Arcane Boots
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Recipe cost increased from 375 to 475. Total Cost increased from 1300 to 1400 | — | — |
Mana Regen bonus decreased from +0.5 to +0.25 | +0.5 | +0.25 |
Replenish Mana mana restored decreased from 175 to 150 | 175 | 150 |
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OFFICIAL PATCH NOTES · COLLECTED SNAPSHOT
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| Magebane's Mirror · Counterspell Reflected Spell Amp increased from 30% to 40% | 30% | 40% |
| Magebane's Mirror · Counterspell Ally: Reflected Spell Amp increased from 30% to 40% | 30% | 40% |
| Talents Level 10 Talent +10% Counterspell Magic Resistance replaced with +3 Health Regen | — | — |

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| Bloodrage Mana Cost decreased from 25 to 0 | 25 | 0 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Agility gain increased from 1.6 to 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
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| Talents Level 15 Talent Crystal Nova Cooldown Reduction increased from 4s to 4.5s | 4s | 4.5s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Agility increased from 20 to 22 | 20 | 22 |
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| Base stats / mechanics Duelist: Bonus damage increased from 10% to 12% | 10% | 12% |
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| Healing Ward Mana Cost rescaled from 140/130/120/110 to 120 | 140/130/120/110 | 120 |

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| Solar Flare · Solar Flare No longer increases daytime vision | — | — |
| Solar Flare · Solar Flare Max Attack Speed/Damage decreased from 80/120/160 to 70/110/150 | 80/120/160 | 70/110/150 |
| Solar Flare · Solar Flare Duration decreased from 18s to 16s | 18s | 16s |
| Leap Aghanim's Shard no longer allows to hit the same enemy unit by multiple secondary Starstorms in a single cast | — | — |

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| Illusory Armaments Effects that percentually change the base damage now also affect base damage bonus provided by Illusory Armaments | — | — |
| Illusory Armaments Bonus to Base Damage for illusions increased from 65% to 70% | 65% | 70% |

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| Puckish Base health restored decreased from 20 to 15 | 20 | 15 |
| Puckish Base mana restored decreased from 20 to 15 | 20 | 15 |
| Dream Coil Duration decreased from 6s to 5/5.5/6s | 6s | 5/5.5/6s |

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| Dust Devil · Sand Storm Radius decreased from 450/500/550/600 to 350/400/450/500 | 450/500/550/600 | 350/400/450/500 |
| Dust Devil · Sand Storm Duration decreased from 20/25/30/35s to 16/20/24/28s | 20/25/30/35s | 16/20/24/28s |
| Talents Level 15 Talent Sand Storm Damage Per Second decreased from +25 to +20 | +25 | +20 |

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| Nether Swap Cooldown decreased from 50/40/30s to 46/38/30s | 50/40/30s | 46/38/30s |

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| Whirlwind · Focus Fire Cooldown increased from 70/50/30s to 70/60/50s | 70/50/30s | 70/60/50s |
| Whirlwind · Focus Fire Windranger can no longer shoot arrows while channeling | — | — |
| Whirlwind · Focus Fire Damage Reduction increased from 30% to 35% | 30% | 35% |
| Whirlwind · Focus Fire Duration decreased from 9s to 8s | 9s | 8s |
| Windrun Aghanim's Scepter invisibility buff is now dispelled if the base Windrun buff is dispelled | — | — |

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| Admiral's Rum Rum Duration decreased from 10s to 6s Ghostship's Rum Duration isn't affected | 10s | 6s |
| Ghostship Damage decreased from 400/500/600 to 350/475/600 | 400/500/600 | 350/475/600 |
| Ghostship Cooldown increased from 80/70/60s to 90/80/70s | 80/70/60s | 90/80/70s |

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| Fowl Play Invulnerability duration increased from 0.75s to 1s | 0.75s | 1s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Blubber: Damage threshold for dispel decreased from 500 to 450 | 500 | 450 |
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| Ravage Damage increased from 250/350/450 to 275/375/475 | 250/350/450 | 275/375/475 |

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| Frost Shield Damage Reduction increased from 30/40/50/60% to 45/50/55/60% | 30/40/50/60% | 45/50/55/60% |

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| Cloak and Dagger Toggling items no longer breaks invisibility | — | — |

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| Scattershot · Shrapnel Damage decreased from 120/180/240/300 to 90/160/230/300 | 120/180/240/300 | 90/160/230/300 |
| Headshot Slow Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5s | 0.5s | 0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5s |

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| Ghost Shroud Movement Slow increased from 10/15/20/25% to 16/19/22/25% | 10/15/20/25% | 16/19/22/25% |
| Reaper's Scythe Cooldown decreased from 110s to 100s | 110s | 100s |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Inner Beast Magic Resist increased from 5% to 10% | 5% | 10% |
| Primal Roar Stun Duration increased from 2.75/3.25/3.75s to 3/3.5/4s | 2.75/3.25/3.75s | 3/3.5/4s |
| Drums of Slom Heal from Heroes decreased from 25% to 20% | Heroes decreased from 25% | 20% |

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| Noxious Plague Minimum Movement Slow increased from 0% to 15% | 0% | 15% |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Damage increased by 2 | — | — |
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| Exorcism Spirit count increased from 8/16/24 to 10/17/24 | 8/16/24 | 10/17/24 |

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| Siphoning Ward · Nether Ward Damage to Mana increased from 30% to 40% | 30% | 40% |

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| Moonstorm · Lucent Beam No longer grants bonus damage when hitting illusions | — | — |
| Moonstorm · Lucent Beam Damage Buff per beam decreased from 5/8/11/14 to 4/7/10/13 | 5/8/11/14 | 4/7/10/13 |
| Lucent Beam Beam Damage decreased from 80/160/240/320 to 75/150/225/300 | 80/160/240/320 | 75/150/225/300 |

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| Fire Dragon · Wyrm's Wrath Cleave Distance decreased from 450 to 400 | 450 | 400 |

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| Talents Level 15 Talent Attack Speed increased from +80 to +90 | +80 | +90 |
| Talents Level 20 Talent Poison Touch DPS increased from +60 to +75 | +60 | +75 |

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| Expanded Armature · Power Cogs Enemy heroes caught are no longer pulled to the center of the formation. Now they are placed inside as far away from the center as possible while not touching a cog | — | — |

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| Ironwood Treant · Nature's Call Treant Damage decreased from 28-32/44-48/60-64/76-80 to 22-26/40-44/58-62/76-80 | 28-32/44-48/60-64/76-80 | 22-26/40-44/58-62/76-80 |
| Ironwood Treant · Nature's Call Treant Movespeed decreased from 350 to 335/340/345/350 | 350 | 335/340/345/350 |

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| Feast Max Health Life Steal increased from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75% to 1.5/2/2.5/3% | 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75% | 1.5/2/2.5/3% |
| Feast Max Health Damage increased from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75% to 1.5/2/2.5/3% | 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75% | 1.5/2/2.5/3% |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Movement Speed decreased from 315 to 310 | 315 | 310 |
| Base stats / mechanics Base Strength decreased from 23 to 22 | 23 | 22 |
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| Healing Hammer Damage as Healing decreased from 25% to 20% | 25% | 20% |
| Purification Mana Cost increased from 80/95/110/125 to 90/105/120/135 | 80/95/110/125 | 90/105/120/135 |
| Repel Mana Cost increased from 80/95/110/125 to 90/105/120/135 | 80/95/110/125 | 90/105/120/135 |

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| Overprotective Wisps · Nature's Attendants Damage threshold increased from 250 to 275 | 250 | 275 |
| Enchant Hero move slow duration decreased from 5s to 3.5/4/4.5/5s | 5s | 3.5/4/4.5/5s |
| Sproink Cooldown increased from 8s to 10s | 8s | 10s |

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| Nothl Transfusion · Life Break Heal Radius increased from 400 to 550 | 400 | 550 |

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| Jinada Bonus Damage rescaled from 60/100/140/180 to 70/105/140/175 | 60/100/140/180 | 70/105/140/175 |

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| Talents Level 20 Talent +4.5s Firefly Duration replaced with +2s Smoldering Resin Duration | — | — |

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| Holy Persuasion Sacrificing creeps with Martyrdom (Aghanim's Scepter) now triggers On Death effects | — | — |

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| Gluttony · Devour Base Charge Restore Time decreased from 90s to 85s | 90s | 85s |
| Lvl ? Pain Now only applies to Doom's attacks | — | — |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Damage increased by 2 | — | — |
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| Ghost Walk Health Regeneration (Quas) decreased from 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45 to 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24 | 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45 | 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24 |
| Ghost Walk Mana Regeneration (Wex) decreased from 2.5/5/7.5/10/12.5/15/17.5/20 to 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16 | 2.5/5/7.5/10/12.5/15/17.5/20 | 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16 |

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| Promulgate · Disseminate Health loss decreased from 14/16/18/20% to 9/11/13/15% | 14/16/18/20% | 9/11/13/15% |
| Shadow Poison Vision radius decreased from 400 to 300 | 400 | 300 |

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| Bear Necessities Stat Bonus no longer applies to items in the Neutral slot | — | — |
| Bear Necessities Stat Bonus decreased from 50/60/70/80% to 30/45/60/75% | 50/60/70/80% | 30/45/60/75% |
| Talents Level 15 Talent Savage Roar Cooldown Reduction decreased from 7s to 5s | 7s | 5s |

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| Nature's Guise Movement Speed bonus decreased from 12% to 10% | 12% | 10% |
| Leech Seed Damage/Heal per second decreased from 20/35/50/65 to 15/30/45/60 | 20/35/50/65 | 15/30/45/60 |
| Leech Seed Now heals creeps for 50% effectiveness | — | — |

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| Deluge · Deluge Mana Cost increased from 45/50/55/60 to 50/60/70/80 | 45/50/55/60 | 50/60/70/80 |
| Song of the Siren Max HP Regen per second decreased from 2/4/6% to 2/3/4% | 2/4/6% | 2/3/4% |

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| Death Toll · Soul Assumption No longer provides extra gold if the target dies before the projectile reaches them | — | — |
| Summon Familiars Recalling is now canceled if Familiars are in stone form | — | — |

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| Mana Shield Absorbing damage with Mana Shield now disables Blink Dagger | — | — |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Whirling Axes Debuff Duration increased from +2s to +2.5s | +2s | +2.5s |
| Talents Level 20 Talent Berserker's Rage Armor increased from +8 to +9 | +8 | +9 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Strength decreased from 27 to 26 | 27 | 26 |
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| Tag Team · Tag Team Bonus Damage increased from 20/45/70/95 to 25/50/75/100 | 20/45/70/95 | 25/50/75/100 |
| Drinking Buddies · Drinking Buddies Movement Bonus decreased from 25% to 10/15/20/25% | 25% | 10/15/20/25% |
| Drinking Buddies · Drinking Buddies Alt cast behavior now has 50% of base spell's cast range | — | — |

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| Proximity Mines Base Charge Restore Time decreased from 19/17/15s to 15s | 19/17/15s | 15s |

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| Abyssal Horde Warrior Damage rescaled from 18/32/46 to 20/30/40 | 18/32/46 | 20/30/40 |
| Abyssal Horde Warrior Last Will DMG decreased from 300/400/500 to 200/300/400 | 300/400/500 | 200/300/400 |
| Atrophy Aura Duration decreased from 35/45/55/65s to 30/40/50/60s | 35/45/55/65s | 30/40/50/60s |

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| Essence of the Blueheart Healing Converted to Mana increased from 20% to 24% | 20% | 24% |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Strength increased from 18 to 19 | 18 | 19 |
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| Wukong's Faithful · Wukong's Command Disperse time increased from 3s to 4s | 3s | 4s |
| Simian Stride · Tree Dance Health threshold increased from 90% to 95% | 90% | 95% |

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| Thunderbolt · Rolling Thunder Duration increased from 8s to 9s | 8s | 9s |

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| Talents Level 20 Talent Stroke of Fate Damage increased from +75% to +80% | +75% | +80% |
| Ink Swell Ink Tendrils DPS increased from 25/40/55/70 to 30/45/60/75 | 25/40/55/70 | 30/45/60/75 |

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| Hunter's Boomerang Cast Range increased from 900 to 1100 | 900 | 1100 |

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| Full Bore · Scatterblast Cast Range decreased from 1400 to 1300 | 1400 | 1300 |
| Talents Level 10 Talent Mortimer Kisses Debuff DPS increased from +20 to +25 | +20 | +25 |
| Talents Level 25 Talent Mortimer Kisses Launched increased from +6 to +8 | +6 | +8 |

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| Talents Level 20 Talent Spear of Mars Stun decreased from +0.6s to +0.4s | +0.6s | +0.4s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Strength decreased from 23 to 21 | 23 | 21 |
| Base stats / mechanics Strength gain decreased from 2.4 to 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
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| Tame the Beasts Cast Range decreased from 700/750/800/850 to 700 | 700/750/800/850 | 700 |
| Escape Act Can now be dispelled | — | — |
| Wheel of Wonder Radius decreased from 600 to 500 | 600 | 500 |
| Wheel of Wonder Automatic explosion time decreased from 6s to 4s | 6s | 4s |

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| Celestial Hammer Mana Cost decreased from 110/120/130/140 to 100/110/120/130 | 110/120/130/140 | 100/110/120/130 |
| Celestial Hammer Projectile speed increased from 1500 to 1600 | 1500 | 1600 |

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| Sidekick Sidekick: Bonus Base Attack Damage decreased from 12/18/24/30% to 10/15/20/25% | 12/18/24/30% | 10/15/20/25% |
| Sidekick Sidekick: Ally bonus radius decreased from 2500 to 1750 | 2500 | 1750 |

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| Pierce the Veil Duration increased from 6/7/8s to 8s | 6/7/8s | 8s |
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