General Updates

Terrain Changes
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  • Removed around camps, making it easier for additional paths to be cut through?To the right of Dire Ancient camp by Safelane Tier 1 TowerTo the right of Dire Medium camp between mid and top Tier 2 TowersTo the top of Dire Large camp nearest to mid Tier 1 TowerTo the top of the Dire Jungle high-ground Medium campTo the right of the Dire offlane Tier 2 Tower Medium campTo the right of the Radiant Large Camp by mid tier 1To the right and left of the Radiant Large Camp by offlane Tier 1 TowerTo the left of the Radiant Safelane Tier 2 Tower Medium water camp
  • Moved the of the Radiant Safelane tier 1 large pull camp a little bit down, removing an inaccessible camp block spot that could be created by chopping down a tree
  • NERFGold to each team member on death decreased from 250 to 175-30%

Abilities

Unyielding Shield

Unyielding Shield

  • BUFFBase Damage absorb increased from 1900 to 2100+11%
  • BUFFBase Barrier regeneration increased from 30 to 40+33%

Item Updates

Passive: Cold AttackAttacks lower enemy movement by -20% if they are melee and -50% if they are ranged. Attacks also lower enemy attack speed by -10%. Additionally it reduces all healing, lifesteal and regen by 40% Lasts for 3 seconds.
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Passive: Cold AttackAttacks lower enemy movement by -25% if they are melee and -50% if they are ranged. Attacks also lower enemy attack speed by -20%. Additionally it reduces all healing, lifesteal and regen by 40% Lasts for 3 seconds.
  • BUFFCold Attack Melee Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%+25%
  • BUFFCold Attack no longer has a separate attack speed slow value against melee targets?As a result, attack slow against melee units increased from 10% to 20% — +100%
Active: Glimmer6009014After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 40 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 300 damage to you or a target allied unit for 5 seconds. Can be cast while channeling.
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Active: Glimmer60012514After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 300 damage to you or a target allied unit for 5 seconds. Can be cast while channeling.
  • NERFGlimmer Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 40 to 20-50%
  • NERFGlimmer Mana Cost increased from 90 to 125+39%
Heaven's Halberd
Heaven's Halberd Recipe changed
Vanguard
1700
+
Crown
450
+
Ring of Regen
175
+
Recipe
275
= 2600
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Vanguard
1700
+
Crown
450
+
Recipe
450
= 2600
  • NERFRecipe cost increased from 275 to 450?Total cost unchanged+64%0%
Passive: Empower Spell12The next Unit Target spell you cast on an enemy deals a separate 250 additional damage and applies a debuff that slows the target by 30% and disables their passives for 3s.
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Passive: Empower Spell10The next Unit Target spell you cast on an enemy deals a separate 250 additional damage and applies a debuff that slows the target by 30% and disables their passives for 4s.
  • BUFFEmpower Spell Debuff Duration increased from 3s to 4s+33%
  • BUFFEmpower Spell Cooldown decreased from 12s to 10s-17%
  • BUFFCorrosion Melee Movement Slow increased from 6% to 8%+33%
  • NERFAgility bonus decreased from +8 to +7-12%
  • BUFFFrost Melee Movement Slow increased from 5% to 6%+20%
  • NERFMana Regen bonus decreased from +3.25 to +3-8%
  • NERFAttack Speed bonus decreased from +40 to +35-12%
  • NERFMana Regen bonus decreased from +3.5 to +3.25-7%
  • NERFAttack Speed bonus decreased from +100 to +95-5%

Neutral Item Updates

Artifact changes
  • REWORKBottoms Up mana restored rescaled from 60 + 2% of Caster's Max Mana to 30 + 4% of Caster's Max Mana
  • NERFImpeding Corruption duration decreased from 5s to 3s-40%
Active: Pig, Out!25Turns your hero into a critter for 4 seconds and gives them +15% Movement Speed.
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Active: Pig, Out!20Turns your hero into a critter for 3 seconds and gives them +20% Movement Speed.
  • BUFFPig, Out! bonus movement speed increased from 15% to 20%+33%
  • BUFFPig, Out! cooldown decreased from 25s to 20s-20%
  • NERFPig, Out! duration decreased from 4s to 3s-25%
  • BUFFRibbit duration increased from 10s to 14s+40%
  • BUFFFlay cooldown decreased from 30s to 25s-17%
  • NERFDig cooldown increased from 60s to 70s+17%
  • BUFFDark Mercy enemy HP increment increased from 5% to 7%+40%
Active: Life Essence15025Increases your current and max health by 240 for 15 seconds.
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Active: Life Essence16025Increases your current and max health by 240 for 10 seconds.
  • NERFLife Essence duration decreased from 15s to 10s-33%
  • NERFLife Essence mana cost increased from 150 to 160+7%
  • BUFFChop cooldown decreased from 20s to 15s-25%
  • NERFBurn Through damage threshold increased from 40 to 55+38%
  • NERFCyclonic Shield damage Barrier decreased from 400 to 250-38%
  • NEWBeat the Crowd now also deals 50% of the bonus magical damage to enemies in the splash radius
  • NEWBeat the Crowd splash damage now bypasses physical damage block
  • NERFSolitary Disguise mana cost increased from 0 to 100+100
  • NERFGut 'Em current health as physical damage decreased from 10% to 8%-20%
  • BUFFHobble cast range increased from 600 to 800+33%
  • NERFSilence Strike silence duration decreased from 2s to 1.5s-25%
  • BUFFRetribution damage reflection increased from 60% to 75%+25%
  • NERFFallen Sky cooldown increased from 15s to 25s+67%
  • BUFFPlunder bonus gold for being the killer of a hero increased from 150 to 400+167%
  • NEWRelentless now also provides +10% status resistance per enemy within 300 units
Enchantment changes
StatsTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Health+125+175→+165+225→+205+275→+245Health Regen—+4+8+12
  • NERFHealth bonus decreased from +125/175/225/275 to +125/165/205/2450%-6%-9%-11%
StatsTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Mana Regen+1+2+3+4Magic Resistance—+10%+16%→+14%+22%→+18%
  • NERFMagic Resistance bonus decreased from +0/10/16/22% to +0/10/14/18%0%0%-12%-18%
StatsTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Lifesteal+12%+16%→+14%+20%→+16%Spell Lifesteal+8%+12%→+10%+16%→+12%
  • NERFLifesteal bonus decreased from +12/16/20% to +12/14/16%0%-12%-20%
  • NERFSpell Lifesteal bonus decreased from +8/12/16% to +8/10/12%0%-17%-25%

Hero Updates

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Mana Regen decreased from 0.25 to 0-100%

Facets

Mephitic Shroud

  • NERFDuration decreased from 17s to 14s-18%

Abilities

Mist Coil

Mist Coil

  • NERFDamage/Heal decreased from 100/175/250/325 to 80/150/220/290-20%-14%-12%-11%
  • NERFCast Range rescaled from 600/625/650/675 to 625+4%0%-4%-7%
Aphotic Shield

Aphotic Shield

  • NERFDuration decreased from 15s to 12s-20%
  • NERFMana Cost increased from 95/110/125/140 to 110/120/130/140+16%+9%+4%0%
Borrowed Time

Borrowed Time

  • REWORKAghanim's Scepter radius changed from 900 to Mist Coil's Cast Range

Abilities

Greevil's Greed

Greevil's Greed

  • DELGifting Aghanim's Scepters no longer provides Spell Amplification

GENERAL

  • NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.2 to 2.0-9%

Facets

Runed Replica

  • BUFFRune Duration increased from 10s to 12s+20%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Damage decreased by 3?Now it's 25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 decreased by 3 (from 56-60 to 53-57)-11%

Abilities

Belligerent

Belligerent

  • BUFFDuration on respawn increased from 30s to 45s+50%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +200 Thunder Clap AoE replaced with +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Damage decreased by 2?Now it's 27. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 decreased by 2 (from 47-53 to 45-51)-7%

Facets

Necrotic Webs

  • NERFHealth regen reduction does not affect enemies in fountain

Abilities

Summon Convert

Summon Convert

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

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 1. Before this patch it was changed in 7.27b (6 years 4 months ago)-50%

Abilities

Aggrandize

Aggrandize

  • NERFRestore percentage per hero level decreased from 2% to 1.5%-25%

Facets

Nothl Boon

  • NEWAllies now receive 5% extra healing from Dazzle per stack

Abilities

Poison Touch

Poison Touch

  • NERFDuration decreased from 5/6/7/8s to 3.5/5/6.5/8s-30%-17%-7%0%
Nothl Projection

Nothl Projection

  • NERFShadow Wave Cooldown Reduction decreased from 30/45/60% to 30/40/50%0%-11%-17%

Facets

Fire Dragon

  • NERFAoE while in Dragon Form decreased from 175 to 100-43%
  • NERFMagic Damage on Attacks decreased from 10/20/30/40 to 6/12/18/24-40%

GENERAL

  • NERFStrength gain decreased from 2.6 to 2.3-12%

Abilities

Bushwhack

Bushwhack

  • BUFFCooldown rescaled from 14s to 15/14/13/12s+7%0%-7%-14%

Abilities

Inner Fire

Inner Fire

  • NERFDamage decreased from 120/180/240/300 to 105/170/235/300-12%-6%-2%0%

Facets

Scholar of Koryx

  • NEWWhen Cold Snap triggers, Invoker now also restores 5 mana in addition to existing healing based on Quas
  • BUFFAghanim's Scepter ally duration increased from 20s to 30s+50%

Mind of Tornarus

  • BUFFAttack range bonus increased from 50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140 to 60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140/150+20%+7%

Agent of Gallaron

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter Cataclysm cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds+25%

Abilities

Forge Spirit

Forge Spirit

  • NERFAttack range rescaled from 300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755/820/885 to 305/360/415/470/525/580/635/690/745/800+2%-10%

Facets

Ice Breaker

  • NERFPath Duration decreased from 6s to 5s-17%

Abilities

Ice Path

Ice Path

  • NERFCooldown increased from 18/15/12/9s to 20/17/14/11s+11%+13%+17%+22%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: -1.5s Ice Path Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage

Abilities

Spirit Form

Spirit Form

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 85s to 85/80/75s0%-6%-12%
  • BUFFDuration increased from 40s to 40/45/50s0%+12%+25%
  • BUFFIlluminate Heal increased from 50/60/70% to 70%+40%+17%0%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +15s Spirit Form Duration replaced with +10% Spirit Form Movement Speed
Kez
Kez

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 18 to 20+11%
  • BUFFStrength gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8+8%

Facets

Shadowhawk

  • REWORKNow scales with ultimate abilities instead of Shodo Sai
  • BUFFInvis Bonus Crit rescaled from 50% to 40/60/80/100%-20%+20%+60%+100%

Abilities

Grappling Claw

Grappling Claw

  • BUFFLifesteal increased from 50/75/100/125% to 65/85/105/125%+30%+13%+5%0%
Shodo Sai

Shodo Sai

  • BUFFCan now block all physical attack sources (still can't Mark non-hero units)
Raptor Dance

Raptor Dance

  • BUFFInvulnerability period increased from 0.1s to 0.2s+100%

Facets

Chronoptic Nourishment

  • BUFFDamage as mana restore increased from 10/18/26/34% to 14/21/28/35%+40%+17%+8%+3%

Abilities

Diabolic Edict

Diabolic Edict

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 90/110/130/150 to 90/120/150/1800%+9%+15%+20%
Lightning Storm

Lightning Storm

  • DELNo longer slows attack speed

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Agility decreased by 4?Now it's 15. Before this patch it was changed in 7.30c (5 years 2 months ago)-21%

Facets

Fleshfeast

  • NERFMax HP per hero kill decreased from 25/35/45/55 to 20/25/30/35-20%-29%-33%-36%

Abilities

Feast

Feast

  • NERFMax HP per hero kill decreased from 15 to 10-33%
Infest

Infest

  • BUFFAghanim's Scepter attack rate improved from 1.25s to 1s-20%
  • DELAghanim's Scepter no longer disarms targeted enemy hero

Abilities

Laguna Blade

Laguna Blade

  • BUFFAghanim's Shard damage converted increased from 75% to 100%+33%

Facets

Spirit Wolves

  • BUFFBonus health per wolf increased from 50/100/150/200 to 60/115/170/225+20%+15%+13%+12%

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%

Abilities

Rebound

Rebound

  • NERFImpact Damage decreased from 80/160/240/320 to 75/150/225/300-6%
  • NERFAghanim's Shard Impact Damage decreased from 96/192/288/384 to 90/180/270/360-6%

Abilities

Venomous Volley

  • NERFAttacks required to apply poison increased from 5 to 6+20%

Facets

Codependent

  • NERFAttack speed bonus decreased from 7% to 5%-29%

Facets

Starstruck

  • NERFStarstorm: Blind Duration decreased from 3.5/4/4.5/5s to 3s-14%-25%-33%-40%

Abilities

Wukong's Command

Wukong's Command

  • DELSoldiers no longer receive a copy of Monkey King's neutral item

Abilities

The Calling

The Calling

  • DELNo longer slows attack speed

Abilities

Wrath of Nature

Wrath of Nature

  • DELAghanim's Scepter no longer reduces cooldown by 25s

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: Sprout Leashes replaced with -15s Wrath of Nature cooldown
  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Wrath of Nature Base Damage bonus decreased from +30 to +25-17%

Facets

Night Reign

  • NERFMove Speed decreased from 16/22/28/34/40% to 10/22/28/34/40%-38%0%

Voidbringer

  • BUFFAoE on level 5 increased from 300 to 350+17%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Dark Ascension Duration decreased from +6s to +5s-17%

Abilities

Juxtapose

Juxtapose

  • BUFFIllusion Trigger Chance increased from 8% to 9%+12%

Facets

Provoke the Beast

  • BUFFStacks gained per debuff increased from 2 to 3+50%

Ferocity

  • NERFStack duration decreased from 20s to 15s-25%

Facets

Forsaken

  • BUFFDamage Multiplier increased from 1.75x to 2x+14%

GENERAL

  • NERFIntelligence gain decreased from 3.9 to 3.7-5%

Abilities

Anchor Smash

Anchor Smash

  • NERFDamage Reduction decreased from 30/40/50/60% to 25/30/35/40%-17%-25%-30%-33%
Dead in the Water

Dead in the Water

  • NERFDamage decreased from 200 to 100-50%
  • NERFMana Cost increased from 80 to 110+38%

Abilities

Grow

Grow

  • NERFBonus Armor decreased from 10/17/24 to 5/10/15-50%-41%-38%

Abilities

Fervor

Fervor

  • DELAghanim's Shard no longer procs additional attacks when attacking a building or ward-type unit

Facets

Drinking Buddies

  • BUFFBonus damage increased from 20/45/70/95 to 20/50/80/1100%+11%+14%+16%

Abilities

Venomous Gale

Venomous Gale

  • NERFSlow decreased from 50% to 35/40/45/50%-30%-20%-10%0%

Abilities

Grave Chill

Grave Chill

  • NERFDuration decreased from 6s to 5s-17%
  • NERFMove Speed Drain decreased from 15/20/25/30% to 12/16/20/24%-20%

Facets

Black Grimoire

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

Abilities

The Swarm

The Swarm

  • NERFAttack Interval increased from 1.15/1.0/0.85/0.7s to 1.2/1.05/0.9/0.75s+4%+5%+6%+7%

GENERAL

  • BUFFAgility gain increased from 1.7 to 1.9+12%

Abilities

Shackleshot

Shackleshot

  • BUFFShackle Duration increased from 1.6/2.1/2.6/3.1s to 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25s+9%+7%+6%+5%

Facets

Recursive

  • DELNo longer amplifies physical, magical, and pure damage taken from Winter Wyvern

Abilities

Winter's Curse

Winter's Curse

  • BUFFCursed target is no longer immune to physical damage from Winter Wyvern and her controlled units
  • NERFCooldown increased from 85/80/75s to 100/90/80s+18%+12%+7%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase damage decreased by 4?Now it's 29. Before this patch it was changed in 7.16 (8 years 5 months ago)Damage at level 1 decreased by 4 (from 55-63 to 51-59)-12%

Abilities

Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt

  • NERFSight Radius decreased from 750 to 500-33%
Official notes
Released06.03.2025 04:06 UTC
Ran21 days
After 7.3815 days