Item Updates

  • QoLBerserk now shows the overhead "Silenced" text when active
  • NERFShadow Walk debuff duration decreased from 6s to 5s-17%
  • NERFSoul Release will gain charges only for Spirit Vessel if the same hero has both Spirit Vessel and Urn of Shadows
  • DELSoul Release can no longer gain charges on multiple copies of this item if the copies are on the same hero

Hero Updates

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Aphotic Shield HP Regen decreased from +10 to +8-20%
Axe
Axe

Talents

  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Battle Hunger Damage Per Second decreased from +12 to +10-17%

Abilities

Flamebreak

Flamebreak

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 110/115/120/125 to 1100%-4%-8%-12%

GENERAL

  • BUFFAgility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.0?Damage gain per level increased from 3.0 to 3.1+5%

Abilities

Wild Axes

Wild Axes

  • BUFFDamage Amp per stack increased from 6/8/10/12% to 7/9/11/13%+17%+12%+10%+8%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Strength increased from 23 to 24?Damage at level 1 increased from 52–59 to 53–60+4%

Abilities

Liquid Courage

Liquid Courage

  • BUFFMax Speed Increase increased from 25% to 30%+20%
Thunder Clap

Thunder Clap

  • BUFFRadius increased from 375 to 400+7%
Drunken Brawler

Drunken Brawler

  • BUFFBrewed Up extend duration increased from 1s to 2s+100%
  • MISCToggling is no longer disabled by silence
Primal Split

Primal Split

  • NEWEarth Brewling's Earth Element now also provides 80% Slow Resistance

Abilities

Viscous Nasal Goo

Viscous Nasal Goo

  • BUFFBase Movement Slow increased from 10% to 12%+20%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +10 to +8-20%
  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance decreased from +25% to +20%-20%
  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Spin Web Move Speed decreased from +14% to +7%-50%
  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: BAT Reduction During Insatiable Hunger decreased from 0.25s to 0.2s-20%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 305 to 300-2%

Abilities

Work Horse

Work Horse

  • NERFTotal Duration decreased from 7s to 6s-14%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Strength decreased from +12 to +10-17%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Strength increased from 17 to 18+6%

Abilities

Infernal Shred

Infernal Shred

  • BUFFDebuff per Clinkz' attack increased from 2% to 3%+50%
Strafe

Strafe

  • NEWNow also applies to skeletons that were created after the cast
  • BUFFAttack Speed Bonus increased from 100/140/180/220 to 120/160/200/240+20%+14%+11%+9%
Searing Arrows

Searing Arrows

  • BUFFBonus Damage increased from 18/32/46/60 to 20/35/50/65+11%+9%+9%+8%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +1 Death Pact Charge replaced with -10s Death Pact Charge Restore Time

Abilities

Poison Touch

Poison Touch

  • NERFSlow decreased from 16/18/20/22% to 13/16/19/22%-19%-11%-5%0%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Shallow Grave Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s-25%

Abilities

Exorcism

Exorcism

  • BUFFSpirits increased from 10/17/24 to 10/18/260%+6%+8%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Spirit Siphon Damage/Heal increased from +25 to +30+20%

GENERAL

  • BUFFStrength gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6+3%

GENERAL

  • NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.9 to 2.8-3%

Facets

Sidestep

  • NERFMovement speed penalty increased from 25% to 35%+40%

Abilities

Glacier

Glacier

  • NERFCooldown increased from 20s to 25s+25%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Frost Arrows Mana Cost Reduction decreased from 25% to 18%-28%

Abilities

Black Hole

Black Hole

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter Pull AoE decreased from 1200 to 1000-17%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 21 to 24?Damage at level 1 unchanged (58–64)+14%
  • NERFBase Damage decreased by 3?Now it's 34. Before this patch it was changed in 7.28 (5 years 11 months ago)-8%

Facets

Cauterize

  • NERFMax HP heal per debuff decreased from 5% to 4%-20%

Abilities

Berserker's Blood

Berserker's Blood

  • NERFHP for Max bonus decreased from 12% to 10%-17%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Lifesteal decreased from +15% to +12%-20%
  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Life Break Damage decreased from +25% to +22%-12%

Facets

Mind of Tornarus

  • NERFTornado Aghanim's Scepter Twister Duration decreased by 0.5s from 3.2-5.0s to 2.7-4.5s-16%start-10%end
  • NERFE.M.P. Aghanim's Shard burn damage decreased from 90% to 80%-11%

Abilities

Liquid Fire

Liquid Fire

  • NERFBurn Damage decreased from 20/30/40/50 to 15/25/35/45-25%-17%-12%-10%
Liquid Frost

Liquid Frost

  • NERFImpact Damage rescaled from 15/20/25/30 to 8/16/24/32-47%-20%-4%+7%

Abilities

Healing Ward

Healing Ward

  • NERFDuration decreased from 25s to 18/20/22/24s-28%-20%-12%-4%
Omnislash

Omnislash

  • NERFSlashes Rate Multiplier decreased from 1.5 to 1.4-7%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Blade Dance Lifesteal decreased from +50% to +40%-20%
Kez
Kez

Abilities

Switch Discipline

Switch Discipline

  • BUFFKatana Bonus Agility Base Damage increased from 12% to 16%+33%
  • NERFKatana Base Attack Time worsened from 1.8s to 1.9s+6%
  • MISCCan no longer be disabled by Silence
Falcon Rush

Falcon Rush

  • NERFEcho Attack Damage decreased from 35/40/45/50% to 30/35/40/45%-14%-12%-11%-10%
  • DELCan no longer rush towards buildings or trigger on them

Talents

  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Attack Speed During Falcon Rush decreased from +60 to +40-33%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 25 Talent: Tidebringer Cleave Damage increased from +120% to +130%+8%

Abilities

Catchy Lick

Catchy Lick

  • BUFFEnemy Pull Distance increased from 210/240/270/300 to 235/265/295/325+12%+10%+9%+8%
  • BUFFBonus Health Regen increased from 4/6/8/10 to 4/7/10/130%+17%+25%+30%
Croak of Genius

Croak of Genius

  • BUFFDuration is no longer decreased on Largo from his own abilities
  • NERFReverberated damage is now only applied if the target is within 2000 range of the caster

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Catchy Lick Damage increased from +140 to +170+21%

Facets

Spoils of War

  • NERFDuration on allies after Duel win decreased from 50% to 25%?From 2.5s to 1.25s-50%

Abilities

Press The Attack

Press The Attack

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100 to 90-10%
  • BUFFBonus Move Speed increased from 10/14/18/22% to 13/16/19/22%+30%+14%+6%0%
Duel

Duel

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter duration bonus decreased from +2s to +1.5s?Total Duration decreased from 6/6.5/7s to 5.5/6/6.5s-25%

GENERAL

  • NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.0 to 1.7-15%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Strength increased from 18 to 20+11%
  • BUFFBase Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300+2%

Abilities

Entangle

Entangle

  • BUFFRoot Damage per second increased from 60/70/80/90 to 90+50%+29%+12%0%
  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 24/22/20/18s to 20/19/18/17s-17%-14%-10%-6%
Savage Roar

Savage Roar

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 38/32/26/20s to 29/26/23/20s-24%-19%-12%0%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Entangle Root Damage Per Second increased from +15 to +20+33%

GENERAL

  • BUFFGold/Experience Bounty changed from 300 to 175 + 8 per Spirit Bear level up-42%start+36%end

Abilities

Entangling Claws

Entangling Claws

  • BUFFRoot Damage per second increased from 60/70/80/90 to 90+50%+29%+12%0%

GENERAL

  • BUFFStrength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.2?Damage gain per level increased from 3.2 to 3.3+7%

Abilities

Rebound

Rebound

  • BUFFRadius increased from 275 to 300+9%
Unleash

Unleash

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 90/75/60s to 80/70/60s-11%-7%0%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: +75 Rebound Landing Radius decreased to +50-33%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Agility decreased from 20 to 18-10%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 15 Talent: God's Rebuke Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 2.5s+25%
  • BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Spear of Mars Stun increased from +0.4 to +0.5s+25%

Abilities

Dig

Dig

  • NERFNow has a 0.3s cast point
MegaMeepo

MegaMeepo

  • NERFPoof damage factor per additional Meepo decreased from 100% to 75%-25%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Poof Cast Duration Reduction decreased from 1s to 0.75s-25%

Abilities

Wukong's Command

Wukong's Command

  • BUFFDuration increased from 13s to 14s+8%
  • BUFFAghanim's Scepter Soldier Duration increased from 12s to 15s+25%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase armor increased by 1?Now it's -1. Before this patch it was changed in 7.23b (6 years 11 months ago)+50%

Abilities

Gunslinger

Gunslinger

  • MISCToggling is no longer disabled by silence

Abilities

Ghost Shroud

Ghost Shroud

  • BUFFRestoration Amplification rescaled from 45/55/65/75% to 55/60/65/70%+22%+9%0%-7%

Abilities

Repel

Repel

  • NERFBonus Strength decreased from 7/14/21/28 to 6/12/18/24-14%

Abilities

Sanity's Eclipse

Sanity's Eclipse

  • DELNo longer deals bonus damage to illusions
Essence Flux

Essence Flux

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter barrier duration decreased from 15s to 12s-20%

GENERAL

  • BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 2.2 to 2.5?Damage gain per level increased from 3.6 to 3.8+14%
  • BUFFBase Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300+2%

Abilities

Swashbuckle

Swashbuckle

  • BUFFCast Range and Dash Range increased from 400/500/600/700 to 575/650/725/800+44%+30%+21%+14%
  • BUFFSlash Range increased from 700 to 850+21%
  • BUFFDamage per Strike increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/65/95/125+17%+8%+6%+4%
Shield Crash

Shield Crash

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 16/13/10/7s to 15/12/9/6s-6%-8%-10%-14%
Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

  • BUFFDuration increased from 9/10/11s to 10/11/12s+11%+10%+9%
  • BUFFDamage increased from 75/150/225 to 100/200/300+33%
  • BUFFMagic Resistance increased from 60% to 80%+33%
Roll Up

Roll Up

  • BUFFMagic Resistance increased from 60% to 80%+33%

Abilities

Fan of Knives

Fan of Knives

  • NEWNow pierces Debuff Immunity

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Phantom Strike Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.6s+20%

Abilities

Spirit Lance

Spirit Lance

  • BUFFDamage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 100/160/220/280+43%+14%+5%0%
Phantom Rush

Phantom Rush

  • MISCToggling is no longer disabled by silence

Abilities

Onslaught

Onslaught

  • BUFFStun Duration rescaled from 0.8/1/1.2/1.4s to 0.7/1/1.3/1.6s-13%0%+8%+14%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: Basic Self-Dispel on Uproar Cast replaced with +6 Uproar Armor Per Stack?TalentLevelValueUproar Armor Per Stack20 → 15+7 → +6 −14%Basic Self-Dispel on Uproar Cast15 → 20same
  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +7 Uproar Armor Per Stack replaced with Basic Self-Dispel on Uproar Cast?TalentLevelValueBasic Self-Dispel on Uproar Cast15 → 20sameUproar Armor Per Stack20 → 15+7 → +6 −14%

Facets

Fresh Meat

  • NERFStrength increase decreased from 2/4/6 to 2/3/40%-25%-33%

Abilities

Meat Hook

Meat Hook

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 110 to 120+9%

Abilities

Life Drain

Life Drain

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 100/150/200 to 115/160/205+15%+7%+2%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Health decreased from +300 to +250-17%

Abilities

Tricks of the Trade

Tricks of the Trade

  • BUFFAttack Damage rescaled from 30/50/70/90 to 25/50/75/100-17%0%+7%+11%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Impalement Arts Impact Damage increased from +75 to +85+13%

Abilities

Disseminate

Disseminate

  • NERFCast Range decreased from 700/800/900/1000 to 700/775/850/9250%-3%-6%-8%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Strength decreased from +10 to +8-20%

Abilities

Necromastery

Necromastery

  • BUFFBase Max Souls increased from 20 to 20/22/24/260%+10%+20%+30%
  • DELRemoved Aghanim's Scepter.
Necromastery: Increases max souls to 25.
Requiem of Souls: Reduces cooldown and causes Requiem of Souls to return back to Shadow Fiend. The wave back to Shadow Fiend deals less damage, but heals Shadow Fiend for all the damage it dealt.
Cooldown
90/80/70s
Heal on return
100%
Damage on return
60%
Max Souls
25
→
Requiem of Souls: Reduces cooldown and causes Requiem of Souls to return back to Shadow Fiend. The wave back to Shadow Fiend deals less damage, but heals Shadow Fiend for all the damage it dealt.
Cooldown
90/80/70s
Heal on return
100%
Damage on return
60%
Requiem of Souls

Requiem of Souls

  • BUFFMagic Resist Reduction rescaled from 5/10/15% to 10%+100%0%-33%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Attack Speed increased from +20 to +25+25%

Abilities

Saltwater Shiv

Saltwater Shiv

  • BUFFDuration increased from 6/8/10/12s to 12s+100%+50%+20%0%
  • BUFFStack Regen Steal rescaled from 3 to 2/3/4/5-33%0%+33%+67%
  • BUFFStack Speed Steal rescaled from 3 to 2/3/4/5-33%0%+33%+67%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 25 to 26?Damage at level 1 increased from 48–52 to 49–53+4%
  • BUFFAgility gain increased from 2.1 to 2.4+14%

Abilities

Shadow Step

Shadow Step

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 32/28/24/20s to 30/26/22/18s-6%-7%-8%-10%
  • BUFFCast Range increased from 700/850/1000/1150 to 750/900/1050/1200+7%+6%+5%+4%
  • BUFFIllusion Damage increased from 20/30/40/50% to 32/38/44/50%+60%+27%+10%0%
Dispersion

Dispersion

  • BUFFDamage Reflected increased from 7/11/15/19% to 8/12/16/20%+14%+9%+7%+5%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Desolate Damage increased from +10 to +12+20%

Abilities

Proximity Mines

Proximity Mines

  • BUFFCast range increased from 400 to 450+12%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase agility increased from 22 to 23?Damage at level 1 increased from 48–54 to 49–55+5%

Abilities

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 155/150/145/140s to 145/140/135/130s-6%-7%-7%-7%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Metamorphosis Cooldown Reduction decreased from 20s to 10s-50%

Facets

Krill Eater

  • NERFStrength gain decreased from 4.1 to 3.9-5%

Abilities

Dead in the Water

Dead in the Water

  • DELNo longer deals 100 damage

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Anchor Smash Damage Reduction decreased from +20% to +10%-50%
  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash now deals 50% less damage on the triggered Anchor Smash and is now considered reflection damage

Abilities

Whirling Death

Whirling Death

  • NERFStat Loss Duration decreased from 12/13/14/15s to 11/12/13/14s-8%-8%-7%-7%
  • NERFBase Damage decreased from 85/130/175/220 to 75/120/165/210-12%-8%-6%-5%
Reactive Armor

Reactive Armor

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter effect radius decreased from 600 to 450-25%

Abilities

Laser

Laser

  • QoLNow shows the overhead "Blinded" text over affected units

Abilities

Tree Grab

Tree Grab

  • BUFFSplash Damage increased from 55/70/85/100% to 70/80/90/100%+27%+14%+6%0%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Armor increased by 1?Now it's 1. Before this patch it was changed in 7.39e (1 year 1 month ago)+1

Abilities

Nature's Guise

Nature's Guise

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 50s - 3s per 2 level ups to 35s - 1s per level up-30%start-25%end
Living Armor

Living Armor

  • BUFFDamage Blocked increased from 100 to 120+20%
  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 30/25/20/15s to 24/21/18/15s-20%-16%-10%0%
Overgrowth

Overgrowth

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter Cooldown increased from 80/70/60s to 85/75/65s+6%+7%+8%

Abilities

Battle Stance

Battle Stance

  • MISCToggling is no longer disabled by silence

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 15 Talent: Firestorm Cooldown Reduction increased from 3s to 4s+33%

Facets

Bear Down

  • NERFDuration Bonus rescaled from 14/16/18/20% to 15%+7%-6%-17%-25%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +5 Fury Swipes Damage replaced with +0.5% Maul Health as Damage?TalentLevelValue+0.5% Maul Health as Damage20 → 15sameFury Swipes Damage15 → 20+5 → +6 +20%
  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +0.5% Maul Health as Damage replaced with +6 Fury Swipes Damage?TalentLevelValueFury Swipes Damage15 → 20+5 → +6 +20%+0.5% Maul Health as Damage20 → 15same
  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Earthshock Radius decreased from +400 to +300-25%

Facets

Caustic Bath

  • NERFMax bonus effect decreased from 100% to 75%-25%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +20 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second replaced with +10% Poison Attack Slow/Damage?TalentLevelValuePoison Attack Slow/Damage15 → 10+15% → +10% −33%+20 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second10 → 15same
  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +15% Poison Attack Slow/Damage replaced with +20 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second?TalentLevelValue+20 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second10 → 15samePoison Attack Slow/Damage15 → 10+15% → +10% −33%
  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Nethertoxin Min/Max Damage decreased from +40 to +30-25%

Abilities

Aether Remnant

Aether Remnant

  • NERFRemnant Lifetime decreased from 20s to 17s-15%

Abilities

Eldritch Summoning

Eldritch Summoning

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

Talents

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

Facets

Tangled

  • NERFBonus damage per hero decreased from 40 to 35-12%

Abilities

Powershot

Powershot

  • NERFSlow duration decreased from 4s to 3s-25%
Windrun

Windrun

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter physical damage reduction decreased from 45% to 35%-22%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: HP/s Cold Embrace Heal decreased from +25 to +20-20%
  • NERFLevel 15 Talent: Splinter Blast Shatter Radius decreased from +300 to +250-17%
  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Splinter Blast Stun Duration decreased from +1.25s to +1s-20%

Facets

Cleft Death

  • NERFDamage decreased from 55/90/125 to 55/85/1150%-6%-8%

Abilities

Death Ward

Death Ward

  • NERFDamage decreased from 60/95/130 to 60/90/1200%-5%-8%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 25 Talent: Death Ward Damage decreased from +45 to +40-11%

Facets

Bone Guard

  • NERFSkeleton movement speed decreased from 350 to 340-3%

Abilities

Static Field

Static Field

  • BUFFCurrent HP Damage increased from 2.5/3/3.5/4% to 2.5/3.25/4/4.75%0%+8%+14%+19%
Official notes
Released23.12.2025 23:04 UTC
Ran30 days
After 7.407 days