Bane
Patch 7.41f15.09.2026-0.59 (0.59)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 0. Unchanged across all tracked patches (since 7.08) — first recorded change-100%
Patch 7.41e31.07.2026-0.78 (1.70)
Abilities
Ichor of Nyctasha
- BUFFMax Terrors per hero increased from 5 to 6+20%
- NERFStatus Resistance per Terror decreased from 5% to 4%-20%
Nightmare
- REWORKNow completely disables the target's sight, instead of overriding the vision range value
- NERFDuration decreased from 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5s to 3/4/5/6s-14%-11%-9%-8%
Fiend's Grip
- NERFAghanim's Scepter cooldown reduction decreased from 45s to 40s-11%
Patch 7.41c06.05.2026+0.09 (0.09)
Abilities
Brain Sap
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 120/130/140/150 to 105/120/135/150-12%-8%-4%0%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026-0.39 (2.71)
GENERAL
- BUFFAttack Range increased from 400 to 425+6%
- NERFStrength gain decreased from 2.7 to 2.5-7%
- NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.7 to 2.5-7%
- NERFIntelligence gain decreased from 2.7 to 2.5?Damage gain per level decreased from 3.6 to 3.4 as a result. Bane is Universal — all three attribute decreases contribute-7%
Abilities
Ichor of Nyctasha
- REWORKInnate reworked.
Passive
Bane's attribute gains are always evenly distributed across all three attributes.
Example: Belt of Strength that provides +6 Strength will instead increase all three attributes by 2.
Passive
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
Status resistance reduction
5%
Nightmare
- NEWSleeping units walk in Bane's chosen direction at a speed of 110?Can be put on alt-cast to disable sleepwalking behavior
- MISCNow a Unit Vector Target Spell
Patch 7.4016.12.2025-0.89 (0.89)
Abilities
Nightmare
- NERFCooldown increased from 24/21/18/15s to 25/22/19/16s+4%+5%+6%+7%
Fiend's Grip
- NERFAghanim's Scepter Illusion damage taken increased from 200% to 225%+12%
Patch 7.39e02.10.2025-0.43 (0.43)
Abilities
Enfeeble
- NERFCast Range decreased from 800/900/1000/1100 to 700/800/900/1000-12%-11%-10%-9%
Patch 7.3922.05.2025+0.72 (0.72)
Abilities
Enfeeble
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 28/21/14/7s to 22/17/12/7s-21%-19%-14%0%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025+2.60 (6.43)
GENERAL
- BUFFStarting damage increased from 47–53 to 55–61+16%
- NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 5.7 to 3.6?Universal heroes: 0.7 → 0.45 damage per attributeBase damage -1–5 → 24–30 makes up for itDamage at level 30: 240–246 → 179–185 (-25%), with all 7 Attribute Bonus levels, as Valve counts it-37%
- BUFFBase Damage increased by 25?Now it's 24. Before this patch it was changed in 7.34c (3 years 2 months ago)+2500%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased by 8 (from 47-53 to 55-61)+16%
- NERFDamage gain per level decreased from +5.7 to +3.6-37%
- NERFDamage at level 30 decreased by 61 (from 240-246 to 179-185)-25%
Facets
Dream Stalker
- BUFFAttack Speed Bonus increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/60/80/1000%+20%+33%+43%
Sleepwalk
- BUFFWalk Speed increased from 85 to 110+29%
Talents
- SWAPLevel 10 Talent: -3s Brain Sap Cooldown replaced with +125 Brain Sap Cast Range
Patch 7.37e20.11.2024+0.18 (0.18)
Abilities
Enfeeble
- BUFFMana Cost rescaled from 120 to 100/110/120/130-17%-8%0%+8%
Patch 7.37c28.08.2024+0.50 (0.50)
Abilities
Nightmare
- BUFFCast Range increased from 500/550/600/650 to 550/600/650/700+10%+9%+8%+8%
Patch 7.37b14.08.2024+0.79 (0.79)
Facets
Sleepwalk
- BUFFWalk Speed increased from 75 to 85+13%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Brain Sap Damage/Heal increased from +250 to +275+10%