Kinessa

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**Kinessa** ▶️ is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on March 3rd, 2016.

## Lore

* Current Official Bio
* Unofficial Updated Bio
* Old Official Bio

This is Kinessa's official bio currently found in her champion page in-game.

As a young recruit in the elite Sentinels, Kinessa took to her sniper lessons with an eagerness and enthusiasm that surprised her mentors. Frustrated by the rigors of military life, she left before she could complete her training and struck out on her own.

As the Realm descended into chaos and war, vigilante bounty contracts have been plentiful, earning her all the fame and fortune she'd lacked while in the service of the Magistrate. She still refuses to pick a side in the conflict, however, because there's much more money to be made by playing both sides than by contracting with either.

This is an unofficial version of Kinessa's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding her. Sources can be found here.

Once a young recruit in the elite Magistrate unit known as the Sentinels, Kinessa's eagerness was enough to surprise her mentors such as Strix. However, this soon changed, as Kinessa grew frustrated with the rigors of military life, and also thought it overall more lucrative to simply be a mercenary for hire, leading to her leaving before even finishing her training and begin accepting vigilante contracts; which there was no shortage of as the Realm fell into war.

Much later, following the defeat of Yagorath, as well as House Aico taking control of the Magistrate, Kinessa rejoined the group.

This was Kinessa's in-game bio prior to the The Damned Frontier update. It's no longer considered canon.

As a young recruit in the elite Sentinels unit, Kinessa took to her sniper lessons with an eagerness and enthusiasm that surprised her mentor. Frustrated by the rigors of military life, she left before she could complete her training and struck out on her own.

As the Realm descended into chaos and war, vigilante bounty contracts were plentiful, earning her all the fame and fortune she'd lacked while in the service of the Magistrate. She refuses to pick a side in the conflict, though, because it's much more profitable to contract with both than commit to either.

## Summary

Kinessa is a damage champion with a sniper rifle that deals huge damage at high range, but she has a lack of movement speed which is compensated by her handy teleport tool, the Transporter. Furthermore, she can deal damage over time with her Oppressor Mines. Her ultimate, Headhunter, will deal 50% increased damage by successful shots made to the upper half of an enemy character.

## Skills

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Sniper Rifle

170 /0.15s

Description
A combination sniper rifle and carbine for both long-range and short-range engagements. Your carbine deals 170 damage every 0.15s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionA combination weapon that deals 170 damage every 0.15s as an energy carbine and modifies its weapon properties while in Sniper Mode. Has a maximum Ammo count of 24 and is fully effective up to 100 units.

**Passive** Tag 'Em and Bag 'Em

Enemies hit while in Sniper Mode are Revealed to you for 1s.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* It can do headshots - dealing 255 damage.
* Has a reload time of 2.1s and can be animation canceled after 1s.
* Has damage falloff with a maximum reduction of 60%.
* Has accuracy bloom with a minimum of 90%.
* When unscoped, gains 0.95% ultimate charge per attack. Gains 1.5% on headshots.
* When scoped, gains up to 8% ultimate charge per attack. Gains up to 12% on headshots.

Ability Video

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Sniper Mode

1200 (max) /1.5s

Description
Scope up to charge your sniper rifle for increased damage, dealing up to 1200 damage every 1.5s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionScope up and charge your Sniper Rifle over 1.5s, increasing the damage it deals up to 1200. Consumes 4 Ammo with each shot and is fully effective up to 450 units.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Consumes 4 ammo per shot.
* It can do headshots - dealing up to 1800 damage.
* Sniper Mode will begin to reduce Kinessa's movement speed by 60% once she contacts the ground for the first time.
* Takes 0.4s to bring up the scope.
* Takes 1.2s to fully charge a shot and firing a shot has 0.3s of postfire.
* Unscoping and scoping in again after a shot will not bypass the postfire.

Ability Video

Cooldown 10

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Oppressor Mine

25 /0.2s

Description
Throw out a mine that deals 25 damage every 0.2s to any enemy that comes in range.

Details

Detailed DescriptionThrow out up to 2 Oppressor Mines that deal 25 damage every 0.2s to an enemy within 50 units. Oppressor Mines have 200 Health and are affected by Bulldozer. Mines will not target mounted enemies.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* The mines have a targeting radius of 50 units.
* Can hold up to 2 charges at a time. Each charge is generated individually. Having deployed mines does not affect how many charges can be held.
* Plays a confirmation sound when a target is hit by a mine with a brief cooldown before the sound will trigger again.
* The damage from the mines will enter neither target nor Kinessa into combat.
* The mines won't begin targeting enemies until they land on a surface.
* The mines won't target stealthed targets.
* Is a Deployable and can be destroyed.
* Mines have 200 health.
* Mines can't target Deployables.
* Mines don't remove Out of Combat, so an enemy can still get Out of Combat healing while being damaged by them.

Ability Video

Cooldown 10

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Transporter

Description
Throw out a teleporter that transports you to its location.

Details

Detailed DescriptionThrow out a teleporter up to 100 units away that Teleports you to its location after 1.1s.
* Takes 0.95s to charge.
* Has a range of 100 units.
* Has a speed of 300.
* Hold the keybind to see where you will teleport. Release the keybind or hit Primary Fire to teleport, or hit Alt Fire to cancel.
* Kinessa cannot use other skills or shoot her weapon while targeting the Transporter or while it is in flight.
* Getting hit by hard Crowd Control while the Transporter is flying will interrupt the skill, causing it to go on cooldown without effect.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

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Headhunter

1800 (max) /0.7s

Description
Channel your inner focus to gain 50% additional damage against enemies' vital locations.

Details

Detailed DescriptionChannel your inner focus for 5s, dealing 50% increased damage with shots to the upper half of enemies. While this effect is active, Sniper Rifle shots do not consume Ammo.▶️ “Try and run!” (Self/Enemy)

* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Cannot gain ultimate charge for dealing damage for the duration.
* Sniper Mode also charges 50% faster for the duration.
* Neither Carbine nor Sniper Mode will consume ammo for its duration.
* Restores 5 ammo when activated.
* "Vital locations" refers to the upper half of the body

Ability Video

## Talents

Steady AimDefault Talent

For 4s after hitting a fully-charged weapon shot, your next fully-charged shot will deal an additional 20% damage.

Details

* Hitting shields or Deployable does not apply nor refresh this buff.

RepositionUnlocks at Mastery Level 2

Using Transporter instantly Teleports you to its target location.

OppressionUnlocks at Mastery Level 8

You can have two additional Oppressor Mines out at one time and you throw out two Mines per use of the ability instead of one, but your Mines have a lifetime of 6s and the Cooldown of Oppressor Mine is increased by 2s.

Details

## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Kinessa:

* Octoppressor at level 5 is almost completely useless as it will increase the Oppressor Mines' max possible affected targets to 6, while teams in Paladins can only have a max of 5 players.

## Pre-Built Loadouts

All of the following cards are in Kinessa's pre-built loadouts:

* Steady Aim
* Reposition
* Eagle Eye

Steady Aim

True Grit

Hitting an enemy with a fully-charged Sniper Mode shot Heals you for 200.
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Open Season

Hitting an enemy with a fully-charged Sniper Mode shot generates 1 Ammo.
1

Prodigy

Increase your Movement Speed while in Sniper Mode by 75%.
3

Beam Me Up

Increases the Flight Speed of Transporter by 40%.
4

Reposition

Bob and Weave

Increase your Movement Speed by 81% for 2s after Teleporting with Transporter.
3
10

Restore

Heal for 18% of your maximum Health after Teleporting with Transporter.
3

Calibrate

Hitting an enemy with your Sniper Rifle in Carbine lowers the Cooldown of Transporter by 0.6s.
4

Headstrong

Increase your maximum Health by 100.
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3

Eagle Eye

Octoppressor

Increase the number of targets affected by Oppressor Mines by 2.
2

Amplitude

Increase the range of Oppressor Mines beams by 60%.
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3

Power Supply

Reset the Cooldown of Transporter after dropping to or below 24% Health.
3
30

Restore

Heal for 24% of your maximum Health after Teleporting with Transporter.
4

## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Kinessa:

### Champion Skin Collections

* Default
* Atomic
* Cutthroat
* Chillweave Beanie Hat
* Viking
* Nova Strike
* Star Silver
* Battlesuit Eagle Eye
* Shore Patrol
* Beach Bash
* Valentina
* Dunestrider
* Golden

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### Weapon Skins

* Cobalt
* Mixed Berry
* Buster Rifle
* Samba Sniper Rifle
* Nova Strike Atomizer
* REKT Long Gun

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### Emotes

* Default
* Present Arms
* Clocking
* Gloat

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### MVP Poses

* Default
* Kneeling
* Serpentine
* Smokin and Jokin
* Checkmate

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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

* Lore
* Cameos
* References
* Concepts
* Other

**Lore**

* Strix was the one who taught Kinessa.
* Kinessa fought alongside both the Magistrate and Resistance during the End Times event, likely having been hired by both sides.
* Kinessa appears to have some connection with Skye.
* Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall and comparing it to model sizes in-game and out of game, it was discovered that Kinessa would be around 5'2 or 158cm tall.

**Cameos**

Kinessa appears in the following content:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ *Emergence* - Cinematic
	+ *Strix's Teaser Trailer*

* **Cards**
	+ *Steady Predictions* - Saati Card\*
	+ *Reinforced Standee* - Saati Card

* **Avatars**
	+ *Ramadan 2021*\*

* **Sprays**
	+ *Rookie*\*

* **Other**
	+ *Mecha Prowler Artwork*\*
	+ *Dreadhunter Drogoz's Teaser*\*

Notable Characters that appear in Kinessa's own content includes:

* **Other**
	+ Androxus - *Kinessa's Teaser Trailer*\*

**References**

* Kinessa's kill taunt against Barik, "You are a sad, strange little man." (▶️), is a reference to a famous scene from Toy Story.
* The joke "Funny? You think I'm funny? Like a clown? Do I amuse you?" (▶️) is likely a reference to a scene from the movie Goodfellas.
* Kinessa's line "Snappin' necks and cashin' checks!" (▶️) is referenced by the Assassin in Realm Royale.
* The line "My heart's beating, my hands are shaking, and I'm still shooting!" is a reference to the famous video "BOOM!!! Headshot! from fps\_doug.
* The line "Change. Evolve. Adapt." (▶️) may be a reference to the "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome." meme.

**Concepts**

* Multiple early concepts for Kinessa can be seen here.
* Kinessa had several icon concepts prior to the final choice being settled on.
* At some point, Kinessa was planned to receive a visual rework, adding Sentinel influence into her design, though it was ultimately canceled for an unknown reason.
* Artwork of a modern version of Kinessa was created, but ultimately never materialized as a skin.

**Other**

* Kinessa originally had a slightly different animation when picked at the start of a match.
* Kinessa's default weapon was reworked in Open Beta 66. Her old weapon, meanwhile, was made purchasable as the Buster Rifle for 125 .
* In older versions of Paladins, there used to be a number of additional recolors of default champions. For Kinessa, these recolors included the Hunter, Tracker, and Sharpshooter skins.
* Having been present in the mobile game 'Paladins Strike', Kinessa received unique skins exclusive to Strike. These skins include Neith Kinessa, Sheriff Kinessa, and Traveler Kinessa.

**Champion Skins**

* **Atomic**
	+ This skin may be named after the atom, possibly in reference to sniping small faraway targets.

* **Cutthroat**
	+ Cutthroats are those who are ruthless.

* **Chillweave Beanie Hat**
	+ It's just Kinessa with a beanie. What did you expect?
	+ This skin appears in the Festive Kinessa spray.

* **Viking**
	+ This skin shares its theme with Raider Pip.

* **Nova Strike / Star Silver**
	+ Prior to the removal of the Parts and Pieces system, the Nova Strike skin originally had 4 head variants that could be chosen from. These included the Gaze, Visor, Optics, and Helm accessories. After the system was removed, the Gaze headgear became the default, while the others were removed.
		- However, the skin's splash art mistakenly uses the "Helm" variant instead.
	+ These skin mention "space cowboy" in a number of lines, referencing the anime Cowboy Bebop.
	+ The line "There's a time for truth, and a time for reconciliation." (▶️) may be a reference to the third level of Halo: Combat Evolved, named The Truth and Reconciliation.
	+ The Star Silver skin's splash art appears as a spray.

* **Battlesuit Eagle Eye**
	+ This skin is a reference to Mecha anime, particularly *Gundam*.
	+ It's implied by the trailer for the Battle Suit Battle Pass, as well as the Rookie spray, that this skin is intended to be Kinessa' default skin in a battle suit, however, this makes no sense due to the future setting, as well as the skin itself having a completely different history compared to the original Kinessa. (▶️)
	+ A teaser involving this skin references the 1988 film Akira.
	+ This skin appears in the Rookie spray alongside Kinessa's default appearance.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Battlesuit Angel Furia and Battlesuit Godslayer Androxus.

* **Shore Patrol / Beach Bash**
	+ In two promotional tweets for the Battle Pass 2019 Chest, an image of the Beach Bash skin is mistakenly used instead of the Shore Patrol skin.
		- A similar accident also occurred with the Pirate's Treasure Chest, and Lian's beach skins.
	+ An early concept for these skins show a notably different design, while other later concepts for these skins show some minor differences, such as sunglasses and a different hairstyle.
	+ The Shore Patrol skin appears in the Lifesaver and Deep Dive avatars.
	+ These skins share their theme with Sun Kissed Cassie, Copacabana Cassie, Longboard Lex, Sarrada Lex, Beach Bunny Rei, Beachside Octavia, Freedom Fighter Octavia, Lifeguard Tiberius, Shore Patrol Koga, Shore Patrol Fernando, Shore Patrol Lian, and the Beach Bash variants of the latter three.

* **Valentina**
	+ This skin is part of the third set of crossover content alongside the rest of the gen:LOCK Crossover Pass following Grover and Team Fortress 2 Barik.
	+ As expected, this skin contains numerous references to gen:LOCK.
		- Many lines mention or reference various aspects of the gen:LOCK Program, such as Holons.
		- The line "Cloaking tech makes me modern Houdini; now you don't *see me*, now you're dead." (▶️) references both Harry Houdini, as well as Valentina's own Holon.
		- The lines "Let the world tear itself apart, I'm going to leave a beautiful corpse, an open bar tab, and no regrets." (▶️), "I've been fighting one way or another my whole life, you stand no chance." (▶️), and "I signed up for scientific research. Hmph. Seems we have different definitions of research." (▶️) all reference lines spoken by Valentina in Episode 3 of the series.
		- The line "You think Union waits around like this? Get moving." (▶️) references The Union, the main antagonistic group of the series.
	+ This is the only Kinessa skin to feature a rifle that's can't be unextended.
	+ Valentina appears in the Chibi Valentina avatar alongside their Holon, with the latter also appearing in the Wraith spray. The Stalker spray is also themed after them.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Chase Viktor, Yasamin Lex, Cammie Maeve, and Kazu Zhin.

* **Dunestrider**
	+ The line "It's quiet. Too quiet. Let's fix that, shall we?" (▶️) is a reference to the It's quiet, too quiet trope.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Tomb Keeper Tiberius, Sphinx Soldier Tiberius, Crypt Guardian Raum, Undead Colossus Raum, Divine Daughter Ying, High Priestess Ying, Emerald Bandit Maeve, and Temple Raider Maeve.

## Changelog

➤ August 16th, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.5.5375.0
* Fixed an issue where Kinessa’s passive wasn’t showing players they were revealed.

➤ June 21st, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.4.5302.0
* Abilities
	+ **Carbine Mode**
		- Reduced bloom & increased return to center speed
	+ **New Passive: Tag ‘Em and Bag ‘Em**
		- Hitting targets in Sniper Mode now reveals them for 1s
* Cards
	+ **Quick Scope ➞ Eagle Eye**
		- Old effect at level 3 was moved into base kit (60% ADS speed)
		- New effect: Increases duration of passive reveal by 0.25|.025s
	+ **Generator**
		- Scaling increased from 1.2|1.2% ➞ 1.25|1.25%

➤ November 16th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.7.4941.1
* Cards
	+ **Restore**
		- Removed Cooldown
		- Refactored Healing from flat 25% to {6|6}%

➤ July 20th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4683.1
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Kinessa’s Oppressor Mines were lasting longer than the intended 6 seconds.

➤ June 29th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4675.4
* Talents
	+ **Oppression**
		- Now also increases the Cooldown of Oppressor Mines by 2s.
* Abilities
	+ **Sniper Rifle (Carbine)**
		- Decreased damage 180 ➞ 170
	+ **Sniper Rifle (Sniper Mode)**
		- Increased time to fully charge shot 1s ➞ 1.2s
	+ **Transporter**
		- Reduced the time before you teleport 1.1s ➞ 0.95s
	+ **Oppressor Mines**
		- Mines will no longer target mounted enemies
		- Reduced projectile speed by 20%
* Cards
	+ **Generator**
		- Reduced scaling value {1.5|1.5}s ➞ {1.2|1.2}s
	+ **Power Supply**
		- Reduced scaling value {12|12}% ➞ {8|8}%
		- Increased the time before this card can activate again after activation 15s ➞ 30s

➤ May 11th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.3.4597.1
* Talents
	+ **Oppression**
		- Current: Change Sniper Rifle to have increased Fire Rate, Charge Rate, and maneuverability while scoped, but reduce the damage per shot.
		- New: You can have two additional Oppressor Mines out at one time and you throw out two Mines per use of the ability instead of one.
		- Oppressor Mines with this talent now have a maximum Lifetime of 6s
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Kinessa’s HUD overlay for her Sniper Mode ability was slightly off-center.

➤ July 21st, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.5.4175.5
* Talents
	+ **Eagle Eye**
		- Old: Increase the damage done by Headshots by an additional 25% of base for a total of 175% damage.
		- New: Sniper Rifle gains increased Fire and Charge Rate at the cost of reduced damage per shot, and while scoped gains increased maneuverability.

➤ May 26th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.4.4098.0
* Cards
	+ **True Grit**
		- Hitting an enemy with a fully-charged Sniper Mode shot Heals you for {100|100} ➞ {50|50}.

➤ February 3rd, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.2.3983.0
* Talents
	+ **Steady Aim**
		- Reduced time limit for bonus damage 7s ➞ 4s
		- Reduced Additional Damage Increase 30% ➞ 20%

➤ October 28th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.5.3881.0
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the Scope UI was not centered properly on the screen.

➤ January 8th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.1.3487.7
* Abilities
	+ **Oppressor Mine**
		- Increased range 40 ➞ 50 units
		- Increased Health 100 ➞ 200
		- Increased damage 20 ➞ 25
	+ **Transporter**
		- Decreased time it takes to Teleport 1.3s ➞ 1.1
	+ **Sniper Mode**
		- Decreased time it takes to reach maximum charge 1.4s ➞ 1.3s
* Cards
	+ **Generator**
		- Increased Cooldown reduction {1.225|1.225}s ➞ {1.5|1.5}s
	+ **Restore**
		- OLD: Heal for {10|10}% of your maximum Health after Teleporting with Transporter
		- NEW: Heal for 25% of your maximum Health after Teleporting with Transporter. Can activate every {30|-5}s
	+ **Calibrate**
		- Increased Cooldown reduction {0.12|0.12}s ➞ {0.15|0.15}s
	+ **Power Supply**
		- OLD: Killing Blows generate {4|4} Ammo
		- NEW: Reset the Cooldown of Transporter after dropping to or below {12|12}% Health.
	+ **Lie in Wait**
		- Reduced the time required before Ammo regeneration starts 2s ➞ 1s
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the Internal Cooldown for the Restore card was reducing by less than the intended amount per rank of the card.

➤ September 11th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.10.3351.2
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed various clipping issues with Kinessa’s Smokin and Jokin MVP Pose.
	+ Fixed an incorrect description for Transporter.
	+ Addressed a few issues with her Clocking emote and Eagle Eye skin.

➤ January 16th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.1.3013.12
* Talents
	+ Suppression removed
	+ Eagle Eye now unlocked at Champion Mastery Level 8

* Cards
	+ Octoppressor – NEW: Oppressor mines affect up to {1|1} more enemies
	+ Open Season – NEW: Full charged weapon hits refund {1|1} ammo
	+ Lie in Wait – NEW: After 2s of standing still, regenerate {1|1} ammo every 2 seconds

➤ December 10th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.9.2977
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Oppressor Mines properly have two charges again.

➤ November 14th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.8.2943.12
* Talents
	+ Eagle Eye
		- Reduced Headshot damage increase 50% ➞ 25%
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the “Quick Scope” card was granting less of a benefit than intended

➤ July 18th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.3.2738
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Kinessa’s scope overlay now properly shows 6 bullets instead of 5.

➤ June 6th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.1.2670.1
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue with Calibrate where Sniper Mode shots were also reducing the cooldown of Transporter.

➤ May 26th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 0.70.2621
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Increased zoom

➤ April 12th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.69.2585
* **Talent**
	+ **Reposition**
		- No longer reduces the Cooldown of Transporter by 2s.

➤ March 28th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.68.2559
* **Open Season** (Card)
	+ Now reveals Stealth.
	+ Now reveals to Self Only.
* **Transporter**
	+ Added VFX trail to indicate travel path.
* **Cards**
	+ **Calibrate**
		- Hitting an enemy with your Carbine lowers the cooldown of Transporter by {0.25|0.25}s ➞ {0.12|0.12}s.
	+ **Headstrong**
		- You cannot be slowed below {60|10}% of your base movement speed.
		- NEW EFFECT: Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}.
	+ **Restore**
		- Added 10 second Internal Cooldown.
	+ **Power Supply**
		- After getting a Kill Reload {8|8}% faster for 5s.
		- NEW EFFECT: Kills grant {4|4} ammo.
	+ **True Grit**
		- Hitting an enemy with a fully charged shot heals you for {75|75} ➞ {100|100}.

➤ March 7th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.67.2519
* **Cards**
	+ **Well Stocked**
		- No longer generates ammo over time.
		- Activating Oppressor Mine generates {scale=3|3} ammo.

➤ February 21st, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.66.2496
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Decreased falloff in Carbine Mode.
	+ Increased initial Accuracy of Carbine Mode.
	+ Increased ammo from 20 to 24.
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ Removed Bonus Damage from hitting enemies affected by Oppressor Mines with Carbine.
	+ No longer applies a slow to enemies.
	+ Damage increased from 20 per second to 100 per second.
	+ Increased velocity of Mine when thrown.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Suppression**
		- Changed to: “Oppressor Mines may now target 2 additional enemies. Deal {22|2}% more damage to affect targets when in Sniper Mode.”
		- Level 4 value: 30% damage.
* **Cards**
	+ **Well Stocked**
		- Changed to: “Throwing an Oppressor Mine regenerates 1 ammo every 0.5s for {1|1}s.” Level 4 value: 4s.
	+ **Octoppressor**
		- Changed to: “Enemies affected by Oppressor Mine receive {8|8}% less healing.”
		- Level 4 value: 32% healing reduction.
	+ **Amplitude**
		- Decreased Oppressor Mine range increase from 15% per level to 10% per level.

➤ December 21st, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2314.7
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Reposition**
		- Cooldown reduction reduced from {3.4|.2} to {1.7|.1}.

➤ December 18th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2312
* Health increased from 2000 to 2100.
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Unscoped damage increased from 150 to 180.
* **Cards**
	+ **Bob and Weave**
		- [Transporter] Increase your movement speed by {13.5|13.5}% for 2s after deploying or teleporting through transporter.
		- Maximum rank Movement Speed reduced from 140% to 135%.
	+ **Quick Scope**
		- [Sniper Mode] Reduce the time it takes to scope in and scope out by {10|10}%.
		- Scope in time per rank rescaled so that maximum rank is still 100%.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Reposition**
		- New.
		- [Transporter] Transporter is now instant and its cooldown is reduced by {2.55|.15}s.

➤ November 2nd, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.62.2219.2
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Minimum accuracy increased from 85% to 90%.
	+ Accuracy loss per shot decreased from 4% to 2%.

➤ October 18th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.61.2189
* **Cards**
	+ **Bob and Weave**
		- Movement Speed reduced from 40/80/120/160% to 35/70/105/140%.

➤ September 20th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.59.2111.2
* **General**
	+ Fixed a bug where the Blue transition lighting could get stuck on Cutthroat Accessory in game

➤ July 26th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.55.1992.3
* **Transporter**
	+ This ability should be more responsive in a high ping environment.

➤ June 28th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.53.1938
* **General**
	+ Improvements made to weapon fire feel.

➤ June 1st, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.51.1872
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Steady Aim**
		- Increased time interval between empowered shots from 5 to 7s.

➤ April 19th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.48.1768.1
* **General**
	+ Fixed Kinessa poking her finger through her helmet when using her Default Emote with Nova Strike Helmet.
* **Transporter**
	+ Fixed an issue where Kinessa could get stuck on Ice Mines when using Transporter.
* **Cards**
	+ **Headstrong**
		- Increased slow limit from 40/50/60/70% to 50/60/70/80% of base movement speed.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Steady Aim**
		- Will no longer activate when hitting Deployables or Shields.

➤ March 22nd, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.46.1707
* **Cards**
	+ **Tracking**
		- Renamed to Calibrate.

➤ March 9th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.45.1674.2
* **Cards**
	+ **Reconfigure**
		- Fixed a condition where Reconfigure card was incorrectly granting ammo.

➤ February 22nd, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.44.1634
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ No longer deals bonus damage for a fully charged shot.
	+ Increased maximum damage from 1000 to 1200.
* **Cards**
	+ **Beam Me Up**
		- Decreased Flight Speed Increase from 20/40/60/80% to 10/20/30/40%.
	+ **Reconfigure**
		- Reworked.
		- Activating Transporter generates 4/8/12/16 ammo.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Eagle Eye**
		- [Weapon] Deal 50% increased damage with Headshots.
	+ **Steady Aim**
		- [Sniper Mode] Hitting a fully charged shot will cause your next fully charged shot within 5s to deal 30% more damage.
	+ **Suppression**
		- [Oppresor Mine] Multiple Oppressor Mines can now affect the same target and Oppressor Mines now slow for an additional 20%.

➤ February 8th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.43.1585
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ Now affected by Cooldown reduction, such as Chronos.

➤ December 7th, 2016
Paladins Beta Version 0.39.1450.2
* **Transporter**
	+ Reduced Cooldown from 12 to 10s.

➤ November 10th, 2016
Paladins Beta Version 0.37.1400
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Updated description to reflect that kinessa gains 30% bonus damage for fully charged shots.
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ Description updated to reflect that the increased damage from Sniper Rifle's Carbine mode is Bonus Damage.

➤ October 13th, 2016
Paladins Beta Version 0.35.1340
* **General**
	+ Fixed issue where Kinessa's mine (and other projectiles) could be placed at the end of round 1 and persist to round 2.

➤ September 28th, 2016
Paladins Beta Version 0.34.1310.4
* **General**
	+ Addressed an issue where tracers would not appear when looking below a certain angle.
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Reduced reload time from 2.2 to 2s.
* **Cards**
	+ **\*NEW\* Headstrong**
		- [Armor] You cannot be slowed below 40/50/60/70%.

➤ September 12th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.33.1272
* **Carbine**
	+ Reduced damage from 200 to 150.
	+ Now Deals 30% increased damage to targets under the effect of Oppressor Mines.
* **Transporter**
	+ Increased Cooldown from 10 to 12s.
	+ Added a brief pause before the Transporter appears on screen to be thrown.
	+ Kinessa can no longer use other abilities while holding Transporter before throwing it.
* **Cards**
	+ **\*NEW\* True Grit**
		- [Sniper Mode] Hitting an enemy with a fully charged shot heals you for 75/150/225/300.
	+ **\*NEW\* Power Supply**
		- [Weapon] After getting a Kill Reload 8/16/24/32% faster for 5s.
	+ **Lie in Wait**
		- Now applies in combat.
		- Health per Second reduced from 100/200/300/400 to 50/100/150/200.

➤ August 18th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.32.1220.3
* **Transporter**
	+ Updated targeter for transporter
* **Cards**
	+ **Generator**
		- Fixed a bug where Rank 2 was not increasing the rate at which mines generated.
		- Changed rate at which mines generated from 25/50/75/100% to 1.25/2.5/3.75/5s.
	+ **Tracking**
		- Reworked.
		- [Weapon] Hitting an enemy with your Carbine lowers the cooldown of Transporter by .25/.5/.75/1s.
	+ **Open Season**
		- Reworked.
		- [Sniper Mode] Your Sniper attacks reveal enemies for 1/2/3/4s.

➤ August 10th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.31.1195.3
* **Transporter**
	+ Cooldown reduced from 12s ➞ 10s.
	+ Speed increased from 200 ➞ 300.

➤ August 5th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.30.1193.2
* **General**
	+ Movement abilities will no longer remove Crowd Control effects.
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Damage decreased from 1200 ➞ 1000.
	+ Bonus damage reduced from 30% when fully charged ➞ 20% when fully charged.

➤ August 4th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.30.1190.2
* **General**
	+ Champion values were changed across the board.
* **Transporter**
	+ No longer goes to third person.

➤ July 14th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.29.1143.3
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ No longer force her into combat when mines trigger on nearby enemies.

➤ June 30th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.28.1121.4
* **General**
	+ Reduced movement speed from 365 ➞ 360.
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Adjusted maximum range of Sniper Mode to match draw distance.
* **Transporter**
	+ Fixed Knockup interrupting Transporter.
* **Cards**
	+ **Critical Hits**
		- Reworked.
		- Renamed to Beam Me Up.
		- [Transporter] Increases the flight speed of Transporter by {20/40/60/80}%.
	+ **Open Season**
		- Now only affects Kinessa.
		- Duration reduced from {3/6/9/12}s ➞ {1/2/3/4}s.
	+ **Tracking**
		- Duration reduced from {10/20/30/40}s ➞ {1/2/3/4}s.
		- Now refreshes when Oppressor Mine ticks.

➤ June 16th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.27.1089
* **Bonus Damage**
	+ Hitting a target with a fully charged shot increases the damage of your next fully charged shot to any target by 10%. Has five stacks and lasts 5 seconds. Resets on a miss.
* **General**
	+ Reduced Movement Speed from 400 ➞ 365.
* **Carbine**
	+ Increased attack speed from .2 ➞ .15.
	+ Reduced Damage from 70 ➞ 65.
	+ Now has accuracy bloom from firing.
	+ Now has dynamic damage fall off.
	+ Updated reload animation.
	+ Reduced size of ground decals when hitting a surface.
	+ Reduced time that tracer shots linger after firing.
	+ Updated muzzle fire visual effects.
	+ Updated crosshair to circle.
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ Now deal 4 damage every 0.2s while channeling on a target per mine.
	+ Slowing beams now correctly come from the top of the mine.
	+ Updated visual presentation of the slowing beams to be easier to identify at a distance.
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Fixed an issue where kinessa could hit players outside of her sight range.
	+ Removed motion from the Sniper Mode tracer shot to make it more distinguishable from a distance.
	+ Sniper Mode tracer is now at its brightest instantly, and then fades to improve clarity.
* **Transporter**
	+ Fixed an issue where the teleport visual effects would not stick with Kinessa before the teleport takes place.
	+ Updated visual effects trail on the Transporter projectile to make it more noticeable during flight.
	+ The end portal visual effects now start playing immediately upon the Transporter locating a teleport location.
* **Headhunter**
	+ The audio trigger for Headhunter now travels further and is more noticeable.
	+ Headhunter now causes Sniper Mode to charge 50% faster for its duration.
* **Cards**
	+ **Well Stocked**
		- Increase your maximum deployed mine count by {1/2/3/4}.
	+ **Generator**
		- Mines Generate {1.5/3/4.5/6}s faster.
	+ **Critical Hits**
		- Hitting an enemy in the upper third of their body dazes them for {1.5/3/4.5/6}s. 5s Cooldown.

➤ May 19th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.26.1032.2
* **General**
	+ Added improvements to reload sound.
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ Now plays a confirmation sound when a new enemy champion is hit by Oppressor Mines with a brief cooldown before the sound will trigger again.
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Fixed an issue where the timings would change when rapidly scoping in and out.
* **Headhunter**
	+ Added improvements to sound when firing Headhunter shots in Sniper Mode.

**Cards**

* **Well Stocked**
	+ Reduced maximum number of mines from {3/4/5/6} to {1/2/3/4}.

➤ May 5th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.25.1004
* **Transporter**
	+ Increased cooldown from 10s ➞ 12s.
	+ Updated ability description to correctly describe Transporters function

**Cards**

* **Generator**
	+ Changed category from "Weapon" to "Sniper Mode" in order to reflect that this card only affects Sniper Mode.
* **Octoppressor**
	+ Updated description.

➤ April 28th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.24.990.1
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Updates have been made to Kinessa's rifle fire being too loud in some cases.
* **Transporter**
	+ Reduced the time it takes to charge your Transporter from 1.2s ➞ 0.6s.
	+ Increased the range of Transporter from 50 units ➞ 80 units.
	+ Fixed an issue with Transporting delay if mounting immediately afterwards.

**Cards**

* **Critical Hits**
	+ Increased damage bonus from {5/10/15/20}% to {10/20/30/40}%.
	+ No longer reduces Sniper Mode charge time.
* **Generator**
	+ Reintroduced as a Specialty card.
	+ [Weapon] Reduce the time it takes your Sniper Mode shots to fully charge by {1.5/3.0/4.5/0.6}s.

➤ April 23rd, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.23.978.5
**Cards**

* Removed from the game:
	+ Generator, Steady

➤ April 21st, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.23.978
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ Slow no longer stacks

**Cards**

* Removed from the game:
	+ Size of the Fight
* **Critical Hits**
	+ Now a Specialty card.
	+ Successful shots made to the upper half of an enemy character will deal 5/10/15/20% increased damage. Reduces time to fully charge by .20s.
* **Well Stocked**
	+ Now a Specialty card.
	+ You may have up to 3/4/5/6 Oppressor Mines active at once and reduce Oppressor Mine's cooldown by 4s.

➤ April 18th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.22.968
* **Transporter**
	+ No longer persists in the world for a duration and instead immediately teleports Kinessa once it reaches it's max distance. Press and Hold "F" to increase the max deploy distance.

**Cards**

* **Beam Me Up**
	+ Removed from game.
* **Restore**
	+ Fixed a typo in the description for Restore IV.
* **Steady**
	+ Reduced damage from {8/16/24/32}% ➞ {5/10/15/20}%.

➤ April 11th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.20.948.8
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Reduced damage from a fully charged shot from 880 ➞ 800
* **Headhunter**
	+ Reduced bonus damage from 100% ➞ 50%.

**Cards**

* **Generator**
	+ Reduced charge time from {0.15/0.30/0.45/0.60}s ➞ {0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4}s.

➤ April 7th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.20.946.4
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Increased audio volume on weapon firing when heard at a distance.
* **Transporter**
	+ Transporter is now thrown instantly and does not require the player to hold down the ability to throw.
	+ Reactivating Transporter will teleport you to it with a faster channel time.
	+ Transporter now lasts for 30s.
	+ Reduced Cooldown to 10s.
	+ Fixed an issue where a traced outlined image of herself would persist.

**Cards**

* **\*NEW\* Size of the Fight**
	+ [Weapon] Your attacks made in Sniper Mode deal {2/4/6/8}% more damage for every 200 health more your opponent has than you.
* **Critical Hits**
	+ Reduced damage from {10/20/30/40}% ➞ {5/10/15/20}%.
* **Steady**
	+ Reduced damage from {15/30/45/60}% ➞ {8/16/24/32}%.
* **Generator**
	+ Reduced charge time reduction from 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8 ➞ 0.15/0.3/0.45/0.6.
* **Restore**
	+ Reduced healing per rank from 20% ➞ 10%.
* **Beam Me Up**
	+ Increased Teleport Speed bonus per rank from 15% ➞ 20%.
* **Snag**
	+ Removed from the game.

➤ March 17th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.19.899.1
* **Scout Rifle**
	+ Increased damage from 77 ➞ 97.
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Increased maximum damage from a full charge from 800 ➞ 880.
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Removed voice cue playing while aiming down sight.
* **Headhunter**
	+ Fixed an issue where Headhunter would reveal stealthed targets.

**Cards**

* **Beam Me Up**
	+ Reduced the cast time reduction per rank from 25% ➞ 15%.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 15%.
* **Bob and Weave**
	+ This card has been re-enabled.

➤ March 11th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.18.885.2
**Cards**

* Removed from the game:
	+ Bob and Weave.

➤ March 11th, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.18.885.1
* **Sniper Rifle**
	+ Increased damage per shot from 70 ➞ 77.
* **Oppressor Mine**
	+ Fixed an issue where these could be deployed on a Siege Engine or Payload Cart.
* **Sniper Mode**
	+ Reduced the time to fully charge a sniper shot from 1.6s ➞ 1.4s.
* **Transporter**
	+ Updated description to state that Kinessa must hold F to deploy a new Transporter.
	+ Fixed an issue where visual effects would persist on Kinessa after she has used Transporter.
* **Headhunter**
	+ Your weapon shots no longer consume ammo for the duration.

**Cards**

* **Steady**
	+ Increased the damage bonus per rank from 10% ➞ 15%.
	+ Rank 1 starts at 15%.
* **Generator**
	+ Increased the charge reduction per rank from 0.1 ➞ 0.15.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 0.15s.
* **Beam Me Up**
	+ Updated description to correctly reference Transporter.
	+ Fixed an issue where this card would stop working during a match.
	+ Channel time reduction increased to 25% per rank.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 25% channel time reduction.
* **Amplitude**
	+ Increased range bonus per rank from 20% ➞ 30%.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 30%.
* **Lie in Wait**
	+ Fixed an issue where Kinessa would get into a state where she had Health regen that was too high.
	+ Increased the heal bonus per rank from 50 ➞ 100.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 100.
* **Octoppressor**
	+ This card now works properly.
* **Open Season**
	+ Increased reveal duration per rank from 3s ➞ 4s.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 4s.
* **Prodigy**
	+ Increased movement speed bonus per rank from 20% ➞ 25%.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 25%.
* **Reconfigure**
	+ Increased DOT reduction per rank from 20% ➞ 25%.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 25%.
* **Restore**
	+ Increased the heal percent per rank from 10% ➞ 20%.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 20%.
* **Bob and Weave**
	+ Increased move speed bonus per rank from 25% ➞ 40%.
	+ Rank 1 now starts at 40%.

➤ March 3rd, 2016
Paladins Closed Beta Version 0.17.865.1
* Kinessa was added to the game.

## Removed Content

* Kinessa/Removed Content

1. ↑ Thomas Holt on Twitter
2. ↑ End Times Resistance Roster, YouTube
3. ↑ End Times Magistrate Roster, YouTube
4. ↑ Kinessa's kill taunt towards Skye
5. ↑ Ena Lorenzo on ArtStation
6. ↑ Category:Unused Kinessa Redesigns
7. ↑ ThunderBrush on ArtStation
8. ↑ Ena Lorenzo on ArtStation
9. ↑ Kinessa Behind the Scenes, YouTube
10. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
11. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
12. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter