Infernus
Infernus

Most recent change: March 6, 2026

03-06-2026 Update

Update 03-06-2026

Open Patch

General

  • Melee can now buildup afterburn (20% for light melee, 35% for heavy)
Napalm

Napalm

  • damage reduced from 46 to 40
  • damage spirit scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.6
  • amplified damage taken reduced from 20% to 16%
  • T2 lifesteal increased from 10% to 15%
Flame Dash

Flame Dash

  • DPS spirit scaling increased from 0.8 to 1.0
  • T1 changed from "-25% Fire Rate" to "-12s Cooldown"
  • T2 DPS reduced from +27 to +20
  • T2 DPS now also increases trail duration by 1s
  • T3 no longer reduces cooldown by 15s
  • T3 now also grants +1 Charge
  • T3 time between charges reduced from 20s to 14s
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • T1 changed from "-20% Spirit Damage" to "+14 DPS"
  • T2 changed from +1s Burn Duration to -35% Spirit Damage
  • T3 changed from "+23 DPS" to "+3s Max Burn Duration" (Base duration is the same, but can buildup after igniting to grow to max burn duration, abilities only refresh up to the base)
Concussive Combustion

Concussive Combustion

  • cast now causes camera to move back a bit
  • delay increased from 3s to 3.25s
  • radius reduced from 13m to 12m
  • cooldown increased from 140s to 165s
  • damage reduced from 150 to 125
  • T1 changed from "-35s Cooldown" to "+100 Damage"
  • T2 changed from "+0.5s Stun and +3m Radius" to "-65s Cooldown and +65% Explosion Heal"
  • T3 changed from "+94 Damage and Heal for 70% damage" to "+0.75s Stun and +10m Radius"

11-21-2025 Update

Patch 12-04-2025

Open Patch

General

  • Base bullet damage reduced from 6.2 to 5.5
  • Bullet falloff range from 20-58 to 18-55
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • now only adds 0.5s to the duration for each bullet that is hit after it procs, rather than fully refreshing the duration. Adds 1.0s for headshots.

10-24-2025 Update

Update 10-24-2025

Open Patch

General

  • Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.12 to 0.08
Flame Dash

Flame Dash

  • T2 reduced from +35 to +30
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • T1 reduced from -25% Spirit Damage to -20%
  • T3 reduced from +28 DPS to +26

07-04-2025 Update

Update 07-04-2025

Open Patch

General

  • Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.16 to 0.12
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • DPS reduced by 13% (still affected by the global base reductions as well, so the total amount is larger than this. This applies to all other patch note lines that reduces damage as well)
  • spirit scaling increased from 0.56 to 0.66
Flame Dash

Flame Dash

  • T2 DPS reduced by 10%
  • spirit power scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.8

12-31-2024 Update

Update 12-31-2024

Open Patch
Flame Dash

Flame Dash

  • cooldown increased from 35s to 38s
  • spirit scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.8
  • T2 reduced from +45 to +40
  • T3 Charge Time increased from 18s to 20s

12-06-2024 Update

Update 12-06-2024

Open Patch
Flame Dash

Flame Dash

  • cooldown reduced from 40s to 35s
  • T3 changed from -19s CD to -15s
  • T3 now also makes the ability charged (15s charge time)
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.6

11-21-2024 Update

Update 11-21-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Catalyst T2 reduced from 15% Lifesteal to 12%
  • Catalyst T3 reduced from -40% Heal Degen to -33%
Concussive Combustion

Concussive Combustion

  • T3 reduced from 100% to 85%
  • radius increased from 12m to 13m
  • T2 radius reduced from +4m to +3m
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • buildup decay time is now 15% slower

10-24-2024 Update

Update 10-24-2024

Open Patch

General

  • reduced darkness of players affected by Catalyst debuff
  • reduced brightness and lingering of Concussive Combustion effects
  • reduced visual noise of tracers and firerate increases
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • T1 reduced from 30% to 25%

10-10-2024 Update

Update 10-10-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Catalyst Damage Amp reduced from 25% to 20%
  • Catalyst T3 Damage Amp increased from 15% to 20%

08-29-2024 Update

Update 08-29-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Reduced vertical reach on Flame Dash dps
  • Catalyst Damage Amplification reduced from 30% to 25%
  • Catalyst T3 Damage Amplification increased from +10% to +15%
  • Catalyst T2 reduced from +20% Lifesteal to +15%
Flame Dash

Flame Dash

  • speed is now affected by slows
  • trail now gets wider with Ability Range bonus
  • T1 duration reduced from 7s to 6s

08-01-2024 Update

Update 08-01-2024

Open Patch

General

  • Fixed Infernus being unable to slide out of Flame Dash
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • T1 and T2 Swapped
  • base DPS reduced from 18 to 15
  • T3 DPS reduced from 33 to 30
  • spirit scaling increased from 0.4 to 0.5

05-30-2024 Update

Update 05-30-2024

Open Patch
Afterburn

Afterburn

  • T3 reduced from +40 dps to +35
Flame Dash

Flame Dash

  • T1 duration reduced from 8s to 7s
  • T1 Fire Rate slow increased from +30% to +35%
  • T2 increased from +40 DPS to +45
  • T3 increased from -15s to -20s