Rebalance Patch Note — Paloma and Maddie Cut, Gwenny Bug Fixed

The September 24 patch is a broad trimming pass across nine mercenaries, with one genuine bug fix and a notable rework to how Maddie’s Burn stims behave.

Mercenaries

Bonita

  • Outfit ability changed: grants allies in the 1st row Resistance, except those who already have Barrier or Holographic status

Paloma

  • 1st ability: summons 1 fewer copy
  • 3rd ability: the Attack buff no longer scales per stunned enemy, but its value is increased by 40%
  • Paloma’s Holocopy: Attack reduced by 20%, and its 3rd ability removed

Agrat

  • Attack, Health and ability values all reduced by 10%

Maddie

  • Health decreased by 15%
  • 1st ability: Barrier scaling changed to a fixed buff per enemy holding a Barrier, doubled for a Commander with one
  • 2nd ability: damage instances reduced from 3 to 2
  • 3rd ability: Attack buff increased by 60%
  • 4th ability changed: Burn stims now apply a Burn effect instead of dealing instant damage

Tsintah

  • Stats gained from Reboots rescaled; final values unchanged

Esther

  • Attack reduced by 10%
  • 2nd ability: +10% line damage
  • Reboot stat gains rescaled; final values unchanged

Nonna

  • Health reduced by 10%
  • 3rd ability: Commander Heal reduced by 10%
  • 4th ability: Health reduction value decreased by 10%

Skye

  • Health and Attack both reduced by 10%
  • 1st ability: now scales through Promotes from 75% to 100%
  • 2nd ability: Electrocute value decreased by 15%
  • 4th ability: Commander Resistance value decreased by 10%

Gwenny

  • Fixed a bug where Gwenny failed to remove Ortrun’s Barrier
  • Thundershield 2nd ability: no longer grants a Barrier to allies with Resistance or Holographic status
  • Thundershield 3rd ability: +25% damage to the Commander

Captain’s Take

Paloma gets the structural change here, not just a numbers cut: losing the per-stunned-enemy scaling turns her from a snowball into a flat-value unit, which makes her far less rewarding in long fights even with the 40% compensation. Maddie’s Burn stims switching from instant damage to applied Burn is the sleeper item, since that interacts with the Burning rule change shipped alongside Bernice’s rotation. Gwenny’s fix is worth knowing if you run her against Ortrun — that matchup was quietly broken since her September debut.

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