Dota 2 Patch 7.38 Wandering Waters: the most important changes

Dota 2 published update 7.38 on February 19, affecting the game in many important ways. One of the main updates included the reallocation of neutral items, replacement of runes with Wisdom Basins, and several other changes to Roshan’s placement and other assets around the map.

This information can be found on the Dota 2 official page.

Credit: Valve Corporation

Roshan Changes

Roshan's lair is now situated at a more central position on the map. The Tormentor spawn points have been relocated to the edges of the map. rather than having two Tormentors, there is now only one and it is positioned directly opposite Roshan.

Wisdom Basins

Tormentor and Wisdom Runes are now replaced by Wisdom Basins. To give experience to two heroes with the lowest level, they need to stay inside a basin’s radius for 3 seconds. This bowl will however still not activate if enemy heroes enter the radius.

Wandering Waters

New Wandering Waters from Tier 1 to Tier 3 towers have been added to both teams’ safe lanes. These rivers allow for faster movement away from base and are spawn points for new neutral creeps.

Alterations to Neutral Items

Gone are neutral item tokens, now they no longer exist whatsoever. Madness Rubies can now only be acquired by slaying neutral camps. Characters can now craft Artifacts and Charms categorizing neutral items as these two types.

Credits: Valve Corporation

Keep in mind, Valve has finally rolled out Patch 7.38 which completely reworks the map and the gameplay as well.