Patch 7.27

General Updates

54 changes

Hero kills base XP increased from 40 to 100

Hero kill last hit gold increased from 99 + 7.2 * Level to 120 + 8 * Level

Assist gold rescaled from 45 + 0.033*NW to 30 + 0.038*NW

Passive gold income increased from 85 to 95

Bounty Runes are now reliable gold

Tower last hit bounty from 180 for T1/2/3/4 to 120/140/160/180

Neutral stacking support bounty increased from 35% to 40%

Midlane creep camps changed from Medium to Small

Removed Prowler Camp

Adjusted the low ground tree layout near both outposts to prevent channeling from low ground without destroying trees first

Removed a tree to make an opening in the tree line to the right of the mid radiant tier 1 tower

Changed the camp to the right of the radiant secret shop from medium camp to hard camp

Swapped the hard camp to the right of the radiant top tier 2 tower with the ancient camp in the primary jungle

Reduced the size of the Radiant safelane hard camp spawn box

Radiant safelane small camp spawn box size has been increased

Dire safelane small camp spawn box size has been reduced

Outposts can no longer be stolen by the other team until they kill one of your T2 towers

Outpost now reveals enemies channeling it

Outpost vision radius is now shown by holding alt

All lane creeps now avoid hero aggro until they are near enemy creeps, neutrals or within 1550 range of their Tier 1 tower. This active until the siege units spawn at 5 minutes.

Courier bounty reduced from 30 + 7/Level to 25 + 5/Level

Courier flying upgrade level requirement reduced from 5 to 4

Courier movement speed is reduced by 15% while carrying consumables

Armor formula is now ( Armor * 0.06 / ( 1 + Armor * 0.06 )

Armor per agility increased slightly from 0.16 to 1/6

Tier 1 Towers attack speed increased (attack rate from 1.0 to 0.9, and base attack speed from 100 to 110)

Tier 1 Towers damage reduced from 110 to 90 (same overall DPS with above)

Tier 2+ Towers attack speed increased (attack rate from 0.95 to 0.9, and base attack speed from 100 to 110)

Tier 2+ Towers damage reduced from 200 to 172 (same overall DPS with above)

Siege units health increased by 60

All Pick drafting has been reworked. Each team now picks two heroes per round before they are revealed, rather than just one. The final round is a single selection. (So it goes from 1/1/1/1/1 to 2/2/1)

All Pick hero ban count increased from 10 to 12

All Pick first two rounds now have 5 extra seconds for hero picking

Captain's Mode ban count has changed from 4/1/1 for the three ban phases to 2/3/2

Captain's Mode duration per pick and ban reduced from 35 seconds to 30

Captain's Mode first pick phase is changed from Radiant/Dire/Dire/Radiant to Radiant/Dire/Radiant/Dire (assuming Radiant is first pick)

Captain's Mode third ban phase is changed from Dire/Radiant to Radiant/Dire/Radiant/Dire

Random Draft hero pool reduced from 40 to 33

Fountain now has a fury swipes style attacking, increasing its damage by 3 for each hit

Neutral Items nearby enemy range drop restriction increased from 900 to 1200

Neutral items will no longer drop if the nearby real hero source of kills is teleporting

Neutral items no longer drop for Meepo clones if the Meepo prime is not nearby

Lifesteal Amplification now stacks diminishingly rather than additively

HP Regen Amplification now stacks diminishingly rather than additively

Heal Amplification now stacks diminishingly rather than additively

Spell Lifesteal Amplification now stacks diminishingly rather than additively

No longer provides Archer Aura (movement/attack speed of necro units increased with the same amount as the aura provided)
Attack damage type changed from Piercing to Hero and damage amount adjusted such that the net effect is -57% vs creeps, -10% vs buildings and +26% vs heroes
Mana regen reduced from 3/3.5/4 to 2/3/4
Last Will no longer deals damage through Spell Immunity

No longer provides a damage and regen aura
Dominate now also gives the creep a buff that provides +40 Base Damage, +12 HP Regen and +4 MP Regen
Cooldown reduced from 60 to 45
Recipe is now Helm of Iron Will, Crown and a 725 gold recipe
Passive bonuses are now +6 Armor, +6 HP Regen and +6 All Stats

Now requires a Mask of Death, Blades of Attack, Ring of Basilius and a 600 gold recipe (total cost from 2300 to 2375)
No longer provides +3 Armor Aura
No longer provides +5 All Stats
Lifesteal Aura reduced from 20% to 15%
Now provides +18% Damage Aura
Mana regen increased from 1.5 to 2

Now requires Crown, Sage's Mask, Windlace and 600 gold recipe
No longer provides a 20 Attack Speed Aura
Now provides +6 All Attributes, +1.5 Mana Regen and +20 Movement Speed Bonus
Attack speed bonus increased from +35 to +45
Active movement speed increased from 12% to 13%

Armor aura reduced from 2.5 to 2
Recipe cost reduced from 225 to 200 (total price remains 375)

Now requires Buckler instead of Chainmail (total cost remains same)
Now Provides +3 Armor Aura
Self armor reduced from +6 to +4
No longer provides +4 All stats

Now provides +3 Armor Aura
No longer provides +5 All stats
Self armor reduced from +6 to +4

No longer provides +3 All Stats
Cooldown reduced from 46 to 40

Now has a 500 gold recipe instead of using Robe of the Magi
No longer grants +8 intelligence
Armor bonus increased from 6 to 7
Now has a passive component that returns 20 + 20% of the attack damage
Active return damage reduced from 100% to 80%

New basic item. Costs 1000 gold and provides +35 Attack Speed.

Now requires Blitz Knuckles instead of Quarterstaff
Damage reduced from 52 to 42
Attack speed increased from +10 to +35

Bonus damage increased from 10 to 15

Mana regen reduced from 5.5 to 4
Intelligence reduced from 25 to 20
Recipe cost reduced from 775 to 475 (total cost reduced from 3875 to 3475)

Cost reduced from 1400 to 1000
No longer provides +20 Attack Speed

Now combines from Shadow Amulet, Cloak and Gloves of Haste

Now combines from Shadow Amulet, Blitz Knuckles and Broadsword
Attack Speed increased from 30 to 35
Damage reduced from 27 to 25

Slow is now only applied by real heroes

Now requires Echo Sabre instead of Ultimate Orb
Now provides +40 Damage, +45 Attack Speed, +12 Strength, +10 Intelligence and +1.5 Mana Regen (keeps the other benefits from components)

Strength/Intelligence/Agility reduced from 6/3/3 to 5/2/2
No longer grants +4% Magic Resistance
Now grants +3 Damage and +0.75 HP Regen

Agility/Strength/Intelligence reduced from 6/3/3 to 5/2/2
Now grants +1.5 Armor and +5 Attack Speed

Intelligence/Strength/Agility reduced from 6/3/3 to 5/2/2
Now grants +0.6 Mana Regen and +3% Spell Amp

Health regen reduced from 1.75 to 1.5
Cost reduced from 225 to 175

Mana regen reduced from 1 to 0.6
Cost reduced from 225 to 175

Cost increased from 150 to 175

Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (total price remains 425)

Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (total price remains 425)

Recipe cost increased from 310 to 345 (total price remains 840)

Recipe cost increased from 1200 to 1250 (total cost remains 3425)

Unbroken speed reduced from 75 to 70 (total cost was reduced from 975 to 925)
Broken speed reduced from 50 to 45 (total cost was reduced from 975 to 925)

No longer provides +12% Mana Loss Reduction
Now provides +24% Mana Regen Amplification
No longer provides +18% Mana Loss Reduction
Now provides +30% Mana Regen Amplification
Spell Amp increased from 14% to 16%
Now provides 24% Spell Lifesteal Amplification
Now provides 30% Spell Lifesteal Amplification

No longer provides +18% Mana Loss Reduction
Now provides +30% Mana Regen Amplification
Spell Amp increased from 14% to 16%
Now provides 30% Spell Lifesteal Amplification

No longer provides +12% Mana Loss Reduction
Now provides 30% Spell Lifesteal Amplification
Now provides +10% Magic Resistance
Cooldown reduced from 250 to 85

No longer provides Spell Lifesteal Amplification (same for its upgrades)

Now provides +10% Magic Resistance

Now provides +10% Magic Resistance
Now requires Soul Booster, Voodoo Mask and 900 recipe cost (Total cost reduced from 5900 to 5000)
No longer provides bonus intelligence

New basic item. Grants +12% Spell Lifesteal (2.5% against creeps). Costs 900 Gold.

Attributes reduced from +9 to +4
Recipe cost reduced from 1150 to 650
Cooldown increased from 20 to 25
Spell amplification reduced from 20% to 18%

Can now target allied units with the magic stick active. Cast Range 500

Now requires 2x Gauntlet, Ring of Protection, and a 350 gold recipe (same total cost)
Now provides +6 Strength and +2 Armor
No longer provides +2.25 HP Regen