Valve has released Dota 2 patch 7.34e

After the official conclusion of the Compendium 2023, Valve has finally released the first post-TI12 patch, which is expected to significantly change the current meta. It is named 7.34e and will have a profound impact on hero picks as well as team strategies in upcoming tournaments.

In this small update, changes have been made aimed at reducing the strength of some heroes with high win rates - Bristleback, Chaos Knight, and Spirit Breaker. The corresponding post is published on the official developers' website.

Full Patch Notes 7.34e:

ITEM CHANGES

Eternal Shroud

• Magic resistance bonus increased from 30% to 35%

Hand Of Midas

• Base charge restore time increased from 100s to 110s

Heart Of Tarrasque

• Recipe cost increased from 1300 to 1400 gold (total cost increased from 5100 to 5200 gold)

• Strength bonus decreased from +40 to +35

Helm Of The Overlord

• Vladmir's Aura: Armor increased from 3 to 4

PAVISE

• Protect cooldown decreased from 18s to 16s

VLADMIR'S OFFERING

• Vladmir's Aura: Armor increased from 3 to 4

HERO UPDATES

Ancient Apparition

ICE VORTEX

• Damage per second decreased from 12/20/28/36 to 12/18/24/30

ICE BLAST

• Frostbitten duration decreased from 10/11/12 to 10 seconds

Bristleback

QUILL SPRAY

• Max damage decreased from 550 to 500

BRISTLEBACK

• Damage threshold increased from 225 to 300/275/250/225

HAIRBALL

• Cast range decreased from 1500 to 1000

• Cooldown increased from 10s to 13s

TALENTS

• Level 20 Talent: Quill Spray Stack Damage decreased from +25 to +20

Chaos Knight

• Base damage decreased by 5

CHAOS STRIKE

• Lifesteal penalty against creeps increased from 40% to 70%

PHANTASM

• Mana cost increased from 75/125/175 to 100/200/300

Dark Willow

SHADOW REALM

• Cooldown increased from 20/18/16/14s to 22/20/18/16s

Dazzle

BAD JUJU

• No longer affects any Blink Dagger's 3s mute period after taking damage

Drow Ranger

MULTISHOT

• Cooldown decreased from 26/24/22/20s to 24/22/20/18s

Earth Spirit

ROLLING BOULDER

• Cooldown now begins when the current roll is completed

Enigma

BLACK HOLE

• Cooldown decreased from 200/180/160s to 180/170/160s

Grimstroke

INK SWELL

• Aghanim's Shard: Spell Lifesteal now has a 20% penalty against creeps

Gyrocopter

ROCKET BARRAGE

• Rocket damage increased from 6/12/18/24 to 8/14/20/26

Juggernaut

OMNISLASH

• Bonus damage increased from 30/40/50 to 40/45/50

Kunkka

GHOSTSHIP

• Damage delayed decreased from 45% to 35%

TIDAL WAVE

• Damage decreased from 250 to 180

• Torrent Storm duration decreased from 5s to 4s

• Cooldown increased from 70s to 75s

Leshrac

LIGHTNING STORM

• Slow duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.45/0.7/0.95/1.2s

Lion

EARTH SPIKE

• Cast range increased from 575 to 650

Lycan

• Base agility increased from 16 to 18

• Agility gain increased from 1.4 to 1.8

Marci

SIDEKICK

• Cast range increased from 700 to 1000

Muerta

THE CALLING

• Duration decreased from 7/8/9/10s to 5/6/7/8s

• Movement slow decreased from 30% to 15/20/25/30%

Necrophos

GHOST SHROUD

• Mana cost increased from 50 to 75

HEARTSTOPPER AURA

• Regen duration decreased from 8s to 7s

• Aghanim's Scepter: Health Regen to Decay decreased from 60% to 55%

DEATH SEEKER

• Cooldown increased from 16s to 19s

Primal Beast

TRAMPLE

• Mana cost increased from 90/85/80/75 to 90

PULVERIZE

• Cooldown increased from 36/32/28s to 40/36/32s

TALENTS

• Level 25 Talent: Pulverize Duration decreased from +100% to +67%

Shadow Shaman

HEX

• Damage amplification increased from 5/10/15/20% to 10/15/20/25%

Spectre

• Base armor decreased by 1

Spirit Breaker

CHARGE OF DARKNESS

• Cooldown increased from 21/18/15/12s to 22/19/16/13s

• Aghanim's Scepter Cooldown increased from 8s to 9s

GREATER BASH

• Damage multiplier against creeps decreased from 1.5x to 1.3x

Timbersaw

WHIRLING DEATH

• Stat Loss Percent increased from 10% to 13%

Tiny

AVALANCHE

• Mana Cost decreased from 120 to 90/100/110/120

Treant Protector

• Base Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280

LEECH SEED

• Damage/Heal per second decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65

Weaver

GEMINATE ATTACK

• Cooldown increased from 7/5.5/4/2.5s to 8.5/6.5/4.5/2.5s

Winter Wyvern

COLD EMBRACE

• Base heal per second increased from 30/35/40/45 to 40/45/50/55

Witch Doctor

PARALYZING CASK

• Damage multiplier against creeps decreased from 2 to 1.5

DEATH WARD

• Now prioritizes heroes within attack range over creeps

Wraith King

VAMPIRIC SPIRIT

• Skeleton damage decreased by 3