Dota 2 patch 7.40

Brewmaster

BUFF

7.40 · 45 changes

IN THIS PATCH

45 changes

Base stats

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Strength gain

3.7→to3.2

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Intelligence gain

1.6→to1.9

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Removed Roll Out The Barrel and Drunken Master facets

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Removed Primal Companion ability

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Removed Belligerent innate ability

Liquid Courage

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New innate ability. Passive, improves with Brewmaster's level

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When Brewmaster drops below 50% Health he gains a Status Resistance buff and his movement speed alternates every 1 second between being faster and being slower. The effect becomes stronger at lower health, scaling from 0 up to max values at 20% Health. Max Status Resistance is 10.5% + 0.5% per Brewmaster's level up, Max Speed Increase is 25%, Max Speed Slow is 10%

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Brewmaster may activate the ability to toss a strong drink to himself or a teammate, granting the max effects of his innate for 5 seconds, and also providing 2% Max HP Regen per second. Cast Range: 800. Mana Cost: 50. Cooldown: 20s

Thunder Clap

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Cast point

0.35s→to0.3s

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Mana Cost

90/100/110/120→to100

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Radius

325/350/375/400→to375

Cinder Brew

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Now rolls a barrel of ale that deals 40/70/100/130 physical damage to enemies in its path and drenches enemies along the way and around the target location

Drunken Brawler

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Moved Brewed Up effect from Cinder Brew to Drunken Brawler

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When Brewmaster casts any ability, he becomes Brewed Up for 5 seconds, gaining +150% to his stance bonuses. If he is already Brewed Up, the duration is extended by 1s. After Brewed Up ends, Brewmaster is hungover and cannot become Brewed Up again for 9 seconds

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Earth Stance Magic Resistance

5/10/15/20%→to8/12/16/20%

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Fire Stance Attack Speed

10/15/20/25→to10/20/30/40

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Void Stance removed

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Stance visual indicator is now always present around Brewmaster

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Stances can now be switched without cancelling channeling or invisibility

Primal Split

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Void Brewling removed

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Duration

16/18/20s→to16/20/24s

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All Brewlings now receive their respective Drunken Brawler stances

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Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity ability renamed to Earth Element as it no longer grants Debuff Immunity. Now it provides 80% Status Resistance and 60% Magic Resistance instead

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Earth Brewling's Demolish Bonus Building Damage

50/100/150→to40/80/120

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Earth Brewling's movement speed

330/350/370→to330/355/380

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Earth Brewling's damage

25/60/95→to35/70/105

From 20–30/55–65/90–100 to 30–40/65–75/100–110

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Storm Brewling's damage

20/40/60→to30/50/70

From 15–25/35–45/55–65 to 25–35/45–55/65–75

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Allows Brewmaster to cancel the ability early and provides Brewed Up bonus to all Brewlings on cast. Also increases ability's level to 4, improving Brewlings' stats and abilities

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Earth: 4100 Health, 8 Health Regen, 135–145 Damage, 9 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged

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Hurl Boulder: 200 Damage and 2s Stun Duration

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Demolish: 160 Bonus Building Damage

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Storm: 2500 Health, 8 Health Regen, 85–95 Damage. Other base stats are unchanged

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Wind Walk: 320 Bonus Damage and 55% Bonus Movement Speed

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Cyclone: 6s Hero Duration and 100 Damage on Landing

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Fire: 1750 Health, 8 Health Regen, 215–225 Damage, 24 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged

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Permanent Immolation: 100 Damage per second

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration replaced with +1s Drunken Brawler Brew Up / Extend Duration

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Level 10 Talent +10 Brewlings Damage replaced with +14 Brewlings Base Damage

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Level 15 Talent Cinder Brew Damage/Duration increased from +30% to 40%

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Level 15 Talent +1x Brewed Up multiplier for Drunken Brawler replaced with +600 Brewlings Health

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Level 20 Talent +1200 Brewlings Health replaced with -15s Primal Split Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent Brewlings Gain Drunken Brawler Passive replaced with 1.5x Drunken Brawler Stance Bonuses

Spectre

BUFF

7.40 · 38 changes

IN THIS PATCH

38 changes

Base stats

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Now an Agility Hero

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Base Damage increased by 2

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Base attributes unchanged

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Damage at level 1 unchanged (48–52)

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Attribute gains unchanged

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Damage gain per level

+2.8→to+2.1

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Damage at level 30 decreased by 27 (from 149–153 to 122–126)

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Base Attack Time worsened from 1.7s to 1.8s

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Base Attack Speed

90→to110

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Removed Forsaken and Twist the Knife facets

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Removed Spectral innate ability

Desolate

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Now an innate ability. Passive, improves with Spectre's level

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Damage

25/40/55/70→to25 + 2 every time Spectre levels up

Spectral Dagger

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Mana Cost

110/120/130/140→to100/110/120/130

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Spectre's illusions now also benefit from the Shadow Path

Shadow Step

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Reworked into a basic ability

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Thrusts an uncontrollable illusion, which follows the target and attacks it for 20/30/40/50% of Spectre's damage. The illusion exists for 3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds, and takes 200% damage. Cast Range: 700/850/1000/1150. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75. Cooldown: 32/28/24/20s

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On cast the illusion moves at the speed of 900, then it has 135% of Spectre's movement speed after reaching the target

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The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it

Dispersion

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Min Radius

300→to350

Reality

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Can no longer be cast to no effect

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Now has a distinct sound between casts on Shadow Step and Haunt illusions

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Mana Cost

40→to25

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Now has a 0.2s travel time to reach the target. The illusion and Spectre are invulnerable during this time

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Now disabled by roots

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Now always destroys the target illusion

Haunt

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Now Spectre's ultimate ability

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Mana Cost

150→to125/150/175

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Duration

6s→to5/6/7s

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Cooldown

160s→to180/160/140s

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Haunt Outgoing Damage

80%→to30/55/80%

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Each illusion now spawns from the direction closest to Spectre

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Reduces Haunt cooldown by 20s. When Reality is used on Haunt illusion for the first time per Haunt cast, enemies are Feared away from Spectre for 1.5s with 50% reduced move speed in a 400 AoE around the targeted illusion

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +5 Health Regen replaced with +10 Desolate Damage

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Level 15 Talent +15 Desolate Damage replaced with +1s Shadow Step Duration

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Level 20 Talent Spectral Dagger Slow/Bonus increased from +12% to +15%

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Level 25 Talent All Spectre Illusion Damage decreased from +25% to +20%

Treant Protector

BUFF

7.40 · 36 changes

IN THIS PATCH

36 changes

Base stats

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Removed Primeval Power and Sapling facets

Nature's Guise

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Now can be activated while tree walking to make Treant Protector invisible until he attacks or loses the Nature's Guise buff

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Linger time: 2s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 50s. Cooldown is reduced by 3s per 2 Treant Protector's level ups

Down to 8 seconds on level 29

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Cooldown starts when the invisibility ends

Nature's Grasp

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No longer does 50% more damage and slow when touching a tree

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Damage per second

30/40/50/60→to35/50/65/80

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Movement Slow

20/25/30/35%→to25/30/35/40%

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Creep penalty

50%→to35%

Leech Seed

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Ability Reworked

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Passive, auto-cast attack modifier

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Treant Protector's attack plants a life-sapping seed in an enemy unit, dealing an extra 20/40/60/80 magic damage. The enemy is bound for 0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5s and emits two healing pulses, one upon application and one upon expiration, healing up to 5 allies within 650 units for 15/25/35/45 + 20% of the damage dealt by the attack. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 15/12/9/6s. Breakable

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Now only sends out a maximum of 5 heals per pulse, prioritizing heroes

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No longer has a creep penalty for healing

Living Armor

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No longer grants bonus armor

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Now grants 100 damage block from player-controlled sources. Each time this spell blocks damage the effect is decreased by 35/30/25/20

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Damage block affects any types of damage

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The heal ends earlier if the damage block is reduced to 0

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Instances of less than 20 damage are ignored by Living Armor. They are neither blocked nor counted towards block decrease

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Duration

18/22/26/30s→to12s

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Heal per second

3/4/5/6→to4/7/10/13

Overgrowth

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Decreases cooldown from 110/100/90 to 80/70/60s. When casting Overgrowth, Treant Protector draws power from the earth, becoming massive for 16 seconds, gaining +100% Strength, Phased Movement, and a Splashing Attack that deals 60% of attack damage in a 300 unit radius. While large, he has a fixed movement speed of 345. Buff is undispellable

Eyes In The Forest

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Now granted by Aghanim's Shard

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Mana Cost

100→to30

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Cast Range

160→to350

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Overgrowth is no longer applied around enchanted trees

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Enchanted trees now have the same health as Observer Wards, and they expire after 5 minutes

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Trees can be attacked when revealed by True Sight. Attacks will remove the ability effect from the tree without destroying the tree itself

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Charge Restore Time

40s→to55s

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +2.5% Nature's Guise Movement Speed replaced with +50 Base Damage

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Level 10 Talent Living Armor Heal Per Second increased from +2 to +4

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Level 15 Talent +18% Leech Seed Movement Slow replaced with +10% Leech Seed Damage to Healing

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Level 20 Talent Leech Seed Bonus Damage increased from +45 to +80

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Level 20 Talent +8 Living Armor Bonus Armor replaced with +20 Living Armor Damage Block

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Level 25 Talent -35s Overgrowth Cooldown replaced with -3s Leech Seed Cooldown

Lone Druid

BUFF

7.40 · 35 changes

IN THIS PATCH

35 changes

Base stats

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Base Movement Speed

325→to295

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Base Damage increased by 4

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Damage at level 1

38–42→to42–46

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Removed Bear With Me and Bear Necessities facets

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Removed Gift Bearer innate ability. Its effect is now a part of Summon Spirit Bear ability

Summon Spirit Bear

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Moved to an innate ability. Cannot be leveled up

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Ability is moved to the 4th ability slot

D key by default

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Spirit Bear now counts as a melee hero for most spells

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Since the bear is now a hero, all unit-related changes moved to a separate Spirit Bear section below. This section is for the summon ability changes only

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Cooldown

150/140/130/120s→to120s

Entangle

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New Point Targeted basic ability

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Allows Lone Druid to Entangle enemies once they gain 5 stacks of this ability. Entangled enemies are unable to move for 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s and take 60/70/80/90 damage per second. When cast, applies 2 stacks to each enemy hero in the area and 5 stacks to enemy creeps, and also empowers Lone Druid for 10 seconds, making him apply 1 stack with each attack on enemy heroes. Enemies are protected from gaining new stacks while they're already Entangled. Radius: 350. Stack Duration: 10s. Cast Range: 700. Mana Cost: 60. Cooldown: 24/22/20/18s

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Pierces Debuff Immunity

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Lone Druid's Empowered Buff and enemy stack counter debuff are undispellable, Entangled debuff is dispellable

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Creeps can't gain stacks from either Lone Druid's and Spirit Bear's attacks, and are Entangled only on cast

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Roshan is affected as if he were a hero

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Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws reworked. Now it levels up with this ability and passively provides empowered attacks at all times

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases radius to 450 and hero stacks on cast to 5, instantly Entangling them. Also removes stack protection from Entangled enemies

Spirit Link

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No longer grants attack speed or shared armor

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Now also passively grants +10/20/30/40 movement speed to Lone Druid and +20/40/60/80 to his Spirit Bear

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Lone Druid's attacks now heal the Spirit Bear by default

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

True Form

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Mana Cost

200→to80

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Duration

40s→to25s

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Cooldown

100s→to60/55/50s

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No longer grants Entangling Claws and Demolish to Lone Druid

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Now also provides 50/90/130 bonus attack damage

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Bonus Armor

8/10/12→to10/15/20

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +30 Spirit Bear Movement Speed replaced with +15 Entangle Root Damage Per Second

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Level 10 Talent +200 Health replaced with -25s Summon Spirit Bear Cooldown

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Level 15 Talent +7 Spirit Bear Armor replaced with +12 Agility

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Level 20 Talent +30 Entangling Claws DPS replaced with +55 Attack Speed

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Level 25 Talent +45 Spirit Link Attack Speed replaced with +0.6s Entangle Root Duration (also affects Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws)

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Level 25 Talent -50s True Form Cooldown replaced with True Form provides 60% Slow Resistance

Riki

NERF

7.40 · 24 changes

IN THIS PATCH

24 changes

Base stats

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Removed Contract Killer and Exterminator facets

Backstab

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No longer levels with Cloak and Dagger

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Agility Damage Multiplier

0.55/0.9/1.25/1.6→to0.6 + 0.05 per Riki's level up

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Now works on allied units at 25% effectiveness

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Damage is now done as a separate instance of damage instead of a part of the attack damage

Blink Strike

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2 charges with 25/21/17/13s base restore time replaced with 13/10/7/4s cooldown

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Bonus 40/55/70/85 magic damage replaced with 15/30/45/60 bonus physical damage on attack

Tricks of the Trade

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Mana Cost

45/55/65/75→to65

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Cooldown

18/16/14/12s→to21/18/15/12s

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Radius

450→to425

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40% Attack Damage replaced with 30/50/70/90 flat damage

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Still applies bonus damage from Backstab, but as a separate instance of damage now

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No longer provides bonus Agility

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Now attacks 2 random targets by default

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Aghanim's Scepter slightly reworked

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No longer increases the number of targets attacked

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Now also allows to hide within allied creeps

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Now increases ability duration by 1s and attack count by 2, but only when Riki hides within an ally

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No longer increases attack count on non-ally casts

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Now provides 15% bonus movement speed to the ally Riki's hiding in

Cloak and Dagger

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Now grants 130/260/390 experience when getting a hero kill and 100 experience when getting a hero assist

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +50 Tricks of the Trade Agility replaced with 15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade

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Level 20 Talent -4s Blink Strike Replenish Time replaced with -1s Blink Strike Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent Tricks of the Trade Applies a Basic Dispel replaced with +500 Blink Strike Cast Range

Kez

NERF

7.40 · 19 changes

IN THIS PATCH

19 changes

Base stats

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Base Strength

19→to20

Switch Discipline

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Cooldown reduction per level

0.2s→to0.25s

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Cooldown on level 1

7.8s→to7.75s

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Cooldown on level 30

2s→to0.5s

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Katana Base Attack Time

2.0s→to1.8s

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Katana Bonus Agility Base Damage

20%→to12%

Kazurai Katana

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Damage per second

5/7/9/11→to3/6/9/12%

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The active effect may only trigger up to a maximum of 500 stacks

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Aghanim's Shard now also increases Max Stacks to 1000 and stack as burst damage from 50% to 100%

Falcon Rush

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No longer causes Kez to have a fixed attack rate or any interaction with attack speed

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Echo Attack Damage

45/55/65/75%→to35/40/45/50%

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Echoes now have 50% reduced chance to proc random effects

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Echo with Maelstrom (25% chance) will have a 12.5% chance to proc its passive

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Echoes can no longer trigger Marks, but may still create them

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However, their chance to mark will be

18%→to9% due to the proc chance change mentioned before

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Rush Speed

1000→to850

Shodo Sai

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Marked Stun Duration

0.5s→to0.4s

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Parry Stun Duration

0.5s→to0.4s

Talents

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Level 20 Talent +50% Attack Damage Added to Talon Toss replaced with +60 Attack Speed During Falcon Rush

Pangolier

NERF

7.40 · 18 changes

IN THIS PATCH

18 changes

Base stats

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Removed Double Jump and Thunderbolt facets

Swashbuckle

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Cooldown

21/18/15/12s→to20/17/14/11s

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Now briefly slows enemies movespeed on hit by 100% for 0.4s

Shield Crash

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Cooldown

18/16/14/12s→to16/13/10/7s

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Mana Cost

70/80/90/100→to75

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Barrier

50/100/150/200 per enemy hero hit→to60/120/180/240 if any enemy hero is hit

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If no enemy hero was hit, barrier is not provided

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Barrier Duration

10s→to6s

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Damage

70/130/190/250→to50/100/150/200

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No longer slows enemies

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Aghanim's Scepter Swashbuckle damage

100%→to75%

Rolling Thunder

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Duration

10s→to9/10/11s

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No longer decreases the cooldown of Shield Crash

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Now takes 1 second to reach full Roll Speed

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +90 Shield Crash Barrier Per Hero replaced with +125 Shield Crash Barrier

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Level 15 Talent +15% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage replaced with -2s Swashbuckle Cooldown

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Level 20 Talent +125 Shield Crash Radius and Damage replaced with -1.5s Shield Crash Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent -4s Swashbuckle Cooldown replaced with +20% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage

Clinkz

BUFF

7.40 · 17 changes

IN THIS PATCH

17 changes

Base stats

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Removed Suppressive Fire and Engulfing Step facets

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Removed Tar Bomb ability

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Removed Bone and Arrow innate ability

Infernal Shred

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New innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up

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Clinkz and his skeletons apply a stacking debuff that causes their attacks to pierce up to 20% of the target's armor. Clinkz applies 2% per attack, and skeletons apply 1%. Debuff lasts 5 seconds

Doesn't affect the target's armor directly. Simply improves attacks only for Clinkz and his skeletons

Strafe

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Skeleton Archers attack speed factor

60%→to50%

Searing Arrows

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Returning as base ability

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Imbues Clinkz's arrows with fire for extra 18/32/46/60 extra damage. Skeleton Archers always fire Searing Arrows with 50% reduced damage. Mana Cost: 10

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Skeleton Archers target the enemy attacked by Clinkz with Searing Arrows effect

Death Pact

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No longer creates Skeleton Archers

Skeleton Walk

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Skeleton Archer stats and Aghanim's Scepter upgrade are now part of Skeleton Walk

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Skeleton Archer Duration

15/20/25/30s→to20/25/30s

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Also applies to Burning Army

Burning Barrage

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No longer slows the targets

Burning Army

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Spawn Interval

0.15s→to0.1s

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Skeleton count

5→to6

Talents

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Level 25 Talent Tar Bomb Multishot replaced with Searing Arrows Multishot

Phantom Lancer

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 16 changes

IN THIS PATCH

16 changes

Base stats

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Agility gain

2.8→to3.4

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Removed Divergence and Lancelot facets

Illusory Armaments

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Ability Reworked

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Whenever an illusion of Phantom Lancer is created, it can't have less than 18% of Phantom Lancer's damage for 3s. Damage increases by 2% with every 3 Phantom Lancer's level ups

Phantom Rush

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No Longer provides bonus Agility while active

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Cooldown

13/10/7/4s→to15/11/7/3s

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Now provides 20/30/40/50% evasion while rushing

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No longer has a 2s linger effect

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Evasion bonus is lost once the target is reached or the rush is cancelled

Juxtapose

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Illusion Damage

15/17/19%→to15%

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +10 Phantom Rush Agility replaced with +3% Juxtapose Illusion Trigger Chance

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Level 15 Talent -1s Spirit Lance Cooldown replaced with +125 Doppelganger Cast Range

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Level 15 Talent +2.5s Phantom Rush Bonus Agility Duration replaced with 50% Illusion Spirit Lance Damage

Spirit Lances fired from illusions deal 50% of the regular damage, which is then further reduced by the illusion's outgoing damage multiplier

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Level 20 Talent +6% Juxtapose Damage replaced with -70% Juxtapose Illusion Damage Taken

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Level 20 Talent +15% Spirit Lance Illusion Damage replaced with +100 Spirit Lance Damage

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Level 25 Talent +20% Illusory Armaments Damage replaced with +2s Illusory Armaments Duration

Earth Spirit

NERF

7.40 · 15 changes

IN THIS PATCH

15 changes

Base stats

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Base Damage decreased by 6

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Damage at level 1

53–57→to47–51

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Removed Resonance, Stepping Stone, and Ready to Roll facets

Stone Remnant

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Now passively grants +2.5% bonus attack damage per currently unused charge

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Whenever Earth Spirit uses another ability on Stone Remnant, he gains +7.5% bonus attack damage for 10s (effect doesn't stack)

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Max Ability Charges

(7 + 1 additional charge at every 5th level)→to(7 + 1 per 4 hero level ups)

Changed from 6 additional charges at levels 5/10/15/20/25/30 to 7 additional charges at levels 5/9/13/17/21/25/29

Boulder Smash

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Cooldown

22/18/14/10s→to20/17/14/11s

Geomagnetic Grip

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Can now target allied units by default with 550/600/650/700 cast range

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Can't pull allies that are affected by Leash, Root, Bind, Duel, Chronosphere or Black Hole

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Aghanim's Shard Reworked

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Decreases cooldown by 3s and increases allied unit cast range and speed by 50%

Allied Unit Cast Range to 825/900/975/1050, Allied Unit Pull Speed to 900

Talents

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Level 10 Talent -3s Geomagnetic Grip Cooldown replaced with -2s Boulder Smash Cooldown

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Level 20 Talent +180 Rolling Boulder Damage replaced with +175% Rolling Boulder Damage from Strength

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Level 25 Talent -3s Boulder Smash Cooldown replaced with +175 Geomagnetic Grip Remnant Damage

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Level 25 Talent Magnetize Undispellable replaced with Earth Spirit Magnetizes Himself

Applies Magnetize at its current duration to enemy Heroes around Earth Spirit, and can be refreshed with Stone Remnants

Slark

BUFF

7.40 · 15 changes

IN THIS PATCH

15 changes

Base stats

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Removed Leeching Leash and Dark Reef Renegade facets

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Removed Barracuda innate ability (effect moved to the Ultimate)

Essence Shift

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Now an innate ability. Passive, improves with Slark's level

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Duration

15/35/55/75s→to15s + 2.5s each time Slark levels up

Pounce

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Now applies 1/2/3/4 Essence Shift stacks when leashing an enemy hero

Saltwater Shiv

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New basic ability. Passive, auto-cast attack modifier

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Slark slices the target with his salty shiv, stealing 3 Movement Speed, 3 Health Regen and 3/4/5/6% Health Restoration from them with each attack. Subsequent use of Saltwater Shiv refreshes the duration of all shiv stacks. Steal duration: 6/8/10/12s. Mana Cost: 20. Cooldown: 10/8/6/4s

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Not Breakable. Disabled by Silence. Has no stack limit. Ignores attack backswing

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Enemies with Health Restoration below -100% will not lose health from health restoration sources

Shadow Dance

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Now passively grants 24/36/48% movement speed and 60/90/120 health regen when unseen

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Previous Barracuda rules and mechanics unchanged

Depth Shroud

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Duration

3s→to2s

Talents

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Level 10 Talent Dark Pact Cooldown Reduction increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

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Level 15 Talent +50 Barracuda Regen replaced with +30 Shadow Dance Regen

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Level 25 Talent Shadow Dance Duration increased from +1.25s to +1.5s

Bloodseeker

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Sanguivore

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Base heal

25→to30

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No longer upgraded with neither Aghanim's Shard or Aghanim's Scepter

Bloodrage

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Aghanim's Scepter effect moved to Aghanim's Shard

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Aghanim's Shard target's max health as pure damage

3%→to2%

Rupture

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases current health as initial damage by 3%. Replaces cooldown with 2 charges with the same charge restoration time

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +15% Bloodrage Spell Amplification replaced with +30 Bloodrage Attack Speed

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Level 15 Talent +8% Rupture Initial Damage replaced with -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies

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Level 20 Talent -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies replaced with +20 Agility

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Level 25 Talent 2 Rupture Charges replaced with +2.5s Blood Rite Silence Duration

Enchantress

NERF

7.40 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Rabble-Rouser

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Damage amplification

10% + 4% per Enchantress level→to4% + 4% per Enchantress level up

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Now also affects units that come under Enchantress' control

Enchant

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Creep Attack Damage Bonus

0/25/50/75→to0/20/40/60

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Enchanted units may now be bound to a persistent hotkey

Little Friends

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Affected creeps now gain damage buff from Rabble-Rouser for the duration in case they did not have it

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Bonus Attack Speed

100→to70

Facet: Overprotective Wisps

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Nature's Attendants: Wisp maximum

4→to3

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +10 Enchanted Creep Armor replaced with +5 Armor for Enchantress and her units

Requires at least 1 level of Enchant

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Level 20 Talent +60 Untouchable Attack Slow replaced with +9 Nature's Attendants Wisps

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Level 25 Talent +12 Nature's Attendants Wisps replaced with +70 Untouchable Attack Slow

Axe

BUFF

7.40 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Berserker's Call

▲

Duration

1.8/2.2/2.6/3s→to2.1/2.4/2.7/3s

▼

Cooldown

17/15/13/11s→to18/16/14/12s

Battle Hunger

●

No longer has an armor-based damage multiplier

●

Damage type

Physical→toPure

●

No longer has reduced movement slow against creeps

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent +10% Battle Hunger Slow replaced with +12 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second

▲

Level 20 Talent Counter Helix Damage increased from +30 to +40

●

Level 20 Talent +100 Culling Blade Damage replaced with +15 Strength

●

Level 25 Talent 2x Battle Hunger Armor Multiplier replaced with +150 Culling Blade Damage

Io

BUFF

7.40 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Strength

17→to19

▼

Base Intelligence

23→to21

●

Damage at level 1 unchanged (45–51)

Spirits

▲

Mana Cost

100/110/120/130→to90/100/110/120

▲

Cooldown

22/21/20/19s→to15s

▼

Duration

19s→to15s

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +12 Attack Damage to Tethered Units replaced with +7 Strength

●

Level 15 Talent +60 Spirits Hero Damage replaced with +50% Spirits Damage

●

Level 25 Talent Unslowable during Overcharge replaced with -1.5s Relocate Cast Delay

Broodmother

BUFF

7.40 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Insatiable Hunger

●

Aghanim's Shard no longer increases duration

Spin Web

●

Broodmother's illusions now also benefit from the web

Incapacitating Bite

▲

Attack Bonus

2/4/6/8→to3/6/9/12

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +1.5% Spider's Milk Heal replaced with +20% Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal

▲

Level 15 Talent Spiderlings Health increased from +125 to +150

▼

Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +12 to +10

●

Level 20 Talent +35 Attack Speed replaced with +25% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance

●

Level 25 Talent +30% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance replaced with +14% Spin Web Move Speed and Ignore Speed Limit

Naga Siren

NERF

7.40 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Intelligence

20→to19

▲

Agility gain

3.3→to3.4

Ensnare

●

Can no longer target invulnerable units unless this invulnerability is provided by Song of the Siren

Song of the Siren

▼

Max HP Regen per second

2/3/4%→to1/2/3%

▼

Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per second bonus

2%→to1%

▼

Total Max HP Regen per second with Aghanim's Shard

4/5/6%→to2/3/4%

Facet: Rip Tide

▲

Damage

25/35/45/55→to30/40/50/60

Facet: Deluge

▼

Cooldown

10/9/8/7s→to13/11/9/7s

Nature's Prophet

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Base stats

▼

Agility gain

3→to2.6

▼

Damage gain per level

4.1→to3.9

Spirit of the Forest

▼

Bonus damage per tree

3%→to2%

Nature's Call

▲

Mana Cost

120→to100

▲

Treant attack range

100→to125

▲

Treant damage

15/23/31/39→to16/24/32/40

From 13–17/21–25/29–33/37–41 to 14–18/22–26/30–34/38–42

▲

Treant movement speed

300→to305/310/315/320

Curse of the Oldgrowth

▼

Curse radius

1200→to900

Tidehunter

BUFF

7.40 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Gush

●

Damage

110/160/210/260→to100/160/220/280

Anchor Smash

▲

Attack Bonus Damage

45/90/135/180→to50/100/150/200

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Gush Slow increased from +15% to +20%

●

Level 10 Talent +40 Anchor Smash Damage replaced with +20% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction

●

Level 15 Talent +30% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction replaced with -15s Ravage Cooldown

●

Level 20 Talent Anchor Smash affects buildings replaced with Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash

●

Level 25 Talent 50% chance of Anchor Smash on attack replaced with Anchor Smash affects buildings

▲

Level 25 Talent Ravage Stun Duration increased from +0.8s to +1s

Luna

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Lunar Orbit

▲

Collision Damage

22/28/34/40%→to28/32/36/40%

▼

Formation time

1.2s→to0.9s

▼

Rotation Radius

250→to225

▲

Collision Radius

175→to200

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent -40s Eclipse Cooldown replaced with +80 Lucent Beam Damage

●

Level 20 Talent +110 Lucent Beam Damage replaced with -40s Eclipse Cooldown

●

Level 25 Talent +1 Lunar Blessing Damage per Level replaced with +30 Lunar Blessing Damage

Witch Doctor

BUFF

7.40 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Voodoo Restoration

▲

Activation mana cost

35/40/45/50→to25

●

Mana per second

8/12/16/20→to9/12/15/18

Maledict

▲

Now also affects player-controlled creeps

Death Ward

▼

Aghanim's Scepter bounce radius

650→to575

Facet: Malpractice

●

Maledict: Burst damage does not apply from non-hero units

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent +125 Maledict AoE replaced with +4s Maledict Duration

●

Level 25 Talent +8s Maledict Duration replaced with -6s Paralyzing Cask Cooldown

Abaddon

NERF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Strength

22→to21

▼

Base Agility

23→to22

▼

Damage at level 1 decreased by 1 (from 50–60 to 49–59)

▼

The Quickening: Cooldown reduction on hero death

6s→to5s

Mist Coil

▼

Cooldown

6.5/6/5.5/5s→to8/7/6/5s

▲

Damage/Heal

80/150/220/290→to95/160/225/290

Chen

NERF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Penitence

▼

Mana Cost

70/75/80/85→to80/90/100/110

▼

Cooldown

14/13/12/11s→to20/17/14/11s

●

No longer grants bonus attack range

●

Now deals 50/75/100/125 pure damage by default

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent Penitence Deals 175 Damage replaced with +75 Penitence Damage

▼

Level 20 Talent Divine Favor Heal Amplification decreased from +20% to +15%

Faceless Void

BUFF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Time Dilation

●

Now always applies one instance of damage and slow in addition to the per cooldown instances

▲

Slow per cooldown

7/8/9/10%→to4/5/6/7%

▲

DPS per cooldown

7/9/11/13→to4/6/8/10

▼

Duration

8/9/10/11s→to7/8/9/10s

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Time Dilation DPS Per Cooldown decreased from +9 to +6

▲

Level 15 Talent Time Dilation Slow per Cooldown decreased from +12% to +8%

Hoodwink

NERF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Mistwoods Wayfarer

●

Ability can no longer target trees affecting Acorn Shot or Bushwhack

Facet: Go Nuts

▼

Scurry: Active Cast Range

75/150/225/300→to50/100/150/200

▼

Scurry: Active Attack Range

75/150/225/300→to50/100/150/200

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +1.5 Mana Regen replaced with +150 Health

●

Level 10 Talent +1 Scurry Ability Charge replaced with +50 Bushwhack Damage

●

Level 15 Talent +60 Bushwhack Damage replaced with +1 Scurry Ability Charge

Invoker

BUFF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Alacrity

▲

Mana Cost

90→to75

▲

Cast Range

650→to700

Ice Wall

▲

Damage

[25 + 5 * Exort]→to[24 + 6 * Exort]

From 30/35/40/45/50/55/60/65/70/75 to 30/36/42/48/54/60/66/72/78/84

Facet: Mind of Tornarus

▼

E.M.P.: Aghanim's Shard Drag Speed

150→to125

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction increased from 5s to 6s

●

Level 20 Talent +35 Alacrity Damage/Speed changed to +50

Keeper of the Light

BUFF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Intelligence

23→to24

▲

Damage at level 1

43–50→to44–51

Blinding Light

▲

Damage

85/130/175/220→to90/140/190/240

Chakra Magic

▲

Mana Restore

75/150/225/300→to90/160/230/300

Will-O-Wisp

▲

Damage

75→to85

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent -5s Blinding Light Cooldown replaced with +90 Blinding Light Damage

Ogre Magi

BUFF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Damage increased by 1

▲

Damage at level 1

69–75→to70–76

Bloodlust

▲

Cast range

600→to650

●

Can no longer target invulnerable units

●

Can still target invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the previous ones are not destroyed)

Talents

▲

Level 20 Talent Bloodlust Attack Speed increased from +30 to +35

Templar Assassin

NERF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Meld

▼

Armor Reduction

3.5/5/6.5/8→to2/4/6/8

▼

Damage

55/105/155/205→to50/100/150/200

Psionic Trap

●

Damage

225/300/375→to200/300/400

Psionic Projection

▲

Damage

375→to400

Talents

▼

Level 10 Talent Meld Debuff Duration decreased from +2s to +1.5s

▲

Level 10 Talent Psionic Trap Slow increased from +5% to +10%

Tiny

BUFF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

▲

Strength gain

4.0→to4.2

Avalanche

●

Stun duration now applies its stun as an aura in the area

●

As a result, no longer affected by status resistance

Tree Throw

●

No longer has separate damage bonus, uses Tree Grab's value instead

●

Bonus damage

20→to10/20/30/40

Grow

●

Movement Speed Bonus

15→to10/15/20

Visage

BUFF

7.40 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Grave Chill

▲

Move Speed Drain

12/16/20/24%→to12/18/24/30%

Gravekeeper's Cloak

●

Familiars now have their own copy of Gravekeeper's Cloak ability (visual change only)

Summon Familiars

●

Familiars now have their own ability to independently recall it to Visage

●

The alt cast behavior on Visage is unchanged

●

The 3rd Familiar gained by Level 25 Talent is now automatically added to an existing control group when created

Talents

●

Level 25 Talent +15 Gravekeeper's Cloak Armor replaced with -2s Gravekeeper's Cloak Recovery Time

Chaos Knight

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Base stats

▲

Min Base Damage increased by 5

▼

Max Base Damage decreased by 5

●

Damage at level 1

48–78→to53–73

▼

Damage spread

30→to20

Talents

●

Level 25 Talent +10s Phantasm Duration replaced with -125% Phantasm Damage Taken

Dawnbreaker

BUFF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Damage increased by 1

▲

Damage at level 1

49–53→to50–54

Solar Guardian

●

Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces air time or channel time

▲

Aghanim's Scepter Heal per pulse

55/85/115→to60/90/120

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +12 Damage replaced with +15% Break of Dawn Max Damage

Dazzle

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Strength

18→to19

●

Damage at level 1 unchanged

▼

Intelligence gain

3.7→to3.5

▼

Damage gain per level

3.5→to3.4

Nothl Projection

▼

Aghanim's Shard healing amplification

20%→to15%

Grimstroke

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Phantom's Embrace

●

Cooldown is now also refreshed if the phantom's target dies before the phantom latches to it

Soulbind

●

Ability can now be reflected

●

Reflected spells now get casted onto both units affected by Soulbind

Dark Portrait

▼

Illusion Outgoing Damage

150%→to125%

▼

Illusion Damage Taken

350%→to275%

Jakiro

BUFF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent -2s Dual Breath Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage

●

Level 10 Talent +150 Attack Range replaced with +30 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow

●

Level 15 Talent +60 Ice Path Base Damage replaced with -3s Dual Breath Cooldown

●

Level 15 Talent +50 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow replaced with +175 Attack Range

▲

Level 25 Talent Liquid Frost and Fire Max Health Damage increased from +2.5% to +3%

Mirana

BUFF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Starstorm

▲

Second Meteor Damage

60%→to70%

Moonlight Shadow

▲

Cooldown

140/120/100s→to120/110/100s

Facet: Starstruck

▼

Starstorm: Second Meteor Damage

100%→to70/80/90/100%

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent -20s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown replaced with +200 Starstorm Damage

●

Level 25 Talent +250 Starstorm Damage replaced with -30s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown

Monkey King

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Armor decreased by 1

▲

Base Attack Time

1.7s→to1.6s

▼

Base Attack Speed

100→to95

Tree Dance

▼

Stun duration from falling off the cut tree

4s→to3s

Facet: Simian Stride

●

No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Necrophos

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Reaper's Scythe

▼

HP Regen per kill

2/4/6→to1/2/3

Facet: Profane Potency

▼

Sadist: AOE per Kill

40→to35

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Death Pulse Heal increased from +50 to +60

▼

Level 15 Talent Ghost Shroud Slow decreased from +20% to +15%

▼

Level 20 Talent Heartstopper Regen Reduction decreased from +25% to +20%

Pugna

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Facet: Siphoning Ward

▼

Nether Ward: Damage to Heal

25%→to20%

▼

Nether Ward: Damage to Mana

30%→to20%

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +300

▼

Level 20 Talent Life Drain Heal decreased from +20% to +15%

▲

Level 25 Talent Nether Blast Damage increased from +180 to +200

Silencer

BUFF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Arcane Curse

▼

Silenced Multiplier

1.5→to1.25

Glaives of Wisdom

▲

Int Steal

1/2/3/4→to2/3/4/5

●

Int Steal Duration

20/25/30/35s→to10/20/30/40s

Facet: Synaptic Split

●

No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Arcane Curse Penalty Multiplier decreased from +0.5 to +0.25

Slardar

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Slithereen Crush

▲

Puddle radius

250→to325

▼

Aghanim's Scepter Crush puddle radius

450→to400

Bash of the Deep

▼

Bash Duration

1.1s→to1s

▼

Bonus Damage

50/100/150/200→to35/90/145/200

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Seaborn Sentinel Bonus Damage increased from +12 to +14

Snapfire

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Base stats

●

Buckshot: Now affects only attacks made on enemy heroes

●

Attacks on non-heroes can still ricochet on miss, but they won't have extra damage or glance chance

Firesnap Cookie

▼

Mana Cost

85/90/95/100→to105

▼

Aghanim's Shard Mortimer Kiss damage

50%→to40%

Lil' Shredder

▼

Base Damage per shot

25/40/55/70→to20/35/50/65

Sven

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Storm Hammer

●

Aghanim's Scepter no longer allows targeting invulnerable units, but still affects invulnerable units in the radius

▼

Aghanim's Scepter cast range bonus

+350→to+25%

Decreased from +350 to +150

●

Aghanim's Scepter now also increases projectile speed by 25%

From 1000 to 1250

Great Cleave

●

Cleave damage

50/65/80/95%→to60/70/80/90%

Warcry

▲

Cooldown

40/35/30/25→to36/32/28/24

Underlord

BUFF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Base stats

▲

Strength gain

3.0→to3.2

▲

Base Intelligence

17→to18

Firestorm

▲

Cast Range

600/625/650/675→to675

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Pit of Malice Slow decreased from +25% to +20%

▲

Level 25 Talent Fiend's Gate DPS increased from 100 to 125

Warlock

NERF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Chaotic Offering

▼

Cooldown

160s→to165s

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies decreased from +10 to +8

●

Level 20 Talent Summons a Golem on Death replaced with +25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems

●

Level 25 Talent +80% Golem Magic Resistance replaced with +3 Fatal Bonds targets

●

Level 25 Talent +20 Chaotic Offering Golems Armor replaced with Summons a Golem on Death

Winter Wyvern

BUFF

7.40 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Base stats

▲

Base damage increased by 1

▲

Damage at level 1

41–48→to42–49

▲

Base Attack Range

425→to450

Arctic Burn

▼

Bonus Attack Range

275/300/325/350→to250/275/300/325

Talents

▲

Level 25 Talent Winter's Curse Attack Speed increased from +55 to +60

Anti-Mage

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Counterspell Ally ability

Counterspell

●

Aghanim's Shard no longer provides Counterspell Ally ability

▲

Aghanim's Shard illusion outgoing damage

75%→to100%

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Persecutor Min/Max Movement Slow increased from +7.5/15% to +9/18%

Batrider

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▲

Daytime Vision Range

1600→to1800

Flamebreak

▼

Movement Slow

8/16/24/32%→to6/12/18/24%

Facet: Arsonist

●

No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Flaming Lasso Cooldown Reduction increased from 7s to 8s

Dragon Knight

NERF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Agility

16→to14

Elder Dragon Form

▼

Bonus Attack Damage

20/60/100/140→to20/50/80/110

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent 30% Breathe Fire Damage Reduction replaced with -2s Breathe Fire Cooldown

●

Level 20 Talent +85% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range in Dragon Form replaced with +60% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range

Earthshaker

NERF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Fissure

▼

Damage

110/170/230/290→to100/160/220/280

●

Aghanim's Shard no longer allows Fissure walking

Echo Slam

▼

Echo Damage

90/100/110→to70/90/110

Talents

▲

Level 20 Talent Enchant Totem Damage increased from +50% to +65%

Juggernaut

NERF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Agility

34→to32

▼

Damage at level 1

56–58→to54–56

Blade Fury

▼

Mana Cost

105/110/115/120→to120

Talents

▼

Level 20 Talent Healing Ward Hits to Kill decreased from +2 to +1

Magnus

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Damage increased by 1

▲

Damage at level 1

54–62→to55–63

Reverse Polarity

▲

Cooldown

120s→to115s

Facet: Diminishing Return

●

No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Muerta

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▲

Intelligence gain

3.4→to3.6

The Calling

▲

Mana Cost

140/155/170/185→to135/150/165/180

▲

Cast Range

580→to600

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +150 Health replaced with +20 Attack Speed

Omniknight

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Armor increased by 1

Repel

▲

Cooldown

55/50/45/40s→to50/45/40/35s

Hammer of Purity

●

No longer disabled by Silence

Guardian Angel

▲

Cooldown

110/100/90s→to100/90/80s

Oracle

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Fortune's End

●

Can no longer target invulnerable units, but does affect invulnerable units in the AoE

Fate's Edict

●

No longer has separate effects for allies and enemies

Always disarms the target and grants them 100% magic damage resistance

▲

Mana Cost

95/100/105/110→to70

▲

Cooldown

20/17/14/11s→to17/14/11/8s

Phoenix

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Sun Ray

▲

Health Cost per second

6%→to5%

●

Base Damage per second

14/20/26/32→to15/20/25/30

●

Max Damage

1.25/2.75/4.5/6.75%→to1.5/3/4.5/6%

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Health Regen increased from +20 to +25

Rubick

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▲

Base damage increased by 1

▲

Damage at level 1

49–55→to50–56

Telekinesis

●

Land sub-ability no longer cancels channeling or interrupts movement

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent +0.5s Telekinesis Lift/Stun Duration replaced with +20% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction

Terrorblade

NERF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Dark Unity

●

Illusions that are outside 1200 radius no longer have a damage penalty

▲

Damage increase for illusions within 1200 radius

25%→to60%

Reflection

▼

Reflection Damage

40/60/80/100%→to30/45/60/75%

Conjure Image

▼

Illusion Damage

30/40/50/60%→to20/25/30/35%

Timbersaw

NERF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Movement Speed

285→to280

Whirling Death

▼

Tree Bonus Damage

11/18/25/32→to9/16/23/30

Reactive Armor

▼

Max Stacks

12/22/32/42→to10/20/30/40

▼

Aghanim's Scepter base barrier

200→to150

Ursa

BUFF

7.40 · 4 changes

IN THIS PATCH

4 changes

Earthshock

●

Aghanim's Shard Reworked

●

Applies 3 Fury Swipe stacks to each affected enemy

Enrage

▲

Cooldown

70/50/30s→to60/45/30s

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent Earthshock applies 2 Fury Swipes replaced with +0.5% Maul Health as Damage

Beastmaster

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

●

Call of the Wild Boar: Boar's Base Attack Time worsened from 1.25s to 1.35s

Wild Axes

●

Damage per axe

35/65/95/125→to30/65/100/135

Inner Beast

●

Bonus Attack Speed

15/30/45/60→to10/30/50/70

Bristleback

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

▲

Strength gain

2.7→to2.8

Viscous Nasal Goo

▲

Armor Loss per stack

1.5/2/2.5/3→to2/2.5/3/3.5 by default

Facet: Snot Rocket

●

Viscous Nasal Goo: No longer has increased Armor Loss per stack

Centaur Warrunner

NERF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

▼

Rawhide: Bonus Max Health

30→to25

Work Horse

▼

Cooldown

24s→to35s

▼

Duration

8s→to7s

Crystal Maiden

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Damage decreased by 2

▲

Base Intelligence

18→to20

●

Damage at level 1 unchanged at 48–54

Dark Seer

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Intelligence

21→to22

▲

Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 52–58 to 53–59)

Vacuum

●

No longer affects invulnerable units

Dark Willow

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Cursed Crown

▲

Stun Duration

1.2/1.6/2/2.4s→to1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4s

Terrorize

▲

Jex return speed

600→to800

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent +150 Cursed Crown AoE replaced with -15s Terrorize Cooldown

Death Prophet

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Witchcraft

●

Movement speed bonus

0.5% per hero level→to0.75% + 0.75% per level up

Exorcism

●

No longer provides 4/8/12% bonus movespeed

▲

Aghanim's Scepter spirit bonus damage

50%→to60%

Doom

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

▲

Intelligence gain

1.7→to1.9

●

Removed Devil's Bargain facet

Doom

●

Aghanim's Scepter now also increases damage per second from 25/45/65 to 40/60/80

Drow Ranger

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Frost Arrows

▲

Movement Slow

10/20/30/40%→to15/25/35/45%

Marksmanship

▼

Disable range

400→to325

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent Gust Costs No Mana replaced with -25% Frost Arrows Mana Cost

Elder Titan

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Astral Spirit

●

Return Astral Spirit and Move Astral Spirit sub-abilities can now be used while Elder Titan is disabled

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Astral Spirit Move Speed Per Hero increased from +2% to +2.5%

▲

Level 20 Talent Natural Order Radius increased from +100 to +150

Ember Spirit

NERF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Flame Guard

▲

Cooldown

35s→to32s

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Searing Chains Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s

▼

Level 20 Talent Searing Chains Damage decreased from +60 to +50

Medusa

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Mana Shield

●

No longer benefits from mana cost reduction effects

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent +1.5s Stone Gaze Duration replaced with +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley

●

Level 25 Talent +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley replaced with +2s Stone Gaze Duration

Morphling

NERF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Adaptive Strike

▼

Cast Range

600/700/800/900→to600/675/750/825

●

Now stuns the target for 0.5s and up to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s when Morphling's Strength is 50% higher than his Agility

Facet: Flow

●

Adaptive Strike: Stun is no longer exclusive to this facet

Night Stalker

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

●

Heart of Darkness: No longer reduces Night Stalker's health regeneration by 20% during the day

Facet: Voidbringer

●

No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Talents

▲

Level 20 Talent Crippling Fear DPS increased from +20 to +40

Razor

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Storm Surge

▲

Chance to Strike

18%→to20%

▲

Strike Cooldown

3s→to2.5s

Facet: Thunderhead

▼

Eye of the Storm: Storm Surge Cooldown Reduction

2.5s→to2s

Shadow Demon

NERF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Disruption

▼

Bonus Base Damage

25/40/55/70→to20/35/50/65

Demonic Purge

●

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Demonic Cleanse

●

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Shadow Shaman

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Shackles

▲

Total Damage/Heal

70/140/210/280→to100/160/220/280

Mass Serpent Ward

▲

Cooldown

110s→to110/105/100s

Facet: Massive Serpent Ward

▼

Mass Serpent Ward: Health and Bounty multiplier

10x→to9x

Hits to destroy decreased from 20 to 18, Gold Bounty decreased from 220–300 to 198–270, XP Bounty decreased from 310 to 279

Spirit Breaker

NERF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Charge of Darkness

▲

Stun Duration

1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1s→to1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2s

▼

Aghanim's Shard bonus speed

+100→to+85

Talents

▼

Level 20 Talent Bulldoze barrier decreased from 400 to 375

Techies

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Agility

14→to16

▲

Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 46–48 to 47–49)

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent +125 Sticky Bomb Latch/Explosion Radius replaced with +160 Sticky Bomb Damage

Troll Warlord

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Berserker's Rage

▲

Bonus Armor

2/3/4/5→to3/4/5/6

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Whirling Axes damage increased from +100 to +115

▲

Level 20 Talent Berserker's Rage Armor increased from +9 to +10

Vengeful Spirit

NERF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Magic Missile

●

Cooldown

16/14/12/10s→to14/13/12/11s

Nether Swap

●

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Wave of Terror Armor Reduction decreased from +4 to +3

Viper

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Poison Attack

▲

Mana Cost

22→to20

Facet: Caustic Bath

▲

Corrosive Skin: Time to max effect

4s→to5s

Talents

▲

Level 20 Talent Predator Damage Per Missing Health increased from +0.2 to +0.25

Windranger

BUFF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Base stats

▲

Agility gain

1.9→to2.1

▲

Damage gain per level

3.5→to3.6

Gale Force

▼

Duration

3.5s→to3s

Wraith King

NERF

7.40 · 3 changes

IN THIS PATCH

3 changes

Wraithfire Blast

▲

Impact Damage

75/90/105/120→to80/100/120/140

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +400 to +350

▼

Level 20 Talent Attack Speed decreased from +60 to +50

Alchemist

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Acid Spray

▼

Mana Cost

105/110/115/120→to120

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Damage per Greevil's Greed stack increased from +2 to +2.5

Arc Warden

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Base stats

▲

Base attack speed

100→to110

Magnetic Field

●

Mana Cost

50/70/90/110→to60/70/80/90

Bane

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Nightmare

▼

Cooldown

24/21/18/15s→to25/22/19/16s

Fiend's Grip

▲

Aghanim's Scepter Illusion damage taken

200%→to225%

Bounty Hunter

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Shadow Walk

▲

Stun Duration

0.8/1/1.2/1.4s→to1/1.2/1.4/1.6s

Facet: Cutpurse

●

Visual effect of gold flying towards Bounty Hunter is no longer visible to enemies if Bounty Hunter is invisible

Clockwerk

NERF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Jetpack

●

Now can be toggled on and off for the duration of the buff. Toggle cooldown: 1s

Overclocking

▼

Rocket Flare cooldown

3s→to3.5s

Enigma

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Malefice

●

Aghanim's Shard now also spawns an Eidolon if the target dies before the effect expires

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Malefice Instance Damage increased from +50 to +60

Gyrocopter

NERF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Call Down

▼

Missile Damage

250/425/600→to200/350/500

Facet: Afterburner

▼

Rocket Barrage: Movespeed Duration

4.5s→to4s

Kunkka

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Torrent

▲

Damage

80/160/240/320→to110/180/250/320

X Marks the Spot

▲

Cooldown

30/24/18/12s→to24/20/16/12s

Legion Commander

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Press The Attack

▲

Mana Cost

110→to100

Moment of Courage

●

Cooldown

1.9/1.5/1.1/0.7s→to1.7/1.4/1.1/0.8s

Leshrac

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Split Earth

▲

Radius

135/160/185/210→to150/170/190/210

Facet: Misanthropy

▲

Diabolic Edict: Duration

6s→to7.5s

Lina

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Base stats

▲

Intelligence gain

3.8→to4.0

Laguna Blade

▲

Cast Range

600→to750

Lion

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Hex

▲

Mana Cost

125/150/175/200→to110/140/170/200

Finger of Death

▲

Cooldown

130/85/40s→to120/80/40s

Lycan

NERF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Summon Wolves

▼

Wolf Damage

23/29/35/41/47/53→to22/28/34/40/46/52

Shapeshift

▼

Health Bonus

250/350/450→to225/325/425

Mars

NERF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

God's Rebuke

▼

Bonus Damage vs Heroes

10/15/20/25→to5/10/15/20

Talents

▼

Level 20 Talent Arena of Blood Cooldown Reduction decreased from 20s to 16s

Nyx Assassin

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Mind Flare

▼

Bonus Damage

20%→to15%

Spiked Carapace

▲

Stun Duration

0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6s→to0.7/1.0/1.3/1.6s

Phantom Assassin

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Blur

▲

Active Movement Speed

3/6/9/12%→to6/9/12/15%

Phantom Strike

●

11/9/7/5s cooldown replaced with 2 charges with 21/18/15/12s base charge restore time

Puck

NERF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Puckish

●

No longer applies when disjointing attacks from buildings

Talents

▼

Level 20 Talent Waning Rift Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2.5s

Sand King

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Talents

▲

Level 20 Talent Burrowstrike Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s

▼

Level 25 Talent Epicenter Pulses decreased from +10 to +8

Shadow Fiend

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Base stats

▲

Agility gain

3.5→to3.6

Necromastery

▲

Souls on hero kills

3→to4

Skywrath Mage

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Ancient Seal Cooldown Reduction decreased from 7s to 6s

▲

Level 15 Talent Concussive Shot Slow increased from +15% to +20%

Sniper

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Assassinate

●

Can no longer target invulnerable units

▲

Attack Damage

100%→to100/110/120%

Storm Spirit

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Galvanized

▼

Charge loss on death

3→to2

Overload

▲

Attack Speed Slow

80→to90

Tinker

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Manacost/Manaloss Reduction increased from +8% to +10%

●

Level 25 Talent +10s Defense Matrix Duration replaced with +40 Intelligence

Tusk

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Snowball

▼

Gather Radius

350→to325

Walrus PUNCH!

▲

Bonus Damage

50/75/100→to60/90/120

Undying

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Soul Rip

▲

Cooldown

18/14/10/6s→to15/12/9/6s

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Soul Rip Damage/Heal increased from +10 to +12

Venomancer

NERF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Base stats

▼

Septic Shock: Base Damage per Debuff

10%→to8%

Facet: Plague Carrier

●

Venomous Gale: Plague Wards created by Venomous Gale have 75% health and damage

Void Spirit

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Resonant Pulse

▼

Aghanim's Scepter Silence duration

2.0→to1.75s

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Aether Remnant damage increased from +60 to +65

Weaver

BUFF

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

The Swarm

▲

Attack Damage

18/22/26/30→to18/23/28/33

Time Lapse

●

Aghanim's Scepter now also reduces Cooldown by 10s

Zeus

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 2 changes

IN THIS PATCH

2 changes

Arc Lightning

▼

Jumps

5/7/9/15→to5/7/9/11

Talents

▲

Level 25 Talent Static Field Damage increased from +1.5% to +2%

Marci

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 1 change

IN THIS PATCH

1 change

Base stats

●

Removed Fleeting Fury facet

Meepo

ADJUSTED

7.40 · 1 change

IN THIS PATCH

1 change

Facet: More Meepo

●

No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Primal Beast

NERF

7.40 · 1 change

IN THIS PATCH

1 change

Facet: Ferocity

▼

Pulverize: AoE Bonus per slam

25%→to20%

Queen of Pain

NERF

7.40 · 1 change

IN THIS PATCH

1 change

Facet: Bondage

▼

Returning Spell Damage

20%→to16%

Ring Master

BUFF

7.40 · 1 change

IN THIS PATCH

1 change

Wheel of Wonder

▲

Mana Cost

175/275/375→to150/225/300