General Updates
General Changes
- NERFNeutral Creep Gold/XP penalty for stacked camps increased from 15% to 20%+33%
- MISCScan no longer triggers on creep heroes (with the exception of Lone Druid's Spirit Bear)
Neutral Creep Updates
Alpha Wolf
Packleader's Aura
- NERFDamage decreased from 30% to 20%-33%
Dark Troll Summoner
Raise Dead
- NERFSkeleton Warrior: Rally aura bonus attack damage decreased from 3 to 2-33%
Item Updates
Aeon Disk
- MISCCombo Breaker now starts on a 6s cooldown after being assembled for the first time
Ghost Scepter
- DELGhost Form is no longer active while the wearer is Debuff Immune
Ethereal Blade
- DELEther Blast ethereal form is no longer applied while the target is Debuff Immune
Helm of the Dominator
- NERFDominate now has a 50 mana cost+50
- NERFDominated Creep movement speed decreased from 380 to 370-3%
- DELDominate can no longer be used if the currently dominated creep took damage from hero-based sources in the last 3s
Helm of the Overlord
- NERFDominate now has a 50 mana cost+50
- DELDominate can no longer be used if the currently dominated creep took damage from hero-based sources in the last 3s
Refresher Orb
- NERFReset Cooldowns cooldown now increases by 10s with each subsequent use up to 210s?Maximum is reached after 4 uses: 180/190/200/210s0%+6%+11%+17%
- NERFReset Cooldowns mana cost increased from 350 to 400+14%
Neutral Item Updates
Artifact Changes
Outworld Staff
- REWORKSelf-Exile now makes the user invulnerable and immobile for the duration, instead of hidden
Enchantment Changes
Timeless
- NERFDebuff Duration bonus decreased from +10/15% to +8/15%-20%0%
- NERFSpell Amplification bonus decreased from +8/16% to +6/16%-25%0%
Boundless
- NERFCast Range bonus decreased from +350 to +275-21%
Hero Updates
Abaddon
Abilities
Borrowed Time
- NERFCooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 90/85/80s0%+6%+14%
Bane
Abilities
Enfeeble
- NERFCast Range decreased from 800/900/1000/1100 to 700/800/900/1000-12%-11%-10%-9%
Beastmaster
GENERAL
- NERFBase damage decreased by 2?Now it's 23. Before this patch it was changed in 7.39e (280 days ago)-9%
- NERFDamage at level 1 decreased from 52–56 to 50–54
Talents
- NERFLevel 15 Talent: Movespeed to Beastmaster and his summons decreased from +20 to +15-25%
- NERFLevel 25 Talent: Primal Roar Cooldown Reduction decreased from 30s to 25s-17%
Brewmaster
GENERAL
- BUFFBase armor increased by 1?Now it's 1. Before this patch it was changed in 7.39e (280 days ago)+100%
Centaur Warrunner
Abilities
Work Horse
- NERFHitch a Ride cast range decreased from 300 to 250-17%
Crystal Maiden
Facets
Arcane Overflow
- BUFFFreezing Field: Mana Granted increased from 15% to 20%+33%
Dawnbreaker
Abilities
Solar Guardian
- NERFAghanim's Scepter aura linger duration decreased from 3s to 2s-33%
Disruptor
Facets
Thunderstorm
- NERFStatic Storm: Slow duration bonus decreased from +100% to +75%?Total duration decreased from 0.6s to 0.525s-25%
- NERFStatic Storm: Cooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 100/85/70s+11%+6%0%
Earth Spirit
Abilities
Geomagnetic Grip
- BUFFRemnant Damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 75/150/225/300+7%
Earthshaker
Facets
Tectonic Buildup
- NERFFissure: Bonus AoE decreased from 40 to 30-25%
- NERFAftershock: Damage decreased from 70/100/130/160 to 65/90/115/140-7%-10%-12%-12%
Talents
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Fissure Damage decreased from +90 to +75-17%
Hoodwink
Abilities
Hunter's Boomerang
- NERFIncoming Spell Damage Amp decreased from 25% to 20%-20%
Jakiro
Abilities
Liquid Frost
- BUFFImpact Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30+50%+33%+25%+20%
- BUFFDuration increased from 4s to 5s+25%
Kez
GENERAL
- NEWAdded to Captain's Mode
- BUFFBase Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.25+0.25
Facets
Flutter
- MISCSwitch Discipline: The first hit bonus is now consumed by the first attack of Echo Slash and Raptor Dance, rather than applying to the entire cast?Still applies bonus to all enemies in the area
- MISCSwitch Discipline: Fixed the Katana bonus being lost if Echo Slash hit nothing
- MISCSwitch Discipline: Fixed a bug with Aghanim's Scepter that would allow extra Sai abilities to skip cooldown
- REWORKKazurai Katana: Impale damage changed from post-critical strike bonus damage to a separate instance of physical spell damage
- NERFRaptor Dance: Max Health as Damage decreased from 3% to 2.5%-17%
- MISCRaptor Dance: Can no longer be interrupted by casting Grappling Claw
- NEWFalcon Rush: Now has an 825 break distance
- BUFFFalcon Rush: Attack Speed Factor rescaled from 6/8/10/12% to 9%+50%+12%-10%-25%
- NERFShodo Sai: Mark Critical Strike decreased from 140/160/180/200% to 125/150/175/200%-11%-6%-3%0%
Leshrac
Abilities
Nihilism
- DELEthereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune
Lich
GENERAL
- BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 26 to 28+8%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased by 2 (from 50–59 to 52–61)
Lifestealer
Abilities
Feast
- DELHero Creeps no longer count as heroes for Lifestealer's permanent Health bonus
Lina
Abilities
Light Strike Array
- BUFFStun Duration increased from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2s to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s+20%+14%+11%+9%
Magnus
Abilities
Skewer
- REWORKMovement is now cancelled if Magnus is interrupted?Stunned, hexed or out of world
Marci
Abilities
Unleash
- NERFBonus Attack Speed decreased from 700/975/1325 to 700/925/11500%-5%-13%
Mars
Abilities
Arena Of Blood
- NERFDuration rescaled from 5/6/7s to 5.5s+10%-8%-21%
Medusa
Abilities
Mana Shield
- NERFBase Damage per Mana decreased from 2.2 to 2.0-9%
Monkey King
Abilities
Boundless Strike
- NERFAghanim's Shard portion of Primal Spring's max power decreased from 40% to 35%-12%
Tree Dance
- REWORKMovement is now cancelled if Monkey King is interrupted?Stunned, hexed or out of world
Talents
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Primal Spring Max Damage decreased from +100 to +85-15%
Naga Siren
Facets
Deluge
- NERFRip Tide: Damage decreased from 80/150/220/290 to 80/140/200/2600%-7%-9%-10%
- NERFSong of the Siren: Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per Second decreased from 5/6/7% to 4/5/6%?Aghanim's Shard bonus decreased from +3% to +2% — -33%-20%-17%-14%
Necrophos
Abilities
Ghost Shroud
- DELEthereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune
Omniknight
Abilities
Purification
- BUFFCast Range increased from 600 to 700+17%
Outworld Destroyer
Abilities
Arcane Orb
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 6/4/2/0s to 4.5/3/1.5/0s-25%-25%-25%0%
Phantom Assassin
Abilities
Immaterial
- BUFFBonus Evasion increased from 20/30/40/50% to 25/35/45/55%+25%+17%+12%+10%
Phoenix
Abilities
Supernova
- NERFAghanim's Scepter cast range decreased from 500 to 450-10%
Puck
Facets
Curveball
- NERFIllusory Orb: Bonus damage per tick decreased from 5% to 3%-40%
Pugna
Facets
Siphoning Ward
- NERFNether Ward: Damage to HP decreased from 30% to 25%-17%
- NERFNether Ward: Damage to Mana decreased from 40% to 30%-25%
- DELDecrepify: Ethereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune
Queen of Pain
Abilities
Sonic Wave
- NERFDamage decreased from 350/500/650 to 325/475/625-7%-5%-4%
Razor
Abilities
Static Link
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 50/40/30/20s to 44/36/28/20s-12%-10%-7%0%
Riki
Abilities
Blink Strike
- BUFFSlow Duration increased from 0.4s to 0.5s+25%
Ringmaster
Abilities
Tame the Beasts
- BUFFMin Damage increased from 45/70/95/120 to 50/75/100/125+11%+7%+5%+4%
Rubick
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Telekinesis Landing damage increased from 150 to 165+10%
Sand King
Facets
Sandblast
- DELSand Storm: Blind debuff no longer affects buildings
Silencer
Abilities
Arcane Curse
- NERFCast Range decreased from 1000 to 850-15%
Snapfire
Facets
Full Bore
- NERFScatterblast: Max range decreased from 1300 to 1200?Point-blank distance is not changed. It is still 650-8%
- NERFFiresnap Cookie: Cast Range decreased from 700 to 650-7%
Storm Spirit
Abilities
Overload
- BUFFAghanim's Shard active mana cost decreased from 150 to 100-33%
Sven
Abilities
Wrath of God
- NERFBonus Damage per STR decreased from 0/0.3/0.4/0.5 to 0/0.2/0.3/0.40%-33%-25%-20%
Techies
Abilities
Reactive Tazer
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 30/25/20/15s to 26/22/18/14s-13%-12%-10%-7%
Proximity Mines
- BUFFMin damage at the edge increased from 50% to 60%+20%
Timbersaw
Abilities
Reactive Armor
- BUFFStacks gained from hero attacks increased from 3 to 4+33%
Treant Protector
GENERAL
- BUFFBase armor increased by 1?Now it's 0. Before this patch it was changed in 7.22c (7 years 1 month ago)+100%
Abilities
Living Armor
- BUFFBonus Armor increased from 4/6/8/10 to 4/7/10/130%+17%+25%+30%
Troll Warlord
Talents
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Berserker's Rage Movement Speed decreased from +25 to +20-20%
- NERFLevel 15 Talent: Fervor Attack Speed decreased from +5 to +4-20%
Tusk
Abilities
Bitter Chill
- BUFFAttack Speed Slow increased from 15/35/55/75 to 20/40/60/80+33%+14%+9%+7%
Ursa
Abilities
Earthshock
- NERFAghanim's Shard Enrage duration decreased from 1.3s to 1.2s-8%
Talents
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Fury Swipes Reset Time decreased from +12s to +9s-25%
Venomancer
GENERAL
- BUFFBase agility increased from 24 to 25+4%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 45–48 to 46–49)
Abilities
Plague Ward
- BUFFWard damage increased from 14/22/30/38 to 16/24/32/40+14%+9%+7%+5%
Viper
Abilities
Corrosive Skin
- BUFFAttack Slow increased from 8/16/24/32 to 9/18/27/36+12%
Visage
Abilities
Grave Chill
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 90 to 75-17%