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

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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Bottoms Up cooldown increased from 40s to 60s | |||||
Orb of Destruction | |||||
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Ribbit | |||||
Ribbit mana cost decreased from 40 to 0 | |||||
Ripper's Lash | |||||
Flay Bonus Damage (Heroes) increased from 12 to 16 | |||||
Searing Signet | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Aphotic Shield | |||||
Cooldown increased from 14/12/10/8s to 15/13/11/9s |
Abilities
Curse of Avernus | |||||
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No longer deals damage to buildings |
Talents
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Alchemist
Abilities
Corrosive Weaponry | |||||
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Unstable Concoction stack count per second of brew time now rounds up to the nearest second (minimum 1 stack) |
Ancient Apparition
Abilities
Ice Vortex | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Radius increased from 200 to 250 | |||||
Flaming Lasso | |||||
Forced movement from certain abilities no longer cancels lasso
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
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Brewmaster
Abilities
Primal Split | |||||
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Chen
Abilities
Summon Convert | |||||
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Convert is now considered a creep-hero |
Dark Seer
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Facets
Heart of Battle | |||||
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Radius increased from 900 to 1200 |
Talents
Level 10 Talent Wall of Replica Illusion Damage decreased from +20% to +15% |
Dazzle
Abilities
Shadow Wave | |||||
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No longer has increased healing and damage when bouncing on enemies with Aghanim's Scepter | |||||
Nothl Projection | |||||
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Talents
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Dragon Knight
Abilities
Elder Dragon Form | |||||
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Bonus Move Speed decreased from 20/25/30/35 to 20 |
Earth Spirit
Abilities
Boulder Smash | |||||
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Damage rescaled from 120/180/240/300 to 110/180/250/320 |
Talents
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Ember Spirit
Abilities
Sleight of Fist | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Time Zone | |||||
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Hoodwink
Abilities
Acorn Shot | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Ice Path | |||||
Secondary Damage decreased from 75/125/175/225 to 50/100/150/200 |
Abilities
Dual Breath | |||||
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Mana Cost increased from 125/140/155/170 to 135/150/165/180 |
Juggernaut
Abilities
Omnislash | |||||
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Slash Jump Radius is no longer increased by AoE bonuses |
Keeper of the Light
Abilities
Chakra Magic | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Damage Bonus increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/70/105/140 |
Legion Commander
Facets
Spoils of War | |||||
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Duel | |||||
Press the Attack duration on allies after duel win is now decreased by 50% |
Lifestealer
Facets
Fleshfeast | |||||
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Feast | |||||
Max HP per hero kill decreased from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30 |
Abilities
Open Wounds | |||||
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Mana Cost increased from 75 to 100 |
Lina
Abilities
Light Strike Array | |||||
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Mana Cost decreased from 100/115/130/145 to 100/110/120/130 |
Luna
Abilities
Moon Glaives | |||||
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No longer bounce to attack-immune targets |
Lycan
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Magnus
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Abilities
Shockwave | |||||
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Damage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300 | |||||
Empower | |||||
Self bonus decreased from 50% to 30% |
Marci
Facets
Buddy System | |||||
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Bodyguard | |||||
Now also increases duration from 6s to 7s | |||||
Pick-me-up | |||||
Rebound | |||||
Ally damage increased from 25% to 35% |
Medusa
Facets
Venomous Volley | |||||
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No longer slows cast speed |
Meepo
Facets
Codependent | |||||
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Divided We Stand | |||||
Armor bonus decreased from 2 to 1 |
Muerta
Facets
Ofrenda | |||||
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Ofrenda | |||||
Attack Speed Bonus increased from 15/25/35/45 to 20/30/40/50 |
Nature's Prophet
Facets
Ironwood Treant | |||||
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Nature's Call | |||||
Treant Health decreased from 800/1050/1300/1550 to 750/950/1150/1350 |
Abilities
Spirit of the Forest | |||||
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Bonus damage per tree decreased from 4% to 3% |
Night Stalker
Abilities
Heart of Darkness | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Cooldown decreased from 13/11/9/7s to 11/9.5/8/6.5s |
Omniknight
Facets
Omnipresent | |||||
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Damage increase interval decreased from 0.3s to 0.25s |
Abilities
Purification | |||||
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Cooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12s to 15/14/13/12s |
Oracle
Abilities
Rain of Destiny | |||||
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Damage/Heal per second decreased from 35 to 30 |
Talents
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Phantom Assassin
Abilities
Phantom Strike | |||||
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Cast Range decreased from 1000 to 650/750/850/950 |
Primal Beast
Facets
Provoke the Beast | |||||
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Uproar | |||||
Now also provides stacks upon being Silenced |
Abilities
Uproar | |||||
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Max Stacks increased from 5 to 6 |
Ringmaster
Facets
Sideshow Secrets | |||||
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Crystal Ball | |||||
Now indicates the exact position of each enemy hero in the area without revealing their identity | |||||
Unicycle | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Mana Cost decreased from 85 to 70 |
Snapfire
Abilities
Lil' Shredder | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Illusion Damage Taken decreased from 275% to 250% |
Tidehunter
Facets
Krill Eater | |||||
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Starting attack range and Anchor Smash penalties increased from 50 to 60 |
Abilities
Dead in the Water | |||||
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Cooldown increased from 25s to 35s |
Timbersaw
Abilities
Timber Chain | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Toss | |||||
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Abilities
Grow | |||||
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Warlock
Abilities
Eldritch Summoning | |||||
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Imp explosion delay increased from 0.2s to 0.3s |
Weaver
Abilities
The Swarm | |||||
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Bugs are now destroyed if the host unit becomes invulnerable |
Windranger
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Facets
Killshot | |||||
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Powershot | |||||
Execute no longer goes through any death denial effects (Dazzle's Shallow Grave, Oracle's False Promise, etc.) |
Wraith King
Facets
Bone Guard | |||||
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Bone Guard | |||||
Cooldown decreased from 50s to 42s Skeleton Duration increased from 40s to 46s |
Abilities
Wraithfire Blast | |||||
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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 |