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Dota 2 patch 7.38b

Gameplay update · March 2025 · official patch notes

HEROES
46
ITEMS
31
TOTAL
148

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General

7 changes
General Item grace period for swapping into the main inventory without a cooldown
3sto5s
General Tormentor: Gold to each team member on death
250to175
General Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Damage absorb
1900to2100
General Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Barrier regeneration
30to40
General Lotuses can no longer be picked up by Meepo clones, Arc Warden's Tempest Double or Dazzle's Nothl Projection
General Moved the spawn box of the Radiant Safelane tier 1 hard pull camp a little bit down, removing an inaccessible camp block spot that could be created by chopping down a tree
General Removed several trees around camps, making it easier for additional paths to be cut through:
To the right of Dire Ancient camp by Safelane Tier 1 Tower, To the right of Dire Medium camp between mid and top Tier 2 Towers, To the top of Dire Hard camp nearest to mid Tier 1 Tower, To the top of the Dire Jungle high-ground Medium camp, To the right of the Dire offlane Tier 2 Tower Medium camp, To the right of the Radiant Hard Camp by mid tier 1, To the right and left of the Radiant Hard Camp by offlane Tier 1 Tower, To the left of the Radiant Safelane Tier 2 Tower Medium water camp

Items

31 shown · 31 changed

Eye of Skadi

BUFF
Cold Attack Melee Movement Slow
20%to25%
Cold Attack no longer has a separate attack speed slow value against melee targets
As a result, attack slow against melee units increased from 10% to 20%

Glimmer Cape

NERF
Glimmer Bonus Movement Speed
40to20
Glimmer Mana Cost
90to125

Heaven's Halberd

NERF
Recipe changed
No longer requires a Ring of Regen
Recipe cost
275to450
Total cost unchanged

Khanda

BUFF
Empower Spell Debuff Duration
3sto4s
Empower Spell Cooldown
12sto10s

Orb of Corrosion

ADJUSTED
Agility bonus
+8to+7
Corrosion Melee Movement Slow
6%to8%

Orb of Frost

BUFF
Frost Melee Movement Slow
5%to6%

Orchid Malevolence

NERF
Mana Regen bonus
+3.25to+3
Attack Speed bonus
+40to+35

Bloodthorn

NERF
Mana Regen bonus
+3.5to+3.25
Attack Speed bonus
+100to+95

Mana Draught

ADJUSTED
Bottoms Up mana restored
60 + 2% of Caster's Max Manato30 + 4% of Caster's Max Mana

Orb of Destruction

NERF
Impeding Corruption duration
5sto3s

Pig Pole

BUFF
Pig, Out! bonus movement speed
15%to20%
Pig, Out! cooldown
25sto20s
Pig, Out! duration
4sto3s

Pollywog Charm

BUFF
Ribbit duration
10sto14s

Ripper's Lash

BUFF
Flay cooldown
30sto25s

Trusty Shovel

NERF
Dig cooldown
60sto70s

Brigand's Blade

BUFF
Dark Mercy enemy HP increment
5%to7%

Essence Ring

NERF
Life Essence duration
15sto10s
Life Essence mana cost
150to160

Iron Talon

BUFF
Chop cooldown
20sto15s

Searing Signet

BUFF
Burn Through damage threshold
40to55

Gale Guard

NERF
Cyclonic Shield damage Barrier
400to250

Gunpowder Gauntlet

ADJUSTED
Beat the Crowd now also deals 50% of the bonus magical damage to enemies in the splash radius
Beat the Crowd splash damage now bypasses physical damage block

Ninja Gear

NERF
Solitary Disguise mana cost
0to100

Serrated Shiv

NERF
Gut 'Em current health as physical damage
10%to8%

Crippling Crossbow

BUFF
Hobble cast range
600to800

Mind Breaker

NERF
Silence Strike silence duration
2sto1.5s

Pyrrhic Cloak

BUFF
Retribution damage reflection
60%to75%

Fallen Sky

NERF
Fallen Sky cooldown
15sto25s

Pirate Hat

BUFF
Plunder bonus gold for being the killer of a hero
150to400

Unrelenting Eye

ADJUSTED
Relentless now also provides +10% status resistance per enemy within 300 units

Brawny

NERF
Health bonus
+125/175/225/275to+125/165/205/245

Mystical

NERF
Magic Resistance bonus
+0/10/16/22%to+0/10/14/18%

Vampiric

NERF
Lifesteal bonus
+12/16/20%to+12/14/16%
Spell Lifesteal bonus
+8/12/16%to+8/10/12%

Heroes

46 shown · 46 changed

Abaddon

NERF
7.38b · 7 changes

Base stats

Base Mana Regen
0.25to0

Mist Coil

Damage/Heal
100/175/250/325to80/150/220/290
Cast Range
600/625/650/675to625

Aphotic Shield

Duration
15sto12s
Mana Cost
95/110/125/140to110/120/130/140

Borrowed Time

Aghanim's Scepter radius
900toMist Coil's Cast Range

Facet: Mephitic Shroud

Aphotic Shield: Duration
17sto14s

Kez

BUFF
7.38b · 7 changes

Base stats

Base Intelligence
18to20
Strength gain
2.6to2.8
Shadowhawk: Now scales with ultimate abilities instead of Shodo Sai
Shadowhawk: Shodo Sai: Invis Bonus Crit
50%to40/60/80/100%

Grappling Claw

Lifesteal
50/75/100/125%to65/85/105/125%

Shodo Sai

Can now block all physical attack sources (still can't Mark non-hero units)

Raptor Dance

Invulnerability period
0.1sto0.2s

Invoker

BUFF
7.38b · 5 changes

Forge Spirit

Attack range
300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755/820/885to305/360/415/470/525/580/635/690/745/800

Facet: Scholar of Koryx

Cold Snap: When Cold Snap triggers, Invoker now also restores 5 mana in addition to existing healing based on Quas
Ghost Walk: Aghanim's Scepter ally duration
20sto30s

Facet: Mind of Tornarus

Alacrity: Attack range bonus
50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140to60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140/150

Facet: Agent of Gallaron

Sun Strike: Aghanim's Scepter Cataclysm cooldown
60to75 seconds

Lifestealer

NERF
7.38b · 5 changes

Base stats

Base Agility decreased by 4

Feast

Max HP per hero kill
15to10

Infest

Aghanim's Scepter no longer disarms targeted enemy hero
Aghanim's Scepter attack rate
1.25sto1s

Facet: Fleshfeast

Feast: Max HP per hero kill
25/35/45/55to20/25/30/35

Keeper of the Light

BUFF
7.38b · 4 changes

Spirit Form

Cooldown
85sto85/80/75s
Duration
40sto40/45/50s
Illuminate Heal
50/60/70%to70%

Talents

Level 20 Talent +15s Spirit Form Duration replaced with +10% Spirit Form Movement Speed

Broodmother

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Base stats

Base Damage decreased by 2
Damage at level 1 decreased by 2 (from 47-53 to 45-51)

Facet: Necrotic Webs

Spin Web: Health regen reduction does not affect enemies in fountain

Dazzle

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Poison Touch

Duration
5/6/7/8sto3.5/5/6.5/8s

Nothl Projection

Shadow Wave Cooldown Reduction
30/45/60%to30/40/50%

Facet: Nothl Boon

Weave: Allies now receive 5% extra healing from Dazzle per stack

Jakiro

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Ice Path

Cooldown
18/15/12/9sto20/17/14/11s

Facet: Ice Breaker

Ice Path: Path Duration
6sto5s

Talents

Level 15 Talent -1.5s Ice Path Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage

Leshrac

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 3 changes

Diabolic Edict

Mana Cost
90/110/130/150to90/120/150/180

Lightning Storm

No longer slows attack speed

Facet: Chronoptic Nourishment

Damage as mana restore
10/18/26/34%to14/21/28/35%

Magnus

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Base stats

Magnus: Eternal Empowerment: Empower: Max self bonus
10/15/20/25%to8/12/16/20%

Skewer

Distance
900/975/1050/1125to800/900/1000/1100
Aghanim's Shard Distance
1175/1250/1325/1400to1075/1175/1275/1375

Nature's Prophet

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Wrath of Nature

Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces cooldown by 25s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Wrath of Nature Base Damage bonus decreased from +30 to +25
Level 20 Talent Sprout Leashes replaced with -15s Wrath of Nature cooldown

Night Stalker

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Facet: Night Reign

Hunter in the Night: Move Speed
16/22/28/34/40%to10/22/28/34/40%

Facet: Voidbringer

Void: AoE on level 5
300to350

Talents

Level 10 Talent Dark Ascension Duration decreased from +6s to +5s

Tidehunter

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Anchor Smash

Damage Reduction
30/40/50/60%to25/30/35/40%

Dead in the Water

Damage
200to100
Mana Cost
80to110

Winter Wyvern

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Winter's Curse

Cursed target is no longer immune to physical damage from Winter Wyvern and her controlled units
Cooldown
85/80/75sto100/90/80s

Facet: Recursive

Winter's Curse: No longer amplifies physical, magical, and pure damage taken from Winter Wyvern

Zeus

NERF
7.38b · 3 changes

Base stats

Base damage decreased by 4
Damage at level 1 decreased by 4 (from 55-63 to 51-59)

Lightning Bolt

Sight Radius
750to500

Beastmaster

NERF
7.38b · 2 changes

Base stats

Base Damage decreased by 3
Damage at level 1 decreased by 3 (from 56-60 to 53-57)

Brewmaster

BUFF
7.38b · 2 changes

Base stats

Belligerent: Duration on respawn
30sto45s

Talents

Level 10 Talent +200 Thunder Clap AoE replaced with +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration

Dark Seer

NERF
7.38b · 2 changes

Base stats

Base Armor decreased by 1
Aggrandize: Restore percentage per hero level
2%to1.5%

Dragon Knight

NERF
7.38b · 2 changes

Facet: Fire Dragon

Dragon Tail: AoE while in Dragon Form
175to100
Wyrm's Wrath: Magic Damage on Attacks
10/20/30/40to6/12/18/24

Marci

NERF
7.38b · 2 changes

Rebound

Impact Damage
80/160/240/320to75/150/225/300
Aghanim's Shard Impact Damage
96/192/288/384to90/180/270/360

Primal Beast

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 2 changes

Facet: Provoke the Beast

Uproar: Stacks gained per debuff
2to3

Facet: Ferocity

Pulverize: Stack duration
20sto15s

Visage

NERF
7.38b · 2 changes

Grave Chill

Duration
6sto5s
Move Speed Drain
15/20/25/30%to12/16/20/24%

Windranger

BUFF
7.38b · 2 changes

Base stats

Agility gain
1.7to1.9

Shackleshot

Shackle Duration
1.6/2.1/2.6/3.1sto1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25s

Alchemist

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 1 change

Greevil's Greed

Gifting Aghanim's Scepters no longer provides Spell Amplification

Ancient Apparition

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Base stats

Agility gain
2.2to2.0

Arc Warden

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

Facet: Runed Replica

Tempest Double: Rune Duration
10sto12s

Chen

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 1 change

Base stats

Summon Convert: Convert's abilities now also level up with Holy Persuasion

Ember Spirit

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Base stats

Strength gain
2.6to2.3

Hoodwink

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 1 change

Bushwhack

Cooldown
14sto15/14/13/12s

Huskar

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Inner Fire

Damage
120/180/240/300to105/170/235/300

Lina

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

Laguna Blade

Aghanim's Shard damage converted
75%to100%

Lycan

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

Facet: Spirit Wolves

Summon Wolves: Bonus health per wolf
50/100/150/200to60/115/170/225

Medusa

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

Base stats

Venomous Volley: Attacks required to apply poison
5to6

Meepo

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Facet: Codependent

Attack speed bonus
7%to5%

Mirana

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Facet: Starstruck

Starstorm: Blind Duration
3.5/4/4.5/5sto3s

Monkey King

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 1 change

Wukong's Command

Soldiers no longer receive a copy of Monkey King's neutral item

Muerta

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 1 change

The Calling

No longer slows attack speed

Phantom Lancer

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

Juxtapose

Illusion Trigger Chance
8%to9%

Spectre

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

Facet: Forsaken

Desolate: Damage Multiplier
1.75xto2x

Storm Spirit

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Base stats

Intelligence gain
3.9to3.7

Tiny

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Grow

Bonus Armor
10/17/24to5/10/15

Troll Warlord

ADJUSTED
7.38b · 1 change

Fervor

Aghanim's Shard no longer procs additional attacks when attacking a building or ward-type unit

Tusk

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

Facet: Drinking Buddies

Bonus damage
20/45/70/95to20/50/80/110

Venomancer

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Venomous Gale

Slow
50%to35/40/45/50%

Warlock

NERF
7.38b · 1 change

Facet: Black Grimoire

XP per kill/assist
250to200

Weaver

BUFF
7.38b · 1 change

The Swarm

Attack Interval
1.15/1.0/0.85/0.7sto1.2/1.05/0.9/0.75s
Source: official Dota 2 patch notes 7.38b