Patch 7.16

General Updates

30 changes

The upcoming patches will be mostly focused on balance tweaks in preparation for The International. There are a few more biweekly patches planned, with the primary ones scheduled around the final Major and the TI Qualifiers. After TI, we expect the first half of the new season to have longer periods between gameplay updates.

Bounty Runes team gold reduced from 40 + 3/min to 40 + 2/min

Reduced the following Movement Speed Talents:

Bane Level 20: 75->65

Beastmaster Level 10: 30 -> 25

Bounty Hunter Level 10: 30 -> 25

Clockwerk Level 10: 25 -> 20

Dark Willow Level 15: 40 -> 35

Gyrocopter Level 20: 50->45

Legion Commander Level 20: 60->50

Leshrac Level 15: 40->30

Lifestealer Level 15: 35 -> 30

Nature's Prophet Level 10: 40 -> 35

Nightstalker Level 20: 50 -> 45

Oracle Level 20: 75 -> 65

Outworld Destroyer Level 15: 40 -> 35

Sand King Level 10: 30 -> 25

Shadow Demon Level 15: 40 -> 35

Shadow Fiend Level 15: 35->30

Techies Level 20: 75 -> 60

Zeus: Level 15: 40 -> 30

General:Default:Increased Base HP regen to 1.75 for the following Agility heroes: Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Clinkz, Drow Ranger, Meepo, Pangolier, Phantom Assassin, Templar Assassin, Troll Warlord, Vengeful Spirit

Melee Barracks health increased from 1800 to 2000

Roshan attack damage upgrade over time increased from 2.5/min to 4/min

Goblins Greed

Bounty rune multiplier increased from 3 to 3.5

General

Base attack rate improved from 1.45 to 1.4

General

Base damage increased by 2

Magnetic Field

Manacost reduced from 80/90/100/110 to 50/70/90/110

Enfeeble

Duration reduced from 14/16/18/20 to 8/12/16/20

Talents

Level 10 Talent increased from +4 Armor to +8 Armor
Level 20 Talent increased from +14% Rupture Damage to +18%

Talents

Level 25 Talent increased from +20 Warpath Damage Per Stack to +30

Spawn Spiderlings

Health increased from 250 to 280

General

Base damage increased by 4

Hoof Stomp

Manacost reduced from 130 to 115/120/125/130

General

Base intelligence increased by 2

General

Intelligence increased from 16 + 1.55 to 18 + 1.7

Strafe

Dodge no longer has a count limit

Power Cogs

Manacost increased from 50/60/70/80 to 80

General

Base Damage increased by 2

Brilliance Aura

Self mana regeneration increased from 1.3/2.2/3.1/4.0 to 1.6/2.4/3.2/4.0

Bedlam

Cooldown reduced from 40/35/30 to 30
Duration increased from 4 to 5

General

Strength gain increased from 2.15 to 2.3

Poison Touch

Count rescaled from 4/5/6/7 to 2/4/6/8
Cooldown reduced from 35/30/25/20 to 27/24/21/18

General

Base movement speed reduced from 310 to 305

Spirit Siphon

Manacost increased from 70/65/60/55 to 70

Talents

Level 10 Talent reduced from +50 Damage to 40

Thunder Strike

Cooldown increased from 12/11/10/9 to 15/13/11/9

Infernal Blade

Base damage reduced from 25/30/35/40 to 25

Scorched Earth

Movement speed reduced from 14% to 11/12/13/14%

General

Base movemend speed reduced from 285 to 280

Elder Dragon Form

Bonus movement speed increased from 25 to 30

General

Base Damage increased by 4

General

Base armor increased by 1

General

Base strength increased by 1

Natures Attendants

Manacost reduced from 140 to 110/120/130/140

General

Demonic Conversion Eidolon bounty reduced from 29 to 23

Call Down

Missile One damage reduced from 200/275/350 to 150/250/350

Talents

Level 10 Talent reduced from +25 Damage to +20

General

Inner Vitality manacost reduced from 170 to 140/150/160/170

Inner Vitality base regen increased from 10 to 12

Life Break

Increased from 34/38/42% to 34/39/44%

Invoke

Manacost removed

General

Base movement speed reduced from 290 to 280

Talents

Level 15 Talent reduced from +90 Spirits Damage to +75
Level 20 Talent changed from Attacks Tether Ally's Target to +20 Health Regen
Level 25 Talent changed from +50 Health Regen to Attacks Tether Ally's Target

Talents

Level 25 Talent changed from +50% Tidebringer Cleave to -1.5s Tidebringer Cooldown

General

Base Intelligence reduced by 2 (base damage unchanged)

Lightning Storm

Cast range reduced from 800 to 650/700/750/800

Chain Frost

Damage increased from 280/370/460 to 300/400/500 (Scepter from 370/460/550 to 400/500/600)

General

Intelligence gain reduced from 1.55 to 1.4

Shapeshift

Critical strike reduced from 160/180/200% to 150/175/200%

Empower

Cleave distance increased from 460 to 625 (matching Battle Fury)
Cleave end radius increased from 240 to 330 (matching Battle Fury)

Earthbind

Projectile speed increased from 857 to 900
Now fully affects invisible units

Leap

Attack speed increased from 40/60/80/100 to 60/80/100/120

Invis

Duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds

Wukongs Command

Armor increased from 8/14/20 to 12/18/24

Replicate

Now only dispels on initial cast, rather than on all toggles

General

Attack Point improved from 0.53 to 0.4

Base damage increased by 2

Death Pulse

Mana Regen per stack from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75 to 2.25/2.5/2.75/3

General

Darkness no longer sets enemy vision to a fixed amount

Darkness now reduces enemy unit and ward vision by 25% (doesn't affect buildings)

Void

No longer applies a ministun during the day

Multicast

2x chance from 40/50/60 to 60/60/60%
3x chance from 0/20/25% to 0/30/30%
4x chance from 0/0/12.5% to 0/0/15%

Talents

Level 10 Talent increased from +60 Gold/Min to +90

Talents

Level 15 Talent changed from +30 Attack Speed to +2s Rolling Thunder Duration
Level 20 Talent improved from +30 Swashbuckle Damage to +40
Level 25 Talent improved from -16s Rolling Thunder Cooldown to -35

Blur

Now only triggers on real heroes
Now always triggers on Invisible and Spell Immune enemies

Doppelwalk

Can no longer be cast while rooted

Fire Spirits

Damage increased from 10/30/50/70 to 20/40/60/80

Meat Hook

Cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11 to 17/15/13/11
Damage increased from 90/180/270/360 to 150/220/290/360

Nether Ward

Damage per mana increased from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0

Talents

Level 25 Talent improved from 20s Spell Block to 15s

General

Base HP regen increased from 1.5 to 3.0

Blink Strike

Can now be cast on Spell Immune enemies

Tricks Of The Trade

Cooldown increased from 40/35/30 to 50/45/40

Backstab

Fade delay increased from 6/5/4/3 to 7.5/6/4.5/3

Sandking Caustic Finale

Slow reduced from 30% to 21/24/27/30%

Talents

Level 20 Talent changed from +20% Evasion to +2 Damage Per Soul
Level 25 Talent changed from +3 Damage Per Soul to -5 Presence Aura

Last Word

Cooldown reduced from 30/24/18/12 to 28/22/16/10

Curse Of The Silent

Damage increased from 14/22/30/38 to 16/24/32/40

Bash

Damage increased from 60/80/100/120 to 80/100/120/140

Pounce

Damage reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120

General

Night vision increased from 1100 to 1400

General

Base HP regen increased from 1 to 1.5

Talents

Level 20 Talent increased from -5s Storm Hammer Cooldown to -6s
Level 25 Talent increased from +0.75s Storm Hammer Stun Duration to +1.25s

Tree Grab

Building bonus damage increased from 60/80/100/120% to 90/120/150/180%

Toss Tree

Splash damage increased from 100 to 130%

Ice Shards

Cooldown increased from 21/18/15/12 to 23/20/17/14

Living Armor

Regen increased from 4/7/10/13 to 4/8/12/16

Soul Rip

Manacost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 80/95/110/125

Talents

Level 15 Talent changed from -1s Earthshock Cooldown to +25s Fury Swipes Reset Time
Level 20 Talent changed from +25s Fury Swipes Reset Time to +12 Fury Swipes Damage
Level 25 Talent changed from +14 Fury Swipes Damage to Enrage gains 80% Status Resistance