Patch 7.09
Official patch notes · historical static snapshot
OFFICIAL PATCH NOTES · COLLECTED SNAPSHOT
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General
8 notes⌃
| # | Change | Before | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courier cost reduced from 200 to 50 | 200 | 50 |
| 2 | Starting gold is reduced from 625 to 600 | 625 | 600 |
| 3 | Tangoes now come with 3 charges and cost 90 gold | — | — |
| 4 | Initial bounty rune now gives +40 gold to all heroes instead of 100 to the hero that picks it up Those bounty runes look slightly different | — | — |
| 5 | Killing a neutral camp stack now gives a bonus 15% gold bounty to the hero that stacked it. No bonus is given if the stack is cleared by an enemy or the hero that stacked it. New audio is now played once a stack is successful. Stacked neutrals have a buff with the stacker's hero icon on it | — | — |
| 6 | Tier 1 mid lane towers are now a bit closer to the river | — | — |
| 7 | Removed a tree in the radiant jungle To the top right of the blue crystals near the ancients | — | — |
| 8 | Range creep attack acquisition range reduced from 800 to 600 | 800 | 600 |
Items
0 items · including 0 neutral⌃
No item changes in this patch.
Heroes & units
0 entries⌃
No direct hero changes in this patch.
Neutral creeps
0 entries⌃
No neutral-creep section in this official patch.
Observed impact
This collection contains official balance changes. It has no patch-aligned match sample, so pick rates, win rates and performance trends are not established.
Explore match evidence →Interpretation
These notes describe patch 7.09. Later patches may change or remove these mechanics. Historical Facet and Innate sections are preserved as written, rather than presented as current hero rules.
Balance changes alone do not prove a win-rate effect. Compare a stated sample, role and time window before drawing a performance conclusion.
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Collected 2026-09-18T16:00:25.042681+00:00. Dates use Valve’s official patch timestamp in UTC. All meaningful note text, nested sections and explanatory notes from this response are retained. Standalone news posts and client bug-fix announcements are outside this gameplay-patch collection.
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