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

Abilities

Alleviation

Alleviation

  • BUFFMax health regen increased from 2% to 2.25%+12%
  • BUFFDuration increased from 10s to 15s+50%

Item Updates

Active: Bloodpact30Increases Bloodstone's Spell Lifesteal to 60%. Lasts 5 seconds.
Passive: Spell Weakness Aura1200Enemy units take 12% increased damage from spells.
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Active: Bloodpact35Increases Bloodstone's Spell Lifesteal to 60%. Lasts 5 seconds.
Passive: Spell Weakness Aura1200Enemy units take 10% increased damage from spells.
  • NERFHealth bonus increased from +600 to +625 ?Note:This change is wrongly stated. The real change is 650 → 625-4%
  • NERFBloodpact cooldown increased from 30s to 35s+17%
  • NERFSpell Weakness Aura damage from spells taken decreased from 12% to 10%-17%
  • NERFSwiftness Aura allied movement speed decreased from 20 to 15-25%
  • BUFFRite of Rumusque movement speed steal increased from 5% to 6%+20%
  • NERFSuppress duration decreased from 5s to 4s-20%
  • BUFFSoul Release radius when ground targeted increased from 400 to 450+12%
  • NERFDraw Forth can no longer move the Harpoon caster if they are rooted/leashed/bound?Still affects rooted/leashed/bound targets
  • NERFRecipe cost increased from 600 to 700. Total cost increased from 5100 to 5200+17%+2%
  • NERFMage Slayer damage per second decreased from 40 to 35-12%
Active: Shadow Walk7520Makes you invisible for 17 seconds, or until you attack or cast a spell. While invisible, you move 25% faster and can move through units. Attacking to end the invisibility will deal 300 bonus physical damage, disable their passive abilities for 5 seconds, and cap their movement speed to 200.
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Active: Shadow Walk7522Makes you invisible for 17 seconds, or until you attack or cast a spell. While invisible, you move 22% faster and can move through units. Attacking to end the invisibility will deal 300 bonus physical damage, disable their passive abilities for 5 seconds, and cap their movement speed to 200.
  • NERFShadow Walk bonus movement speed decreased from 25% to 22%-12%
  • NERFShadow Walk cooldown increased from 20s to 22s+10%
  • NERFFreezing Aura attack speed reduction decreased from 45 to 40-11%
  • NERFCooldown increased from 25s to 30s+20%
  • BUFFAgility bonus increased from +12 to +15+25%

Neutral Item Updates

StatsTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Health Restoration+9%+12%+15%BAT Reduction+6%+9%+12%Intelligence−6%→−9%−6%→−9%−6%→−9%
  • NERFIntelligence penalty increased from 6% to 9%+50%
StatsTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5GPM+75+100Mana+200→+150+250→+200Attack Damage−30−60
  • NERFMana bonus decreased from 200/250 to 150/200-25%-20%
StatsTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Damage+7→+6+10→+9+13→+12+16→+15Armor—+4+6+8Knockback Resistance———+40%
  • NERFDamage bonus decreased from +7/10/13/16 to +6/9/12/15-14%-10%-8%-6%

Hero Updates

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Intelligence increased by 1?Now it's 19. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 unchanged at 49-59+6%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10: Curse of Avernus DPS increased from +25 to +30+20%

Abilities

Greevil's Greed

Greevil's Greed

  • NERFBonus base/max Extra Gold per melted Scepter decreased from +6 to +3-50%
Acid Spray

Acid Spray

  • NERFCooldown rescaled from 22/21/20/19s to 21s-5%0%+5%+11%
Chemical Rage

Chemical Rage

  • NERFBonus Health Regen decreased from 60/90/120 to 50/85/120-17%-6%0%

Abilities

Ice Blast

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%

Abilities

Persecutor

Persecutor

  • BUFFMinimum mana threshold for slow improved from 50% to 60%+20%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 20 to 22?Damage at level 1 increased from 51-57 to 52-58+10%

Abilities

Brain Sap

Brain Sap

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 120/130/140/150 to 105/120/135/150-12%-8%-4%0%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 320 to 310-3%

Abilities

Sticky Napalm

Sticky Napalm

  • NERFAghanim's Shard building damage decreased from 25% to 20%-20%
Firefly

Firefly

  • NERFDamage per second decreased from 25/50/75/100 to 20/40/60/80-20%
Flaming Lasso

Flaming Lasso

  • NERFTotal Damage decreased from 200/350/500 to 125/250/375-38%-29%-25%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Strength decreased from 25 to 24?Damage at level 1 decreased from 50-54 to 49-53-4%

Abilities

Wild Axes

Wild Axes

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 50/55/60/65 to 65+30%+18%+8%0%
Summon Razorback

Summon Razorback

  • NERFBoar Attack Damage decreased from 30/45/60/75 to 24/41/58/75-20%-9%-3%0%
Drums of Slom

Drums of Slom

  • NERFDamage Radius decreased from 600 to 525-12%
  • NERFDrum Hit Damage decreased from 80 to 70-12%

Abilities

Shuriken Toss

Shuriken Toss

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 75/80/85/90 to 75/85/95/1050%+6%+12%+17%
Shadow Walk

Shadow Walk

  • BUFFBonus Speed increased from 8/12/16/20% to 11/14/17/20%+38%+17%+6%0%
Track

Track

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 60 to 50-17%

Abilities

Primal Split

Primal Split

  • NERFCancel Split now has a 3s initial cooldown

Abilities

Warpath

Warpath

  • NERFDamage per stack decreased from 15/20/25 to 12/16/20-20%
Hairball

Hairball

  • NERFCooldown increased from 13s to 15s+15%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 25: Bristleback Damage Threshold Reduction increased from 25 to 30+20%

Abilities

Insatiable Hunger

Insatiable Hunger

  • BUFFSpiderling Radius increased from 800 to 1200+50%
Spinner's Snare

Spinner's Snare

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100 to 70-30%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Strength increased from 27 to 28?Damage at level 1 increased from 63-65 to 64-66+4%
  • BUFFStrength gain increased from 4.2 to 4.3+2%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 25: Hoof Stomp Duration increased from +0.8s to +1.0s+25%

Abilities

Chaos Strike

Chaos Strike

  • BUFFCritical Max increased from 140/180/220/260% to 150/190/230/270%+7%+6%+5%+4%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Intelligence increased from 22 to 23?Damage at level 1 increased from 53-59 to 54-60+5%

Abilities

Terrorize

Terrorize

  • BUFFRadius increased from 400/450/500 to 450/500/550+12%+11%+10%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Damage decreased by 1?Now it's 30. Before this patch it was changed in 7.41 (234 days ago)Damage at level 1 decreased from 56-60 to 55-59-3%

Abilities

Solar Guardian

Solar Guardian

  • NERFLanding Stun Duration decreased from 1.4/1.6/1.8s to 1.2/1.4/1.6s-14%-13%-11%

Abilities

Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth

  • NERFBonus HP Regen decreased from 7/8/9/10 to 6.66-5%-17%-26%-33%

Abilities

Frost Arrows

Frost Arrows

  • BUFFBonus Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 12/18/24/30+20%
Gust

Gust

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 70 to 55-21%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Strength increased from 22 to 23?Damage at level 1 increased from 47-51 to 48-52+5%

Abilities

Echo Stomp

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

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Strength decreased from 22 to 21-5%

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%

Abilities

Afterburner

Afterburner

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

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 3?Now it's 25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.28 (5 years 11 months ago)Damage at level 1 unchanged at 47-54+14%
  • NERFBase Agility decreased from 25 to 22-12%

Abilities

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

  • NERFKnockback to Hoodwink won't be applied if Hoodwink is rooted

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Health Regen decreased by 0.25?Now it's 0. Before this patch it was changed in 7.30 (5 years 2 months ago)-100%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280-2%
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Abilities

Tether

Tether

  • NERFHP/Mana Transfer decreased from 60/80/100/120% to 55/75/95/115%-8%-6%-5%-4%
Spirits

Spirits

  • QoLNow remembers the radius of the spirits between casts

GENERAL

  • BUFFStrength gain increased from 2.5 to 2.6+4%

Abilities

Macropyre

Macropyre

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

Abilities

Blade Fury

Blade Fury

  • BUFFDamage per second increased from 80/110/140/170 to 85/115/145/175+6%+5%+4%+3%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Movement Speed decreased from 315 to 310-2%

Abilities

Admiral's Rum

Admiral's Rum

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 60.5s - 0.5s per level to 50.5s - 0.5s per level-17%start-22%end

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 20: +200 Catchy Lick Damage replaced with 2× Catchy Lick Charges?TalentLevelValue2× Catchy Lick Charges25 → 20same
  • SWAPLevel 25: 2× Catchy Lick Charges replaced with 2× Frogstomp Stomps / Interval ?TalentLevelValue2× Catchy Lick Charges25 → 20same

Abilities

Sinister Gaze

Sinister Gaze

  • BUFFMana Drain per second increased from 20% to 25%+25%

Abilities

Light Strike Array

Light Strike Array

  • BUFFDamage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 80/125/170/2150%+4%+6%+8%
Laguna Blade

Laguna Blade

  • BUFFDamage increased from 380/565/750 to 400/580/760+5%+3%+1%

Abilities

Summon Spirit Bear

Summon Spirit Bear

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 75 to 100+33%
Spirit Link

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

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

  • SWAPLevel 10: −25s Summon Spirit Bear Cooldown replaced with +5s True Form Duration

GENERAL

  • NERFGold/Experience Bounty changed from 175 + 8 per Spirit Bear level up to 165 + 10 per Spirit Bear level0%start+14%end

Talents

  • NERFLevel 25: Demolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from +20% to +15%-25%

Abilities

Feral Impulse

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%

Abilities

Shockwave

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%

Abilities

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

  • BUFFCast Range increased from 500 to 600+20%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 15: Dispose Damage increased from +100 to +115+15%

Abilities

Dauntless

Dauntless

  • BUFFHP Regen per extra enemy increased from 40% to 50%+25%
Spear of Mars

Spear of Mars

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120-10%-9%-8%-8%

Abilities

Sacred Arrow

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%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Agility decreased from 24 to 23?Damage at level 1 decreased from 53-57 to 52-56-4%

Abilities

Primal Spring

Primal Spring

  • NERFMovement Slow decreased from 35/50/65/80% to 30/40/50/60%-14%-20%-23%-25%

Abilities

Waveform

Waveform

  • QoLWill now be cast in the desired direction, if the target location is further than the cast range

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 115 to 110-4%

Abilities

Supernatural

Supernatural

  • BUFFMaximum Stack Count increased from 1 per hero level to 5 + 1 per hero level+500%start+17%end

Abilities

Nature's Call

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%

GENERAL

  • NERFStrength gain decreased from 4.2 to 4.0-5%

Abilities

Repel

Repel

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 40/36/32/28s to 40/35/30/25s0%-3%-6%-11%
Hammer of Purity

Hammer of Purity

  • BUFFDamage increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/45/65/85+25%+12%+8%+6%

Abilities

Objurgation

Objurgation

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 250 to 175-30%
Sanity's Eclipse

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%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Health Regen decreased by 1.0?Now it's 0.25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36 (2 years 5 months ago)-80%

Abilities

Swashbuckle

Swashbuckle

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 75/80/85/90 to 85/90/95/100+13%+12%+12%+11%
Roll Up

Roll Up

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 50 to 75+50%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10: Lucky Shot Armor Reduction decreased from +3 to +2-33%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 21 to 22?Damage at level 1 increased from 56-58 to 57-59+5%

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10: Phantom Strike Duration increased from +0.6 to +0.8s+33%

Abilities

Phantom Rush

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%

Abilities

Dying Light

Dying Light

  • NERFMissing Health as Damage decreased from 4% to 3.5%-12%
Sun Ray

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

Supernova

  • NERFDamage per second decreased from 60/90/120 to 50/80/110-17%-11%-8%

Abilities

Trample

Trample

  • NERFDamage AoE decreased from 230 to 200-13%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 15: −15s Dream Coil Cooldown replaced with +2% Puckish Health and Mana Restoration ?TalentLevelValueDream Coil Cooldown15 → 25−15s → −30s +100%
  • SWAPLevel 25: Dream Coil Pierces Debuff Immunity replaced with −30s Dream Coil Cooldown?TalentLevelValueDream Coil Cooldown15 → 25−15s → −30s +100%

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Agility decreased from 22 to 20-9%

Abilities

Shadow Strike

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%

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%

GENERAL

  • 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%

GENERAL

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

Abilities

Stinger

Stinger

  • NERFSlow Duration rescaled from 4/5/6/7s to 5s+25%0%-17%-29%
Epicenter

Epicenter

  • NERFBase Radius decreased from 500 to 450-10%

Abilities

Shadowraze

Shadowraze

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 80 to 75-6%
Presence of the Dark Lord

Presence of the Dark Lord

  • BUFFArmor Reduction rescaled from 3/4/5/6 to 2.5/4/5.5/7-17%0%+10%+17%

Abilities

Mystic Flare

Mystic Flare

  • BUFFCooldown decreased from 60/40/20s to 55/35/15s-8%-12%-25%

Abilities

Slithereen Crush

Slithereen Crush

  • NERFCooldown increased from 7s to 8.5/8/7.5/7s+21%+14%+7%0%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 2?Now it's 27. Before this patch it was changed in 7.38 (1 year 8 months ago)Damage at level 1 increased from 51-57 to 53-59+8%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 26 to 29?Damage at level 1 increased from 49-53 to 52-56+12%

Abilities

Dispersion

Dispersion

  • NERFDamage rescaled from 8/12/16/20% to 9/12/15/18%+12%0%-6%-10%

Abilities

Galvanized

Galvanized

  • NEWNow gains a charge every 3 levels

Talents

  • BUFFLevel 10: Overload Attack/Movement Speed Slow increased from +20/20% to +25/25%+25%

Abilities

Storm Hammer

Storm Hammer

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

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Mana Regen decreased by 0.5?Now it's 0.5. Before this patch it was changed in 7.22 (7 years 5 months ago)-50%
  • NERFIntelligence gain decreased from 3.0 to 2.7?Damage gain per level decreased from 3.3 to 3.2 as a result-10%

Abilities

M.A.D.

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
Reactive Tazer

Reactive Tazer

  • NERFExplosion Radius decreased from 450 to 400-11%

GENERAL

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

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Mana Regen decreased by 0.5?Now it's 0. Before this patch it was changed in 7.30 (5 years 2 months ago)-100%

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 2?Now it's 25. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36 (2 years 5 months 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

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%

Abilities

Deploy Turrets

Deploy Turrets

  • MISCUpdated sound effects

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 90 to 85-6%

Abilities

Grow

Grow

  • BUFFToss Bonus Damage increased from 50/175/300 to 50/200/3500%+14%+17%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 10: +8 Strength replaced with +2 Tree Grab Attacks ?TalentLevelValueStrength10 → 15+8 → +10 +25%
  • SWAPLevel 15: −8% Grow Attack Speed Reduction replaced with +10 Strength?TalentLevelValueStrength10 → 15+8 → +10 +25%

Abilities

Eyes In The Forest

Eyes In The Forest

  • QoLAdded AoE indicator to cast

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10: Living Armor Heal Per Second decreased from +4 to +3-25%

Abilities

Whirling Axes (Ranged)

Whirling Axes (Ranged)

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 60 to 50-17%
Whirling Axes (Melee)

Whirling Axes (Melee)

  • BUFFDamage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 75/120/165/210+50%+20%+10%+5%

Abilities

Drinking Buddies

Drinking Buddies

  • DELNo longer castable while rooted

Abilities

Vengeance Aura

Vengeance Aura

  • BUFFSelf Bonus increased from 20% to 25%+25%

Abilities

Poison Sting

Poison Sting

  • NERFMovement Slow decreased from 10% to 8%-20%
Snakebite

Snakebite

  • NERFDamage per second rescaled from 20/25/30/35 to 10/20/30/40-50%-20%0%+14%

Talents

  • SWAPLevel 20: +40% Snakebite Damage replaced with +100 Snakebite Initial Damage
  • BUFFLevel 15: Poison Sting Slow increased from +7% to +10%+43%

Abilities

Nosedive

Nosedive

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

Abilities

The Swarm

The Swarm

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 110 to 110/105/100/950%-5%-9%-14%

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%

Abilities

Splinter Blast

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%

Abilities

Voodoo Restoration

Voodoo Restoration

  • BUFFRadius increased from 500/550/600/650 to 650+30%+18%+8%0%
Official notes
Released06.05.2026 22:17 UTC
Ran30 days
After 7.41b29 days