Patch 7.41 for Dota 2 has been released: facets removed from the game

Valve have finally released Patch 7.41, which not only heavily reshaped the Dota 2 meta, but also introduced a global PvE event, which greatly pleased the players.

This was reported on the official website of the game.

Full list of changes

Global Changes

• Facets have been removed from the game

• Innate abilities no longer scale with the level of other abilities

• All innate abilities that previously depended on other skills now either provide fixed bonuses or scale per hero level

• Abilities that scale with hero level now have a base value and an increment value. Some also have level intervals for scaling

• Added a UI icon showing which parameters increase with hero level and their current value

• Some non-innate abilities have also received this UI indicator

• Abilities that previously scaled “per skill level” now scale “per hero level”

• This mainly affects heroes reworked in patch 7.40 and Largo

Creeps and Lanes

• Flagbearer creep experience increased from 57 to 60

• First additional siege creep now spawns at 30:00 (instead of 35:00)

• Second additional siege creep spawns at 60:00

• Lane creep meeting point shifted towards the offlane

• Offlane creeps are slightly slowed when leaving the base (first seconds)

• Safelane creeps are slightly accelerated when leaving the base

• These changes last until 7:30

• All water currents now grant a maximum of +150 movement speed

Map Objectives

Tormentor

• Spawn preference has been changed

• Base shield increased from 2000 to 3000

• Shield growth per minute increased from 20 to 50

• Shield regeneration reduced from 40 to 20

• Regen growth per minute increased from 3.5 to 5

• Damage reflection reduced from 50% to 30%

• Reflection radius can now be seen by holding ALT

• The Shining damage reduced from 60 to 20, but now increases by +2 per minute

• Now has 25% status resistance

• No longer deals damage to neutral units

• Players with Aghanim’s Shard no longer receive 175 gold

• If all players already have a Shard, reward reduced from 455 to 415 gold

Roshan

• Preferred pit location has been changed

Wisdom Shrines and Lotus Pools

• Timer now reverses if heroes from both teams are in the area

• Experience changed:

  • Was: 280 per interval

  • Now: 200 base + 300 for each subsequent shrine (200/500/800, etc.)

Map Changes

• Tormentor moved closer to Lotus Pools

• Tormentor spawn areas moved to low ground

• Lotus Pools slightly moved closer to the offlane Tier 1 tower

• Twin Gates slightly moved towards the map edge

• Watcher between safelane Tier 1 tower and Tormentor repositioned

Result:

• Tormentor is now on low ground with three stairways

• Twin Gate area is smaller and also has 3 exits

• Watcher is now positioned between two stairways

Neutral Camps

• Ancient camps near river ends downgraded to medium camps

• Medium camp near offlane gate downgraded to small camp

Lanes and Structures

• Safelane Tier 1 towers slightly repositioned

• Radiant small camp moved slightly north

• Radiant hard camp adjusted (bad ward spot removed)

• Radiant offlane Tier 2 tower slightly repositioned

• Ramp near Radiant Tier 1 narrowed and shifted

• Flooded camp near safelane Tier 2 moved closer to river center

• Now can evolve only into a hard camp

• Camp near bounty runes can now evolve into Ancient (twice)

• Some trees removed from camps

Mechanics Changes

Healing

• Health Restoration now affects all healing sources

• Incoming heal amplification now stacks with diminishing returns

• Abilities now modify Health Restoration directly

As a result:

• Abilities that only affected regeneration now also affect healing

Lifesteal

• Now takes into account all damage modifiers

• Previously, lifesteal was calculated before damage reductions

Now:

• You can’t heal from damage that wasn’t actually dealt

• Exception: bonus damage to illusions

Miscellaneous

• Reflected damage now has an ALT tooltip explanation

• Reflected damage cannot be reflected again

• Lifesteal does not work with reflected damage

• Does not affect Debuff Immune units

• Units with free movement can now miss attacks on high ground

Neutral Creep Changes

Kobold Foreman

• Damage increased from 22–24 to 24–26

Kobold Soldier

• Damage increased from 20–21 to 22–23

Kobold

• Damage increased from 13–14 to 15–16

Vhoul Assassin

• Damage decreased from 30–32 to 25–27

Ghost

• Damage decreased from 45–50 to 38–43

Harpy Stormcrafter

• Chain Lightning: damage rescaled from 140/180/220/260 to 120/170/220/270

Satyr Tormenter

• Shockwave: damage rescaled from 160 to 140/160/180/200

Warpine Raider

• Seed Shot: damage rescaled from 100 to 80/95/110/125

Boglet

• Arm of the Deep: after casting this ability, all related abilities (Arm of the Deep, Tendrils of the Deep, Congregations of the Deep) on other neutral Boglets, Croakers, and Ancient Croakers within 1200 range are put on a 5-second cooldown

Croaker

• Tendrils of the Deep: same effect — after casting, all related abilities on nearby neutrals go on a 5-second cooldown

Ancient Croaker

• Congregations of the Deep: same effect — after casting, all related abilities on nearby neutrals go on a 5-second cooldown

• Ability radius is now affected by Area of Effect bonuses

Ancient Marshmage

• Water Bubble (Large): radius is now affected by Area of Effect bonuses

Item Changes

Shop Changes

• All shop categories (except Consumables) have been reorganized

• Consumables now include Infused Raindrops

Basic Items

Chasm Stone

• New Miscellaneous item

• Cost: 800 gold

• Grants +40 Area of Effect

• AoE bonuses from multiple Chasm Stones or their upgrades do not stack

Shawl

• New Miscellaneous item

• Cost: 450 gold

• Grants +10% Magic Resistance

Splintmail

• New Equipment item

• Cost: 950 gold

• Grants +7 Armor

Wizard Hat

• New Miscellaneous item

• Cost: 250 gold

• Grants +125 Mana

Updated Items

Chainmail

• Cost reduced from 550 to 500

Cloak

• Cost increased from 800 to 900

• Magic Resistance reduced from +20% to +18%

Cornucopia

• Removed from the game

Orb of Frost

• Now also affects incoming healing

Refresher Shard

• No longer refreshes item cooldowns

Ring of Health

• Moved back to the Secret Shop

Void Stone

• Moved back to the Secret Shop

Voodoo Mask

• Spell Lifesteal increased from +12% to +15%

Item Upgrades

Consecrated Wraps

• New Armor Item

• Requires: Vitality Booster (1000), Shawl (450), Crown (450), and a recipe (700). Total cost: 2600 gold

• Grants: +15% Magic Resistance, +250 Health, +6 All Attributes

Passive: Hallowed

• Gains a stack every 3 seconds (max 3 stacks)

• When taking damage from a hero or Roshan, all stacks are consumed to create a barrier for 7 seconds that absorbs 120 damage per stack (up to 360)

• If max stacks were reached at least once, gaining a stack grants +20% Movement Speed for 7 seconds (does not stack)

• No damage threshold, but does not trigger from Health Loss damage

• Cannot gain stacks for 3 seconds after taking damage

Crella’s Crozier

• New Magical Item

• Requires: Ghost Scepter (1500), Soul Booster (3000), recipe (300). Total cost: 4800

• Grants: +6 All Attributes, +450 Health, +450 Mana

Active: Rite of Rumusque

• Turns the wearer into ghost form for 4 seconds (immune to physical damage, cannot attack, takes +30% magic damage)

• Steals 5% Movement Speed per second from enemies within 900 radius

• Buff lasts 1.5 seconds, stacks and refreshes

• No mana cost, cooldown: 20 seconds

• Effect can be dispelled, but the stealing debuff cannot

Passive: Putrefaction Aura

• Reduces enemy Health Restoration by 30%

• During active: increased to 75%, and stolen healing is redirected to the wearer

Essence Distiller

• New Support Item

• Requires: Urn of Shadows (825), Chainmail (500), Wizard Hat (250), recipe (200). Total cost: 1775

• Grants: +1.75 Mana Regen, +3 All Attributes, +6 Armor, +150 Mana

Active: Soul Release

• On ally: +40 HP regen (lost if attacked by hero or Roshan)

• On enemy: deals 25 DPS, provides True Sight and vision for 8 seconds

• Can be cast on ground as a trap

• Cast range: 1000, cooldown: 10s, no mana cost

• Gains charges from nearby enemy deaths

• +1 charge if wearer dies with 0 charges

• +2 charges if it had 0 and an enemy dies nearby

Specialist’s Array

• Returning Item

• Requires: Blade of Alacrity, Broadsword, recipe (550). Total cost: 2550

• Grants: +20 Damage, +12 Agility

Passive: Splitshot (Ranged only)

• 30% chance to hit up to 2 additional targets

• Extra shots: 20 + 75% damage

• Main shot: 20 + full damage

• Does not work with similar effects (Gyrocopter, Medusa, Muerta)

Hydra’s Breath

• New Item

• Requires: Specialist’s Array, Dragon Lance, Orb of Venom, recipe (1100). Total cost: 5900

• Grants: +25 Damage, +30 Agility, +15 Strength, +150 Attack Range

Passive: Miasma

• Applies poison dealing 2.5% max HP per second for 3 seconds

Passive: Polycephaly

• 30% chance to attack up to 3 targets

• Works similar to Specialist’s Array

Item Changes

General

Arcane Boots now require Wizard Hat

Guardian Greaves cost increased and now grant mana

Black King Bar duration changed to 9/8/7 seconds

Major Changes

Blade Mail

• New recipe, more armor

Crimson Guard

• Damage block reduced

Dagon

• Fully reworked

• More HP, mana, cast range

• Removed Spell Lifesteal

• No longer kills creeps instantly

Dragon Lance / Hurricane Pike

• Reduced attack range bonus

Drums / Boots of Bearing

• Removed Intelligence, added HP regen

Eternal Shroud

• Removed from the game

Gleipnir

• Now requires Chasm Stone

Glimmer Cape

• New recipe with Shawl

Heaven’s Halberd

• Reworked

• More evasion and armor

• Removed damage block

Mage Slayer

• Now deals physical damage

• Increased damage

Mask of Madness

• Added Slow Resistance

Monkey King Bar

• Increased damage and attack speed

Orchid / Bloodthorn

• More damage and intelligence

• Less regen

Eye of Skadi

• Stronger healing reduction (50%)

Pipe of Insight

• Barrier no longer stacks

Radiance

• No longer breaks invisibility

Refresher Orb

• No longer refreshes items

Reworked Items

Shiva’s Guard

• New recipe

• +17 Armor, +75 AoE

• Removed attributes

• Increased damage

Veil of Discord

• New build

• Now grants Spell Lifesteal

• Debuff renamed

Bloodstone

• Fully reworked

• More HP, less lifesteal

• Added spell amplification aura

Miscellaneous

• Sange and upgrades now affect healing

• Orb of Corrosion now affects healing

• Tranquil Boots now keep cooldown after disassemble

• Witch Blade recipe cost increased

Neutral Item Updates

General Changes

• Tier 1 availability changed from 5:00 to 0:00

• Madstone crafting cost for Tier 1 increased from 5 to 6

Artifact Changes

• Number of choices increased from 4 to 5 (Tiers 2–5)

Tier 1

Ash Legion Shield

• Shield barrier increased from 140 to 160

• Movement speed slow increased from 12 to 20

Chipped Vest

• Returned damage to attacking creeps decreased from 20 to 15

Dagger of Ristul

• Returned as a Tier 1 item

• Active: +25 damage for 8s

• Health Cost: 100, Cooldown: 30s

Forager’s Kit (new)

• Allows spotting special trees

• Cooldown: 60s, radius: 1200

• Possible items:

  • Ironwood Nut: +3 MS, +1 primary stat

  • Ringcap: +2 INT or mana restore

  • Toadstool: healing (breaks on damage)

  • Gold: 30 gold

Possessed Mask

• Returned

• Grants lifesteal (5 HP per hit)

Stonefeather Satchel (new)

• Toggle between modes

• Feathers: +12 MS

• Rocks: +3 Armor

Weighted Dice

• Now also grants +6 max damage

Tier 2

Crippling Crossbow

• Moved from Tier 4

• Damage and slow reduced

• Now also affects healing

Medallion of Courage

• Returned

• Armor buff/debuff

Searing Signet

• Damage decreased

• Threshold increased

Seeds of Serenity

• Returned

• Healing area

Tier 3

Whisper of the Dread

• Removed

Cloak of Flames

• Returned

• Damage aura

Gunpowder Gauntlet

• Cooldown increased

Jidi Pollen Bag

• Healing reduction increased to 50%

Partisan’s Brand (new)

• +9% spell damage vs player-controlled units

Serrated Shiv

• Cooldown increased

Spellslinger (new)

• Restores 20% mana after spell cast

Stormcrafter

• Returned

• Lightning proc every 6s

Tier 4

Conjurer’s Catalyst (new)

• Spell splash damage

Dandelion Amulet

• Magic damage block

Enchanter’s Bauble (new)

• Enhances enchantments

Metamorphic Mandible

• Buffed

Prophet’s Pendulum (new)

• Delayed damage mechanic

Rattlecage

• Damage threshold increased

Tier 5

Harmonizer (new)

• Bonuses based on cooldowns

Riftshadow Prism

• Nerfed

Spider Legs

• Duration increased

Witchbane

• Returned

• Dispel + bonus magic damage based on mana

Enchantment Changes

General

• No longer random

• Based on hero’s primary attribute

• Increased from 4 to 5 choices

Tier 1

• All: Quickened, Vital

• STR: Brawny, Tough

• AGI: Alert, Brawny

• INT: Mystical, Tough

• Universal: Alert, Mystical

Tiers 2–3

• All: Quickened, Greedy

• STR: Brawny, Tough, Crude

• AGI: Alert, Brawny, Nimble

• INT: Mystical, Tough, Keen-Eyed

• Universal: Alert, Mystical, Titanic

Tier 4

• All: Quickened, Timeless

Tier 5

• All: Evolved, Fleetfooted, Timeless, Vampiric

• STR: Hulking

• AGI: Audacious

• INT: Feverish

• Universal: Manic

Removed Enchantments

• Boundless

• Vast

• Wise

Updated Enchantments

Quickened

• Now guaranteed

Vital (new)

• Grants +2 HP regen

Brawny / Tough / Alert / Mystical

• Now guaranteed

Alert

• Attack Speed reduced

Mystical

• Removed Cast Range bonus

• Now grants Mana Cost reduction

Greedy / Crude / Nimble / Keen-Eyed / Titanic

• Reworked with new bonuses and penalties

Vampiric

• Now Tier 5 only

• Buffed (30% lifesteal)

New Tier 5

Hulking

• More HP, less Attack Speed

Manic

• Faster cast speed, reduced vision

Hero Updates

Abaddon

Abilities

Withering Mist

• Health Restoration Reduction changed from 35% to 24.5% + 0.5% per level

• Now also modifies incoming healing

Mist Coil

• Damage/Heal increased from 95/160/225/290 to 95/170/245/320

Borrowed Time

• Cooldown decreased from 90/85/80s to 85/75/65s

Talents

• Level 10: +10% Withering Mist Healing Reduction → +25 Curse of Avernus DPS

• Level 15: +40 Curse of Avernus DPS → -10s Borrowed Time Cooldown

Alchemist

Abilities

Greevil's Greed

• Aghanim’s Scepter now also increases bonus gold per kill by +6 for each consumed Aghanim’s Scepter

Corrosive Weaponry

• Movement Slow per stack increased from 2/2.5/3/3.5% to 2.5/3/3.5/4%

• Damage Reduction per stack increased to 2.5/3/3.5/4%

Talents

• Level 10: Unstable Concoction radius increased to +150

• Level 15: Greevil’s Greed damage per stack increased to +3

• Level 15: Acid Spray armor bonus replaced with +1% Corrosive Weaponry Slow/Damage Reduction per stack

Ancient Apparition

• Death Rime innate ability removed

Abilities

Bone Chill (new innate)

• Applies 2% slow per stack for 4s

• Also reduces Strength on heroes

• Scales with level

• Upgraded by Aghanim’s Scepter

Cold Feet

• Now deals 20/40/60/80 damage per second

Ice Vortex

• Deals 10/20/30/40 DPS

• Now slows by 8%

Chilling Touch

• Mana cost reduced to 35

• Aghanim no longer reduces mana cost

Ice Blast

• Now deals 12/24/36 DPS

Talents

• Level 10: New Cold Feet DPS talent

• Level 15: Break distance reduced

• Level 25: Added AoE Cold Feet

Anti-Mage

• Base armor increased by 1

Abilities

Persecutor

• Now scales with hero level

• Slow values slightly reduced

Mana Break

• Illusions effectiveness reduced to 25%

• Aghanim increases mana burn

Blink

• New cast range scaling

• Cooldown reduced

• Mana cost increased

• Aghanim no longer reduces cooldown

Counterspell

• Magic resistance reduced

• Duration increased

Mana Void

• Cooldown increased

• Radius reduced

• Damage changed to fixed multiplier

Talents

• Reworked Mana Void and Blink talents

Arc Warden

Stats

• Reduced Strength, Agility, and damage gain

• Base movement speed increased to 300

Abilities

Runic Infusion

• No longer grants Regeneration Rune

• Now gives +1.5 All Attributes per rune activation

Magnetic Field

• Now pulls and activates runes

Spark Wraith

• Slow duration increased

• No longer upgraded by Shard

Tempest Double

• Bounty reduced

• Now gains rune buffs via Shard

Talents

• Increased Spark Wraith damage

• Reworked Level 25 talents

• Added Runic Infusion bonus

Axe

Removed innate ability: Coat of Blood

Abilities:

One Man Army Now Axe’s innate ability Increases Axe’s Strength by 50% of his armor, as long as there are no allied heroes within a 700 radius. The effect fades over 3s after an ally enters the range

Culling Blade Now each hero kill with Culling Blade grants a permanent stack Each stack provides 1 / 1.5 / 2 armor depending on the ability level

Bane

Strength gain reduced from 2.7 to 2.5 Agility gain reduced from 2.7 to 2.5 Intelligence gain reduced from 2.7 to 2.5 Damage gain per level reduced from 3.6 to 3.4 Attack range increased from 400 to 425

Abilities:

Ichor of Nyctasha Reworked Each time Bane kills an enemy hero, or they die under his debuffs, they gain a Terror stack for the rest of the game Each stack reduces their status resistance against Bane’s abilities by 5% Max: 5 stacks per hero

Nightmare Now a Unit Vector Target ability Sleeping units move in the chosen direction at 110 movement speed Can be toggled with alt-cast to disable movement

Batrider

Abilities:

Firefly Now also grants increasing movement speed, reaching 12 / 18 / 24 / 30% at the end of the duration

Talents:

• Level 10: +50 Flamebreak Knockback Distance → replaced with +1s Smoldering Resin Duration +50 Sticky Napalm Radius → replaced with +5% Firefly Max Movement Speed

• Level 15: -8s Flaming Lasso Cooldown → replaced with +0.5% Sticky Napalm Slow +20 Movement Speed → replaced with +30 Firefly DPS

• Level 20: +4s Smoldering Resin Duration → replaced with attacks apply 1 stack of Sticky Napalm

• Level 25: +10 Sticky Napalm Damage → replaced with +0.75s Flaming Lasso Duration

Beastmaster

Removed innate ability: Rugged

Abilities:

Inner Beast Now an innate ability Attack speed bonus changed from 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 to 7 + 3 per level

Wild Axes Damage increased from 30 / 65 / 100 / 135 to 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 Damage amp per stack reduced from 6 / 9 / 11 / 13% to 5 / 6 / 7 / 8% Now upgraded with Aghanim’s Shard Attacks apply Wild Axes debuff on enemy heroes Illusions no longer apply stacks

Summon Razorback (renamed from Boar) Armor increased by 1 Damage increased from 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75

Summon Raptors (renamed from Hawk) Now a separate ability Armor increased by 1 Cooldown reduced to 30s Dive damage increased to 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 Root duration increased to 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1s Now summons 2 hawks (0.75s delay) Hawks become invisible when Beastmaster is invisible Prioritize Beastmaster’s attack target

Talents:

• Level 10: -5s Call of the Wild Cooldown → replaced with +5 Armor

• Level 15: +15 Inner Beast Attack Speed → replaced with +200 Primal Roar Cast Range

Bloodseeker

Abilities:

Sanguivore Healing changed from 1.5% + 1.5% per level → to 1.5% per level

Bloodrage Now a no-target ability (self only) Aghanim’s Shard damage now pierces debuff immunity

Talents:

• Level 25: Blood Rite Silence increased from +2.5s to +3s

Bounty Hunter

Abilities:

Big Game Hunter Reworked Grants +15% more gold for kills/assists on top 3 net worth enemy heroes Those heroes are marked with a debuff (visible only to allies)

Jinada Gold steal increased from 12 / 20 / 28 / 36 to 15 / 22 / 29 / 36

Shadow Walk Now grants 8 / 12 / 16 / 20% movement speed Also applies to allied targets

Track No longer grants movement speed

Talents:

• Level 10: Damage increased from +25 to +30

Brewmaster

Abilities:

Liquid Courage Status resistance changed from 10.5% + 0.5% per level → to 10% + 0.5% per level

Primal Split Earth Brewling stun reduced to 1.8s at max Storm Brewling cyclone reduced to 5.25s

Talents:

• Level 10: +1s → replaced with +2/1s (Brewed Up / Extend Duration)

Bristleback

Abilities:

Prickly Damage/debuff amplification changed from 10% → to 4.5% + 0.5% per level

Viscous Nasal Goo Max stacks increased from 4 to 6 Now same duration on all targets

Talents:

• Level 25: +12% Spell Lifesteal → replaced with -25 Bristleback Damage Threshold

Broodmother

Abilities:

Spider’s Milk Healing changed from 2% → to 1.9% + 0.1% per level

Insatiable Hunger Now grants lifesteal to Spiderlings within 800 range

Spin Web Movement speed reduced from 10 / 22 / 34 / 46% → to 10 / 20 / 30 / 40%

Talents:

• Level 15: Spiderlings HP increased to +175 Incapacitating Bite bonus reduced to +5

• Level 25: BAT bonus now also affects Spiderlings

Centaur Warrunner

Strength gain increased from 4.0 to 4.2 Removed innate ability: Rawhide

Abilities:

Horsepower New innate ability Grants bonus movement speed equal to 30% of Strength Does not stack with boots bonuses

Chaos Knight

Removed Reins of Chaos innate ability

Abilities

Fundamental Forging New reworked innate ability. Passive When Chaos Knight crafts a neutral item, it gains an additional random enchantment that does not provide negative stats The random enchantment is selected from all available enchantments of that tier, including ones normally unavailable to Strength heroes Due to negative stats, Chaos Knight cannot roll the following enchantments: Crude, Nimble, Keen-Eyed, Titanic, Greedy, Hulking, Audacious, Feverish, Manic The random enchantment is always different from the one used in crafting

Reality Rift Cooldown decreased from 18/14/10/6s to 15/12/9/6s

Chaos Strike Critical Lifesteal increased from 24/36/48/60% to 30/40/50/60%

Phantasm Aghanim’s Scepter no longer guarantees an additional illusion on cast Now grants a passive effect: whenever an illusion of Chaos Knight is created, there is a 50% chance to create an additional illusion under Chaos Knight’s control The bonus illusion is always controlled by Chaos Knight, even if other illusions were created by enemies

Chen

Removed Summon Convert innate ability

Abilities

Zealot New innate ability with passive and active components. Scales with game time When Chen respawns, a Zealot joins him — a melee creep with the Martyrdom ability Zealot stats match current melee creeps on Chen’s team (including super/mega), but:

• 125 attack range

• Base damage increases by +2 per Chen level

• Base health regen increased from 0.5 to 2.5

• Does not have Runty attack type

Martyrdom: Target unit ability (500 range) Zealot sacrifices itself, launching a projectile (speed 1000):

• Deals damage to enemies or heals allies

• Damage: 25 + 20% of Zealot’s current HP

• Healing: 50% of that value

Can also be cast on controlled units to teleport them to Chen after 6s Self-cast teleports all controlled units Mana Cost: 50 | Cooldown: 10s

Holy Persuasion Lane creeps are converted into Zealots and receive its bonuses Can now be cast on controlled creeps (not damaged for 3s) to unsummon them

• Global cast range

• No mana cost

• 3s cooldown

Now increases all outgoing damage of controlled units by 0/6/12/18% (previously only attack damage)

Divine Favor Self-cast no longer teleports creeps to Chen

Talents Level 10: +150 Convert Attack Speed → replaced with +25% Zealot Health/Damage Level 15: +14 Holy Persuasion Damage → replaced with +12% Holy Persuasion Damage

Clinkz

Base Movement Speed decreased from 290 to 285

Abilities

Strafe Skeleton attack speed multiplier reduced from 50% to 40%

Talents Level 20: Death Pact Health increased from +350 to +400

Clockwerk

Abilities

Armor Power Now allows consuming Chainmail to gain +4 armor per item

Battery Assault Mana Cost reduced from 90 to 75/80/85/90

Power Cogs Clockwerk can now walk through cogs, lowering them Other units can also pass through lowered cogs Mana Cost changed from 70 to 60/65/70/75 Mana Burn increased from 35/70/105/140 to 35/75/115/155

Overclocking Duration increased from 13s to 18s Now also:

• Increases Battery Assault radius to 330

• Increases Power Cogs radius to 330

• Grants +25% bonus armor near cogs

• Increases Rocket Flare damage, vision, and slow duration by 35%

No longer:

• Grants attack speed in cogs

• Reduces Rocket Flare cooldown

Talents Level 10: +0.4s Rocket Flare Slow → replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen Level 15: +2 Cogs Hits → replaced with -10s Hookshot Cooldown Level 25: Debuff Immunity in Cogs → replaced with 3 Rocket Flare Charges

Crystal Maiden

Removed Blueheart Floe innate

Abilities

Glacial Guard New innate ability. Passive 30% + 2% per level of mana spent becomes a physical damage barrier (8s) Barriers stack but have independent durations

Arcane Aura Now also grants Crystal Maiden 20/40/60/80% mana regen amplification

Talents Level 20: +225 Attack Speed → replaced with +20% Glacial Guard Conversion

Dark Seer

Abilities

Quick Wit (renamed from Aggrandize) Now grants +1 attack speed per Intelligence point Base HP/Mana restore reduced from 10% to 8.5%

Talents Level 15: Ion Shell +250 HP → replaced with -1.5s Surge Cooldown

Dark Willow

Abilities

Pixie Dust (reworked) Health and Mana Regen always have +20% amplification When untargetable or invulnerable → increased to 100%

Talents Level 10: Intelligence increased from +10 to +12 Level 15: Terrorize CD reduction increased from 15s to 20s

Dawnbreaker

Base Damage +6 (56–60 at level 1)

Abilities

Break of Dawn Damage bonus changed to 10% + 1% per level Now fully active during ability-created daytime Upgraded with Aghanim’s Scepter: increases healing based on current bonus

Solar Guardian Cooldown reduced from 120/105/90 → 110/100/90 Now creates 6s daytime on cast

Talents Level 10: Hammer Slow → replaced with MS buff to allies Level 10: Break of Dawn Damage → replaced with +25% Luminosity Crit Damage Level 15: CD reduction increased to 20s Level 15: Luminosity Crit → replaced with Hammer Damage bonus

Dazzle

Abilities

Weave No longer tied to Nothl Projection Armor per stack now always 1 Duration: 6.9 + 0.1 per level Aghanim’s Shard: heals allies for 60 per stack applied

Nothl Projection No longer applies hard dispel No longer upgraded with Shard

Death Prophet

Base Armor +1

Abilities

Witchcraft MS bonus changed Cooldown reduction now scales per level

Silence Projectile speed increased from 1400 → 1750

Exorcism Spirit spawn rate improved (0.35 → 0.25s)

Disruptor

Abilities

Electromagnetic Repulsion Damage = 1.5x Intelligence

Thunder Strike Damage increased

Kinetic Fence (Shard) Now separate ability

• Range: 1200

• Duration: 4.4s

• Cooldown: 14s

Doom

Abilities

Lvl ? Pain Reworked: applies delayed explosion based on damage taken

Devour Now uses ability-stealing version by default Shard: adds charges + Ancient creep consumption

Scorched Earth Radius increased to 666 Now grants bonus HP regen

Doom (Ultimate) Damage slightly increased Scepter: now applies Break

Dragon Knight

Base stats slightly reduced

Elder Dragon Form now evolves per level:

• Green: poison

• Red: splash

• Blue: frost slow

• Black (Scepter): full upgrade

Now also:

• +cast range

• No bonus damage

Drow Ranger

Base damage reduced

Abilities

Precision Aura Now flat 10% Agility bonus

Multishot Can move and use items while channeling

Glacier No longer buffs Multishot Now grants +25% damage from high ground

Earth Spirit

Abilities

Stone Remnant Max charges changed from 7 + 1 per 4 level-ups to 7 + 1 per 4 levels

Boulder Smash Slow duration increased from 1.25/2.5/3.25/4s to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4s

Geomagnetic Grip Silence duration increased from 2/2.5/3/3.5s to 2.3/2.7/3.1/3.5s

Magnetize Damage per second increased from 45/85/125 to 45/90/135

Talents Level 25 Talent: Geomagnetic Grip Remnant Damage increased from +175 to +250

Earthshaker

Abilities

Slugger No longer scales with Echo Slam Damage (Creep Death): 30/45/60/75 → 27 + 3 per level Damage (Hero Death): 150/250/350/450 → 135 + 15 per level

Fissure Stun duration increased from 0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4s to 1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6s

Aftershock Radius increased from 300 to 350

Echo Slam Shockwave projectile speed increased from 550 to 650

Elder Titan

Removed innate ability Tip The Scales

Abilities

Momentum New innate ability (passive, cannot be leveled) Armor increases by 3.6% + 0.4% per level based on bonus movement speed Only movement speed above base (305) counts Does not reduce armor if movement speed drops below base

Astral Spirit No longer grants armor on return Still grants movement speed (used for passive scaling)

Earth Splitter Cooldown reduced from 100s to 100/95/90s

Talents Level 10: +25 Attack Speed → +150 Echo Stomp Wake Damage Level 15: +25 Astral Spirit Hero Attack → 20% of bonus movement speed as attack speed Level 20: +350 Echo Stomp Wake Damage → +30 Astral Spirit bonus damage per hero

Ember Spirit

Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.5

Abilities

Immolation No longer scales with Fire Remnant Damage per second: 10/18/26/34 → 10 + 1 per level Radius increased from 175 to 200 Aghanim’s Shard bonus radius reduced from 175 to 150

Searing Chains Mana cost reduced from 95/105/115/125 to 80/90/100/110

Sleight of Fist Bonus hero damage increased from 25/70/115/160 to 50/90/130/170

Enchantress

Abilities

Rabble-Rouser Damage increase changed from 4% + 4% per level to 4% per level

Enchant Cast range increased from 500/550/600/650 to 500/600/700/800 Now increases attack range against enchanted enemy heroes by 50/100/150/200

Nature’s Attendants Added tooltip showing maximum possible heal

Talents Level 25: Untouchable attack slow increased from +70 to +80

Enigma

Removed innate ability Gravity Well

Abilities

Event Horizon New innate ability (passive) Enemies within 600 radius moving away are slowed by 4% + 1% per level

Talents Level 15: +60 Malefice damage → +100 Event Horizon radius

Faceless Void

Abilities

Distortion Field No longer scales with Chronosphere Now affects only projectiles targeting Void or allies within 1200 range Max slow distance reduced to 500 around the target Projectile speed slow set to 40%

Time Walk Aghanim’s Scepter grants Reverse Time Walk Time Lock attacks no longer miss after quick reversal No longer upgraded by Shard

Time Dilation Duration no longer decreases inside Chronosphere Now upgraded by Shard Grants slow and bonuses per enemy cooldown Bonuses:

• 9/10/11/12 attack speed + per cooldown

• 9/10/11/12% movement speed + per cooldown Buff also does not tick down in Chronosphere

Chronosphere Now the default ultimate

Talents Level 15: +8% slow → +125 Time Walk range

Grimstroke

Abilities

Ink Trail Now applied by all abilities Also applied by illusion attacks Grimstroke takes 5% + 0.5% per level less damage from affected enemies

Stroke of Fate Can now be toggled for straight-line casting

Gyrocopter

Base movement speed reduced from 320 to 315 Removed innate ability Chop Shop

Abilities

Afterburner New innate ability Gains movement speed when dealing damage: +1 per hero, +0.5 per creep Duration: 3.9 + 0.1 per level (stacks independently)

Flak Cannon Aghanim upgrade moved to a separate ability

Side Gunner New ability from Aghanim (effect unchanged)

Hoodwink

Abilities

Mistwoods Wayfarer No longer scales with Sharpshooter Redirect chance: 14% + 1% per level

Acorn Shot Cast range rescaled to 675/700/725/750

Bushwhack Cast range increased from 1000 to 1100

Scurry No longer doubles evasion Now doubles redirect chance

Sharpshooter Creep-heroes treated as creeps Projectile passes through creeps (50% damage) Stops on Spirit Bear

Talents Level 10: Health +150 → +175 Level 15: +1 bounce → +10 Agility Level 20: -3 armor → +2 bounces

Huskar

Intelligence gain reduced from 1.5 to 0 Movement speed reduced from 295 to 290

Abilities

Inner Fire Damage increased to 110/180/250/320 Knockback duration scales with distance Distant enemies receive fixed knockback

Burning Spear Cost: 4% current HP → 2% max HP Now burns for 0.5% max HP

Berserker’s Blood Now upgraded by Shard Active: consumes 30% HP → dispels → heals after 3s

Invoker

Quas / Wex / Exort Max level increased from 7 to 8

Tornado Aghanim damage reduced

Invoke Aghanim and Shard must be activated manually Gives a choice of 3 upgrades Choice is permanent Scepter now gives +1 level to only one orb

Talents Level 15: +1 orb level → +25 Alacrity Level 20: +50 Alacrity → +1 orb level

Io Removed innate ability Wellspring

Abilities

Equilibrium New innate ability Io always has bonus outgoing damage that scales linearly with its current health, reaching a maximum of 5% + 0.5% per level at 100% HP. At the same time, Io gains health restoration and healing amplification that also scale with current HP, but reach their maximum at 0% HP

Overcharge Now also grants 35/60/85/110 attack speed and 8/10/12/14% spell amplification to Io and tethered allies

Talents Level 10: Strength increased from +7 to +8 Level 25: Relocate cast delay reduction increased from 1.5s to 2s

Jakiro

Abilities

Double Trouble Attack damage reduction changed from 50% to 51% − 1% per level

Liquid Fire Now costs 20 mana Aghanim’s Shard now reduces mana cost to 0

Liquid Frost Now costs 20 mana Aghanim’s Shard now reduces mana cost to 0

Talents Level 10: Ice Path damage increased from +60 to +75 Level 15: Dual Breath cooldown reduction increased from 3s to 3.5s

Juggernaut Removed innate ability Duelist

Abilities

Bladeform New innate ability Juggernaut gains a stack every 2 seconds without taking damage. Each stack grants 2.5% + 0.05% per level base Agility and 1% movement speed Maximum — 10 stacks Stacks expire 2 seconds after taking damage

Blade Fury No longer upgraded by Aghanim’s Shard

Healing Ward Now upgraded by Aghanim’s Shard Increases healing by 1.5% and hits to destroy by 1

Talents Level 10: +4% Duelist damage → −1s Bladeform stack interval Level 15: +1% Healing Ward heal → −15s Omnislash cooldown Level 15: Blade Fury movement speed increased from +40 to +45 Level 20: Blade Fury DPS increased from +90 to +100 Level 20: +1 Ward hit → +15% Blade Dance crit damage

Keeper of the Light Base movement speed reduced from 320 to 315 Removed innate ability Special Reserve

Abilities

Bright Speed New innate ability (passive) Grants +1 movement speed per 2.5 Intelligence After moving 300 distance, leaves behind light that provides vision in a 400 radius for 3s

Chakra Magic Cooldown changed from 18/16/14/12 to 19/16/13/10s Mana restore increased

Blinding Light Cast range increased to 500/575/650/725 Knockback now pushes to the edge of the radius (minimum 175)

Spirit Form No longer grants movement speed directly Now increases Bright Speed bonus by 50%

Talents Level 15: −5s cooldown → +90 Blinding Light damage Level 15: −2s Chakra Magic → +30% Bright Speed bonus Level 20: +200 mana → +10% Solar Bind magic resistance reduction Level 20: movement speed → +15s Spirit Form duration

Kez Base movement speed: 315 → 310 Base attack speed: 110 → 100

Abilities

Switch Discipline Cooldown changed After switching weapons: — Katana grants +12% damage — Sai grants +12% movement speed for 2s

Grappling Claw Always destroys the targeted tree

Talon Toss Cast range reduced

Shodo Sai Now grants a critical strike instead of applying a mark Chance: 20% Marks are now only applied via parry and Raven’s Veil Stun duration increased Now works with Bash Shard enhances the mark

Raptor Dance No longer grants magic immunity

Talents Level 25: mark crit → regular crit

Kunkka

Abilities

Admiral’s Rum No longer stacks Cooldown changed Movement speed and duration reduced Delayed damage reduced

Ghostship Now amplifies Rum by 2x

Talents Level 10: −15s cooldown → +1s duration Level 15: Tidebringer damage increased Level 20: Rum bonus → cleave Level 25: cleave → ignores 25% armor

Largo

Abilities

Encore Duration slightly reduced

Catchy Lick Can pull runes Refunds mana Grants regen on kill

Amphibian Rhapsody Aghanim removed

Bullbelly Blitz Now deals damage Aghanim enhances it

Hotfeet Hustle Movement speed and slow resistance reduced

Talents Level 15: HP-based damage reduced Level 25: song effects reduced

Legion Commander Base armor reduced

Abilities

Outfight Them! Now grants armor from abilities

Overwhelming Odds Applies 100% slow for 0.3s Shard grants a shield

Press The Attack Now stacks Aghanim grants AoE

Moment of Courage Now triggers after attacks Cooldown reduced

Duel Can now use abilities Aghanim automatically casts Press the Attack

Talents Adjusted for new mechanics

Leshrac

Diabolic Edict Duration reduced from 10s to 8s

Lich Base mana regen reduced Intelligence gain reduced Removed innate ability

Abilities

Sacrifice New ability Kills an allied creep to gain mana and experience

Talents Level 20: 2 Frost Shield charges Level 25: Chain Frost has unlimited bounces

Lifestealer

Base stats buffed

Abilities

Ghoul Frenzy Now an innate ability

Rage Now grants movement speed

Open Wounds Stronger slow

Feast Now a basic ability

Infest Now works on Ancient creeps Shard deals damage

Talents Level 10: +3% MS → +20 movement speed Level 15: slow → +50 attack speed vs target Level 15: +50 AS → +175 Infest damage Level 20: Infest bonus reduced from 15% to 12%

Lina Removed previous innate ability

Abilities

Slow Burn New innate ability — adds burn damage

All abilities have reduced damage

Shard grants Fiery Soul stacks

Talents Level 15: Light Strike Array damage reduced Level 25: crit now works via Slow Burn Level 25: burn duration increased

Lion

Abilities

To Hell and Back Reworked: grants buffs for kills

Finger of Death Cooldown reduced Damage per stack reduced Now grants melee form: — cleave — bonus damage — scales with kills

Aghanim enhances this form

Lone Druid

Attack projectile speed increased from 900 to 1125

Luna

Abilities

Lunar Blessing Damage for Allies/Self changed from 1/2 + 1/2 per level → 1/2 per level Bonus Night Vision changed from 250 + 25 per level → 225 + 25 per level

Lunar Orbit Now applies 8/12/16/20% damage reduction while active Aghanim’s Shard reworked: Increases damage reduction by 10% and grants 20% movement speed during the effect

Talents Level 20: -2s Lucent Beam Cooldown → 1.5x Lunar Orbit Damage/Speed Level 25: Lunar Blessing Damage reduced from +30/60 → +25/50

Lycan

Abilities

Apex Predator Damage to neutrals changed from 2% per level → 18% + 2% per level

Summon Wolves Aghanim’s Shard reworked: +1 wolf and grants Hightail ability Active: 100% evasion, +20 attack speed, and max movement speed for 6s

Shapeshift Now also grants movement speed and crit bonuses to controlled units

Talents Level 25: +2 Wolves → -25% Summon Wolves BAT

Magnus

Base Agility: 12 → 14 Level 1 Damage: 55–63 → 56–64

Abilities

Solid Core No longer scales with Reverse Polarity Slow Resistance: 20/30/40/50% → 24% + 1% per level

Empower Always affects Magnus with +30% stronger effect and can’t be self-cast

Skewer Aghanim’s Shard distance bonus: +275 → +300

Talents Level 25: +10% Empower Damage/Cleave → Shockwave Returns to Magnus

Marci

Abilities

Special Delivery Courier now takes all stash items if in fountain before teleport Automatically delivers items and returns Cooldown: 240s → 245s - 5s per level

Bodyguard (Reworked) Passive: 12/18/24/30% lifesteal and base damage bonus

Active: Grants ally 75% of passive bonuses + shared damage barrier (90/160/230/300) Barrier restores from Marci’s attacks (30% damage) Duration: 7s

Dispellable mechanics remain

Rebound Alt-cast can pull ally to target location

Talents Level 15: +10% Rebound MS → +12% Bodyguard Damage Level 20: Unleash MS: +10% → +15% Level 25: +20% Bodyguard Damage → Strong Dispel Bodyguard

Mars

Abilities

Dauntless No longer counts allies for outnumber check HP Regen per enemy: 70% → 40%

Bulwark Now point-targeted Removed Aghanim’s Scepter upgrade

Arena of Blood Now upgraded with Aghanim’s Scepter: -10s cooldown, duration 5.5 → 6.5s On kill: restores 35% HP/Mana + 35% damage buff for 20s (stacks)

Talents Level 10: +20% Dauntless Regen → +1.5 Mana Regen Level 20: -16s Arena CD → +70 Spear Damage

Medusa

Abilities

Gorgon’s Grasp Cooldown: 30/27/24/21 → 30/26/22/18 Now always centers on second grouping

Talents Level 10: Stone Gaze Damage: +10% → +12% Level 15: Mystic Snake CD: 3 → 4s Level 15: +8% Split Shot → +1 Grasp Volley Level 20: +1 Volley → +12% Split Shot Damage Level 20: +3 Bounces → +40% Snake Damage/Mana Level 25: Stone Gaze Duration: +2 → +2.5s

Meepo

Movement Speed: 320 → 315 Removed Sticky Fingers

Abilities

Geomancy (New Innate) Terrain-based bonuses (stacking across Meepos):

• Tree: +1 HP regen

• Ground: +2% MS

• Water: attacks slow by 2%

Ransack Now pierces debuff immunity Uses standard lifesteal rules

Divided We Stand (Reworked) Max level: 3 → 4 Level requirement: 4/11/18 → 3/10/17/24

Clones:

• Copy all items (shared cooldowns)

• Stats distributed between Meepos

• No stat penalties

• No independent XP gain

XP rules adjusted

Talents Level 25: +350 HP → +400 HP

Mirana

Removed Selemene’s Faithful

Abilities

Celestial Quiver (New Innate) Auto-cast attack modifier Bonus magic damage = 3 × level Charges system (scales with levels)

Aghanim’s Shard: Leap grants temporary charges

Leap Shard no longer grants crit

Talents Level 20: +35 Damage → +35 Quiver Damage

Monkey King

Abilities

Mischief Cooldown: 24/20/16/12 → 24.5s - 0.5 per level

Tree Dance Cast point: 0.1 → 0.2 Range: 800 → 900 Cooldown reduced Leap speed: 700 → 600 Now interrupted by Roots/Leashes

Wukong’s Command Now includes Changing of the Guard ability

Changing of the Guard Transform into soldier (invulnerable, hidden) Cooldown: 3s

Talents Level 10: +90 Spring Damage → +350 Tree Dance Range Level 15: +450 Range → 0 CD Spring Level 20: 0 CD Spring → Jingu Undispellable

Morphling

Model size scales with stats Removed Accumulation

Abilities

Ebb and Flow (New Innate) Strength → cast range & slow resistance Agility → attack range & movement speed

Waveform Range reduced

Adaptive Strike Damage increased

Muerta

Abilities

Supernatural (Reworked) Gain spell amp stacks on nearby hero deaths Lose half on death

Pierce the Veil Now gives +75% base damage Allows attacking ethereal targets Damage becomes magical vs ethereal

Spectral Slug (Aghanim’s Shard) New ability: Deals damage, knocks back, applies ethereal, and increases magic damage taken

Talents Level 15: +55 Gunslinger Damage → +15 Intelligence

Naga Siren

Abilities

Eelskin Now grants evasion to Naga Siren herself Evasion per Naga changed from 8% → 4.9% + 0.1% per level

Rip Tide Now always a basic ability

Talents Level 10: Reel In pull speed increased from +100 to +125 Level 15: Mirror Image illusion damage taken reduction increased from 50% to 75% Level 20: Song of the Siren cooldown reduction increased from 20s to 25s

Nature’s Prophet

Minimum base damage increased by 4 Level 1 damage: 40–50 → 44–50

Abilities

Spirit of the Forest No longer scales with Wrath of Nature Tree radius: 300/400/500/600 → 300 + 10 per level Multiplier per Treant increased from 1x to 2x Treants now also have Spirit of the Forest and gain bonus damage from nearby trees and Treants

Sprout Vision increased from 250 to 400

Nature’s Call Treant movement speed: 305/310/315/320 → 300/315/330/345 Health reduced from 550 → 450 Now have 25% magic resistance Now deal +4/8/12/16 bonus damage to enemy heroes Bonus is affected by Treant damage talents Treants now have free pathing through trees

Talents Level 15: replaced with +100 Teleportation Barrier Level 25: 3x Treant HP/Damage no longer affects Spirit of the Forest

Necrophos

Abilities

Sadist No longer scales with Reaper’s Scythe HP/Mana regen: 3.5/5/6.5/8 → 3.7 + 0.3 per level

Ghost Shroud Restoration amplification: 55/60/65/70% → 55/65/75/85%

Talents Level 20: +15% self-heal → +75 Spell AoE Level 25: +0.5% Heartstopper Aura → +0.3 Reaper’s Scythe damage per missing health

Night Stalker

Removed Heart of Darkness innate

Abilities

Hunter in the Night Now an innate ability Movement speed: 22/28/34/40% → 24% + 2% per 3 levels Attack speed: 20/40/60/80 → 38 + 2 per level No longer upgraded by Shard, now upgraded by Scepter: +15% movement speed, +50 attack speed, kills reset cooldowns

Void Now upgraded by Aghanim’s Shard Affects units in 400 radius

Crippling Fear No longer upgraded by Scepter

Midnight Feast (new ability) Passive: heals on hit Active: at night consumes a creep to restore HP and mana No mana cost, has cooldown

Talents Level 10: +5s Dark Ascension → +10 Crippling Fear DPS Level 20: +40 DPS → +75 radius Level 25: +100 attack speed → +100 Midnight Feast lifesteal

Nyx Assassin

Removed Nyxth Sense

Abilities

Mana Burn (innate) Burns mana equal to 12% of damage dealt

Mind Flare Burns 9/12/15/18% of target’s max mana

Vendetta Now applies 4s Break

Aghanim’s Shard: -10s cooldown Grants haste and free pathing

Ogre Magi

Abilities

Fireblast Now upgraded by Aghanim’s Scepter → Refined Fireblast -1s cooldown and +25% cast speed

Multicast Strength now increases Multicast chance

Unrefined Fireblast Cooldown increased from 6s → 7s

Talents Reworked around Strength/Multicast scaling

Omniknight

Base armor -1 Agility gain: 2.0 → 1.7

Abilities

Degen Aura Slow: 10/20/30/40% → 11% + 1% per level

Purification Now pierces debuff immunity

Repel Reworked: now only grants debuff immunity + regen

Hammer of Purity Now pierces debuff immunity Cooldown reduced Now heals Omniknight

Guardian Angel Now an aura centered on Omniknight Radius: 400 → 700 Duration reduced

Scepter: global + healing amplification

Oracle

Abilities

Prognosticate Now shows exact Roshan respawn timer

False Promise No longer upgraded by Scepter

Diviner’s Deck (Scepter) Grants a random Tarot buff every 90s

Talents Level 15: replaced with +100 Fortune’s End radius

Outworld Destroyer

Agility: 22 → 17 Base armor -1

Abilities

Essence Flux Now an innate ability

Objurgation (new ability) Grants mana and a damage barrier Upgraded by Scepter (survival mechanic)

Sanity’s Eclipse Cooldown reduced, radius reduced

Talents Reworked

Pangolier

Abilities

Swashbuckle Slow duration: 0.4s → 0.6s

Shield Crash Damage increased

Lucky Shot Armor reduction decreased

Rolling Thunder Stun duration increased

Phantom Assassin

Abilities

Blur Vanish radius fixed at 500 Movement speed bonus reworked

Phantom Lancer

Abilities

Illusory Armaments Damage scaling adjusted

Phoenix

Removed Blinding Sun

Abilities

Dying Light (new) Deals damage based on missing HP in an area Works during Supernova

Talents Level 10: new Dying Light damage bonus

Primal Beast

Abilities

Colossal Now grants:

• Slow resistance

• AoE scaling with max HP

Pulverize Radius decreased

Talents Level 25: Colossal bonuses doubled during Trample

Naga Siren

Abilities

Eelskin Now provides evasion to Naga Siren herself Evasion per Naga changed from 8% to 4.9% + 0.1% per level

Rip Tide Now always a basic ability for Naga Siren

Talents Level 10: Reel In pull speed increased from +100 to +125 Level 15: Mirror Image illusion damage taken reduction increased from 50% to 75% Level 20: Song of the Siren cooldown reduction increased from 20s to 25s

Nature’s Prophet

Minimum base damage increased by 4 Level 1 damage increased from 40–50 to 44–50

Abilities

Spirit of the Forest No longer levels with Wrath of Nature Tree radius rescaled from 300/400/500/600 to 300 + 10 per level Multiplier per Treant increased from 1x to 2x Treants now also have Spirit of the Forest and gain bonus damage for each nearby tree and Treant

Sprout Vision increased from 250 to 400

Nature’s Call Treant movement speed rescaled from 305/310/315/320 to 300/315/330/345 Treant health decreased from 550 to 450 Treants now have 25% Magic Resistance Treants now deal 4/8/12/16 bonus damage to enemy heroes This bonus is also affected by the Treant damage talent Treants now have free pathing through trees

Talents Level 15: changed from facet-specific to +100 Teleportation Barrier Level 25: 3x Treant HP/Damage no longer affects Spirit of the Forest multiplier

Necrophos

Abilities

Sadist No longer levels with Reaper’s Scythe Health and mana regeneration rescaled from 3.5/5/6.5/8 to 3.7 + 0.3 per level

Ghost Shroud Restoration amplification increased from 55/60/65/70% to 55/65/75/85%

Talents Level 20: +15% Ghost Shroud self restoration amp replaced with +75 Spell AoE Level 25: +0.5% Heartstopper Aura damage replaced with +0.3 Reaper’s Scythe damage per missing health

Night Stalker

Removed Heart of Darkness innate ability

Abilities

Hunter in the Night Now an innate ability Movement speed bonus changed from 22/28/34/40% to 24% + 2% per 3 levels Attack speed bonus changed from 20/40/60/80 to 38 + 2 per level No longer upgraded with Aghanim’s Shard Now upgraded with Aghanim’s Scepter Grants +15% movement speed and +50 attack speed Killing an enemy hero resets cooldowns of all basic abilities

Void Now upgraded with Aghanim’s Shard Now affects all units within 400 radius

Crippling Fear No longer upgraded with Aghanim’s Scepter

Midnight Feast New basic ability Passive: heals Night Stalker for 6/8/10/12 per attack Does not work on allies or buildings Active (night only): consumes a non-ancient creep Restores 10/15/20/25% HP and 10/12/14/16% mana Cast range: 125, no mana cost, cooldown: 39/36/33/30

Talents Level 10: +5s Dark Ascension → +10 Crippling Fear DPS Level 20: +40 DPS → +75 radius Level 25: +100 Attack Speed → +100 Midnight Feast lifesteal

Nyx Assassin

Removed Nyxth Sense innate ability

Abilities

Mana Burn New innate ability Burns mana equal to 12% of damage dealt

Mind Flare Now burns 9/12/15/18% of target’s max mana

Vendetta Now applies a 4s Break on hit

Aghanim’s Shard Cooldown reduced by 10s For the first 15s grants max movement speed and free pathing

Ogre Magi

Abilities

Fireblast Now also upgraded by Aghanim’s Scepter Becomes Refined Fireblast (faster cast and lower cooldown)

Multicast Each point of Strength increases Multicast chance

Unrefined Fireblast Cooldown increased from 6s to 7s

Talents — reworked

Omniknight

Base armor decreased by 1 Agility gain decreased

Abilities

Degen Aura Movement slow: 11% + 1% per level

Purification Now pierces debuff immunity on enemies

Repel Cooldown decreased Now only provides debuff immunity and regeneration

Hammer of Purity Pierces debuff immunity Cooldown decreased Now heals based on damage dealt

Guardian Angel Now an aura centered on Omniknight Radius increased to 700 Duration decreased

Aghanim’s Scepter makes it global

Oracle

Prognosticate Now reveals Roshan’s exact respawn timer

False Promise No longer upgraded with Aghanim’s Scepter

Diviner’s Deck (Aghanim) Grants a random buff every 90 seconds (damage, gold, intelligence, healing, or barrier)

Snapfire

Removed Buckshot innate ability

Abilities

Boomstick New innate ability. Passive Snapfire deals more damage with her attacks and abilities the closer she is to her target Minimum damage amp: 0% at a distance of 495 + 5 per level Maximum damage amp: 35% at a distance of 50 + 5 per level

Scatterblast Point-blank damage bonus decreased from 50% to 30%

Talents

Level 15: Lil' Shredder attacks increased from +1 to +2

Sniper

Abilities

Keen Scope No longer levels with Assassinate No longer increases attack range Now increases attack damage by 1.5% + 0.05% per level for every 100 units of distance to the target Also affects Assassinate damage

Take Aim Now passively grants 160/240/320/400 attack range Active bonus attack range rescaled from 100/150/200/250 to 75/150/225/300

Assassinate No longer increases attack damage by 100/110/120%

Talents

Level 10: +55 Take Aim attack range → +50 Take Aim passive attack range

Spectre

Base movement speed increased from 290 to 295 Base health regen increased from 1.0 to 1.5

Abilities

Desolate Damage changed from 25 + 2 per level to 23 + 2 per level

Shadow Step Cooldown decreased from 30/26/22/18s to 24/21/18/15s Cast range increased from 750/900/1050/1200 to 825/950/1075/1200 Illusion damage increased from 32/38/44/50% to 35/40/45/50% Illusion damage taken decreased from 200% to 200/185/170/155%

Haunt Cooldown decreased from 180/160/140s to 160/150/140s Duration rescaled from 5/6/7s to 6s Illusion damage decreased from 30/55/80% to 30/50/70%

Spirit Breaker

Removed Herd Mentality innate ability

Abilities

Empowering Haste New innate ability. Passive Spirit Breaker gains bonus movement speed whenever he stuns enemies — Hero: +8% for 2s — Other units: +2% for 1s Effects stack and have independent durations Bull Rush duration is paused during Charge of Darkness, but can still gain stacks Allows exceeding movement speed cap

Charge of Darkness No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Greater Bash Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter Knockback increased by ~30% If the knocked-back enemy hits another enemy, the second one is also bashed The original target takes an additional 25% damage Applies to Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike Creeps take 25% of repeated damage Dead bodies continue flying and pushing enemies

Planar Pocket Now granted by Aghanim's Shard Cooldown increased from 25s to 30s Self magic resistance decreased from 75% to 40% Effect ends if Spirit Breaker is more than 900 units away Can now be cast without cancelling Charge of Darkness

Talents

Level 15: +45 Damage → +60 Charge of Darkness bonus speed Level 20: -0.3s Greater Bash cooldown → +8%/+2% Empowering Haste movespeed bonus

Storm Spirit

Abilities

Galvanized Leveling Ball Lightning no longer grants 3 Galvanized charges

Static Remnant Remnants now spawn at Storm Spirit’s location and move at 300 speed to the target point

Sven

Base Strength increased from 23 to 24 Level 1 damage increased from 60–62 to 61–63 Removed Vanquisher innate ability

Abilities

Wrath of God New innate ability Increases attack damage gained per Strength by 0.08 + 0.02 per level Disabled by Break

Warcry Aghanim’s Shard reworked Makes Warcry undispellable and increases radius from 700 to 900 Provides a 300 physical damage barrier and +3% movement speed

Talents

Level 10: +10% Vanquisher damage → +20% God’s Strength slow resistance Level 20: +20% slow resistance → -25% Storm Hammer cooldown and mana cost

Techies

Abilities

M.A.D. New innate ability. Passive Mana regen increased by 0.08% + 0.02% per level of max mana

On death, leaves a barrel that explodes after 1.5s Deals 50 + 30% of max mana as damage Radius: 400 Provides 400 vision

Aghanim’s Shard: — +10% mana-to-damage — Adds active ability — Can plant and detonate barrel manually — Invisible before detonation — Can be destroyed — Cooldown: 30s

Reactive Tazer Now can always be cast on allies Cast range increased from 500 to 600 No longer upgraded with Shard

Blast Off! Now deals self-damage first Now roots and disarms instead of self-stunning

Proximity Mines Damage source changed to the caster

Minefield Sign Now only available with Aghanim’s Scepter

Talents

Level 15: +3 mana regen → +25% Reactive Tazer duration Level 25: Damage increased from +252 to +253

Templar Assassin

Base health regen decreased from 1 to 0 Removed Third Eye innate ability

Abilities

Inner Peace New innate ability After 0.25s of standing still, begins meditating Grants HP and mana regen scaling up to max over time Resets on movement or damage

Max HP regen: 2.7 + 0.3 per level Max mana regen: 2.2 + 0.2 per level

Refraction Now upgraded with Aghanim’s Shard Grants +30 bonus damage and can be cast while disabled

Meld Now applies bonus damage and armor reduction to all enemies hit via Psi Blades

Psionic Trap Now upgraded with Aghanim’s Scepter Now also silences enemies for up to 3s depending on charge

Talents

Level 15: +3 Meld armor reduction → +3 Psionic Traps Level 15: Cast while disabled → +225 Meld attack range Level 20: +40 Refraction damage → +4 Meld armor reduction

Terrorblade

Base armor increased by 1

Abilities

Conjure Image Illusion damage increased from 20/25/30/35% to 25/30/35/40%

Demon Zeal Cooldown decreased from 60s to 45s Duration decreased from 30s to 25s

Talents

Level 15: +15% Reflection slow/damage → -25% Sunder minimum HP swap

Tidehunter

Strength gain increased from 3.6 to 3.7 Removed Blubber innate ability

Abilities

Leviathan’s Catch New innate ability Enemies drop fish on death Tidehunter can eat them to gain: — +3 max HP — +2 attack range — +1 damage block

Fish fly toward Tidehunter, persist indefinitely, and can be destroyed

Anchor Smash Radius changed to 225 + Tidehunter’s attack range

Kraken Shell Now applies a strong dispel when taking heavy damage

Talents

Level 20: Blubber effect → Kraken Shell cleanse triggers Anchor Smash

Timbersaw

Abilities

Exposure Therapy No longer levels with Chakram Mana gained per tree changed from 4/6/8/10 to 3.75 + 0.25 per level

Tinker

Base health regen increased from 0 to 0.5 Base movement speed decreased from 310 to 305 Defense Matrix ability removed

Abilities

Laser Aghanim’s Scepter no longer adds bounces

March of the Machines Now upgraded by Aghanim’s Scepter Robots apply a non-stacking heal over time of 35 HP per second to allies they pass through. Heal duration: 4 seconds

Deploy Turrets New ability that replaces Defense Matrix After a 0.5s delay, drops a group of three uncontrollable turrets in a 250 radius area, dealing 40/80/120/160 magical damage, destroying trees, and knocking enemies back by 100 units and Tinker by 350 Turrets seek enemy heroes within 650/700/750/800 range and fire missiles at them every 1.5 seconds Missiles deal 20/40/60/80 magical damage to the target and 50% damage to other enemies within a 200 AoE Each turret has 40/80/120/160 HP and lasts 4.5 seconds

Each of the three turrets activates with a delay: 0.1s, 0.6s, and 1.1s after deployment

Missiles travel forward and can be dodged Turrets target heroes only, but missiles can hit creeps Turrets prioritize the same target while in range Splash damage does not affect the primary target

Bounty: 5/10/15/20 gold and XP Turn rate: 0.55 Missile speed: 1200 Missile distance: 650/700/750/800

Cast range: 600 Mana cost: 100/120/140/160 Cooldown: 24/22/20/18 Cast point: 0.1s

Upgraded with Aghanim’s Scepter: Turrets activate 0.3s faster and fire 20% faster (one extra volley)

Rearm Cooldown decreased from 7/6/5s to 5.5/5/4.5s

Warp Flare Teleport distance now depends on distance to the target Closer targets are pushed further, distant targets less Maximum distance is 60% of cast range (700 by default), scaling down to 0

Talents Level 15: +60 Defense Matrix barrier → +100 Deploy Turrets knockback for Tinker Level 20: +10% status resistance → +60 Deploy Turrets missile damage Level 25: +40 Intelligence → -0.25s Rearm time Level 25: Laser AoE increased from 200 to 250

Tiny

Craggy Exterior innate ability removed

Abilities

Insurmountable New innate ability Slow resistance now also applies to attack speed slows Tiny gains slow resistance equal to 20% of his Strength And status resistance equal to 10% of his Strength

Avalanche Mana cost increased from 95/110/125/140 to 105/120/135/150 Damage decreased from 100/190/280/370 to 90/180/270/360

Toss Mana cost changed from 110/125/140/155 to 125

Tree Grab Mana cost decreased from 40 to 40/35/30/25 Cooldown decreased from 16/15/14/13s to 15/12/9/6s Cast range increased from 165 to 200 Attacks changed from 5 to 4/5/6/7 No longer upgraded with Aghanim’s Shard

Tree Throw No longer applies slow by default

Grow Now upgraded with Aghanim’s Shard Thrown trees and units deal +20% damage +125 AoE radius Applies 25% movement slow and 45 attack speed slow for 2.5s Does not increase damage on the primary Toss target

Tree Volley Now uses Tree Throw bonus values and Shard bonuses

Talents Level 10: Avalanche cast range reduced from +200 to +150 Level 15: Avalanche damage reduced from +100 to +90

Treant Protector

Abilities

Nature’s Guise Cooldown changed from 35s to 36s -1 per level

Living Armor Mana cost increased from 40/45/50/55 to 65/70/75/80 Damage block reduced from 120 to 60/80/100/120 Damage block reduction improved to 20

Eyes in the Forest Charge restore time increased from 55s to 135s Duration increased from 300s to 360s Max charges reduced from 3 to 2

Troll Warlord

Abilities

Battle Stance Grants 1 armor per 30 bonus attack speed

Berserker’s Rage No longer provides armor

Talents Level 15: +115 Whirling Axes damage → +1s Battle Trance duration Level 20: +10 armor → +160 Whirling Axes damage Level 20: +1.5s Battle Trance duration → Allies receive Battle Trance attack speed

Tusk

Abilities

Bitter Chill No longer scales with ultimate Attack speed slow: 17 + 3 per level Now only affects enemy heroes

Tag Team Now always a basic ability

Ice Shards No longer upgraded with Aghanim’s Shard

Drinking Buddies (Shard) Pulls an allied unit Both gain +25% movement speed and +10 armor for 6s Can be alt-cast to only pull Tusk Cast range: 1000 Mana cost: 80 Cooldown: 14s

No longer provides bonus damage

Talents Level 20: -6s Ice Shards cooldown → -6s Snowball cooldown Level 25: -8s Snowball cooldown → Ice Shards slow by 50% and deal 110 DPS

Underlord

Abilities

Invading Force Damage reduction: 3.7% + 0.3% per level Movement speed bonus: 9.5% + 0.5% per level

Firestorm Damage increased to 30/55/80/105

Atrophy Aura Damage reduction increased to 8/16/24/32%

Talents Level 15: Firestorm cooldown reduced by 5s Level 25: Fiend’s Gate DPS increased to 160

Undying

Base Health Regen increased from -0.25 to 0.25 Base Agility increased from 10 to 13 Base Armor decreased by 1

Abilities

Flesh Golem Attacks now spawn the current level of Tombstone Zombie

Vengeful Spirit

Base Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300 Base Attack Time improved from 1.7s to 1.5s

Abilities

Retribution Now also grants Vengeful Spirit the benefits of both melee and ranged attacks Now the killer’s icon is shown as a buff on Vengeful Spirit to indicate the revenge target

Vengeance Aura Now provides 1.2x the bonus for Vengeful Spirit herself Aghanim’s Scepter no longer refreshes ability cooldowns on activation Now increases self-bonus up to 1.3x Aghanim’s Scepter illusion is now fully affected by Vengeance Aura Aghanim’s Scepter illusion damage taken reduced from 115% to 100%

Venomancer

Removed Septic Shock innate ability

Abilities

Poison Sting Now an innate ability Imbues Venomancer’s attacks with poison, dealing 9 + 1 per level damage per second and slowing movement by 10% Duration: 4.5s + 0.5s per level

Venomous Gale Aghanim’s Shard reworked Increases cast range and projectile speed by 25% Creates 2 Plague Wards near every enemy hero hit

Snakebite New basic ability Deals 40/60/80/100 magical damage and applies a toxin dealing 20/25/30/35 DPS for 6 seconds When the target attacks, they take the initial damage again Cast Range: 600 Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100 Cooldown: 20/18/16/14s

Noxious Plague Reworked Now affects only one target Carries all Venomancer debuffs Does not stack Reapplying deals damage but does not refresh duration Mana Cost: 200/250/300 Duration: 4s Initial Damage: 150/200/250 (non-lethal) Now spreads a second time, but without initial damage Spread Radius reduced to 700 Max HP damage reduced to 2/3/4%

Aghanim’s Scepter: Reduces cooldown by 35s Reduces Magic Resistance by 20% Allows additional spreads to deal initial damage

Talents Level 15: Poison Sting Slow increased to +7% Level 15: +75 Noxious Plague Spread Radius replaces -1s Plague Ward Cooldown Level 20: -2s Plague Ward Cooldown replaces +50 Base Damage Level 20: +40% Snakebite Damage Level 25: Snakebite becomes undispellable

Viper

Agility gain increased from 2.7 to 2.9 Base Attack Speed decreased from 120 to 110

Abilities

Predator Damage per missing health increased from 0.15 to 0.25

Corrosive Skin Aghanim’s Scepter now increases effect in Nethertoxin up to 50% over 4s

Talents Level 10: +15 Corrosive Skin Damage Level 15: +15% Poison Attack Slow/Damage Level 15: +20/40 Nethertoxin Damage Level 20: Predator bonus increased to +0.35

Visage

Removed Lurker innate ability

Abilities

Silent as the Grave Now an innate ability Grants flying movement and +12% movement speed for 20s Ends on attack or cast, then grants +10% damage for 2s

Mana Cost: 50 Cooldown: 45.75s - 0.75s per level

Aghanim’s Scepter: +12% movement speed, +10% damage, +2s duration, +10s flight Grants invisibility

Summon Familiars Cooldown reduced to 120/110/100s Health rescaled to 450/600/750

Talents Level 10: +6 Base Damage Level 10: -1s Soul Assumption Cooldown Level 20: +30 Damage per charge

Void Spirit

Base Damage decreased by 4

Abilities

Intrinsic Edge Now increases attack damage per attribute by 15% Scaling increased No longer provides Armor or Magic Resistance Now provides Attack Speed per Agility

Aether Remnant Aghanim’s Shard no longer reveals wards

Resonant Pulse Barrier increased to 50/70/90/110

Warlock

Abilities

Eldritch Summoning No longer scales with ultimate Imp Health: 5 + 15 per level Explosion: 20 + 20 per 3 hero levels Movement Speed: 297 + 3 per level Attack Damage: 20–21

Aghanim’s Shard: +80 HP, +45 explosion damage

Weaver

Removed Rewoven innate ability

Abilities

Threads of Fate New passive After dealing damage and staying within 700 range for 1.5s, creates a link Each link gives +10% damage Lasts up to 6s Breaks if distance exceeds 900

Slow: 100% for 0.2s

Talents Level 10: +50 Shukuchi Movement Speed Level 15: +90 Shukuchi Damage Level 20: Geminate Bonus Damage reduced to 60

Windranger

Base Movement Speed decreased from 290 to 285

Abilities

Tailwind New innate ability Grants +35% movement speed per stack Duration: 2s Max Movement Speed increased to 600

Aghanim’s Scepter: also triggers from attacks, duration increased to 3s

Windrun Movement Speed Bonus reduced to 50% Cooldown reduced to 14/13/12/11s

Talents Level 10: +0.75s Windrun Duration Level 15: +40 Max Movement Speed Level 25: Powershot executes enemies below 15% HP

Winter Wyvern

Removed Eldwurm Scholar innate ability

Abilities

Eldwurm’s Edda Grants an item at the start After 10 minutes, can be consumed to upgrade an ability and grant Intelligence

Arctic Burn Duration reduced to 3s Slow reduced to 15/20/25/30%

Cold Embrace Aghanim’s Shard: -4s cooldown, +60% attack damage after effect

Winter’s Curse Attack Speed changed to 50/65/80 Duration set to 6s Bonus duration reduced to 1.5s

Witch Doctor

Death Ward Attack Range increased to 600/625/650

Talents Level 15: -3s Paralyzing Cask Cooldown Level 20: Maledict deals AoE damage Level 25: +6 Paralyzing Cask Bounces

Wraith King

Base Armor decreased by 1

Abilities

Vampiric Spirit Lifesteal: 14% + 1% per level Wraith duration scales: 4.25s + scaling

Bone Guard Now always a basic ability Skeleton movement speed increased

Mortal Strike Aghanim’s Shard: critical strikes deal 75% damage again after delay

Reincarnation Mana Cost reduced to 220/110/0 Now spawns 2/3/4 units per enemy hero

Zeus

Base Strength increased from 19 to 21 Base Damage increased Base Movement Speed reduced to 305 Base Armor decreased by 1

Abilities

Static Field Damage changed to 3.45% + 0.05% per level

Arc Lightning Mana Cost: 85/90/95/100 Damage: 105/130/155/180

Lightning Bolt Vision radius increased to 600

Thundergod’s Wrath Now applies True Sight before damage Hits invisible and untargetable enemies

Nimbus Damage source changed to Zeus

Talents Level 15: -20% Arc Lightning Mana Cost/Cooldown Level 25: +3 Heavenly Jump Charges