Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Hotfix 12.2 Patch Notes (18th March)

Space Marine 2's Hotfix 12.2 dropped today, and while it's a small patch, a couple of changes are worth flagging before you load in.

The Sniper gets the most meaningful tweak here. Base ability cooldown dropping from 125 seconds to 90 is a serious quality-of-life win; that's over half a minute shaved off, which in a fast Operations run is the difference between your ultimate being relevant or decorative. Vanguard also gets a nudge upward on both Moving Target (ability restoration up from 5% to 10%) and Retribution (melee damage up from 25% to 30%), which should make the class feel a bit less like you're fighting the kit as much as the enemy. The Heroic Bolt Pistol gets a 13% gun strike damage bump too, which, credit where it's due, is a specific and meaningful number rather than a vague 'adjusted' entry.

On the fix side, the Techmarine bug where "Counteroffensive Protocols" wasn't playing nicely with "Lethal Perimeter" is resolved. We flagged Techmarine perk issues back around Hotfix 12.1, so it's good to see Saber continuing to chip away at those interactions.

Full patch notes below.

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Perks

**Vanguard **

Moving Target: Increased ability restoration from 5 to 10%.

Retribution: Melee Damage is increased from 25 to 30%.

Sniper

Base ability cooldown reduced from 125 seconds to 90.

Bolt Pistol - Heroic version

Increase gun strike damage by 13%.

GENERAL FIXES

• Fixed a bug with Techmarine’s "Counteroffensive Protocols" perk not correctly working with "Lethal Perimeter" perk.

• Fixed a bug with the Heavy Bolt Rifle perk “Able Reload” not activating with the Techmarine's ability.

• Fixed a bug with Omnissian Axe "Static Charge" perk reducing damage instead of increasing it.

• Fixed a visual issue where a blur effect would remain indefinitely when using healing injector.

• Fixed a bug with the cooldown of Techmarine's “Decapitating Stratagem” perk not working properly.

• Fixed a bug making impossible to equip the Ultramarines DLC weapon skin on Heroic Heavy Bolter.

• Removed the Vox filter in VO Selector's preview.

• Fixed an issue causing low FPS and 100% CPU usage on Steamdeck.

• Minor fixes of some Battlefield Conditions

• Minor localisation fixes.

• Minor UI fixes.

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