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Dota 2 patch 7.38c

Gameplay update · March 2025 · official patch notes

HEROES
50
ITEMS
27
TOTAL
168

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General

15 changes
Dire Safe Lane Jungle The Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower has been moved forward, away from the Dire base and closer to where the creeps initially meet
Dire Safe Lane Jungle The Top Lane creep paths have been slightly adjusted so the creeps meet closer to the Dire tower
Dire Safe Lane Jungle The tree lines above and below the tower have been reworked
Dire Safe Lane Jungle The Dire Safe Lane hard camp has been moved away from the Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower, and had its tree line reduced and rotated to face the river
Dire Safe Lane Jungle The cliff above the Dire Safe Lane small camp has been extended slightly towards the Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower, and the small camp has been moved and had its tree line adjusted
Dire Safe Lane Jungle The ramp leading to the river and the Roshan Pit from the Dire Safe Lane pull area has been moved towards the Pit slightly
Dire Safe Lane Jungle Several additional tree and visual adjustments have been made to this area
Top Roshan Pit Fixed a spot at the north side of the pit that had incorrect vision rules
Top Roshan Pit Fixed some areas that visually looked pathable but were not
Bottom Lane Trees have been added around the Dire Bottom Tier 1 tower, and several tree positions adjusted
Bottom Lane A tree near the Radiant Safe Lane hard camp has been removed
Bottom Lane The Watcher above the secret shop has been repositioned between the ramps from Dire Mid Tier 1 and the bottom Roshan Pit
Bottom Lane Fixed unnecessary pathing blockers at the left of the entrance to the Dire Base through the team only gate
Bottom Lane Several trees have been removed from the Radiant high ground leading to the Bottom Roshan Pit
Bottom Lane Several additional tree and visual adjustments have been made to this area

Items

27 shown · 27 changed

Desolator

BUFF
Damage bonus
+50to+55

Helm of the Dominator

ADJUSTED
Dominated creep is now considered a creep-hero
It cannot be dominated, persuaded or enchanted, and it isn't instantly killed by Hand of Midas, Mirana's Sacred Arrow, etc.

Helm of the Overlord

ADJUSTED
Dominated creep is now considered a creep-hero
It cannot be dominated, persuaded or enchanted, and it isn't instantly killed by Hand of Midas, Mirana's Sacred Arrow, etc.

Mage Slayer

NERF
Mage Slayer damage per second
25to20

Orb of Corrosion

NERF
Corrosion armor reduction
3to2

Revenant's Brooch

NERF
Spell Lifesteal bonus
+16%to+14%

Spirit Vessel

BUFF
Soul Release healing, regen and lifesteal reduction
60%to70%

Mana Draught

NERF
Bottoms Up cooldown
40sto60s

Orb of Destruction

NERF
Impeding Corruption Slow (Melee)
10%to8%
Impeding Corruption Slow (Range)
5%to4%

Pollywog Charm

BUFF
Ribbit mana cost
40to0

Ripper's Lash

BUFF
Flay Bonus Damage (Heroes)
12to16

Searing Signet

ADJUSTED
Burn Through duration
5sto6s
Burn Through total damage
75to72
Damage per second decreased from 15 to 12
Burn Through damage is now classified as Health Removal
It no longer will trigger on hit effects or cancel Blink Daggers

Nemesis Curse

BUFF
Glass Cannon self damage amp
8%to6%

Crippling Crossbow

BUFF
Hobble mana cost
75to50

Mind Breaker

NERF
Silence Strike cooldown
12sto16s

Pirate Hat

BUFF
Plunder steal radius
1200to2400

Unrelenting Eye

BUFF
Relentless enemy search radius
300to600

Alert

BUFF
Attack Speed bonus
+10/15/20/25to+10/17/24/35

Mystical

NERF
Mana Regen bonus
+1/2/3/4to+1/1.75/2.5/3.25

Tough

BUFF
Damage bonus
+5/8/11/14to+7/10/13/17

Keen-eyed

NERF
Max Mana reduction
15%to10%

Vast

BUFF
Attack Range bonus
+60/90to+75/110

Crude

NERF
Intelligence reduction
15%to8%

Timeless

NERF
Spell Amplification bonus
+10/20%to+8/16%

Titanic

NERF
Base Attack Damage bonus
+15/25%to+10/20%

Feverish

BUFF
Mana Cost/Mana Loss Increase
+10%to+7%

Wise

BUFF
Experience per Minute bonus
+600to+1000

Heroes

50 shown · 50 changed

Batrider

BUFF
7.38c · 19 changes

Firefly

Radius
200to250

Flaming Lasso

Forced movement applied by Batrider's allies to the lassoed target from certain abilities no longer cancel lasso
Dark Willow's Terrorize
Death Prophet's Spirit Siphon (Fear from Aghanim's Shard)
Keeper of the Light's Will-o-Wisp
Lich's Sinister Gaze
Lone Druid's (and Spirit Bear's) Savage Roar
Muerta's Dead Shot
Pudge's Dismember
Ringmaster's Wheel of Wonder
Shadow Fiend's Requiem of Souls
Terrorblade's Terror Wave
Tinker's Defense Matrix (blink with Translocator facet)
Tinker's Warp Flare (still applies damage, but does not move the target)
Tusk's Walrus Kick (still applies damage, but does not move the target)
The following abilities continue to break the lasso: Centaur Warrunner's Hitch a Ride, Chaos Knight's Reality Rift, Disruptor's Glimpse, Kunkka's X Marks the Spot, Magnus' Reverse Polarity, Mars' Arena of Blood (created by an ally) and Vengeful Spirit's Nether Swap

Talents

Level 20 Talent 2 Flamebreak Charges replaced with -6s Flamebreak Cooldown
Level 20 Talent Smoldering Resin Duration increased from +2s to +4s
Level 25 Talent Sticky Napalm Damage increased from +15 to +20

Dazzle

NERF
7.38c · 6 changes

Shadow Wave

No longer has increased healing and damage when bouncing on enemies with Aghanim's Scepter

Nothl Projection

Cast Range
600to450
Leash pull strength growth
0.5to1.5
This means for every 1 unit past 1600, the strength of the pull will increase by 1.5 unit/s instead of 0.5
Max Duration
15sto12s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Poison Touch Attack Range decreased from +300 to +200
Level 15 Talent +90 Attack Speed replaced with +5s Nothl Projection Duration

Abaddon

NERF
7.38c · 5 changes

Base stats

Base Armor decreased by 1

Curse of Avernus

No longer deals damage to buildings

Facet: Mephitic Shroud

Aphotic Shield: Cooldown
14/12/10/8sto15/13/11/9s

Talents

Level 15 Talent Curse of Avernus DPS decreased from +50 to +40
Level 25 Talent Curse of Avernus Attack Speed Bonus decreased from +80 to +65

Ring Master

BUFF
7.38c · 5 changes

Facet: Sideshow Secrets

Crystal Ball: Now indicates the exact position of each enemy hero in the area without revealing their identity
Unicycle: No longer gets knocked off if the damage taken is below 20
Unicycle: No longer gets knocked off from any damage for 1.5s after mounting the unicycle
Unicycle: Can now cast non-channeling spells and pick up runes without dismounting the unicycle
Still requires Ringmaster to be facing in the spell direction
Weighted Pie: Now also slows movement of the affected enemy by 45%. Similarly to vision, movement speed is recovering over the debuff time

Wraith King

BUFF
7.38c · 5 changes

Wraithfire Blast

Cooldown
17/14/11/8sto14/12/10/8s

Reincarnation

Mana Cost
200to225

Facet: Bone Guard

Cooldown
50sto42s
Skeleton Duration
40sto46s
Level 10 Talent +25%/-25% Bone Guard Duration / Cooldown replaced with +2s Wraithfire Blast Slow Duration

Dark Seer

NERF
7.38c · 4 changes

Base stats

Base Damage decreased by 2
Damage at level 1
54–60to52–58

Facet: Heart of Battle

Radius
900to1200

Talents

Level 10 Talent Wall of Replica Illusion Damage decreased from +20% to +15%

Hoodwink

BUFF
7.38c · 4 changes

Acorn Shot

Bonus Damage
40/80/120/160to45/90/135/180

Sharpshooter

Max Damage
550/900/1250to600/975/1350
Damage with Hipshot facet increased from 412.5/675/937.5 to 450/731.25/1012.5

Hunter's Boomerang

Movement Slow
20%to25%
Incoming Spell Damage Amp
20%to25%

Magnus

NERF
7.38c · 4 changes

Base stats

Base Strength
25to23
Damage at level 1
55–63to54–62

Shockwave

Damage
90/160/230/300to75/150/225/300

Empower

Self bonus
50%to30%

Templar Assassin

BUFF
7.38c · 4 changes

Refraction

Cooldown
16sto14s
Number of instances
2/3/4/5to3/4/5/6

Meld

Fixed not applying to both attacks if Meld was used twice in quick succession

Talents

Level 25 Talent Refraction Instances increased from +3 to +4

Tiny

BUFF
7.38c · 4 changes

Grow

Bonus Damage
60/120/180to55/110/165
Movement Speed Bonus
10/20/30to15

Facet: Crash Landing

Toss: Movement Slow
15/20/25/30%to20/25/30/35%
Toss: Attack Slow
10/20/30/40to15/25/35/45

Brewmaster

BUFF
7.38c · 3 changes

Primal Split

Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity magic resistance
50%to80%
Void Brewling's Astral Pull Damage
50/100/150to75/150/225
Void Brewling's Astral Pull Distance
300/500/700to450/575/700

Earth Spirit

BUFF
7.38c · 3 changes

Boulder Smash

Damage
120/180/240/300to110/180/250/320

Talents

Level 10 Talent Geomagnetic Grip Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s
Level 20 Talent Rolling Boulder Damage increased from +160 to +180

Oracle

NERF
7.38c · 3 changes

Rain of Destiny

Damage/Heal per second
35to30

Talents

Level 15 Talent -1s Purifying Flames Cooldown replaced with +25% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage
Level 20 Talent +30% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage replaced with -1s Purifying Flames Cooldown

Tinker

NERF
7.38c · 3 changes

Base stats

Defense Matrix: Mana Cost
80/95/110/125to90/105/120/135

Laser

Aghanim's Scepter size and health reductions
15%to13%

Talents

Level 15 Talent Defense Matrix Damage Barrier decreased from +75 to +60

Windranger

BUFF
7.38c · 3 changes

Base stats

Base Damage increased by 3
Damage on level 1
44–56to47–59

Facet: Killshot

Powershot: Execute no longer goes through any death denial effects (Dazzle's Shallow Grave, Oracle's False Promise, etc.)

Ancient Apparition

NERF
7.38c · 2 changes

Ice Vortex

Mana Cost
40/50/60/70to40/55/70/85

Chilling Touch

Attack Range Bonus
80/120/160/200to60/90/120/150

Faceless Void

NERF
7.38c · 2 changes

Facet: Time Zone

Movement, Cast and Turn Speed manipulation
60%to50%
No longer leashes enemies

Jakiro

NERF
7.38c · 2 changes

Dual Breath

Mana Cost
125/140/155/170to135/150/165/180

Facet: Ice Breaker

Ice Path: Secondary Damage
75/125/175/225to50/100/150/200

Lifestealer

NERF
7.38c · 2 changes

Open Wounds

Mana Cost
75to100

Facet: Fleshfeast

Feast: Max HP per hero kill
20/25/30/35to15/20/25/30

Lycan

BUFF
7.38c · 2 changes

Base stats

Base Strength
26to28
Damage at level 1
50–55to52–57

Marci

BUFF
7.38c · 2 changes

Facet: Buddy System

Bodyguard: Now also increases duration from 6s to 7s

Facet: Pick-me-up

Rebound: Ally damage
25%to35%

Nature's Prophet

NERF
7.38c · 2 changes

Spirit of the Forest

Bonus damage per tree
4%to3%

Facet: Ironwood Treant

Nature's Call: Treant Health
800/1050/1300/1550to750/950/1150/1350

Night Stalker

NERF
7.38c · 2 changes

Base stats

Heart of Darkness: Bonus health regen at night
40%to20%

Talents

Level 15 Talent Hunter in the Night Status Resistance decreased from 30% to 20%

Omniknight

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 2 changes

Purification

Cooldown
18/16/14/12sto15/14/13/12s

Facet: Omnipresent

Damage increase interval
0.3sto0.25s
Time for maximum effect decreased from 6s to 5s

Primal Beast

BUFF
7.38c · 2 changes

Uproar

Max Stacks
5to6

Facet: Provoke the Beast

Uproar: Now also provides stacks upon being Silenced

Snapfire

BUFF
7.38c · 2 changes

Lil' Shredder

Base Damage per shot
20/35/50/65to25/40/55/70

Mortimer Kisses

No longer interrupted when Snapfire uses items/abilities that can be cast while channeling (Glimmer Cape, etc.)
This also fixes being interrupted when receiving Madstone

Tidehunter

NERF
7.38c · 2 changes

Dead in the Water

Cooldown
25sto35s

Facet: Krill Eater

Starting attack range and Anchor Smash penalties
50to60

Timbersaw

BUFF
7.38c · 2 changes

Timber Chain

Damage
50/95/140/185to45/100/155/210

Reactive Armor

Bonus HP Regen
0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6to0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7

Alchemist

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 1 change

Corrosive Weaponry

Unstable Concoction stack count per second of brew time now rounds up to the nearest second (minimum 1 stack)

Chen

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 1 change

Base stats

Summon Convert: Convert is now considered a creep-hero
It cannot be dominated, persuaded or enchanted, and it isn't instantly killed by Hand of Midas, Mirana's Sacred Arrow, etc.

Dragon Knight

NERF
7.38c · 1 change

Elder Dragon Form

Bonus Move Speed
20/25/30/35to20

Ember Spirit

NERF
7.38c · 1 change

Sleight of Fist

Bonus Hero Damage
40/80/120/160to25/70/115/160

Enchantress

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Base stats

Intelligence gain
3.8to4.0

Juggernaut

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 1 change

Omnislash

Slash Jump Radius is no longer increased by AoE bonuses

Keeper of the Light

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Chakra Magic

Self-cast bonus
25%to30%

Kez

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Talents

Level 25 Talent Shodo Sai Mark Critical Strike increased from +75% to +100%

Kunkka

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Tidebringer

Damage Bonus
30/60/90/120to35/70/105/140

Legion Commander

NERF
7.38c · 1 change

Facet: Spoils of War

Duel: Press the Attack duration on allies after duel win is now decreased by 50%

Lina

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Light Strike Array

Mana Cost
100/115/130/145to100/110/120/130

Luna

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 1 change

Moon Glaives

No longer bounce to attack-immune targets

Medusa

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 1 change

Base stats

Venomous Volley: No longer slows cast speed

Meepo

NERF
7.38c · 1 change

Facet: Codependent

Divided We Stand: Armor bonus
2to1

Muerta

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Facet: Ofrenda

Attack Speed Bonus
15/25/35/45to20/30/40/50

Nyx Assassin

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Mind Flare

Cooldown
13/11/9/7sto11/9.5/8/6.5s

Phantom Assassin

NERF
7.38c · 1 change

Phantom Strike

Cast Range
1000to650/750/850/950

Silencer

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 1 change

Base stats

Brain Drain: If Silencer is out of range, Intelligence will now be stolen only if the dying enemy is debuffed by Silencer the moment they die
This effect used to have a grace period equal to the full Assist-gaining duration even when the debuff was removed

Skywrath Mage

BUFF
7.38c · 1 change

Arcane Bolt

Mana Cost
85to70

Terrorblade

NERF
7.38c · 1 change

Conjure Image

Illusion Damage Taken
275%to250%

Warlock

NERF
7.38c · 1 change

Eldritch Summoning

Imp explosion delay
0.2sto0.3s

Weaver

ADJUSTED
7.38c · 1 change

The Swarm

Bugs are now destroyed if the host unit becomes invulnerable
I.e. using Eul's Scepter of Divinity, etc
Source: official Dota 2 patch notes 7.38c