• REWORKChanged order of the first and the third ban phases

• NEWTier 4 Towers now have a Barracks Reinforcement buff. Each allied barracks that has not been destroyed provides +4 armor to both Tier 4 towers?Bonus is for each individual building, totaling in +24 Armor for 6 Barracks
• REWORKTalents no longer require a skill point to level?Now talents are learned by using their own talent points available at levels 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30. This results in all +2 All Attributes bonuses skilled by level 22
• BUFFAll Facets that used to have 6 All Attributes bonuses now have 7 bonuses again?Affected facets:Batrider's Arsonist
  Magnus' Diminishing Return
  Meepo's More Meepo
  Monkey King's Simian Stride
  Night Stalker's Voidbringer
  Silencer's Synaptic Split

• NEWMelee Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval (every 7:30)
• NEWFlagbearer Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval
• NEWFlagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura now also provides a magic resistance bonus to affected creeps starting with 0% and improving by 4% with every lane creep upgrade interval, up to a maximum of 15 upgrades
• REWORKFlagbearer Creep: When killed by a player controlled unit, the Flagbearer Creep always grants Bonus Bounty to the killer's hero regardless of the hero's proximity to the Flagbearer Creep
• BUFFFlagbearer Creep: AoE Bounty Radius increased from 1200 to 1500+25%
• DELFlagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura no longer affects heroes
• QoLFlagbearer Creep: Bonus Gold from killing Flagbearers is now classified as creep gold instead of ability gold?Has no gameplay effect, but makes a post game gold breakdown more accurate

• BUFFCourier respawn time decreased from 60s + 6s per Hero Level to 45s + 5s per Hero Level-24%start-19%end
• BUFFCourier no longer has a 15% movement speed penalty while carrying a Clarity, Enchanted Mango, Faerie Fire, Healing Salve, or Tango
• QoLFlying Courier will now go to a more obscure shopping area within range of the Secret Shop when using Go To Secret Shop

• NERFAll illusions now have 800 daytime vision and 400 nighttime vision?Previously inherited the hero's full vision (typically 1800 daytime / 800 nighttime)-56%-50%

Roshan

• NEWRoshan is no longer considered a hero for Lifesteal mechanics. As a result, Physical Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 40%, and Spell Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 80%
• NEWRoar of Retribution: Disarm debuff is no longer dispellable
• NEWSlam: Now deals double damage to creeps
• DELSlam: No longer has double duration against creeps

Tormentor

• REWORKThe Shining: Now only starts dealing damage to the surrounding enemies when attacked/damaged
• QoLAdded a Tormentor Timer near the minimap. Functions similarly to the Roshan Timer. Can be pinged to communicate the current state of Tormentor
• QoLPinging Tormentor's location in world will trigger the same ping as the timer (same behavior the Roshan Timer has)
• QoLThe minimap now only has one Tormentor icon and reflects where Tormentor is or will spawn

Runes

• REWORKBounty Rune: Now grants gold based on when it was created, not when it was activated
• DELHaste Rune: Duration no longer increases by 3s per rune cycle, and is always 22s now
• DELInvisibility Rune: No longer grants incoming damage reduction

Terrain Changes

View on map

• NEWTwin Gates now refund the mana cost if the teleporting channel was interrupted
• NEWAdded additional blocks preventing flying movement around the edges of the map (e.g. the highground areas behind the Tormentors will no longer be accessible by Batrider during Firefly)
• BUFFTwin Gate mana cost decreased from 75 to 30-60%
• BUFFWatcher capture time decreased from 1.5s to 1s-33%
• BUFFDefender's Gate vision radius increased from 525 to 700+33%
• NERFThe Hard camp nearest to Tier 3 towers where the streams used to start has been demoted to a 'medium' camp
• NERFThe Hard camp in the 'triangle' has been demoted to a 'medium' camp
• NERFWatcher night vision range decreased from 800 to 450-44%
• DELThe watchers nearest to the mid-lane and near the small water camps south/north of the tier 1 tower have been removed
• QoLDefender's Gate will now show their vision radius when holding ALT (similarly to Wards, Watchers, etc.)
• MISCExtended the streams into both Radiant and Dire bases and added defender's gate to the outside of the respective safe lanes where the stream flows
• MISCRemoved some trees inside the base near the new safelane defender's gate positions
• MISCMoved the safelane medium amphibian neutral camp closest to the Tier 2 tower up the stream, slightly closer to the respective bases
• MISCLowered the Wisdom Shrine areas to low ground, compared to the respective offlanes, filled them with water and connected to the water areas by the Tier 1 towers
• MISCMoved Wisdom Shrines and Watchers to the low ground and slightly closer to the Tier 1 towers. These Watchers now have vision over the shrines at night
• MISCHard camps nearest to Wisdom Shrines have been moved slightly back towards the bases
• MISCChanged the 'bridges' to actual bridges
• MISCSlightly expanded the entrance to the bridge by the Lotus pools and adjusted the area within the nearby water areas
• MISCCleared up some areas around the Tormentor locations
• MISCThe watchers in the primary jungles have been repositioned from stairs near the small camp to the cliff above the bounty runes
• MISCRemoved a tree between Dire Safelane Tier 1 tower and the small pull camp
• MISCVery slightly adjusted the paths and spawn points of the Radiant Offlane lane creeps, and the position of the Radiant Offlane Tier 2 tower. This results in creeps pathing to the right of the tier 2 tower instead of sometimes splitting up to go around it
• MISCRadiant Secret Shop trigger area moved slightly towards the radiant Tier 1 tower and more centered around the shopkeeper

Invulnerability targeting rules have been updated — most items and abilities that previously could target and/or affect invulnerable units no longer do so.

Items

• DELNullifier's Nullify can no longer target invulnerable units

Neutral Creeps

• DELSatyr Banisher's Purge can no longer target invulnerable units

Heroes

• REWORKNaga Siren's Ensnare can no longer target invulnerable units unless this invulnerability is provided by Song of the Siren
• DELDark Seer's Vacuum no longer affects invulnerable units
• DELOgre Magi's Bloodlust can no longer target invulnerable units?Can still target invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the previous ones are not destroyed)
• DELOracle's Fortune's End can no longer target invulnerable units, but does affect invulnerable units in the radius
• DELShadow Demon's Demonic Purge can no longer target invulnerable units
• DELShadow Demon's Demonic Cleanse can no longer target invulnerable units
• DELSniper's Assassinate can no longer target invulnerable units
• DELSven's Storm Hammer with Aghanim's Scepter can no longer target invulnerable units, but does affect invulnerable units in the radius
• DELVengeful Spirit's Nether Swap can no longer target invulnerable units

Cyclone

Since Cyclone effects also make the unit invulnerable, all changes above apply to them as well — these are the special cases:

• MISCNullifier's Nullify will dispel Cyclone off the target immediately if Cyclone was cast on a unit already affected by the Nullify debuff?Also dispels Cyclone if the spell projectile was launched (or started channeling) before the target got Cycloned
• MISCOracle's Fortune's End cannot target Cycloned units, but will dispel Cyclone off the units in AoE around the target?Also dispels Cyclone if the spell projectile was launched (or started channeling) before the target got Cycloned
• MISCSven's Storm Hammer with Aghanim's Scepter cannot target Cycloned units, but will dispel Cyclone off the units in AoE around the target?Also dispels Cyclone if the spell projectile was launched (or started channeling) before the target got Cycloned

Clarity

• BUFFInitial and maximum stock increased from 4 to 5+25%
• NERFCost increased from 50 to 60+20%

Healing Salve

• NEWNow heals for half the amount per second when cast on an ally
• BUFFInitial and maximum stock increased from 4 to 5+25%
• DELNo longer has half duration when cast on an ally

Iron Branch

• NERFCost increased from 50 to 55+10%

Observer Ward

• DELPlant no longer increased by cast range increases
• QoLObserver Wards cannot be planted within 300 units of another Observer Ward from the same team that has been planted within the last second

Sentry Ward

• DELPlant no longer increased by cast range increases
• QoLSentry Wards cannot be planted within 300 units of another Sentry Ward from the same team that has been planted within the last second

Smoke of Deceit

• QoLCan be used directly from the backpack
• QoLHas no cooldown when entering the main inventory from the backpack

Tango

• NEWShared Tango now heals for half the amount per second
• BUFFInitial and maximum stock increased from 8 to 10+25%

Roshan's Banner

• NEWNow upgrades with each subsequent drop?Effect radius rescaled from 650 to 600/900/1200 -8%+38%+85%
• BUFFHits to kill increased from 6 to 6/8/100%+33%+67%

Ghost Scepter

• BUFFGhost Form magic damage vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%-25%

Ring of Tarrasque

• BUFFCost decreased from 1800 to 1700-6%

Shadow Amulet

• BUFFCost decreased from 1000 to 900-10%

Tiara of Selemene

• BUFFCost decreased from 1800 to 1700-6%

Voodoo Mask

• BUFFCost decreased from 700 to 650-7%

Bloodstone

• BUFFTotal cost decreased from 4400 to 4350 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease-1%
• BUFFSpell Lifesteal bonus increased from +20% to +25%+25%
• NERFBloodpact spell lifesteal multiplier decreased from 4x to 3x-25%

Crimson Guard

• NEWGuard buff is no longer dispellable

Dagon

• BUFFTotal cost decreased from 2850 to 2800 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease?Total cost for all levels decreased from 2850/4000/5150/6300/7450 to 2800/3950/5100/6250/7400 -2%-1%-1%-1%-1%-2%

Diffusal Blade

• DELManabreak no longer applied by illusions

Disperser

• NEWSuppress now applies basic dispel to any target
• DELManabreak no longer applied by illusions

Glimmer Cape

• MISCRecipe cost increased from 350 to 450?Total cost unchanged at 2150 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease+29%

Hand of Midas

• BUFFTransmute charge restore time decreased from 110s to 90s-18%
• DELTransmute no longer has an experience multiplier

Heart of Tarrasque

• BUFFTotal cost decreased from 5200 to 5100 due to Ring of Tarrasque cost decrease-2%
• NERFMax Health Regen bonus decreased from +1.4% to +1%-29%
• NEWNow also provides passive Behemoth's Blood
• Passive: Wearer's health regen is increased by 1.5% of missing health?Multiple instances of Behemoth's Blood don't stack

Heaven's Halberd

• BUFFDisarm is now only dispellable by strong dispels?Still does not pierce debuff immunity
• NERFDisarm no longer has separate disarm durations for melee and ranged targets. Duration is always 3 seconds
• NERFDisarm cooldown increased from 18s to 20s+11%

Helm of the Dominator

• NERFDominate gold and experience bounty when dominating a creep decreased from 100% to 50%-50%

Magic Wand

• NERFTotal cost increased from 450 to 460 due to Iron Branch cost increase+2%

Mekansm

• BUFFArmor bonus increased from +4 to +5+25%

Meteor Hammer

• BUFFMeteor Hammer stun duration increased from 0.5s to 0.75s+50%

Nullifier

• DELNullify can no longer target invulnerable units

Pavise

• BUFFArmor bonus increased from +2 to +3+50%

Perseverance

• NEWCan now be disassembled

Pipe of Insight

• MISCRecipe cost increased from 700 to 800?Total cost unchanged at 3725 due to Ring of Tarrasque cost decrease+14%

Radiance

• BUFFEvasion bonus increased from +15% to +25%+67%
• DELBurn no longer causes enemies to miss 15% of their attacks
• DELBurn no longer does extra damage to illusions

Revenant's Brooch

• MISCRecipe cost increased from 600 to 650?Total cost unchanged at 3300 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease+8%

Scythe of Vyse

• MISCRecipe cost increased from 600 to 700?Total cost unchanged at 5200 due to Tiara of Selemene cost decrease+17%

Shadow Blade

• BUFFTotal cost decreased from 3350 to 3250 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease-3%

Shiva's Guard

• DELArctic Blast no longer does extra damage to illusions

Silver Edge

• NEWShadow Walk debuff now caps the target's movement speed to 200. This debuff is not dispellable and does not pierce debuff immunity
• BUFFTotal cost decreased from 5800 to 5700 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease-2%

Urn of Shadows

• BUFFSoul Release charge gain radius increased from 1400 to 1500+7%
• NERFBonus Mana Regen decreased from +1.4 to +1.25-11%
• MISCSoul Release charges can now be gained by all copies of Urn of Shadows item?This change is exclusive to Urn of Shadows and doesn't affect Spirit Vessel
• MISCSoul Release charges can now be gained by both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the same hero death?Example to show the result of these two changes:
  Two allied heroes. Both of them have both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel. An enemy hero dies within 1500 range from them. Both Urns of Shadows will gain a charge. Spirit Vessel will also gain a charge as well, but only for the ally that was closer to the dying enemy

Spirit Vessel

• BUFFSoul Release charge gain radius increased from 1400 to 1500+7%
• MISCSoul Release charges can now be gained by both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the same hero death

Wind Waker

• NERFCyclone cooldown increased from 16s to 19s+19%

Wraith Band

• BUFFAttack Speed bonus increased from +5 to +6+20%

Ripper's Lash

• DELItem cycled out

Sister's Shroud

• DELItem cycled out

Spark of Courage

• DELItem cycled out

Brigand's Blade

• DELItem cycled out

Searing Signet

• BUFFBurn Through total damage increased from 72 to 90?Dormant Curio Total Damage increased from 93.6 to 117+25%
• NERFBurn Through now does 50% less damage to non-hero targets

Gale Guard

• DELItem cycled out

Jidi Pollen Bag

• BUFFPollinate Cooldown decreased from 45s to 25s-44%
• NERFPollinate Duration decreased from 12s to 9s-25%
• NERFPollinate Max Health Damage decreased from 12% to 9%?Dormant Curio Max Health Damage decreased from 15.6% to 11.7%-25%

Psychic Headband

• NEWPsychic Push can now target allies?Still can't target the wearer themself

Unrelenting Eye

• REWORKMoved from Tier 5 to Tier 3
• REWORKRelentless search radius changed from 600 to the hero's attack range
• NERFRelentless max slow resistance decreased from 100% to 50%?Dormant Curio Max Slow Resistance decreased from 130% to 65%-50%
• NERFRelentless slow resistance loss per enemy hero in range decreased from 20% to 10%-50%
• DELRelentless no longer provides status resistance for nearby enemies

Magnifying Monocle

• DELItem cycled out

Outworld Staff

• DELItem cycled out

Pyrrhic Cloak

• DELItem cycled out

Giant's Maul

• NERFCrushing Blow critical damage decreased from 150% to 140%?Dormant Curio critical damage decreased from 195% to 182%-7%

Helm of the Undying

• DELItem cycled out

Dezun Bloodrite

• REWORKMoved from Tier 4 to Tier 5
• BUFFBlood Invocation area of effect bonus increased from 12% to 16%?Dormant Curio Area of Effect bonus increased from 15.6% to 20.8%+33%

Abaddon

STATS

• NERFBase Strength decreased from 22 to 21-5%
• NERFBase Agility decreased from 23 to 22-4%
• NERFDamage at level 1 decreased by 1 (from 50–60 to 49–59)-2%

Facets

The Quickening

• NERFCooldown reduction on hero death decreased from 6s to 5s-17%

Abilities

Mist Coil

• BUFFDamage/Heal increased from 80/150/220/290 to 95/160/225/290+19%+7%+2%0%
• NERFCooldown increased from 6.5/6/5.5/5s to 8/7/6/5s+23%+17%+9%0%

Alchemist

Abilities

Acid Spray

• NERFMana Cost increased from 105/110/115/120 to 120+14%+9%+4%0%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Damage per Greevil's Greed stack increased from +2 to +2.5+25%

Anti-Mage

Abilities

Counterspell Ally

• DELAbility removed

Counterspell

• BUFFAghanim's Shard illusion outgoing damage increased from 75% to 100%+33%
• DELAghanim's Shard no longer provides Counterspell Ally ability

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Persecutor Min/Max Movement Slow increased from +7.5/15% to +9/18%+20%

Arc Warden

STATS

• BUFFBase attack speed increased from 100 to 110+10%

Abilities

Magnetic Field

• BUFFMana Cost rescaled from 50/70/90/110 to 60/70/80/90+20%0%-11%-18%

Axe

Abilities

Berserker's Call

• BUFFDuration increased from 1.8/2.2/2.6/3s to 2.1/2.4/2.7/3s+17%+9%+4%0%
• NERFCooldown increased from 17/15/13/11s to 18/16/14/12s+6%+7%+8%+9%

Battle Hunger

• REWORKDamage type changed from Physical to Pure
• DELNo longer has an armor-based damage multiplier
• DELNo longer has reduced movement slow against creeps

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +10% Battle Hunger Slow replaced with +12 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +100 Culling Blade Damage replaced with +15 Strength
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: 2x Battle Hunger Armor Multiplier replaced with +150 Culling Blade Damage
• BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Counter Helix Damage increased from +30 to +40+33%

Bane

Abilities

Nightmare

• NERFCooldown increased from 24/21/18/15s to 25/22/19/16s+4%+5%+6%+7%

Fiend's Grip

• NERFAghanim's Scepter Illusion damage taken increased from 200% to 225%+12%

Batrider

STATS

• BUFFDaytime Vision Range increased from 1600 to 1800+12%

Facets

Arsonist

• BUFFNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Abilities

Flamebreak

• NERFMovement Slow decreased from 8/16/24/32% to 6/12/18/24%-25%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Flaming Lasso Cooldown Reduction increased from 7s to 8s+14%

Beastmaster

STATS

• NERFCall of the Wild Boar: Boar's Base Attack Time worsened from 1.25s to 1.35s+8%

Abilities

Wild Axes

• BUFFDamage per axe rescaled from 35/65/95/125 to 30/65/100/135-14%0%+5%+8%

Inner Beast

• BUFFBonus Attack Speed rescaled from 15/30/45/60 to 10/30/50/70-33%0%+11%+17%

Bloodseeker

Abilities

Sanguivore

• BUFFBase heal increased from 25 to 30+20%
• DELNo longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard or Aghanim's Scepter

Bloodrage

• NERFAghanim's Shard target's max health as pure damage decreased from 3% to 2%-33%
• MISCAghanim's Scepter effect moved to Aghanim's Shard

Rupture

• NEWAghanim's Scepter: Increases current health as initial damage by 3%. Replaces cooldown with 2 charges with the same charge restoration time

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +15% Bloodrage Spell Amplification replaced with +30 Bloodrage Attack Speed
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +8% Rupture Initial Damage replaced with -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies replaced with +20 Agility
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: 2 Rupture Charges replaced with +2.5s Blood Rite Silence Duration

Bounty Hunter

Facets

Cutpurse

• QoLVisual effect of gold flying towards Bounty Hunter is no longer visible to enemies if Bounty Hunter is invisible

Abilities

Shadow Walk

• BUFFStun Duration increased from 0.8/1/1.2/1.4s to 1/1.2/1.4/1.6s+25%+20%+17%+14%

Brewmaster

STATS

• BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 1.9+19%
• NERFStrength gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.2-14%

Facets

Roll Out the Barrel

• DELFacet removed

Drunken Master

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Belligerent→Liquid Courage

• NEWNew innate ability.

Passive.

Whenever Brewmaster respawns or comes out of Primal Split, he gains 25% bonus attack damage. Duration on respawn: 45s. Duration after Primal Split: 15s.

→

Passive. Improves with Brewmaster's level.

When Brewmaster drops below 50% Health he gains a Status Resistance buff, and his movement speed alternates every 1 second between faster and slower. The effect grows stronger at lower health, scaling from 0 up to max values at 20% Health.

Max Status Resistance is 10.5% + 0.5% per level up, Max Speed Increase is 25%, Max Speed Slow is 10%.

Brewmaster may activate the ability to toss a strong drink to himself or a teammate, granting the max effects of his innate for 5 seconds plus 2% Max HP Regen per second. Cast Range: 800. Mana Cost: 50. Cooldown: 20s.

Thunder Clap

• BUFFCast point improved from 0.35s to 0.3s-14%
• BUFFMana Cost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 100+11%0%-9%-17%
• BUFFRadius rescaled from 325/350/375/400 to 375+15%+7%0%-6%

Cinder Brew

• NEWNow rolls a barrel of ale that deals 40/70/100/130 physical damage to enemies in its path and drenches enemies along the way and around the target location

Drunken Brawler

• QoLStance visual indicator is now always present around Brewmaster
• MISCMoved Brewed Up effect from Cinder Brew to Drunken Brawler?When Brewmaster casts any ability, he becomes Brewed Up for 5 seconds, gaining +150% to his stance bonuses. If he is already Brewed Up, the duration is extended by 1s. After Brewed Up ends, Brewmaster is hungover and cannot become Brewed Up again for 9 seconds
• MISCStances can now be switched without cancelling channeling or invisibility

Earth Stance

• BUFFMagic Resistance increased from 5/10/15/20% to 8/12/16/20%+60%+20%+7%0%

Fire Stance

• BUFFAttack Speed increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/400%+33%+50%+60%

Void Stance

• DELStance removed

Primal Companion

• DELAbility removed

Primal Split

• NEWAll Brewlings now receive their respective Drunken Brawler stances
• NEWAghanim's Scepter: Allows Brewmaster to cancel the ability early and provides Brewed Up bonus to all Brewlings on cast. Also increases ability's level to 4, improving Brewlings' stats and abilities
• BUFFDuration increased from 16/18/20s to 16/20/24s0%+11%+20%
• DELNo longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Earth Brewling

• NEWAghanim's Scepter increases Brewling level by 1.?Level 4 stats are:4100 HP.
  8 HP Regen.
  135–145 Damage.
  9 Armor.
  
  Hurl Boulder: 200 Damage, 2s Stun.
  Demolish: 160 bonus building damage.
• REWORKDebuff Immunity ability renamed to Earth Element. No longer grants Debuff Immunity; now provides 80% Status Resistance and 60% Magic Resistance instead
• BUFFDamage increased from 25/60/95 to 35/70/105?From 20–30/55–65/90–100 to 30–40/65–75/100–110+40%+17%+11%
• BUFFMovement Speed increased from 330/350/370 to 330/355/3800%+1%+3%
• NERFDemolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from 50/100/150 to 40/80/120-20%

Storm Brewling

• NEWAghanim's Scepter increases Brewling level by 1.?Level 4 stats are:2500 HP.
  8 HP Regen.
  85–95 Damage.
  
  Wind Walk: 320 bonus damage, 55% bonus movement speed.
  Cyclone: 6s hero duration, 100 damage on landing.
• BUFFDamage increased from 20/40/60 to 30/50/70?From 15–25/35–45/55–65 to 25–35/45–55/65–75+50%+25%+17%

Fire Brewling

• NEWAghanim's Scepter increases Brewling level by 1.?Level 4 stats are:1750 HP.
  8 HP Regen.
  215–225 Damage.
  24 Armor.
  
  Permanent Immolation: 100 damage per second.

Void Brewling

• DELBrewling removed

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration replaced with +1s Drunken Brawler Brew Up / Extend Duration
• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +10 Brewlings Damage replaced with +14 Brewlings Base Damage
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +1x Brewed Up multiplier for Drunken Brawler replaced with +600 Brewlings Health
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +1200 Brewlings Health replaced with -15s Primal Split Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: Brewlings Gain Drunken Brawler Passive replaced with 1.5x Drunken Brawler Stance Bonuses
• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Cinder Brew Damage/Duration increased from +30% to 40%+33%

Bristleback

STATS

• BUFFStrength gain increased from 2.7 to 2.8+4%

Facets

Snot Rocket

• DELViscous Nasal Goo no longer has increased Armor Loss per stack

Abilities

Viscous Nasal Goo

• BUFFArmor Loss per stack increased from 1.5/2/2.5/3 to 2/2.5/3/3.5 by default+33%+25%+20%+17%

Broodmother

Abilities

Insatiable Hunger

• DELAghanim's Shard no longer increases duration

Spin Web

• NEWBroodmother's illusions now also benefit from the web

Incapacitating Bite

• BUFFAttack Bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12+50%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +1.5% Spider's Milk Heal replaced with +20% Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +35 Attack Speed replaced with +25% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +30% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance replaced with +14% Spin Web Move Speed and Ignore Speed Limit
• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Spiderlings Health increased from +125 to +150+20%
• NERFLevel 15 Talent: Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +12 to +10-17%

Centaur Warrunner

Abilities

Rawhide

• NERFBonus Max Health decreased from 30 to 25-17%

Work Horse

• NERFCooldown increased from 24s to 35s+46%
• NERFDuration decreased from 8s to 7s-12%

Chaos Knight

STATS

• BUFFMin Base Damage increased by 5?Now it's 29. Before this patch it was changed in 7.34e (2 years 6 months ago)+21%
• Damage at level 1 changed from 48–78 to 53–73?Damage spread decreased from 30 to 200%
• NERFMax Base Damage decreased by 5?Now it's 49. Before this patch it was changed in 7.34e (2 years 6 months ago)-9%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +10s Phantasm Duration replaced with -125% Phantasm Damage Taken

Chen

Abilities

Penitence

• NEWNow deals 50/75/100/125 pure damage by default
• NERFMana Cost increased from 70/75/80/85 to 80/90/100/110+14%+20%+25%+29%
• NERFCooldown increased from 14/13/12/11s to 20/17/14/11s+43%+31%+17%0%
• DELNo longer grants bonus attack range

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: Penitence Deals 175 Damage replaced with +75 Penitence Damage
• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Divine Favor Heal Amplification decreased from +20% to +15%-25%

Clinkz

Facets

Suppressive Fire

• DELFacet removed

Engulfing Step

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Bone and Arrow→Infernal Shred

• NEWNew innate ability.

Passive.

Clinkz summons a Skeleton Archer when he dies. Tower hits on the archers count as hero hits.

→

Passive.

Clinkz and his skeletons apply a stacking debuff that causes their attacks to pierce up to 20% of the target's armor. Clinkz applies 2% per attack, his skeletons apply 1%. Debuff lasts 5 seconds. ?Doesn't affect the target's armor directly — it simply improves attacks for Clinkz and his skeletons.

Tar Bomb

• DELAbility removed

Strafe

• NERFSkeleton Archers attack speed factor decreased from 60% to 50%-17%

Searing Arrows

• NEWReturning as base ability?Imbues Clinkz's arrows with fire for extra 18/32/46/60 extra damage. Skeleton Archers always fire Searing Arrows with 50% reduced damage. Mana Cost: 10
  
  Skeleton Archers target the enemy attacked by Clinkz with Searing Arrows effect

Death Pact

• DELNo longer creates Skeleton Archers

Skeleton Walk

• REWORKSkeleton Archer Duration rescaled from 15/20/25/30s to 20/25/30s?Also applies to Burning Army
• MISCSkeleton Archer stats and Aghanim's Scepter upgrade are now part of Skeleton Walk

Burning Barrage

• DELNo longer slows the targets

Burning Army

• BUFFSpawn Interval improved from 0.15s to 0.1s-33%
• BUFFSkeleton count increased from 5 to 6+20%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: Tar Bomb Multishot replaced with Searing Arrows Multishot

Clockwerk

Abilities

Jetpack

• NEWNow can be toggled on and off for the duration of the buff. Toggle cooldown: 1s

Overclocking

• NERFRocket Flare cooldown increased from 3s to 3.5s+17%

Crystal Maiden

STATS

• BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 18 to 20+11%
• MISCBase Damage decreased by 2?Now it's 28. Before this patch it was changed in 7.33 (3 years 1 month ago)
  Damage at level 1 unchanged at 48–54-7%

Dark Seer

STATS

• BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 21 to 22+5%
• BUFFDamage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 52–58 to 53–59)+2%

Abilities

Vacuum

• DELNo longer affects invulnerable units

Dark Willow

Abilities

Cursed Crown

• BUFFStun Duration increased from 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s to 1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4s+25%+12%+5%0%

Terrorize

• BUFFJex return speed increased from 600 to 800+33%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +150 Cursed Crown AoE replaced with -15s Terrorize Cooldown

Dawnbreaker

STATS

• BUFFBase Damage increased by 1?Now it's 25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.39 (1 year ago)+4%
• BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 49–53 to 50–54+2%

Abilities

Solar Guardian

• BUFFAghanim's Scepter Heal per pulse increased from 55/85/115 to 60/90/120+9%+6%+4%
• DELAghanim's Scepter no longer reduces air time or channel time

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +12 Damage replaced with +15% Break of Dawn Max Damage

Dazzle

STATS

• BUFFBase Strength increased from 18 to 19?Damage at level 1 unchanged+6%
• NERFIntelligence gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.5-5%
• NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 3.5 to 3.4-3%

Abilities

Nothl Projection

• NERFAghanim's Shard healing amplification decreased from 20% to 15%-25%

Death Prophet

Abilities

Witchcraft

• REWORKMovement speed bonus changed from 0.5% per hero level to 0.75% + 0.75% per level up

Exorcism

• BUFFAghanim's Scepter spirit bonus damage increased from 50% to 60%+20%
• DELNo longer provides 4/8/12% bonus movespeed

Doom

STATS

• BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 1.7 to 1.9+12%

Facets

Devil's Bargain

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Doom

• BUFFAghanim's Scepter now also increases damage per second from 25/45/65 to 40/60/80+60%+33%+23%

Dragon Knight

STATS

• NERFBase Agility decreased from 16 to 14-12%

Abilities

Elder Dragon Form

• NERFBonus Attack Damage decreased from 20/60/100/140 to 20/50/80/1100%-17%-20%-21%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: 30% Breathe Fire Damage Reduction replaced with -2s Breathe Fire Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +85% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range in Dragon Form replaced with +60% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range

Drow Ranger

Abilities

Frost Arrows

• BUFFMovement Slow increased from 10/20/30/40% to 15/25/35/45%+50%+25%+17%+12%

Marksmanship

• NERFDisable range decreased from 400 to 325-19%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: Gust Costs No Mana replaced with -25% Frost Arrows Mana Cost

Earth Spirit

STATS

• NERFBase Damage decreased by 6?Now it's 25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.39d (313 days ago)-19%
• NERFDamage at level 1 decreased from 53–57 to 47–51-11%

Facets

Resonance

• DELFacet removed

Stepping Stone

• DELFacet removed

Ready to Roll

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Stone Remnant

• NEWNow passively grants +2.5% bonus attack damage per currently unused charge
• NEWWhenever Earth Spirit uses another ability on Stone Remnant, he gains +7.5% bonus attack damage for 10s (effect doesn't stack)
• BUFFMax Ability Charges increased from 7 + 1 additional charge at every 5th level to 7 + 1 per 4 hero level ups0%start+8%end

Boulder Smash

• BUFFCooldown rescaled from 22/18/14/10s to 20/17/14/11s-9%-6%0%+10%

Geomagnetic Grip

• NEWAghanim's Shard reworked. Can now target allied units by default with 550/600/650/700 cast range.?Aghanim's Shard rework: Decreases cooldown by 3s and increases allied unit cast range and speed by 50%
  
  Can't pull allies that are affected by Leash, Root, Bind, Duel, Chronosphere or Black Hole

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: -3s Geomagnetic Grip Cooldown replaced with -2s Boulder Smash Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +180 Rolling Boulder Damage replaced with +175% Rolling Boulder Damage from Strength
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: -3s Boulder Smash Cooldown replaced with +175 Geomagnetic Grip Remnant Damage
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: Magnetize Undispellable replaced with Earth Spirit Magnetizes Himself?Applies Magnetize at its current duration to enemy Heroes around Earth Spirit, and can be refreshed with Stone Remnants

Earthshaker

Abilities

Fissure

• NERFDamage decreased from 110/170/230/290 to 100/160/220/280-9%-6%-4%-3%
• DELAghanim's Shard no longer allows Fissure walking

Echo Slam

• NERFEcho Damage decreased from 90/100/110 to 70/90/110-22%-10%0%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Enchant Totem Damage increased from +50% to +65%+30%

Elder Titan

Abilities

Astral Spirit

• MISCReturn Astral Spirit and Move Astral Spirit sub-abilities can now be used while Elder Titan is disabled

Talents

• BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Astral Spirit Move Speed Per Hero increased from +2% to +2.5%+25%
• BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Natural Order Radius increased from +100 to +150+50%

Ember Spirit

Abilities

Flame Guard

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 35s to 32s-9%

Talents

• NERFLevel 15 Talent: Searing Chains Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s-20%
• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Searing Chains Damage decreased from +60 to +50-17%

Enchantress

Facets

Overprotective Wisps

• NERFNature's Attendants Wisp maximum decreased from 4 to 3-25%

Abilities

Rabble-Rouser

• NEWNow also affects units that come under Enchantress' control
• NERFDamage amplification changed from 10% + 4% per Enchantress level to 4% + 4% per Enchantress level up-43%start-5%end

Enchant

• NERFCreep Attack Damage Bonus decreased from 0/25/50/75 to 0/20/40/600%-20%-20%-20%
• QoLEnchanted units may now be bound to a persistent hotkey

Little Friends

• NERFBonus Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 70-30%
• MISCAffected creeps now gain damage buff from Rabble-Rouser for the duration in case they did not have it

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +10 Enchanted Creep Armor replaced with +5 Armor for Enchantress and her units?Requires at least 1 level of Enchant
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +60 Untouchable Attack Slow replaced with +9 Nature's Attendants Wisps
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +12 Nature's Attendants Wisps replaced with +70 Untouchable Attack Slow

Enigma

Abilities

Malefice

• MISCAghanim's Shard now also spawns an Eidolon if the target dies before the effect expires

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Malefice Instance Damage increased from +50 to +60+20%

Faceless Void

Abilities

Time Dilation

• NEWNow always applies one instance of damage and slow in addition to the per cooldown instances
• BUFFSlow per cooldown decreased from 7/8/9/10% to 4/5/6/7%-43%-38%-33%-30%
• BUFFDPS per cooldown decreased from 7/9/11/13 to 4/6/8/10-43%-33%-27%-23%
• NERFDuration decreased from 8/9/10/11s to 7/8/9/10s-12%-11%-10%-9%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Time Dilation DPS Per Cooldown decreased from +9 to +6-33%
• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Time Dilation Slow per Cooldown decreased from +12% to +8%-33%

Grimstroke

Abilities

Phantom's Embrace

• NEWCooldown is now also refreshed if the phantom's target dies before the phantom latches to it

Soulbind

• NEWAbility can now be reflected?Reflected spells get casted onto both units affected by Soulbind

Dark Portrait

• BUFFIllusion Damage Taken decreased from 350% to 275%-21%
• NERFIllusion Outgoing Damage decreased from 150% to 125%-17%

Gyrocopter

Facets

Afterburner

• NERFRocket Barrage movespeed duration decreased from 4.5s to 4s-11%

Abilities

Call Down

• NERFMissile Damage decreased from 250/425/600 to 200/350/500-20%-18%-17%

Hoodwink

Facets

Go Nuts

• NERFScurry active cast range decreased from 75/150/225/300 to 50/100/150/200-33%
• NERFActive Attack Range decreased from 75/150/225/300 to 50/100/150/200-33%

Abilities

Mistwoods Wayfarer

• DELAbility can no longer target trees affecting Acorn Shot or Bushwhack

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +1.5 Mana Regen replaced with +150 Health
• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +1 Scurry Ability Charge replaced with +50 Bushwhack Damage
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +60 Bushwhack Damage replaced with +1 Scurry Ability Charge

Invoker

Facets

Mind of Tornarus

• NERFE.M.P. Aghanim's Shard drag speed decreased from 150 to 125-17%

Abilities

Alacrity

• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 90 to 75-17%
• BUFFCast Range increased from 650 to 700+8%

Ice Wall

• BUFFDamage increased from 25 + 5 × Exort Level to 24 + 6 × Exort Level0%start+12%end

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction increased from 5s to 6s+20%
• MISCLevel 20 Talent: +35 Alacrity Damage/Speed changed to +50

Io

STATS

• BUFFBase Strength increased from 17 to 19+12%
• NERFBase Intelligence decreased from 23 to 21?Damage at level 1 unchanged (45–51)-9%

Abilities

Spirits

• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120-10%-9%-8%-8%
• BUFFCooldown decreased from 22/21/20/19s to 15s-32%-29%-25%-21%
• NERFDuration decreased from 19s to 15s-21%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +12 Attack Damage to Tethered Units replaced with +7 Strength
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +60 Spirits Hero Damage replaced with +50% Spirits Damage
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: Unslowable during Overcharge replaced with -1.5s Relocate Cast Delay

Jakiro

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: -2s Dual Breath Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage
• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +150 Attack Range replaced with +30 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +60 Ice Path Base Damage replaced with -3s Dual Breath Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +50 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow replaced with +175 Attack Range
• BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Liquid Frost and Fire Max Health Damage increased from +2.5% to +3%+20%

Juggernaut

STATS

• NERFBase Agility decreased from 34 to 32-6%
• NERFDamage at level 1 decreased from 56–58 to 54–56-4%

Abilities

Blade Fury

• NERFMana Cost increased from 105/110/115/120 to 120+14%+9%+4%0%

Talents

• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Healing Ward Hits to Kill decreased from +2 to +1-50%

Keeper of the Light

STATS

• BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 23 to 24+4%
• BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 43–50 to 44–51+2%

Abilities

Blinding Light

• BUFFDamage increased from 85/130/175/220 to 90/140/190/240+6%+8%+9%+9%

Chakra Magic

• BUFFMana Restore increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300+20%+7%+2%0%

Will-O-Wisp

• BUFFDamage increased from 75 to 85+13%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: -5s Blinding Light Cooldown replaced with +90 Blinding Light Damage

Kez

STATS

• BUFFBase Strength increased from 19 to 20+5%

Abilities

Switch Discipline

• BUFFCooldown reduction per level increased from 0.2s to 0.25s. Cooldown changed from 8s − 0.2s per level to 8s − 0.25s per level-1%start-75%end
• BUFFKatana Base Attack Time improved from 2.0s to 1.8s-10%
• NERFKatana Bonus Agility Base Damage decreased from 20% to 12%-40%

Kazurai Katana

• REWORKThe active effect may only trigger up to a maximum of 500 stacks
• REWORKAghanim's Shard now also increases Max Stacks to 1000 and stack as burst damage from 50% to 100%
• NERFDamage per second rescaled from 5/7/9/11 to 3/6/9/12%-40%-14%0%+9%

Falcon Rush

• NEWNo longer causes Kez to have a fixed attack rate or any interaction with attack speed
• NERFEcho Attack Damage decreased from 45/55/65/75% to 35/40/45/50%-22%-27%-31%-33%
• NERFEchoes now have 50% reduced chance to proc random effects?Echo with Maelstrom (25% chance) will have a 12.5% chance to proc its passive
• NERFEchoes can no longer trigger Marks, but may still create them?However, their chance to mark will be reduced from 18% to 9% due to the proc chance change mentioned before
• NERFRush Speed decreased from 1000 to 850-15%

Shodo Sai

• NERFMarked Stun Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0.4s-20%
• NERFParry Stun Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0.4s-20%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +50% Attack Damage Added to Talon Toss replaced with +60 Attack Speed During Falcon Rush

Kunkka

Abilities

Torrent

• BUFFDamage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 110/180/250/320+38%+12%+4%0%

X Marks the Spot

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 30/24/18/12s to 24/20/16/12s-20%-17%-11%0%

Legion Commander

Abilities

Press The Attack

• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 110 to 100-9%

Moment of Courage

• BUFFCooldown rescaled from 1.9/1.5/1.1/0.7s to 1.7/1.4/1.1/0.8s-11%-7%0%+14%

Leshrac

Facets

Misanthropy

• BUFFDiabolic Edict duration increased from 6s to 7.5s+25%

Abilities

Split Earth

• BUFFRadius increased from 135/160/185/210 to 150/170/190/210+11%+6%+3%0%

Lina

STATS

• BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0+5%

Abilities

Laguna Blade

• BUFFCast Range increased from 600 to 750+25%

Lion

Abilities

Hex

• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 125/150/175/200 to 110/140/170/200-12%-7%-3%0%

Finger of Death

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 130/85/40s to 120/80/40s-8%-6%0%

Lone Druid

STATS

• BUFFBase Damage increased by 4?Now it's 22. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 3 months ago)+22%
• BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 38–42 to 42–46+10%
• NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 325 to 295-9%

Facets

Bear with Me

• DELFacet removed

Bear Necessities

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Gift Bearer

• DELInnate ability removed. Its effect is now a part of Summon Spirit Bear ability

Summon Spirit Bear

• REWORKMoved to an innate ability. Cannot be leveled up
• REWORKSpirit Bear now counts as a melee hero for most spells?Since the bear is now a hero, all unit-related changes moved to a separate Spirit Bear section below. This section is for the summon ability changes only
• BUFFCooldown decreased from 150/140/130/120s to 120s-20%-14%-8%0%
• MISCAbility is moved to the 4th ability slot?D key by default

Entangle

• NEWNew ability.

New Point Targeted basic ability. Pierces Debuff Immunity.

Allows Lone Druid to Entangle enemies once they gain 5 stacks of this ability. Entangled enemies are unable to move for 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s and take 60/70/80/90 damage per second. On cast, applies 2 stacks to each enemy hero and 5 stacks to enemy creeps in the area, and empowers Lone Druid for 10s (1 stack per attack on enemy heroes). Enemies are protected from gaining new stacks while already Entangled. Radius: 350. Stack Duration: 10s. Cast Range: 700. Mana Cost: 60. Cooldown: 24/22/20/18s.

Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws now levels up with this ability and is permanently empowered.?The Empowered Buff and the enemy stack-counter debuff are undispellable; the Entangled debuff is dispellable. Creeps gain stacks only on cast (not from attacks); Roshan is affected as a hero.

Increases radius to 450 and hero stacks on cast to 5, instantly Entangling them. Also removes stack protection from Entangled enemies.

Spirit Link

• NEWNow also passively grants +10/20/30/40 movement speed to Lone Druid and +20/40/60/80 to his Spirit Bear
• NEWLone Druid's attacks now heal the Spirit Bear by default
• DELNo longer grants attack speed or shared armor
• DELNo longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

True Form

• NEWNow also provides 50/90/130 bonus attack damage
• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 200 to 80-60%
• BUFFCooldown decreased from 100s to 60/55/50s-40%-45%-50%
• BUFFBonus Armor increased from 8/10/12 to 10/15/20+25%+50%+67%
• NERFDuration decreased from 40s to 25s-38%
• DELNo longer grants Entangling Claws and Demolish to Lone Druid

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +30 Spirit Bear Movement Speed replaced with +15 Entangle Root Damage Per Second
• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +200 Health replaced with -25s Summon Spirit Bear Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +7 Spirit Bear Armor replaced with +12 Agility
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +30 Entangling Claws DPS replaced with +55 Attack Speed
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +45 Spirit Link Attack Speed replaced with +0.6s Entangle Root Duration (also affects Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws)
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: -50s True Form Cooldown replaced with True Form provides 60% Slow Resistance

Spirit Bear

• NEWNow a Universal melee hero instead of a creep — base stats rescaled accordingly

• NEWNow interacts with other spells, mechanics and game systems as a hero
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  Attacks now count as melee hero attacks against: Roshan's Banner, Clinkz' Skeleton Archers, Lich's Ice Spire, Phoenix's Supernova, Pugna's Nether Ward, Templar Assassin's Psionic Traps, and Undying's Tombstone (already did hero damage to Shadow Shaman's Mass Serpent Wards, Couriers, Observer Wards and Sentry Wards)Can now be targeted or affected as a hero by: Axe's Culling Blade, Bounty Hunter's Track, Earth Spirit's Petrify, Legion Commander's Duel, Lion's Finger of Death, Mars' Spear of Mars, Necrophos' Reaper's Scythe, Slark's Pounce, Terrorblade's Reflection, Terrorblade's Sunder (only if the Bear is not Debuff Immune), and Underlord's Atrophy AuraAt the same time, Bounty Hunter will not steal Lone Druid's gold anymore by hitting Spirit Bear with Jinada or by using skills with Cutpurse facet on itDeath will not provide charges for: Urn of Shadows and its upgrades, Pudge's permanent Strength from Flesh Heap, Silencer's permanent Int from Brain Drain, Slark's permanent Agility from Essence Shift, and Storm Spirit's stacks for Galvanized (temporary attribute losses from Silencer's, Slark's and other similar spells still work)Can now capture Watchers and OutpostsCan now break enemy Smoke of DeceitStarts with a Town Portal Scroll on cooldown the first time it is summonedReceives a copy of Lone Druid's Neutral Item with an independent cooldownHas a separate Talent Tree
• MISCAbility order has been changed
  

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Demolish

• NEWAbility is now Innate to Spirit Bear
• BUFFBonus Building Damage rescaled from 10/20/30/40% to 30%+200%+50%0%-25%
• DELNo longer passively grants 33% magic resistance

Return

• QoLNow considered a Teleport for the "Teleport Requires Hold/Cancel to Stop" option

Entangling Claws

• REWORKAbility reworked.

Passive.

Spirit Bear's attacks have a chance to root the target (Entangle), preventing movement for 1/1.6/2.2/2.8s and dealing damage over the duration.

→

Passive. Pierces Debuff Immunity. Levels up with Lone Druid's Entangle.

Allows Spirit Bear to Entangle enemies once they gain 5 stacks of this ability. Entangled enemies are unable to move for 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s and take 60/70/80/90 damage per second. Spirit Bear's attacks are permanently empowered, applying 1 stack with each attack on enemy heroes. Enemies are protected from gaining new stacks while already Entangled.?Stacks are applied only to heroes, creep heroes and Roshan.

Fetch

• MISCAfter fetching an enemy, Spirit Bear will now have an attack command issued towards the target

Talents

• NEWLevel 10 Talents: +10% Magic Resistance OR +20 Movement Speed
• NEWLevel 15 Talents: +4 Armor OR Return Has No Cooldown and -0.5s Channel Time
• NEWLevel 20 Talents: +500 Health OR +30 Damage
• NEWLevel 25 Talents: +15% Damage to Entangled Units OR +20% Demolish Bonus Building Damage

Luna

Abilities

Lunar Orbit

• BUFFCollision Damage increased from 22/28/34/40% to 28/32/36/40%+27%+14%+6%0%
• BUFFFormation time decreased from 1.2s to 0.9s-25%
• BUFFRotation Radius decreased from 250 to 225?Not a nerf: combined with the Collision Radius increase, the outer reach is unchanged (250+175 = 225+200 = 425), while the dead zone right next to Luna shrinks from 75 to 25 — coverage shifts closer to her
• BUFFCollision Radius increased from 175 to 200+14%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: -40s Eclipse Cooldown replaced with +80 Lucent Beam Damage
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +110 Lucent Beam Damage replaced with -40s Eclipse Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +1 Lunar Blessing Damage per Level replaced with +30 Lunar Blessing Damage

Lycan

Abilities

Summon Wolves

• NERFWolf Damage decreased from 23/29/35/41/47/53 to 22/28/34/40/46/52-4%-3%-3%-2%-2%-2%

Shapeshift

• NERFHealth Bonus decreased from 250/350/450 to 225/325/425-10%-7%-6%

Magnus

STATS

• BUFFBase Damage increased by 1?Now it's 31. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 3 months ago)+3%
• BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 54–62 to 55–63+2%

Facets

Diminishing Return

• BUFFNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Abilities

Reverse Polarity

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 120s to 115s-4%

Marci

Facets

Fleeting Fury

• DELFacet removed

Mars

Abilities

God's Rebuke

• NERFBonus Damage vs Heroes decreased from 10/15/20/25 to 5/10/15/20-50%-33%-25%-20%

Talents

• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Arena of Blood Cooldown Reduction decreased from 20s to 16s-20%

Medusa

Abilities

Mana Shield

• NERFNo longer benefits from mana cost reduction effects

Talents

• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +1.5s Stone Gaze Duration replaced with +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley replaced with +2s Stone Gaze Duration

Meepo

Facets

More Meepo

• BUFFNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Mirana

Facets

Starstruck

• NERFStarstorm second meteor damage decreased from 100% to 70/80/90/100%-30%-20%-10%0%

Abilities

Starstorm

• BUFFSecond Meteor Damage increased from 60% to 70%+17%

Moonlight Shadow

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 140/120/100s to 120/110/100s-14%-8%0%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: -20s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown replaced with +200 Starstorm Damage
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +250 Starstorm Damage replaced with -30s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown

Monkey King

STATS

• BUFFBase Attack Time improved from 1.7s to 1.6s-6%
• NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 1. Before this patch it was changed in 7.32e (3 years 3 months ago)-50%
• NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 95-5%

Facets

Simian Stride

• BUFFNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Abilities

Tree Dance

• NERFStun duration from falling off the cut tree decreased from 4s to 3s-25%

Morphling

Facets

Flow

• MISCAdaptive Strike stun is no longer exclusive to this facet

Abilities

Adaptive Strike

• NEWNow stuns the target for 0.5s and up to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s when Morphling's Strength is 50% higher than his Agility
• NERFCast Range decreased from 600/700/800/900 to 600/675/750/8250%-4%-6%-8%

Muerta

STATS

• BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 3.4 to 3.6+6%

Abilities

The Calling

• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 140/155/170/185 to 135/150/165/180-4%-3%-3%-3%
• BUFFCast Range increased from 580 to 600+3%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +150 Health replaced with +20 Attack Speed

Naga Siren

STATS

• BUFFAgility gain increased from 3.3 to 3.4+3%
• NERFBase Intelligence decreased from 20 to 19-5%

Facets

Rip Tide

• BUFFRip Tide damage increased from 25/35/45/55 to 30/40/50/60+20%+14%+11%+9%

Deluge

• NERFCooldown increased from 10/9/8/7s to 13/11/9/7s+30%+22%+12%0%

Abilities

Ensnare

• REWORKCan no longer target invulnerable units unless this invulnerability is provided by Song of the Siren

Song of the Siren

• NERFMax HP Regen per second decreased from 2/3/4% to 1/2/3%-50%-33%-25%
• NERFAghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per second bonus decreased from 2% to 1%?Total Max HP Regen per second with Aghanim's Shard decreased from 4/5/6% to 2/3/4%-50%

Nature's Prophet

STATS

• NERFAgility gain decreased from 3 to 2.6-13%
• NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 4.1 to 3.9-5%

Abilities

Spirit of the Forest

• NERFBonus damage per tree decreased from 3% to 2%-33%

Nature's Call

• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 120 to 100-17%
• BUFFTreant attack range increased from 100 to 125+25%
• BUFFTreant damage increased from 15/23/31/39 to 16/24/32/40?From 13–17/21–25/29–33/37–41 to 14–18/22–26/30–34/38–42+7%+4%+3%+3%
• BUFFTreant movement speed increased from 300 to 305/310/315/320+2%+3%+5%+7%

Curse of the Oldgrowth

• NERFCurse radius decreased from 1200 to 900-25%

Necrophos

Facets

Profane Potency

• NERFSadist AOE per Kill reduced from 40 to 35-12%

Abilities

Reaper's Scythe

• NERFHP Regen per kill decreased from 2/4/6 to 1/2/3-50%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Death Pulse Heal increased from +50 to +60+20%
• NERFLevel 15 Talent: Ghost Shroud Slow decreased from +20% to +15%-25%
• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Heartstopper Regen Reduction decreased from +25% to +20%-20%

Night Stalker

Abilities

Heart of Darkness

• BUFFNo longer reduces Night Stalker's health regeneration by 20% during the day

Facets

Voidbringer

• BUFFNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Talents

• BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Crippling Fear DPS increased from +20 to +40+100%

Nyx Assassin

Abilities

Mind Flare

• NERFBonus Damage decreased from 20% to 15%-25%

Spiked Carapace

• BUFFStun Duration increased from 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6s to 0.7/1.0/1.3/1.6s+75%+25%+8%0%

Ogre Magi

STATS

• BUFFBase Damage increased by 1?Now it's 45. Before this patch it was changed in 7.33 (3 years 1 month ago)+2%
• BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 69–75 to 70–76+1%

Abilities

Bloodlust

• BUFFCast range increased from 600 to 650+8%
• DELCan no longer target invulnerable units?Can still target invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the previous ones are not destroyed)

Talents

• BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Bloodlust Attack Speed increased from +30 to +35+17%

Omniknight

STATS

• BUFFBase Armor increased by 1?Now it's 3. Before this patch it was changed in 7.30e (4 years 7 months ago)+50%

Abilities

Repel

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 55/50/45/40s to 50/45/40/35s-9%-10%-11%-12%

Hammer of Purity

• MISCNo longer disabled by Silence

Guardian Angel

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 110/100/90s to 100/90/80s-9%-10%-11%

Oracle

Abilities

Fortune's End

• MISCCan no longer target invulnerable units, but does affect invulnerable units in the AoE

Fate's Edict

• REWORKNo longer has separate effects for allies and enemies?Always disarms the target and grants them 100% magic damage resistance
• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 95/100/105/110 to 70-26%-30%-33%-36%
• BUFFCooldown decreased from 20/17/14/11s to 17/14/11/8s-15%-18%-21%-27%

Pangolier

Facets

Double Jump

• DELFacet removed

Thunderbolt

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Swashbuckle

• NEWNow briefly slows enemies movespeed on hit by 100% for 0.4s
• BUFFCooldown decreased from 21/18/15/12s to 20/17/14/11s-5%-6%-7%-8%

Shield Crash

• REWORKBarrier changed from 50/100/150/200 per enemy hero hit to 60/120/180/240 if any enemy hero is hit?If no enemy hero was hit, barrier is not provided
• BUFFCooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12s to 16/13/10/7s-11%-19%-29%-42%
• BUFFMana Cost rescaled from 70/80/90/100 to 75+7%-6%-17%-25%
• NERFBarrier Duration decreased from 10s to 6s-40%
• NERFDamage decreased from 70/130/190/250 to 50/100/150/200-29%-23%-21%-20%
• NERFAghanim's Scepter Swashbuckle damage decreased from 100% to 75%-25%
• DELNo longer slows enemies

Rolling Thunder

• NEWNow takes 1 second to reach full Roll Speed
• BUFFDuration rescaled from 10s to 9/10/11s-10%0%+10%
• DELNo longer decreases the cooldown of Shield Crash

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +90 Shield Crash Barrier Per Hero replaced with +125 Shield Crash Barrier
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +15% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage replaced with -2s Swashbuckle Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +125 Shield Crash Radius and Damage replaced with -1.5s Shield Crash Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: -4s Swashbuckle Cooldown replaced with +20% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage

Phantom Assassin

Abilities

Blur

• BUFFActive Movement Speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/9/12/15%+100%+50%+33%+25%

Phantom Strike

• REWORK11/9/7/5s cooldown replaced with 2 charges with 21/18/15/12s base charge restore time?% compares time between uses; in exchange Phantom Strike gains a second charge (two casts back-to-back)+91%+100%+114%+140%

Phantom Lancer

STATS

• BUFFAgility gain increased from 2.8 to 3.4+21%

Facets

Divergence

• DELFacet removed

Lancelot

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Illusory Armaments

• REWORKInnate reworked.

Passive.

Bonus attack damage from items is converted into base damage — 100% for Phantom Lancer and 65% for his illusions — so his illusions benefit from his damage items.

→

Passive.

Whenever an illusion of Phantom Lancer is created, it can't have less than 18% + 2% per 3 level ups of Phantom Lancer's damage for 3s.

Phantom Rush

• NEWNow provides 20/30/40/50% evasion while rushing
• BUFFCooldown rescaled from 13/10/7/4s to 15/11/7/3s+15%+10%0%-25%
• DELNo Longer provides bonus Agility while active
• DELNo longer has a 2s linger effect?Evasion bonus is lost once the target is reached or the rush is cancelled

Juxtapose

• NERFIllusion Damage decreased from 15/17/19% to 15%0%-12%-21%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +10 Phantom Rush Agility replaced with +3% Juxtapose Illusion Trigger Chance
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: -1s Spirit Lance Cooldown replaced with +125 Doppelganger Cast Range
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +2.5s Phantom Rush Bonus Agility Duration replaced with 50% Illusion Spirit Lance Damage?Spirit Lances fired from illusions deal 50% of the regular damage, which is then further reduced by the illusion's outgoing damage multiplier
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +6% Juxtapose Damage replaced with -70% Juxtapose Illusion Damage Taken
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +15% Spirit Lance Illusion Damage replaced with +100 Spirit Lance Damage
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: +20% Illusory Armaments Damage replaced with +2s Illusory Armaments Duration

Phoenix

Abilities

Sun Ray

• BUFFHealth Cost per second decreased from 6% to 5%-17%
• BUFFMax Damage rescaled from 1.25/2.75/4.5/6.75% to 1.5/3/4.5/6%+20%+9%0%-11%
• NERFBase Damage per second rescaled from 14/20/26/32 to 15/20/25/30+7%0%-4%-6%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Health Regen increased from +20 to +25+25%

Primal Beast

Facets

Ferocity

• NERFPulverize AoE bonus per slam decreased from 25% to 20%-20%

Puck

Abilities

Puckish

• DELNo longer applies when disjointing attacks from buildings

Talents

• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Waning Rift Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2.5s-17%

Pugna

Facets

Siphoning Ward

• NERFNether Ward damage to Heal decreased from 25% to 20%-20%
• NERFNether Ward damage to Mana decreased from 30% to 20%-33%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Nether Blast Damage increased from +180 to +200+11%
• NERFLevel 15 Talent: Health decreased from +350 to +300-14%
• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Life Drain Heal decreased from +20% to +15%-25%

Queen of Pain

Facets

Bondage

• NERFReturning Spell Damage decreased from 20% to 16%-20%

Razor

Facets

Thunderhead

• NERFEye of the Storm Storm Surge cooldown reduction decreased from 2.5s to 2s-20%

Abilities

Storm Surge

• BUFFChance to Strike increased from 18% to 20%+11%
• BUFFStrike Cooldown decreased from 3s to 2.5s-17%

Riki

Facets

Contract Killer

• DELFacet removed

Exterminator

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Backstab

• NEWNow works on allied units at 25% effectiveness
• REWORKNo longer levels with Cloak and Dagger
• REWORKDamage is now done as a separate instance of damage instead of a part of the attack damage
• NERFAgility Damage Multiplier rescaled from 0.55/0.9/1.25/1.6 to 0.6 + 0.05 per Riki's level up-59%start+31%end

Blink Strike

• REWORK2 charges with 25/21/17/13s base restore time replaced with 13/10/7/4s cooldown?% compares time between uses; note the second charge (burst potential) is gone-48%-52%-59%-69%
• REWORKBonus 40/55/70/85 magic damage replaced with 15/30/45/60 bonus physical damage on attack?% compares raw numbers; physical damage scales differently (reduced by armor instead of magic resistance)-62%-45%-36%-29%

Tricks of the Trade

• NEWNow attacks 2 random targets by default
• NEWNow also allows to hide within allied creeps
• NEWNow increases ability duration by 1s and attack count by 2, but only when Riki hides within an ally?No longer increases attack count on non-ally casts
• NEWNow provides 15% bonus movement speed to the ally Riki's hiding in
• REWORK40% Attack Damage replaced with 30/50/70/90 flat damage?Still applies bonus damage from Backstab, but as a separate instance of damage now
• REWORKAghanim's Scepter slightly reworked?No longer increases the number of targets attacked
• NERFMana Cost rescaled from 45/55/65/75 to 65+44%+18%0%-13%
• NERFCooldown increased from 18/16/14/12s to 21/18/15/12s+17%+12%+7%0%
• NERFRadius decreased from 450 to 425-6%
• DELNo longer provides bonus Agility

Cloak and Dagger

• NEWNow grants 130/260/390 experience when getting a hero kill and 100 experience when getting a hero assist

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +50 Tricks of the Trade Agility replaced with 15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
• REWORKLevel 20 Talent: -4s Blink Strike Replenish Time replaced with -1s Blink Strike Cooldown
• REWORKLevel 25 Talent: Tricks of the Trade Applies a Basic Dispel replaced with +500 Blink Strike Cast Range

Ringmaster

Abilities

Wheel of Wonder

• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 175/275/375 to 150/225/300-14%-18%-20%

Rubick

STATS

• BUFFBase damage increased by 1?Now it's 26. Before this patch it was changed in 7.37d (1 year 8 months ago)+4%
• BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 49–55 to 50–56+2%

Abilities

Telekinesis

• MISCLand sub-ability no longer cancels channeling or interrupts movement

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +0.5s Telekinesis Lift/Stun Duration replaced with +20% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction

Sand King

Talents

• BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Burrowstrike Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s+50%
• NERFLevel 25 Talent: Epicenter Pulses decreased from +10 to +8-20%

Shadow Demon

Abilities

Disruption

• NERFBonus Base Damage decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65-20%-12%-9%-7%

Demonic Purge

• DELCan no longer target invulnerable units

Demonic Cleanse

• DELCan no longer target invulnerable units

Shadow Fiend

STATS

• BUFFAgility gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6+3%

Abilities

Necromastery

• BUFFSouls on hero kills increased from 3 to 4+33%

Shadow Shaman

Facets

Massive Serpent Ward

• NERFMass Serpent Ward health and bounty multiplier decreased from 10x to 9x?Hits to destroy decreased from 20 to 18, Gold Bounty decreased from 220–300 to 198–270, XP Bounty decreased from 310 to 279-10%

Abilities

Shackles

• BUFFTotal Damage/Heal increased from 70/140/210/280 to 100/160/220/280+43%+14%+5%0%

Mass Serpent Ward

• BUFFCooldown decreased from 110s to 110/105/100s0%-5%-9%

Silencer

Facets

Synaptic Split

• BUFFNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses

Abilities

Arcane Curse

• NERFSilenced Multiplier decreased from 1.5 to 1.25-17%

Glaives of Wisdom

• BUFFInt Steal increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5+100%+50%+33%+25%
• BUFFInt Steal Duration rescaled from 20/25/30/35s to 10/20/30/40s-50%-20%0%+14%

Talents

• NERFLevel 10 Talent: Arcane Curse Penalty Multiplier decreased from +0.5 to +0.25-50%

Skywrath Mage

Talents

• BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Concussive Shot Slow increased from +15% to +20%+33%
• NERFLevel 15 Talent: Ancient Seal Cooldown Reduction decreased from 7s to 6s-14%

Slardar

Abilities

Slithereen Crush

• BUFFPuddle radius increased from 250 to 325+30%
• NERFAghanim's Scepter Crush puddle radius decreased from 450 to 400-11%

Bash of the Deep

• NERFBash Duration decreased from 1.1s to 1s-9%
• NERFBonus Damage decreased from 50/100/150/200 to 35/90/145/200-30%-10%-3%0%

Talents

• BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Seaborn Sentinel Bonus Damage increased from +12 to +14+17%

Slark

Facets

Leeching Leash

• DELFacet removed

Dark Reef Renegade

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Barracuda

• DELInnate ability removed?Effect moved to the Ultimate

Essence Shift

• NEWNow an innate ability. Passive, improves with Slark's level
• NERFDuration rescaled from 15/35/55/75s to 15s + 2.5s each time Slark levels up-80%start+17%end

Pounce

• NEWNow applies 1/2/3/4 Essence Shift stacks when leashing an enemy hero

Saltwater Shiv

• NEWNew ability.

New basic ability — passive, auto-cast attack modifier.

Slark slices the target with his salty shiv, stealing 3 Movement Speed, 3 Health Regen and 3/4/5/6% Health Restoration from them with each attack. Subsequent uses refresh the duration of all shiv stacks. Steal duration: 6/8/10/12s. Mana Cost: 20. Cooldown: 10/8/6/4s.?Not Breakable. Disabled by Silence. Has no stack limit. Ignores attack backswing. Enemies with Health Restoration below −100% will not lose health from health-restoration sources.

Shadow Dance

• NEWNow passively grants 24/36/48% movement speed and 60/90/120 health regen when unseen?Previous Barracuda rules and mechanics unchanged

Depth Shroud

• NERFDuration decreased from 3s to 2s-33%

Talents

• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +50 Barracuda Regen replaced with +30 Shadow Dance Regen
• BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Dark Pact Cooldown Reduction increased from 0.5s to 0.75s+50%
• BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Shadow Dance Duration increased from +1.25s to +1.5s+20%

Snapfire

Abilities

Buckshot

• MISCNow affects only attacks made on enemy heroes?Attacks on non-heroes can still ricochet on miss, but they won't have extra damage or glance chance

Firesnap Cookie

• NERFMana Cost increased from 85/90/95/100 to 105+24%+17%+11%+5%
• NERFAghanim's Shard Mortimer Kiss damage decreased from 50% to 40%-20%

Lil' Shredder

• NERFBase Damage per shot decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65-20%-12%-9%-7%

Sniper

Abilities

Assassinate

• BUFFAttack Damage increased from 100% to 100/110/120%0%+10%+20%
• DELCan no longer target invulnerable units

Spectre

STATS

• NEWNow an Agility Hero?Base attributes and attribute gains are unchanged
• BUFFBase Attack Speed increased from 90 to 110+22%
• NERFDamage gain per level decreased from +2.8 to +2.1-25%
• NERFDamage at level 30 decreased by 27 (from 149–153 to 122–126)-18%
• NERFBase Attack Time worsened from 1.7s to 1.8s+6%
• MISCBase Damage increased by 2?Now it's 23. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 3 months ago)
  Damage at level 1 unchanged (48–52)+10%

Facets

Forsaken

• DELFacet removed

Twist the Knife

• DELFacet removed

Abilities

Spectral

• DELInnate ability removed

Desolate

• NEWNow an innate ability. Passive, improves with Spectre's level
• NERFDamage rescaled from 25/40/55/70 to 25 + 2 every time Spectre levels up-64%start+19%end

Spectral Dagger

• NEWSpectre's illusions now also benefit from the Shadow Path
• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 110/120/130/140 to 100/110/120/130-9%-8%-8%-7%

Shadow Step

• REWORKAbility reworked.

Ultimate.

Spectre performs a single-target Haunt, creating an uncontrollable illusion that attacks the target for 40/60/80% of her damage and takes 200% damage. Duration: 5/6/7s. Mana Cost: 150. Cooldown: 80/60/40s.

The Reality sub-ability teleports Spectre to the illusion.

→

Basic ability.

Thrusts an uncontrollable illusion that follows the target and attacks it for 20/30/40/50% of Spectre's damage. The illusion exists for 3.5/4/4.5/5s and takes 200% damage. On cast it moves at 900 speed, then at 135% of Spectre's movement speed after reaching the target. Cast Range: 700/850/1000/1150. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75. Cooldown: 32/28/24/20s.

The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it.

Dispersion

• BUFFMin Radius increased from 300 to 350+17%

Reality

• NEWNow has a 0.2s travel time to reach the target. The illusion and Spectre are invulnerable during this time
• NEWNow disabled by roots
• NEWNow always destroys the target illusion
• BUFFMana Cost decreased from 40 to 25-38%
• QoLCan no longer be cast to no effect
• QoLNow has a distinct sound between casts on Shadow Step and Haunt illusions

Haunt

• NEWNow Spectre's ultimate ability
• NEWAghanim's Scepter: Reduces Haunt cooldown by 20s. When Reality is used on Haunt illusion for the first time per Haunt cast, enemies are Feared away from Spectre for 1.5s with 50% reduced move speed in a 400 AoE around the targeted illusion
• BUFFMana Cost rescaled from 150 to 125/150/175-17%0%+17%
• BUFFDuration rescaled from 6s to 5/6/7s-17%0%+17%
• BUFFCooldown rescaled from 160s to 180/160/140s+12%0%-12%
• NERFHaunt Outgoing Damage decreased from 80% to 30/55/80%-62%-31%0%
• MISCEach illusion now spawns from the direction closest to Spectre

Talents

• REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +5 Health Regen replaced with +10 Desolate Damage
• REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +15 Desolate Damage replaced with +1s Shadow Step Duration
• BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Spectral Dagger Slow/Bonus increased from +12% to +15%+25%
• NERFLevel 25 Talent: All Spectre Illusion Damage decreased from +25% to +20%-20%

Spirit Breaker

Abilities

Charge of Darkness

• BUFFStun Duration increased from 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1s to 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2s+8%+7%+6%+5%
• NERFAghanim's Shard bonus speed decreased from +100 to +85-15%

Talents

• NERFLevel 20 Talent: Bulldoze barrier decreased from 400 to 375-6%

Storm Spirit

Abilities

Galvanized

• BUFFCharge loss on death decreased from 3 to 2-33%

Overload

• BUFFAttack Speed Slow increased from 80 to 90+12%

Sven

Abilities

Storm Hammer

• BUFFAghanim's Scepter now also increases projectile speed by 25%?From 1000 to 1250+25%
• NERFAghanim's Scepter cast range bonus changed from +350 to +25%?Decreased from +350 to +150-57%
• DELAghanim's Scepter no longer allows targeting invulnerable units, but still affects invulnerable units in the radius