What changed for Hemlok?

13 changes across 3 patches (May 4, 2026 to Aug 3, 2026), newest first.

1. Aug 3, 2026Apex Legends: Marked Patch Notes (Aug 3, 2026)Nerf 2Adjust 1Official notes ↗
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   Breach Charge Cooldown

   Hemlok Breach AR's Breach Charge Cooldown increases from 25s to 30s.

   25s→30s

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   Increased Breach Charge Cooldown to 30s (was 25s)

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   Reduced damage done to Hardlight and structures by 50%.

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   Reduced damage done to Hardlight and structures by 50%

   Nerf

   Damage

   Hemlok Breach AR's damage decreases from 22 to 21.

   22→21

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   Reduced damage to 21 (was 22)

2. Jun 22, 2026Apex Legends: Overclocked Midseason Patch Notes (Jun 22, 2026)Nerf 3Official notes ↗
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   White magazine

   Hemlok Breach AR's white magazine decreases from 21 to 20.

   21→20

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   White magazine reduced from 21 to 20

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   Blue magazine

   Hemlok Breach AR's blue magazine decreases from 24 to 22.

   24→22

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   Blue magazine reduced from 24 to 22

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   Purple and gold magazines

   Hemlok Breach AR's purple and gold magazines decrease from 27 to 25.

   27→25

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   Purple and gold magazines reduced from 27 to 25

3. May 4, 2026Apex Legends: Overclocked Patch Notes (May 4, 2026)Nerf 2Adjust 5Official notes ↗
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   Breach Charge cooldown

   Hemlok Breach AR's Breach Charge cooldown increases from 15s to 25s.

   15s→25s

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   Increased Breach Charge cooldown from 15 seconds to 25 seconds

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   Breach Charge now disperses gas and smoke.

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   Breach Charge now disperses gas and smoke

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   Damage

   Hemlok Breach AR's damage decreases from 23 to 22.

   23→22

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   Decreased damage from 23 to 22 (Previous Hotfix)

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   Decreased magazine size across all tiers by 2 (Previous Hotfix).

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   Decreased magazine size across all tiers by 2 (Previous Hotfix)

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   All Trophy Systems should now properly intercept Hemlok's Breach Charge (Previous Hotfix).

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   All Trophy Systems should now properly intercept Hemlok's Breach Charge (Previous Hotfix)

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   Increased horizontal and vertical recoil (Previous Hotfix).

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   Increased horizontal and vertical recoil (Previous Hotfix)

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7 changes across 3 patches (Aug 5, 2024 to May 5, 2025), newest first.

1. May 5, 2025Apex Legends: Prodigy Patch Notes (May 5, 2025)Adjust 1Official notes ↗
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   Increased headshot damage by 2.

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   Increased headshot damage by 2

2. Feb 10, 2025Apex Legends: Takeover Patch Notes (Feb 10, 2025)Buff 1Adjust 1Official notes ↗
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   Damage

   Hemlok's damage increases from 19 to 20.

   19→20

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   Damage increased to 20 (was 19)

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   Headshot damage: 26.

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   Headshot damage: 26

3. Aug 5, 2024Apex Legends: Shockwave Patch Notes (Aug 5, 2024)Nerf 3Adjust 1Official notes ↗
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   Burst Delay slightly increased.

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   Burst Delay slightly increased

   Nerf

   Damage

   Hemlok's damage decreases from 20 to 19.

   20→19

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   Damage reduced to 19 (was 20)

   Nerf

   White

   Hemlok's white magazine size decreases from 24 to 21.

   24→21

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   White: 21 (was 24)

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   Blue

   Hemlok's blue magazine size decreases from 27 to 24.

   27→24

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   Blue: 24 (was 27)