Patch 7.28c
Official patch notes · historical static snapshot
OFFICIAL PATCH NOTES · COLLECTED SNAPSHOT
Tracking the evolving meta.On this page
General
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Items
0 items · including 0 neutral⌃
No item changes in this patch.
Heroes & units
14 entries⌃

Earthshaker
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Abilities & talents
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| Fissure Shard aftershock replication now stuns for half duration | — | — |

Morphling
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Base stats / mechanics
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No notes supplied for this section.
Abilities & talents
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| Morph Cooldown rescaled from 160/100/40 to 140/100/60 | 160/100/40 | 140/100/60 |
| Morph Scepter bonus cast range reduced from 600 to 300 | 600 | 300 |
| Morph Scepter now also reduces Morph cooldown by 20 seconds | — | — |

Puck
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Base stats / mechanics
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| Base stats / mechanics Base damage range reduced from 46-57 to 46-54 | 46-57 | 46-54 |
Abilities & talents
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| Waning Rift Damage reduced from 70/140/210/280 to 70/130/190/250 | 70/140/210/280 | 70/130/190/250 |
| Dream Coil Scepter stun duration reduced from 2/3.25/4.5 to 2/3/4 | 2/3.25/4.5 | 2/3/4 |

Shadow Shaman
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Base stats / mechanics
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Abilities & talents
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| Shackles Shard cast range reduced from 150 to 125 | 150 | 125 |

Riki
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Base stats / mechanics
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No notes supplied for this section.
Abilities & talents
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| Talents Level 25 Talent reduced from -6s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown to -4s | -6s Tricks of the Trade Cooldown | -4s |
| Tricks of the Trade Scepter no longer increases duration | — | — |

Beastmaster
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Base stats / mechanics
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| Base stats / mechanics Base attack speed reduced from 110 to 100 | 110 | 100 |
| Base stats / mechanics Call of the Wild Boar movement speed reduced from 350 to 320/330/340/350 | 350 | 320/330/340/350 |
Abilities & talents
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Wraith King
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Base stats / mechanics
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No notes supplied for this section.
Abilities & talents
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| Wraithfire Blast Cooldown increased from 14/12/10/8 to 17/14/11/8 | 14/12/10/8 | 17/14/11/8 |
| Vampiric Spirit Skeletons base damage reduced by 3 | — | — |

Nature's Prophet
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Base stats / mechanics
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| Base stats / mechanics Greater Treants Base Attack Time increased from 1.0 to 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
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No notes supplied for this section.

Batrider
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Abilities & talents
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| Sticky Napalm Now deals 50% less damage against all creeps. | — | — |

Outworld Devourer
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Base stats / mechanics
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| Base stats / mechanics Movement Speed reduced from 325 to 320 | 325 | 320 |
| Base stats / mechanics Base armor reduced by 1 | — | — |
Abilities & talents
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| Arcane Orb Cooldown increased from 4/3/2/0 to 6/4/2/0 | 4/3/2/0 | 6/4/2/0 |
| Astral Imprisonment Manacost increased from 120 to 150 | 120 | 150 |

Lycan
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Base stats / mechanics
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No notes supplied for this section.
Abilities & talents
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| Summon Wolves Duration reduced from 55 to 50 seconds | 55 | 50 seconds |

Nyx Assassin
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Base stats / mechanics
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No notes supplied for this section.
Abilities & talents
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| Vendetta No longer applies Break | — | — |
| Vendetta Cooldown increased from 90/70/50 to 90/75/60 | 90/70/50 | 90/75/60 |

Keeper of the Light
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Base stats / mechanics
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No notes supplied for this section.
Abilities & talents
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| Recall Delay increased from 3 to 5/4/3 | 3 | 5/4/3 |

Void Spirit
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Base stats / mechanics
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| Base stats / mechanics Base damage reduced by 2 | — | — |
Abilities & talents
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No notes supplied for this section.
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 7.28c. 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.
Explore this patch →Official source & snapshot
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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