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Valve unexpectedly released patch 7.38c for Dota 2: full list of changes

Last updated:  Dota 2 Patch 7.38с

Valve unexpectedly released patch 7.38c for the Dota 2 community, bringing significant changes to the game and altering the map once again. The developers also adjusted item and hero stats, which had a major impact on shaping the new meta.

This was announced on the official Dota 2 website.

Full list of changes in patch 7.38c:

Dire Safe Lane Jungle:

  • The Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower has been moved forward, away from the Dire base and closer to where the creeps initially meet

  • The Top Lane creep paths have been slightly adjusted so the creeps meet closer to the Dire tower

  • The tree lines above and below the tower have been reworked

  • The Dire Safe Lane hard camp has been moved away from the Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower, and had its tree line reduced and rotated to face the river

  • The cliff above the Dire Safe Lane small camp has been extended slightly towards the Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower, and the small camp has been moved and had its tree line adjusted

  • The ramp leading to the river and the Roshan Pit from the Dire Safe Lane pull area has been moved towards the Pit slightly

  • Several additional tree and visual adjustments have been made to this area

Top Roshan Pit

  • Fixed a spot at the north side of the pit that had incorrect vision rules

  • Fixed some areas that visually looked pathable but were not

Bottom Lane:

  • Trees have been added around the Dire Bottom Tier 1 tower, and several tree positions adjusted

  • A tree near the Radiant Safe Lane hard camp has been removed

  • The Watcher above the secret shop has been repositioned between the ramps from Dire Mid Tier 1 and the bottom Roshan Pit

  • Fixed unnecessary pathing blockers at the left of the entrance to the Dire Base through the team only gate

  • Several trees have been removed from the Radiant high ground leading to the Bottom Roshan Pit

  • Several additional tree and visual adjustments have been made to this area

Item Updates

Desolator

Damage bonus increased from +50 to +55

Helm of the Dominator

Dominated creep is now considered a creep-hero

Helm of the Overlord

Dominated creep is now considered a creep-hero

Mage Slayer

Mage Slayer damage per second decreased from 25 to 20

Orb of Corrosion

Corrosion armor reduction decreased from 3 to 2

Revenant's Brooch

Spell Lifesteal bonus decreased from +16% to +14%

Spirit Vessel

Soul Release healing, regen and lifesteal reduction increased from 60% to 70%

Neutral Item Updates

Artifact changes

Mana Draught

Bottoms Up cooldown increased from 40s to 60s

Orb of Destruction

  • Impeding Corruption Slow (Melee) decreased from 10% to 8%

  • Impeding Corruption Slow (Range) decreased from 5% to 4%

Ribbit

Ribbit mana cost decreased from 40 to 0

Ripper's Lash

Flay Bonus Damage (Heroes) increased from 12 to 16

Searing Signet

  • Burn Through duration increased from 5s to 6s

  • Burn Through total damage decreased from 75 to 72

  • Burn Through damage is now classified as Health Removal

Nemesis Curse

Glass Cannon self damage amp decreased from 8% to 6%

Crippling Crossbow

Hobble mana cost decreased from 75 to 50

Mind Breaker

Silence Strike cooldown increased from 12s to 16s

Pirate Hat

Plunder steal radius increased from 1200 to 2400

Unrelenting Eye

Relentless enemy search radius increased from 300 to 600

Enchantment changes

Alert

Attack Speed bonus increased from +10/15/20/25 to +10/17/24/35

Mystical

Mana Regen bonus decreased from +1/2/3/4 to +1/1.75/2.5/3.25

Tough

Damage bonus increased from +5/8/11/14 to +7/10/13/17

Keen-eyed

Max Mana reduction decreased from 15% to 10%

Vast

Attack Range bonus increased from +60/90 to +75/110

Crude

Intelligence reduction decreased from 15% to 8%

Timeless

Spell Amplification bonus decreased from +10/20% to +8/16%

Titanic

Base Attack Damage bonus decreased from +15/25% to +10/20%

Feverish

Mana Cost/Mana Loss Increase decreased from +10% to +7%

Wise

Experience per Minute bonus increased from +600 to +1000

Hero Updates

Abaddon

Base Armor decreased by 1

Facets

Mephitic Shroud

Aphotic Shield

Cooldown increased from 14/12/10/8s to 15/13/11/9s

Abilities

Curse of Avernus

No longer deals damage to buildings

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent Curse of Avernus DPS decreased from +50 to +40

  • Level 25 Talent Curse of Avernus Attack Speed Bonus decreased from +80 to +65

Alchemist

Abilities

Corrosive Weaponry

Unstable Concoction stack count per second of brew time now rounds up to the nearest second (minimum 1 stack)

Ancient Apparition

Abilities

Ice Vortex

Mana Cost increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/55/70/85

Chilling Touch

Attack Range Bonus decreased from 80/120/160/200 to 60/90/120/150

Batrider

Abilities

Firefly

Radius increased from 200 to 250

Flaming Lasso

Forced movement from certain abilities no longer cancels lasso

  • Dark Willow's Terrorize

  • Death Prophet's Spirit Siphon (Fear from Aghanim's Shard)

  • Keeper of the Light's Will-o-Wisp

  • Lich's Sinister Gaze

  • Lone Druid's (and Spirit Bear's) Savage Roar

  • Muerta's Dead Shot

  • Pudge's Dismember

  • Ringmaster's Wheel of Wonder

  • Shadow Fiend's Requiem of Souls

  • Terrorblade's Terror Wave

  • Tinker's Defense Matrix (blink with Translocator facet)

  • Tinker's Warp Flare (still applies damage, but does not move the target)

  • Tusk's Walrus Kick (still applies damage, but does not move the target)

The following abilities continue to break the lasso: Centaur Warrunner's Hitch a Ride, Chaos Knight's Reality Rift, Disruptor's Glimpse, Kunkka's X Marks the Spot, Magnus' Reverse Polarity, Mars' Arena of Blood (created by an ally) and Vengeful Spirit's Nether Swap

Talents

  • Level 20 Talent 2 Flamebreak Charges replaced with -6s Flamebreak Cooldown

  • Level 20 Talent Smoldering Resin Duration increased from +2s to +4s

  • Level 25 Talent Sticky Napalm Damage increased from +15 to +20

Brewmaster

Abilities

Primal Split

  • Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity magic resistance increased from 50% to 80%

  • Void Brewling's Astral Pull Damage increased from 50/100/150 to 75/150/225

  • Void Brewling's Astral Pull Distance increased from 300/500/700 to 450/575/700

Chen

Abilities

Summon Convert

Convert is now considered a creep-hero

Dark Seer

  • Base Damage decreased by 2

  • Damage at level 1 decreased from 54–60 to 52–58

Facets

Heart of Battle

Radius increased from 900 to 1200

Talents

Level 10 Talent Wall of Replica Illusion Damage decreased from +20% to +15%

Dazzle

Abilities

Shadow Wave

No longer has increased healing and damage when bouncing on enemies with Aghanim's Scepter

Nothl Projection

  • Cast Range decreased from 600 to 450

  • Leash pull strength growth increased from 0.5 to 1.5

  • Max Duration decreased from 15s to 12s

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent Poison Touch Attack Range decreased from +300 to +200

  • Level 15 Talent +90 Attack Speed replaced with +5s Nothl Projection Duration

Dragon Knight

Abilities

Elder Dragon Form

Bonus Move Speed decreased from 20/25/30/35 to 20

Earth Spirit

Abilities

Boulder Smash

Damage rescaled from 120/180/240/300 to 110/180/250/320

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent Geomagnetic Grip Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s

  • Level 20 Talent Rolling Boulder Damage increased from +160 to +180

Ember Spirit

Abilities

Sleight of Fist

Bonus Hero Damage decreased from 40/80/120/160 to 25/70/115/160

Enchantress

Intelligence gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0

Faceless Void

Facets

Time Zone

Time Zone

  • Movement, Cast and Turn Speed manipulation decreased from 60% to 50%

  • No longer leashes enemies

Hoodwink

Abilities

Acorn Shot

Bonus Damage increased from 40/80/120/160 to 45/90/135/180

Sharpshooter

Max Damage increased from 550/900/1250 to 600/975/1350

Hunter's Boomerang

Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%

Incoming Spell Damage Amp increased from 20% to 25%

Jakiro

Facets

Ice Breaker

Ice Path

Secondary Damage decreased from 75/125/175/225 to 50/100/150/200

Abilities

Dual Breath

Mana Cost increased from 125/140/155/170 to 135/150/165/180

Juggernaut

Abilities

Omnislash

Slash Jump Radius is no longer increased by AoE bonuses

Keeper of the Light

Abilities

Chakra Magic

Self-cast bonus increased from 25% to 30%

Kez

Talents

Level 25 Talent Shodo Sai Mark Critical Strike increased from +75% to +100%

Kunkka

Abilities

Tidebringer

Damage Bonus increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/70/105/140

Legion Commander

Facets

Spoils of War

Duel

Press the Attack duration on allies after duel win is now decreased by 50%

Lifestealer

Facets

Fleshfeast

Feast

Max HP per hero kill decreased from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30

Abilities

Open Wounds

Mana Cost increased from 75 to 100

Lina

Abilities

Light Strike Array

Mana Cost decreased from 100/115/130/145 to 100/110/120/130

Luna

Abilities

Moon Glaives

No longer bounce to attack-immune targets

Lycan

  • Base Strength increased from 26 to 28

  • Damage at level 1 increased from 50–55 to 52–57

Magnus

  • Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23

  • Damage at level 1 decreased from 55–63 to 54–62

Abilities

Shockwave

Damage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300

Empower

Self bonus decreased from 50% to 30%

Marci

Facets

Buddy System

Bodyguard

Now also increases duration from 6s to 7s

Pick-me-up

Rebound

Ally damage increased from 25% to 35%

Medusa

Facets

Venomous Volley

No longer slows cast speed

Meepo

Facets

Codependent

Divided We Stand

Armor bonus decreased from 2 to 1

Muerta

Facets

Ofrenda

Ofrenda

Attack Speed Bonus increased from 15/25/35/45 to 20/30/40/50

Nature's Prophet

Facets

Ironwood Treant

Nature's Call

Treant Health decreased from 800/1050/1300/1550 to 750/950/1150/1350

Abilities

Spirit of the Forest

Bonus damage per tree decreased from 4% to 3%

Night Stalker

Abilities

Heart of Darkness

Bonus health regen at night decreased from 40% to 20%

Talents

Level 15 Talent Hunter in the Night Status Resistance decreased from 30% to 20%

Nyx Assassin

Abilities

Mind Flare

Cooldown decreased from 13/11/9/7s to 11/9.5/8/6.5s

Omniknight

Facets

Omnipresent

Damage increase interval decreased from 0.3s to 0.25s

Abilities

Purification

Cooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12s to 15/14/13/12s

Oracle

Abilities

Rain of Destiny

Damage/Heal per second decreased from 35 to 30

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent -1s Purifying Flames Cooldown replaced with +25% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage

  • Level 20 Talent +30% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage replaced with -1s Purifying Flames Cooldown

Phantom Assassin

Abilities

Phantom Strike

Cast Range decreased from 1000 to 650/750/850/950

Primal Beast

Facets

Provoke the Beast

Uproar

Now also provides stacks upon being Silenced

Abilities

Uproar

Max Stacks increased from 5 to 6

Ringmaster

Facets

Sideshow Secrets

Crystal Ball

Now indicates the exact position of each enemy hero in the area without revealing their identity

Unicycle

  • No longer gets knocked off if the damage taken is below 20

  • No longer gets knocked off from any damage for 1.5s after mounting the unicycle

  • Can now cast non-channeling spells and pick up runes without dismounting the unicycle

Weighted Pie

Now also slows movement of the affected enemy by 45%. Similarly to vision, movement speed is recovering over the debuff time

Silencer

Abilities

Brain Drain

If Silencer is out of range, Intelligence will now be stolen only if the dying enemy is debuffed by Silencer the moment they die

Skywrath Mage

Abilities

Arcane Bolt

Mana Cost decreased from 85 to 70

Snapfire

Abilities

Lil' Shredder

Base Damage per shot increased from 20/35/50/65 to 25/40/55/70

Mortimer Kisses

No longer interrupted when Snapfire uses items/abilities that can be cast while channeling (Glimmer Cape, etc.)

Templar Assassin

Abilities

Refraction

  • Cooldown decreased from 16s to 14s

  • Number of instances increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6

Meld

Fixed not applying to both attacks if Meld was used twice in quick succession

Talents

Level 25 Talent Refraction Instances increased from +3 to +4

Terrorblade

Abilities

Conjure Image

Illusion Damage Taken decreased from 275% to 250%

Tidehunter

Facets

Krill Eater

Starting attack range and Anchor Smash penalties increased from 50 to 60

Abilities

Dead in the Water

Cooldown increased from 25s to 35s

Timbersaw

Abilities

Timber Chain

Damage rescaled from 50/95/140/185 to 45/100/155/210

Reactive Armor

Bonus HP Regen increased from 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 to 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7

Tinker

Abilities

Laser

Aghanim's Scepter size and health reductions decreased from 15% to 13%

Defense Matrix

Mana Cost increased from 80/95/110/125 to 90/105/120/135

Talents

Level 15 Talent Defense Matrix Damage Barrier decreased from +75 to +60

Tiny

Facets

Crash Landing

Toss

  • Movement Slow increased from 15/20/25/30% to 20/25/30/35%

  • Attack Slow increased from 10/20/30/40 to 15/25/35/45

Abilities

Grow

  • Bonus Damage decreased from 60/120/180 to 55/110/165

  • Movement Speed Bonus rescaled from 10/20/30 to 15

Warlock

Abilities

Eldritch Summoning

Imp explosion delay increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Weaver

Abilities

The Swarm

Bugs are now destroyed if the host unit becomes invulnerable

Windranger

  • Base Damage increased by 3

  • Damage on level 1 increased from 44–56 to 47–59

Facets

Killshot

Powershot

Execute no longer goes through any death denial effects (Dazzle's Shallow Grave, Oracle's False Promise, etc.)

Wraith King

Facets

Bone Guard

Bone Guard

Cooldown decreased from 50s to 42s

Skeleton Duration increased from 40s to 46s

Abilities

Wraithfire Blast

Cooldown decreased from 17/14/11/8s to 14/12/10/8s

Reincarnation

Mana Cost increased from 200 to 225

Talents

Level 10 Talent +25%/-25% Bone Guard Duration / Cooldown replaced with +2s Wraithfire Blast Slow Duration

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