Aeon Disk
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Combo Breaker now starts on a 6s cooldown after being assembled for the first time | — | — |
Io is optional. Content is ready.
Official patch notes · historical static snapshot
OFFICIAL PATCH NOTES · COLLECTED SNAPSHOT
Tracking the evolving meta.| # | Change | Before | After |
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| 1 | General Changes Scan no longer triggers on creep heroes (with the exception of Lone Druid's Spirit Bear) | — | — |
| 2 | General Changes Neutral Creep Gold/XP penalty for stacked camps increased from 15% to 20% | 15% | 20% |

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| Enfeeble Cast Range decreased from 800/900/1000/1100 to 700/800/900/1000 | 800/900/1000/1100 | 700/800/900/1000 |

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| Arcane Overflow · Arcane Aura Mana Granted increased from 15% to 20% | 15% | 20% |

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| Tectonic Buildup · Aftershock Bonus AoE decreased from 40 to 30 | 40 | 30 |
| Talents Level 10 Talent Fissure Damage decreased from +90 to +75 | +90 | +75 |
| Aftershock Damage decreased from 70/100/130/160 to 65/90/115/140 | 70/100/130/160 | 65/90/115/140 |

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| Curveball · Illusory Orb Bonus damage per tick decreased from 5% to 3% | 5% | 3% |

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| Static Link Cooldown decreased from 50/40/30/20s to 44/36/28/20s | 50/40/30/20s | 44/36/28/20s |

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| Sandblast · Sand Storm Blind debuff no longer affects buildings | — | — |

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| Overload Aghanim's Shard active mana cost decreased from 150 to 100 | 150 | 100 |

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| Wrath of God Bonus Damage per STR decreased from 0/0.3/0.4/0.5 to 0/0.2/0.3/0.4 | 0/0.3/0.4/0.5 | 0/0.2/0.3/0.4 |

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| Light Strike Array Stun Duration increased from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2s to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s | 1/1.4/1.8/2.2s | 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Intelligence increased from 26 to 28 | 26 | 28 |
| Base stats / mechanics Damage at level 1 increased by 2 (from 50–59 to 52–61) | 50–59 | 52–61) |
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| Blink Strike Slow Duration increased from 0.4s to 0.5s | 0.4s | 0.5s |

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| Ghost Shroud Ethereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune | — | — |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base damage decreased by 2 | — | — |
| Base stats / mechanics Damage at level 1 decreased from 52–56 to 50–54 | 52–56 | 50–54 |
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| Talents Level 15 Talent Movespeed to Beastmaster and his summons decreased from +20 to +15 | +20 | +15 |
| Talents Level 25 Talent Primal Roar Cooldown Reduction decreased from 30s to 25s | 30s | 25s |

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| Sonic Wave Damage decreased from 350/500/650 to 325/475/625 | 350/500/650 | 325/475/625 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base agility increased from 24 to 25 | 24 | 25 |
| Base stats / mechanics Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 45–48 to 46–49) | 45–48 | 46–49) |
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| Plague Ward Ward damage increased from 14/22/30/38 to 16/24/32/40 | 14/22/30/38 | 16/24/32/40 |

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| Immaterial Bonus Evasion increased from 20/30/40/50% to 25/35/45/55% | 20/30/40/50% | 25/35/45/55% |

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| Siphoning Ward · Nether Ward Damage to HP decreased from 30% to 25% | 30% | 25% |
| Siphoning Ward · Nether Ward Damage to Mana decreased from 40% to 30% | 40% | 30% |
| Decrepify Ethereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune | — | — |

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| Corrosive Skin Attack Slow increased from 8/16/24/32 to 9/18/27/36 | 8/16/24/32 | 9/18/27/36 |

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| Nihilism Ethereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune | — | — |

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| Feast Hero Creeps no longer count as heroes for Lifestealer's permanent Health bonus | — | — |

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| Purification Cast Range increased from 600 to 700 | 600 | 700 |

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| Liquid Frost Impact Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30 | 10/15/20/25 | 15/20/25/30 |
| Liquid Frost Duration increased from 4s to 5s | 4s | 5s |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Fury Swipes Reset Time decreased from +12s to +9s | +12s | +9s |
| Earthshock Aghanim's Shard Enrage duration decreased from 1.3s to 1.2s | 1.3s | 1.2s |

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| Arcane Curse Cast Range decreased from 1000 to 850 | 1000 | 850 |

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| Arcane Orb Cooldown decreased from 6/4/2/0s to 4.5/3/1.5/0s | 6/4/2/0s | 4.5/3/1.5/0s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base armor increased by 1 | — | — |
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| Base stats / mechanics Base armor increased by 1 | — | — |
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| Living Armor Bonus Armor increased from 4/6/8/10 to 4/7/10/13 | 4/6/8/10 | 4/7/10/13 |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Telekinesis Landing damage increased from 150 to 165 | 150 | 165 |

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| Thunderstorm · Thunder Strike Slow duration bonus decreased from +100% to +75% Total duration decreased from 0.6s to 0.525s | +100% | +75% |
| Static Storm Cooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 100/85/70s | 90/80/70s | 100/85/70s |

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| Deluge · Deluge Damage decreased from 80/150/220/290 to 80/140/200/260 | 80/150/220/290 | 80/140/200/260 |
| Song of the Siren Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per Second decreased from 5/6/7% to 4/5/6% Aghanim's Shard bonus decreased from +3% to +2% | 5/6/7% | 4/5/6% |

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| Grave Chill Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75 | 90 | 75 |

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| Mana Shield Base Damage per Mana decreased from 2.2 to 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Berserker's Rage Movement Speed decreased from +25 to +20 | +25 | +20 |
| Talents Level 15 Talent Fervor Attack Speed decreased from +5 to +4 | +5 | +4 |

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| Work Horse Hitch a ride cast range decreased from 300 to 250 | 300 | 250 |

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| Skewer Movement is now cancelled if Magnus is interrupted Stunned, hexed or out of world | — | — |

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| Reactive Armor Stacks gained from hero attacks increased from 3 to 4 | hero attacks increased from 3 | 4 |

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| Bitter Chill Attack Speed Slow increased from 15/35/55/75 to 20/40/60/80 | 15/35/55/75 | 20/40/60/80 |

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| Borrowed Time Cooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 90/85/80s | 90/80/70s | 90/85/80s |

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| Reactive Tazer Cooldown decreased from 30/25/20/15s to 26/22/18/14s | 30/25/20/15s | 26/22/18/14s |
| Proximity Mines Min damage at the edge increased from 50% to 60% | 50% | 60% |

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| Geomagnetic Grip Remnant Damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 75/150/225/300 | 70/140/210/280 | 75/150/225/300 |

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| Supernova Aghanim's Scepter cast range decreased from 500 to 450 | 500 | 450 |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Primal Spring Max Damage decreased from +100 to +85 | +100 | +85 |
| Boundless Strike Aghanim's Shard portion of Primal Spring's max power decreased from 40% to 35% | 40% | 35% |
| Tree Dance Movement is now cancelled if Monkey King is interrupted Stunned, hexed or out of world | — | — |

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| Hunter's Boomerang Incoming Spell Damage Amp decreased from 25% to 20% | 25% | 20% |

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| Full Bore · Scatterblast Max range decreased from 1300 to 1200 Point-blank distance is not changed. It is still 650 | 1300 | 1200 |
| Firesnap Cookie Cast Range decreased from 700 to 650 | 700 | 650 |

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| Arena Of Blood Duration rescaled from 5/6/7s to 5.5s | 5/6/7s | 5.5s |

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| Tame the Beasts Min Damage increased from 45/70/95/120 to 50/75/100/125 | 45/70/95/120 | 50/75/100/125 |

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| Solar Guardian Aghanim's Scepter aura linger duration decreased from 3s to 2s | 3s | 2s |

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| Unleash Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 700/975/1325 to 700/925/1150 | 700/975/1325 | 700/925/1150 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Added to Captain's Mode | — | — |
| Base stats / mechanics Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Base stats / mechanics Flutter: Switch Discipline: The first hit bonus is now consumed by the first attack of Echo Slash and Raptor Dance, rather than applying to the entire cast Still applies bonus to all enemies in the area | — | — |
| Base stats / mechanics Flutter: Switch Discipline: Fixed the Katana bonus being lost if Echo Slash hit nothing | — | — |
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| Switch Discipline Fixed a bug with Aghanim's Scepter that would allow extra Sai abilities to skip cooldown | — | — |
| Kazurai Katana Impale damage changed from post-critical strike bonus damage to a separate instance of physical spell damage | post-critical strike bonus damage | a separate instance of physical spell damage |
| Raptor Dance Max Health as Damage decreased from 3% to 2.5% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Raptor Dance Can no longer be interrupted by casting Grappling Claw | — | — |
| Falcon Rush Now has an 825 break distance | — | — |
| Falcon Rush Attack Speed Factor rescaled from 6/8/10/12% to 9% | 6/8/10/12% | 9% |
| Shodo Sai Mark Critical Strike decreased from 140/160/180/200% to 125/150/175/200% | 140/160/180/200% | 125/150/175/200% |
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Packleader's Aura damage decreased from 30% to 20% | 30% | 20% |
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Rally aura bonus attack damage decreased from 3 to 2 | 3 | 2 |
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 →These notes describe patch 7.39e. 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 →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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