Valve unexpectedly released patch 7.41b for Dota 2: full list of changes
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Valve surprised fans with the sudden release of patch 7.41b for Dota 2, which not only significantly changed the meta, but also adjusted hero stats, items, and introduced other balance changes affecting matches.
This was reported on the official Dota 2 website.
General Changes
Tormentor
Reflect Damage per minute decreased from 2% → 1.5%
Neutral Creep Changes
Ancient Frostbitten Golem
Time Warp Aura: cooldown reduction reduced from 10/11/12/14% → 8/9/10/11%
Item Changes
Black King Bar
Avatar: duration bonuses no longer affect the spell duration
Consecrated Wraps
All attributes bonus reduced from 6 → 5
Hallowed:
Stack mechanic now displayed as charges instead of buff stacks
Creating a barrier still consumes all charges
Charge recovery is no longer affected by cooldown reduction or manipulation effects
Now starts with 3 charges when purchased or crafted
Requirement to gain max stacks for movement speed buff removed
Initial 3 charges do not grant movement speed bonus
Charge gain time increased from 3s → 4s
Gleipnir
Eternal Chains radius increased from 275 → 325
With AoE bonuses: 350 → 400
Heaven’s Halberd
Health regeneration increased from 6 → 6.5
Helm of the Overlord
Dominate cooldown reduced from 45s → 40s
Minimum HP of dominated unit increased from 1800 → 1900
Holy Locket
Energy Charge (healing amplification received): 10% → 15%
Holy Blessing (outgoing heal amplification): 15% → 10%
Mage Slayer
Health regeneration reduced from 6 → 5.5
Magic resistance reduced from 20% → 18%
Sange
Health regeneration amplification reduced from 16% → 12%
Abyssal Blade
Health regeneration amplification reduced from 20% → 16%
Sange and Yasha
Health regeneration amplification reduced from 20% → 16%
Kaya and Sange
Health regeneration amplification reduced from 20% → 16%
Neutral Item Changes
Jidi Pollen Bag
Pollinate radius increased from 700 → 900
Conjurer’s Catalyst
Spellover:
Now has an internal cooldown of 0.1s
Damage threshold increased from 100 → 200
Hero damage increased from 40 → 80
Non-hero damage increased from 15 → 30
Enchanter’s Bauble
Enchant bonus reduced from 15% → 10%
Idol of Scree’auk
False Flight duration increased from 5 → 6.5 seconds
Metamorphic Mandible
Pupate movement speed bonus increased from 15% → 20%
Rattlecage
Reverberate projectile damage reduced from 110 → 90
Book of the Dead
Warrior summons no longer have True Sight
Minotaur Horn
Lesser Avatar magic resistance increased from 50% → 60%
Riftshadow Prism
Refract cooldown reduced from 30s → 27s
Enchantment Changes
Crude
Health regeneration amplification reduced from 10/15/20% → 9/12/15%
Hero Changes
Alchemist
Base Agility reduced from 22 → 19
Talents
Level 10 Talent: “+1 Acid Spray Armor Reduction” replaced with “+1% Corrosive Weaponry Damage Reduction and Slow per stack”
Level 15 Talent: “+1% Corrosive Weaponry Damage Reduction and Slow per stack” replaced with “+1 Acid Spray Armor Reduction”
Ancient Apparition
Abilities
Bone Chill: Aghanim’s Scepter Strength reduction bonus increased from 0.3 → 0.8
Anti-Mage
Abilities
Mana Break: Max mana burn per hit increased from 1.6/2.4/3.2/4% → 1.8/2.7/3.6/4.5%
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Blink cast range reduced from 150 → 125
Arc Warden
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Magnetic Field cooldown reduction reduced from 5s → 4s
Level 20 Talent: “+200 Spark Wraith Damage” replaced with “+30s Spark Wraith Duration”
Level 25 Talent: “+30s Spark Wraith Duration” replaced with “+240 Spark Wraith Damage”
Level 25 Talent: Runic Infusion attribute bonus reduced from 1.5 → 1
Batrider
Base armor reduced by 1
Abilities
Firefly cooldown increased from 45/40/35/30 → 48/42/36/30 seconds
Talents
Level 15 Talent: Sticky Napalm movement slow per stack increased from 0.5% → 0.75%
Beastmaster
Base attack speed reduced from 100 → 90
Abilities
Wild Axes debuff duration changed from 12 → 10/11/12/13 seconds
Talents
Level 10 Talent: Armor bonus reduced from 5 → 4
Level 10 Talent: Bonus damage per Wild Axes stack reduced from 2% → 1.5%
Bloodseeker
Abilities
Rupture mana cost increased from 100/150/200 → 125/175/225
Talents
Level 25 Talent: Thirst max movement speed per hero reduced from 18% → 15%
Broodmother
Base Agility increased from 18 → 20
Base damage at level 1 increased from 45–51 → 47–53
Chaos Knight
Abilities
Phantasm cooldown increased from 75 → 85/80/75 seconds
Number of illusions increased from 1/2/3 → 3
Illusion damage reduced from 100% → 50/75/100%
Chen
Abilities
Holy Persuasion bonus damage increased from 0/6/12/18% → 5/10/15/20%
Clinkz
Talents
Level 10 Talent: Strafe duration increased from 0.75 → 1 second
Crystal Maiden
Abilities
Crystal Clone cooldown increased from 10 → 12 seconds
Dawnbreaker
Abilities
Break of Dawn max damage bonus reduced from 10% + 1% per level → 8% + 1% per level
Death Prophet
Abilities
Exorcism spirit damage increased from 64 → 65/68/71
Doom
Abilities
Scorched Earth damage reduced from 20/35/50/65 → 20/30/40/50
Doom (Ultimate) DPS reduced from 25/45/66 → 22/44/66
Talents
Level 10 Talent: “Devour grants +15% Magic Resistance” replaced with “+10% Magic Resistance”
Level 15 Talent: “+66 Damage” replaced with “+1.5% Infernal Blade Max HP Damage”
Level 20 Talent: “+2.5% Infernal Blade Max HP Damage” replaced with “+66 Damage”
Drow Ranger
Base Agility increased from 22 → 24
Base damage at level 1 increased from 49–56 → 51–58
Abilities
Marksmanship: enemy disable radius reduced from 325 → 300
Glacier: the ice hill no longer prevents Marksmanship from being disabled by nearby enemies
Talents
Level 25 Talent: Multishot wave count increased from +1 → +2
Elder Titan
Abilities
Momentum: armor from bonus movement speed increased from 3.6% + 0.4% per level → 5% + 0.5% per level
Ember Spirit
Base damage reduced by 3
Base damage at level 1 reduced from 55–59 → 52–56
Abilities
Sleight of Fist: mana cost increased from 60/65/70/75 → 75
Enigma
Abilities
Event Horizon: movement slow increased from 4% + 1% per level → 5% + 1% per level
Demonic Summoning:
Fixed a bug where Eidolons had no damage variance (8 damage spread)
Eidolon damage increased from 16/27/38/49 → 16/28/40/52
Resulting damage range changed from 16/27/38/49 → 12–20 / 24–32 / 36–44 / 48–56
Gyrocopter
Abilities
Flak Cannon: cooldown changed from 26/24/22/20 → 25 seconds
Call Down: cooldown reduced from 90/75/60 → 75/65/55 seconds
Hoodwink
Abilities
Hunter's Boomerang: debuff duration reduced from 7 → 6 seconds
Invoker
Abilities
Invoke: now grants an additional ability point at levels 6, 12, and 18
Talents
Level 20 Talent: +1 Orb Levels replaced with +50% Forged Spirit Armor Reduction
Jakiro
Abilities
Dual Breath: cooldown changed from 10 → 12/11/10/9 seconds
Liquid Fire: burn damage changed from 15/25/35/45 → 12/24/36/48
Macropyre: mana cost reduced from 300/400/500 → 250/350/450
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Macropyre damage increased from 20 → 25
Juggernaut
Base movement speed increased from 300 → 305
Abilities
Bladeform: agility per stack increased from 2.5% + 0.05% per level → 2.5% + 0.1% per level
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Blade Fury DPS increased from 100 → 120
Keeper of the Light
Abilities
Bright Speed: intelligence required for +1 movement speed increased from 2.5 → 3
Spirit Form: cast range bonus reduced from 100/200/300 → 100/175/250
Talents
Level 15 Talent: Bright Speed bonus in Spirit Form reduced from 30% → 25%
Largo
Abilities
Encore: bonus duration increased from 9% + 1% per level → 10% + 1% per level
Croak of Genius:
Mana cost per second changed from 25/35/45/55 → 40
Duration increased from 12/18/24/30 → 15/20/25/30 seconds
Bullbelly Blitz: Aghanim’s Scepter bonus damage per stack reduced from 6/12/18 → 6/10/14
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Catchy Lick damage increased from 170 → 200
Lycan
Abilities
Shapeshift cooldown reduced from 110/100/90 → 105/95/85 seconds
Magnus
Agility gain increased from 2 → 2.2
Damage per level increased from 3.2 → 3.3
Meepo
Base movement speed reduced from 315 → 310
Strength gain reduced from 2.2 → 2
Abilities
Ransack: lifesteal from heroes reduced from 9/12/15/18 → 7/10/13/16
Divided We Stand:
Item bonuses to max HP and mana are now shared equally between Meepo and clones
Town Portal Scroll cooldown is no longer shared
MegaMeepo:
Cooldown increased from 60 → 90 seconds
Duration reduced from 25 → 20 seconds
Talents
Level 10 Talent: “+40 Poof Damage” replaced with “-1.5s Earthbind Cooldown”
Level 15 Talent: “-2.5s Earthbind Cooldown” replaced with “+40 Poof Damage”
Level 20 Talent: Ransack lifesteal reduced from 7 → 6
Monkey King
Abilities
Changing of the Guard cooldown increased from 3 → 5 seconds
Talents
Level 10 Talent: Tree Dance cast range reduced from 350 → 300
Naga Siren
Base attack speed reduced from 110 → 100
Abilities
Eelskin: evasion per illusion reduced from 4.9% + 0.1% per level → 4% + 0.1% per level
Nature’s Prophet
Abilities
Wrath of Nature base damage increased from 90/130/170 → 100/140/180
Necrophos
Abilities
Death Seeker mana cost increased from 125 → 160
Night Stalker
Base health regeneration reduced by 1.25
Nyx Assassin
Abilities
Vendetta duration reduced from 60 → 45/50/55 seconds
Omniknight
Abilities
Hammer of Purity: healing from damage increased from 30% → 35%
Guardian Angel:
Duration increased from 4/4.5/5 → 4/4.75/5.5 seconds
Aghanim’s Scepter bonus health regeneration reduced from 100% → 50%
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Degen Aura radius increased from 125 → 150
Pangolier
Abilities
Lucky Shot attack slow reduced from 40/80/120/160 → 35/70/105/140
Rolling Thunder attack damage multiplier reduced from 100% → 80%
Phantom Assassin
Strength gain increased from 2 → 2.2
Abilities
Phantom Strike duration increased from 2.5 → 3 seconds
Attack speed bonus changed from 100/130/160/190 → 80/120/160/200
Coup de Grace crit damage increased from 200/300/400% → 200/325/450%
Phoenix
Base attack range reduced from 525 → 500
Abilities
Sun Ray: Aghanim’s Shard no longer adds 10% slow
Primal Beast
Abilities
Pulverize cooldown increased from 40/35/30 → 45/40/35 seconds
Talents
Level 10 Talent: damage bonus reduced from 30 → 25
Pudge
Abilities
Flesh Heap: Strength per stack increased from 1.6 → 2
Rubick
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Telekinesis landing damage reduced from 325 → 300
Sand King
Abilities
Epicenter attack slow reduced from 50/55/60 → 30/40/50
Aghanim’s Scepter Stinger proc damage reduced from 50% → 40%
Shadow Demon
Abilities
Disruption illusion duration reduced from 11/12/13/14 → 8/10/12/14 seconds
Talents
Level 15 Talent: movement speed bonus reduced from 25 → 20
Shadow Shaman
Intelligence gain reduced from 3.5 → 3.3
Silencer
Talents
Level 15 Talent: Global Silence cooldown reduction reduced from 20 → 15 seconds
Skywrath Mage
Base mana regeneration increased by 0.25
Slardar
Abilities
Guardian Sprint: cooldown increased from 29/25/21/17 → 33/28/23/18 seconds
Slark
Abilities
Essence Shift: duration reduced from 12.5 + 2.5 per level → 10 + 2.5 per level
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Essence Shift duration bonus reduced from 25 → 20 seconds
Snapfire
Abilities
Scatterblast: cooldown reduced from 18/15/12/9 → 17/14/11/8 seconds
Initial radius increased from 225 → 250
Spectre
Strength gain reduced from 2.4 → 2.3
Abilities
Dispersion: max radius reduced from 800 → 700
Talents
Level 10 Talent: Spectral Dagger cooldown reduction weakened from 4 → 3 seconds
Techies
Talents
Level 10 Talent: magic resistance bonus reduced from 20% → 15%
Level 15 Talent: Blast Off! damage bonus reduced from 200 → 175
Terrorblade
Talents
Level 20 Talent: Conjure Image illusion duration bonus reduced from 10 → 8 seconds
Tidehunter
Base strength reduced from 26 → 25
Base damage at level 1 reduced from 51–57 → 50–56
Abilities
Leviathan’s Catch: now grants a fish on every even level instead of every level
Talents
Level 15 Talent: Gush damage bonus reduced from 100 → 90
Anchor Smash with level 25 Talent now deals only 50% damage to buildings
Timbersaw
Abilities
Whirling Death: damage changed from 75/120/165/210 → 60/120/180/240
Timber Chain: damage increased from 45/100/155/210 → 45/105/165/225
Chakram: instant damage changed from 100/150/200 → 75/150/225
Tinker
Abilities
Deploy Turrets:
Rocket speed increased from 1200 → 1350
Base turret deployment time reduced from 0.3 → 0 seconds
Aghanim’s Scepter no longer speeds up turret deployment
Tiny
Intelligence gain increased from 2.2 → 2.4
Abilities
Tree Volley: thrown trees no longer trigger cleave
Treant Protector
Abilities
Nature’s Grasp: cooldown increased from 20/19/18/17 → 23/21/19/17 seconds
Tusk
Abilities
Bitter Chill: attack slow reduced from 17 + 3 per level → 12 + 3 per level
Drinking Buddies: alternate cast removed; bonus armor reduced from 10 → 7
Void Spirit
Abilities
Dissimilate: damage reduced from 120/200/280/360 → 105/185/265/345
Windranger
Base health regeneration increased by 0.5
Abilities
Powershot: slow increased from 20/25/30/35% → 22/28/34/40%
Gale Force: cooldown reduced from 30 → 25 seconds
