Warlock
Warlock

Patch 7.41f15.09.2026+0.51 (0.51)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Attack Speed increased from 90 to 95+6%

Patch 7.41d05.06.2026+0.79 (0.79)

Abilities

Upheaval

Upheaval

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 60/50/40/30s to 45/40/35/30s-25%-20%-12%0%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Fatal Bonds Targets increased from +4 to +5+25%

Patch 7.4124.03.2026+1.20 (7.59)

Abilities

Eldritch Summoning

Eldritch Summoning

  • REWORKNo longer levels with Chaotic Offering
  • BUFFMinor Imp Health rescaled from 50/130/210/290 to 5 + 15 per level-60%start+57%end
  • BUFFMinor Imp Explosion Damage rescaled from 25/70/115/160 to 20 + 20 per 3 hero levels-20%start+38%end
  • BUFFMinor Imp movement speed rescaled from 300/315/330/345 to 297 + 3 per level0%start+12%end
  • BUFFMinor Imp attack damage rescaled from 10-11/14-15/18-19/22-23/26-27 to 20-21+95%-23%
  • MISCAghanim's Shard now increases health of minor imps by 80 and explosion damage by 45?Same values as before, but explicitly stated now.
Passive – scales with Chaotic Offering
Whenever an enemy unit dies while afflicted by one or more of Warlock's abilities, a minor imp is summoned that lasts for 15 seconds and explodes on death. Imps will automatically seek out nearby units, favoring fatally bonded heroes, and will explode when reaching their prey.
Imp duration
15s
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Passive – scales with level
Whenever an enemy unit dies while afflicted by one or more of Warlock's abilities, a minor imp is summoned that lasts for 15 seconds and explodes on death. Imps will automatically seek out nearby units, favoring fatally bonded heroes, and will explode when reaching their prey.
Imp health
5 + 15 per level
Explosion damage
20 + 20 per 3 levels
Imp duration
15s

Patch 7.40b23.12.2025+0.44 (0.64)

Abilities

Eldritch Summoning

Eldritch Summoning

  • NERFImp explosion damage decreased from 25/70/115/160/205 to 20/65/110/155/200-20%-2%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Upheaval Damage increased from +40 to +45+12%
  • BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Fatal Bonds Targets increased from +3 to +4+33%

Patch 7.4016.12.2025-1.27 (1.75)

Abilities

Chaotic Offering

Chaotic Offering

  • NERFCooldown increased from 160s to 165s+3%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: Summons a Golem on Death replaced with +25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems ?TalentLevelValueSummons a Golem on Death20 → 25same
  • SWAPLevel 25 Talent: +80% Golem Magic Resistance replaced with +3 Fatal Bonds targets
  • SWAPLevel 25 Talent: +20 Chaotic Offering Golems Armor replaced with Summons a Golem on Death?TalentLevelValueSummons a Golem on Death20 → 25same
  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies decreased from +10 to +8-20%

Patch 7.39b29.05.2025+0.31 (0.31)

Abilities

Chaotic Offering

Chaotic Offering

  • NEWGolem's Permanent Immolation is now affected by Warlock's AoE increases

Patch 7.3922.05.2025-2.52 (2.52)

Abilities

Fatal Bonds

Fatal Bonds

  • DELNo longer applies to enemies in Fog of War (once applied, damage still hits enemies in FoW)
Shadow Word

Shadow Word

  • NERFEffect Radius decreased from 300 to 225-25%

Patch 7.38c27.03.2025-0.20 (0.20)

Abilities

Eldritch Summoning

Eldritch Summoning

  • NERFImp explosion delay increased from 0.2s to 0.3s+50%

Patch 7.38b06.03.2025-0.55 (0.55)

Facets

Black Grimoire

  • NERFXP per kill/assist decreased from 250 to 200-20%

Patch 7.3819.02.2025-1.24 (2.44)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase damage increased by 3?Now it's 27. Before this patch it was changed in 7.15 (8 years 6 months ago)Damage at level 1 increased from 49-59 to 52-62+12%

Abilities

Upheaval

Upheaval

  • NERFSlow linger duration decreased from 3s to 1s-67%

Patch 7.37e20.11.2024-0.40 (0.40)

Abilities

Eldritch Summoning

Eldritch Summoning

  • DELImps no longer explode if killed by enemy heroes

Patch 7.37b14.08.2024-1.00 (2.73)

Abilities

Fatal Bonds

Fatal Bonds

  • BUFFShared Damage increased from 12/16/20/24% to 15/18/21/24%+25%+12%+5%0%
  • NERFCooldown increased from 36/30/24/18s to 42/34/26/18s+17%+13%+8%0%
Shadow Word

Shadow Word

  • BUFFCooldown rescaled from 14s to 15/14/13/12s+7%0%-7%-14%
  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 120/130/140/150 to 110/120/130/140-8%-8%-7%-7%
  • NERFCast Range rescaled from 600/700/800/950 to 650/700/750/800?Note:This change is wrongly stated. The real change is 600/700/800/900 → 650/700/750/800 (7.37 had 900 at level 4)+8%0%-6%-11%
Chaotic Offering

Chaotic Offering

  • NERFGolem Permanent Immolation Damage decreased from 30/50/70 to 30/45/600%-10%-14%

Patch 7.3731.07.2024+0.38 (0.52)

Abilities

Shadow Word

Shadow Word

  • BUFFHeal/Damage rescaled from 16/24/32/40 to 15/25/35/45-6%+4%+9%+12%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +15 Shadow Word Heal/Damage replaced with +150 Shadow Word AoE