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Chen
Chen

Patch 7.41f15.09.2026+1.16 (1.16)

GENERAL

  • BUFFStrength gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2+10%

Abilities

Zealot

Zealot

  • BUFFZealot respawn time changed from 60s to 60s - 1s per hero level-2%start-50%end

Patch 7.41b07.04.2026+0.65 (0.65)

Abilities

Holy Persuasion

Holy Persuasion

  • BUFFBonus Damage increased from 0/6/12/18% to 5/10/15/20%+5+67%+25%+11%

Patch 7.41a27.03.2026+1.62 (1.62)

Abilities

Penitence

Penitence

  • BUFFDamage increased from 50/75/100/125 to 50/100/150/2000%+33%+50%+60%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Penitence Slow increased from +14% to +15%+7%

Patch 7.4124.03.2026-0.94 (4.54)

Abilities

Zealot

Summon Convert→Zealot

  • NEWNew innate ability.
Active – scales with Holy Persuasion
Chen summons a convert to fight for him. The convert gains bonuses from Holy Persuasion, including its abilities. Health is set to 220 + 80 × Chen's Level. The convert is considered a creep-hero.
Only one convert can be summoned at a time, and it dies if Chen dies. Cooldown starts once the convert dies and automatically refreshes on Chen's respawn.
Which creature is summoned depends on the chosen Facet. Summoned convert counts toward Holy Persuasion's Max Units limit.
Base health
220
Health per level
80
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Active / Passive – scales with game time5010
When Chen respawns, he is joined in battle by a Zealot — a melee creep warrior with the Martyrdom ability. Zealot has the same stats as the current melee creeps on his team (including super or mega form) and doesn't have Runty attack type.
Attack range
125
Bonus base damage
2 per Chen's level
Base health regen
2.5 (creeps: 0.5)
Respawn time
60s
Martyrdom: unit-targeted ability on the Zealot creep, targeting either an enemy or ally. When cast, the Zealot sacrifices itself, firing a projectile that damages enemies or heals allies.
Cast range
500
Projectile speed
1000
Damage
25 + 20% of the Zealot's current health
Healing
50% of the damage
Can also be cast on a controlled unit to teleport it to Chen after a delay. Self-targeting teleports all controlled units.
Teleport delay
6s?Mechanics moved from Divine Favor without any changes.
Holy Persuasion

Holy Persuasion

  • NEWZealots receive the benefits from Holy Persuasion
  • REWORKNow increases all of creature's outgoing damage by 0/6/12/18% instead of only increasing attack damage by 4/8/12/16
  • QoLNow may be cast on existing persuaded creeps that have not been damaged in the last 3 seconds to unsummon them?Unsummoning a unit has a global cast range, costs no mana and sets ability to a 3s cooldown
Divine Favor

Divine Favor

  • QoLSelf-casting no longer teleports Chen's creeps to him?Still applies the Divine Favor buff to all of them

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +150 Convert Attack Speed replaced with +25% Zealot Health/Damage
  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +14 Holy Persuasion Damage replaced with +12% Holy Persuasion Damage

Patch 7.4016.12.2025-1.42 (2.65)

Abilities

Penitence

Penitence

  • NEWNow deals 50/75/100/125 pure damage by default
  • NERFMana Cost increased from 70/75/80/85 to 80/90/100/110+14%+20%+25%+29%
  • NERFCooldown increased from 14/13/12/11s to 20/17/14/11s+43%+31%+17%0%
  • DELNo longer grants bonus attack range

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: Penitence Deals 175 Damage replaced with +75 Penitence Damage?TalentLevelValue+75 Penitence Damage10, already before this patchsame
  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Divine Favor Heal Amplification decreased from +20% to +15%-25%

Patch 7.3922.05.2025+2.18 (3.48)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase damage increased by 2?Now it's 29. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 increased from 46–56 to 48–58+7%

Abilities

Holy Persuasion

Holy Persuasion

  • NEWExisting units now receive the benefits of Chen leveling up or improving Holy Persuasion (normal ability points or talents) immediately; creeps maintain their percentage of health
  • BUFFBonus Damage increased from 2/7/11/15 to 4/8/12/16+100%+14%+9%+7%
  • DELRemoved Aghanim's Scepter.
Divine Favor

Divine Favor

  • NEWNow Chen's teleporting units also receive the buff when this ability is cast on Chen himself
Hand of God

Hand of God

  • NEWAghanim's Scepter: Reduces cooldown by 40s. Hand of God becomes a channeled spell. After the initial heal, Chen can keep channeling the ability for up to 6 seconds to grant Debuff Immunity with 60% Magic Resistance to all allied units within 800 radius with the exception of himself. This effect also triples the Hand of God's heal over time for all units within the Debuff Immunity radius?Channel Radius can be increased with AoE Bonuses
  • NEWAdded Aghanim's Scepter.
Holy Persuasion: Grants persuaded creeps the Martyrdom ability. Sacrifice the life of this unit to instantly heal an ally for 30% of the unit's current health.
Heal (current health)
30%
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Hand of God: Decreases the cooldown of Hand of God to 110/90/70s and it becomes a chanelled spell that lasts for up to 6 seconds. The initial heal happens at the start of the channel, and while channeling other nearby allied units become debuff immune with 60% magic resistance and the power of the heal over time is increased by 200%.
Channel time
6s
Channel radius
800
Cooldown
110/90/70s
Magic resistance
60%
Heal over time increase
+200%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: -30s Hand of God Cooldown replaced with +20% Divine Favor Heal Amplification
  • BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Holy Persuasion Damage increased from +12 to +14+17%
  • BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Holy Persuasion Minimum Health increased from +1200 to +1300+8%

Patch 7.38c27.03.2025+0.40 (0.40)

Abilities

Summon Convert

Summon Convert

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

Patch 7.38b06.03.2025+0.40 (0.40)

Abilities

Summon Convert

Summon Convert

  • NEWConvert's abilities now also level up with Holy Persuasion

Patch 7.3819.02.2025-1.74 (9.01)

GENERAL

  • REWORKMain attribute changed from Universal → Intelligence
  • NERFStarting damage decreased from 48–55 to 46–56-1%
  • NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 5.1 to 3.2?Base damage 9–16 → 27–37Damage at level 30: 226–233 → 152–162 (-32%), with all 7 Attribute Bonus levels, as Valve counts it-37%
  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 18-21?Now it's 27. Before this patch it was changed in 7.33c (3 years 6 months ago)Damage spread increased from 7 to 10+200%
  • NERFDamage at level 1 rescaled from 48-55 to 46-56-1%
  • NERFDamage gain per level decreased from +5.1 to +3.2-37%
  • NERFDamage at level 30 decreased from 226-233 to 152-162-32%

Facets

Marshmage Convert

  • NEWNew facet
Active: Summon Convert – scales with Holy Persuasion
Chen's convert is an amphibian creep. Summoned unit: Marshmage Apprentice (levels 0 and 1) or Marshmage (levels 2-4)

Wolf Convert

  • DELRemoved

Abilities

Divine Favor

Divine Favor

  • DELRemoved Aghanim's Scepter.
Holy Persuasion

Holy Persuasion

  • REWORKAghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom healing changed from current level of Hand of God to instant heal equal to 30% of the Martyr's current health
  • BUFFAghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom Cooldown decreased from 8s to 4s-50%
  • NERFAghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom Cast Range decreased from Global to 1200
  • DELAghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom can no longer be cast on enemies to damage them
  • REWORKAghanim's Scepter reworked.
Divine Favor: HP Regen Aura becomes global and affects all allied units.
Holy Persuasion: Grants persuaded creeps Martyrdom ability. Sacrifice the life of this unit to heal an ally or damage an enemy with the current level of Hand of God.
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Holy Persuasion: Grants persuaded creeps the Martyrdom ability. Sacrifice the life of this unit to instantly heal an ally for 30% of the unit's current health.
Heal (current health)
30%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: -2s Divine Favor Teleport Delay replaced with +150 Convert Attack Speed
  • SWAPLevel 25 Talent: +200/+10 Hand of God Heal/Heal Over Time replaced with Hand of God Fully Heals Chen and His Creeps ?Healing over time is still applied

Patch 7.37d02.10.2024+0.40 (0.40)

Abilities

Holy Persuasion

Holy Persuasion

  • NEWSacrificing creeps with Martyrdom (Aghanim's Scepter) now triggers On Death effects