Update Patch Notes – Here's What's New

Game update/patch announcement.

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Download size is <strong>1.4 GB</strong>.</p><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color:rgb(254,242,242);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:4px;border-color:rgb(231,0,11);padding-right:1.25rem;padding-left:1.25rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem"><tbody><tr><td><p style="font-size:0.875rem;line-height:1.625;color:rgb(54,65,83);margin:0rem;font-style:italic;margin-top:0rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0rem;margin-right:0rem">&quot;The balance changes in 4.7.1 completely transformed my ranked experience. The new cosmetics are gorgeous — worth every update.&quot;</p><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" style="margin-top:0.75rem"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td data-id="__react-email-column" style="width:40px"><img alt="Profile photo of Mia Chen" height="36" src="/static/people/person-headshot3.png" style="display:block;outline:none;border:none;text-decoration:none;border-radius:9999px" width="36"/></td><td data-id="__react-email-column"><p style="font-size:0.75rem;line-height:1.3333333333333333;color:rgb(16,24,40);font-weight:700;margin:0rem;margin-top:0rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0rem;margin-right:0rem">Mia Chen</p><p style="font-size:0.75rem;line-height:1.3333333333333333;color:rgb(106,114,130);margin:0rem;margin-top:0rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0rem;margin-right:0rem">Diamond-Rank Player, Season 12</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" style="margin-bottom:1.5rem"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" style="margin-bottom:0.75rem"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td data-id="__react-email-column" style="width:8px"><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color:rgb(231,0,11);width:4px;height:4px;border-radius:9999px;margin-top:0.25rem"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td data-id="__react-email-column"><p style="font-size:0.875rem;line-height:1.4285714285714286;color:rgb(54,65,83);margin:0rem;padding-left:0.75rem;margin-top:0rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0rem;margin-right:0rem"><strong>Balance Changes</strong> — Tuned weapon stats and ability cooldowns across 14 characters.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" style="margin-bottom:0.75rem"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td data-id="__react-email-column" style="width:8px"><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color:rgb(231,0,11);width:4px;height:4px;border-radius:9999px;margin-top:0.25rem"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td data-id="__react-email-column"><p style="font-size:0.875rem;line-height:1.4285714285714286;color:rgb(54,65,83);margin:0rem;padding-left:0.75rem;margin-top:0rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0rem;margin-right:0rem"><strong>Bug Fixes</strong> — Resolved 23 reported issues including the lobby disconnect loop.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td data-id="__react-email-column" style="width:8px"><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" 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