Patch 7.34

General Updates

53 changes

Reworked Captains Mode Draft Order

Old: 2-3-2 Bans, 2-2-1 picks

First Pick Second Pick

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Pick Pick

New: 3-2-2 Bans (First Pick) 4-1-2 Bans (Second Pick) 1-3-1 picks (Both)

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Time per ban during the First Phase Bans decreased from 30s to 15s

Alternative Cast Abilities

Updated the UI for many abilities that were using Auto-Cast to enable different behaviors on an ability

Alternative Cast Abilities can be toggled in the same way as Auto-Cast (default to alt+keybind or right clicking) to adjust their cast behavior

Alternative Cast Abilities have a unique icon for the different casting modes

Holding the Ctrl key will allow you to cast the non-selected version of the ability without having to toggle it

The following abilities have been updated to use Alternative Casting

Dark Seer's Surge

Aghanim's Shard effect

Doom's Devour

Elder Titan's Echo Stomp

Aghanim's Shard effect

Hoodwink's Acorn Shot

Meepo's Poof

Mirana's Leap

Aghanim's Shard effect

Monkey King's Boundless Strike

Aghanim's Shard effect

Morphling's Morph

Aghanim's Scepter effect

Razor's Static Link

Aghanim's Shard effect

Sven's Storm Hammer

Aghanim's Scepter effect

Templar Assassin's Trap

Added a new stat: Slow Resistance. Reduces the impact of slows on your hero by a percentage

Status Resistance no longer affects the impact of slows. About a half of existing slows in the game had both duration and impact reduced by Status Resistance, but now it affects only the duration of slows

Scan now has 2 charges

Killing Roshan no longer grants control of any Watchers on the map

Main jungle Watchers for both Radiant and Dire have been moved to different locations

Adjusted the position of the triangle Watchers

Moved both Outposts from the main jungle to the triangles

Mighty Mines buff in Mines area increased from +4 HP/s to +7 HP/s

Added UI to support self-restoring item charges (i.e. Hand of Midas, Holy Locket)

Death Coil

Cooldown rescaled from 5.5s to 6.5/6/5.5/5s
Damage/Heal rescaled from 110/160/210/260 to 90/160/230/300

Corrosive Weaponry

Max Stacks decreased from 5/7/9/11 to 4/6/8/10
Movement Slow and Status Resistance Reduction per stack is now increased by 1.5% whenever Alchemist is in Chemical Rage

Ice Vortex

Duration decreased from 6/9/12/15s to 6/8/10/12s
Vision Radius increased from 200 to 200/220/240/260

Talents

Level 20 Talent +5% Ice Vortex Slow/Increased Magic Damage replaced with +4s Ice Vortex Duration

Counterspell

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade reworked. Previous effect removed
Now creates an illusion of Anti-Mage next to an enemy caster upon reflecting their spell. Illusion deals 75% damage, takes 100% damage and has a duration of 4 seconds

Counterspell Ally

New ability granted by Aghanim's Shard
Creates a Counterspell shell around the targeted ally within 600 range. This shell similarly creates an illusion of Anti-Mage upon reflecting an enemy spell. Mana Cost: 45; Cooldown: 3s

Talents

Level 10 Talent -1s Blink Cooldown replaced with +150 Mana Void Radius
Level 15 Talent +150 Mana Void Radius replaced with -1s Blink Cooldown
Level 20 Talent Mana Void Damage Multiplier increased from +0.1 to +0.15
Level 20 Talent Blink Cast Range decreased from +200 to +150

Magnetic Field

Tempest version no longer provides a magical attack bonus
Tempest version now provides 20/40/60/80 base bonus attack damage

Tempest Double

Is now a point targeted ability with 700 cast range that spawns the Tempest Double in the pointed area

Talents

Level 10 Talent Health increased from +200 to +250
Level 15 Talent +30 Magnetic Field Attack Speed/Bonus Magic Damage replaced with +25 Magnetic Field Attack Speed/Bonus Damage
Level 20 Talent Magnetic Field Cooldown Reduction decreased from 9s to 8s

General

Agility gain decreased from 2.0 to 1.7

Counter Helix

Damage increased from 80/110/140/170 to 95/120/145/170

Brain Sap

Now fully pierces debuff immunity

Nightmare

Sleeping units now aren't awakened by any damage dealt by Bane
Bane now gains +15/25/35/45 attack speed against sleeping units

Fiends Grip

Now removes Nightmare effect from the targeted enemy

Talents

Level 10 Talent Brain Sap Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s
Level 25 Talent Brain Sap Damage/Heal increased from +200 to +250

Flaming Lasso

Cast Point increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Call Of The Wild Hawk

Ability reworked
Beastmaster summons a Hawk that circles around him and dives onto an enemy within 500 range, dealing 60/90/120/150 damage and rooting them for 1s. Hawk cannot be controlled, prioritizes heroes and is killed upon Beastmaster's death. Hawk has an attack interval of 4s, but it scales with attack speed. Hawk Duration: 25s; Cooldown: 45/40/35/30s
Hawk Base Health increased from 150/200/250/300 to 250/375/500/675. Magic Resistance increased from 0% to 30/40/50/60%. XP bounty decreased from 77 to 40/50/60/70
Aghanim's Shard no longer grants Dive Bomb ability
Aghanim's Shard now summons an additional Hawk

Thirst

Max Health Heal (Creeps) decreased from 11/14/17/20% to 8/12/16/20%

Rupture

Duration decreased from 10/11/12s to 9/10/11s

Wind Walk

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade moved to a separate sub-ability

Wind Walk Ally

New ability granted by Aghanim's Shard
Applies Shadow Walk and all of its bonuses to the target ally. Fade time: 1s. Casting this ability does not break invisibility or interrupt the target

General

Base Armor increased by 1

Cinder Brew

Dealing or receiving magic damage also extends Brewmaster's own Brewed Up duration

Drunken Brawler

Fire Stance now additionally grants 10/15/20/25 attack speed. Bonus triples when Brewed Up
Fire Stance Crit Chance decreased from 24% to 20%

Primal Companion

Fixed an issue when Brewlings did not get increased health from level 20 talent

Viscous Nasal Goo

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade removed
Aghanim's Shard now also increases Stack Limit by 3

Bristleback

Now upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter
Allows Bristleback to be point-targeted. Bristleback turns his back towards the targeted direction and after 0.5s forcefully ejects 6 sequential Quill Sprays in a tight conical pattern out of his back at 0.35s intervals. Bristleback is slowed down by 40% for the duration, disarmed and cannot turn but can still cast his spells in any direction. Mana Cost: 100; Cooldown: 20s

Hairball

Now applies 2 stacks of Viscous Nasal Goo and only 1 stack of Quill Spray
Enemies in fog of war are now hit by the Viscous Nasal Goo as well as the Quill Sprays
Viscous Nasal Goo projectiles are no longer affected by spell reflection
Mana Cost decreased from 75 to 40
Cooldown decreased from 20s to 10s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Damage increased from +15 to +20
Level 20 Talent Quill Stack Damage increased from +20 to +25
Level 20 Talent Health Regen increased from +20 to +25

General

Base Armor decreased by 1

Base Strength increased from 18 to 19

Agility gain increased from 2.4 to 2.6

Silken Bola Impact Damage decreased from 120/140/160/180 to 90/120/150/180

Insatiable Hunger

Lifesteal from creeps is now reduced by 40%

Hoof Stomp

Radius decreased from 350 to 325
Cast Point improved from 0.5s to 0s
Now winds up for 0.5s before the stomp. Centaur Warrunner can move during this time but can't attack. Casting other abilities, using items or issuing either \"Hold Position\" or \"Cancel Current Action\" commands will cancel the cast

Double Edge

Cooldown decreased from 4s to 3.5s
Strength Damage increased from 60/80/100/120% to 60/90/120/150%

Work Horse

New ability granted by Aghanim's Scepter
Centaur Warrunner deploys and pulls a cart for 8s, gaining the Stampede buff for the first 3.5/4/4.5s (depending on the level of Stampede). While active, the Work Horse ability is replaced with the Hitch a Ride sub-ability that can be activated with previous effect. The Work Horse goes on cooldown once the cart disappears. Mana Cost: 75; Cooldown: 30s (unchanged from the previous Upgrade)

Chaos Bolt

Minimum Stun increased from 1/1.2/1.4/1.6s to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2s
Maximum Damage increased from 120/180/240/300 to 150/210/270/330

Chaos Strike

Creep Damage multiplier increased from 1.5x to 1.6x

Talents

Level 10 Talent Chaos Strike Lifesteal increased from +30% to +35%

Penitence

Now grants Chen 50/150/250/350 bonus attack range on the target

Holy Persuasion

Aghanim's Scepter Martyrdom Cast Range decreased from global to 1200
Aghanim's Scepter Martyrdom can now be cast on enemies to damage them for the current values of Hand of God

Death Pact

Aghanim's Scepter Now increases the number of hits to kill Burning Skeleton Archers by 1

Wind Walk

Cooldown increased from 18s to 24/21/18s

Burning Army

Spawn Interval decreased from 0.5s to 0.15s
Distance between spawned skeletons decreased from 325 to 225 (Total range from 1300 to 900)
Cast Range decreased from 1200 to 600

Talents

Level 10 Talent Skeleton Walk Cooldown Reduction increased from 3s to 4s
Level 10 Talent Tar Bomb Bonus Attack Damage decreased from +20 to +15
Level 20 Talent Death Pact Health increased from +200 to +250
Level 25 Talent Strafe Cooldown Reduction increased from 7s to 8s

Rocket Flare

Projectile vision range while traveling decreased from 600 to 250

Overclocking

Now increases Jetpack's movement speed bonus from 20% to 40%

Freezing Field

Aghanim's Scepter now also allows Crystal Maiden to move, attack and cast spells during Freezing Field in addition to the previous effects.
Scepter Time to Frostbite increased from 1.75s to 2.5s

Crystal Clone

New ability granted by Aghanim's Shard
Crystal Maiden slides backwards 275 units, creating a crystal clone of herself in her place. Whenever the clone times out after 5 seconds or is destroyed, the current level of Frostbite is applied on all enemies within 300 radius. The clone is untargetable, but can be damaged with AoE effects. Clone Health: 150; Mana Cost: 50; Cooldown: 12s

Vacuum

Radius decreased from 400/450/500/550 to 325/400/475/550

Surge

Mana Cost increased from 35/40/45/50 to 50

Normal Punch

Distance for Max Power increased from 900 to 1100

Bedlam

Is now a 900 range ally targeted ability (can target self). If cast on an ally, Jex travels to the ally at 1800 speed and spins around them for the duration of the effect

General

Base Armor increased by 1

Fire Wreath

Cast Point improved from 0.2s to 0.1s
Aghanim's Shard no longer improves the cast point

Solar Guardian

Stun now pierces debuff immunity

Talents

Level 10 Talent Celestial Hammer Slow increased from +14% to +15%
Level 10 Talent Starbreaker Swipe/Smash Damage increased from +18 to +20

General

Bad Juju Instances of Health Cost Increase now stack independently of each other

Bad Juju Health Cost Increase Duration decreased from 30/25/20s to 20s

Shallow Grave

Mana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120

Shadow Wave

Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75
Aghanim’s Scepter Upgrade can now bounce between allies and enemies regardless of who it is cast on

Talents

Level 10 Talent +35 Attack Speed replaced with +300 Poison Touch Attack Range
Level 15 Talent +350 Poison Touch Attack Range replaced with +60 Attack Speed

General

Base Movement Speed increased from 285 to 290

Exorcism

Spirit Damage increased from 59-64 to 62-67

Talents

Level 20 Talent 25% Spirit Siphon Move Speed Slow replaced with Crypt Swarm applies 50% slow for 1s

Thunder Strike

If the target is trapped inside the Kinetic Field, Thunder Strike now hits all other enemies inside the field

Talents

Level 10 Talent +100 Thunder Strike Radius replaced with +10 Thunder Strike Damage per Strike

Scorched Earth

Now upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
Heals Doom and controlled units for 60% of the damage values

Infernal Blade

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade removed
Stun Duration increased from 0.5s to 0.6s

Doom

No longer applies mute
Now makes the target unable to be healed
Damage per second increased from 30/45/60 to 30/50/70
Cooldown decreased from 145s to 140/130/120s

Talents

Level 20 Talent -35s Doom Cooldown replaced with +1.8% Infernal Blade Damage
Level 25 Talent +2.1% Infernal Blade Damage replaced with Doom applies Mute

Dragon Tail

Cast Range during Dragon Form increased from 400 to 450

Elder Dragon Form

Bonus Move Speed increased from 25/30/35/35 to 30/35/40/45
Corrosive Breath Damage per second increased from 20/20/20/30 to 25/25/25/35

Talents

Level 20 Talent Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range in Dragon Form increased from +75% to +85%

Glacier

While on glacier, Marksmanship now isn't disabled by enemies in the proximity
Drow Ranger can now freely walk off the glacier over the barrier

Talents

Level 25 Talent Multishot Waves decreased from +3 to +1. This talent no longer increases the total channel time, making all waves faster

Boulder Smash

Creep Damage Multiplier increased from 1.25 to 1.4

Rolling Boulder

Now makes Earth Spirit completely untargetable and invulnerable while rolling. The hero is still vulnerable during the delay after cast

Talents

Level 10 Talent Spell Amplification increased from +8% to +10%
Level 15 Talent Magnetize Damage & Duration increased from +25% to +30%

Enchant Totem

Bonus Attack Range increased from 75 to 100

Aftershock

Radius increased from 300 to 350

Echo Stomp

Radius decreased from 500 to 475

Flame Guard

Radius increased from 400 to 450

Fire Remnant

Cast Point increased from 0.1s to 0.2s
Aghanim's Shard Burn Radius decreased from 600 to 450
Aghanim's Shard Burn now only starts dealing damage once the Remnant stops moving

Activate Fire Remnant

Cast Point increased from 0.1s to 0.2s

General

Base Damage decreased by 2

Enchant

Now Aghanim's Scepter increases number of max enchanted creeps by 1 (previous Aghanim's Shard Upgrade)

Untouchable

Attack Slow decreased from 120/160/200 to 100/150/200

Little Friends

Now granted by Aghanim's Scepter
Now also roots the target in place for 2 seconds + 0.5s for each creep in range when casted up to a maximum of 5s

Bunny Hop

Now granted by Aghanim's Shard
Targets decreased from 3 to 2
Additional Enemy Search Range decreased from +200 to +100
Cooldown increased from 4s to 8s

General

Demonic Conversion No longer cast on units

Demonic Conversion Now a no target ability that summons 3 Eidolons 100 units left/right/behind Enigma

Demonic Conversion Now has a health cost of 75/100/125/150 in addition to its mana cost

Midnight Pulse

Damage Interval decreased from 1s to 0.5s (total damage unchanged)

Talents

Level 10 Talent Eidolon Attack Speed decreased from +12 to +10

Talents

Level 15 Talent -1s Time Walk Cooldown replaced with +50 Time Lock Damage
Level 20 Talent +70 Time Lock Damage replaced with -1s Time Walk Cooldown

Ink Creature

Now refreshes when the phantom reaches Grimstroke rather than the moment Rend Damage is dealt
Projectile Speed increased from 850 to 1150

Spirit Walk

Buff Duration increased from 3s to 5s
Can now be detonated via Ink Explosion sub-ability at any time during its effect to end it with an AoE explosion
The sub-ability replaces Ink Swell for the duration of the buff. Cooldown starts upon cast
Max Stun Duration increased from 1/1.6/2.2/2.8s to 1.3/1.8/2.3/2.8s
Cast Range increased from 400/525/650/775 to 500/600/700/800

Soul Chain

Now fully pierces debuff immunity

Rocket Barrage

Now grants Gyrocopter 20/30/40/50% slow resistance for the duration

Flak Cannon

Radius increased from 1000 to 1250
Now additionally grants 200 bonus night vision
Aghanim's Scepter Side Gunner now attacks an additional target when Flak Cannon is active (2 targets at the same time)

Scurry

Now also provides +50/100/150/200 attack/cast range when activated

Scurry Info

The bonus from Scurry does not doubly apply to Acorn Shot.

Sharpshooter

Now deals half of the damage to creeps that bolt flies through
Aghanim's Scepter now also increases Sharpshooter's projectile / charge speed by 25%

Talents

Level 20 Talent 25% Sharpshooter Faster Projectile / Charge Time replaced with +125 Sharpshooter Max Damage

Life Break

Now additionally slows the target's attack speed by 60/100/140 for the duration

General

Now is a Universal Hero

Base Health Regen increased from 0.25 to 1.5

Base Damage decreased from 29-35 to 2-10

Agility gain decreased from 1.9 to 1.8

Base Intelligence increased from 15 to 19

Intelligence gain decreased from 4.6 to 4.0

Damage on level 1 decreased by 6-4 (from 44-50 to 38-46)

Damage gain per level increased from +4.6 to +5.74

Quas

Strength per level decreased from 2 to 1
No longer grants Health Regen
Now grants 2%->8% Spell Lifesteal on Invoker's abilities per orb on cast. The value is stored at the moment of spell cast and cannot be changed by swapping orbs after. All Spell Lifesteal works at 1/5th strength on creeps. Does not affect items

Wex

Agility per level decreased from 2 to 1
No longer grants Attack Speed
Now grants 1%->7% Cooldown Reduction per orb on all Invoker's abilities and items. The value is stored at the moment of spell cast and cannot be changed by swapping orbs after

Exort

Intelligence per level decreased from 2 to 1
No longer grants damage
Now grants 1%->7% Spell Amplification on all Invoker's abilities per instance on cast. The value is stored at the moment of spell cast and cannot be changed by swapping orbs after. Does not affect items

Cold Snap

Now heals Invoker for 16->128 every time it procs
Freeze Cooldown decreased from 0.83s->0.62s to 0.8s->0.59s
Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90

Ghost Walk

Now grants Invoker 10->80 Health Regen (Quas) and 5->40 Mana Regen (Wex)

Tornado

Lift Duration increased from 0.85s->2.6s to 1.2s->2.6s
Mana Cost decreased from 150 to 140

Alacrity

Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90

Sun Strike

Damage increased from 120->540 to 200->550

Deafening Blast

Mana Cost decreased from 300 to 250

Talents

Level 25 Talent Quas/Wex/Exort Passive Effects decreased from x3 to x2

Overcharge

Aghanim's Shard no longer grants bonus spell amplification
Aghanim's Shard now grants 30% slow resistance

Macropyre

Aghanim's Scepter no longer increases Macropyre distance
Aghanim's Scepter now increases Macropyre width by 70
Aghanim's Scepter Bonus Duration decreased from +15s to +5s
Aghanim's Scepter now adds two walls of ice along the edges of the Macropyre that slow any enemies trying to cross them by 70%. Damage is pure and the slow pierces debuff immunity. Ice Wall Width: 80; Slow Linger Duration: 0.4s

Talents

Level 15 Talent +1s Blade Fury Duration replaced with +100 Blade Fury DPS
Level 20 Talent +150 Blade Fury DPS replaced with -3s Blade Fury Cooldown
Level 20 Talent Blade Dance Lifesteal increased from +50% to +60%. Lifesteal is now calculated after armor reductions

Chakra Magic

Mana Restore decreased from 80/160/240/320 to 75/150/225/300
Mana Restore and Cooldown Reduction are now 25% more effective when cast on self

Torrent

Damage and slow are now applied to all enemies in the torrent area throughout the duration, not just to enemies caught by the stun

X Marks The Spot

Return Cast Point decreased from 0.4s to 0.2s

General

Base Strength decreased by 2

Base Movement Speed decreased from 330 to 325

Diabolic Edict

Mana Cost decreased from 95/120/135/155 to 90/110/130/150

Talents

Level 25 Talent Lightning Storm Can Bounce Twice On Units replaced with Pulse Nova triggers Lightning Storm (Summons a single bolt every 2s upon a random enemy in Pulse Nova radius. Prioritizes heroes)

Talents

Level 20 Talent +100 Chain Frost Damage replaced with Chain Frost on Death

Talents

Level 15 Talent Damage increased from +25 to +30
Level 15 Talent Health increased from +325 to +350
Level 25 Talent +1.2% Feast Lifesteal replaced with +1.2% Feast Lifesteal and Damage

Dragon Slave

Damage decreased from 85/165/245/325 to 75/150/225/300
Now also burns enemies, dealing 10/20/30/40 damage per second. Damage Interval: 1s; Burn Duration: 2s

Light Strike Array

Mana Cost rescaled from 115 to 100/115/130/145

Laguna Blade

Now Supercharges Lina, granting her 10 stacks of Fiery Soul for 5 seconds

Mana Drain

No longer has a mana cost
Can now target allies without the level 15 talent. Grants bonus movement speed when used on allies and no longer drains mana from Lion when the allied target is at full mana. Movement speed and mana restored are decreased by 50% of the slow and mana stolen values

Talents

Level 15 Talent Mana Drain Restores Allies replaced with -2s Hex Cooldown
Level 20 Talent -3s Hex Cooldown replaced with Earth Spike affects a 30 degree cone

Spirit Bear

Bear is now a Universal creep-hero unit. It has 0 base attributes and does not gain them with level, but attributes received from buffs or items fully affect the bear as they would for Universal heroes. The bear cannot gain experience, but its health and damage increase with Lone Druid's level by 90 and 5 respectively
Bear now has its own Aghanim's Scepter and Shard upgrades
Aghanim's Scepter allows Spirit Bear to attack at any range from Lone Druid, and to survive if Lone Druid dies
Aghanim's Shard grants an active ability Fetch. Spirit Bear roots the targeted unit or rune and uncontrollably drags them towards the Lone Druid for 2.25s. The Spirit Bear is slowed by 20% during this and the target is gradually dealt 300 damage over the duration if it's an enemy. The bear is not slowed down while fetching a rune. Mana Cost: 75; Cooldown: 30s

Spirit Link

Now upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter
Lone Druid severs the link to his Spirit Bear, and connects to the target allied hero, sharing the Spirit Link bonuses with them for 20s. Armor sharing and attack speed bonuses are increased by 35%. Damage done by the ally heals Lone Druid, as well as the other way around. The Spirit Bear is feared for the duration of the transformation, unless it has its own Aghanim's Scepter. Cooldown: 40s; Mana Cost: 50

True Form

No longer increases BAT

Lucent Beam

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade removed

Moon Glaive

Now upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
When activated, creates 4 Moon Glaives that rotate around Luna in a 150 radius for 6 seconds, reducing any damage she takes by 20%. If the glaive collides with an enemy unit, it deals 75% of Luna's attack damage once per its revolution. Cooldown: 25s; Mana Cost: 25

Howl

Fear no longer affects creep-heroes

Talents

Level 10 Talent +20% Howl Attack Damage Reduction replaced with +2 Howl Armor Reduction
Level 15 Talent Summon Wolves Health increased from +250 to +300

Horn Toss

Now stuns enemies for the duration of the air time

Talents

Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +6 to +8

General

Sidekick Ability reworked

Sidekick buff is now permanent for Marci and her ally, dispellable only upon death or buffing another ally. Marci's lifesteal now also heals her ally and the ally's lifesteal heals Marci. If Marci and her ally are further apart from each other than 2500 units, Marci receives 50% of the bonus while her ally receives no bonus from the buff until they get closer again

Bonus Damage decreased from 20/35/50/65 to 6/12/24/48

Lifesteal decreased from 30/35/40/45% to 10/15/20/25%; Lifesteal is now reduced by 40% vs creeps

Cooldown rescaled from 36/28/20/12s to 20s

Companion Run

Aghanim's Shard now also decreases Rebound cooldown by 3 seconds

Unleash

No longer slows attack speed of towers

Talents

Level 15 Talent -3s Rebound Cooldown replaced with +10% Rebound Movement Speed Bonus
Level 25 Talent 1.5s Sidekick Debuff Immunity replaced with +65 Sidekick Damage

Bulwark

Aghanim's Scepter soldiers are now placed in a wall formation with 2 of them on either side of Mars. Soldiers attack only enemies in front of them in 275 range and knock back any enemy they hit. The enemies are pushed to the 325 range from the formation

Talents

Level 25 Talent Mana Shield Damage per Mana increased from +1.3 to +1.7 (from +0.7 to +0.9 for illusions)

General

Strength gain decreased from 2.5 to 2.2

Agility gain decreased from 2.2 to 2.1

Base Intelligence decreased from 20 to 18

Talents

Level 10 Talent Strength increased from +6 to +7
Level 15 Talent Earthbind grants True Strike on Targets replaced with -2.5s Earthbind Cooldown
Level 20 Talent -3s Earthbind Cooldown replaced with Earthbind grants True Strike on Targets

Arrow

Maximum Bonus Damage decreased from 180 to 150/160/170/180

Leap

Base Charge Restore Time rescaled from 45/40/35/30s to 52/44/36/28s

Boundless Strike

Aghanim's Shard now also applies Primal Spring where Monkey King lands, with 50% power of the max channeling duration

Wukongs Command

Cooldown decreased from 120/100/80s to 110/95/80s

Replicate

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade reworked
Adds an alternative cast to Morph. When enabled, Morphling creates beside himself a strong illusion of the target hero that can cast all of the hero's basic abilities and deals 100% of the target's damage but takes 300% damage. If the illusion is alive when Morphling toggles Morph, he teleports to the illusion and destroys it before turning into the enemy hero

General

Parting Shot Physical Body Damage Reduction decreased from 50% to 35%

The Calling

If an enemy hero dies inside The Calling, it gains an additional revenant and its duration is refreshed
Mana Cost decreased from 150/175/200/225 to 145/160/175/190

Gunslinger

Secondary Target Bonus Search Range increased from 150 to 175

General

Base Armor decreased by 1

General

Consuming a tree spawned from Sprout with a Tango no longer grants healing

Sprout

Now deals 14/20/26/32 damage every 0.5s for the duration. Damage is dealt in a 275 radius, affecting enemies close to the trees both inside and outside of the ring

Ghost Shroud

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade removed

Heartstopper Aura

Now upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter
Health Decay is increased by 60% of Necrophos's current health regeneration

Crippling Fear

Now deals 25/30/35/40 magical damage per second

Darkness

Now refreshes cooldowns of non-ultimate abilities on cast

Talents

Level 15 Talent Hunter in the Night Status Resistance increased from +15% to +25%

Spiked Carapace

Damage Reflected increased from 100% to 125%
Cooldown rescaled from 25/20/15/10s to 26/20/14/8s

Vendetta

Bonus Damage decreased from 300/450/600 to 300/400/500
Duration increased from 40/50/60s to 60s

Unrefined Fireblast

Damage decreased from 275 to 150
Now also deals damage equal to 1.5x of Ogre Magi's Strength
Now also affected by level 10 talent -1s Cooldown

Purification

Cast Range increased from 550 to 600

Martyr

Heavenly Grace renamed to Repel
No longer grants bonus strength and health regen per dispelled debuff
Now grants bonus strength and health regen per debuff currently on the unit
Now only applies to the target, not to Omniknight as well
No longer applies a strong dispel
Now grants debuff immunity for the duration of the effect (no magic resistance)
Duration decreased from 10s to 6s
Cooldown increased from 26/22/18/14s to 60/55/50/45s

Talents

Level 10 Talent +4s Heavenly Grace Duration replaced with -2s Purification Cooldown
Level 15 Talent -2s Purification Cooldown replaced with +3 Repel Strength/Regen per Debuff
Level 20 Talent +3 Heavenly Grace Strength/Regen per Debuff replaced with +2s Repel Duration

Purifying Flames

Heal per second increased from 11/22/33/44 to 15/25/35/45
Total Heal increased from 99/198/297/396 to 135/225/315/405

Astral Imprisonment

Aghanim's Shard Ally Movement Speed increased from 60% to 70%

Equilibrium

Aghanim's Scepter now fully prevents the damage that would put Outworld Destroyer's health below 20%
Aghanim's Scepter Max Mana as barrier increased from 50% to 75%

Sanity Eclipse

Now applies a Mana Allergy debuff to enemies for 7s, causing them to take damage every time they cast a spell equal to the mana cost of that spell. Outworld Destroyer is healed by 150% of mana spent by enemies. Also affects items

Shield Crash

No longer provides damage reduction per hero to Pangolier
Now grants 50/100/150/200 barrier per hero to Pangolier for 10 seconds

Lucky Shot

No longer disarms
Now adds 40/80/120/160 attack speed reduction to its targets

Talents

Level 20 Talent +5% Shield Crash Reduction Per Hero replaced with +100 Shield Crash Barrier Per Hero

Coup De Grace

Ability reworked
Phantom Assassin refines her combat abilities, acquiring a 20% chance of gaining Deadly Focus buff with each attack. While Phantom Assassin is focused, her next attack will deal a guaranteed critical hit with 200/325/450% damage and consume the buff. Stifling Dagger has a 40% chance to gain Deadly Focus. The hit that lands a guaranteed crit may also activate a Deadly Focus buff, making consecutive crits possible. Deadly Focus Duration: 6s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Spirit Lance Damage decreased from +50 to +40
Level 15 Talent Spirit Lance Cooldown Reduction decreased from 2s to 1.5s

Icarus Dive

Damage Interval decreased from 1s to 0.2s

Fire Spirits

Damage Interval decreased from 1s to 0.2s

Sun Ray

Now applies a stackable 2% miss chance debuff for every tick of damage (every 0.2s). Duration: 5s. Duration is refreshed with each debuff stack applied

Supernova

Damage Interval decreased from 1s to 0.2s

Pulverize

Bonus Damage per hit decreased from 30/50/70 to 20/40/60

Rock Throw

Now provides an Uproar stack per each enemy hero hit

Talents

Level 10 Talent Magic Resistance During Trample increased from +20% to +25%
Level 20 Talent Uproar Armor Per Stack increased from +6 to +7
Level 20 Talent Trample Attack Multiplier decreased from +25% to +20%

Phase Shift

Aghanim's Shard Bonus Damage increased from 20 to 35

Dream Coil

Aghanim's Scepter Rapid Fire attack rate now mirrors Puck's attack rate
Aghanim's Scepter Rapid Fire keeps attacking enemies that are stunned by breaking the Dream Coil's leash

Meat Hook

Now instantly kills illusions
Cast stun on Pudge is now removed if the hook finds a target

Nether Ward

Base Damage increased from 50/60/70/80 to 50/70/90/110

Shadow Strike

Cooldown decreased from 16/12/8/4s to 13/10/7/4s

Scream Of Pain

Radius increased from 550 to 600

Sonic Wave

Damage increased from 310/430/550 to 350/500/650
Damage now gets gradually applied over the 1.4s duration of the knockback
Knockback is now undispellable
Cooldown decreased from 110/100/90s to 110/95/80s

Static Link

Now upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
Increases cast range by 150 and adds alternative cast to Static Link. When toggled on, it pulls Razor and his linked target toward each other at a rate of 100 units/s while the link is active. The pull stops if the distance is less than 175 units from Razor. Does not affect debuff immune enemies

Storm Surge

Bonus Speed decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%
Previous Aghanim's Shard Upgrade is now a part of the basic ability
There is an 18% chance when attacked, and always when targeted with a spell, to release forked lightning that strikes the target and 2 other nearby enemies, dealing 45/80/115/150 damage and slowing movement speed by 20/25/30/35% for 1s. Additional strikes prioritize the same unit type as the unit that triggered it. Strike Search Area: 700; Strike Cooldown: 3s

Talents

Level 20 Talent +21% Storm Surge Move Speed replaced with +25% Storm Surge Damage and Slow

General

Base Armor decreased by 2

Base Damage decreased by 14

Strength gain decreased from 2.6 to 2.0

Base Agility increased from 18 to 30

Agility gain increased from 1.4 to 2.4

Backstab

Backstab Agility Damage Multiplier decreased from 1.2/1.6/2.0 to 1/1.4/1.8

Telekinesis

Aghanim's Shard Bonus Throw Range decreased from 85% to 50%

Arcane Supremacy

Cast Range decreased from 100/150/200/250 to 60/120/180/240

Sandking Sand Storm

Now constantly moves towards Sand King at a speed of 100ms
Aghanim's Scepter Burrowstrike spine radius now equals 10% of Sand Storm's current radius
Decreased from 65 to 42.5/50/57.5/65; Level 15 talent increases radius by 12.5 more

Sandking Epicenter

Aghanim's Shard effect now triggers every 2.5s instead of every 700 units moved

Talents

Level 20 Talent +100 Epicenter Base Radius replaced with +100 Base Radius and +25 Incremental Radius of Epicenter

Talents

Level 20 Talent Disseminate Shared Damage increased from +10% to +15%

General

Base Attack Range increased from 500 to 525

Requiem

Aghanim's Scepter Damage on Return increased from 40% to 60%

Ether Shock

Mana Cost decreased from 100/115/130/145 to 90/105/120/135

Voodoo

Now amplifies damage the target takes by 5/10/15/20%
Duration increased from 1.3/1.8/2.3/2.8s to 2/2.3/2.6/2.9s
Mana Cost increased from 50/100/150/200 to 110/140/170/200
Cooldown increased from 12s to 24/20/16/12s

Shackles

Total Damage/Heal increased from 60/130/200/270 to 75/150/225/300

Glaives Of Wisdom

Aghanim's Shard now silences all targets hit if glaives bounce

Talents

Level 20 Talent +10% Glaives of Wisdom Damage replaced with 1 Glaives of Wisdom Bounce
Level 25 Talent 2 Glaives of Wisdom Bounces replaced with +25% Glaives of Wisdom Damage

Arcane Bolt

Aghanim's Scepter now creates 2 additional bolts instead of 1

Talents

Level 15 Talent Ancient Seal Cooldown Reduction decreased from 8s to 7s
Level 15 Talent +1 Arcane Bolt Per Cast replaced with +25% Arcane Bolt Spell Lifesteal

Slithereen Crush

Cast Point improved from 0.35s to 0.25s
Puddle Duration increased from 3/4/5/6s to 7s
Puddle Duration with Aghanim's Scepter increased from 22/23/24/25s to 25s

Bash

Now passively grants 10/20/30/40 attack damage when in water

Depth Shroud

Linger Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0.01s

Lil Shredder

Fixed Damage per shot increased from 20/45/70/95 to 25/50/75/100
Mana Cost increased from 50/65/80/95 to 70/80/90/100

Talents

Level 20 Talent Lil' Shredder Uses Your Attack Damage replaced with 3x Lil Shredder Multishot
Level 25 Talent 3x Lil Shredder Multishot replaced with Lil' Shredder Uses 100% of Your Attack Damage

Assassinate

Now also performs an autoattack on the target
Damage decreased from 320/510/700 to 250/350/450
Is now refreshed whenever Sniper kills an enemy hero
This includes all kills by Sniper and not just ones from Assassinate
Mana Cost decreased from 175/225/275 to 175

General

Base Strength decreased from 23 to 21

Haunt Single

Now an Ultimate ability. Haunt Damage: 40/60/80%; Haunt Damage Taken: 200%; Duration: 5/6/7s; Cooldown: 80/60/40s; Mana Cost: 150
No longer casts a Spectral Dagger on its target

Reality

Now has a 3s cooldown
Now casts a Spectral Dagger on the target

Haunt

Now granted by Aghanim's Scepter. Haunt Damage: 80%; Haunt Damage Taken: 200%; Duration: 7s; Cooldown: 180s; Mana Cost: 150

Charge Of Darkness

Charge Bonus Speed decreased from 325/350/375/400 to 250/300/350/400

Talents

Level 20 Talent Charge of Dark Bonus Speed increased from +175 to +200
Level 20 Talent +17% Greater Bash Chance replaced with +25% Greater Bash Damage
Level 25 Talent +25% Greater Bash Damage replaced with +20% Greater Bash Chance

Ball Lightning

Damage decreased from 8/12/16 to 6/10/14

Storm Bolt

Radius increased from 255 to 270

Gods Strength

Now also grants 30/35/40% slow resistance for the duration

Reactive Tazer

Can now be detonated via Detonate Tazer sub-ability at any time during its effect to end it with an AoE explosion
The sub-ability replaces Reactive Tazer for the duration of the buff but is unavailable for the first 0.5s to prevent accidental detonation. Cooldown starts upon cast
Cooldown rescaled from 28/24/20/16s to 30/25/20/15s

Psionic Trap

Damage Tick Interval decreased from 1s to 0.5s
Bonus Damage increased from 250/300/350 to 275/325/375

Metamorphosis

Casting Metamorphosis now ends Demon Zeal prematurely

Demon Zeal

Ability reworked
No longer dispels Terrorblade
Bonus Attack Speed and Movement Speed increased from 65 to 100
No longer grants double bonus to melee units
Now creates a 1200 range aura around Terrorblade which provides Demon Zeal buff to his illusions
Duration increased from 7s to 30s; Cooldown increased from 14s to 60s
Can no longer be cast while under the effect of Metamorphosis. Casting Metamorphosis or Terror Wave now ends Demon Zeal prematurely

General

Tendrils of the Deep Ability removed

Dead In The Water

New ability granted by Aghanim's Shard
Tidehunter throws a chain that leashes an enemy hero to a heavy anchor. Attempting to move more than 350 units away from the anchor reduces the hero's movement speed to 100, while dragging the anchor behind them. The anchor can be destroyed with 5 hero attacks. Initial chain deals 200 magical damage, has a 1000 travel speed and can be disjointed. Ability removes invisibility and provides fog of war vision on the target. Cast Range: 350; Duration: 10s; Mana Cost: 80; Cooldown: 25s

Talents

Level 15 Talent Gush Damage decreased from +120 to +100
Level 20 Talent +40 Kraken Shell Damage Block replaced with +4 Kraken Shell Damage Block per Anchor Smash Kill
Counts every hero that dies under the effect of Anchor Smash debuff. Effect is retroactive, counting kills before the talent is learned

General

Base Damage decreased by 3

Talents

Level 15 Talent +7% Spell Amplification replaced with +3% Whirling Death Stat Loss

General

Strength gain decreased from 2.5 to 2.3

Heat-Seeking Missile Mana Cost increased from 95/105/115/125 to 105/115/125/135

Rearm

Mana Cost increased from 130/185/240 to 140/195/250

Talents

Level 10 Talent +2s Laser Blind Duration replaced with +50 Laser Radius
Level 25 Talent Heat-Seeking Missile Ministun decreased from +0.25s to +0.2s

Grow

Now also provides 15/30/45% slow resistance

Natures Guise

Now considers Nature's Grasp vines as trees
Tree Search Radius increased from 150 to 200

General

Rampage Ability removed

Berserkers Rage

Both Whirling Axes abilities are now accessible at the same time. Casting any of them automatically switches Troll Warlord to the form of the used ability

Whirling Axes Ranged

Damage rescaled from 90 to 80/100/120/140

Fervor

Now upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
Increases max Fervor stacks by 4 and grants Troll 20% + 3% chance per Fervor stack to fire an additional ranged attack to any unit within the ranged attack range plus 175

Tag Team

Now passively grants Tusk a 20/30/40/50 Attack Speed Slow aura within 350 radius

Firestorm

Cooldown increased from 15/14/13/12s to 16/15/14/13s
Aghanim's Shard now allows targeting allies

Pit Of Malice

Cast Point improved from 0.45s to 0.35s

Talents

Level 20 Talent Firestorm Burn Damage decreased from +1% to +0.8%

General

Base Damage decreased by 4

Decay

Cooldown increased from 10/8/6/4s to 13/10/7/4s

Soul Rip

Mana Cost decreased from 120 to 110

General

Agility gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8

Overpower

Now also grants 10/15/20/25% slow resistance

Talents

Level 15 Talent Enrage Status Resistance increased from +10% to +20%
Level 20 Talent Fury Swipes Damage decreased from +12 to +10
Level 20 Talent -2s Earthshock Cooldown replaced with +400 Earthshock Radius
Level 25 Talent Enrage provides half benefits to allies in a 700 radius replaced with Earthshock has 2 Charges. Base charge restore time equals the cooldown of the current level of Earthshock

General

Base Attack Speed increased from 100 to 110

Wave Of Terror

Now also reduces the enemy's total attack damage by 15/20/25/30%

Talents

Level 10 Talent Nether Swap Enemy Damage increased from +150 to +200
Level 15 Talent Wave of Terror Armor Reduction increased from 3 to 4

Talents

Level 10 Talent Poison Sting Health Regen Reduction decreased from 20% to 15%

Viper Strike

Duration increased from 5s to 6s
Initial Attack Slow increased from 40/60/80 to 80/120/160
Damage per second decreased from 80/120/160 to 70/110/150
Projectile Speed increased from 1200 to 1500

Nose Dive

Cast Range increased from 375 to 475

Talents

Level 25 Talent -11s Nethertoxin Cooldown replaced with Become Universal

Talents

Level 15 Talent +1 Armor Corruption to Visage and Familiars replaced with +2s Grave Chill Duration
Level 20 Talent +20 Visage and Familiars Movement Speed replaced with +1 Armor Corruption to Visage and Familiars

Aether Remnant

Aghanim's Shard now makes non-hero units take 30% of ability's damage every second they spend on the Remnant's path instead of one instance of full damage

Dissimilate

Phase Duration decreased from 1.3s to 1.1s

Resonant Pulse

Aghanim's Scepter Base Charge Restore Time decreased from 18s to 15s

Astral Step

Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
Base Charge Restore Time decreased from 28/23/18s to 25/20/15s

Fatal Bonds

Units that die while affected by Fatal Bonds now spawn an imp that lasts for 15 seconds
Imps' stats improve with each level of Fatal Bonds. Aghanim's Shard now also increases the level of imps by 1
Imps cannot be controlled and chase after nearby units, favoring heroes affected by Fatal Bonds. Upon reaching a target or dying, imps explode, dealing 30/60/90/120/180 damage to all enemies in 400 radius around them. Explosion deals 50% less damage to non-hero units. Imps don't spawn from denied enemies
Imp Health: 30/80/130/180/280; Damage: 10/12/14/16/18; Movespeed: 320/335/350/365/380; Explosion Delay: 0.2s
Imps seek any targets in 1200 radius and attack the nearest building if there are no valid targets. Imps don't explode while attacking a building

Upheaval

With Aghanim's Shard now summons imps from the current level of Fatal Bonds, sharing the same stats and changes

Rain Of Chaos

Golem now has 60% slow resistance
Mana Cost rescaled from 250/375/500 to 200/400/600

Shukuchi

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade reworked
Now procs Geminate Attack 0.2s after exiting the Shukuchi invisibility and also procs an additional attack if Weaver has level 25 talent +1 Geminate Attack. Procs still search for marked enemies in 1200 radius around Weaver

Talents

Level 10 Talent Shukuchi Damage increased from +50 to +55

Talents

Level 15 Talent Windrun Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2.5s
Level 20 Talent Shackleshot Duration increased from +0.65s to +0.75s
Level 25 Talent Focus Fire Kills Advance Cooldown decreased from 20s to 18s

Cold Embrace

Max HP Heal per second increased from 1.75/2.5/3.25/4% to 2.25/3/3.75/4.5%

Winters Curse

Winter Wyvern can no longer deal physical damage to units affected by Winter's Curse
Affected units now take 30% more magical and pure damage from Winter Wyvern and units under her control
Cooldown decreased from 90/85/80s to 85/80/75s

General

Strength gain decreased from 2.3 to 2.1

Paralyzing Cask

Bounce Delay decreased from 0.3s to 0.1s

Death Ward

Now deals pure damage and pierces debuff immunity
Damage decreased from 90/150/210 to 60/110/160
Aghanim's Scepter attacks can now also bounce to creeps (heroes prioritized)

Voodoo Switcheroo

Attack Speed Reduction increased from 30 to 40
Mana Cost increased from 150 to 200

Vampiric Spirit

Skeletons now deal 25% more damage to heroes
Skeletons' Armor increased by 2

Talents

Level 10 Talent Vampiric Spirit Lifesteal increased from +8% to +10%
Level 15 Talent Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.75s

Thundergods Wrath

Damage decreased from 350/500/650 to 300/425/550
Now also deals damage equal to 5/7.5/10% of target's max HP

Lightning Hands

Ability changed from auto-cast to toggle

Cost decreased from 65 to 50
Max Inventory Stacks decreased from 3 to 2
Initial Stock decreased from 3 to 2
Restock Time increased from 120s to 180s

Now provides +20 Damage, +6 Mana Regen, +12 Health Regen

Disguise Duration increased from 35s to 45s
While the caster is still disguised, any allies that come within 300 range of them will also get the buff. Each smoke can only be applied once to allies (can not be reapplied if smoke was broken)

Consuming Nature's Prophet's Sprout trees no longer grants healing

Arcane Blink now restores 200 health and 100 mana when used

Unholy Strength now additionally grants 35% slow resistance

Damage bonus increased from +60 to +65
Quell Bonus Damage against non-hero units for melee/ranged heroes decreased from 15/6 to 10/5

Recipe cost decreased from 500 to 450. Total cost decreased from 1950 to 1900

Total cost decreased from 5150 to 5100

Recipe cost increased from 500 to 550. Total cost unchanged

Soul Stealer Maximum Damage Bonus increased from 20 to 30

Inhibit No longer roots creeps, instead applies normal slow

Suppress now affects all units in a 350 AoE around the target
Suppress no longer roots creeps, instead applies normal slow

Transmute now has 2 charges. Initially comes with 1 charge. Charge Restore Time: 100s.

Draw Forth now has a 50 mana cost

Disarm no longer pierces debuff immunity if applied beforehand

Dominate now increases neutral creep ability levels by 1

Refreshing the item now restores full charges of Energy Charge

Transfer Spellblock from multiple sources now refreshes the buff instead of applying multiple instances, and blocking multiple spells

Chain Lightning now deals 150% damage to illusions

Chain Lightning now deals 150% damage to illusions

Recipe cost decreased from 675 to 600. Total cost decreased from 4975 to 4900

Nullify no longer purges debuff immune targets

Overwhelming Blink Damage on impact decreased from 100 + 150% of Strength to 100 + 50% of Strength
Overwhelming Blink now deals 100% of Strength as damage over the duration of the debuff

Burn now deals 150% damage to illusions

Phantom Province no longer grants attack speed
Phantom Province now applies a -20% Magic Resistance debuff to enemies on attack that lasts 3s (applied before the damage is dealt)
Phantom Province no longer deals no damage to debuff immune targets, but reduction by Magic Resistance still applies

Recipe changed. Now requires Staff of Wizardry (1000), Vitality Booster (1000), Recipe (250). Total cost decreased from 2750 to 2250
No longer provides Strength and Agility bonuses
Intelligence bonus decreased from +24 to +15
Now provides +300 Health

Total cost decreased from 6150 to 5650
No longer provides Strength and Agility bonuses
Now provides +350 Health
Chain Lightning now deals 150% damage to illusions

Arctic Blast now deals 150% damage to illusions

Damage bonus increased from +25 to +30

Damage bonus increased from +30 to +35

Recipe cost decreased from 400 to 350. Total cost decreased from 855 to 805
Sacrifice Mana Gain increased from 150 to 170

Recipe changed. Now requires Urn of Shadows (880), Crown (450), Crown (450), Recipe (1200). Total cost 2980 (unchanged)
No longer provides Health bonus
All Attributes bonus increased from +2 to +12