Valve has released patch 7.39c for Dota 2: full list of changes

Author: Hawk Live LLC

Last updated: 05:54, 22.12.2025

Patch 7.39c for Dota 2 is aimed at changing the balance of the game's meta, affecting neutral creeps, items, and many heroes. The developers have also slightly reworked the objectives on the map and slightly changed the landscape.

General Updates

Map Objectives

Roshan: Melee attacks against couriers are now treated as melee hero attacks
Tormentor: Reflect no longer considers creep-heroes for the damage reflected

Terrain Changes

Watchers by the respective Wisdom shrines have been slightly moved away from the nearby ramps
Watcher activation range decreased from 300 to 200

Neutral Creep Updates

Boglet

Arm of the Deep: Cast point increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Croaker

Tendrils of the Deep: Cast point increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Ancient Croaker

Congregation of the Deep: Cast point increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Ancient Prowler Shaman

Petrify: No longer has a health threshold restriction when the Shaman is controlled by a player

Item Updates

Orb of Venom

Poison Attack no longer has True Strike on the attack

Blade Mail

Armor bonus decreased from +7 to +6

Hurricane Pike

Hurricane Thrust buff provided to the wearer when targeting an enemy is now dispellable

Harpoon

Draw Forth initial projectile is now disjointable

Phylactery

Recipe cost decreased from 400 to 300. Total cost decreased from 2600 to 2500

Khanda

Total cost decreased from 5700 to 5600 (due to Phylactery Recipe cost reduction)
Empower Spell Break debuff no longer dispellable

Neutral Item Updates

Artifact changes

Ripper's Lash

Flay cast range increased from 700 to 850

Mana Draught

Bottoms Up mana restore rescaled from 60 + 4% to 70 + 3%

Searing Signet

Burn Through no longer applies if the wearer is more than 2000 range away from the target

Serrated Shiv

Gut 'Em no longer grants Illusions the chance to True Strike

Giant's Maul

Crushing Blow can no longer be applied by illusions

Enchantment changes

Vampiric

Spell Lifesteal bonus decreased from 8/10/12% to 6/8/10%

Hero Updates

Axe

Talents

Level 10 Talent Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger decreased from +10% to +8%
Level 25 Talent Berserker's Call AoE decreased from +100 to +85

Batrider

Base Health Regen decreased from 1.75 to 1.25

Abilities

	Sticky Napalm
	Aghanim's Shard Building Damage decreased from 35% to 25%

Beastmaster

Abilities

	Primal Roar
	Movement speed bonus duration decreased from 3/3.5/4s to 2s

Bristleback

Facets

	Snot Rocket
	Viscous Nasal Goo
	Armor Loss per stack decreased from 2.5/3/3.5/4 to 2/2.5/3/3.5

Abilities

	Viscous Nasal Goo
	Duration decreased from 6s to 5s

Chaos Knight

Abilities

	Chaos Bolt
	Aghanim's Shard Illusion damage reduction decreased from 30% to 15%

Clinkz

Abilities

	Bone and Arrow
	Tower hits on archers now count as hero hits

Crystal Maiden

Abilities

	Freezing Field
	Aghanim's Scepter time for Frostbite application decreased from 2.5s to 2s

Dark Seer

Abilities

	Surge
	Aghanim's Shard movement speed slow decreased from 50% to 35%

	Wall of Replica
	Movement Slow decreased from 50/60/70% to 40%

Dark Willow

Abilities

	Shadow Realm
	Mana Cost increased from 70/80/90/100 to 80/90/100/110

Death Prophet

Base Armor decreased by 1

Abilities

	Exorcism
	Aghanim's Scepter ghosts no longer slow enemies

Talents

Level 10 Talent Attack Speed decreased from +40 to +30

Disruptor

Abilities

	Electromagnetic Repulsion
	Cooldown increased from 4s to 5s

Talents

Level 20 Talent Kinetic Field Duration decreased from +1.5s to +1s

Doom

Strength gain decreased from 3.8 to 3.5

Earth Spirit

Facets

	Ready to Roll
	Rolling Boulder
	Allied heroes that are affected by Enchant Remnant ability are now considered a hero instead of a Stone Remnant

Abilities

	Rolling Boulder
	Distance increased from 750 to 800

Enchantress

Abilities

	Untouchable
	Attack Slow increased from 100/150/200 to 110/160/210

Gyrocopter

Talents

Level 10 Talent Health decreased from +175 to +150
Level 25 Talent Flak Cannon Cooldown Reduction decreased from 5s to 4s

Hoodwink

Base Movement Speed increased from 310 to 315

Abilities

	Bushwhack
	Stun Duration increased from 1.4/1.6/1.8/2s to 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1s

Kez

Abilities

	Echo Slash
	Mana Cost decreased from 85/100/115/130 to 75/90/105/120
	Kazurai Katana
	Impale Duration decreased from 0.6s to 0.5s Mana Cost decreased from 50 to 40

Kunkka

Abilities

	Tidal Wave
	Wave Distance decreased from 2300 to 1800

Lich

Facets

	Evil Eye
	Sinister Gaze
	Bonus Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30

Lone Druid

Abilities

	Summon Spirit Bear
	Spirit Bear health per Lone Druid's level increased from 90 to 100

Monkey King

Abilities

	Mischief
	Bonus Move Speed rescaled from 6/9/12/15% to 8%

Muerta

Base Agility increased from 20 to 21

Naga Siren

Base Intelligence decreased from 21 to 20

Nature's Prophet

Facets

	Soothing Saplings
	Level 15 Talent Sprout Heal Per Second decreased from +30% to +20%

Abilities

	Curse of the Oldgrowth
	DPS per Tree decreased from 20 to 15

Nyx Assassin

Abilities

	Spiked Carapace
	Damage Reflected increased from 125% to 140%

Pangolier

Base Damage decreased by 2
Damage at level 1 decreased from 51-57 to 49-55

Phantom Assassin

Abilities

	Blur
	Cooldown rescaled from 60/55/50/45s to 50s
	Fan of Knives
	Break debuff is no longer dispellable

Phantom Lancer

Abilities

	Phantom Rush
	Aghanim's Scepter now additionally every 600 units rushed creates a Juxtapose illusion that rushes to the target alongside Phantom Lancer Aghanim's Scepter collision radius for Phantom Lancer increased from 75 to 125

Primal Beast

Facets

	Provoke the Beast
	Uproar
	Now also provides stacks upon being leashed

Abilities

	Rock Throw
	Cooldown decreased from 25s to 20s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Damage increased from +20 to +30

Puck

Abilities

	Waning Rift
	Max Distance decreased from 400 to 350
	Phase Shift
	Aghanim's Shard Bonus Damage decreased from 35 to 20

Pugna

Abilities

	Nether Ward
	Ward Duration increased from 18/22/26/30s to 21/24/27/30s

Sand King

Abilities

	Burrowstrike
	Damage increased from 80/140/200/260 to 80/150/220/290
	Epicenter
	Aghanim's Shard pulse interval decreased from 3.5s to 3s

Talents

Level 25 Talent Sand Storm Slow increased from 45% to 50%

Shadow Shaman

Base Armor decreased by 1
Base Intelligence decreased from 25 to 23

Snapfire

Talents

Level 10 Talent Mortimer Kisses Burn DPS increased from +25 to +35

Spectre

Abilities

	Reality
	Mana Cost increased from 0 to 40

Sven

Abilities

	God's Strength
	Duration decreased from 35s to 30s

Techies

Abilities

	Reactive Tazer
	Explosion Radius increased from 400 to 450

Templar Assassin

Base Strength decreased from 23 to 21

Abilities

	Psionic Trap
	Trap vision radius decreased from 400 to 250

Terrorblade

Base Damage decreased by 2
Damage at level 1 decreased from 50-56 to 48-54

Tiny

Abilities

	Toss
	Flight duration decreased from 1.4s to 1.25s

Tusk

Agility gain decreased from 2.1 to 1.9

Underlord

Abilities

	Invading Force
	Movement speed bonus increased from 5/10/15/20% to 11/14/17/20%

Undying

Abilities

	Flesh Golem
	Bonus Movespeed decreased from 20/30/40 to 20

Talents

Level 20 Talent Tombstone on Death replaced with to +4 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy
Level 25 Talent +6 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy replaced with Tombstone on Death