General Updates

  • REWORKMelee attacks against couriers are now treated as melee hero attacks

Abilities

Reflect

Reflect

  • REWORKNo longer considers creep-heroes for the damage reflected?Lone Druid's Spirit Bear is an exception for this
Terrain Changes
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Watchers

  • by the respective Wisdom shrines have been slightly moved away from the nearby ramps
  • Watcher activation range decreased from 300 to 200-33%

Neutral Creep Updates

Abilities

Arm of the Deep

Arm of the Deep

  • NERFCast point increased from 0.2s to 0.3s+50%

Abilities

Tendrils of the Deep

Tendrils of the Deep

  • NERFCast point increased from 0.2s to 0.3s+50%

Abilities

Congregation of the Deep

Congregation of the Deep

  • NERFCast point increased from 0.2s to 0.3s+50%

Abilities

Petrify

Petrify

  • BUFFNo longer has a health threshold restriction when the Shaman is controlled by a player

Item Updates

  • DELPoison Attack no longer has True Strike on the attack
  • NERFArmor bonus decreased from +7 to +6-14%
  • NERFHurricane Thrust buff provided to the wearer when targeting an enemy is now dispellable
  • NERFDraw Forth initial projectile is now disjointable
  • BUFFRecipe cost decreased from 400 to 300. Total cost decreased from 2600 to 2500-25%-4%
Phylactery
2600
+
Tiara of Selemene
1800
+
Recipe
1300
= 5700
→
Phylactery
2500
+
Tiara of Selemene
1800
+
Recipe
1300
= 5600
-2%
  • BUFFTotal cost decreased from 5700 to 5600 (due to Phylactery Recipe cost reduction)-2%
  • BUFFEmpower Spell Break debuff no longer dispellable?Slow debuff applied by Empower Spell is still dispellable

Neutral Item Updates

Artifact changes
  • BUFFFlay cast range increased from 700 to 850+21%
  • REWORKBottoms Up mana restore rescaled from 60 + 4% max mana to 70 + 3% max mana ?Dormant Curio Max Mana Restoration decreased from 5.2% to 3.9% — -25%
  • DELBurn Through no longer applies if the wearer is more than 2000 range away from the target
  • DELGut 'Em no longer grants Illusions the chance to True Strike
  • DELCrushing Blow can no longer be applied by illusions
Enchantment changes
StatsTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Lifesteal+12%+14%+16%Spell Lifesteal+8%→+6%+10%→+8%+12%→+10%Bonus Night Vision——+200
  • NERFSpell Lifesteal bonus decreased from 8/10/12% to 6/8/10%-25%-20%-17%

Hero Updates

Axe
Axe

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger decreased from +10% to +8%-20%
  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Berserker's Call AoE decreased from +100 to +85-15%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Health Regen decreased from 1.75 to 1.25-29%

Abilities

Sticky Napalm

Sticky Napalm

  • NERFAghanim's Shard Building Damage decreased from 35% to 25%-29%

Abilities

Primal Roar

Primal Roar

  • NERFMovement speed bonus duration decreased from 3/3.5/4s to 2s-33%-43%-50%

Facets

Snot Rocket

  • NERFArmor Loss per stack decreased from 2.5/3/3.5/4 to 2/2.5/3/3.5-20%-17%-14%-12%

Abilities

Viscous Nasal Goo

Viscous Nasal Goo

  • NERFDuration decreased from 6s to 5s-17%

Abilities

Chaos Bolt

Chaos Bolt

  • BUFFAghanim's Shard Illusion damage reduction decreased from 30% to 15%-50%

Abilities

Bone and Arrow

Bone and Arrow

  • NERFTower hits on archers now count as hero hits

Abilities

Freezing Field

Freezing Field

  • BUFFAghanim's Scepter time for Frostbite application decreased from 2.5s to 2s-20%

Abilities

Surge

Surge

  • NERFAghanim's Shard movement speed slow decreased from 50% to 35%-30%
Wall of Replica

Wall of Replica

  • NERFMovement Slow decreased from 50/60/70% to 40%-20%-33%-43%

Abilities

Shadow Realm

Shadow Realm

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 70/80/90/100 to 80/90/100/110+14%+12%+11%+10%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 0. Before this patch it was changed in 7.24 (6 years 9 months ago)-100%

Abilities

Exorcism

Exorcism

  • DELAghanim's Scepter ghosts no longer slow enemies

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Attack Speed decreased from +40 to +30-25%

Abilities

Electromagnetic Repulsion

Electromagnetic Repulsion

  • NERFCooldown increased from 4s to 5s+25%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Kinetic Field Duration decreased from +1.5s to +1s-33%

GENERAL

  • NERFStrength gain decreased from 3.8 to 3.5-8%

Facets

Ready to Roll

  • BUFFAllied heroes that are affected by Enchant Remnant ability are now considered a hero instead of a Stone Remnant

Abilities

Rolling Boulder

Rolling Boulder

  • BUFFDistance increased from 750 to 800+7%

Abilities

Untouchable

Untouchable

  • BUFFAttack Slow increased from 100/150/200 to 110/160/210+10%+7%+5%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Health decreased from +175 to +150-14%
  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Flak Cannon Cooldown Reduction decreased from 5s to 4s-20%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Movement Speed increased from 310 to 315+2%

Abilities

Bushwhack

Bushwhack

  • BUFFStun Duration increased from 1.4/1.6/1.8/2s to 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1s+7%+6%+6%+5%
Kez
Kez

Abilities

Echo Slash

Echo Slash

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 85/100/115/130 to 75/90/105/120-12%-10%-9%-8%
Kazurai Katana

Kazurai Katana

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 50 to 40-20%
  • NERFImpale Duration decreased from 0.6s to 0.5s-17%

Abilities

Tidal Wave

Tidal Wave

  • NERFWave Distance decreased from 2300 to 1800-22%
  • NERFCast Range decreased from 1400 to 1050?As a result, wave's spawn distance behind Kunkka decreased from 900 to 750 — -17%-25%

Facets

Evil Eye

  • BUFFBonus Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30+50%+33%+25%+20%

Abilities

Summon Spirit Bear

Summon Spirit Bear

  • BUFFSpirit Bear health per Lone Druid's level increased from 90 to 100+11%

Abilities

Mischief

Mischief

  • NERFBonus Move Speed rescaled from 6/9/12/15% to 8%+33%-11%-33%-47%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 20 to 21+5%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Intelligence decreased from 21 to 20-5%

Abilities

Curse of the Oldgrowth

Curse of the Oldgrowth

  • NERFDPS per Tree decreased from 20 to 15-25%

Talents

  • NERF Level 15 Talent: Sprout Heal Per Second decreased from +30% to +20%-33%

Abilities

Spiked Carapace

Spiked Carapace

  • BUFFDamage Reflected increased from 125% to 140%+12%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Damage decreased by 2?Now it's 26. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 decreased from 51-57 to 49-55-7%

Abilities

Blur

Blur

  • BUFFCooldown rescaled from 60/55/50/45s to 50s-17%-9%0%+11%
Fan of Knives

Fan of Knives

  • BUFFBreak debuff is no longer dispellable

Abilities

Phantom Rush

Phantom Rush

  • NEWAghanim's Scepter now additionally every 600 units rushed creates a Juxtapose illusion that rushes to the target alongside Phantom Lancer
  • BUFFAghanim's Scepter collision radius for Phantom Lancer increased from 75 to 125+67%

Facets

Provoke the Beast

  • NEWNow also provides stacks upon being leashed

Abilities

Rock Throw

Rock Throw

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 25s to 20s-20%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Damage increased from +20 to +30+50%

Abilities

Waning Rift

Waning Rift

  • NERFMax Distance decreased from 400 to 350-12%
Phase Shift

Phase Shift

  • NERFAghanim's Shard Bonus Damage decreased from 35 to 20-43%

Abilities

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

  • BUFFWard Duration increased from 18/22/26/30s to 21/24/27/30s+17%+9%+4%0%

Abilities

Burrowstrike

Burrowstrike

  • BUFFDamage increased from 80/140/200/260 to 80/150/220/2900%+7%+10%+12%
Epicenter

Epicenter

  • BUFFAghanim's Shard pulse interval decreased from 3.5s to 3s-14%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Sand Storm Slow increased from 45% to 50%+11%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 2. Before this patch it was changed in 7.35 (2 years 11 months ago)-33%
  • NERFBase Intelligence decreased from 25 to 23-8%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Mortimer Kisses Burn DPS increased from +25 to +35+40%

Abilities

Reality

Reality

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 0 to 40+40

Abilities

God's Strength

God's Strength

  • NERFDuration decreased from 35s to 30s-14%

Abilities

Reactive Tazer

Reactive Tazer

  • BUFFExplosion Radius increased from 400 to 450+12%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Strength decreased from 23 to 21-9%

Abilities

Psionic Trap

Psionic Trap

  • NERFTrap vision radius decreased from 400 to 250?Effect radius unchanged and still 400-38%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Damage decreased by 2?Now it's 26. Before this patch it was changed in 7.34c (3 years 2 months ago)Damage at level 1 decreased from 50-56 to 48-54-7%

Abilities

Toss

Toss

  • BUFFFlight duration decreased from 1.4s to 1.25s-11%

GENERAL

  • NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.1 to 1.9-10%

Abilities

Invading Force

Invading Force

  • BUFFMovement speed bonus increased from 5/10/15/20% to 11/14/17/20%+120%+40%+13%0%

Abilities

Flesh Golem

Flesh Golem

  • NERFBonus Movespeed decreased from 20/30/40 to 200%-33%-50%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: Tombstone on Death replaced with +4 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy?TalentLevelValueTombstone Attacks to Destroy25 → 20+6 → +4 −33%Tombstone on Death20 → 25same
  • SWAPLevel 25 Talent: +6 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy replaced with Tombstone on Death?TalentLevelValueTombstone on Death20 → 25sameTombstone Attacks to Destroy25 → 20+6 → +4 −33%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 110 to 100-9%

Abilities

Vengeance Aura

Vengeance Aura

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter illusion damage taken increased from 100% to 115%+15%

Abilities

Summon Familiars

Summon Familiars

  • BUFFFamiliar Armor increased from 0/2/4 to 2/3/4+2+50%0%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +25 Easy Breezy Min/Max Movespeed replaced with +4 All Attributes

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 1?Now it's 15. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 increased from 40-47 to 41-48+7%

Facets

Bone Guard

  • NERFSkeleton Armor decreased from 3 to 2-33%

Abilities

Reincarnation

Reincarnation

  • NERFSlow Radius decreased from 900 to 600?Also affects Wraithfire Blast cast range from level 25 talent-33%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase intelligence increased from 22 to 23+5%
Official notes
Released24.06.2025 21:03 UTC
Ran42 days
After 7.39b26 days