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Magnus
Magnus

Patch 7.41e31.07.2026+0.41 (0.41)

Abilities

Horn Toss

Horn Toss

  • BUFFDamage increased from 300 to 325+8%

Patch 7.41c06.05.2026+0.34 (0.34)

Abilities

Shockwave

Shockwave

  • BUFFSlow Duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.55/0.7/0.85/1.0s+38%+17%+6%0%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 15: All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +14+17%

Patch 7.41b07.04.2026+0.45 (0.45)

GENERAL

  • BUFFAgility gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2?Damage gain per level increased from 3.2 to 3.3 as a result+10%

Patch 7.4124.03.2026+1.76 (2.48)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 12 to 14?Damage at level 1 increased from 55–63 to 56–64+17%

Abilities

Solid Core

Solid Core

  • REWORKNo longer levels with Reverse Polarity
  • BUFFSlow Resistance rescaled from 20/30/40/50% to 24% + 1% per level+25%start+8%end
Passive – scales with Reverse Polarity
Magnus has slow resistance and suffers less knockback from enemy's abilities and items.
Slow resistance
20/30/40/50%
Knockback resistance
50%
→
Passive – scales with level
Magnus has increased slow resistance (24% + 1% per level) and suffers less knockback from enemy's abilities and items.
Knockback resistance
50%
Base slow resistance
24%
Slow resistance per level
1%
Empower

Empower

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

Skewer

  • BUFFAghanim's Shard bonus distance increased from +275 to +300+9%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 25 Talent: +10% Empower Damage/Cleave replaced with Shockwave Returns to Magnus

Patch 7.4016.12.2025+0.86 (0.86)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 1?Now it's 31. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 increased from 54–62 to 55–63+3%

Facets

Diminishing Return

  • BUFFNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Abilities

Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 120s to 115s-4%

Patch 7.39e02.10.2025-1.26 (1.26)

Abilities

Skewer

Skewer

  • NERFMovement is now cancelled if Magnus is interrupted?Stunned, hexed or out of world

Patch 7.3922.05.2025+2.06 (2.50)

Abilities

Shockwave

Shockwave

  • NERFSlow Duration decreased from 0.7/0.8/0.9/1s to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1s-43%-25%-11%0%
Skewer

Skewer

  • BUFFAghanim's Shard Tree Hit Damage increased from 30 to 40+33%
  • BUFFAghanim's Shard Cliff Hit Damage increased from 125 to 150+20%

Patch 7.38c27.03.2025-1.42 (1.42)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Strength decreased from 25 to 23?Damage at level 1 decreased from 55–63 to 54–62-8%

Abilities

Shockwave

Shockwave

  • NERFDamage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300-17%-6%-2%0%
Empower

Empower

  • NERFSelf bonus decreased from 50% to 30%-40%

Patch 7.38b06.03.2025-0.55 (0.55)

Facets

Eternal Empowerment

  • NERFMax self bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%-20%

Abilities

Skewer

Skewer

  • NERFDistance decreased from 900/975/1050/1125 to 800/900/1000/1100-11%-8%-5%-2%
  • NERFAghanim's Shard Distance decreased from 1175/1250/1325/1400 to 1075/1175/1275/1375-9%-6%-4%-2%

Patch 7.3819.02.2025-0.97 (10.84)

GENERAL

  • BUFFStarting damage increased from 48–56 to 55–63+13%
  • NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 4.7 to 3.2?Universal heroes: 0.7 → 0.45 damage per attributeBase damage 9–17 → 30–38 makes up for itDamage at level 30: 214–222 → 168–176 (-21%), with all 7 Attribute Bonus levels, as Valve counts it-32%
  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 21?Now it's 30. Before this patch it was changed in 7.33c (3 years 6 months ago)+233%
  • BUFFDamage at level 1 increased by 7 (from 48-56 to 55-63)+13%
  • BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 2.1+31%
  • NERFDamage gain per level decreased from +4.7 to +3.2-32%
  • NERFDamage at level 30 decreased by 46 (from 214-222 to 168-176)-21%

Facets

Reverse Polarity, Reverse Reverse Polarity

  • DELRemoved?Reverse Polarity remains as Magnus' default ultimate

Diminishing Return

  • NEWNew facet
Active: Shockwave
Increases the max level of Shockwave to 5
Level 5 makes the shockwave return once it reaches its max distance, traveling 200 units further and dealing 50% of ability damage on its way back
Max level
5
Return distance
200
Return damage
50%
  • NERFNumber of times +2 All Attributes can be skilled decreased from 7 to 6-14%

Eternal Empowerment

  • NEWNew facet
Active: Empower
Ability is always enabled on Magnus. Every one of his subsequent attacks increases his self bonus by 2/3/4/5% up to a max of 10/15/20/25%. Duration: 10s. Each stack refreshes the duration. Bonus per hit and Max bonus scale with the level of Empower
Self bonus per attack
+2/3/4/5%
Max self bonus
10/15/20/25%
Stack duration
10s

Abilities

Shockwave

Shockwave

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 75 to 85/90/95/100+13%+20%+27%+33%
  • DELRemoved Aghanim's Shard.?Effect moved to a new Facet
Skewer

Skewer

  • NEWNow deals 6/9/12/15% of the distance traveled as damage
  • NEWAghanim's Shard: Increases Skewer range by 275 and deals and additional 30 damage per tree hit and 125 damage for cliff hit
  • DELNo longer deals damage per tree/cliff hit by default
  • NEWAdded Aghanim's Shard.
Shockwave: Increases range to 1600, and causes Shockwave to return towards the caster's original cast location after reaching max length, hitting enemies a second time for 75% of the damage.
Shockwave range
1600
Return damage
75%
→
Skewer: Increases range and deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs.
Distance
1175/1250/1325/1400
Tree hit damage
30
Cliff hit damage
125

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +0.75s Shockwave Slow Duration replaced with +1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +10s Empower Duration replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen

Patch 7.37c28.08.2024+0.58 (0.58)

Abilities

Skewer

Skewer

  • BUFFDamage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320+7%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Shockwave Slow Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.75s+50%

Patch 7.37b14.08.2024+1.90 (1.90)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased by 3?Now it's 12. Before this patch it was changed in 7.33d (3 years 5 months ago)+33%

Abilities

Solid Core

Solid Core

  • NEWNow also provides 20/30/40/50% slow resistance, scales with Reverse Polarity

Talents

  • NEWLevel 15 Talent: All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity now stacks instead of refreshing
  • BUFFLevel 15 Talent: All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity duration increased from 15s to 20s+33%

Patch 7.3731.07.2024+2.39 (3.38)

Facets

Run Through→Reverse Polarity

  • DELNo longer deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs (moved to base ability)

Abilities

Skewer

Skewer

  • NEWNow deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs
  • BUFFTree Hit Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30+50%+33%+25%+20%
  • BUFFCliff Hit Damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 50/75/100/125+25%