Abilities Illusory Orb
NERF Cooldown increased from 11/10/9/8s to 12/11/10/9s +9% +10% +11% +12%
GENERAL
NERF Agility gain decreased from 2.3 to 2.1 -9%
Talents
NERF Level 10 Talent: Illusory Orb Damage decreased from +40 to +35 -12%
Talents
SWAP Level 15: −15s Dream Coil Cooldown replaced with +2% Puckish Health and Mana Restoration ?Talent Level Value Dream Coil Cooldown 15 → 25 −15s → −30s +100% SWAP Level 25: Dream Coil Pierces Debuff Immunity replaced with −30s Dream Coil Cooldown?Talent Level Value Dream Coil Cooldown 15 → 25 −15s → −30s +100%
Abilities Illusory Orb
NERF Impact Damage decreased from 75/150/225/300 to 70/140/210/280 -7%
Patch 7.41 24.03.2026 +1.22 (5.43)
Abilities Puckish
REWORK Health/Mana Restore rescaled from 10 + 2% to 3%?Also unified into a single value NERF Spell Dodge Multiplier decreased from 3.5x to 3x -14%
Illusory Orb
NEW Now additionally deals 3% of orb's Impact Damage every 0.5s in its AoE NEW Now has curved vector targeting by default?Can be put on alt-cast to launch the orb straight. BUFF Speed increased from 550 to 750 +36%
Patch 7.40 16.12.2025 -0.45 (0.45)
Abilities Puckish
DEL No longer applies when disjointing attacks from buildings
Talents
NERF Level 20 Talent: Waning Rift Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2.5s -17%
Facets Curveball
NERF Bonus damage per tick decreased from 5% to 3%-40%
GENERAL
NERF Agility gain decreased from 2.5 to 2.3 -8%
Abilities Waning Rift
NERF Max Distance decreased from 400 to 350 -12%
Phase Shift
NERF Aghanim's Shard Bonus Damage decreased from 35 to 20 -43%
Patch 7.39 22.05.2025 +0.50 (0.50)
Facets Curveball
NEW Now also makes orb deal 5% of its damage every 0.5s in its damage radius
Patch 7.38 19.02.2025 -1.67 (4.16)
Abilities Puckish
NERF Base health restored decreased from 15 to 10 -33% NERF Base mana restored decreased from 15 to 10 -33%
Dream Coil
NERF Mana Cost increased from 100/150/200 to 125/175/225 +25% +17% +12%
Talents
BUFF Level 15 Talent: Dream Coil Cooldown Reduction increased from 10s to 15s +50% BUFF Level 25 Talent: Waning Rift Radius/Max Distance increased from +300 to +350 +17%
Abilities Puckish
NERF Spell Dodge multiplier decreased from 4x to 3.5x -12%
Talents
NERF Level 10 Talent: Illusory Orb Damage decreased from +50 to +40 -20%
Abilities Puckish
NERF Base health restored decreased from 20 to 15 -25% NERF Base mana restored decreased from 20 to 15 -25%
Dream Coil
NERF Duration decreased from 6s to 5/5.5/6s -17% -8% 0%
Abilities Puckish
NEW Now also restores a flat 20 health and mana per dodge, multiplied if dodging a targeted spell
Patch 7.37 31.07.2024 +0.38 (0.38)
Facets Curveball
QoL Now shows a preview of the orb trajectory
Talents
BUFF Level 10 Talent: Waning Rift Silence Duration increased from +1s to +1.25s +25% BUFF Level 20 Talent: Initial/Break Dream Coil Damage increased from +175 to +200 +14%