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Aug 17, 2021 · UTC Major Original patch notes ↗

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

Dire/Radiant/Dire/RadiantDire/Radiant/Radiant/Dire (assuming Radiant is first pick)
2

Multiple Critical Strike procs are now rolled from strongest to weakest and will stop rolling once a proc occurs (this results in the same DPS but is less lilkely to have multiple crits in a row or multiple attacks without a crit.)

strongestweakest and will stop rolling once a proc occurs (this results in the same DPS but is less lilkely to have multiple crits in a row or multiple attacks without a crit.)
3

Cooldown Percentage Reduction no longer stacks (Sources of flat cooldown reduction still stack)

4

Increased HP Regen of all heroes with 0 HP Regen to 0.25

5

Water Rune healing reduced from 80HP to 40HP

80HP40HP
6

Second Roshan no longer drops cheese

7

Neutral Creeps now drop 5 neutral items per tier

Items

46 items · including 25 neutral

Aeon Disk

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Bonus HP reduced from 300 to 250

300250

Aeon Disk Cooldown increases by 20s every time it triggers up to 165s. Cooldown: 105/125/145/165s

Abyssal Blade

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Bash bonus damage increased from 100 to 120

100120

Aether Lens

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Mana Regeneration bonus reduced from 3.0 to 2.5

3.02.5

Arcane Blink

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Ability Cooldown Reduction increased from 25% to 30%

25%30%

Arcane Boots

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Replenish Mana mana restored increased from 160 to 175

160175

Bottle

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Health Restored reduced from 115 to 110

115110

Mana Restored reduced from 65 to 60

6560

Restore time increased from 2.5 to 2.7

2.52.7

Drum of Endurance

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Strength and Intelligence bonuses increased from 6 to 7

67

Enchanted Mango

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Cost reduced from 70 to 65

7065

Eul's Scepter of Divinity

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Mana Regen reduced from 3.5 to 2.5

3.52.5

Falcon Blade

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Bonus Attack Damage increased from 10 to 12

1012

Bonus Health increased from 175 to 200

175200

Gleipnir

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Bonus Intelligence increased from 20 to 24

2024

Bonus Strength and Agility increased from 12 to 14

1214

Projectile Speed increased from 1750 to 1900

17501900

Helm of the Overlord

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Reworked Recipe. Now requires Helm of the Dominator, Vladmir's Offering and a 1000 gold recipe (Total cost increased from 6000 to 6050)

60006050)

Bonus Stats reduced from +20 to +8

+20+8

Now can only dominate 1 creep

Creep Movement Speed increased from 380 to 400

380400

Creep Bonus Attack Damage increased from 25 to 80

2580

Creep Bonus Armor increased from 4 to 8

48

Now also grants Vladmir's Aura (+3 armor, +1.75 Mana Regen, +18% damage, +15% Lifesteal in 1200 radius)

Hurricane Pike

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Hurricane Thrust duration increased from 5s to 6s

5s6s

Hurricane Thrust max attacks increased from 4 to 5

45

Mage Slayer

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Recipe Reworked: Now requires Oblivion Staff + Cloak + 400g Recipe. (total gold cost reduced from 3250 to 2400).

32502400)

Grants +20% Magic Resist, 20 damage, 10 Intelligence, 15 attack speed and 2 mana regen

Rod of Atos

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Bonus Intelligence increased from 20 to 24

2024

Bonus Strength and Agility increased from 10 to 12

1012

Projectile Speed increased from 1750 to 1900

17501900

Sange

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Status Resistance reduced from 16 to 12

1612

Sentry Ward

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Replenish time decreased from 75 to 70

7570

Duration reduced from 8 minutes to 7

8 minutes7

Silver Edge

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Recipe Reworked. Now requires Shadow Blade + Crystalys + 350g recipe. (Total cost decreased from 5650 to 5300)

56505300)

Now Grants +60 damage, +40 Attack Speed, and a 30% chance of 160% critical damage.

Attacks breaking out of invisibility now deal a guaranteed 160% crit with 175 bonus damage

Smoke of Deceit

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Increased Max Stock from 2 to 3 (Starting stock is still 2)

23 (Starting stock is still 2)

Wind Waker

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Recipe reduced from 1600 to 1300 (Total cost reduced from 7125 to 6825)

Witch Blade

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Damage per tick reduced from 1x int to 0.75x int

1x int0.75x int

Duration increased from 3s to 4s

3s4s

Fixed interaction that caused Witch Blade to give permanent True Strike against magic immune targets

Faded Broach Neutral

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Ironwood Tree Neutral

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Imp Claw Neutral

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Illusionist's Cape Neutral

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Minotaur Horn Neutral

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Orb of Destruction Neutral

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Removed Item

Ballista Neutral

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Removed Item

Pig Pole Neutral

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New Tier 1 Item

Neutral item

Grants +6 to all stats

Neutral item

Active: Pig, Out! Turns the owner into a pig for 4 seconds and grants +10% movespeed. Cooldown: 25s. Mana Cost: 50

Tumbler's Toy Neutral

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New Tier 1 Item

Neutral item

Grants 200 Mana

Neutral item

Active: Vault. Propels your unit forward 300 units. CD: 30s

Neutral item

Goes on a 3s cooldown when receiving player based damage

Brigand's Blade Neutral

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New Tier 2 Item

Neutral item

Grants +10 Damage and +10 Attack Speed

Neutral item

Passive: Dark Mercy. When attacking an enemy, deals +7 damage for each 10% HP the enemy is missing

Fae Grenade Neutral

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New Tier 2 Item

Neutral item

Grants +20 Movement Speed

Neutral item

Active: Shadow Brand. Throws a Bomb to an enemy within 900 range dealing your attack damage and applying a debuff that provides vision of the unit and deals 20dps for 7 seconds. Cooldown: 20s Mana Cost: 25

Blast Rig Neutral

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New Tier 3 Item

Neutral item

Grants 8 armor

Neutral item

Passive: Hair Trigger. The next time you get attacked by a hero within 300 range, explode dealing 300 damage to all enemies within a 300 radius and applying a 100% blind for 2.5 seconds. Cooldown: 20s

Ascetic's Cap Neutral

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New Tier 4 Item

Neutral item

Grants 300 Health and 10 Health Regen

Neutral item

Passive: Endurance. Whenever a debuff from a player controlled source would be applied to the owner, grant 50% Status resistance for 3 seconds. CD 30s

Witchbane Neutral

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New Tier 4 Item

Neutral item

Passively causes your hero to deal extra magic damage to its target equal to 4% of its max mana on attack

Neutral item

Active: Dispel. Dispels all enemies and allies within 300 radius. Cast Range: 500. Mana Cost: 75. Cooldown: 20s

Arcanist's Armor Neutral

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New Tier 5 Item

Neutral item

+5 Armor, +20% Magic Resistance

Neutral item

Passively grants +5 armor and +20% Magic Resistance to all allies in a 900 radius

Neutral item

Active: Mega Shield. Gains a 35% damage reflection aura in a 900 radius affecting allied units for the next 5 seconds. Cooldown:20s (Does not affect illusions)

Chipped Vest Neutral

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Neutral item

HP Regen reduced from 5 to 4

54

Fairy's Trinket Neutral

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Bonus Health reduced from 100 to 75

10075

Possessed Mask Neutral

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Lifesteal rescaled from 7% to a flat 7HP per attack

7%a flat 7HP per attack

Trusty Shovel Neutral

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Dig Cooldown reduced from 55 to 50

5550

Enchanted Quiver Neutral

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Bonus Damage decreased from 300 to 200

300200
Neutral item

Cooldown decreased from 5s to 4

5s4

Ceremonial Robe Neutral

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Debuff is no longer visible if enemies don't have vision of its holder

Flicker Neutral

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Cooldown increased from 4 to 5s

45s
Neutral item

Now blinks in place if the owner received damage in the last 3 seconds

Spider Legs Neutral

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No longer considered a boot

Neutral item

Movement Speed Bonus reduced from 65 to 25

6525

Stormcrafter Neutral

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Stormcrafter no longer triggers if the holder is invisible to the target

Fallen Sky Neutral

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Cast Range reduced from 1600 to 1200

16001200

Heroes & units

121 entries
Anti-Mage

Anti-Mage

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Strength Gain increased from 1.3 to 1.6

1.31.6
Base stats / mechanics

Reworked Shard: Counterspell now also passively grants a 900 range offensive aura reducing enemies' magic damage by 10%. Grants triple the effect to enemies within 300 range

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +15 Attack Speed replaced with -1s Blink Cooldown

Talents

Level 15 Talent +8 armor replaced with +0.7s Mana Void Stun

Talents

Level 20 Talent +1s Mana Void Stun replaced with +250 Blink Cast Range

antimage_mana_overload

Scepter now has 3 charges (25s recharge time)

Axe

Axe

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Reworked Shard: Now causes Counter Helix to apply a 6s stacking debuff that reduces attack damage by 20% and increases Counter Helix chance by 10%

Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +9 Strength replaced with +12% Magic Resistance

Talents

Level 15 Talent +300 Health replaced with +30 Counter Helix Damage

Bane

Bane

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Brain Sap

Mana cost decreased from 120/140/160/180 to 100/120/140/160

120/140/160/180100/120/140/160
Brain Sap

Cast Range increased from 600 to 625

600625
Nightmare

Now deals 15/20/25/30 Pure damage per second to enemy nightmared targets

Fiend's Grip

Cast Point reduced from 0.4 to 0.2

0.40.2
Bloodseeker

Bloodseeker

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +7 armor replaced by +10% Bloodrage Spell Amplification

Talents

Level 15 Talent +15% Lifesteal replaced by +10% HP Rupture Initial Damage

Thirst

Now heals half the amount on denies

Thirst

Health threshold increased from 75% to 80%

75%80%
Crystal Maiden

Crystal Maiden

Base stats / mechanics

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Base Attack Speed reduced from 115 to 100

115100

Abilities & talents

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Crystal Nova

Mana cost reduced from 130/145/160/175 to 115/135/155/175

130/145/160/175115/135/155/175
Freezing Field

Explosion distribution is now more even across its radius

Freezing Field

Shard now also increases total explosions by 20%

Drow Ranger

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +5 All Stats replaced with +15 Frost Arrow Bonus Damage

Talents

Level 15 Talent +10 Agility replaced with +250 Gust Width

Talents

Level 25 talent 30% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +2 Multishot Waves

Marksmanship

Bonus Damage reduced from 50/70/90 to 40/60/80

50/70/9040/60/80
Frost Arrows

Scepter Split Arrows no longer consume mana

Earthshaker

Earthshaker

Base stats / mechanics

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Movement Speed increased from 310 to 315

310315
Base stats / mechanics

Intelligence increased from 16 + 1.8 to 18 + 2.1

16 + 1.818 + 2.1

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 base damage increased to +30

Talents

Level 10 Talent +200 mana replaced with +80 Fissure Damage

Talents

Level 15 Talent +7 armor replaced with +50 Aftershock Damage

Talents

Level 25 Talent +40% Magic Resistance replaced with +200 Aftershock Radius

Juggernaut

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +75 Blade Fury Radius

Blade Fury

Damage increased from 85/110/135/160 to 90/115/140/165

85/110/135/16090/115/140/165
Healing Ward

Movement Speed reduced from 350 to 325

350325
Mirana

Mirana

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +15 damage replaced with -2s Sacred Arrow Cooldown

Talents

Level 10 Talent +150 health replaced with +100 Leap Distance

Talents

Level 15 Talent -3 Sacred Arrow Cooldown replaced with Moonlight Shadow gives 20% Evasion (Evasion is always active during Moonlight Shadow, even when units are visible)

Talents

Level 20 Talent +8% Spell Amplification replaced with -25s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown

Talents

Level 25 Talent -60s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown replaced with +180 Starstorm Damage

Sacred Arrow

Max Stun reduced from 3.5/4/4.5/5s to 3.2/3.8/4.4/5

3.5/4/4.5/5s3.2/3.8/4.4/5
Sacred Arrow

Vision reduced from 500 to 400

500400
Morphling

Morphling

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Waveform

Mana cost reduced from 140 to 130

140130
Adaptive Strike

(Agility) base damage reduced from 70/80/90/100 to 40/50/60/70

70/80/90/10040/50/60/70
Morph Replicate

No longer steals Shard/Scepter abilities if Morphling doesn't have a Shard/Scepter

Shadow Fiend

Shadow Fiend

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent increased from +20 Attack Speed to +25

+20 Attack Speed+25
Talents

Level 10 Talent increased from +6% Spell Amplification to +8%

+6% Spell Amplification+8%
Talents

Level 15 Talent +25 Move Speed replaced with +80 Shadowraze Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +120 Shadowraze Damage replaced with +0.3s Requiem Fear/Slow per line (Maximum 2.4 ->3.3)

Talents

Level 25 Talent 30% Cooldown Reduction replaced with -40s Requiem of Souls Cooldown

Necromastery

Reworked Shard. Necromastery is now an attack modifier that consumes 1 soul granting your next attack 170% crit with a 3 second cooldown. Additionally, enemies killed grant an extra soul

Requiem of Souls

Slow rescaled from 25% to 20/25/30%

25%20/25/30%
Phantom Lancer

Phantom Lancer

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Juxtapose

Aghanim's Scepter's cooldown reduced from 60s to 40s

60s40s
Juxtapose

Aghanim's Scepter also increases max illusion count by 2

Puck

Puck

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Base Damage reduced by 1

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 talent +25 Attack Damage replaced with +300 Illusory Orb distance

Phase Shift

Cooldown increased from 7.5/7.0/6.5/6.0s to 8/7.5/7/6.5s

7.5/7.0/6.5/6.0s8/7.5/7/6.5s
Dream Coil

No longer has an initial stun (It still cancels TPs since it leashes the target)

Pudge

Pudge

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Meat Hook

Mana cost rescaled from 125/130/135/140 to 135

125/130/135/140135
Meat Hook

Now instantly kills any non-ancient creep it hits

Dismember

Shard cast range on allies reduced from 400 to 300

400300
Razor

Razor

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +175 Health replaced by +30 Plasma Field Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +8 armor replaced with +6s Static Link Drain Duration

Eye of the Storm

Now applies its armor reduction before applying its damage

Sand King

Sand King

Base stats / mechanics

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Strength Gain reduced from 3.0 to 2.7

3.02.7

Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +20 damage per Epicenter Pulse replaced with +20 Sand Storm DPS

Talents

Level 15 Talent +30 Sand Storm DPS replaced +150 Sand Storm Radius

Talents

Level 20 Talent +25 Health Regen replaced with +120 Caustic Finale Damage

Epicenter

Shard now also grants +20 damage per Pulse

Storm Spirit

Storm Spirit

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 10 talent +200 Health replaced with +40 Static Remnant Damage

Talents

Level 15 talent +65 Static Remnant Damage replaced with +250 Health

Static Remnant

Damage increased from 120/175/230/285 to 120/180/240/300

120/175/230/285120/180/240/300
Ball Lightning

Starting mana cost reduced from 30 + 8% to 25 + 7.5%

30 + 8%25 + 7.5%
Sven

Sven

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Great Cleave

Damage rescaled from 30/50/70/90% to 25/50/75/100%

30/50/70/90%25/50/75/100%
Storm Hammer

Cast Point reduced from 0.3 to 0.2

0.30.2
Tiny

Tiny

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Tree Throw

Splash percentage increased from 150% to 200%

150%200%
Grow

Attack Speed Penalty reduced from 20/35/50 to 20/30/40

20/35/5020/30/40
Vengeful Spirit

Vengeful Spirit

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Nether Swap

Now deals 50 damage to enemies

Nether Swap

Nether Swap now causes Vengeful Spirits and allies she Swaps to take 30/40/50% less damage for 3 seconds

Windranger

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 15 Talent +100 Attack Range replaced with Windrun Undispellable

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Level 25 Talent 25% Cooldown Reduction replaced with Focus Fire Kills Advance Cooldown by 20s

Gale Force

Reworked Shard: Now Grants Gale Force. Vector Targeted: Summons a strong wind that pushes all enemies within a 1000 AoE by 250 units per second in the target direction for 3 seconds (Units can still move, attack and cast spells, does not interrupt channeling). Mana Cost: 150 Cooldown: 40s

Zeus

Zeus

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 25 Talent +50% Spell Lifesteal replaced with 325 range AoE Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt

Mana Cost reduced from 125/130/135/140 to 120/125/130/135

125/130/135/140120/125/130/135
Lightning Bolt

Vision Duration increased from 4.5s to 5

4.5s5
Static Field

Shard Active Mana Cost reduced from 100 to 75

10075
Static Field

Shard Active now grants 900 radius unobstructed vision around Zeus for 3 seconds

Nimbus

Duration reduced from 35s to 30s

35s30s
Nimbus

Lightning Bolt Interval increased from 2.25s to 2.5s

2.25s2.5s
Nimbus

Bounty increased from 100 to 125

100125
Kunkka

Kunkka

Base stats / mechanics

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Ghost Ship Fleet Interval increased from 3.35s to 3.5s

3.35s3.5s

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Torrent

Move Speed Slow rescaled from -35% to -25/-30/-35/-40%

-35%-25/-30/-35/-40%
Tidebringer

Cleave Percentage reduced from 165% to 150%

165%150%
Tidebringer

Bonus Damage increased from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120

25/50/75/10030/60/90/120
Lina

Lina

Base stats / mechanics

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Base Attack Damage increased by 2

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Fiery Soul

Attack Speed Bonus Per Stack reduced from 40/60/80/100 to 30/50/70/90

40/60/80/10030/50/70/90
Lion

Lion

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Armor reduced by 1

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 talent reduced from +70 damage to +60

+70 damage+60
Earth Spike

Travel Distance reduced from 900 to 850 (Cast Range is unchanged, only bonus length is reduced)

900850 (Cast Range is unchanged, only bonus length is reduced)
Finger of Death

Scepter Damage reduced from 725/875/1025 to 700/825/950

725/875/1025700/825/950
Shadow Shaman

Shadow Shaman

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +175 Health replaced with -3s Hex Cooldown

Talents

Level 15 Talent -5s Hex Cooldown replaced with +1s Shackle Duration

Talents

Level 15 Talent +75 Serpent Ward Attack Range increased to +100

Talents

Level 20 Talent +2s Shackle Duration replaced with Hex Breaks

Mass Serpent Ward

Cooldown rescaled from 120 to 130/120/110

120130/120/110
Mass Serpent Ward

Mana Cost reduced from 200/350/600 to 200/350/550

200/350/600200/350/550
Slardar

Slardar

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +20 Attack Damage replaced with -3s Guardian Sprint Cooldown

Talents

Level 10 Talent +7 HP Regen replaced with +10% Slithereen Crush Attack/Move Speed Slow

Talents

Level 20 Talent +25% Lifesteal replaced with +100 Slithereen Crush Damage

Guardian Sprint

Cooldown increased from 17 to 32/27/22/17

1732/27/22/17
Guardian Sprint

Bonus Movement Speed increased from 16/24/32/40 to 25/30/35/40

16/24/32/4025/30/35/40
Slithereen Crush

Damage rescaled from 80/140/200/260 to 70/140/210/280

80/140/200/26070/140/210/280
Tidehunter

Tidehunter

Base stats / mechanics

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Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5

00.5

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +10% Gush Slow

Talents

Level 10 Talent +1.75 Mana Regen replaced with -100 damage Kraken Shell Threshold

Talents

Level 25 Talent +200 Damage replaced with 50% chance to proc Anchor Smash on attacks

Talents

Level 25 Talent 20% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +1s Ravage Stun Duration

Gush

Armor reduction decreased from 4/5/6/7 to 3/4/5/6

4/5/6/73/4/5/6
Anchor Smash

Bonus Damage reduced from 45/90/135/180 to 40/85/130/175

45/90/135/18040/85/130/175
Kraken Shell

Threshold timer increased from 6 to 7

67
Witch Doctor

Witch Doctor

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +60 damage replaced with -25% Voodoo Restoration Mana Per Second

Talents

Level 10 Talent +200 Health replaced with +75 Maledict Radius

Talents

Level 15 Talent +100 Maledict Radius replaced with +300 Health

Paralyzing Cask

Creep damage rescaled from 50/70/125/150 to 75

50/70/125/15075
Paralyzing Cask

Hero damage reduced from 50/60/70/80 to 40

50/60/70/8040
Paralyzing Cask

Deals 10/15/20/25 more damage per each bounce

Lich

Lich

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +100 Attack Damage replaced with +0.5s Sinister Gaze Duration

Frost Blast

Mana cost reduced from 115/135/155/175 to 110/130/150/170

115/135/155/175110/130/150/170
Sinister Gaze

Cast range increased from 500/525/550/575 to 600

500/525/550/575600
Sinister Gaze

Mana cost reduced from 120/130/140/150 to 80

120/130/140/15080
Sinister Gaze

Scepter now also lets you cast your other abilities while channeling Sinister Gaze

Chain Frost

Initial projectile speed increased from 850 to 1050

8501050
Riki

Riki

Base stats / mechanics

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Sleeping dart cast range reduced from 1200 to 1000

12001000
Base stats / mechanics

Sleeping dart mana cost reduced from 85 to 75

8575

Abilities & talents

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Blink Strike

Damage increased from 25/50/75/100 to 40/60/80/100

25/50/75/10040/60/80/100
Tricks of the Trade

Damage per attack reduced from 50% to 40%

50%40%
Tricks of the Trade

Scepter Attack count increased from 4 to 5

45
Enigma

Enigma

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +135 Eidolon Health replaced with +20 Eidolon Attack Speed

Talents

Level 15 Talent +8% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +30 Malefice Damage per Instance

Midnight Pulse

Multiple Instances no longer stack

Black Hole

Scepter now deals 5% bonus pure damage instead of the current level of Midnight Pulse

Tinker

Tinker

Base stats / mechanics

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Defense Matrix Defense Matrix is now a basic skill

Base stats / mechanics

Defense Matrix Mana Cost reduced from 100 to 70/80/90/100

10070/80/90/100
Base stats / mechanics

Defense Matrix Damage Absorbed reduced from 350 to 100/180/240/320

350100/180/240/320
Base stats / mechanics

Defense Matrix Status Resistance reduced from 50 to 20/30/40/50

5020/30/40/50
Base stats / mechanics

Defense Matrix cast range increased from 400 to 600

400600
Base stats / mechanics

Defense Matrix Cooldown reduced from 30 to 12

3012

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +8% Spell Amplification replaced with +2s Laser Blind Duration

Talents

Level 15 Talent +2.5s March of the Machines Duration replaced with -0.5 Keen Teleport Channel Time

Talents

Level 20 Talent +8 March of the Machines Damage replaced with +150 Defense Matrix Damage Absorbed

Talents

Level 20 Talent +8 Armor replaced with +10% Spell Amplification

Laser

Now splashes 100% of its damage on a 250 AoE (Only the main target gets blinded/shrink ray'd)

Laser

Shrink Ray bonus cast range reduced from 400 to 300

400300
Laser

Shrink Ray HP Reduction reduced from 15% to 10%

15%10%
Rearm

Mana cost rescaled from 100/210/320 to 130/210/290

100/210/320130/210/290
Keen Conveyance

New Rearm Sub-ability. Channel for 4.5/4/3.5s to teleport to a friendly Building. Level 2 allows targeting units and level 3 allows targeting heroes. Mana cost: 75

March of the Machines

March of the Machines is now a shard ability

March of the Machines

Mana cost increased from 130/150/170/190 to 190

130/150/170/190190
March of the Machines

Robot Explosion Damage rescaled from 16/24/32/40 to 30

16/24/32/4030
Sniper

Sniper

Base stats / mechanics

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Talents

Level 10 Talent 15% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +1s Take Aim Duration

Shrapnel

Damage increased from 20/35/50/65 to 25/40/55/70

20/35/50/6525/40/55/70
Take Aim

No longer grants True Strike

Take Aim

Active Self Move Speed slow increased from 25% to 45%/40%/35%/30%

25%45%/40%/35%/30%
Take Aim

Active Headshot Chance Increased from 70% to 100%

70%100%
Take Aim

Cooldown reduced from 35/30/25/20 to 20/18/16/14

35/30/25/2020/18/16/14
Take Aim

Mana Cost reduced from 50 to 25

5025
Take Aim

Duration reduced from 4 to 3

43
Concussive Grenade

Knockback increased from 450 to 475

450475
Concussive Grenade

Self Knockback increased from 425 to 475

425475
Necrophos

Necrophos

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength Gain reduced from 2.6 to 2.3

2.62.3

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +25 damage replaced with +100 Reaper's Scythe Cast Range

Death Pulse

Damage increased from 100/150/200/250 to 100/160/220/280

100/150/200/250100/160/220/280
Death Pulse

Heal increased from 60/80/100/120 to 60/85/110/135

60/80/100/12060/85/110/135
Ghost Shroud

Self Restoration Amplification reduced from 75% to 45/55/65/75%

75%45/55/65/75%
Warlock

Warlock

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +40DPS Upheaval replaced by +10% Attack Speed per second to allies (Maximum 70%)

Beastmaster

Beastmaster

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Base stats / mechanics

Call of the Wild Boar attack damage increased from 16/32/48/64 to 20/35/50/65

16/32/48/6420/35/50/65
Base stats / mechanics

Call of the Wild Hawk vision increased from 600/700/800/900 to 750/800/850/900

600/700/800/900750/800/850/900
Base stats / mechanics

Aghanim's Shard Call of the Wild Hawk can now be unit targeted, which will cause the hawk to move in the direction of the target and cast dive when/if in range

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Queen of Pain

Queen of Pain

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Base damage increased by 3

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Talents

Level 15 Talent 10% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +2 Shadow Strike Damage Instances (Same Duration, ticks happen more often)

Talents

Level 20 Talent +30% Spell Lifesteal replaced with +120 Scream of Pain Damage

Shadow Strike

Now heals Queen of Pain for 10/20/30/40 Health on every tick. Heals 50% on creeps

Shadow Strike

Tick Damage reduced from 30/50/70/90 to 20/40/60/80

30/50/70/9020/40/60/80
Venomancer

Venomancer

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Agility reduced from 26 + 3.2 to 24 + 3.0

26 + 3.224 + 3.0
Base stats / mechanics

Poison Nova damage rescaled from 40/65/90 to 20/30/40 + 2/2.75/3.5% Max Health in damage

40/65/9020/30/40 + 2/2.75/3.5% Max Health in damage
Base stats / mechanics

Poison Nova Scepter damage rescaled from 75/100/125 to 20/30/40 + 3/3.75/4.5% Max Health in damage per second

75/100/12520/30/40 + 3/3.75/4.5% Max Health in damage per second

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +100 Attack Range replaced with +175 Health

Faceless Void

Faceless Void

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +7 Agility replaced with +6 Time Dilation Damage Per Second

Talents

Level 10 Talent +9 Strength replaced with +0.5s Time Walk Backtracked Time

Talents

Level 15 Talent +300 Health replaced with -1.5s Time Walk Cooldown

Talents

Level 15 Talent +55 Time Lock Damage with +7% Time Dilation slow per Cooldown

Talents

Level 20 Talent +40 Attack Speed replaced with +120 Attack Speed in Chronosphere

Talents

Level 20 Talent -2s Time Walk Cooldown with +70 Time Lock Damage

Chronosphere

Cooldown reduced from 160s to 160/150/140s

160s160/150/140s
Wraith King

Wraith King

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +0.5s Wraithfire Blast duration replaced with +20 Movement Speed

Talents

Level 15 Talent +25 Movement Speed replaced with +0.7s Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration

Talents

Level 20 Talent +16 Strength replaced with +25% Cleave

Reincarnation

Cooldown increased from 200/120/40 to 200/130/60

200/120/40200/130/60
Death Prophet

Death Prophet

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Base Strength increased from 19 to 21

1921

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +6% Movement Speed replaced with -2s Crypt Swarm Cooldown

Talents

Level 15 Talent +0.8% Max Health Spirit Siphon increased to +1%

Talents

Level 20 Talent -3.5s Crypt Swarm Cooldown replaced with +20% Spirit Siphon Slow

Silence

Now fires a 1000 speed projectile towards the targeted area and silences units in the AOE upon impact

Silence

Cast Point reduced from 0.4 to 0.2

0.40.2
Exorcism

Cooldown increased from 145 to 150

145150
Phantom Assassin

Phantom Assassin

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +175 Health replaced with +1s Phantom Strike Duration

Stifling Dagger

Slow duration increased from 1.75/2.5/3.25/4s 2.2/2.8/3.4/4s

Pugna

Pugna

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Talents

Level 15 talent improved from -0.8s Nether Blast Cooldown to -1s

-0.8s Nether Blast Cooldown-1s
Nether Ward

No longer has a mana reducing aura

Nether Ward

Now additionally Heals 2 hits whenever it triggers

Templar Assassin

Templar Assassin

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Talents

Level 10 talent +100 Psi Blades Range replaced with +110 Psionic Trap Damage

Talents

Level 15 talent +180 Psionic Trap Damage replaced with +120 Psi Blades Range

Psi Blades

Spill range multiplier reduced from 2 to 1.5

21.5
Psi Blades

Now deals 5% less spill damage to each successive enemy after the first one.

Psionic Projection

Channel Time increased from 1s to 1.5s

1s1.5s
Psionic Projection

No longer teleports if Templar Assassin is rooted or leashed

Viper

Viper

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +100 Attack Range replaced with +70 Nethertoxin Max Damage

Poison Attack

Mana Cost decreased from 20/22/24/26 to 18/20/22/24

20/22/24/2618/20/22/24
Nethertoxin

Max damage reduced from 80/100/120/140 to 50/75/100/125

80/100/120/14050/75/100/125
Luna

Luna

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +15 Attack Speed replaced with -8% Moon Glaives Damage Reduction

Talents

Level 15 Talent +25 Movement Speed replaced with -20s Eclipse Cooldown

Talents

Level 20 Talent +8 All Stats replaced with Global Lunar Blessing

Talents

Level 25 Talent +30% Lifesteal replaced with +35 Lunar Blessing Damage

Lucent Beam

Cooldown increased from 6s to 9/8/7/6s

6s9/8/7/6s
Lucent Beam

Shard glaives acquisition range reduced from 500 to 325

500325
Moon Glaives

Damage Reduction Percentage increased from 50/44/38/32 to 56/50/44/38

50/44/38/3256/50/44/38
Dragon Knight

Dragon Knight

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Dragon Tail

Stun duration reduced from 2.5/2.75/3.0/3.25 to 2.25/2.5/2.75/3

2.5/2.75/3.0/3.252.25/2.5/2.75/3
Dragon Blood

Health regen reduced from 4/8/12/16 to 3/6/9/12

4/8/12/163/6/9/12
Elder Dragon Form

Black Elder Dragon Splash damage reduced from 115% to 100%

115%100%
Elder Dragon Form

Black Elder Dragon Magic Resistance reduced from 40% to 20%

40%20%
Fireball

DPS reduced from 80 to 60

8060
Fireball

Damage debuff now lingers for 2 seconds

Dazzle

Dazzle

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Base Agility reduced from 21 to 20

2120

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +225 Heal on Shallow Grave end replaced with +20 Strength

Talents

Level 20 Talent +30 Movement Speed replaced with +250 Heal on Shallow Grave

Poison Touch

Now only refreshes its duration when Dazzle attacks the target

Poison Touch

Base slow increased from 14/16/18/20 to 16/18/20/22

14/16/18/2016/18/20/22
Poison Touch

Now increases its slow by 2/2.5/3/3.5% every time it's refreshed

Shallow Grave

Mana cost rescaled from 150 to 120/130/140/150

150120/130/140/150
Clockwerk

Clockwerk

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Talents

Level 10 talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +60 Power Cogs Mana Burn

Talents

Level 10 talent +5 Armor replaced with -2s Rocket Flare Cooldown

Overclocking

Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 40% to 30%

40%30%
Leshrac

Leshrac

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Talents

Level 10 talent +4 Armor replaced with +1.75 Mana Regen

Talents

Level 25 Talent +30% Magic Resistance replaced with Lightning Storm can bounce twice on units (Only after there's no more jumps left)

Diabolic Edict

Now deals pure damage

Diabolic Edict

No longer deals bonus damage to towers

Diabolic Edict

Damage per explosion reduced from 8/20/32/44 to 7/14/21/28

8/20/32/447/14/21/28
Nature's Prophet

Nature's Prophet

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Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5

00.5

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Talents

Level 20 talent 20% Cooldown Reduction replaced with 75% Miss Chance for Sprouted units

Sprout

Fixed multiple instances where destroying Shard Sprout trees wouldn't spawn Greater Treants

Sprout

Vision range reduced from 500 to 250

500250
Nature's Call

Treant base HP regen per second increased from 0.5 to 2.5

0.52.5
Wrath of Nature

Damage per kill increased from 4/5/6 to 6

4/5/66
Lifestealer

Lifestealer

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Base stats / mechanics

Movement Speed reduced from 325 to 320

325320

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +10% Rage Move Speed Bonus

Infest

Can no longer target Undying zombies

Infest

Mana cost reduced from 100/150/200 to 100/125/150

100/150/200100/125/150
Infest

Scepter now also applies Disarm to the enemy

Infest

Scepter now also deals damage immediately after infesting

Dark Seer

Dark Seer

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +75 Ion Shell Radius replaced with +20% Wall of Replica Illusion Damage

Talents

Level 15 Talent +25% Wall of Replica Illusion Damage replaced with +75 Ion Shell Radius

Talents

Level 20 Talent reduced from +60 Ion Shell damage to +50

+60 Ion Shell damage+50
Talents

Level 20 Talent increased from -30s Wall of Replica Cooldown to -35s

-30s Wall of Replica Cooldown-35s
Surge

Fixed self cast behavior not working with AOE Surge talent

Wall of Replica

Duration reduced from 45s to 30s

45s30s
Normal Punch

Now has True Strike

Normal Punch

Illusion Duration increased from 5s to 8s

5s8s
Normal Punch

Max Damage increased from 250 to 300

250300
Clinkz

Clinkz

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +8 Agility replaced with +12% Magic Resistance

Talents

Level 15 Talent -7s Skeleton Walk reduced to -5s

Talents

Level 20 Talent -10s Strafe Cooldown replaced with +2 Burning Barrage Arrows

Burning Barrage

New Ability. Burning Barrage channels for 1.5/1.9/2.3/2.7s shooting 3/4/5/6 piercing arrows in the target direction up to 750/800/850/900 distance away, that hit all enemy units dealing 60% attack damage and applying attack modifiers. Arrow width: 200 Cooldown: 28/24/20/16 Mana Cost: 40/50/60/70

Searing Arrows

Mana cost reduced from 12 to 10

1210
Strafe

Removed

Skeleton Walk

No longer can cast spells without breaking invisibility

Death Pact

Can be casted from Skeleton Walk without breaking invisibility

Omniknight

Omniknight

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength reduced from 24 + 3.4 to 23 + 3.1

24 + 3.423 + 3.1
Base stats / mechanics

Agility Gain increased from 1.8 to 2.0

1.82.0
Base stats / mechanics

Heavenly Grace Bonus Strength increased from 8/16/24/32 to 8/18/28/38

8/16/24/328/18/28/38

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Guardian Angel

Cooldown reduced from 160/150/140 to 160/140/120

160/150/140160/140/120
Hammer of Purity

No longer heals Omniknight on attack

Hammer of Purity

Can no longer be cast on creeps

Hammer of Purity

Now puts a debuff on the enemy hero which reduces the enemy's outgoing damage by 60% for 4 seconds

Hammer of Purity

Manacost increased from 20 to 40

2040
Hammer of Purity

Cooldown increased from 4 to 10

410
Enchantress

Enchantress

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Talents

Level 10 Talent reduced from +12% Magic Resistance to +10%

+12% Magic Resistance+10%
Talents

Level 15 Talent increased from +40 damage to +45

+40 damage+45
Talents

Level 15 Talent reduced from +6 Nature's Attendance Wisps to +5

+6 Nature's Attendance Wisps+5
Enchant

Range reduced from 700 to 500/550/600/650

700500/550/600/650
Huskar

Huskar

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Movement Speed increased from 290 to 295

290295

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +175 Health replaced with +1s Inner Fire Duration

Talents

Level 10 Talent +12 Attack Damage replaced with +2s Life Break Slow Duration

Talents

Level 25 Talent +25% Spell Lifesteal replaced with +16% Life Break Damage

Inner Fire

Shard no longer reduces Healing by 50%

Inner Fire

Shard now heals Huskar for 50% of the damage dealt to heroes and 10% of damage dealt to creeps

Night Stalker

Night Stalker

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Base Damage increased by 2

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +6 armor replaced with +10 Dark Ascension Duration

Talents

Level 15 Talent +12 Strength replaced with +50 Dark Ascension Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +35 damage replaced with +25 Strength

Dark Ascension

Cooldown increased from 140/130/120 to 150/140/130

140/130/120150/140/130
Broodmother

Broodmother

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Talents

Level 20 Talent +15 Spider Attack Damage replaced with +50% Spiders Damage to buildings

Spin Web

Now grants Broodmother and her spiderlings movement speed based on the health of the unit. (Grants the full amount at 100% health and 0% when the unit is at 20% health or less)

Spawn Spiderlings

Mana Cost increased from 100 to 120

100120
Spawn Spiderlings

Damage reduced from 300/370/440 to 240/320/400

300/370/440240/320/400
Spinner's Snare

Reworked Scepter. Vector Targeted. Broodmother creates a 900 width invisible web line that takes 2 seconds to form. Enemy Heroes that cross the web line will make it visible and become rooted after 0.25s of 100% slow. They will also be visible in fog and receive 100dps for 4 seconds. Broodmother's team is notified in the Minimap whenever someone trips in a Web line. Multiple Heroes can trip on the same line until the duration expires, but illusions don't trigger it. Maximum of 5 Snares can be active and Snares can't be cast overlapping another. 2 Charges: Mana Cost: 100. Cooldown: 20s. Cast Range: 600

Bounty Hunter

Bounty Hunter

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +2s Shadow Walk Slow

Talents

Level 15 Talent +275 Health replaced with 50% Track Bonus Move Speed to allies

Talents

Level 20 Talent +50 Attack Speed replaced with Track grants ground vision around the target

Talents

Level 25 Talent 40% Evasion replaced with 2 Shuriken Toss Charges

Shuriken Toss

Cooldown reduced from 8 to 5

85
Shuriken Toss

Damage reduced from 150/225/300/375 to 80/120/160/200

150/225/300/37580/120/160/200
Shuriken Toss

Mana cost reduced from 120/125/130/135 to 50/60/70/80

120/125/130/13550/60/70/80
Shuriken Toss

Cast Range rescaled from 400 to 375/425/475/525

400375/425/475/525
Shuriken Toss

Scepter no longer reduces cooldown

Shuriken Toss

Scepter Cast Range increased from 650 to 700

650700
Track

Now also causes Shuriken Toss to deal 1.4/1.7/2.0x damage

Jinada

Can now be toggled to disable autocast.

Weaver

Weaver

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +0.2 Swarm Armor Reduction replaced with +9 Strength

Talents

Level 15 Talent +12 Strength replaced with +2 Swarm Attacks to Kill

Talents

Level 20 Talent +35 damage replaced with +90 Geminate Attack Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +3 Swarm Attacks to Kill replaced with +0.5 Swarm Armor Reduction

The Swarm

Travel Speed increased from 600 to 750

600750
The Swarm

Now ignores damage block

Geminate Attack

Can now be toggled to disable autocast

Jakiro

Jakiro

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Dual Breath

Cast Point improved from 0.55 to 0.35

0.550.35
Liquid Fire

Burn damage increased from 12/16/20/24 to 15/20/25/30

12/16/20/2415/20/25/30
Macropyre

Cooldown increased from 60 to 80/70/60

6080/70/60
Batrider

Batrider

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Sticky Napalm

Bonus Damage increased from 6/12/18/24 to 7/14/21/28

6/12/18/247/14/21/28
Firefly

Damage rescaled from 10/30/50/70 to 20/35/50/65

10/30/50/7020/35/50/65
Firefly

Cooldown increased from 40/38/36/34 to 46/42/38/34

40/38/36/3446/42/38/34
Chen

Chen

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Divine Favor

Aura no longer provides Heal Amplification

Divine Favor

Aura now also provides 2/3/4/5 armor

Holy Persuasion

Reworked Shard. Allows Holy Persuasion to target 1/2/3 Ancient creeps based on Hand of God level. (Old Scepter effect)

Hand of God

Reworked Scepter. Hand of God now applies a Strong Dispel

Spectre

Spectre

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Reworked Shard: Causes dispersion to fire a spectral dagger every 300 damage absorbed in the direction of the last source of damage. Can fire a maximum of one dagger every 7 seconds and only triggers off player based damage within 700 range

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +5 HP Regen replaced with -5s Spectral Dagger Cooldown

Talents

Level 15 Talent -8s Spectral Dagger Cooldown replaced with +100 Spectral Dagger Damage

Spectral Dagger

Debuff is now dispellable

Shadow Step

Fixed being able to target creep hero units

Ancient Apparition

Ancient Apparition

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +12 HP Regen replaced with +150 Cold Feet Break Distance

Cold Feet

Cooldown increased from 10/9/8/7 to 12/11/10/9

10/9/8/712/11/10/9
Ice Blast

Cooldown increased from 40 to 60/50/40

4060/50/40
Doom

Doom

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Intelligence Gain reduced from 2.1 to 1.7

2.11.7

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Talents

Level 15 Talent reduced from -10s Scorched Earth cooldown to -8s

-10s Scorched Earth cooldown-8s
Talents

Level 25 Talent reduced from +2.4% Infernal Blade Damage to +2.1%

+2.4% Infernal Blade Damage+2.1%
Devour

Bonus Gold reduced from 60/120/160/240 to 60/110/160/210

60/120/160/24060/110/160/210
Scorched Earth

Cooldown reduced from 50/45/40/35 to 35

50/45/40/3535
Scorched Earth

Damage increased from 15/30/45/60 to 18/32/46/60

15/30/45/6018/32/46/60
Scorched Earth

Duration rescaled from 15s to 10/12/14/16s

15s10/12/14/16s
Infernal Blade

Burn Base Damage increased from 16/20/24/28 to 16/24/32/40

16/20/24/2816/24/32/40
Ursa

Ursa

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Base Strength increased from 24 to 25

2425

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Earthshock

Cooldown increased from 11/10/9/8 to 14/12/10/8

11/10/9/814/12/10/8
Earthshock

Shard no longer reduces cooldown by 1

Spirit Breaker

Spirit Breaker

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Strength reduced from 29 + 3.1 to 27 + 3.0

29 + 3.127 + 3.0

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +10 HP Regen replaced with -4s Bulldoze Cooldown

Talents

Level 20 Talent -5.5s Bulldoze Cooldown replaced with +200 movement speed during Charge of Darkness.

Talents

Level 20 Talent +12% Greater Bash Damage replaced with +10% Greater Bash Chance

Talents

Level 25 Talent +20% Greater Bash Chance replaced with +25% Greater Bash Damage

Charge of Darkness

Mana cost increased from 70/80/90/100 to 100

70/80/90/100100
Charge of Darkness

Scepter no longer grants 175 bonus movement speed

Charge of Darkness

Scepter now pierces spell immunity and reduces cast point to 0.1

Greater Bash

Now deals 1.5x damage to creeps

Gyrocopter

Gyrocopter

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Agility Gain reduced from 3.6 to 3.3

3.63.3
Base stats / mechanics

Intelligence Gain increased from 2.1 to 2.4

2.12.4

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +16 Attack Damage replaced by +300 Flak Cannon Range

Talents

Level 15 Talent -40s Call Down cooldown to +2 Flak Cannon attacks

Talents

Level 25 Talent 3 Homing Missile Charges replaced with -6s Flak Cannon Cooldown

Talents

Level 25 Talent Global Call Down replaced with Air Strike. Causes Call Down to be vector targeted and fires 3 Call Down attacks in the vector direction, 500 range and 0.75 seconds from each other. Secondary call downs deal 50% damage

Homing Missile

Reworked Shard. Homing Missile now constantly fires a 700 radius Rocket Barrage, starting 1 second after casting. Rocket Barrage prioritizes the Homing Missile's target

Flak Cannon

Range reduced from 1250 to 1000

12501000
Call Down

Cooldown reduced from 90 to 90/75/60

9090/75/60
Alchemist

Alchemist

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Talents

Level 10 Talent -6s Unstable Concoction Cooldown replaced with +125 Unstable Concoction Radius

Unstable Concoction

Cooldown reduced from 16s to 13s

16s13s
Unstable Concoction

Mana Cost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 100

90/100/110/120100
Berserk Potion

Now additionally grants 30 bonus movement speed

Invoker

Invoker

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Base stats / mechanics

Base Movement Speed reduced from 280 to 275

280275

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +60dps Ice Wall replaced with +1 Forged Spirit Armor Reduction

Talents

Level 25 Talent +2 Forged Spirit Armor Reduction replaced with 2.5x Quas/Wex/Exort Passive Bonuses

Tornado

Lift Duration rescaled from 0.8 ->2.9 to 0.85->2.6

0.8 ->2.90.85->2.6
Chaos Meteor

Main Damage rescaled from 57.5->180 to 52->185

57.5->18052->185
Chaos Meteor

Burn Damage rescaled from 11.5->36 to 10->38

11.5->3610->38
Deafening Blast

Damage reduced from 40->320 to 20->300

40->32020->300
Deafening Blast

Knockback reduced from 0.25->2.0s to 0.2->1.6s

0.25->2.0s0.2->1.6s
Silencer

Silencer

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength Gain reduced from 2.7 to 2.4

2.72.4

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +6 Armor replaced with +15 Arcane Curse Damage

Talents

Level 15 Talent +30 Arcane Curse Damage replaced with +100 Attack Range

Talents

Level 15 Talent +2 Permanent Intelligence per kill replaced with +10% Arcane Curse Slow

Talents

Level 20 Talent +100 Attack Range replaced with +400 Health

Talents

Level 20 Talent +20% Arcane Curse Slow replaced with +1.5x Last Word Int Multiplier

Talents

Level 25 Talent 30% Cooldown Reduction replaced with Last Word Mutes Items

Arcane Curse

Now deals double damage and slow when target is silenced

Arcane Curse

Penalty duration reduced from 5s to 3s

5s3s
Outworld Devourer

Outworld Devourer

Base stats / mechanics

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Arcane Orb

Now affects Roshan

Astral Imprisonment

Fixed Astral Imprisonment debuff not displaying correctly

Astral Imprisonment

Grants an additional +5% Mana Capacity steal to Astral Imprisonment. Also allows allies to move at 40% movement speed during Astral Imprisonment (they are visible, but untargettable and can't perform any other actions).

Lycan

Lycan

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Base stats / mechanics

Shard Wolves now have Low Attack Priority (Will only acquire enemy aggro if they are the only unit in aggro range)

Base stats / mechanics

Shard Wolves now can Cripple towers (Does not affect regular wolves)

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Damage replaced with +20 Summon Wolves Damage

Talents

Level 15 Talent +12% Cooldown Reduction replaced with -20s Shapeshift Cooldown

Howl

Duration increased from 5/6/7/8 to 8

5/6/7/88
Howl

Cooldown rescaled from 18 to 22/20/18/16

1822/20/18/16
Brewmaster

Brewmaster

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Base stats / mechanics

Void Brewling Base Attack Damage reduced from 45-55/65-75/85-95 to 45-55/55-65/65-75

45-55/65-75/85-9545-55/55-65/65-75
Base stats / mechanics

Void Brewling Base Attack Time improved from 1.35 to 1.2/1.0/0.8

1.351.2/1.0/0.8
Base stats / mechanics

Void Brewling now inherits Brewmaster's Attack Modifiers (e.g: Maelstrom's Chain Lightning, Skadi's Cold Attack, Basher's Bash, etc.)

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Drunken Brawler

Passive dodge chance increased from 10/15/20/25% to 15/20/25/30%

10/15/20/25%15/20/25/30%
Shadow Demon

Shadow Demon

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Disruption

Cast range increased from 600 to 650

600650
Shadow Poison

Stack damage rescaled from 20/35/50/65 to 24/36/48/60

20/35/50/6524/36/48/60
Soul Catcher

Now temporarily gives Shadow Demon 5/7/9/11% Spell Amplification for each hero debuffed

Lone Druid

Lone Druid

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Savage Roar

Fixed shard granting 40 Attack Speed to allies instead of 60

Spirit Link

Attack Speed increased from 15/30/45/60 to 16/34/52/70

15/30/45/6016/34/52/70
True Form

Entangle chance increased from 20% to 30%. (Affects only Lone Druid)

20%30%. (Affects only Lone Druid)
True Form

Demolish bonus damage increased from 10/20/30/40% to 15/30/45/60% (Affects only Lone Druid)

10/20/30/40%15/30/45/60% (Affects only Lone Druid)
Chaos Knight

Chaos Knight

Base stats / mechanics

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength Gain reduced from 3.4 to 3.2

3.43.2

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +200 Reality Rift Target Pull Distance

Talents

Level 10 talent +5 all stats replaced with +20% Chaos Strike Lifesteal

Talents

Level 15 talent +35% Cleave replaced with -3s Chaos Bolt Cooldown

Reality Rift

Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 18/14/10/6

15/12/9/618/14/10/6
Chaos Strike

Lifesteal decreased from 25/40/55/70% to 24/36/48/60%

25/40/55/70%24/36/48/60%
Chaos Strike

Max Critical Damage increased from 140/170/200/230% to 140/175/210/245%

140/170/200/230%140/175/210/245%
Phantasm

Fixed Strong Illusion buff on Phantasm being dispellable (which would cause illusions to die to illusion killing effects after that)

Meepo

Meepo

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength Gain reduced from 1.8 to 1.6

1.81.6
Base stats / mechanics

Agility Gain reduced from 1.8 to 1.6

1.81.6

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Talents

Level 15 talent reduced from +50 Poof Damage to +40

+50 Poof Damage+40
Poof

Damage reduced from 60/80/100/120 to 45/60/75/90

60/80/100/12045/60/75/90
Poof

Now deals Pure Damage

Divided We Stand

Reworked Shard: Divided we Stand can be cast from any Meepo as long as there's another Meepo within 300 radius, causing the nearby Meepo to fling you towards a target within 900 range, dealing 100 damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 50%. Cooldown 18/16/14s Mana Cost: 100 (Each Meepo has its own independent cooldown)

Treant Protector

Treant Protector

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Base stats / mechanics

Base Movement Speed increased from 280 to 285

280285

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +1.75 Mana Regen replaced with +36 Living Armor Heal

Talents

Level 15 Talent +48 Living Armor Heal replaced with +15% Leech Seed Slow

Nature's Grasp

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

12s9/10/11/12s
Ogre Magi

Ogre Magi

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength Gain reduced from 3.5 to 3.3

3.53.3
Base stats / mechanics

Shard Fire Shield no longer procs on creep attacks

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 20 Talent +30 Bloodlust AS reduced to +25

Fire Shield

Fixed recasting Fire Shield on an ally not replenishing its charges

Fireblast

Damage Increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/130/190/250

60/120/180/24070/130/190/250
Unrefined Fireblast

Mana cost increased from 30% of current mana to 35%

30% of current mana35%
Ignite

Mana Cost reduced from 110 to 80/90/100/110

11080/90/100/110
Undying

Undying

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Talents

Level 10 Talent changed from +5 armor to +50 Decay Damage

+5 armor+50 Decay Damage
Soul Rip

Mana cost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 85/100/115/130

100/110/120/13085/100/115/130
Flesh Golem

Movement Speed Bonus increased from 30 to 30/40/50

3030/40/50
Flesh Golem

Reworked Shard: Now Reduces Flesh Golem Cooldown by 30s and causes Undying to spawn one zombie on each attack

Rubick

Rubick

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Talents

Level 10 Talent Fade Bolt Borrows Hero Damage replaced with +10% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction

Talents

Level 15 Talent +100 base damage replaced with -25% Stolen Spell Cooldown

Spell Steal

Cooldown reduced from 26/20/14 to 20/15/10

26/20/1420/15/10
Spell Steal

Projectile Speed increased from 900 to 1200

9001200
Disruptor

Disruptor

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Kinetic Field

Formation time reduced from 1.2 to 1.0

1.21.0
Thunder Strike

Slow per strike duration increased from 0.1s to 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4s

0.1s0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4s
Nyx Assassin

Nyx Assassin

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Base stats / mechanics

Base Strength reduced from 18 to 17

1817
Base stats / mechanics

Base Agility reduced from 19 to 18

1918
Base stats / mechanics

Base Health Regen reduced from 2.5 to 2.0

2.52.0

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Burrow

HP and Mana regeneration reduced from 1.5% to 1%

1.5%1%
Naga Siren

Naga Siren

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Base stats / mechanics

Agility Gain reduced from 3.5 to 3.3

3.53.3
Base stats / mechanics

Reworked Shard: Now makes Song of the Siren heal allies for 5% Max HP per second

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +9% Mirror Image Damage replaced with +8 Agility

Talents

Level 15 Talent +10 Agility replaced with +13% Mirror Image Damage

Talents

Level 15 talent +13 Strength increased to +15

Talents

Level 20 Talent -30s Song of the Siren Cooldown replaced with +10% Rip Tide chance.

Talents

Level 25 Talent -5 Rip Tide armor increased to -6

Rip Tide

Damage increased from 30/40/50/60 to 30/45/60/75

30/40/50/6030/45/60/75
Keeper of the Light

Keeper of the Light

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Base Armor increased by 1

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Illuminate

Channel Time rescaled from 2/2.7/3.4/4.1s to 3s

2/2.7/3.4/4.1s3s
Chakra Magic

Cooldown reduced from 20/18/16/14 to 18/16/14/12

20/18/16/1418/16/14/12
Io

Io

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Base stats / mechanics

Max Tether distance increased from 900 to 1000

9001000

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Tether

Heal Amplification increased from 0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2 to 0.7/0.9/1.1/1.3

0.6/0.8/1.0/1.20.7/0.9/1.1/1.3
Visage

Visage

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Grave Chill

Move Speed Drain reduced from 17/23/29/35% to 15/20/25/30%

17/23/29/35%15/20/25/30%
Soul Assumption

Gather Damage radius increased from 1500 to 1800

15001800
Summon Familiars

Cooldown reduced from 130 to 130/120/110

130130/120/110
Summon Familiars

Armor increased from 0/1/2 to 0/2/4

0/1/20/2/4
Summon Familiars

Turn Rate increased from 0.5 to 0.9

0.50.9
Slark

Slark

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +9 strength replaced with -1s Dark Pact Cooldown

Talents

Level 15 Talent +18% Lifesteal replaced with +50 Shadow Dance Attack Speed

Talents

Level 15 Talent +20 Attack Speed replaced with +80 Dark Pact Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +120 Dark Pact Damage replaced with +1 Agi per Essence Shift stack

Dark Pact

Self damage reduced from 50% to 30%

50%30%
Shadow Dance

Cooldown reduced from 80/65/50 to 75/60/45

80/65/5075/60/45
Medusa

Medusa

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Mystic Snake

Jump radius reduced from 475 to 450

475450
Mana Shield

Damage per mana reduced from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 to 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5

1.6/1.9/2.2/2.51.3/1.7/2.1/2.5
Troll Warlord

Troll Warlord

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +225 Health replaced with +7 Berserker's Rage Armor

Talents

Level 10 Talent +7 Agility replaced with +25 Berserker's Rage Movement Speed

Whirling Axes (Ranged)

Damage increased from 75 to 90

7590
Battle Trance

Cooldown reduced from 90s to 90/80/70s

90s90/80/70s
Centaur Warrunner

Centaur Warrunner

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Hoof Stomp

Stun duration decreased from 1.7/2.0/2.3/2.6s to 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5s

1.7/2.0/2.3/2.6s1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5s
Stampede

Damage Strength Multiplier increased from 1.5/2.25/3 to 1.75/2.5/3.25

1.5/2.25/31.75/2.5/3.25
Stampede

Slow Duration increased from 2.3s to 2.5s

2.3s2.5s
Magnus

Magnus

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Damage replaced with +10s Empower Duration

Skewer

Damage increased from 70/150/220/310 to 80/170/260/350

70/150/220/31080/170/260/350
Empower

Duration reduced from 40 to 35

4035
Timbersaw

Timbersaw

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Talents

Level 20 Talent 12% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +3% Chakram Slow

Whirling Death

Damage reduced from 80/120/160/200 to 60/100/140/180

80/120/160/20060/100/140/180
Whirling Death

Tree damage scale rescaled from 12/18/24/30 to 8/16/24/32

12/18/24/308/16/24/32
Whirling Death

Debuff duration increased from 12/13/14/15s to 13/14/15/16s

12/13/14/15s13/14/15/16s
Timber Chain

Damage reduced from 100/140/180/220 to 70/120/170/220

100/140/180/22070/120/170/220
Timber Chain

Fixed Timber Chain Cast Range being slightly larger than Timber Chain Length, causing timber chain to sometimes miss

Bristleback

Bristleback

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Viscous Nasal Goo

Base Slow reduced from 20% to 15%

20%15%
Viscous Nasal Goo

Scepter Radius reduced from 900 to 800

900800
Viscous Nasal Goo

Scepter max Stacks reduced from 8 to 7

87
Warpath

Stack duration increased from 14 to 16

1416
Tusk

Tusk

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Talents

Level 10 talent +8HP Regen replaced with +25 Tag Team Damage

Ice Shards

Reworked Shard: Enemies within 200 radius of the center of the ice shard suffer from 40% slow and take 60 damage per second. Increases the length of ice shard by 300

Snowball

Bonus damage per hero increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/50/75/100

20/40/60/8025/50/75/100
Skywrath Mage

Skywrath Mage

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Arcane Bolt

Base damage increased from 60/85/110/135 to 75/95/115/135

60/85/110/13575/95/115/135
Concussive Shot

Movement Speed slow rescaled from 30/35/40/45% to 40%

30/35/40/45%40%
Mystic Flare

Duration reduced from 2.4s to 2.2s

2.4s2.2s
Abaddon

Abaddon

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength changed from 23 + 3.0 to 22 + 2.8

23 + 3.022 + 2.8

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 20 Talent -15% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +100 Aphotic Shield Health

Talents

Level 25 Talent +180 Aphotic Shield Health replaced with -1 Curse of Avernus Attacks Required

Aphotic Shield

Cast Range increased from 500 to 550

500550
Elder Titan

Elder Titan

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Echo Stomp

Damage reduced from 70/100/130/160 to 70/90/110/130

70/100/130/16070/90/110/130
Astral Spirit

Duration increased from 8s to 10

8s10
Legion Commander

Legion Commander

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +7 Strength replaced with +200 Duel Cast Range

Talents

Level 10 Talent +1.5 Mana Regen replaced with +100 Overwhelming Odds Radius

Talents

Level 15 Talent +20 Attack Speed replaced with +40 Press the Attack HP Regen

Press The Attack

Fixed Level 25 Talent AOE not working correctly with Self Cast

Techies

Techies

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Proximity Mines

Damage reduced from 200/400/600/800 to 200/380/560/740

200/400/600/800200/380/560/740
Proximity Mines

Building Damage Percentage increased from 25% to 30%

25%30%
Ember Spirit

Ember Spirit

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Talents

Level 20 Talent +8% Spell Amplification replaced with +1 Searing Chains Targets

Searing Chains

Damage per second rescaled from 50/75/90/100 to 50/70/90/110

50/75/90/10050/70/90/110
Flame Guard

Absorb Amount increased from 80/220/360/500 to 110/240/370/500

80/220/360/500110/240/370/500
Fire Remnant

Aghanim's Scepter Maximum Travel Distance reduced from 3500 to 3000

35003000
Earth Spirit

Earth Spirit

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +60 damage replaced with +2s Magnetize Duration

Talents

Level 15 talent +8 Armor replaced with +300 Boulder Smash Push Distance

Stone Remnant

Charge Replenish time decreased from 25s to 20s

25s20s
Underlord

Underlord

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Base stats / mechanics

Base Movement speed reduced from 295 to 290

295290

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 20 Talent +60 Attack Speed replaced with +1% Firestorm Burn Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +20 Health Regen replaced with +12% Atrophy Aura Damage Reduction

Talents

Level 25 Talent increased from +40% Allies Atrophy Aura to +50%

+40% Allies Atrophy Aura+50%
Firestorm

Mana cost increased from 100/110/120/130 to 110/120/130/140

100/110/120/130110/120/130/140
Fiend's Gate

Reworked Scepter: Grants a new ability Fiend's Gate. Cast within 4000 range to create a Portal next to Underlord and a Portal at the target location. Allies can click on either Portal to teleport to the other one after a 2s channel. Portals are indestructible, last 20 seconds, and can only be cast in locations where Wards can be placed

Terrorblade

Terrorblade

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Agility Gain reduced from 4.8 to 4.4

4.84.4

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +2s Reflection duration

Talents

Level 25 talent +240 Metamorphosis Attack Range replaced with +20s Metamorphosis Duration

Metamorphosis

Duration decreased from 40/44/48/52s to 36/40/44/48

40/44/48/52s36/40/44/48
Demon Zeal

Now also applies a basic dispel on Terrorblade

Phoenix

Phoenix

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Icarus Dive

Dash length reduced from 1400 to 1100/1200/1300/1400

14001100/1200/1300/1400
Sun Ray

Max Health as Heal per second reduced from 0.625/1.25/1.875/2.5% to 0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0%

0.625/1.25/1.875/2.5%0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0%
Fire Spirits

Radius increased from 175 to 200

175200
Oracle

Oracle

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Armor increased by 1

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Purifying Flames

Cooldown increased from 2.25s to 2.5

2.25s2.5
False Promise

Duration reduced from 8/9/10 to 7/8.5/10

8/9/107/8.5/10
Winter Wyvern

Winter Wyvern

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Base stats / mechanics

Agility Gain reduced from 1.9 to 1.7

1.91.7

Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +50 Damage reduced to +35

Talents

Level 10 Talent +1.5% Cold Embrace Heal replaced with +25HP/s Cold Embrace Heal

Talents

Level 15 Talent +275 Health replaced with +2s Arctic Burn Debuff Duration

Talents

Level 15 Talent +400 Night Vision replaced with +400 Splinter Blast Radius

Arctic Burn

Attack Range Bonus decreased from 350/425/500/575 to 350/400/450/500

350/425/500/575350/400/450/500
Arctic Burn

Movement Speed Slow reduced from 22/28/34/40% to 16/24/32/40%

22/28/34/40%16/24/32/40%
Winter's Curse

Cast Range reduced from 800 to 700

800700
Cold Embrace

Shard cooldown reduction reduced from 5s to 4s

5s4s
Cold Embrace

Percentage Heal reduced from 2/3/4/5% to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4%

2/3/4/5%1.75/2.5/3.25/4%
Arc Warden

Arc Warden

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Talents

Level 15 Talent +12% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +8 Armor

Talents

Level 15 Talent + 40 Attack Speed replaced with +40 Magnetic Field Attack Speed

Talents

Level 20 talent +100 Attack Range replaced with +40 Flux Damage Per second

Magnetic Field

Shard slow increased from 20% to 30%

20%30%
Monkey King

Monkey King

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Attack Speed replaced with +0.3s Boundless Strike Stun

Talents

Level 20 Talent +40% Boundless Strike Crit replaced with +2 Jingu Mastery Charges

Tree Dance

Cast Point decreased from 0.3 to 0.1

0.30.1
Tree Dance

Travel Speed increased from 700 to 800

700800
Jingu Mastery

Lifesteal increased from 15/30/45/60 to 25/40/55/70

15/30/45/6025/40/55/70
Mischief

Reworked Shard: Now reduces Mischief Cooldown to 8s, increases the invulnerability time to 0.5s and disjoints projectiles on transformation. Mischief no longer reduces your move speed below your current one

Dark Willow

Dark Willow

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +0.6s Cursed Crown duration reduced to +0.5s

Talents

Level 20 Talent +50 Damage replaced with +2s Shadow Realm Duration

Cursed Crown

Stun duration reduced from 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25 to 1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0

1.75/2.25/2.75/3.251.5/2.0/2.5/3.0
Pangolier

Pangolier

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Shield Crash

Now slows enemies for 25/30/35/40% for 3 seconds

Shield Crash

Damage Reduction per hero increased from 12/14/16/18 to 15/16/17/18

12/14/16/1815/16/17/18
Shield Crash

Damage Reduction Duration rescaled from 10 to 5/7/9/11

105/7/9/11
Shield Crash

Cooldown reduced from 18/16/14/12s to 16/14/12/10s

18/16/14/12s16/14/12/10s
Lucky Shot

No longer slows enemies

Lucky Shot

Armor reduction increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/5/6/7

3/4/5/64/5/6/7
Grimstroke

Grimstroke

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Stroke of Fate

Damage Increment Per Hit increased from 16/24/32/40 to 18/27/36/45

16/24/32/4018/27/36/45
Ink Swell

Duration increased from 3s to 4s

3s4s
Hoodwink

Hoodwink

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Base stats / mechanics

Movement Speed reduced from 320 to 310

320310

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +200 Health replaced with +1s Scurry Duration

Talents

Level 15 Talent +16 Agility replaced with +2 Acorn Shot Bounces

Bushwhack

Damage is now dealt over time on a 0.3s interval for the duration of the debuff. (Damage stops if hero is released)

Decoy

Now throws a Lesser Bushwhack towards the unit that attacked the illusion and spawns a tree in its location

Decoy

Cooldown reduced from 40s to 25s

40s25s
Decoy

Stun duration increased from 1s to 2s

1s2s
Hunter's Boomerang

Can now be ground targeted

Void Spirit

Void Spirit

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +15 Damage replaced with +60 Aether Remnant Damage

Aether Remnant

Mana Cost reduced from 85/90/95/100 to 75/80/85/90

85/90/95/10075/80/85/90
Aether Remnant

Pull Duration increased from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8 to 1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0

1.2/1.4/1.6/1.81.4/1.6/1.8/2.0
Astral Step

Debuff Damage increased from 150/200/250 to 150/250/350

150/200/250150/250/350
Snapfire

Snapfire

Base stats / mechanics

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Base stats / mechanics

Strength Gain increased from 3.3 to 3.5

3.33.5

Abilities & talents

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Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +1s Scatterblast Slow Duration

Firesnap Cookie

Mana Cost reduced from 110 to 100

110100
Mortimer Kisses

Burn Damage increased from 50/75/100 to 60/80/100

50/75/10060/80/100
Mortimer Kisses

Cooldown Rescaled from 110 to 120/110/100

110120/110/100
Mars

Mars

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +15 Damage replaced with +1.5s God's Rebuke Slow

Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with -10% Bulwark Movement Penalty

Talents

Level 15 Talent +8 Armor replaced with +100 Spear of Mars Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +160 Spear of Mars Damage replaced with +10%/5% Bulwark Front/Side Damage Reduction

Spear of Mars

Cooldown decreased from 14 to 14/13/12/11

1414/13/12/11
Arena Of Blood

Cooldown increased from 90/75/60 to 90

90/75/6090
Dawnbreaker

Dawnbreaker

Base stats / mechanics

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Abilities & talents

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Talents

Level 10 Talent +7 Strength replaced with +15% Celestial Hammer Slow

Talents

Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +30 Starbreaker Swipe Damage

Talents

Level 15 Talent +20 Attack Damage replaced with +40% Luminosity Crit Damage

Talents

Level 20 Talent +40% Luminosity Crit Damage replaced with -1 Luminosity Attacks Required

Talents

Level 20 Talent 2 Starbreaker charges replaced with +150 Solar Guardian Radius

Talents

Level 25 Talent +200 Solar Guardian Radius replaced with 2 Starbreaker Charges

Starbreaker

No longer ignores movement restriction abilities (e.g: Kinetic Field)

Starbreaker

No longer gets cancelled if Starbreaker gets rooted, instead just the movement is interrupted.

Starbreaker

Added Aghanim’s Shard. Grants magic immunity during Starbreaker

Solar Guardian

Added Aghanim’s Scepter. Reduces Solar Guardian Channeling time to 1s. Solar Guardian can be cast again upon takeoff to land early. Solar Guardian now gives allies in the area +60% evasion while Dawnbreaker is airborne, increases Heal Per Pulse from 45/70/95 to 60/90/120 and total airborne time by 3.5 seconds

45/70/9560/90/120 and total airborne time by 3.5 seconds

Neutral creeps

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