General Updates
Mechanics
- NERFUnits with flying vision no longer ignore vision restrictions of Roshan's pits. They can no longer see into them from outside and vice versa
- Affects Clockwerk during Jetpack, Drow Ranger's Glacier, Monkey King during Tree Dance, Night Stalker during Dark Ascension, Treant Protector's Eyes in the Forest, and Visage's Familiars
Map Objectives
Tormentor
- BUFFAlleviation: Max health regen increased from 2% to 2.25%+12%
- BUFFAlleviation: Duration increased from 10s to 15s+50%
Item Updates
Bloodstone
- BUFFHealth bonus increased from +600 to +625 ?Note:This change is wrongly stated. The real change is 650 → 625 -4%+4%
- NERFBloodpact cooldown increased from 30s to 35s+17%
- NERFSpell Weakness Aura damage from spells taken decreased from 12% to 10%-17%
Boots of Bearing
- NERFSwiftness Aura allied movement speed decreased from 20 to 15-25%
Crella's Crozier
- BUFFRite of Rumusque movement speed steal increased from 5% to 6%+20%
Disperser
- NERFSuppress duration decreased from 5s to 4s-20%
Essence Distiller
- BUFFSoul Release radius when ground targeted increased from 400 to 450+12%
Harpoon
- NERFDraw Forth can no longer move the Harpoon caster if they are rooted/leashed/bound
- Still affects rooted/leashed/bound targets
Heart of Tarrasque
- NERFRecipe cost increased from 600 to 700+17%
- NERFTotal cost increased from 5100g to 5200g+2%
Mage Slayer
- NERFMage Slayer damage per second decreased from 40 to 35-12%
Silver Edge
- NERFShadow Walk bonus movement speed decreased from 25% to 22%-12%
- NERFShadow Walk cooldown increased from 20s to 22s+10%
Shiva's Guard
- NERFFreezing Aura attack speed reduction decreased from 45 to 40-11%
Soul Ring
- NERFCooldown increased from 25s to 30s+20%
Specialist's Array
- BUFFAgility bonus increased from +12 to +15+25%
Neutral Item Updates
Crude
- NERFIntelligence penalty increased from 6% to 9%+50%
Greedy
- NERFMana bonus decreased from 200/250 to 150/200-25%-20%
Tough
- NERFDamage bonus decreased from +7/10/13/16 to +6/9/12/15-14%-10%-8%-6%
Hero Updates
Abaddon
STATS
- BUFFBase Intelligence increased by 1?Now it's 19. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 3 months ago)
Damage at level 1 unchanged at 49-59+6%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10: Curse of Avernus DPS increased from +25 to +30+20%
Alchemist
Abilities
Greevil's Greed
- NERFBonus base/max Extra Gold per melted Scepter decreased from +6 to +3-50%
Acid Spray
- NERFCooldown rescaled from 22/21/20/19s to 21s-5%0%+5%+11%
Chemical Rage
- NERFBonus Health Regen decreased from 60/90/120 to 50/85/120-17%-6%0%
Ancient Apparition
Abilities
Ice Blast
- BUFFPath Radius increased from 275 to 300+9%
- BUFFBase Area of Effect Radius increased from 275 to 300+9%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 20: Chilling Touch Damage increased from +80 to +100+25%
Anti-Mage
Abilities
Persecutor
- BUFFMinimum mana threshold for slow improved from 50% to 60%+20%
Arc Warden
STATS
- BUFFBase Agility increased from 20 to 22+10%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 51-57 to 52-58+2%
Bane
Abilities
Brain Sap
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 120/130/140/150 to 105/120/135/150-12%-8%-4%0%
Batrider
STATS
- NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 320 to 310-3%
Abilities
Sticky Napalm
- NERFAghanim's Shard building damage decreased from 25% to 20%-20%
Firefly
- NERFDamage per second decreased from 25/50/75/100 to 20/40/60/80-20%
Flaming Lasso
- NERFTotal Damage decreased from 200/350/500 to 125/250/375-38%-29%-25%
Beastmaster
STATS
- NERFBase Strength decreased from 25 to 24-4%
- NERFDamage at level 1 decreased from 50-54 to 49-53-2%
Abilities
Wild Axes
- NERFMana Cost increased from 50/55/60/65 to 65+30%+18%+8%0%
Summon Razorback
- NERFBoar Attack Damage decreased from 30/45/60/75 to 24/41/58/75-20%-9%-3%0%
Drums of Slom
- NERFDamage Radius decreased from 600 to 525-12%
- NERFDrum Hit Damage decreased from 80 to 70-12%
Bounty Hunter
Abilities
Shuriken Toss
- NERFMana Cost increased from 75/80/85/90 to 75/85/95/1050%+6%+12%+17%
Shadow Walk
- BUFFBonus Speed increased from 8/12/16/20% to 11/14/17/20%+38%+17%+6%0%
Track
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 60 to 50-17%
Brewmaster
Abilities
Primal Split
- QoLCancel Split now has a 3s initial cooldown
Bristleback
Abilities
Warpath
- NERFDamage per stack decreased from 15/20/25 to 12/16/20-20%
Hairball
- NERFCooldown increased from 13s to 15s+15%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 25: Bristleback Damage Threshold Reduction increased from 25 to 30+20%
Broodmother
Abilities
Insatiable Hunger
- BUFFSpiderling Radius increased from 800 to 1200+50%
Spinner's Snare
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100 to 70-30%
Centaur Warrunner
STATS
- BUFFBase Strength increased from 27 to 28+4%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 63-65 to 64-66+2%
- BUFFStrength gain increased from 4.2 to 4.3+2%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 25: Hoof Stomp Duration increased from +0.8s to +1.0s+25%
Chaos Knight
Abilities
Chaos Strike
- BUFFCritical Max increased from 140/180/220/260% to 150/190/230/270%+7%+6%+5%+4%
Dark Seer
STATS
- BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 22 to 23+5%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 53-59 to 54-60+2%
Dark Willow
Abilities
Terrorize
- BUFFRadius increased from 400/450/500 to 450/500/550+12%+11%+10%
Dawnbreaker
STATS
- NERFBase Damage decreased by 1?Now it's 30. Before this patch it was changed in 7.41a (78 days ago)-3%
- NERFDamage at level 1 decreased from 56-60 to 55-59-2%
Abilities
Solar Guardian
- NERFLanding Stun Duration decreased from 1.4/1.6/1.8s to 1.2/1.4/1.6s-14%-13%-11%
Doom
Abilities
Scorched Earth
- NERFBonus HP Regen decreased from 7/8/9/10 to 6.66-5%-17%-26%-33%
Drow Ranger
Abilities
Frost Arrows
- BUFFBonus Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 12/18/24/30+20%
Gust
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 70 to 55-21%
Earth Spirit
STATS
- BUFFBase Strength increased from 22 to 23+5%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 47-51 to 48-52+2%
Elder Titan
Abilities
Echo Stomp
- BUFFDamage increased from 60/100/140/180 to 65/110/155/200+8%+10%+11%+11%
- NERFAghanim's Shard with alt-cast no longer swaps the position if Elder Titan is rooted
Ember Spirit
STATS
- NERFBase Strength decreased from 22 to 21-5%
Faceless Void
Talents
- NERFLevel 20: Time Walk Cooldown Reduction decreased from 1.25s to 1s-20%
- NERFLevel 20: Attack Speed during Chronosphere decreased from +100 to +80-20%
Gyrocopter
Abilities
Afterburner
- BUFFDuration increased from 4s to 5s+25%
Hoodwink
STATS
- NERFBase Agility decreased from 25 to 22-12%
- MISCBase Damage increased by 3?Now it's 25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.28 (5 years 6 months ago)
Damage at level 1 unchanged at 47-54+14%
Abilities
Sharpshooter
- NERFKnockback to Hoodwink won't be applied if Hoodwink is rooted
Huskar
STATS
- NERFBase Health Regen decreased by 0.25
Invoker
STATS
- NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280-2%
Io
Abilities
Tether
- NERFHP/Mana Transfer decreased from 60/80/100/120% to 55/75/95/115%-8%-6%-5%-4%
Spirits
- QoLNow remembers the radius of the spirits between casts
Jakiro
STATS
- BUFFStrength gain increased from 2.5 to 2.6+4%
Abilities
Macropyre
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 250/350/450 to 225/325/425-10%-7%-6%
Juggernaut
Abilities
Blade Fury
- BUFFDamage per second increased from 80/110/140/170 to 85/115/145/175+6%+5%+4%+3%
Keeper of the Light
STATS
- NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 315 to 310-2%
Kunkka
Abilities
Admiral's Rum
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 60.5s − 0.5s per level to 50.5s − 0.5s per level-17%start-22%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 60s 59.5s 59s 58.5s 58s 57.5s 57s 56.5s 56s 55.5s 55s 54.5s 54s 53.5s 53s 50.5s 48s 45.5s new 50s 49.5s 49s 48.5s 48s 47.5s 47s 46.5s 46s 45.5s 45s 44.5s 44s 43.5s 43s 40.5s 38s 35.5s Delta % -17% -17% -17% -17% -17% -17% -18% -18% -18% -18% -18% -18% -19% -19% -19% -20% -21% -22%
Largo
Talents
- REWORKLevel 20: +200 Catchy Lick Damage replaced with 2× Catchy Lick Charges
- REWORKLevel 25: 2× Catchy Lick Charges replaced with 2× Frogstomp Stomps / Interval
Lich
Abilities
Sinister Gaze
- BUFFMana Drain per second increased from 20% to 25%+25%
Lina
Abilities
Light Strike Array
- BUFFDamage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 80/125/170/2150%+4%+6%+8%
Laguna Blade
- BUFFDamage increased from 380/565/750 to 400/580/760+5%+3%+1%
Lone Druid
Abilities
Summon Spirit Bear
- NERFMana Cost increased from 75 to 100+33%
Spirit Link
- NERFShared Lifesteal now follows general lifesteal rules and has a creep penalty of 40%?Previously creeps used a 100% lifesteal multiplier; now follows the global creep-lifesteal value — -40%
Savage Roar
- NERFAghanim's Shard buff duration decreased from 5s to 4s-20%
- NERFAghanim's Shard bonus movement speed decreased from 15% to 10%-33%
Talents
- REWORKLevel 10: −25s Summon Spirit Bear Cooldown replaced with +5s True Form Duration
Spirit Bear
- NERFGold/Experience Bounty changed from 175 + 8 per Spirit Bear level to 165 + 10 per Spirit Bear level-4%start+12%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 183 191 199 207 215 223 231 239 247 255 263 271 279 287 295 335 375 415 new 175 185 195 205 215 225 235 245 255 265 275 285 295 305 315 365 415 465 Delta % -4% -3% -2% -1% 0% +1% +2% +3% +3% +4% +5% +5% +6% +6% +7% +9% +11% +12%
Talents
- NERFLevel 25: Demolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from +20% to +15%-25%
Lycan
Abilities
Feral Impulse
- BUFFHealth Regen increased from 1/3/5/7 to 2/4/6/8+100%+33%+20%+14%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10: Wolves Damage increased from +10 to +14+40%
- BUFFLevel 15: Summon Wolves Health increased from +350 to +375+7%
Magnus
Abilities
Shockwave
- BUFFSlow Duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.55/0.7/0.85/1.0s+38%+17%+6%0%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15: All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +14+17%
Marci
Abilities
Bodyguard
- BUFFCast Range increased from 500 to 600+20%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15: Dispose Damage increased from +100 to +115+15%
Mars
Abilities
Dauntless
- BUFFHP Regen per extra enemy increased from 40% to 50%+25%
Spear of Mars
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120-10%-9%-8%-8%
Mirana
Abilities
Sacred Arrow
- BUFFDamage increased from 60/150/240/330 to 60/160/260/3600%+7%+8%+9%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15: Leap Attack Speed increased from +90 to +100+11%
- BUFFLevel 20: Celestial Quiver Damage increased from +40 to +50+25%
Monkey King
STATS
- NERFBase Agility decreased from 24 to 23-4%
- NERFDamage at level 1 decreased from 53-57 to 52-56-2%
Abilities
Primal Spring
- NERFMovement Slow decreased from 35/50/65/80% to 30/40/50/60%-14%-20%-23%-25%
Morphling
Abilities
Waveform
- QoLWill now be cast in the desired direction, if the target location is further than the cast range
Muerta
STATS
- NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 115 to 110-4%
Abilities
Supernatural
- BUFFMaximum Stack Count increased from 1 per hero level to 5 + 1 per hero level+500%start+17%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 25 30 new 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 25 30 35 Delta % +500% +250% +167% +125% +100% +83% +71% +62% +56% +50% +45% +42% +38% +36% +33% +25% +20% +17%
Nature's Prophet
Abilities
Nature's Call
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100 to 85/90/95/100-15%-10%-5%0%
- BUFFTreant Bonus Hero Damage increased from 4/8/12/16 to 6/10/14/18+50%+25%+17%+12%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 20: Sprout Damage increased from +170 to +220+29%
- BUFFLevel 20: Wrath of Nature Cooldown Reduction increased from 15s to 20s+33%
Ogre Magi
STATS
- NERFStrength gain decreased from 4.2 to 4.0-5%
Omniknight
Abilities
Repel
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 40/36/32/28s to 40/35/30/25s0%-3%-6%-11%
Hammer of Purity
- BUFFDamage increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/45/65/85+25%+12%+8%+6%
Outworld Destroyer
Abilities
Objurgation
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 250 to 175-30%
Sanity's Eclipse
- BUFFRadius increased from 450/500/550 to 500/525/550+11%+5%0%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 20: Astral Imprisonment Mana Capacity Steal increased from 10% to 12%+20%
Pangolier
STATS
- NERFBase Health Regen decreased by 1.0?Now it's 0.25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36 (2 years ago)-80%
Abilities
Swashbuckle
- NERFMana Cost increased from 75/80/85/90 to 85/90/95/100+13%+12%+12%+11%
Roll Up
- NERFMana Cost increased from 50 to 75+50%
Talents
- NERFLevel 10: Lucky Shot Armor Reduction decreased from +3 to +2-33%
Phantom Assassin
STATS
- BUFFBase Agility increased from 21 to 22+5%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 56-58 to 57-59+2%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10: Phantom Strike Duration increased from +0.6 to +0.8s+33%
Phantom Lancer
Abilities
Phantom Rush
- NERFAghanim's Scepter bonus max rush distance decreased from +625 to +575?Effective max rush distance per Phantom Rush level: 1225/1300/1375/1450 → 1175/1250/1325/1400.-8%
Phoenix
Abilities
Dying Light
- NERFMissing Health as Damage decreased from 4% to 3.5%-12%
Sun Ray
- NERFMax Health as Heal per second decreased from 0.5/1/1.5/2% to 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6%-20%
Supernova
- NERFDamage per second decreased from 60/90/120 to 50/80/110-17%-11%-8%
Primal Beast
Abilities
Trample
- NERFDamage AoE decreased from 230 to 200-13%
Puck
Talents
- REWORKLevel 15: −15s Dream Coil Cooldown replaced with +2% Puckish Health and Mana Restoration
- REWORKLevel 25: Dream Coil Pierces Debuff Immunity replaced with −30s Dream Coil Cooldown
Queen of Pain
STATS
- NERFBase Agility decreased from 22 to 20-9%
Abilities
Shadow Strike
- NERFCooldown rescaled from 13/10/7/4s to 11/9/7/5s-15%-10%0%+25%
- NERFAghanim's Scepter AoE decreased from 375 to 300-20%
Razor
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15: Static Link Damage Steal increased from +5 to +6+20%
- BUFFLevel 20: Storm Surge Slow and Damage increased from +30% to +35%+17%
Rubick
STATS
- NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.5 to 2.2-12%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 15: Fade Bolt Cooldown Reduction increased from 3s to 4s+33%
- NERFLevel 15: Stolen Spells Mana Cost Reduction decreased from 50% to 40%-20%
- NERFLevel 25: Curiosity Bonuses decreased from 2× to 1.5×-25%
Sand King
STATS
- NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 110 to 100-9%
Abilities
Stinger
- NERFSlow Duration rescaled from 4/5/6/7s to 5s+25%0%-17%-29%
Epicenter
- NERFBase Radius decreased from 500 to 450-10%
Shadow Fiend
Abilities
Shadowraze
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 80 to 75-6%
Presence of the Dark Lord
- BUFFArmor Reduction rescaled from 3/4/5/6 to 2.5/4/5.5/7-17%0%+10%+17%
Skywrath Mage
Abilities
Mystic Flare
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 60/40/20s to 55/35/15s-8%-12%-25%
Slardar
Abilities
Slithereen Crush
- NERFCooldown increased from 7s to 8.5/8/7.5/7s+21%+14%+7%0%
Snapfire
STATS
- BUFFBase Damage increased by 2?Now it's 27. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 3 months ago)+8%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 51-57 to 53-59+4%
Spectre
STATS
- BUFFBase Agility increased from 26 to 29+12%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 49-53 to 52-56+6%
Abilities
Dispersion
- NERFDamage rescaled from 8/12/16/20% to 9/12/15/18%+12%0%-6%-10%
Storm Spirit
Abilities
Galvanized
- NEWNow gains a charge every 3 levels
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10: Overload Attack/Movement Speed Slow increased from +20/20% to +25/25%+25%
Sven
Abilities
Storm Hammer
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 110/115/120/125 to 1100%-4%-8%-12%
Techies
STATS
- NERFBase Mana Regen decreased by 0.5?Now it's 0.5. Before this patch it was changed in 7.22b (7 years ago)-50%
- NERFIntelligence gain decreased from 3.0 to 2.7-10%
- NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 3.3 to 3.2 as a result-3%
Abilities
M.A.D.
- NERFMana Pool as Regen rescaled from 0.08% + 0.02% per level to 0.1% + 0.01% per level+10%start-41%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 0.10% 0.12% 0.14% 0.16% 0.18% 0.20% 0.22% 0.24% 0.26% 0.28% 0.30% 0.32% 0.34% 0.36% 0.38% 0.48% 0.58% 0.68% new 0.11% 0.12% 0.13% 0.14% 0.15% 0.16% 0.17% 0.18% 0.19% 0.20% 0.21% 0.22% 0.23% 0.24% 0.25% 0.30% 0.35% 0.40% Delta % +10% 0% -7% -12% -17% -20% -23% -25% -27% -29% -30% -31% -32% -33% -34% -37% -40% -41%
Reactive Tazer
- NERFExplosion Radius decreased from 450 to 400-11%
Templar Assassin
STATS
- BUFFBase Movement Speed increased from 310 to 315+2%
Tidehunter
STATS
- NERFBase Mana Regen decreased by 0.5?Now it's 0. Before this patch it was changed in 7.30 (4 years 10 months ago)-100%
Timbersaw
STATS
- BUFFBase Damage increased by 2?Now it's 25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36 (2 years ago)+9%
- BUFFDamage at level 1 decreased from 46-50 to 48-52?Note:The patch text says "decreased", but the values actually went up.+4%
- BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 23 to 24+4%
Abilities
Reactive Armor
- BUFFBonus HP Regen increased from 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 to 0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8+25%+20%+17%+14%
Tinker
Abilities
Deploy Turrets
- MISCUpdated sound effects
Tiny
STATS
- NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 90 to 85-6%
Abilities
Grow
- BUFFToss Bonus Damage increased from 50/175/300 to 50/200/3500%+14%+17%
Talents
- REWORKLevel 10: +8 Strength replaced with +2 Tree Grab Attacks
- REWORKLevel 15: −8% Grow Attack Speed Reduction replaced with +10 Strength
Treant Protector
Abilities
Eyes In The Forest
- QoLAdded AoE indicator to cast
Talents
- NERFLevel 10: Living Armor Heal Per Second decreased from +4 to +3-25%
Troll Warlord
Abilities
Whirling Axes (Ranged)
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 60 to 50-17%
Whirling Axes (Melee)
- BUFFDamage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 75/120/165/210+50%+20%+10%+5%
Tusk
Abilities
Drinking Buddies
- DELNo longer castable while rooted
Vengeful Spirit
Abilities
Vengeance Aura
- BUFFSelf Bonus increased from 20% to 25%+25%
Venomancer
Abilities
Poison Sting
- NERFMovement Slow decreased from 10% to 8%-20%
Snakebite
- BUFFDamage per second rescaled from 20/25/30/35 to 10/20/30/40-50%-20%0%+14%
Talents
- REWORKLevel 20: +40% Snakebite Damage replaced with +100 Snakebite Initial Damage
- BUFFLevel 15: Poison Sting Slow increased from +7% to +10%+43%
Viper
Abilities
Nosedive
- NERFCooldown increased from 20s to 25s+25%
Weaver
Abilities
The Swarm
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 110 to 110/105/100/950%-5%-9%-14%
Windranger
Talents
- BUFFLevel 25: Powershot Max HP Execution Threshold increased from 15% to 16%+7%
- NERFLevel 25: Focus Fire Cooldown Advance on Kills decreased from 18s to 16s-11%
Winter Wyvern
Abilities
Splinter Blast
- NERFMovement Slow decreased from 28/32/36/40% to 27/30/33/36%-4%-6%-8%-10%
Talents
- NERFLevel 10: Cold Embrace Base Heal per Second decreased from +20 to +15-25%
Witch Doctor
Abilities
Voodoo Restoration
- BUFFRadius increased from 500/550/600/650 to 650+30%+18%+8%0%