7.41fBalance
Anti-Mage, Bane, Mirana and more
35 hero / unit entries · 17 items · 100 official notes.
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Tracking the evolving meta.September 2026
July 2026
7.41eBalance
Channeling the Twin Gate can now be interrupted by root
57 hero / unit entries · 32 items · 151 official notes.
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June 2026
7.41dBalance
Dire Fountain: Rejuvenation Aura radius has been slightly increased
82 hero / unit entries · 16 items · 203 official notes.
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May 2026
7.41cBalance
Units with flying vision no longer ignore vision restrictions of Roshan's pits. They can no longer see into them from outside and vice versa
82 hero / unit entries · 15 items · 201 official notes.
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April 2026
7.41bBalance
Reflect Damage reflection per minute decreased from 2% to 1.5%
61 hero / unit entries · 21 items · 180 official notes.
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March 2026
7.41aBalance
Anti-Mage, Bloodseeker, Juggernaut and more
37 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 87 official notes.
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7.41Major
Facets removed from the game
126 hero / unit entries · 119 items · 1652 official notes.
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January 2026
7.40cBalance
Axe, Bloodseeker, Drow Ranger and more
39 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 94 official notes.
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December 2025
7.40bBalance
Axe, Drow Ranger, Juggernaut and more
66 hero / unit entries · 4 items · 186 official notes.
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7.40Major
Changed order of the first and the third ban phases
120 hero / unit entries · 73 items · 998 official notes.
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October 2025
7.39eBalance
Scan no longer triggers on creep heroes (with the exception of Lone Druid's Spirit Bear)
49 hero / unit entries · 9 items · 97 official notes.
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August 2025
7.39dBalance
Increased spawnboxes of Triangle Ancient camps
47 hero / unit entries · 22 items · 106 official notes.
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June 2025
7.39cBalance
Roshan: Melee attacks against couriers are now treated as melee hero attacks
49 hero / unit entries · 12 items · 100 official notes.
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May 2025
7.39bBalance
The Bottom Radiant Tier 1 tower has been moved slightly to the south
39 hero / unit entries · 6 items · 71 official notes.
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7.39Major
Tormentor
118 hero / unit entries · 82 items · 719 official notes.
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March 2025
7.38cBalance
The Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower has been moved forward, away from the Dire base and closer to where the creeps initially meet
50 hero / unit entries · 27 items · 168 official notes.
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7.38bBalance
Item grace period for swapping into the main inventory without a cooldown increased from 3s to 5s
46 hero / unit entries · 31 items · 156 official notes.
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February 2025
7.38Major
Universal Heroes' damage per attribute decreased from 0.7 to 0.45
126 hero / unit entries · 86 items · 1616 official notes.
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November 2024
7.37eBalance
Anti-Mage, Axe, Bane and more
56 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 111 official notes.
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October 2024
7.37dBalance
Anti-Mage, Bloodseeker, Crystal Maiden and more
59 hero / unit entries · 14 items · 147 official notes.
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August 2024
7.37cBalance
Anti-Mage, Bane, Drow Ranger and more
39 hero / unit entries · 7 items · 81 official notes.
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7.37bBalance
Anti-Mage, Axe, Bane and more
63 hero / unit entries · 6 items · 139 official notes.
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July 2024
7.37Major
An Area of Effect icon has been added to all tooltip values that are affected by Bloodstone and other AoE increases
100 hero / unit entries · 29 items · 672 official notes.
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June 2024
7.36cBalance
Axe, Drow Ranger, Shadow Fiend and more
59 hero / unit entries · 12 items · 147 official notes.
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7.36bBalance
Vision Sharing
90 hero / unit entries · 24 items · 310 official notes.
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May 2024
7.36aBalance
Force Staff and similar abilities/items can no longer be used on Leashed targets
51 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 193 official notes.
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7.36Major
This update introduces two new mechanics for each hero: Innate abilities and Facets
124 hero / unit entries · 18 items · 1634 official notes.
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March 2024
7.35dBalance
Bloodseeker, Crystal Maiden, Drow Ranger and more
46 hero / unit entries · 24 items · 111 official notes.
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February 2024
7.35cBalance
Vengeful Spirit, Lion, Witch Doctor and more
27 hero / unit entries · 47 items · 142 official notes.
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December 2023
7.35bBalance
Crystal Maiden, Juggernaut, Morphling and more
34 hero / unit entries · 15 items · 85 official notes.
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7.35Major
Neutral Creeps bounty decreased by 2 across the board
116 hero / unit entries · 71 items · 634 official notes.
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November 2023
7.34eBalance
Drow Ranger, Juggernaut, Tiny and more
29 hero / unit entries · 6 items · 57 official notes.
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October 2023
7.34dBalance
Anti-Mage, Crystal Maiden, Drow Ranger and more
53 hero / unit entries · 8 items · 106 official notes.
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September 2023
7.34cBalance
Axe, Bane, Crystal Maiden and more
57 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 148 official notes.
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August 2023
7.34bBalance
Crystal Maiden, Mirana, Morphling and more
40 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 96 official notes.
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7.34Major
Reworked Captains Mode Draft Order
124 hero / unit entries · 59 items · 625 official notes.
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July 2023
7.33eBalance
Morphling, Storm Spirit, Pugna and more
11 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 29 official notes.
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June 2023
7.33dBalance
Bloodseeker, Crystal Maiden, Mirana and more
45 hero / unit entries · 4 items · 129 official notes.
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May 2023
7.33cBalance
Picking up a wisdom rune now also grants experience to the lowest-level hero on the team (if the lowest-level hero picks up the rune, experience goes to the second-lowest-level hero)
70 hero / unit entries · 28 items · 197 official notes.
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April 2023
7.33bBalance
Increased channel time for Twin Gates by 1 second
32 hero / unit entries · 15 items · 130 official notes.
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7.33Major
Map Changes
121 hero / unit entries · 99 items · 1323 official notes.
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March 2023
7.32eBalance
Reinforced Units now take 10% less damage from Player controlled creeps (affects all summons like treants, eidolons, etc, as well as dominated creeps but not Creep Heroes like Spirit Bear nor Illusions)
70 hero / unit entries · 19 items · 172 official notes.
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November 2022
7.32dBalance
Flagbearer Creep bonus gold for allies in range increased by 10
65 hero / unit entries · 9 items · 145 official notes.
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September 2022
7.32cBalance
Fixed some neutral creeps casting their abilities at night when they should be sleeping (Centaurs, Hellbears, Ogre Bruisers, Ancient Thunderhides)
51 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 139 official notes.
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August 2022
7.32bBalance
Fixed Specialists Array sometimes granting an extra attack target
49 hero / unit entries · 8 items · 135 official notes.
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7.32Major
Added Primal Beast to Captains Mode
123 hero / unit entries · 47 items · 718 official notes.
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June 2022
7.31dBalance
Added Marci to Captains Mode
59 hero / unit entries · 12 items · 132 official notes.
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May 2022
7.31cBalance
Axe, Bane, Bloodseeker and more
41 hero / unit entries · 8 items · 115 official notes.
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February 2022
7.31bBalance
Mana cost reduction now stacks diminishingly
17 hero / unit entries · 3 items · 56 official notes.
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7.31Major
Base hero gold bounty increased from 120 + L*8 to 125 + L*8 where L = hero level
122 hero / unit entries · 71 items · 1183 official notes.
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October 2021
7.30eBalance
Small camps XP bounties reduced by 10%
35 hero / unit entries · 25 items · 109 official notes.
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September 2021
7.30dBalance
Bane, Sven, Tiny and more
32 hero / unit entries · 7 items · 55 official notes.
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7.30cBalance
Added Dawnbreaker to Captain's Mode
72 hero / unit entries · 17 items · 217 official notes.
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August 2021
7.30bBalance
Beastmaster, Broodmother, Silencer and more
5 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 11 official notes.
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7.30Major
Captain's Mode second pick phase is changed from Dire/Radiant/Dire/Radiant to Dire/Radiant/Radiant/Dire (assuming Radiant is first pick)
121 hero / unit entries · 46 items · 698 official notes.
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May 2021
7.29dBalance
Fixed units never resuming proper pathfinding if they were ever unable to find a path forward (e.g: trapped in the trees next to the Radiant Top Tier 3 tower)
14 hero / unit entries · 6 items · 39 official notes.
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April 2021
7.29cBalance
Water Rune restore reduced from 100/80 HP/Mana to 80/80
20 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 49 official notes.
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7.29bBalance
Anti-Mage, Drow Ranger, Phantom Lancer and more
41 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 93 official notes.
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7.29Major
Terrain updated with various changes
119 hero / unit entries · 101 items · 1066 official notes.
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February 2021
7.28cBalance
Earthshaker, Morphling, Puck and more
14 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 25 official notes.
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January 2021
7.28bBalance
Axe, Bloodseeker, Drow Ranger and more
41 hero / unit entries · 10 items · 99 official notes.
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December 2020
7.28aBalance
Axe, Juggernaut, Mirana and more
46 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 77 official notes.
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7.28Major
Gameplay adjustments
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 0 official notes.
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August 2020
7.27dBalance
Bane, Bloodseeker, Tiny and more
29 hero / unit entries · 4 items · 66 official notes.
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July 2020
7.27cBalance
Bloodseeker, Razor, Clinkz and more
7 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 26 official notes.
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7.27bBalance
The following items can no longer be disassembled: Abyssal Blade, Mjollnir, Silver Edge and Solar Crest.
108 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 495 official notes.
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7.27aBalance
Gameplay adjustments
0 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 3 official notes.
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June 2020
7.27Major
Hero kills base XP increased from 40 to 100
0 hero / unit entries · 96 items · 235 official notes.
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May 2020
7.26cBalance
Anti-Mage, Axe, Bane and more
80 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 195 official notes.
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April 2020
7.26bBalance
Denies no longer grant gold
0 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 16 official notes.
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7.26aBalance
XP bonus for kill streaks reduced from 30->100 * Level to 20->90 * Level
27 hero / unit entries · 28 items · 74 official notes.
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7.26Major
This release is focused only on the following systemic changes. Once these changes settle a bit, there will be follow up hero and item specific adjustments.
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 4 official notes.
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7.25cBalance
When two players pick the same hero in a round, the hero is banned instead and the round restarts
12 hero / unit entries · 11 items · 36 official notes.
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March 2020
7.25bBalance
Kill Streak XP bonus reduced from 500->2040 to 30*Level -> 100*Level
2 hero / unit entries · 3 items · 9 official notes.
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7.25aBalance
Night Stalker, Bounty Hunter, Ursa and more
5 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 11 official notes.
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7.25Major
All Pick hero picking has been reworked. It now has 5 rounds, each round Radiant and Dire pick 1 hero each at the same time and the selections each team makes is hidden until the next round. If a duplicate pick occurs, the player who picked it second will be given some extra time to select another hero.
79 hero / unit entries · 64 items · 306 official notes.
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February 2020
7.24bBalance
Puck, Tiny, Slardar and more
12 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 23 official notes.
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January 2020
7.24Major
Heroes now have a dedicated neutral items slot. A maximum of one neutral item can be equipped on your hero.
69 hero / unit entries · 54 items · 243 official notes.
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7.23fBalance
Gold bonus for the team that is behind is no longer considered if the difference is only 1k or less
11 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 26 official notes.
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December 2019
7.23eBalance
Outposts XP is now every 10 minutes instead of every 5 (XP is 20*Min-50)
27 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 38 official notes.
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7.23dBalance
Passive gold income no longer increases with hero level
6 hero / unit entries · 14 items · 36 official notes.
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7.23cBalance
Outpost XP reduced from 25 per minute to 18
27 hero / unit entries · 21 items · 91 official notes.
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November 2019
7.23bBalance
Tier 1 Neutral Items now drop at 7 minutes instead of 5
17 hero / unit entries · 15 items · 63 official notes.
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7.23aBalance
Neutral drops will now always drop only 3 items per tier, rather than having a chance to get more
10 hero / unit entries · 20 items · 64 official notes.
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7.23Major
Gameplay adjustments
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 0 official notes.
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September 2019
7.22hBalance
Basic Neutrals now give 5% less XP
5 hero / unit entries · 4 items · 16 official notes.
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7.22gBalance
Basic Neutrals now give 5% less bounty
26 hero / unit entries · 7 items · 72 official notes.
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July 2019
7.22fBalance
Bloodseeker, Crystal Maiden, Drow Ranger and more
47 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 73 official notes.
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7.22eBalance
Low ground miss and miss debuff chance is now Pseudo Random
39 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 71 official notes.
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June 2019
7.22dBalance
Bloodseeker, Drow Ranger, Mirana and more
44 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 88 official notes.
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7.22cBalance
Axe, Bloodseeker, Mirana and more
46 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 95 official notes.
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May 2019
7.22bBalance
Necrophos, Clinkz, Lycan and more
6 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 13 official notes.
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7.22Major
Added new Scepter upgrades for all of the 24 remaining heroes without an upgrade
100 hero / unit entries · 15 items · 319 official notes.
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March 2019
7.21dBalance
Dire hard camp pull is now easier to do
35 hero / unit entries · 4 items · 67 official notes.
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7.21cBalance
XP earned when being denied increased from 30% to 35%
40 hero / unit entries · 2 items · 58 official notes.
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February 2019
7.21bBalance
XP earned when being denied increased from 25% to 30%
33 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 62 official notes.
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January 2019
7.21Major
Melee creeps average gold bounty reduced by 3
108 hero / unit entries · 29 items · 325 official notes.
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December 2018
7.20eBalance
Anti-Mage, Juggernaut, Shadow Fiend and more
34 hero / unit entries · 4 items · 58 official notes.
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November 2018
7.20dBalance
Melee heroes below 300 base movement speed increased by 5
21 hero / unit entries · 11 items · 52 official notes.
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7.20cBalance
Drow Ranger, Puck, Sand King and more
37 hero / unit entries · 7 items · 84 official notes.
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7.20bBalance
Drow Ranger, Sand King, Storm Spirit and more
18 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 45 official notes.
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7.20Major
Anti-Mage, Axe, Bane and more
100 hero / unit entries · 38 items · 428 official notes.
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October 2018
7.19dBalance
Drow Ranger, Earthshaker, Phantom Lancer and more
13 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 25 official notes.
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September 2018
7.19cBalance
Crystal Maiden, Earthshaker, Phantom Lancer and more
16 hero / unit entries · 1 items · 46 official notes.
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7.19bBalance
Buyback respawn time penalty changed from +25% of remaining time to +25s always
23 hero / unit entries · 8 items · 45 official notes.
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July 2018
7.19Major
Daily Bonus Hero changed from 2 Mangoes to 1
29 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 37 official notes.
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June 2018
7.18Major
Bane, Bloodseeker, Crystal Maiden and more
57 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 114 official notes.
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7.17Major
Anti-Mage, Bane, Crystal Maiden and more
51 hero / unit entries · 5 items · 93 official notes.
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May 2018
7.16Major
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.
64 hero / unit entries · 12 items · 154 official notes.
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7.15Major
Bounty Runes now spawn every 5 minutes
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 32 official notes.
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April 2018
7.14Major
Enabled Techies in Captains Mode
64 hero / unit entries · 22 items · 180 official notes.
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7.13bBalance
Strength heroes base movement speed reduced by 5
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 4 official notes.
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7.13Major
Aegis now has an alt tooltip that explains how to pronounce the item
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 48 official notes.
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March 2018
7.12Major
Enabled Pangolier in Captain's Mode
52 hero / unit entries · 10 items · 108 official notes.
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7.11Major
This version is focused on changing how the gold and buyback formulas work
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 21 official notes.
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7.10Major
Enabled Dark Willow in Captain's Mode
69 hero / unit entries · 7 items · 141 official notes.
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February 2018
7.09Major
Courier cost reduced from 200 to 50
0 hero / unit entries · 0 items · 8 official notes.
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7.08Major
Wards now require a constant 2 hits to kill (both Observer and Sentry Wards)
23 hero / unit entries · 11 items · 57 official notes.
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