Lion
Patch 7.41d05.06.2026-1.37 (1.37)
Abilities
Finger of Death
- NERFDamage per kill decreased from 30 to 25-17%
Talents
- NERFLevel 15 Talent: Hex Cooldown Reduction decreased from 2.5s to 2s-20%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+0.74 (5.53)
Abilities
To Hell and Back
- REWORKInnate reworked.
Passive
Lion gains 20% debuff duration and 20% spell amplification for 90s after respawning.
Refreshes every time he dies and respawns.
Debuff duration
20%
Respawn buff duration
90s
Passive
Reworked into a two-trigger buff:
Kill / assist trigger: killing or assisting in a Hero kill grants Lion 20% debuff duration while that hero is dead.
Respawn trigger: whenever Lion respawns or resurrects, he gains 20% spell amplification for 90s, or until he gets a kill or an assist (whichever comes first).
Debuff duration
20%
Respawn buff duration
90s
Finger of Death
- NEWNow 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: 20sAbility 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.
- NEWAghanim's Scepter now also increases melee cleave from 25% to 50% and duration from 20s to 30s
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 120/80/40s to 110/70/30s-8%-12%-25%
- NERFDamage per kill decreased from 40 to 30-25%
- DELAghanim's Scepter no longer decreases cooldown
Patch 7.4016.12.2025+0.52 (0.52)
Abilities
Hex
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 125/150/175/200 to 110/140/170/200-12%-7%-3%0%
Finger of Death
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 130/85/40s to 120/80/40s-8%-6%0%
Patch 7.3922.05.2025-1.62 (2.53)
Abilities
Finger of Death
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 140/90/40s to 130/85/40s-7%-6%0%
- NERFAghanim's Scepter Cooldown increased from 80/50/20s to 90/60/30s+12%+20%+50%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025-0.72 (1.09)
Abilities
Mana Drain
- DELNo longer instantly kills enemy illusions
Talents
- SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +65 Earth Spike Damage replaced with +20 Movement Speed
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +70 Max Health Per Finger of Death Kill replaced with +15% To Hell And Back Debuff/Spell Amp
Patch 7.37e20.11.2024-0.23 (0.23)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Intelligence decreased from 20 to 19-5%
Patch 7.37c28.08.2024+0.30 (0.30)
Abilities
Hex
- BUFFCast Range increased from 550/575/600/625 to 575/600/625/650+5%+4%+4%+4%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Hex Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 2.5s+25%
Patch 7.3731.07.2024+0.28 (0.28)
Abilities
Mana Drain
- BUFFWhen the enemy has no mana remaining, the slow from Mana Drain is increased by an additional 15%
Patch 7.0801.02.2018+0.41 (0.41)
Abilities
Mana Drain
- NEWNow slows the target by 14/16/18/20%