Valve has finally released patch 7.39e for Dota 2, featuring an important change

Author: Hawk Live LLC

Last updated: 05:55, 22.12.2025

Valve has finally released patch 7.39e with long-awaited meta changes and the addition of Kez to Captains Mode. This means the hero can now be picked in tournaments and official matches. Equally important is the nerf to Helm of the Dominator, something many players and pro players had been asking for.

This was announced on the official Dota 2 website.

Full list of changes in patch 7.39e:

General Updates

Scan no longer triggers on creep heroes (with the exception of Lone Druid's Spirit Bear)
Neutral Creep Gold/XP penalty for stacked camps increased from 15% to 20%

Neutral Creep Updates

Alpha Wolf

Packleader's Aura damage decreased from 30% to 20%

Dark Troll Summoner

Skeleton Warrior

Rally aura bonus attack damage decreased from 3 to 2

Item Updates

Aeon Disk

Combo Breaker now starts on a 6s cooldown after being assembled for the first time

Ghost Scepter

Ghost Form is no longer active while the wearer is Debuff Immune

Ethereal Blade

Ether Blast ethereal form is no longer applied while the target is Debuff Immune

Helm of the Dominator

Dominate now has a 50 mana cost
Dominate can no longer be used if the currently dominated creep took damage from hero-based sources in the last 3s
Dominated Creep movement speed decreased from 380 to 370

Helm of the Overlord

Dominate now has a 50 mana cost
Dominate can no longer be used if the currently dominated creep took damage from hero-based sources in the last 3s

Refresher Orb

Reset Cooldowns cooldown now increases by 10s with each subsequent use up to 210s
Reset Cooldowns mana cost increased from 350 to 400

Изменения нейтральных предметов

Outworld Staff

Self-Exile now makes the user invulnerable and immobile for the duration, instead of hidden

Enchantment Changes

Timeless

Debuff Duration bonus decreased from +10/15% to +8/15%
Spell Amplification bonus decreased from +8/16% to +6/16%

Boundless

Cast Range bonus decreased from +350 to +275

Hero Updates

Kez

Added to Captain's Mode
Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.25

Facets

	Flutter
	Switch Discipline
	The first hit bonus is now consumed by the first attack of Echo Slash and Raptor Dance, rather than applying to the entire cast Fixed the Katana bonus being lost if Echo Slash hit nothing

Abilities

	Kazurai Katana
Impale damage changed from post-critical strike bonus damage to a separate instance of physical spell damage

Kazurai Katana

Impale damage changed from post-critical strike bonus damage to a separate instance of physical spell damage

	Raptor Dance
Max Health as Damage decreased from 3% to 2.5% Can no longer be interrupted by casting Grappling Claw

Raptor Dance

Max Health as Damage decreased from 3% to 2.5%
Can no longer be interrupted by casting Grappling Claw

	Falcon Rush
Now has an 825 break distance Attack Speed Factor rescaled from 6/8/10/12% to 9%

Falcon Rush

Now has an 825 break distance
Attack Speed Factor rescaled from 6/8/10/12% to 9%

	Shodo Sai
Mark Critical Strike decreased from 140/160/180/200% to 125/150/175/200%

Shodo Sai

Mark Critical Strike decreased from 140/160/180/200% to 125/150/175/200%

Abaddon

Abilities

	Borrowed Time
Cooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 90/85/80s

Borrowed Time

Cooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 90/85/80s

Bane

Abilities

	Enfeeble
Cast Range decreased from 800/900/1000/1100 to 700/800/900/1000

Enfeeble

Cast Range decreased from 800/900/1000/1100 to 700/800/900/1000

Beastmaster

Base damage decreased by 2
Damage at level 1 decreased from 52–56 to 50–54

Talents

Level 15 Talent Movespeed to Beastmaster and his summons decreased from +20 to +15
Level 25 Talent Primal Roar Cooldown Reduction decreased from 30s to 25s