Dota 2 patch 7.41

Dragon Knight

BUFF

7.41 · 25 changes

IN THIS PATCH

25 changes

Base stats

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Strength gain

3.6→to3.2

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Base Movement Speed

315→to310

Breathe Fire

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Damage Reduction

30%→to20/24/28/32%

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Cast range

600→to1000

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Fixed the cast indicator not matching the actual damage range of the ability, and also to properly reflect cast range bonuses

Dragon Tail

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No longer has an Elder Dragon specific cast range

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Now has 25 radius AoE by default

Wyrm's Wrath

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Now always grants the 10/20/30/40 bonus magic damage on attack, and 25/50/75/100 Area of Effect bonus

Elder Dragon Form

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Now evolves per level. The bonuses are cumulative

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Level 1: Green Dragon: Attacks apply a Corrosive poison that deals 25 magical damage per second for 3 seconds. Affects buildings

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Level 2: Red Dragon: Attacks have splash damage that deals 75% of attack damage to all enemies within 275 AoE range

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Applies Corrosive poison to all affected units. Other attack modifiers will affect only the primary target

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Level 3: Blue Dragon: Attacks also apply a Frost debuff, which pierces Debuff Immunity and slows attack by 50 and movement by 30%

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Splash attacks apply Corrosive poison and Frost slow to all affected units. Other attack modifiers will affect only the primary target

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Bonus Move Speed

20→to25/30/35

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No longer provides bonus attack damage

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Now also increases cast range of all abilities by 350

Doesn't affect items

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer improves Wyrm's Wrath effectiveness while in Dragon Form

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Aghanim's Scepter Black Dragon stats slightly rescaled

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Level 4 Black Dragon has the following stats: 40 Bonus Move Speed, 35 Corrosive Damage, 100% Splash Damage, 350 Splash Radius, 65 Attack Slow, 45% Movement Slow, and also provides +20% Magic Resistance and free pathing

Fireball

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No longer has an Elder Dragon specific cast range

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Damage per second

75→to85

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Duration

8s→to6s

Talents

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Level 20 Talent +60% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range replaced with +200 Breathe Fire Damage

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Level 25 Talent +50% Wyrm's Wrath effect during Elder Dragon Form replaced with +50% Wyrm's Wrath Bonuses

Venomancer

NERF

7.41 · 25 changes

IN THIS PATCH

25 changes

Base stats

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Removed Septic Shock innate ability

Poison Sting

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Now an innate ability

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Imbues Venomancer's attack with poison, which deals damage per second equal to 9 + 1 per level and slows movement by 10%. Duration: 4.5s + 0.5s per level

Venomous Gale

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Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked

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Increases cast range and projectile speed by 25%. Creates 2 Plague Wards around every enemy hero hit

Snakebite

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New Basic Ability

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Venomancer summons a Spawn of Aktok to sink its fangs into an enemy, dealing 40/60/80/100 magic damage and applying a deadly toxin which does 20/25/30/35 magical damage per second for 6 seconds. When the target attacks, they take the initial magic damage again. Cast Range: 600. Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100. Cooldown: 20/18/16/14s

Noxious Plague

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Ability reworked

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No longer has AoE effect, now affects only the host

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Now when the plague spreads, it also carries all debuffs placed by Venomancer

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Doesn't stack. Applying plague to an already plague-infected unit will deal projectile damage again, but won't affect the remaining debuff duration. Duration of carried debuffs is fixed and cannot be altered with Status Resistance or Debuff Amplification

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Mana Cost

200/300/400→to200/250/300

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Duration

5s→to4s

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Initial Damage

200/300/400→to150/200/250

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Initial Damage is now non-lethal

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Now spreads a second time, but all spreads after the first one deal no initial damage

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Spread Radius

800→to700

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Max HP as damage

3/4/5%→to2/3/4%

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Decreases cooldown by 35s. Reduces Magic Resistance of affected units by 20% and allows additional spreads to deal initial damage

Talents

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Level 15 Talent Poison Sting Slow increased from +5% to +7%

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Level 15 Talent -1s Plague Ward Cooldown replaced with +75 Noxious Plague Spread Radius

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Level 20 Talent +50 Base Damage replaced with -2s Plague Ward Cooldown

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Level 20 Talent +1% Noxious Plague Max HP Damage replaced with +40% Snakebite Damage (applies to both initial damage and damage per second)

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Level 25 Talent Noxious Plague Aura reduces 200 Attack Speed replaced with Snakebite Undispellable

Omniknight

NERF

7.41 · 24 changes

IN THIS PATCH

24 changes

Base stats

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Base Armor decreased by 1

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Agility gain

2.0→to1.7

Degen Aura

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No longer levels with Guardian Angel

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Movement Slow

10/20/30/40%→to11% + 1% per level

Purification

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Now pierces Debuff Immunity on enemies (previously only pierced Debuff Immunity on allies)

Repel

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Cooldown

50/45/40/35s→to40/36/32/28s

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No longer provides bonus Strength

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No longer provides bonus Strength / HP Regen per Debuff

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As a result, provides only Debuff Immunity with 60% magic resistance, and 8/12/16/20 bonus health regen. Has no effects per dispelled debuffs

Hammer of Purity

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Now pierces Debuff Immunity

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Cooldown

20/15/10/5s→to13/10/7/4s

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Bonus Base Damage

55/70/85/100%→to30/50/70/90%

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Damage

25/50/75/100→to20/40/60/80

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Now heals Omniknight for 30% of the damage dealt over the next 5s

Guardian Angel

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Now is a no-target ability. The effect is applied in an aura centered around Omniknight that follows him

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Has no linger duration

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Duration

5/6/7s→to4/4.5/5s

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Radius

400→to700

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Aghanim's Scepter reworked

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Becomes global, affects buildings, and amplifies health restoration by 100%

Talents

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Level 10 Talent Base Damage decreased from +35 to +30

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Level 10 Talent +1s Repel Duration replaced with +200 Repel Cast Range

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Level 15 Talent +5 Repel Strength/HP Regen Per Debuff replaced with -0.5s Hammer of Purity Cooldown

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Level 20 Talent +2s Guardian Angel Duration replaced with +125 Degen Aura radius

Tinker

BUFF

7.41 · 24 changes

IN THIS PATCH

24 changes

Base stats

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Base health regen

0→to0.5

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Base Movement Speed

310→to305

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Removed Defense Matrix ability

Laser

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer adds bounces

March of the Machines

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Robots apply a non-stacking heal over time of 35 health per second to allies they come through. Heal duration: 4 seconds

Deploy Turrets

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New ability that replaces Defense Matrix

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After a 0.5s delay, airdrops a group of three uncontrollable turrets at the target 250 radius area, dealing 40/80/120/160 magical damage, destroying trees and pushing away enemies by 100 units and Tinker by 350. Turrets seek enemy heroes within 650/700/750/800 range and shoot missiles in their direction every 1.5 seconds. The missile deals 20/40/60/80 magical damage to the enemy it hits and 50% of the damage to other enemies within 200 AoE. Each turret has 40/80/120/160 health and exists for 4.5 seconds

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Each of three turrets activates with a small delay after the previous one, activating 0.1s, 0.6s, and 1.1s after deployment

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The missile flies in a forward direction and can be dodged by moving out of its way

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Turrets target heroes only, but missiles can hit creeps on their way

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Turrets prioritize the same hero until they are out of reach

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Splash damage is not dealt to the hit unit itself

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Gold Bounty: 5/10/15/20. XP Bounty: 5/10/15/20. Turn Rate: 0.55. Missile Speed: 1200. Missile Flight Distance: 650/700/750/800

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Cast Range: 600. Mana Cost: 100/120/140/160. Cooldown: 24/22/20/18s. Cast Point: 0.1s

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Turrets activate 0.3s faster, and fire missiles 20% faster, which results in firing one additional volley of missiles

Rearm

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Cooldown

7/6/5s→to5.5/5/4.5s

Warp Flare

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Teleport distance now depends on Warp Flare cast range and scales with distance from Tinker, so that nearby enemies are teleported further than far enemies

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Max teleportation distance is 60% of Warp Flare's cast range which decreases down to 0 at the max cast range (700 by default)

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +60 Defense Matrix Damage Barrier replaced with +100 Deploy Turrets Tinker Knockback

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Level 20 Talent +10% Defense Matrix Status Resistance replaced with +60 Deploy Turrets Missile Damage

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Level 25 Talent: +40 Intelligence replaced with -0.25s Time to Rearm

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Level 25 Talent: Laser AoE increased from 200 to 250

Beastmaster

BUFF

7.41 · 23 changes

IN THIS PATCH

23 changes

Base stats

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Removed Rugged innate ability

Inner Beast

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Now an innate ability

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Bonus Attack Speed

10/30/50/70→to7 + 3 per level

Wild Axes

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Damage per axe

30/65/100/135→to40/80/120/160

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Damage Amp per stack

6/9/11/13%→to5/6/7/8%

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Beastmaster's attacks on enemy heroes also apply the Wild Axes debuff of its corresponding level

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Illusions of Beastmaster don't apply Wild Axes stacks

Summon Razorback

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Call of the Wild Boar renamed to Summon Razorback

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Boar's armor increased by 1

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Boar Attack Damage

25/40/55/70→to30/45/60/75

Summon Raptors

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Call of the Wild Hawk renamed to Summon Raptors

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Now is a separately leveled ability

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Hawk's armor increased by 1

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Cooldown

45/40/35/30s→to30s

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Dive Damage

50/80/110/140→to60/95/130/165

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Root Duration

0.25/0.5/0.75/1s→to0.4/0.6/0.8/1s

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Hawks are now invisible whenever Beastmaster is invisible or affected by Smoke of Deceit. They do not attack while invisible

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Now summons 2 hawks by default with 0.75s delay between them

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Hawks will now prioritize Beastmaster's current attack target when selecting their Dive target

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Talents

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Level 10 Talent -5s Call of the Wild Cooldown replaced with +5 Armor

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Level 15 Talent +15 Inner Beast Attack Speed replaced with +200 Primal Roar Cast Range

Legion Commander

BUFF

7.41 · 23 changes

IN THIS PATCH

23 changes

Base stats

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Base armor decreased by 1

Outfight Them!

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Ability reworked

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Passively grants Legion Commander bonus armor, equal to 1 + 0.1 per level. Whenever Legion Commander casts an ability, she gains the same amount as a stacking bonus for 6s. Whenever allies within 1200 range cast an ability, they also gain a 6s buff with 50% of the value. This bonus stacks independently

Overwhelming Odds

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Now also applies 100% movement slow upon dealing damage for 0.3s

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Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked

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Increases radius by 100. Grants an all damage barrier equal to 50% of the damage dealt with Overwhelming Odds for 6s

Press The Attack

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Multiple instances can now stack independently

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases bonus movement speed by 12%. Ability becomes cast-point, affecting all allies within the targeted 500 radius area. Legion Commander is always affected, even when outside of the cast area

Moment of Courage

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No longer has a 25% proc chance

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Now automatically triggers after taking 7/6/5/4 attacks

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Will not activate unless Legion Commander is both attacking and being attacked. Until this requirement is met, the 'prepared' state is kept indefinitely

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Cooldown

1.7/1.4/1.1/0.8→to0.3s

Duel

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Legion Commander can now use any abilities during Duel

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Legion Commander will stop attacking as normal during cast animations

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Items can't be used

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Aghanim's Scepter upgrade reworked

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When Legion Commander wins a duel, Press the Attack is automatically triggered around her

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +12% Press the Attack Movement Speed replaced with +1 Outfight Them! Armor

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Level 20 Talent +8% Moment of Courage Proc Chance replaced with -1 Moment of Courage Attacks To Trigger

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Level 20 Talent 300 AoE Press The Attack replaced with +1s Duel Duration

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Level 25 Talent Press the Attack grants 1.5s Debuff Immunity replaced with Duel Refreshes Cooldown on Victory

Lifestealer

BUFF

7.41 · 21 changes

IN THIS PATCH

21 changes

Base stats

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Base Damage increased by 10

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Damage at level 1

39–45→to49–55

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Base Attack Speed

100→to120

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Base Movement Speed

315→to320

Ghoul Frenzy

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Reworked into Innate ability. Passive

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Provides Lifestealer with 5 bonus Attack Speed per level

Rage

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Now also provides 9/12/15/18% bonus movement speed while active

Open Wounds

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Mana Cost

100→to90

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Max Slow

35/40/45/50%→to50%

Feast

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Now is a basic ability

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Heal From Target's Max Health

2/2.25/2.5/2.75%→to1.45/2.05/2.65/3.25%

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Max Health Damage

2/2.25/2.5/2.75%→to1.45/2.05/2.65/3.25%

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Max Health per Hero Kill

10→to10/15/20/25

Is not retroactive

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No longer increases deny health threshold to 75%

Infest

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Now can be used on Ancient creeps by default

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Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked

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When consuming a creep, enemies also take damage over time equal to 30% of the creep's remaining health. Damage duration: 3s. Has no effect when bursting out of enemy heroes

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +3% Ghoul Frenzy Movement Speed replaced with +20 Movement Speed

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Level 15 Talent +15% Open Wounds Slow replaced with 50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target

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Level 15 Talent +50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed replaced with +175 Infest Damage

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Level 20 Talent Infest Target Movespeed/Health decreased from +15% to +12%

Anti-Mage

NERF

7.41 · 19 changes

IN THIS PATCH

19 changes

Base stats

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Base Armor increased by 1

Persecutor

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No longer levels with Mana Void

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Min Movement Slow

12.5/15/17.5/20%→to12% + 0.5% per level

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Max Movement Slow

25/30/35/40%→to24% + 1% per level

Mana Break

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Effectiveness when applied by illusions

50%→to25%

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases Max Mana Burned per hit by an additional 1.5%

Blink

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Cast Range

750/900/1050/1200→to875/950/1025/1100

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Cooldown

12/10/8/6s→to10.5/9/7.5/6s

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Mana Cost

50→to65/60/55/50

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer decreases cooldown by 1s

Counterspell

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Magic Resistance

16/24/32/40%→to14/21/28/35%

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Duration

1.2s→to1.3s

Mana Void

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Cooldown

70s→to100/85/70s

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Radius

500→to400/450/500

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Damage per 1 Mana Missing

0.8/0.95/1.1→to1

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +1% Max Mana Mana Burn replaced with +0.2 Mana Void Damage Multiplier

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Level 20 Talent +0.2 Mana Void Damage Multiplier replaced with +150 Blink Cast Range

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Level 25 Talent +200 Blink Cast Range replaced with -1s Blink Cooldown

Meepo

BUFF

7.41 · 19 changes

IN THIS PATCH

19 changes

Base stats

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Base Movement Speed

320→to315

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Removed Sticky Fingers innate ability

Geomancy

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

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Meepo grants stacking bonuses to himself and his clones based on their terrain. Each Meepo grants its bonus to other Meepos. If there is a tree within 250 range, he receives +1 Health Regen. If he is standing on solid ground, he receives 2% bonus movement speed. If he is in the water, his attacks slow the target by 2% for 2 seconds

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Each Meepo can provide only one tree bonus, no matter how many trees are within the radius

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If there's a tree in the water, Meepo will provide both water and tree bonus

Ransack

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Now pierces Debuff Immunity

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No longer has separate creep values. Follows global lifesteal rules instead

Has a 40% penalty against creeps

Divided We Stand

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Ability reworked

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Max Level

3→to4

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Level requirement

4/11/18→to3/10/17/24

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No longer passively grants Magic Resistance

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Now each duplicate copies all of Meepo's items, but they share their cooldowns. Damage, attack speed, health / mana regeneration, mana burn, and proc chance bonuses from items are distributed equally among the amount of Meepos

Amounting to a 50/66.6/75/80% penalty on each Meepo

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Clones can't use consumable shared items on the main Meepo

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No longer has a penalty for Strength, Agility, or Intelligence gained from items

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Clones no longer gain 30% experience independently

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Meepo gains 100% of the experience from Hero Kills or Assists as long as at least one Meepo is in range

Multiple Meepos within experience range does not increase the amount gained

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All other experience gained by any Meepo is divided by the number of Meepos

Each Meepo gains experience independently

Talents

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Level 25 Talent Health increased from +350 to +400

Outworld Devourer

NERF

7.41 · 19 changes

IN THIS PATCH

19 changes

Base stats

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Base Agility

22→to17

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Base Armor decreased by 1

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Removed OD innate

Aka Ominous Discernment, aka Obstreperous Dissimilator, aka Obnoxious Determinator, aka Obsequious Deliberator, aka Ornery Deconstructor, aka Obnubilated Delineator, aka Omniscient Desiderator

Essence Flux

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Now an innate ability

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Max Mana Restore now depends on the ability it procced on

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For regular abilities Max Mana Restoration

25/35/45/55%→to40% + 5% per 5 levels

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For attack modifiers that spend mana Max Mana Restoration

25/35/45/55%→to25% + 5% per 5 levels

Objurgation

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New basic ability. Has both passive and active components

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Increases maximum mana by 80/160/240/320

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Can be activated to create an all damage barrier equal to 120/180/240/300 + 12% of Outworld Destroyer's max mana. Duration: 10s. Mana Cost: 250. Cooldown: 36/34/32/30s

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Barrier can be dispelled

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Multiple instances of Objurgation barrier stack

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases Max Mana to Barrier by 4%. Damage that would bring Outworld Destroyer below 20% is prevented, triggering a strong dispel and an automatic instance of undispellable Objurgation. This effect cannot trigger more than once every 80s, but refreshes on death

Sanity's Eclipse

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Cooldown

150/135/120s→to140/130/120s

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Radius

450/525/600→to450/500/550

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +8% Astral Imprisonment Mana Capacity Steal replaced with +5% Essence Flux Mana Restored

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Level 20 Talent +0.15 Sanity's Eclipse Mana Difference Multiplier replaced with +10% Astral Imprisonment Mana Capacity Steal

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Level 20 Talent +450 Health replaced with -10s Objurgation Cooldown

Night Stalker

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 18 changes

IN THIS PATCH

18 changes

Base stats

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Removed Heart of Darkness innate ability

Hunter in the Night

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Now an innate ability

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Move Speed bonus

22/28/34/40%→to24% + 2% per 3 levels

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Attack Speed bonus

20/40/60/80→to38 + 2 per level

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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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Increases bonus Movement Speed by 15% and bonus Attack Speed by 50. Killing an enemy hero resets cooldowns of all basic abilities

Void

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Now affects all units within 400 radius around the target

Crippling Fear

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

Midnight Feast

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New basic ability. Has both passive and active components

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Night Stalker heals himself 6/8/10/12 health when attacking enemy units

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Attacks on allied units and buildings will not heal Night Stalker

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Can be cast at night to eat a non-ancient creep and restore 10/15/20/25% of Night Stalker's maximum health and 10/12/14/16% of his mana. Cast Range: 125. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 39/36/33/30s

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Can't be cast on allies

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +5s Dark Ascension Duration replaced with +10 Crippling Fear DPS

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Level 20 Talent +40 Crippling Fear DPS replaced with +75 Crippling Fear Radius

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Level 25 Talent +100 Hunter in the Night Attack Speed replaced with +100 Midnight Feast Lifesteal

Tiny

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 18 changes

IN THIS PATCH

18 changes

Base stats

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Removed Craggy Exterior innate ability

Insurmountable

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New innate ability

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Slow Resistance now also applies to Attack Speed Slows. Tiny gains Slow Resistance equal to 20% of his Strength and Status Resistance equal to 10% of his Strength

Avalanche

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Mana Cost

95/110/125/140→to105/120/135/150

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Damage

100/190/280/370→to90/180/270/360

Toss

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Mana Cost

110/125/140/155→to125

Tree Grab

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Mana Cost

40→to40/35/30/25

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Cooldown

16/15/14/13s→to15/12/9/6s

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Cast Range

165→to200

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Attacks

5→to4/5/6/7

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Tree Throw

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No longer applies a slow on the tossed tree by default

Grow

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Thrown trees and tossed units deal 20% more damage in their AoE, have +125 radius, and apply a 25% movement slow and a 45 attack speed slow to all units in the AoE of Toss, Tree Throw, and Tree Volley for 2.5s

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Damage is not increased for the Tossed unit itself

Tree Volley

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Now uses the bonus damage value of Tree Throw and bonuses from Aghanim's Shard

Talents

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Level 10 Talent Avalanche Cast Range decreased from +200 to +150

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Level 15 Talent Avalanche Damage decreased from +100 to +90

Doom

BUFF

7.41 · 17 changes

IN THIS PATCH

17 changes

Lvl ? Pain

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Ability slightly reworked

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When Doom attacks enemy heroes, he applies a curse upon them. After 2.5s, the cursed hero bursts with a pillar of fire, damaging itself and all enemy units in a 66 AoE for 15% of the damage taken from Doom (the hero) over this duration, including damage from the attack that applied the curse. If the cursed hero's level is a multiple of 6, the curse damage and radius will be increased by 66%

Devour

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Now the default cast gained on learning Devour is the one that grants abilities of devoured creeps, and alt-cast state keeps the ones that Doom currently has

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Cooldown

70s→to66s

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Replaces cooldown with 2 charges with 66s restore time. Allows to devour Ancient Neutral Creeps. Gained spells also have 20% bonus AoE and 40% Spell Amplification

Scorched Earth

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Radius

600→to666

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Now also provides Doom with 7/8/9/10 bonus health regen

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Infernal Blade

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Stun Duration

0.6s→to0.66s

Doom

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Damage per second

25/45/65→to25/45/66

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Aghanim's Scepter now also applies Break to affected enemies

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer increases damage per second by 15

Talents

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Level 15 Talent Devour Can Target Ancients replaced with +66 Damage

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Level 15 Talent Scorched Earth Movement Speed increased from +5% to +7%

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Level 20 Talent -10s Scorched Earth Cooldown replaced with -10s Doom Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent Doom applies Break replaced with Permanent Scorched Earth (ability becomes toggleable with no mana cost and a 2.5s cooldown between toggles)

Kez

NERF

7.41 · 17 changes

IN THIS PATCH

17 changes

Base stats

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Base Movement Speed

315→to310

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Base Attack Speed

110→to100

Switch Discipline

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Cooldown

7.75s - 0.25s per level up→to8s - 0.25s per level

Effective values are not changed

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Now the first katana hit or ability will deal 12% bonus damage after switching to Katana, and after switching to Sai Kez gains +12% movement speed for 2 seconds

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer restarts the alternate ability cooldown if it was already on cooldown

Grappling Claw

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When targeting a tree, now always destroys the targeted tree and ends in the tree's position

Talon Toss

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Cast Range

1200→to650/750/850/950

Now matches Grappling Claw

Shodo Sai

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The proc effect now triggers a critical strike only instead of creating a Mark

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18% Chance to Mark replaced with 20% Critical Strike Chance

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As a result, marks are applied only by parrying and casting Raven's Veil

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No longer restricts Kez from proccing passive Bash spells of Skull Basher and Abyssal Blade

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Mark Stun Duration

0.4s→to0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8s

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No longer has a parry bonus by default

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Parrying creates a stronger mark that will stun the target for an additional 0.2s and an a crit bonus of 50%

Raptor Dance

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No longer provides magic damage immunity

Talents

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Level 25 Talent +100% Shodo Sai Mark Critical Strike replaced with +80% Shodo Sai Critical Strike

Rubick

BUFF

7.41 · 17 changes

IN THIS PATCH

17 changes

Base stats

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Base Damage increased by 1

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Damage at level 1

49–55→to50–56

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Removed Might and Magus innate ability

Curiosity

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

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Rubick gains 1 stack of Curiosity per level, each granting him +1 base damage, +0.3% Buff/Debuff Duration, and +2 Area of Effect bonus. If Rubick sees an enemy Hero cast an ability within 1200 distance of him, he gains 2 Curiosity for 20 seconds. If an enemy that currently provides temporary Curiosity dies within 3s after taking damage from Rubick, he gains 1 Curiosity permanently

Telekinesis

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Aghanim's Shard throw distance bonus

35%→to225

Fade Bolt

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Now reduces both spell and attack damage by default

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Damage Reduction

5/15/25/35%→to6/12/18/24%

Spell Steal

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No longer grants 10/20/30% Debuff Amplification

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Stolen spells now have their cooldown decreased by 10/20/30%

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +0.25% Might and Magus Damage/Resistance replaced with +200 Health

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Level 10 Talent +165 Telekinesis Landing Damage replaced with -2s Telekinesis Cooldown

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Level 15 Talent +20% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction replaced with -3s Fade Bolt Cooldown

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Level 15 Talent -25% Stolen Spells Cooldown replaced with -50% Stolen Spells Mana Cost

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Level 20 Talent -5s Telekinesis Cooldown replaced with Telekinesis Landing Deals 325 Damage (now this talent applies damage to the thrown enemy as well)

It used to deal damage only in AoE, leaving the thrown enemy unharmed. Doesn't deal damage to thrown allies or self

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Level 20 Talent -5s Fade Bolt Cooldown replaced with +12% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction

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Level 25 Talent +400 Telekinesis Land Distance replaced with 2x Curiosity Bonuses

Spirit Breaker

NERF

7.41 · 17 changes

IN THIS PATCH

17 changes

Base stats

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Removed Herd Mentality innate ability

Empowering Haste

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New innate ability. Passive

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Spirit Breaker gains bonus Movement Speed whenever he stuns an enemy. Effect depends on the unit type: stunning a hero will provide a 8% bonus for 2s, while other units provide 2% for 1s

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Effects from multiple stuns stack and have independent durations. Bull Rush duration is paused during Charge of Darkness, but it can still gain new stacks. This effect allows Spirit Breaker to go over the max movement speed limit

Charge of Darkness

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Greater Bash

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases knockback by roughly 30%. If a knocked-back enemy collides with another enemy, the second enemy is also bashed, and the original target takes 25% of Spirit Breaker's Greater Bash damage again

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This effect is applied to Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike as well, since those abilities use Greater Bash

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Creeps take 25% damage of repeated damage

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Bodies of killed units keep flying and pushing enemies

Planar Pocket

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Now granted by Aghanim's Shard

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Cooldown

25s→to30s

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Self Magic Resistance

75%→to40%

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Effect now ends if Spirit Breaker is more than 900 units away from the target

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Now can be cast without cancelling Charge of Darkness

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +45 Damage replaced with +60 Charge of Darkness Bonus Speed

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Level 20 Talent -0.3s Greater Bash Cooldown replaced with +8%/+2% Empowering Haste Movespeed Bonus

Arc Warden

NERF

7.41 · 15 changes

IN THIS PATCH

15 changes

Base stats

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Strength gain

2.4→to2.2

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Agility gain

3.0→to2.7

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Damage gain per level

3.6→to3.4

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Base Movement Speed

285→to300

Runic Infusion

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No longer grants the Regeneration Rune buff upon activating any rune

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Now provides Arc Warden with +1.5 all attributes permanently whenever Arc Warden or the Tempest Double activates a Power Rune

Magnetic Field

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The field now also pulls runes, and automatically activates ones that are inside. Rune Pull Force: 100. Rune Pull Radius: 800/1200/1600/2000

Spark Wraith

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Slow Duration

0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8s→to0.7/0.8/0.9/1s

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Tempest Double

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Gold and XP Bounty

180/240/300→to70 + 10 per level

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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The Tempest Double is infused with the bonuses of Arcane, Invisibility, and Haste Runes for 12s. These bonuses don't provide Runic Infusion stacks

Talents

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Level 20 Talent +50% Spark Wraith Damage replaced with +200 Spark Wraith Damage

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Level 25 Talent -1.1s Spark Wraith Activation Delay replaced with +30s Spark Wraith Duration

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Level 25 Talent Tempest Double Has No Penalties replaced with +1.5 Runic Infusion All Attributes Bonus (applies retroactively)

Monkey King

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 15 changes

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15 changes

Mischief

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No longer levels with Wukong's Command

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Cooldown

24/20/16/12s→to24.5s - 0.5s per level

Tree Dance

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Cast point

0.1s→to0.2s

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Cast Range / Perched Tree Cast Range

800→to900

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Cooldown

1.4/1.2/1.0/0.8s→to0.9/0.6/0.3/0s

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Leap speed

700→to600

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Leaping between trees can now be interrupted by Roots and Leashes

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Previously it was only interrupted by Stunned, Hidden, or Hexed statuses

Wukong's Command

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Now has Changing of the Guard sub-ability by default

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While Wukong's Command is active, Monkey King gains a Changing of the Guard ability which allows him to transform into any one of his soldiers. Upon cast, Monkey King takes the place of the soldier closest to the target location for 1.5s, and leaves another one in his stead. While Transfigured, Monkey King is indistinguishable from other soldiers and invulnerable, but can't issue commands. Cast Point: 0.3s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 3s

Changing of the Guard

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Ability appears in place of Wukong's Command and starts on a 1s cooldown after casting Wukong's Command. Can't be cast while rooted and can't target soldiers created by Aghanim's Scepter effect. Monkey King disjoints projectiles upon transformation.

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The possessed soldier has a small ring around it which is visible only to Monkey King and his allies. When the effect is over, Monkey King becomes his usual self leaving the overtaken soldier's position empty.

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +90 Primal Spring Max Damage replaced with +350 Tree Dance Cast Range

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Level 15 Talent +450 Tree Dance Cast Range replaced with 0 Cooldown Primal Spring

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Level 20 Talent 0 Cooldown Primal Spring replaced with Jingu Mastery Undispellable

Nature's Prophet

BUFF

7.41 · 15 changes

IN THIS PATCH

15 changes

Base stats

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Minimum Base damage increased by 4

Damage spread decreased from 10 to 6

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Damage at level 1

40–50→to44–50

Spirit of the Forest

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No longer levels with Wrath of Nature

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Tree Radius

300/400/500/600→to300 + 10 per level

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Multiplier per treant

1x→to2x

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Treants also have Spirit of the Forest and gain bonus damage for each nearby tree and treant

Sprout

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Vision

250→to400

Nature's Call

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Treant Movespeed

305/310/315/320→to300/315/330/345

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Treant Health

550→to450

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Treants now have 25% Magic Resistance

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Treants now deal 4/8/12/16 bonus damage to enemy Heroes

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This bonus is also affected by the Treant Damage multiplying talent

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Treants now have free pathing through trees

Talents

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Level 15 Talent changed from facet specific to +100 Teleportation Barrier

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Level 25 Talent 3x Treant HP/Damage no longer affects Spirit of the Forest Multiplier

Shadow Fiend

NERF

7.41 · 15 changes

IN THIS PATCH

15 changes

Necromastery

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No longer levels with Requiem of Souls

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Damage per soul

1/2/3/4→to1.35 + 0.15 damage per level

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Base Max Souls

20/22/24/26→to20

Shadowraze

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Damage

90/160/230/300→to85/150/215/280

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Now damage is increased by 3 per Necromastery soul

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Aghanim's Shard now also applies a stacking 12% slow debuff to enemies hit

Feast of Souls

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No longer requires 5 souls to cast

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Instead, Shadow Fiend gains souls from surrounding enemies

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Shadow Fiend gains souls from 2 enemies in a 600 radius every 0.5s, prioritizing heroes. Each individual enemy can provide souls once, with creeps giving 1 soul and heroes providing 3. Can collect souls from up to 4/6/8/10 enemies. After the effect is over, Shadow Fiend loses the souls whose owners are still alive, retaining the rest for 8s

The enemy threshold doesn't limit an amount of souls collected, and limits only the amount of enemies affected. So, at the limit of 10, you can collect souls from 5 heroes and 5 creeps gaining 20 souls. 10 Dummy Targets in Hero Demo mode will provide 30 souls

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Bonus Attack Speed

40/55/70/85→to35/50/65/80

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Bonus Move Speed

5/7/9/11%→to4/6/8/10%

Requiem of Souls

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Now can't use more than 20 souls per cast

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer has a damage penalty on the returning Requiem of Souls

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +120 Shadowraze Damage replaced with +2 Feast of Souls Souls Collected Per Hero

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Level 20 Talent +2 Damage Per Soul replaced with +5 Necromastery Max Souls

Winter Wyvern

NERF

7.41 · 15 changes

IN THIS PATCH

15 changes

Base stats

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Removed Eldwurm Scholar innate ability

Eldwurm's Edda

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New innate ability

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Winter Wyvern starts the game with Eldwurm's Edda item. After 10 minutes it can be consumed, increasing the current and maximum level of a basic ability by one. Also increases Winter Wyvern's Intelligence by 25% of its base value at the time of consumption

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Level 5 values are automatically calculated by applying 50% of the difference in all values between levels 3 and 4, except for the mana cost. Mana cost is kept the same as level 4

Arctic Burn

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No longer has a one debuff per cast restriction on enemy heroes

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Burn Duration

5s→to3s

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Movement Slow

16/24/32/40%→to15/20/25/30%

Cold Embrace

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Aghanim's Shard reworked

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Decreases cooldown by 4s. Allied units gain 60% bonus attack damage for 6s when emerging from the icy cocoon

Winter's Curse

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Attack Speed

65→to50/65/80

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Maximum Duration

4/5.5/7s→to6s

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Bonus Duration per hero

2s→to1.5s

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Bonus duration per hero can now be applied after the cast if an enemy hero becomes affected

Still can't be longer than the maximum duration

Talents

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Level 15 Talent Splinter Blast Shatter Radius decreased from +250 to +175

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Level 20 Talent Arctic Burn Slow decreased from +17% to +15%

Zeus

BUFF

7.41 · 15 changes

IN THIS PATCH

15 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Strength

19→to21

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Base Damage increased by 1–3

Damage spread increased from 8 to 10

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Damage at level 1

52–60→to53–63

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Base Movement Speed

315→to305

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Base Armor decreased by 1

Static Field

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No longer levels with Thundergod's Wrath

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Damage

2.5/3/3.5/4%→to3.45% + 0.05% per level

Arc Lightning

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Mana Cost

75/85/95/105→to85/90/95/100

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Base Damage

90/120/150/180→to105/130/155/180

Lightning Bolt

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Vision and True Sight radius

500→to600

Thundergod's Wrath

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Now applies the True Sight before the damage and strikes even untargetable and still invisible enemies

It used to simply reveal invisible heroes without dealing damage to them. Now it will work similarly to Lightning Bolt, dealing damage even to units affected by Smoke of Deceit, Dark Willow's Shadow Realm, Phantom Assassin's Blur, Slark's Shadow Dance or Depth Shroud, etc.

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Vision and True Sight radius

500→to600

Nimbus

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Damage source

Nimbus→tothe caster

Talents

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Level 15 Talent -0.4s Arc Lightning Cooldown replaced with -20% Arc Lightning Mana Cost/Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent +2% Static Field Damage replaced with 3 Heavenly Jump Charges

Ancient Apparition

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 14 changes

IN THIS PATCH

14 changes

Base stats

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Removed Death Rime innate ability

Bone Chill

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New innate ability. Passive, improves with Ancient Apparition's level

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When Ancient Apparition deals magic damage with his abilities, affected enemies are chilled for 4s, reducing their movespeed by 2% per stack. If the target is an enemy hero, debuff also reduces their Strength by 0.1 + 0.1 per 3 levels. Each instance stacks and has independent duration

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases Base Strength Reduction by 0.3

Cold Feet

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Now deals 20/40/60/80 damage per second

Ice Vortex

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Now deals 10/20/30/40 damage per second

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Now slows movement by 8%

Chilling Touch

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Mana Cost

45/50/55/60→to35

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces mana cost

Ice Blast

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Now deals 12/24/36 damage per second

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +2 Cold Feet Death Rime Stacks replaced with +30 Cold Feet Damage Per Second

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Level 15 Talent Cold Feet Break Distance decreased from +300 to +250

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Level 25 Talent +50% Death Rime Slow/Damage replaced with 450 AoE Cold Feet

Clockwerk

BUFF

7.41 · 14 changes

IN THIS PATCH

14 changes

Armor Power

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Now also allows Clockwerk to consume Chainmails to gain +4 armor per Chainmail consumed

Battery Assault

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Mana Cost

90→to75/80/85/90

Power Cogs

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Clockwerk can now move freely through the cogs, sinking them down while walking over them. Other units can also walk over sunken Power Cogs

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Mana Cost

70→to60/65/70/75

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Mana Burn

35/70/105/140→to35/75/115/155

Overclocking

▲

Duration

13s→to18s

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Now also increases Battery Assault radius to 330

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Now also increases Power Cogs radius to 330 and provides 25% bonus armor to Clockwerk while he is near cogs

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No longer increases Clockwerk's attack speed while inside Power Cogs

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Now increases Rocket Flare damage, vision and slow duration by 35%

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No longer decreases Rocket Flare cooldown to 3.5s

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +0.4s Rocket Flare Slow Duration replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen

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Level 15 Talent +2 Power Cogs Hits To Kill replaced with -10s Hookshot Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent Debuff Immunity Inside Power Cogs replaced with 3 Rocket Flare Charges

Disruptor

BUFF

7.41 · 14 changes

IN THIS PATCH

14 changes

Electromagnetic Repulsion

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Now deals damage equal to 1.5x of Disruptor's Intelligence

Thunder Strike

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Strike Damage

25/55/85/115→to30/60/90/120

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Kinetic Fence

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Now granted by Aghanim's Shard

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No longer shares level with Kinetic Field. Has only one level instead

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Cast Range

1050→to1200

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Cooldown

20/18/16/14s→to14s

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Duration

2.6/3.2/3.8/4.4s→to4.4s

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Can be increased with Kinetic Field Duration talent

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Formation Delay

0.4s→to1s

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +10%/300 Glimpse Distance To Damage/Max increased to +15%/300

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Level 20 Talent +150 Electromagnetic Repulsion Radius/Knockback replaced with +75 Static Storm Radius

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Level 25 Talent +150 Static Storm Radius replaced with +6 Thunder Strike Strikes (also decreases Strike Interval by 50%)

As a result, increases overall duration from 6s to 9s

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Level 25 Talent -12s Glimpse Cooldown replaced with 2 Glimpse Charges

Faceless Void

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 14 changes

IN THIS PATCH

14 changes

Distortion Field

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No longer levels with Chronosphere

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Now only applies to projectiles targeting Faceless Void or an allied hero within a 1200 radius of him

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Max slow distance

600 around Faceless Void→to500 around the targeted hero

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Enemy attack projectile speed slow

35/40/45/50%→to40%

Time Walk

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Aghanim's Scepter now also provides Reverse Time Walk sub-ability

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Aghanim's Scepter Time Lock attacks will no longer miss if Reverse Time Walk is used too quickly after Time Walk

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Time Dilation

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Duration no longer counts down while under effect of Chronosphere

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Increases Attack/Movement Slow per cooldown by 5/5%. Provides Faceless Void with bonus movement and attack speed by the same values per each enemy cooldown extended. The bonus degrades over the duration of the buff

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9/10/11/12 Attack Speed + the same value per affected cooldown, 9/10/11/12% Movement Speed + the same value per affected cooldown

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This buff also doesn't count down under effect of Chronosphere

Chronosphere

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Now the default ultimate ability

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +8% Time Dilation Slow per Cooldown replaced with +125 Time Walk Range

Keeper of the Light

BUFF

7.41 · 14 changes

IN THIS PATCH

14 changes

Base stats

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Base Movement Speed

320→to315

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Removed Special Reserve innate ability

Bright Speed

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

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Keeper of the Light gains +1 movement speed for every 2.5 Intelligence. Whenever Keeper of the Light moves 300 distance, he leaves behind light that allows him to see in 400 range for 3 seconds

Chakra Magic

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Cooldown

18/16/14/12s→to19/16/13/10s

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Mana Restore

90/160/230/300→to105/170/235/300

Blinding Light

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Cast Range

400/500/600/700→to500/575/650/725

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Knockback distance

400→toknocking back to the edges of the effect radius, but a minimum knockback distance is 175

Min distance is used for enemies near the edge of AoE

Spirit Form

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No longer grants bonus movement speed percentage

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Now increases movement speed bonus of Bright Speed by 50% while active

Talents

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

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Level 15 Talent -2s Chakra Magic Cooldown replaced with +30% Spirit Form Bright Speed Bonus

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Level 20 Talent +200 Chakra Magic Mana replaced with +10% Solar Bind Magic Resistance Reduction

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

Techies

BUFF

7.41 · 14 changes

IN THIS PATCH

14 changes

M.A.D.

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New innate ability. Passive

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Increases mana regen by a portion of Techies' max mana equal to 0.08% + 0.02% per level

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When Techies die, they leave behind a barrel that explodes after 1.5s, dealing magical damage equal to 50 + 30% of their max mana to enemies in a 400 area of effect. The barrel provides 400 obstructed vision until it explodes

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Increases mana to damage by 10%. Adds an active component. Techies plant the M.A.D. barrel, and detonate it later by using a sub-ability. The M.A.D. barrel is invisible and can be destroyed before the detonation process begins. Detonating the barrel makes it visible and immortal, and then it explodes after the same 1.5s delay. Only one M.A.D. can exist via the active cast at one time. Barrel Health: 200. Cast Range: 450. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 30s. Cast Point: 1s

Reactive Tazer

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Can now always be cast on allies

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Cast Range

500→to600

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Blast Off!

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Now deals its self damage before damaging enemies

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Techies are now rooted and disarmed instead of self-stunned during Blast Off's leap animation

Proximity Mines

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Damage source

Proximity Mines→tothe caster

Minefield Sign

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Now only available with Aghanim's Scepter

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +3 Mana Regen replaced with +25% Reactive Tazer Buff and Disarm Duration

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Level 25 Talent Damage increased from +252 to +253

Chen

BUFF

7.41 · 13 changes

IN THIS PATCH

13 changes

Base stats

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Removed Summon Convert innate ability

Zealot

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New innate ability, has both passive and active components. Improves with game's time

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When Chen respawns, he is joined in battle by a Zealot, a melee creep warrior with the Martyrdom ability which allows him to sacrifice himself to deal damage or heal an ally. Zealot has the same stats as the current melee creeps on his team, including super or mega form, but has 125 attack range, base damage increased by 2 per Chen's level, base health regen

0.5→to2.5, and doesn't have Runty attack type

Zealot respawns after 60s dead

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Martyrdom ability: 500 range unit-targeted ability on the Zealot creep, targeting either an enemy or ally unit. When cast, the creep sacrifices itself, firing a projectile at 1000 speed at the target unit, dealing damage if it's an enemy or healing if it's an ally. Damage is 25 + 20% of the Zealot's health at the moment of the cast, and healing is 50% of these values

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This ability can be cast on a controlled unit to teleport it to Chen after a 6 second delay. Self-targeting will teleport all controlled units. Mana Cost: 50. Cooldown: 10s

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Mechanics moved from Divine Favor without any changes

Holy Persuasion

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Zealots receive the benefits from Holy Persuasion

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Now may be cast on existing persuaded creeps that have not been damaged in the last 3 seconds to unsummon them

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Unsummoning a unit has a global cast range, costs no mana and sets ability to a 3s cooldown

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Now increases all of creature's outgoing damage by 0/6/12/18% instead of only increasing attack damage by 4/8/12/16

Divine Favor

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Self-casting no longer teleports Chen's creeps to him

Still applies the Divine Favor buff to all of them

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +150 Convert Attack Speed replaced with +25% Zealot Health/Damage

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Level 15 Talent +14 Holy Persuasion Damage replaced with +12% Holy Persuasion Damage

Dawnbreaker

BUFF

7.41 · 13 changes

IN THIS PATCH

13 changes

Base stats

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Base damage increased by 6

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Damage at level 1

50–54→to56–60

Break of Dawn

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Max Damage Increase

25%→to10% + 1% per level

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Bonuses granted are now at their maximum for any daytime caused by Dawnbreaker's abilities for the entirety of that daytime

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Now also upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Amplifies heals Dawnbreaker provides by Break of Dawn's current damage increase value

Solar Guardian

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Cooldown

120/105/90s→to110/100/90s

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Now causes a 6 second temporary daytime when the cast starts

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Aghanim's Scepter no longer increases heal per pulse

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +15% Celestial Hammer Slow replaced with Celestial Hammer Trail Grants Movement Speed to Allies

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Level 10 Talent +15% Break of Dawn Max Damage replaced with +25% Luminosity Critical Strike Damage

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Level 15 Talent Solar Guardian Cooldown Reduction increased from 15s to 20s

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Level 15 Talent +40% Luminosity Critical Strike Damage replaced with +40% Celestial Hammer Trail/Hammer Damage

Muerta

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 13 changes

IN THIS PATCH

13 changes

Supernatural

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Ability reworked

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Whenever an enemy hero dies within 925 units of Muerta, she gains a stack of 1% spell amplification up to a maximum equal to her current level. When Muerta dies she loses half the stacks, rounded down

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Passive ethereal bonuses moved to Pierce the Veil

Pierce the Veil

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No longer provides 70/100/130 bonus damage

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Now grants +75% base damage

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Now has a passive component

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Muerta can always attack ethereal targets and can attack when she is ethereal. When either she or her target is ethereal, all of her attack damage is dealt as magical damage and her physical lifesteal is treated as spell lifesteal

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Lifesteal conversion happens only for attacks and won't affect her spells

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Spectral Slug

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New ability granted by Aghanim's Shard

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Muerta shoots a spectral bullet at an enemy, dealing damage, knocking them back, and turning them ethereal for 3s, rendering them immune to physical damage and unable to attack. The target is slowed and becomes 20% more vulnerable to magic damage

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Range: 500. Mana Cost: 75. Cooldown: 12s. Damage: 225. Slow: 30%. Knockback Distance: 250

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +55 Gunslinger Damage replaced with +15 Intelligence

Templar Assassin

NERF

7.41 · 13 changes

IN THIS PATCH

13 changes

Base stats

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Base Health Regen

1→to0

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Removed Third Eye innate ability

Inner Peace

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New innate ability, improves with Templar Assassin's level

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After remaining stationary for 0.25s, Templar Assassin begins meditating, gaining bonus health regen and mana regen. Bonuses linearly increase from 0 up to their maximum, which is reached after 2.05s - 0.05s per level. Moving from the current position or taking damage from an enemy resets regen bonuses. Max Health Regen is 2.7 + 0.3 per level. Max Mana Regen is 2.2 + 0.2 per level

Refraction

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Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Increases bonus damage by 30 and allows Refraction to be cast while disabled

Meld

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Now, if the attack that broke Meld splits with Psi Blades, Bonus Damage and Armor Reduction are now applied to all affected enemies

Psionic Trap

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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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When activated, Traps now also silence enemies from 0.25s up to 3s depending on the trap charge

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +3 Meld Armor reduction replaced with +3 Psionic Traps

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Level 15 Talent Refraction Can Be Cast While Disabled replaced with +225 Meld Attack Range

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Level 20 Talent +40 Refraction Damage replaced with +4 Meld Armor Reduction

Visage

BUFF

7.41 · 13 changes

IN THIS PATCH

13 changes

Base stats

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Removed Lurker innate ability

Silent as the Grave

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Now innate ability. Active

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Visage gains flying movement and 12% bonus movement speed for 20s. Upon attacking or casting, he loses both effects, but he and his familiars gain 10% attack damage bonus for 2 seconds

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Mana Cost

115→to50

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Cooldown

45s→to45.75s - 0.75s per level

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

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Increases bonus movement speed by 12%, bonus damage by 10%, bonus damage duration by 2s, and flight duration by 10s. While flight is active, Silent as the Grave grants invisibility to Visage and his familiars

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Invisibility for Visage and each familiar are not connected

Summon Familiars

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Cooldown

130/120/110s→to120/110/100s

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Familiar Health

500/600/700→to450/600/750

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +6 Visage and Familiars Attack Damage replaced with +6 Visage and Familiars Base Damage

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Level 10 Talent +4 Lurker Max Stacks replaced with -1s Soul Assumption Cooldown

▲

Level 20 Talent Soul Assumption Damage Per Charge increased from +25 to +30

Windranger

NERF

7.41 · 13 changes

IN THIS PATCH

13 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Movement Speed

290→to285

●

Removed Easy Breezy innate ability

Tailwind

●

New innate ability

●

Using an ability conjures a stacking Tailwind that gives Windranger a brief burst of movement speed. Movement speed bonus starts gradually fading halfway through Tailwind's duration. Movement Speed Bonus per stack: 35%. Duration: 2s

●

Passively increases Windranger's max movement speed to 600

●

Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

●

Attacks also grant Tailwind effect. Increases Tailwind duration to 3s and makes it undispellable

Windrun

▼

Movement Speed Bonus

60%→to50%

▲

Cooldown

15/14/13/12s→to14/13/12/11s

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +4 All Attributes replaced with +0.75s Windrun Duration

●

Level 15 Talent -2s Windrun Cooldown replaced with +40 Tailwind Max Movespeed

●

Level 25 Talent Windrun Cannot be Dispelled replaced with Powershot Executes Enemy Heroes Under 15% Max HP (Execute Threshold ranges from 10-15% Max HP Based on channel time and reduces with each unit the arrow comes through)

Wraith King

BUFF

7.41 · 13 changes

IN THIS PATCH

13 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Armor decreased by 1

Vampiric Spirit

●

No longer levels with Reincarnation

●

Lifesteal

10/20/30/40%→to14% + 1% per level

●

Wraith Duration

3.5/4/4.5/5s→to4.25s + 0.25s per 6 levels

Up to 5.5s at level 30. Also increased by 1s with Aghanim's Scepter

●

Bonus Attack Speed

30/45/60/75→to55

●

Bonus Move Speed

10/15/20/25%→to20%

Bone Guard

●

Now always a basic ability for Wraith King

▲

Skeleton movespeed

340→to350

Mortal Strike

●

Aghanim's Shard reworked

●

Critical strikes curse their target, dealing 75% of the damage dealt again after a 3 second delay. Vampiric Spirit's lifesteal applies to the curse damage

Reincarnation

▲

Mana Cost

225→to220/110/0

●

Now spawns 2/3/4 per enemy hero within slow radius

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Chaos Knight

BUFF

7.41 · 12 changes

IN THIS PATCH

12 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Reins of Chaos innate ability

Fundamental Forging

●

New reworked innate ability. Passive

●

When Chaos Knight crafts a neutral item, it gets an additional random enchantment that doesn't provide negative stats

●

The random enchantment is selected from all available enchantments in that tier, including ones that are normally not available for Strength heroes

●

Due to negative stats, Chaos Knight can't randomly get Crude, Nimble, Keen-Eyed, Titanic, Greedy, Hulking, Audacious, Feverish, and Manic Enchantments

●

The random enchantment is different from the one used in crafting

Reality Rift

▲

Cooldown

18/14/10/6s→to15/12/9/6s

Chaos Strike

▲

Critical Lifesteal

24/36/48/60%→to30/40/50/60%

Phantasm

●

Aghanim's Scepter no longer guarantees to create an additional illusion on cast

●

Aghanim's Scepter now provides a passive component to this ability

●

Whenever an illusion of Chaos Knight is created, there is a 50% chance to create an additional illusion under Chaos Knight's control

●

Bonus illusion will be under Chaos Knight's control even if other illusions were made by an enemy

Hoodwink

BUFF

7.41 · 12 changes

IN THIS PATCH

12 changes

Mistwoods Wayfarer

●

No longer levels with Sharpshooter

●

Redirect Chance

14/21/28/35%→to14% + 1% per level

Acorn Shot

●

Cast Range

(Hoodwink's attack range + 100)→to675/700/725/750

As a result, Cast Range increased from 675 to 675/700/725/750

Bushwhack

▲

Cast Range

1000→to1100

Scurry

●

No longer doubles all sources of evasion for the duration

●

Now doubles redirect chance of Mistwoods Wayfarer for the duration

Sharpshooter

●

Now treats creep heroes as creeps

●

The projectile flies through creeps, dealing them damage for half value, but still applying Slow and Break at full force and duration

●

Since Spirit Bear is considered a true hero, the projectile will stop on impact with it

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Health increased from +150 to +175

●

Level 15 Talent +1 Acorn Shot Bounce replaced with +10 Agility

●

Level 20 Talent -3 Armor Corruption replaced with +2 Acorn Shot Bounces

Largo

NERF

7.41 · 12 changes

IN THIS PATCH

12 changes

Encore

●

Bonus Duration

10% + 1% per level up→to9% + 1% per level

Effective values are not changed

Catchy Lick

●

Now can lick runes to pull them. Rune-licking refunds spent mana

▼

Health Regen Duration

10s→to8s

●

Bonus health regen is now also provided if the target is killed by Catchy Lick

Amphibian Rhapsody

●

Aghanim's Scepter no longer adds damage to double-strumming

Bullbelly Blitz

▲

Now also deals 20/30/40 magical damage by default

●

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

●

Increases magic damage by 6/12/18 per Groovin' stack when this song is used in double-strumming

Hotfeet Hustle

▼

Move Speed

16/22/28%→to16/20/24%

▼

Slow Resistance

70/80/90%→to70/75/80%

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Croak of Genius Max Health DPS decreased from 1.5% to 1%

▼

Level 25 Talent Amphibian Rhapsody Song Effects decreased from +35% to +30%

Marci

BUFF

7.41 · 12 changes

IN THIS PATCH

12 changes

Special Delivery

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If Marci's courier is in the fountain when Special Delivery is cast, the courier will take all items from the stash before teleporting. The courier will now automatically attempt to transfer items upon teleporting and head back to the fountain. If the courier has any extra items after trying to transfer or didn't transfer any items, it will stay next to Marci

●

Cooldown

240s→to245s - 5s per level

Bodyguard

●

Ability Reworked

●

Has both passive and active components

●

Passively grants Marci 12/18/24/30% lifesteal and 12/18/24/30% bonus base attack damage

●

When cast on an ally, she provides them with 75% of passive bonuses and a shared all damage barrier that blocks 90/160/230/300 damage. Damaging the barrier on either Marci or the target will reduce it for both. As Marci attacks heroes, 30% of the damage dealt restores the barrier. Duration: 7s

●

Cast Range: 500. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75. Cooldown: 20s. Cast Point: 0.2s

●

The effect is dispellable. Dispelling Marci will remove the barrier. Dispelling the target will remove both the barrier and passive bonuses (lifesteal and base attack damage)

Rebound

●

Ability can be set to alt-cast to bring the target ally to the destination. Does not work on rooted or leashed allies

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent +10% Rebound Movement Speed Bonus replaced with +12% Bodyguard Damage

▲

Level 20 Talent Unleash Movement Speed increased from +10% to +15%

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Level 25 Talent +20% Bodyguard Damage replaced with Bodyguard Strong Dispels (Dispels both Marci and the target)

Silencer

BUFF

7.41 · 12 changes

IN THIS PATCH

12 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Movement Speed

290→to300

●

Reworked Brain Drain ability into a new innate

Suffer In Silence

●

New innate ability. Passive

●

Silencer takes less damage from and deals more damage to silenced targets. Damage modifier is 5% + 0.5% per level for both reduction and amplification

●

If an enemy hero dies within 925 range of Silencer or was debuffed by Silencer at the time of death, Silencer permanently steals 1 Intelligence from them. If the victim was silenced, an extra 1 point of Intelligence will be stolen

Arcane Curse

●

No longer has 1.25x slow and damage multiplier against silenced enemies

Glaives of Wisdom

▲

Mana Cost

14/16/18/20→to12/14/16/18

●

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

●

Increases Int Steal by 1 and causes Glaives to bounce once to a random enemy within 450 range

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +0.25 Arcane Curse Silenced Multiplier replaced with +7% Suffer In Silence Damage

▲

Level 25 Talent Glaives of Wisdom Damage increased from +25% to +30%

●

Level 25 Talent 2 Arcane Curse charges replaced with +2s Global Silence Duration

Void Spirit

BUFF

7.41 · 12 changes

IN THIS PATCH

12 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Damage decreased by 4

●

Damage at level 1 unchanged due to innate ability changes

Intrinsic Edge

▲

Now also increases Void Spirit's attack damage per point of attribute by 15%

▲

Increase is multiplicative, so it's

0.45→to0.5175

●

The result of these changes:

Damage at level 1 is unchanged at 52–56

▲

Damage gain per level

3.6→to4.1

▲

Damage at level 30

174–178→to192–196

▲

Secondary bonuses

25%→to30%

●

No longer provides increased Armor or Magic Resistance

●

Now provides increased Attack Speed per point of Agility

Aether Remnant

●

Aghanim's Shard True Sight no longer reveals wards

Resonant Pulse

▲

Barrier Amount per hero hit

35/50/65/80→to50/70/90/110

Elder Titan

BUFF

7.41 · 11 changes

IN THIS PATCH

11 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Tip The Scales innate ability

Momentum

●

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

●

Elder Titan's armor increases by 3.6% + 0.4% per level of his bonus movement speed

●

Only counts movement speed that he has above his base (305) value

●

This ability can't reduce Elder Titan's armor when he is slowed below the base movement speed value

Astral Spirit

●

No longer provides armor on return

●

Still grants movement speed, which is then used by the innate ability to provide armor

Earth Splitter

▲

Cooldown

100s→to100/95/90s

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +25 Attack Speed replaced with +150 Echo Stomp Wake Damage

●

Level 15 Talent +25 Astral Spirit Hero Attack replaced with 20% of Bonus Movement Speed as Attack Speed

●

Level 20 Talent +350 Echo Stomp Wake Damage replaced with +30 Astral Spirit Bonus Damage per Hero

Juggernaut

BUFF

7.41 · 11 changes

IN THIS PATCH

11 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Duelist innate ability

Bladeform

●

New innate ability

●

Juggernaut receives a stack of Bladeform every 2s that he does not take damage. Each stack grants 2.5% + 0.05% per level base Agility bonus and 1% movement bonus and there is a maximum of 10 stacks. Stacks fade after 2s upon taking any damage

Blade Fury

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Healing Ward

●

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

●

Increases healing by 1.5% and hits to destroy by 1

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +4% Duelist Damage replaced with -1s Bladeform Stack Gain Interval

●

Level 15 Talent +1% Healing Ward Heal replaced with -15s Omnislash Cooldown

▲

Level 15 Talent Movement Speed During Blade Fury increased from +40 to +45

▲

Level 20 Talent Blade Fury DPS increased from +90 to +100

●

Level 20 Talent +1 Healing Ward Hits to Destroy replaced with +15% Blade Dance Crit Damage

Kunkka

NERF

7.41 · 11 changes

IN THIS PATCH

11 changes

Admiral's Rum

●

Can no longer be applied by multiple sources, and will no longer trigger passively if Ghostship already applied the buff

●

Cooldown

60s→to60.5s - 0.5s per level

●

Bonus Movement Speed

10%→to7.75% + 0.25% per level

▼

Duration

6s→to5s

▼

Delayed Damage

20%→to18%

Ghostship

●

Now applies Admiral's Rum at a 2x factor

●

Multiplication applies to duration, delayed damage and movement speed bonus

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent -15s Admiral's Rum Cooldown replaced with +1s Admiral's Rum Buff Duration

▲

Level 15 Talent Tidebringer Damage increased from +70 to +75

●

Level 20 Talent +15% Admiral's Rum Damage Delayed replaced with +80% Tidebringer Cleave

●

Level 25 Talent +130% Tidebringer Cleave replaced with Tidebringer Ignores 25% Armor

Lina

NERF

7.41 · 11 changes

IN THIS PATCH

11 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Combustion innate ability

Slow Burn

●

New innate ability

●

Lina's abilities deal an additional 64% damage as undispellable burn damage over 4s

Dragon Slave

▼

Damage

85/165/245/325→to65/125/185/245

Light Strike Array

▼

Damage

110/160/210/260→to80/120/160/200

Laguna Blade

▼

Damage

500/750/1000→to380/565/750

●

Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked

●

Casting Laguna Blade temporarily supercharges Lina, granting her 12 stacks of Fiery Soul. Supercharge duration: 5s

Talents

▼

Level 15 Talent Light Strike Array Damage decreased from +150 to +110

●

Level 25 Talent +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Spells replaced with 150% Attack Crit on Targets Affected by Slow Burn

●

Level 25 Talent +60% Combustion Overheat Damage replaced with +1s Slow Burn Duration

This increases additional damage from 64% to 80%

Bane

NERF

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Base stats

▼

Strength gain

2.7→to2.5

▼

Agility gain

2.7→to2.5

▼

Intelligence gain

2.7→to2.5

▼

Damage gain per level

3.6→to3.4

▲

Attack Range

400→to425

Ichor of Nyctasha

●

Ability reworked

●

Every time Bane kills an enemy hero or they die under the effect of any debuff applied by Bane, they receive a Terror for the rest of the game. Each Terror stack decreases the enemy's status resistance to all Bane's debuffs by 5%. Max Terror stacks per hero: 5

Nightmare

●

Now a Unit Vector Target Spell

●

Sleeping units walk in Bane's chosen direction at a speed of 110

●

Can be put on alt-cast to disable sleepwalking behavior

Death Prophet

BUFF

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Armor increased by 1

Witchcraft

●

Movement speed bonus

0.75% + 0.75% per level up→to0.5% + 0.75% per level

●

Cooldown Reduction

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

Effective values are not changed

Silence

▲

Projectile speed

1400→to1750

Exorcism

▲

Ghost spawn rate

0.35s→to0.25s

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +12% Magic Resistance replaced with +200 Health

●

Level 10 Talent +30 Attack Speed replaced with +75 Silence AoE

●

Level 15 Talent +100 Silence AoE replaced with +50 Attack Speed

●

Level 20 Talent +400 Health replaced with +6 Exorcism Spirits

●

Level 25 Talent +8 Exorcism Spirits replaced with Deaths During Exorcism Extend Duration by +8s (both allied and enemy heroes count)

Drow Ranger

NERF

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Damage decreased by 2

▼

Damage at level 1

51–58→to49–56

Precision Aura

●

No longer levels with Marksmanship

●

Agility Base Bonus

4/8/12/16%→to10%

Frost Arrows

▲

Now also modifies incoming healing with Aghanim's Scepter

As a result of Health Restoration changes

Gust

●

Knockback duration now scales inversely with distance from the target, similar to knockback distance. Minimum knockback duration is 0.4 seconds

Multishot

●

Now allows Drow Ranger to move with a 35% penalty and use items while casting Multishot

Glacier

●

No longer increases the number of Multishot arrows

●

No longer grants True Strike on the hill

●

Now Drow Ranger deals 25% more damage when attacking from high ground while on the Glacier

Huskar

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Base stats

▼

Intelligence gain

1.5→to0

▼

Base Movement Speed

295→to290

Inner Fire

▲

Damage

105/170/235/300→to110/180/250/320

●

Knockback Duration now scales based on Knockback Distance to a minimum of 0.4s

●

Enemies which are 375 units or farther now receive a flat knockback of 25 units

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Burning Spear

●

Health Cost

4% of current health→to2% of max health

Huskar can use this ability even if he has less health than the health cost requires

▲

Now also burns enemies for 0.5% of their max health

Berserker's Blood

●

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

●

Can be activated for a health cost. Applies basic dispel to Huskar, then after a delay, heals for the amount of health consumed plus an additional bonus per debuff dispelled. Current HP Cost: 30%. Cooldown: 20s. Cauterize Delay: 3s. Max HP Heal per debuff: 3%

Lion

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

To Hell and Back

●

Ability reworked

●

Killing or assisting in a Hero kill provides Lion with 20% debuff duration while that hero is dead. Whenever Lion respawns or resurrects, he gains 20% spell amplification for 90s or until he gets a kill or an assist

Finger of Death

▲

Cooldown

120/80/40s→to110/70/30s

▼

Damage per kill

40→to30

●

Now has empowered melee attacks after the cast by default

●

After using Finger of Death, Lion's hand becomes empowered, turning him into a melee hero with 250 attack range and 30 bonus movement speed. These melee attacks have 25% cleave and deal 20/30/40 bonus damage which increases with each Finger of Death kill. Enemy heroes that die within 3s after getting hit with these melee attacks (or from them) also provide bonus per kill damage. Melee form duration: 20s

●

Ability can be toggled with right-click to disable the melee form

●

Cleave area is a cone with 150 width that increases up to 350 at 650 distance

●

Aghanim's Scepter now also increases melee cleave from 25% to 50% and duration from 20s to 30s

●

Aghanim's Scepter no longer decreases cooldown

Oracle

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Prognosticate

●

Oracle now also predicts Roshan's exact respawn timer

False Promise

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

Diviner's Deck

●

New passive ability granted by Aghanim's Scepter

●

Oracle receives a Tarot Card Buff now and every 90 seconds. This buff is undispellable and lasts until the next one replaces it. Oracle knows which buff will be next.

●

Death: +40% Spell Amplification

●

The Fool: +100% Gold Gain

●

The World: +150% Intelligence

●

The Lovers: +40% Heal Amplification

●

The Tower: Gain a 400 all-damage barrier which regenerates after not taking damage for 7s

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent Fortune's End Heals/Damages for 80 Per Effect Dispelled replaced with +100 Fortune's End Radius

Ring Master

NERF

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Dark Carnival Barker

●

Pool of souvenirs now always consists of Funhouse Mirror, Strongman Tonic, Unicycle and Whoopee Cushion

Escape Act

●

Targeted unit is no longer stunned for 0.5 seconds when placed in a box

●

Radius and Aghanim's Scepter's Explosion Radius now affected by AoE bonuses

Impalement Arts

●

Charges

1/2/3/4→to3

▲

Mana Cost

80→to50

●

Impact damage

50→to20/35/50/65

●

Max Health Damage per second (heroes)

3.5/4/4.5/5%→to3/4/5/6%

▼

Damage per second (creeps)

100→to85/90/95/100

▼

Slow Duration

0.8s→to0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8s

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +85 Impalement Arts Impact Damage replaced with +1 Impalement Arts Charge

Sand King

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Caustic Finale

●

No longer levels with Epicenter

●

Base Damage

20/40/60/80→to17 + 3 per level

●

Max Health Damage

3/7/11/15%→to2.5% + 0.5% per level

▼

Duration

4.5/5/5.5/6s→to4.5s

Burrowstrike

▲

Cast Range

525/600/675/750→to550/625/700/775

●

Sand King now immediately re-gains invisibility if the Burrowstrike ends within Sand Storm's AoE

Epicenter

●

Aghanim's Shard no longer increases Epicenter Pulse damage

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent +75/7 Base/Incremental Radius of Epicenter replaced with +6 Epicenter Pulses

●

Level 25 Talent 50% Sand Storm Slow replaced with 35% Sand Storm Slow and Blind

●

Level 25 Talent +8 Epicenter Pulses replaced with +125 Stinger Damage

Slardar

NERF

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Seaborn Sentinel

●

No longer levels with Corrosive Haze

●

Bonus HP Regen

2.5/5/7.5/10→to1.75 + 0.25 per level

▼

Aghanim's Scepter Bonus HP Regen

+22→to+20

●

Bonus Armor

3/4/5/6→to1.8 + 0.2 per level

▼

Aghanim's Scepter Bonus Armor

+10→to+8

●

Flat 8/16/24/32 bonus damage replaced with 11.4% bonus attack damage + 0.6% per level

Guardian Sprint

●

Slardar now has 100% slow resistance for the first 2.5s of Guardian Sprint. This bonus fades to 0 over the remaining duration

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +14 Seaborn Sentinel Bonus Attack Damage replaced with +30 Bash of the Deep Damage

●

Level 15 Talent +40 Bash of the Deep Damage replaced with -3 Corrosive Haze Armor

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Level 20 Talent -4 Corrosive Haze Armor replaced with +16% Seaborn Sentinel Bonus Attack Damage

Spectre

BUFF

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Movement Speed

290→to295

▲

Base Health Regen

1.0→to1.5

Desolate

●

Damage

25 + 2 per level up→to23 + 2 per level

Effective values are not changed

Shadow Step

▲

Cooldown

30/26/22/18s→to24/21/18/15s

▲

Cast Range

750/900/1050/1200→to825/950/1075/1200

▲

Illusion Damage

32/38/44/50%→to35/40/45/50%

▼

Illusion Damage Taken

200%→to200/185/170/155%

Haunt

▲

Cooldown

180/160/140s→to160/150/140s

●

Duration

5/6/7s→to6s

▼

Illusion Damage

30/55/80%→to30/50/70%

Tusk

BUFF

7.41 · 10 changes

IN THIS PATCH

10 changes

Bitter Chill

●

No longer levels with Walrus Punch!

●

Attack Speed Slow

20/40/60/80→to17 + 3 per level

●

Now only affects enemy heroes

Tag Team

●

Now always a basic ability for Tusk

Ice Shards

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Drinking Buddies

●

Now granted by Aghanim's Shard

▲

Tusk reaches out to tag an allied unit, pulling them closer. Once tagged, both Tusk and his tagged ally gain 25% bonus movement speed and 10 bonus armor for 6s. Can be put on alt-cast to only pull Tusk towards his ally with 50% reduced cast range. Cast Range: 1000. Mana Cost: 80. Cooldown: 14s

●

No longer provides 20/50/80/110 bonus attack damage

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent -6s Ice Shards Cooldown replaced with -6s Snowball Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent -8s Snowball Cooldown replaced with Ice Shards Slow by 50% and Deal 110 DPS (only affects enemies trapped inside)

Bounty Hunter

BUFF

7.41 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Big Game Hunter

●

Ability reworked

●

Bounty Hunter receives 15% more kill and assist gold if the dying enemy hero is Big Game. An enemy hero is considered Big Game if they are one of the top 3 net worth heroes on the enemy team

●

Bounty Hunter has a list of heroes that are currently considered a big game, accessible by pressing special button over the innate

●

These heroes will also have a debuff, that points out that they're among these three heroes. Debuff is visible only to Bounty Hunter and his allies

Jinada

▲

Gold Steal

12/20/28/36→to15/22/29/36

Shadow Walk

●

Now grants 8/12/16/20% bonus movement speed when active

●

Also applies to Friendly Shadow

Track

●

No longer grants 12/16/20% bonus movement speed to Bounty Hunter

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Damage increased from +25 to +30

Invoker

BUFF

7.41 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Quas

▲

Max Level

7→to8

Wex

▲

Max Level

7→to8

Exort

▲

Max Level

7→to8

Tornado

▼

Aghanim's Scepter twister damage

40 + 10 * Wex Level→to30 + 10 * Wex Level

60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140/150 to 50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140

Invoke

●

Now whenever Invoker gets Aghanim's Scepter or Aghanim's Shard, these items are inert in the inventory until Invoker activates them manually. Upon activation, he will be presented with three upgrades to choose from. Upgrades themselves for both Aghanim's Scepter and Aghanim's Shard are unchanged

●

You can't change selected upgrades. Selling Aghanim's Scepter and buying it again will provide the same upgrade you chose the first time

●

Aghanim's Scepter no longer provides +1 level to all three orbs. Now it provides +1 level only to a single orb you choose

Talents

●

Level 15 Talent +1 Facet Orb Level replaced with +25 Alacrity Speed/Damage

●

Level 20 Talent +50 Alacrity Speed/Damage replaced with +1 Orb Levels

Lich

NERF

7.41 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Mana Regen

0.75→to-1

▼

Intelligence gain

3.8→to3.4

●

Removed Death Charge innate ability

Sacrifice

●

New Innate ability. Active

●

Lich can instantly kill an allied creep to gain mana relative to its current health and earn experience bounty for it. Health to Mana: 42% + 3% per level. Experience Bounty: 69% + 6% per level. Cast Range: 700. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 120s

●

This ability starts on extended cooldown and with no charges, making the first cast possible only at 2:00 mark

●

Sacrificed creeps count as denies, providing experience to enemy heroes. Lich's experience gain is independent from experience enemies gain

Talents

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Level 20 Talent +4s Frost Shield Duration replaced with 2 Frost Shield Charges

●

Level 25 Talent +100 Chain Frost Incremental Damage replaced with Chain Frost Unlimited Bounces

Ogre Magi

NERF

7.41 · 9 changes

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9 changes

Fireblast

▲

Now also upgraded by Aghanim's Scepter

●

Becomes Refined Fireblast, reducing its cooldown by 1s and increasing its cast speed by 25%

Multicast

●

Each point of Strength increases chances of Multicast by 0.0625%, so every 16 Strength points add 1%

Unrefined Fireblast

▼

Cooldown

6s→to7s

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent -1s Fireblast Cooldown replaced with +2/0.01 Dumb Luck Mana / Mana Regen Per Strength

▼

Level 10 Talent Ignite Burn Damage decreased from +12 to +10

●

Level 15 Talent +2/0.01 Dumb Luck Mana / Mana Regen Per Strength replaced with +20/35 Bloodlust / Self Attack Speed

●

Level 20 Talent +35 Bloodlust Attack Speed replaced with +175 Fireblast Damage

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Level 25 Talent +220 Fireblast Damage replaced with +10% Multicast Chances (affects all types of multicast)

Slark

BUFF

7.41 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Essence Shift

●

Duration

15s + 2.5s per level up→to12.5s + 2.5s per level

Effective values are not changed

Saltwater Shiv

●

Stacks now have independent durations and don't refresh previous ones

▼

Cooldown

10/8/6/4s→to14/12/10/8s

▼

Mana Cost

20→to25/30/35/40

●

Cast Range is now Slark's attack range + 50

▲

Stack Restoration Steal

2/4/6/8%→to4/8/12/16%

▲

Stack Regen Steal

2/4/6/8→to4/8/12/16

▲

Stack Speed Steal

2/4/6/8→to4/8/12/16

▲

Now also modifies incoming healing

As a result of Health Restoration changes

Sven

BUFF

7.41 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Base stats

▲

Base strength

23→to24

▲

Damage at level 1

60–62→to61–63

●

Removed Vanquisher innate ability

Wrath of God

●

New innate ability

●

Increases attack damage Sven gains per point of Strength by 0.08 + 0.02 per level. Disabled by Break

Warcry

●

Aghanim's Shard reworked

No longer provides a passive aura

●

Makes Warcry undispellable and increases radius from 700 to 900. Warcry provides a 300 physical damage barrier and an additional +3% movespeed bonus when active

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +10% Vanquisher Bonus Damage replaced with +20% God's Strength Slow Resistance

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Level 20 Talent +20% God's Strength Slow Resistance replaced with -25% Storm Hammer Cooldown and Mana Cost

Tidehunter

BUFF

7.41 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Base stats

▲

Strength gain

3.6→to3.7

●

Removed Blubber innate ability

Leviathan's Catch

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New Innate Ability. Passive

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Whenever an enemy hero dies while affected by any Tidehunter's debuff or is killed by him, they drop a fish. Tidehunter can eat the fish to grow in size and permanently gain 3 Max Health, 2 Attack Range and 1 Bonus Damage Block. Tidehunter automatically eats a fish on every level up

●

Bonus Damage Block is only applied if there is a source of damage block being applied to an incoming physical attack

●

The fish flies 400 units towards Tidehunter upon spawning, stays in the world indefinitely and can be destroyed by an attack from Tidehunter's enemies

Anchor Smash

●

Radius

375→to225 + Tidehunter's Attack Range

Kraken Shell

●

Now applies a strong dispel to Tidehunter if he takes more than 600/550/500/450 damage within 7 seconds

Talents

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Level 20 Talent Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash replaced with Kraken Shell Cleanse triggers Anchor Smash

Vengeful Spirit

BUFF

7.41 · 9 changes

IN THIS PATCH

9 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Movement Speed

295→to300

▲

Base Attack Time

1.7s→to1.5s

Retribution

▲

Now also makes Vengeful Spirit to gain benefits of both melee and ranged attacks

●

Now killer's icon is shown as a buff on Vengeful Spirit to know who to hate

Vengeance Aura

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Now provides 1.2x the bonus for Vengeful Spirit herself

●

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade no longer refreshes ability cooldowns on activating

●

Aghanim's Scepter now increases self-bonus up to 1.3x

●

Aghanim's Scepter illusion is now fully affected by Vengeance Aura's bonus

▼

Aghanim's Scepter illusion damage taken

115%→to100%

Mars

NERF

7.41 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Dauntless

●

No longer considers Mars's allies when determining if Mars is outnumbered

▼

HP Regen per extra enemy

70%→to40%

Bulwark

●

Now a point targeted ability. Mars will face towards the targeted direction when toggled on

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

Arena Of Blood

●

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

●

Lowers cooldown by 10s and increases duration from 5.5s to 6.5s. If an enemy is killed in the Arena, Mars and all of his allies inside the Arena restore 35% of their max health and mana and get a 35% attack damage buff for 20s. This effect stacks

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +20% Dauntless Regen Per Enemy replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen

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Level 20 Talent -16s Arena Of Blood Cooldown replaced with +70 Arena of Blood Spear Damage

Medusa

BUFF

7.41 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Gorgon's Grasp

▲

Cooldown

30/27/24/21s→to30/26/22/18s

●

Now always centers the cast cursor around the second grouping, even if the number of volleys is increased

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Stone Gaze Bonus Physical Damage increased from +10% to +12%

▲

Level 15 Talent Mystic Snake Cooldown Reduction increased from 3s to 4s

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Level 15 Talent +8% Split Shot Outgoing Damage replaced with +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley

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Level 20 Talent +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley replaced with +12% Split Shot Outgoing Damage

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Level 20 Talent +3 Mystic Snake Bounces replaced with +40% Mystic Snake Damage / Mana Gain

▲

Level 25 Talent Stone Gaze Duration increased from +2s to +2.5s

Mirana

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 8 changes

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8 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Selemene's Faithful innate ability

Celestial Quiver

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New innate ability. Auto-cast attack modifier, can't be leveled up

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Mirana consumes a charge to empower her next attack with bonus magic damage equal to 3 per Mirana's level. At the start she has 2 max charges but gains 1 more every 7 levels. Base Charge Restore Time: 6s

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Upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

●

Casting Leap provides 3 temporary charges for the duration of the buff

●

These temporary charges ignore the max charges count and stack from each Leap cast

Leap

●

Aghanim's Shard no longer provides crits during the buff

Still increases max charges by 1

Talents

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Level 20 Talent +35 Base Damage replaced with +35 Celestial Quiver Damage

Nyx Assassin

BUFF

7.41 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Nyxth Sense innate ability

Mana Burn

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New innate ability. Passive

●

When Nyx Assassin deals damage with attacks or his abilities, he burns affected unit's mana equal to 12% of damage dealt

●

Damage reflected with Spiked Carapace also counts

Mind Flare

●

Now burns 9/12/15/18% of the target's Max Mana

Vendetta

▲

Now also applies a 4s Break on hit

●

Aghanim's Shard reworked

●

Decreases cooldown by 10s. For the first 15s, Nyx Assassin is hasted and has unobstructed pathing

Sniper

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Keen Scope

●

No longer levels with Assassinate

●

No longer increases attack range

●

Now increases damage from Sniper's attacks by 1.5% + 0.05% per level for every 100 units of distance between him and the target

●

Also affects attack damage from Assassinate

Take Aim

●

Now passively grants 160/240/320/400 attack range

●

Active Bonus Attack Range

100/150/200/250→to75/150/225/300

Assassinate

●

No longer amplifies attack damage to 100/110/120%

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +55 Take Aim Attack Range Bonus replaced with +50 Take Aim Passive Attack Range

Viper

BUFF

7.41 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Base stats

▲

Agility gain

2.7→to2.9

▼

Base Attack Speed

120→to110

Predator

▲

Base Damage per Missing Health Percentage

0.15→to0.25

Corrosive Skin

▲

Aghanim's Scepter now also gradually increases Corrosive Skin's magic resistance and damage per second while he is in Nethertoxin, up to 50% increased effect after 4s

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +10% Poison Attack slow/damage replaced with +15 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second

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Level 15 Talent +20 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second replaced with +15% Poison Attack Slow / Damage

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Level 15 Talent +30 Nethertoxin Min/Max Damage replaced with +20/40 Nethertoxin Min/Max Damage

▲

Level 20 Talent Predator Damage Per Missing Health increased from +0.3 to +0.35

Weaver

NERF

7.41 · 8 changes

IN THIS PATCH

8 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Rewoven innate ability

Threads of Fate

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New innate ability. Passive

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After dealing damage to an enemy hero with an attack or ability, if Weaver remains within 700 range of them for 1.5s, he establishes a Thread of Fate that briefly slows movement of the enemy and ties them to Weaver. Each established thread of fate grants 10% bonus damage to Weaver. Threads last up to 6s and break if the distance is longer than 900. If the enemy dies with Thread of Fate established, the thread's bonuses linger for an additional 5s

●

Effects linger even if the enemy dies when the thread is about to be established

●

Movement slow is 100% for 0.2s

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +60 Shukuchi Damage replaced with +50 Shukuchi Movement Speed

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Level 15 Talent +20 Mana Break replaced with +90 Shukuchi Damage

▼

Level 20 Talent Bonus Damage on Geminate decreased from +70 to +60

Batrider

BUFF

7.41 · 7 changes

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7 changes

Firefly

▲

Now also provides an increasing movement speed bonus that reaches its maximum of 12/18/24/30% at the end of Firefly's duration

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +50 Flamebreak Knockback Distance replaced with +1s Smoldering Resin Duration

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Level 10 Talent +50 Sticky Napalm Radius replaced with +5% Firefly Max Movement Speed Bonus

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Level 15 Talent -8s Flaming Lasso Cooldown replaced with +0.5% Sticky Napalm Movement Slow

●

Level 15 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +30 Firefly Damage Per Second

●

Level 20 Talent +4s Smoldering Resin Duration replaced with Attacks apply 1 Stack of Sticky Napalm

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Level 25 Talent +10 Sticky Napalm Damage replaced with +0.75s Flaming Lasso Duration

Dazzle

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 7 changes

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7 changes

Weave

●

No longer levels with Nothl Projection

●

Armor Change per stack

0.5/0.75/1/1.25→to1

●

Duration

8s→to6.9s + 0.1s per level

●

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

●

Applying a stack of Weave on an ally heals them for 60 per stack of Weave, including the stack that was just applied

Nothl Projection

●

No longer does a hard dispel on Dazzle when projection ends

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Ember Spirit

BUFF

7.41 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Base stats

▲

Strength gain

2.3→to2.5

Immolation

●

No longer levels with Fire Remnant

●

Damage per second

10/18/26/34→to10 + 1 per level

▲

Radius

175→to200

▼

Aghanim's Shard bonus radius

175→to150

Total Shard radius unchanged with base radius increase

Searing Chains

▲

Mana Cost

95/105/115/125→to80/90/100/110

Sleight of Fist

▲

Bonus Hero Damage

25/70/115/160→to50/90/130/170

Jakiro

BUFF

7.41 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Double Trouble

●

Attack Damage Reduction

50%→to51% - 1% per level

Liquid Fire

●

Now has a 20 mana cost

●

Aghanim's Shard now also reduces mana cost to 0

Liquid Frost

●

Now has a 20 mana cost

●

Aghanim's Shard now also reduces mana cost to 0

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Ice Path Damage increased +60 to +75

▲

Level 15 Talent Dual Breath Cooldown Reduction increased from 3s to 3.5s

Luna

BUFF

7.41 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Lunar Blessing

●

Damage for Allies/Self

1/2 + 1/2 per level up→to1/2 per level

Effective values are not changed

●

Bonus Night Vision

250 + 25 per level up→to225 + 25 per level

Effective values are not changed

Lunar Orbit

●

Now applies 8/12/16/20% damage reduction while active

●

Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked

●

Increases damage reduction by 10% and provides Luna with 20% bonus movement speed for the duration

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent -2s Lucent Beam Cooldown replaced with 1.5x Lunar Orbit Damage / Speed

▲

Level 25 Talent Lunar Blessing Allied/Self Damage decreased from +30/60 to +25/50

Magnus

BUFF

7.41 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Base stats

▲

Base Agility

12→to14

▲

Damage at level 1

55–63→to56–64

Solid Core

●

No longer levels with Reverse Polarity

●

Slow Resistance

20/30/40/50%→to24% + 1% per level

Empower

●

Now always affects Magnus with 30% increased values and can't be cast on himself

Skewer

▲

Aghanim's Shard bonus distance

+275→to+300

Talents

●

Level 25 Talent +10% Empower Damage/Cleave replaced with Shockwave Returns to Magnus

Morphling

BUFF

7.41 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Base stats

●

Hero model size now scales on his Agility/Strength ratio

●

Removed Accumulation innate ability

Ebb and Flow

●

New innate ability. Passive

▲

Strength and Agility provide Morphling with additional bonuses. His cast range and Slow Resistance are increased by a portion of his Strength. His attack range and movement speed are increased by a portion of his Agility. These bonuses are provided even while replicating, except for the extra attack range which is not provided when replicating a melee unit

●

Strength to Cast Range: 20%. Strength to Slow Resistance: 20%. Agility to Movement Speed: 15%. Agility to Ranged Attack Range: 20%

Waveform

▼

Cast Range

700/800/900/1000→to700/775/850/925

Adaptive Strike

▲

Base Damage

25/50/75/100→to50/70/90/110

Treant Protector

NERF

7.41 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Nature's Guise

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Cooldown

35s - 1s per level up→to36s -1s per level

Effective values are not changed

Living Armor

▼

Mana Cost

40/45/50/55→to65/70/75/80

▼

Max Damage Blocked

120→to60/80/100/120

▲

Damage Block Decrease

35/30/25/20→to20

Eyes In The Forest

▼

Charge Restore Time

55s→to135s

▲

Duration

300s→to360s

▼

Max Charges

3→to2

Underlord

BUFF

7.41 · 7 changes

IN THIS PATCH

7 changes

Invading Force

●

No longer levels with Fiend's Gate

●

Damage Reduction

4/6/8/10%→to3.7% + 0.3% per level

●

Movement Speed bonus

11/14/17/20%→to9.5% + 0.5% per level

Firestorm

▲

Wave Damage

30/50/70/90→to30/55/80/105

Atrophy Aura

▲

Damage Reduction

6/14/22/30%→to8/16/24/32%

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Firestorm Cooldown Reduction increased from 4s to 5s

▲

Level 25 Talent Fiend's Gate DPS increased from 125 to 160

Abaddon

BUFF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Withering Mist

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Health Restoration Reduction

35%→to24.5% + 0.5% per level

▲

Now also modifies incoming healing

As a result of Health Restoration changes

Mist Coil

▲

Damage/Heal

95/160/225/290→to95/170/245/320

Borrowed Time

▲

Cooldown

90/85/80s→to85/75/65s

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +10% Withering Mist Health Restoration Reduction replaced with +25 Curse of Avernus DPS

●

Level 15 Talent +40 Curse of Avernus DPS replaced with -10s Borrowed Time Cooldown

Alchemist

BUFF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Greevil's Greed

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Aghanim's Scepter now also increases Base Bonus Gold and Max Bonus Gold per kill by 6 per melted Aghanim's Scepter

Corrosive Weaponry

▲

Movement Slow per stack

2/2.5/3/3.5%→to2.5/3/3.5/4%

▲

Base Attack Damage Reduction per stack

2/2.5/3/3.5%→to2.5/3/3.5/4%

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Unstable Concoction Radius increased from +125 to +150

▲

Level 15 Talent Damage per Greevil's Greed stack increased from +2.5 to +3

●

Level 15 Talent Acid Spray grants armor to allies replaced with +1% Corrosive Weaponry Slow/Damage Reduction Per Stack

Broodmother

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Spider's Milk

●

Hero Health as Heal

2%→to1.9% + 0.1% per level

Insatiable Hunger

▲

Now also applies lifesteal to Spiderlings within 800 range of Broodmother

Spin Web

▼

Movespeed Bonus

10/22/34/46%→to10/20/30/40%

Talents

▲

Level 15 Talent Spiderlings Health increased from +150 to +175

▼

Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +6 to +5

●

Level 25 Talent -0.15s BAT during Insatiable Hunger now also affects Spiderlings within 800 range

Crystal Maiden

BUFF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Blueheart Floe innate ability

Glacial Guard

●

New innate ability. Passive

●

A portion of the mana Crystal Maiden spends on her abilities is converted into a physical barrier for 8s. Barriers stack, but each instance has independent duration

●

Mana Spent to Barrier is 30% + 2% per level

Arcane Aura

▲

Now also passively provides Crystal Maiden with 20/40/60/80% mana regen amplification

Talents

●

Level 20 Talent +225 Attack Speed replaced with +20% Glacial Guard Mana Spent To Barrier

Earthshaker

BUFF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Slugger

●

No longer levels with Echo Slam

●

Damage (Creep Death)

30/45/60/75→to27 + 3 per level

●

Damage (Hero Death)

150/250/350/450→to135 + 15 per level

Fissure

▲

Stun Duration

0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4s→to1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6s

Aftershock

▲

Radius

300→to350

Echo Slam

▲

Shockwave projectile speed

550→to650

Gyrocopter

NERF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

▼

Base Movement Speed

320→to315

●

Removed Chop Shop innate ability

Afterburner

●

New innate ability

●

Whenever Gyrocopter damages an enemy with attacks or abilities, he gains + 1 movement speed per hero and + 0.5 per creep. Duration is 3.9s + 0.1s per level. Effects stack independently

Flak Cannon

●

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade moved into a separate ability

Side Gunner

●

New ability granted by Aghanim's Scepter, effect is unchanged

Io

BUFF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Wellspring innate ability

Equilibrium

●

New innate ability

●

Io always has bonus Outgoing Damage Amp which linearly scales with its health, reaching a maximum of 5% + 0.5% per level at 100% Health. At the same time, Io has Health Restoration and Healing Amplifications which also linearly scale with its health, but reach a maximum of 5% + 0.5% per level at zero Health

Overcharge

▲

Now also provides 35/60/85/110 Attack Speed and 8/10/12/14% Spell Amplification to Io and any tethered Allies

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Strength increased from +7 to +8

▲

Level 25 Talent Relocate Cast Delay Reduction increased from 1.5s to 2s

Naga Siren

BUFF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Eelskin

●

Now provides evasion for Naga Siren on her own

●

Evasion per Naga

8%→to4.9% + 0.1% per level

Rip Tide

●

Now always a basic ability for Naga Siren

Talents

▲

Level 10 Talent Reel In Pull Speed increased from +100 to +125

▲

Level 15 Talent Mirror Image Illusion Damage Taken Reduction increased from 50% to 75%

▲

Level 20 Talent Song of the Siren Cooldown Reduction increased from 20s to 25s

Phoenix

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Base stats

●

Removed Blinding Sun innate ability

Dying Light

●

New innate ability

●

Phoenix deals 4% of its missing health as magic damage to all enemies in a 400 radius every second. Damage tick rate: 0.2s

●

This effect is also present during Supernova

●

Damage is calculated as if Phoenix was still present with the same health and health regen it had at the moment of the cast

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +0.5% Blinding Sun Miss Chance replaced with +1% Dying Light Missing Health as Damage

Puck

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 6 changes

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6 changes

Puckish

●

Health/Mana Restore

10 + 2%→to3%

Also unified into a single value

▼

Spell Dodge Multiplier

3.5x→to3x

Illusory Orb

●

Now has curved vector targeting by default

●

Can be put on alt-cast to to launch the orb straight

▲

Speed

550→to750

●

Now additionally deals 3% of orb's Impact Damage every 0.5s in its AoE

Razor

BUFF

7.41 · 6 changes

IN THIS PATCH

6 changes

Static Link

▲

Damage Drain Rate

5/10/15/20→to6/12/18/24

●

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Storm Surge

●

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

▲

While Eye of the Storm is active, Storm Surge's strike chance is 2x as high, strike cooldown is decreased by 2s, and lightning strikes all enemies within Eye of the Storm's radius

Talents

●

Level 10 Talent +10% Spell Lifesteal replaced with +4 Armor

▲

Level 20 Talent Storm Surge Slow and Damage increased from +25% to +30%

Warlock

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 6 changes

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6 changes

Eldritch Summoning

●

No longer levels with Chaotic Offering

●

Minor Imp Health

50/130/210/290→to5 + 15 per level

●

Minor Imp Explosion Damage

25/70/115/160→to20 + 20 per 3 hero levels

●

Minor Imp movement speed

300/315/330/345→to297 + 3 per level

●

Minor Imp attack damage

10-11/14-15/18-19/22-23/26-27→to20-21

●

Aghanim's Shard now increases health of minor imps by 80 and explosion damage by 45

Same values as before, but explicitly stated now

Bristleback

BUFF

7.41 · 5 changes

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5 changes

Prickly

●

Damage and debuff duration amplification

10%→to4.5% + 0.5% per level

Viscous Nasal Goo

▲

Stack Limit

4→to6

●

Now has the same duration on all units

●

Used to have double duration on creeps

Talents

●

Level 25 Talent +12% Spell Lifesteal replaced with -25 Bristleback Damage Threshold

Earth Spirit

BUFF

7.41 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Stone Remnant

●

Max Charges

7 + 1 per 4 level ups→to7 + 1 per 4 levels

This means bonus charges are gained 1 level earlier (on levels 4/8/12... instead of 5/9/13...)

Boulder Smash

▲

Slow Duration

1.25/2.5/3.25/4s→to1.75/2.5/3.25/4s

Geomagnetic Grip

▲

Silence Duration

2/2.5/3/3.5s→to2.3/2.7/3.1/3.5s

Magnetize

▲

Damage per second

45/85/125→to45/90/135

Talents

▲

Level 25 Talent Geomagnetic Grip Remnant Damage increased from +175 to +250

Enchantress

BUFF

7.41 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Rabble-Rouser

●

Damage Increase

4% + 4% per level up→to4% per level

Effective values are not changed

Enchant

▲

Cast Range

500/550/600/650→to500/600/700/800

●

Now enchanting enemy heroes increases attack range against them by 50/100/150/200 for Enchantress and units under her control

Nature's Attendants

●

Added a tooltip to display the total max possible heal

Talents

▲

Level 25 Talent Untouchable Attack Slow increased from +70 to +80

Lycan

ADJUSTED

7.41 · 5 changes

IN THIS PATCH

5 changes

Apex Predator

●

Damage to neutrals

2% per level→to18% + 2% per level

Summon Wolves

●

Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked

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Increases the number of wolves by 1 and grants them Hightail ability. Activate it to give them 100% evasion, 20 bonus attack speed, and hasted movement for 6s

Shapeshift

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Now grants controlled units movement speed and critical strike bonuses

Talents

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Level 25 Talent +2 Wolves Summoned replaced with -25% Summon Wolves BAT

Improves wolves' BAT from 1.2/1.1/1/0.9s to 0.9/0.825/0.75/0.675s

Necrophos

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Sadist

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No longer levels with Reaper's Scythe

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Health and Mana regen

3.5/5/6.5/8→to3.7 + 0.3 per level

Ghost Shroud

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Restoration Amplification

55/60/65/70%→to55/65/75/85%

Talents

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Level 20 Talent +15% Ghost Shroud Self Restoration Amp replaced with +75 Spell AoE

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Level 25 Talent +0.5% Heartstopper Aura Damage replaced with +0.3 Reaper's Scythe Damage Per Missing HP

Riki

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Backstab

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Agility Multiplier

0.6 + 0.05 per level up→to0.55 + 0.05 per level

Effective values are not changed

Smoke Screen

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Mana Cost

65/70/75/80→to75

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Miss Rate

30/45/60/75%→to40/50/60/70%

Blink Strike

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Slow Duration

0.5s→to0.75s

Tricks of the Trade

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Aghanim's Scepter bonus Cast Range

+300→to+500

Shadow Demon

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Menace

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Damage amplification

2.5%→to1.9% + 0.1% per level

Disruption

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Can now target Spirit Bear

Disseminate

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Shared Damage

20/25/30/35%→to16/24/32/40%

Talents

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Level 20 Talent +150 Demonic Purge Damage replaced with -20s Demonic Purge Cooldown

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Level 25 Talent -30s Demonic Purge Cooldown replaced with Demonic Purge Applies Shadow Poison

1 stack per second over the debuff duration

Shadow Shaman

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Fowl Play

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No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

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Now adds a chicken illusion per 5 levels

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Now also provides bonus movement speed equal to 5% + 5% per 5 levels

Urnaconda

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New ability granted by Aghanim's Shard

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Throws a jar at a location, dealing 275 damage to all enemies in a 225 radius and creating a Massive Serpent Ward that lasts for 15s. The ward has 4x health and damage of the normal Serpent Wards. Cooldown: 50s. Mana Cost: 115. Cast Range: 650

Snapfire

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Base stats

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Removed Buckshot innate ability

Boomstick

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New innate ability. Passive

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Snapfire deals more damage with her attacks and abilities, the closer she is to her target. Min Damage Amp is 0% at a distance of 495 + 5 per level. Max Damage Amp is 35% damage amp at a distance of 50 + 5 per level

Scatterblast

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Point-blank damage bonus

50%→to30%

Talents

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Level 15 Talent Lil' Shredder Attacks increased from +1 to +2

Terrorblade

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Base stats

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Base Armor increased by 1

Conjure Image

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Illusion Damage

20/25/30/35%→to25/30/35/40%

Demon Zeal

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Cooldown

60s→to45s

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Duration

30s→to25s

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +15% Reflection Slow/Damage replaced with -25% Sunder Minimum HP Swap

Troll Warlord

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Battle Stance

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Troll Warlord gains 1 armor per 30 bonus attack speed

Berserker's Rage

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No longer provides +3/4/5/6 Bonus Armor while in melee form

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +115 Whirling Axes Damage replaced with +1s Battle Trance Duration

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Level 20 Talent +10 Berserker's Rage Armor replaced with +160 Whirling Axes Damage

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Level 20 Talent +1.5s Battle Trance Duration replaced with Allies Receive Battle Trance Attack Speed

Axe

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Base stats

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Removed Coat of Blood innate ability

One Man Army

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Now Axe's innate ability

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Increases Axe's Strength by 50% of his armor, as long as there are no allied heroes within a 700 radius of him. The effect fades over 3s after an ally walks within range

Culling Blade

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Now each hero kill made with Culling Blade provides a permanent stack, which provides 1/1.5/2 armor depending on the current level of Culling Blade

Bloodseeker

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Sanguivore

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Max Health Heal

1.5% + 1.5% per level up→to1.5% per level

Effective values are not changed

Bloodrage

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Now a no target ability that affects only Bloodseeker

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Pure damage based on target's max health with Aghanim's Shard now pierces Debuff Immunity

Talents

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Level 25 Talent Blood Rite Silence Duration increased from +2.5s to +3s

Brewmaster

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Liquid Courage

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Max Status Resist

10.5% + 0.5% per level up→to10% + 0.5% per level

Effective values are not changed

Primal Split

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Earth Brewling's Hurl Boulder Stun Duration

1.6/1.6/1.6/2s→to1.6/1.6/1.6/1.8s

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Storm Brewling's Cyclone Duration

3/4/5/6s→to3/3.75/4.5/5.25s

Talents

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Level 10 Talent +1s Drunken Brawler Brewed Up / Extend Duration replaced with +2/1s Drunken Brawler Brewed Up / Extend Duration

Centaur Warrunner

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Base stats

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Strength gain

4.0→to4.2

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Removed Rawhide innate ability

Horsepower

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New innate ability

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Centaur Warrunner gains 30% of his strength as bonus movement speed. This movement speed bonus does not stack with bonuses from boots

Dark Seer

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Quick Wit

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Aggrandize renamed to Quick Wit

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Now also provides Dark Seer +1 attack speed from each point of Intelligence

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Max Health and Mana Restore base value

10%→to8.5%

Talents

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Level 15 Talent Ion Shell Provides +250 Max Health replaced with -1.5s Surge Cooldown

Dark Willow

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Pixie Dust

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Ability reworked

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Dark Willow's Health Regen and Mana Regen always have 20% Amplification, which increases to 100% whenever she becomes untargetable or invulnerable

Talents

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Level 10 Talent Intelligence increased from +10 to +12

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Level 15 Talent Terrorize Cooldown Reduction increased from 15s to 20s

Enigma

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Base stats

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Removed Gravity Well innate ability

Event Horizon

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

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Units in a 600 radius moving away from Enigma have a movespeed penalty equal to 4% + 1% per level

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +60 Malefice Instance Damage replaced with +100 Event Horizon Radius

Grimstroke

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Ink Trail

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Now also applied when an enemy hero is affected by any of Grimstroke's abilities

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Now also applied by attacks from Grimstroke's illusions (including Dark Portrait)

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Grimstroke now takes 5% + 0.5% per level less damage from enemies affected by Ink Trail

Stroke of Fate

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Can now be put on alt-cast to send the stroke straight

Pangolier

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Swashbuckle

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Slow Duration

0.4s→to0.6s

Shield Crash

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Damage

50/100/150/200→to60/120/180/240

Lucky Shot

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Armor Reduction

3/5/7/9→to2/4/6/8

Rolling Thunder

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Stun Duration

0.8/1/1.2s→to1.2s

Phantom Assassin

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Blur

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No longer levels with Coup de Grace

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Vanish Radius

625/550/475/400→to500

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Vanish Buffer

0.4/0.6/0.8/1s→to0.8s

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Active Movement Speed

6/9/12/15%→to9.5% + 0.5% per level

Primal Beast

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Colossal

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Innate ability reworked

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Primal Beast has 10% base Slow Resistance and gains +0.5% Area of Effect and +1% Slow Resistance for every 100 Max Health

Pulverize

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AoE Radius

600→to575

Talents

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Level 25 Talent Cannot Be Slowed Or Rooted During Trample replaced with Colossal 2x Bonuses During Trample

Queen of Pain

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Scream Of Pain

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Damage

75/150/225/300→to90/175/260/345

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25% of the damage dealt to heroes with this ability is reflected back to her

Does not trigger on damage to illusions. Damage done is nonlethal reflection damage

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Also applies to Scream of Pain instances cast by Shadow Strike upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

Talents

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Level 20 Talent Scream of Pain Damage increased from +100 to +115

Skywrath Mage

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Base stats

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Removed Ruin and Restoration innate ability

Shield of the Scion

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New innate ability. Passive

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Whenever Skywrath Mage deals magical damage with his abilities to an enemy hero, he gains a magic damage barrier equal to 13.5 + 1.5 per level for 12s. Each instance stacks independently

Concussive Shot

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Now considers Spirit Bear as a true hero for prioritization. Creep Heroes are now considered as secondary targets

Witch Doctor

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Death Ward

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Attack Range

600→to600/625/650

Talents

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Level 15 Talent +2 Paralyzing Cask bounces replaced with -3s Paralyzing Cask Cooldown

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Level 20 Talent +75 Death Ward Attack Range replaced with Maledict bursts deal 75% damage in a 800 AoE (each burst sends projectiles that deal 75% of its damage at all enemy units within 800 range)

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Level 25 Talent -6s Paralyzing Cask Cooldown replaced with +6 Paralyzing Cask Bounces

Clinkz

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Base stats

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Base Movement Speed

290→to285

Strafe

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Skeleton attack speed multiplier

50%→to40%

Talents

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Level 20 Talent Death Pact Health increased from +350 to +400

Pudge

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Flesh Heap

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No longer levels with Dismember

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Permanent Bonus Strength

1.1/1.4/1.7/2.0→to1.6

Rot

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No longer has a separate value for incoming heal reduction

Still reduces incoming heals due to Health Restoration changes

Pugna

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Base stats

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Base Movement Speed

330→to325

Oblivion Savant

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Now also increases Pugna's Spell Amplification by 1.5% per destroyed tower

Nether Ward

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Damage source

Nether Ward→tothe caster

Undying

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Base stats

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Base Agility

10→to13

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Base Armor decreased by 1

Flesh Golem

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Attacks now spawn the current level of Tombstone Zombie

Storm Spirit

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Galvanized

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Leveling up Ball Lightning no longer grants 3 Galvanized charges

Static Remnant

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Remnants now spawn at Storm Spirit's location and move at 300 speed to the target location

Timbersaw

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Exposure Therapy

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No longer levels with Chakram

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Mana gain per tree destroyed

4/6/8/10→to3.75 + 0.25 per level

Leshrac

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Diabolic Edict

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Duration

10s→to8s

Number of explosions (hence, total damage) is unchanged, explosion interval decreased from 0.25s to 0.225s

Lone Druid

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Base stats

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Attack projectile speed

900→to1125

Phantom Lancer

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Illusory Armaments

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Min Damage increase

2% per 3 level ups→to2% per 3 levels

This means two things: bonus damage increases 1 level earlier (on levels 3/6/9... instead of 4/7/10...) and Phantom Lancer will gain one more damage increase on level 30