sinew no longer grants the passive speed increase
• Decreased the damage of Toxic Miasma from 15 down to 7.5
• The initial energy cost of Toxic Miasma of 7 has been increased to 10
• The Corrosive Devourer’s damage of 160 has been reduced to 100

Warrior Brood
• Increased the power cost of the unit from 15 power to 30
• Changed the cost of Warriors from 400 requisition and 15 power to 300 requisition and 30 power
• Removed Venom Cannon upgrade
• Decreased the squad’s damage from 25 to 22
• Decreased the range of the Warrior’s Barbed Strangler from 44 m to 30 m
• Changed the Scything Talon to a power weapon
• Decreased the damage of Scything Talons from 22 to 18
• Changed the cost of the Adrenal Gland upgrade from 100 requisition and 30 power to 200 requisition and 20 power
• Increased the damage of Adrenal Glands from 33 to 45
• Increased the Barbed Strangler’s damage per second from 45 up to 60

• Rank and Performance bars have been removed from the Find a Game party panel. Both statistics were misleading and encouraging bad player behavior that was negatively impacting Matchmaking