GAMEPLAY UPDATE 7.20
GENERAL
MAP CHANGES
- Map has been reworked
DENY MECHANICS
- Denies no longer give the denier 25% XP
- Creep denies now give the denier 20% of the gold bounty [?]
TELEPORTING
- Added a new dedicated inventory slot to hold Town Portal Scrolls [?]
- Boots of Travel: No longer shares cooldown with Town Portal Scrolls. Upon teleporting, +10 seconds are now added to your Town Portal Scroll cooldown
NEUTRALS
- Stacked Neutral creeps now give the stacker 35% of the bounty instead of 25%
- Non-Ancient Neutrals now provide 5% more gold bounty
HERO SELECTION
- Removed Daily Bonus Hero concept
- Random once again picks from the entire hero pool, but now ignores your 25 least played heroes [?]
- Random can now only be used for the first two hero picks on your team
ARMOR
Changed the Armor formula to: ( 0.052 * Armor ) / ( 0.9+ 0.048 * Armor)
Updated various armor values to closely align with the new formula:
> - Tier 1 Towers: 17 to 12- Tier 2 Towers: 19 to 14- Tier 3 Towers: 19 to 14- Tier 4 Towers: 29 to 21- Melee Barracks: 18 to 13- Ranged Barracks: 12 to 9- Ancient: 18 to 13- Fillers: 14 to 10- Shrines: 24 to 17
HERO KILL BOUNTY XP
- Killing Sprees now give an XP bonus ranging from 200 to 1250
- Reworked and simplified XP hero kill bounty system. No longer includes a team XP component+ Show Details
MANA AND HP REGEN
Reworked Mana and HP regen from attributes. They are no longer multipliers of your regeneration values
Mana Regen: Intelligence now provides 0.05 mana regeneration
Mana Regen: Removed the 0.9 base mana regen value [?]
Mana Regen: Rebalanced mana regen values based on the formula change\
+ Show DetailsHealth Regen: Strength now provides 0.09 Health Regeneration
Health Regen: Base regen values reduced by 1.5 [?]
Health Regen: Rebalanced health regen values based on the formula change\
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ROOT MECHANICS
Town Portal Scroll: Can now be canceled and prevented by Root
Fixed inconsistencies between different Root sources:
> - Stasis Trap now provides True Sight- The following roots no longer interrupt channeling spells or the current action: Dark Troll Ensnare, Searing Chains, Naga Siren Ensnare, Crystal Maiden Frostbite, Entangling Claws, Nature's Guise, and Overgrowth
CLEAVE AND SPLASH CHANGES
Cleave damage is now normal physical damage type, causing it to get reduced by the armor of each unit impacted
Cleave abilities damage values have been rescaled
Increased standard Cleave area. Distance increased from 625 to 650, final width increased from 330 to 360\
Affects: Great Cleave, Empower, Battle Fury, and TalentsTemplar Assassin: Psi Blades can now spill off of illusions
Changed how illusions' incoming damage is processed; it now happens at the final step [?]
Fixed Splash damage being affected by Spell Lifesteal and Spell Amplification
Fixed Splash damage not considering armor type
Black Dragon Splash Attack damage type changed from Magical Damage to Physical Damage
Black Dragon Splash Attack now does its full damage in the 250 AoE [?]
Similar adjustments to Dragon Knight's splash damage described below
SPELL IMMUNITY AND DISPELS
The following abilities no longer pierce Spell Immunity: Curse of Avernus, Acid Spray, Bloodrage, Thirst, Elder Dragon Form, Lycan Wolf Cripple, Epicenter, Entangling Claws, Spiderling's Poison Sting, Anchor Smash, Nature's Guise, Wave of Terror, Venomancer's Poison Sting, The Swarm, Maledict debuff, Ghost Frost Attack, Wrath of Nature, Netherward Mana Degen, Life Drain targeting, Primal Roar Secondary Knockback, Requiem of Souls, March of the Machines collision, Atrophy Aura, Tombstone, Flesh Golem, Wall of Replica slow, Naga Siren Ensnare, Dark Troll Summoner Ensnare, Wild Axes, Natural Order, Death Pulse projectile, Assassinate, Shiva's Guard Aura, Assault Cuirass Aura, Tempest Tornado Aura, and Orb of Venom
Black King Bar: Recipe cost increased from 1375 to 1450
Poison Sting can now be dispelled
Hex state can now be removed by strong dispels
TOWERS AND STRUCTURES
Towers no longer gain extra armor per nearby enemy hero. Tower health increased to account for some of this:
> - Tier 1 Towers health increased from 1600 to 1800- Tier 2 Towers health increased from 1600 to 1900- Tier 3 Towers health increased from 1600 to 2000- Tier 4 Towers health increased from 1600 to 2100
Melee Barracks health increased from 2000 to 2200
Ranged Barracks health increased from 1200 to 1300
Ancient health increased from 4250 to 4500
MISC CHANGES
Day/Night cycle increased from 4 minutes to 5 minutes
Scan no longer ignores units in the Roshan pit
Max attack speed increased from 600 to 700
Default aura range increased from 900 to 1200 [?]
Removed movement speed modifiers from spawned creeps [?]
Added a new sound that gets played when all of a team's barracks are destroyed
Opening secondary shops now highlights the items in the full shop UI, rather than switching to a filtered view
AoE of other wards are now shown during ward placement
Added a new game state, Leashed. Leashed units follow the same rules as rooted units with regards to teleport and mobility based abilities, but can still use normal movement. The following abilities now apply the Leashed state: Pounce, Dream Coil and Soulbind
Self damage no longer disables things like Clarity, Bottle, Blink, etc
Lifesteal amount is no longer limited by the current HP of the target and uses the full damage you are dealing instead
Backpack can no longer be manipulated while taunted
Reduced the following movement speed talents: Abaddon (25->20), Axe (40->30), Bane (65->50), Batrider (50->40), Bounty Hunter (25->20), Dazzle (50->40), Enchantress (25->20), Legion Commander (50->40), Lich (25->20), Naga Siren (25->20), Nature's Prophet (35->25), Night Stalker (45->40), Nyx Assassin (35->30), Ogre Magi (90->75), Oracle (65->50), Outworld Devourer (35->30), Pangolier (25->20), Pugna (25->20), Sand King (25->20), Shadow Demon (35->30), Skywrath Mage (25->20), Techies (60->50), Tidehunter (25->20), Tinker (40->30), Underlord (30->25)
Intelligence heroes strength gain increased by 0.2 [?]
Killing an Observer or Sentry ward now prints out a notification in chat to your allies
Respawn time for level 1/2/3/4 increased from 5/7/9/13 to 6/8/10/14
Reverted a global turn rate change done in 7.00 [?]
Attribute growth values that had 2 decimal points have now been rounded up
Shrines' Sanctuary ability now additionally restores 2% HP/Mana pool per second [?]
ITEM CHANGES
All item-based movement speed bonuses are now rebalanced around being a percentage rather than a constant addition [?]
> - Boots of Speed: 15%- Power Treads: 15%- Phase Boots: 15%- Arcane Boots: 15%- Guardian Greaves: 17%- Tranquil Boots Active: 28%- Tranquil Boots Inactive: 20%- Boots of Travel: 32%\
> - Drum of Endurance: 6%- Eul's Scepter: 6%- Spirit Vessel: 6%- Wind Lace: 6%
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PHASE BOOTS: ITEM REWORKED
Reworked to no longer have an active. Now passively gives you movement speed bonus, collision phasing and turn rate anytime you issue an attack to a target. Buff dispels whenever you move elsewhere and cancel your attack. Maximum range of 900 for attack orders. [?] This has no cooldown. Buff lingers for 0.5 seconds
Phase movement speed bonus on ranged heroes reduced from 13% to 10%
Reworked Phase Boots Recipe
Old:\
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Requires:\
Boots (500)\
2x Blades of Attack (860)\
Total: 1360Provides:\
+50 Movement Speed\
+24 DamageNew:\
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Requires:\
Boots (500)\
Chainmail (550)\
Gloves of Haste (500)\
Total: 1550Provides:\
+15% Movement Speed\
+5 Armor\
+25 Attack Speed
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POWER TREADS:
- Now requires a Blades of Attack instead of a Gloves of Haste. Grants +16 damage instead of attack speed
- Attribute bonus increased from 10 to 12
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TRANQUIL BOOTS:
- No longer gets disabled by attacking creeps
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SANGE:
- Now provides +12% Status Resistance instead of Maim
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HEAVEN'S HALBERD:
- Now provides +14% Status Resistance instead of Maim
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SANGE AND YASHA:
- Now provides +16% Status Resistance instead of Maim
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SANGE:
- Recipe cost reduced from 700 to 650
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YASHA:
- Recipe cost reduced from 700 to 650
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KAYA:
- Recipe increased from 500 to 650
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YASHA AND KAYA: NEW ITEM
- Added a new item: Yasha and Kaya
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KAYA AND SANGE: NEW ITEM
Added a new item: Kaya and Sange
Rebalanced Sange/Yasha/Kaya and Sange and Yasha stats
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RING OF TARRASQUE: NEW ITEM
- Added a new basic item: Ring of Tarrasque. Costs 700 gold. Grants +3.75 HP Regen and +150 Health. Upgrades into Heart of Tarrasque and Holy Locket
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HOLY LOCKET: NEW ITEM
Added a new item: Holy Locket. Passive. Causes all heals and hp regen you provide to be amplified by 25%
Requires:\
Void Stone (850)\
Ring of Tarrasque (700)\
Cloak (550)\
Recipe (550)\
Total: 2650Provides:\
+200 Health\
+4 HP Regen\
+3 Mana Regen\
+15% Magic Resistance
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SOLAR CREST: ITEM REWORKED
Reworked recipe and bonuses
Requires:\
Medallion (1175)\
Ultimate Orb (2150)\
Windlace (250)\
Recipe (300)\
Total: 3875Provides:\
+10 All Stats\
+12 Armor\
+6% Movement Speed\
+1.5 Mana RegenActive Ability: Can be cast on allies or enemies, removing your own +12 Armor bonus. Grants allies +70 Attack Speed, +10% Movement Speed, +12 Armor. On enemies it applies -70 Attack Speed, -10% Movement Speed, -12 Armor [?]
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CROWN: NEW ITEM
- Added a new basic item: Crown, +4 All Stats, 450 Gold (available in side shop). Used in items that previously required Bracer, Wraith Band, and Null Talisman
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RING OF AQUILA:
Removed Ring of Aquila from the game
Bracer, Wraith Band and Null Talisman can no longer be upgraded into other items
Bracer/Null/Wraith recipe increased from 165 to 210
Bracer/Null/Wraith Primary stat from +7 to +8
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BRACER:
- Now gives +6% Magic Resistance
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WRAITH BAND:
- Now gives +8 Attack Speed
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NULL TALISMAN:
Null Talisman: Now gives +3% Spell Amp
Summary:\
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Wraith Band:\
+8 Agility\
+3 Strength\
+3 Intelligence\
+8 Attack SpeedBracer:\
+8 Strength\
+3 Agility\
+3 Intelligence\
+6% Magic ResistanceNull Talisman:\
+8 Intelligence\
+3 Strength\
+3 Agility\
+3% Spell AmpThe following recipes have been updated with the removal of Bracer, Wraith Band and Null Talisman as item components
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HURRICANE PIKE:
- Now has a 450 gold recipe instead of Wraith Band
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DAGON:
- Recipe changed+ Show Details
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VEIL OF DISCORD:
- Recipe changed+ Show Details
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DRUM OF ENDURANCE:
- Recipe changed+ Show Details
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ROD OF ATOS:
- Recipe changed+ Show Details
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RING OF BASILIUS:
- Mana regeneration increased from 0.5 to 0.65
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BLOODSTONE:
- No longer has Pocket Deny
- No longer reduces respawn times
- Now passively doubles your mana regeneration
- Starts with 12 charges, deaths remove 3 charges, kills provide 1 charge
- Each charge provides 0.25 MP and HP regen
- Can now be cast, transferring 60% of your current mana to health. Cooldown: 250 [?]
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AEON DISK:
- Health increased from 250 to 300
- Mana increased from 250 to 300
- No longer provides passive Status Resistance
- Provides +50% Status Resistance during the 2.5s active buff duration
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SATANIC:
- Passively provides 30% Status Resistance
- Bonus damage reduced from 50 to 25
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HEART OF TARRASQUE:
- Now provides +50% Health Regen Amplification
- Out-of-combat regen reduced from 7% to 5% [?]
- HP bonus reduced from 500 to 400
- Now requires Reaver, Vitality Booster, Ring of Tarrasque and 400 gold recipe
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SPIRIT VESSEL:
- No longer amplifies health regen nor provides current health percentage regen
- Enemy damage per second increased from 20 to 25 [?]
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HEADDRESS:
- Headdress Recipe reduced from 300 to 175
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MEKANSM:
- Recipe increased from 900 to 950 [?]
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ARCANE BOOTS:
- Mana restore increased from 135 to 160
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GUARDIAN GREAVES:
- Heal increased from 275 to 300
- Mana restore increased from 160 to 200
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PIPE OF INSIGHT:
- Now gives the +2 Stats from its components
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SKULL BASHER:
- Recipe cost reduced from 1000 to 900
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BUTTERFLY:
- No longer has an active ability
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CRYSTALYS:
- Bonus damage increased from +30 to +38
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DESOLATOR:
- Armor reduction increased from 6 to 7
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FORCE STAFF:
- Can now override Slark's Pounce
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HAND OF MIDAS:
- Attack Speed increased from 30 to 40
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SENTRY WARD:
- Range increased from 850 to 1000
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GEM OF TRUE SIGHT:
- Grants 300 ground vision to the team that last held until it is picked up
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MORBID MASK:
- No longer provides +10 Damage
- Cost reduced from 1100 to 900
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MASK OF MADNESS:
- Damage reduced from +20 to +10
HEROES
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ABADDON: ABILITY REWORK
Base movement speed increased from 310 to 325
Base agility increased by 6 [?]
Mist Coil projectile speed reduced from 1600 to 1300
Reworked Curse of Avernus. Passive. Slows the targets you attack by 10/15/20/25% for 4 seconds. If a target gets hit 4 times, they become cursed for 4 seconds and are silenced, slowed by 30/40/50/60% and all allied heroes that attack the target will receive a 40/60/80/100 AS boost [?]
Level 25 Talent changed from Curse of Avernus to +375 AoE Mist Coil
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ANCIENT APPARITION: ABILITY REWORK
Ice Vortex no longer has a self bonus
Reworked Chilling Touch. It is now a passive autocast attack modifier. Cooldown: 15/11/7/3 seconds. Grants you bonus attack range and causes your attack to deal heavy magic damage that slows movement for a brief period. Damage: 50/85/120/155. Slow: 100% for 0.5 seconds. Attack Range Bonus: 60/120/180/240. Manacost: 30/50/70/90
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ANTI-MAGE: ABILITY REWORK
Removed Scepter upgrade
Replaced Spell Shield with Counterspell. Passively grants you 15/25/35/45% Magic Resistance and can be activated to provide a Counterspell shield for 1.4 second. Causes all spells that target you to be blocked and reflected onto the enemy. Cooldown: 15/11/7/3. Manacost: 40
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ARC WARDEN:
Tempest Double bounty increased from a fixed 180 Gold/XP to 180/240/300
Level 15 Talent changed from +350 Health to +300
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AXE:
- Berserker's Call armor bonus reduced from 40 to 30
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BANE: ABILITY REWORK
Reworked Enfeeble. Adds a debuff to the enemy unit, applying 36/44/52/60% negative status resistance to the target (which causes debuffs to last longer) and reducing the enemy's attack speed by 40/60/80/100. Lasts 8 seconds. Can be dispelled. Cast Range: 1000. Cooldown: 12/10/8/6. Manacost: 70/90/110/130
Level 15 Talent changed from Enfeeble Steals Damage to Enfeeble Steals Attack Speed
Level 20 Talent changed from +100 Enfeeble Damage Reduction to +100 Enfeeble Attack Speed Reduction
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BATRIDER:
- Flaming Lasso now does 20/40/60 damage per second [?]
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BEASTMASTER: ABILITY REWORK
- Call of the Wild has been reworked. It no longer summons a neutral creep, and now has two separate hotkeys for the Boar and the Hawk. The Hawk is a global point target ability that sends a permanently invisible uncontrollable hawk to that location starting from where you are. Adjusted stats on the summoned units:
- Boar HP: 300/450/600/750 [?]- Boar Damage Type: Hero [?]- Boar Attack Damage: 16/32/48/64 [?]- Boar Poison Slow: 10/20/30/40% for 3 seconds- Boar Duration: 60- Boar Ability Cooldown: 42/38/34/30- Boar Manacost: 50\
- Hawk HP: 300/450/600/750 [?]- Hawk Invisibility is permanent [?]- Hawk Movement Speed: 300/340/380/420 [?]- Hawk Vision: 600/700/800/900 [?]- Hawk Duration: 60- Hawk Cooldown: 60/50/40/30 [?]- Hawk Manacost: 30
Primal Roar self movement boost increased from 30 to 40%
Primal Roar secondary units push distance from 300 to 450
Primal Roar secondary units push duration from 0.6 to 1.0
Primal Roar secondary unit slow duration now matches primary target [?]
Primal Roar secondary unit slow increased from 50 to 60
Level 25 Talent changed from +2 Hawks Summoned to -15s Hawks Cooldown
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BLOODSEEKER:
Thirst changed from giving attack damage to +30/45/60/75 Attack Speed
Thirst movement speed increased from 7/18/29/40% to 12/24/36/48%
Bloodrage incoming and outgoing damage reduced from 25/30/35/40% to 10/15/20/25%
Bloodrage now does full amplification regardless of the distance [?]
Blood Rite damage from 120/160/200/240 to 125/175/225/275
Rupture now deals 8% of current health as pure damage per 100 units moved. No longer lethal
Rupture duration from 12 to 8/10/12
Rupture cast range from 800 to 700/800/900
Rupture cooldown from 60 to 70/60/50
Level 20 Talent changed from +18% Rupture Damage to +600 Rupture Cast Range
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BOUNTY HUNTER: ABILITY REWORK
Strength from 18+2.1 to 20+2.5
Shadow Walk no longer deals 30/60/90/120 damage. Attacking out of invisibility now applies a 14/20/26/32% movement slow for 4 seconds
Reworked Jinada. Passive cooldown 12/9/6/3. Causes your attack to deal +80/110/140/170 Bonus Attack Damage. Steals 12/18/24/30 Unreliable Gold from enemy heroes. Your weapon glows when the attack is ready to strike
Track movement speed bonus is now given to your hero only
Track now also causes attacks you do to the Tracked enemy to crit for 1.4/1.6/1.8x
Track cast no longer breaks invisibility
Track gold radius from 925 to 1200
Level 20 Talent changed from +125% Jinada Critical Strike to +90 Jinada Gold Steal
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BREWMASTER: ABILITY REWORK
Intelligence gain increased from 1.3 to 1.6
Base movement speed increased from 295 to 305
Thunderclap manacost from 90/105/130/150 to 90/100/110/120
Reworked Drunken Brawler. It is now a self active buff. Lasts for 5 seconds. Grants you 50/60/70/80% evasion and 80% chance to Crit for 200/220/240/260%. Movement speed alternates between -20% and +40% while this is active. Cooldown: 20/19/18/17. Manacost: 35/40/45/50
Replaced Drunken Haze with Cinder Brew. Covers a target 400 AoE with alcohol, slowing them by 25% and causes them to have a 20/25/30/35% chance to attack themselves instead of the target. Lasts 7 seconds. If the targets are hit by any fire based spells (including immolation from your Fire Spirit), the duration will refresh and they will ignite and burn for 10/25/40/55 DPS. Cooldown: 20/18/16/14. Manacost: 50. Self attack is not lethal
The following heroes have fire element damage: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Phoenix, Axe, Doom, Ember Spirit, Brewmaster, Lina, Ogre, Batrider, Wraith King, Clinkz, Invoker, Warlock, Underlord, and Huskar
Level 25 changed from +15% Drunken Brawler Chance to +200% Critical Strike Damage
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BRISTLEBACK:
- Viscous Nasal Goo armor reduction increased from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2 to 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6
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BROODMOTHER:
- Spiderling/Spiderite magic resistance reduced from 50% to 40%
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CENTAUR WARRUNNER: ABILITY REWORK
Strength gain reduced from 4.3 to 4.0
Hoof Stomp damage reduced from 100/150/200/250 to 80/110/140/170
Double Edge damage changed from 175/250/325/400 to 150/200/250/300 + 40/60/80/100% of Strength as damage
Double Edge cast point from 0.5 to 0.4
Return has been renamed to Retaliate
Retaliate no longer has a strength component
Retaliate damage increased from 16/18/20/22 to 16/32/48/64
Retaliate now gains charges each time you are attacked by an enemy hero or tower. Can be activated, consuming the charges, to give you a percentage base attack damage increase for 20 seconds. Max Stacks: 10. Provides 6/9/12/15% base damage increase per stack. Cooldown: 55/50/45/40
Stampede cooldown increased from 90/75/60 to 110/100/90
Stampede manacost increased from 100 to 150
Level 10 Talent changed from +10% Magic Resistance to +20 Movement Speed
Level 15 Talent changed from +15% Return Strength Damage to +50% Double Edge Strength Damage
Level 15 Talent changed from +75 Damage to +30 Base Damage
Level 20 Talent changed from +300 Double Edge Damage to +50 Retaliate Damage
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CHAOS KNIGHT: ABILITY REWORK
Reworked Chaos Strike. Passive cooldown ability. Lands a critical strike for a random amount, between Min Crit: 120% and Max Crit: 160/190/220/250%. Has 35/40/45/50% lifesteal for this hit. Cooldown: 8/7/6/5
Reality Rift no longer reduces armor
Reality Rift now moves the target a fixed amount of distance: 250/300/350/400
Reality Rift now maims the target applying a 15/25/35/45% movement and 30/50/70/90 attack speed slow for 2 seconds
Reality Rift cooldown rescaled from 18/14/10/6 to 20/15/10/5
Reality Rift cast range from 550/600/650/700 to 475/550/625/700
Chaos Bolt minimum damage rescaled from 75/100/125/150 to 60/90/120/150
Chaos Bolt maximum damage rescaled from 200/225/250/275 to 180/210/240/270
Chaos Bolt projectile speed reduced from 1000 to 700
Phantasm: Phantasm no longer has a chance to summon an extra illusion
Phantasm: Illusion count increased from 1/2/3 to 3
Phantasm: Illusion damage rescaled from 100% to 40/70/100%
Phantasm: Illusion duration reduced from 42 to 30
Level 25 Talent changed from -7 Reality Rift Armor Reduction to -2s Chaos Strike Cooldown
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CHEN: ABILITY REWORK
Penitence projectile speed reduced from 2000 to 1400
Penitence no longer amplifies damage
Penitence now causes all allied units attacking the target unit to gain 30/60/90/120 Attack Speed
Test of Faith replaced with Divine Favor. Targets allied units, providing 7/13/19/25 HP regen, amplifying all regen and heals on the target by 25% and increasing attack damage by 10/20/40/80. Lasts 12 seconds. Cooldown: 26/24/22/20 Manacost: 110. Cast Range: 800
Holy Persuasion now has a neutral creep level requirement of 4/5/6/6
Holy Persuasion minimum health increased from 700/800/900/1000 to 1000
Holy Persuasion now sends an allied unit anywhere on the map to you instead of sending them home. If the ally takes player based damage during this, the spell is interrupted
Holy Persuasion cooldown changed from 32/24/18/10 to 15 [?]
Level 15 Talent changed from -10s Test of Faith Cooldown to -10s Divine Favor Cooldown
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CLINKZ: ABILITY REWORK
- Replaced Death Pact with Burning Army. Uses Vector Targeting. Spawns 4/5/6 Fiery Skeleton Archers along a 1300 line. Skeletons attack using Searing Arrows, have your base damage, are immobile and take 2 hits to kill from a hero. They only attack enemy heroes (like WD ward, but killable). Attack range matches your hero. Spawn at 0.8 second intervals. Cast Range: 800. Cooldown 110. Manacost: 125/175/225. Lasts 20 seconds. Base Attack Time: 1.8/1.65/1.5
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CLOCKWERK:
Rocket Flare projectile speed increased from 1750 to 2250
Power Cogs knockback distance increased from 250 to 300
Power Cogs knockback duration increased from 0.85 to 1
Power Cogs damage from 50/100/150/200 to 50/125/200/275
Power Cogs mana burn from 50/100/150/200 to 50/80/110/140
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CRYSTAL MAIDEN:
Base damage increased by 2
Frostbite no longer has an interrupt [?]
Frostbite cast range increased from 525 to 550
Freezing Field no longer has a 0.3 cast point
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DARK SEER:
Surge duration rescaled from 3/4.5/6/7.5 to 6
Surge cooldown rescaled from 13/12/11/10 to 16/14/12/10
Surge now causes the target to be unslowable
Surge speed changed from 550 to +36/54/72/90%
Surge now causes the target to ignore movement speed limit
Surge now causes the target to ignore unit collisions
Wall of Replica now uses Vector Targeting to cast
Wall of Replica cast point reduced from 0.4 to 0.2
Wall of Replica cast range increased 500/900/1300 to 1300
Wall of Replica always now slows heroes touching the wall continuously, and the debuff lingers for 0.75 seconds after leaving the wall [?]
Wall of Replica slow reduced from 75% to 50/60/70%
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DAZZLE: ABILITY REWORK
Poison Touch mana cost increased from 80 to 80/90/100/110
Poison Touch debuff now stacks
Replaced Weave with Bad Juju. Passive ability. Grants you 30/40/50% Cooldown Reduction. Anytime you cast a spell, all enemies within a 1200 AoE around you lose 2/2.25/2.5 armor for 10 seconds. Debuffs stack and refresh duration. Doesn't affect Roshan
Shadow Wave cooldown increased from 12/10/8/6 to 13/11/9/7
Level 25 Talent changed from +0.5 Weave Armor Per Second to +0.5 Bad Juju Armor Reduction
Level 25 Talent changed from -4s Shadow Wave Cooldown to +40% Poison Touch Slow
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DEATH PROPHET:
- Movement speed increased from 305 to 310
- Spirit Siphon now drains 4/6/8/10% speed [?]
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DISRUPTOR:
- Thunder Strike damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 45/70/95/120
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DOOM:
Base attack range increased from 150 to 175
Devour no longer has a restriction on consuming while another unit is being consumed
Devour now gives you 5/10/15/20 HP regen per second while the creep is being consumed
Devour now takes a constant 80 seconds to consume a creep
Devour can now be toggled off to not steal the creep ability [?]
Scorched Earth no longer heals
Scorched Earth cooldown reduced from 55 to 55/50/45/40
Scorched Earth damage increased from 16/24/32/40 to 20/30/40/50
Level 10 Talent changed from +10 Scorched Earth Damage/Heal to +20 Scorched Earth Damage
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DRAGON KNIGHT:
- Elder Dragon Form Splash Attack now does 75% damage in the 300 AoE [?]
- Elder Dragon Form Splash Attack no longer does partial damage if the attack misses
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DROW RANGER: ABILITY REWORK
Precision Aura now provides attack speed based on 20/36/52/68% of your Agility, rather than Damage based on 10/20/30/40% of your agility
Reworked Marksmanship. Now provides a 20/30/40% chance to land a piercing attack that cannot be evaded and strikes through the enemy's defenses, ignoring their armor entirely. Instantly kills creeps. Gets disabled if an enemy hero is within 400 range of you
Level 20 Talent changed from +20 Marksmanship Agility to +25% Evasion
Level 25 Talent changed from +20% Precision Aura Damage to +25% Precision Aura Attack Speed
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EARTHSHAKER:
- Fissure cooldown increased from 18/17/16/15 to 21/19/17/15
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EARTH SPIRIT:
Strength gain increased from 3.5 to 3.8
Rolling Boulder changed from an 80% slow for 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 seconds to a stun for 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0
Rolling Boulder stun duration lasts an extra 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 seconds when using a rock
Boulder Smash changed from a stun for 0.5/1/1.5/2 seconds to an 80% slow for 1.25/2.5/3.25/4 seconds
Boulder Smash damage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 105/170/235/300
Stone Remnant max charges increased from 6 to 7
Magnetize AoE increased from 300 to 350
Level 25 Talent changed from +1s Boulder Smash Stun duration to +0.75s Rolling Boulder Stun Duration
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ELDER TITAN:
Astral Spirit damage reduced from 60/90/120/150 to 50
Astral Spirit return speed increased from 600 to 800
Astral Spirit attack damage per hero from 15/30/45/60 to 20/40/60/80
Astral Spirit now provides +1.5/3/4.5/6 Armor per hero hit and +0.5 per creep
Astral Spirit movement speed increased from 5% to 7%
Astral Spirit movement speed cap increased from 30% to 40%
Astral Spirit bonus duration increased from 9 to 10 seconds
Level 25 Talent changed from +100% Lifesteal to Astral Spirit Grants Spell Immunity
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EMBER SPIRIT:
- Fire Remnant now does damage along the way (at half radius) instead of only at the destination [?]
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ENIGMA:
- Base movement speed reduced from 300 to 290
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FACELESS VOID: ABILITY REWORK
Time Lock now causes Faceless Void to land a free second attack while the target is locked in place. Deals bonus 30/40/50/60 damage and bashes for 0.75 seconds
Level 15 Talent from +100 Time Lock Damage to +70
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GRIMSTROKE: ADDED TO CAPTAINS MODE
Enabled Grimstroke in Captains Mode
Soulbind now applies a Leashed state to the targets, disallowing teleportation and mobility based abilities
Soulbind duration reduced from 6/8/10 to 6/7/8
Phantom's Embrace creature now gets closer to the target before latching on
Ink Swell now does its maximum impact based on the duration it hit any hero, rather than amount of DPS dealt dealt to all heroes combined [?]
Ink Swell max stun duration reduced from 2.2/2.8/3.4/4 to 2/2.6/3.2/3.8
Level 20 Talent changed from +2 Hits to Kill Phantom to +1
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HUSKAR: ABILITY REWORK
Berserker's Blood no longer gives magic resistance. Now provides health regen up to 20/40/60/80% of Strength based on missing health
Berserker's Blood now ramps up faster when lower health
Replaced Inner Vitality with Inner Fire. In a fiery rage, knocks all enemies within 500 range away from you, dealing 100/155/210/265 damage and disarming them for 1.75/2.5/3.25/4 seconds. Enemies are knocked back to 550 range away from you. Knockback duration: 0.6. Cooldown: 18/16/14/12 seconds. Manacost: 75/100/125/150
Level 15 Talent increased from +15% Lifesteal to +20%
Level 15 Talent increased from +10 Burning Spears DPS to +15
Level 20 Talent increased from +15 Strength to +20
Level 25 Talent increased from +150 Attack Range to +175
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IO:
- Spirits Cooldown increased from 26/22/18/14 to 26/24/22/20
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JAKIRO:
- Macropyre damage now lingers on the affected units for 2 seconds
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JUGGERNAUT:
Agility increased by 10 (base damage unchanged)
Changed how Omnislash does the strikes from just physical damage nukes (with occasional invisible attacks depending on attack speed) to all full real attacks that can proc your crit and items. Lasts 3/3.25/3.5 seconds and attacks at 1.8x your attack rate. Provides +30/45/60 Damage. Scepter lasts 4/4.25/4.5 seconds and 70 cooldown
Omnislash no longer constantly issues self interrupts during each attack [?]
Omnislash no longer instantly kills creeps
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KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: ABILITY REWORK
Removed Mana Leak and Spirit Form [?]
Illuminate cooldown increased from 10 to 11
Changed how Chakra Magic works. Restores 80/160/240/320 mana and removes 3/4/5/6 seconds off of basic abilities currently on cooldown. Cooldown: 20/18/16/14
Reworked Blinding Light into a basic ability. Causes everyone in a 600 AoE to be blinded, missing 70% of their attacks for 3/4/5/6 seconds. Knocks targets back 350 units and deals 50/100/150/200 damage. Cooldown: 30/25/20/15. Manacost: 100/125/150/175. Cast Range: 550/600/650/700
Added a new Ultimate, Will-o-Wisp. Spawns an attackable light entity, Ignis Fatuus. The light flickers on for 1.3 seconds and off for 1.75 seconds. Enemies within a 650 Radius are hypnotized and forced to look at it whenever it is emitting light, unable to act. The light entity can be killed with 4/5/6 attacks, otherwise it will flicker 3/4/5 times before going away. Cooldown: 120. Cast Range: 900. Manacost 200/300/400. Dormant for 1 second before the first flicker begins
Scepter now just causes your Illuminate to heal during the day [?]
Level 25 Talent changed from +2s Mana Leak Stun to +2 Will-O-Wisp Flickers
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LEGION COMMANDER:
- Winning a Duel automatically casts Press the Attack on you
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LICH: ABILITY REWORK
Intelligence increased from 16 + 3.3 to 20 + 3.6
Frost Nova manacost reduced from 125/150/170/190 to 105/130/155/180
Replaced Sacrifice with Sinister Gaze. Channeling single target. Causes the enemy to slowly walk towards you [?]. Lasts up to 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 seconds. Cast Range: 500/525/550/575. Cooldown: 30. Manacost: 120/130/140/150
Replaced Ice Armor with Frost Shield. Targets self or an ally and applies a frost shield. Reduces physical attack damage taken by 30/40/50/60% for 6 seconds. Every second, all enemies within a 600 AoE will take 20/30/40/50 damage and be slowed by 35% for 0.5 seconds. Cooldown: 30/25/20/15. Manacost: 100/110/120/130
Level 20 Talent changed from 180 Gold/Min to +2s Frost Shield
Level 20 Talent reduced from +175 Cast Range to +150
Level 25 Talent increased from Ice Armor Provides +30 HP Regen to Frost Shield Provides +60 HP Regen
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LIFESTEALER:
Feast changed from 4.5/5.5/6.5/7.5% of Current Health to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4% of Max Health
Level 25 Talent changed from +2% Current Health to +1% Max Health
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LION:
Mana Drain slow increased from 16/19/22/25% to 20/24/28/32%
Finger of Death now gets stronger with each kill. Gains +50 Damage per hero kill. If the enemy dies within 3 seconds of being hit by the ability, the bonus is still granted
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LONE DRUID: ABILITY REWORK
Base movement speed increased from 320 to 340
Spirit Bear movement speed increased from 320/330/340/350 to 340/350/360/370
Spirit Bear attack backswing time reduced from 0.67 to 0.4
Spirit Bear attack damage increased from 35/45/55/65 to 35/50/65/80
Spirit Bear now has a level 1 ability, Defender. Passively causes 30% of the damage Lone Druid takes to be instead dealt to the Spirit Bear if you are within the leash range
Replaced Rabid with Spirit Link. Grants both of you 30/50/70/90 Attack Speed and causes 40/50/60/70% of damage you deal to restore life to your Spirit Bear, and damage your Spirit Bear deals to restore life to you. Duration: 10 seconds. Cooldown: 42/34/26/18. Manacost: 50/60/70/80
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LUNA:
Lunar Blessing now provides +8/14/20/26 Primary Attribute bonus as the aura bonus, rather than bonus damage
Level 15 Talent changed from +24 Lunar Blessing Damage to +14 Lunar Blessing Attributes
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LYCAN: ABILITY REWORK
- Reworked Howl. Now grants +21/34/47/60 Attack Speed, +3/4/5/6 Armor and +4/6/8/10 HP regen to all player controlled units on the map. Lasts 9 seconds. Cooldown: 50/45/40/35. Manacost: 25/30/35/40.
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MAGNUS: ABILITY REWORK
Skewer cooldown reduced from 25 to 26/24/22/20
Reworked Shockwave. Releases a wave towards a target point, pulls units towards it slightly and deals 75/150/225/300 damage. Slows enemies by 60% for 0.75 seconds. Width: 200, Distance: 1200, Projectile Speed: 900. Pull Duration: 0.2. Manacost: 90/100/110/120. Cooldown: 14/13/12/11
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MEDUSA:
Stone Gaze no longer grants enemies +100% Magic Resistance
Stone Gaze no longer instantly kills illusions
Mystic Snake no longer changes damage type against Stone Gazed enemies
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MEEPO: ABILITY REWORK
Base movement speed increased from 310 to 320
Replaced Geostrike with Ransack. Each attack steals 8/12/16/20 health from your enemy heroes (and 4/6/8/10 from creeps) and heals all Meepos by the same amount [?]
Clones now only drain 50% of normal XP from the area
Level 10 Talent reduced from +20 Damage to +15
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MIRANA:
- Leap now causes the direction Mirana is facing to point towards the leap direction
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MONKEY KING:
- Mischief will now always transform into a courier when nearby another courier
- Mischief now grants you 0.3 seconds of invulnerability when transforming into another unit
- Mischief cooldown increased from 3 to 20
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MORPHLING:
- Waveform cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11 to 17/15/13/11
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NAGA SIREN: ABILITY REWORK
Mirror Image duration reduced from 30 to 24
Mirror Image cooldown reduced from 40 to 45/40/35/30
Mirror Image manacost rescaled from 70/80/90/100 to 70/85/100/115
Mirror Image incoming damage reduced from 550/500/450/400% to 475/450/425/400%
Rip Tide has been reworked. Now a passive attack chance ability. Gives a chance that your attack will trigger a Rip Tide that deals AoE damage and reduces armor. Illusions can proc this. Chance: 17%. Duration: 4. Armor Reduction: 2/4/6/8. Damage: 30/40/50/60. AoE: 300
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NATURE'S PROPHET:
- Treants experience bounty reduced from 30 to 20
- Treants gold bounty reduced from 21 to 16
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NECROPHOS:
Base attack range reduced from 550 to 500
Heartstopper Aura now provides the unit kill regeneration instead of Death Pulse [?]
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NIGHT STALKER: ABILITY REWORK
Reworked Crippling Fear. It is now an activated 375 range aura that silences all enemies while they are nearby. Aura lasts 5/6/7/8 seconds (3 during day). No longer has a miss chance. Cooldown: 30/25/20/15. Manacost: 50 [?]
Hunter in the Night no longer has an active.
Replaced Darkness with Dark Ascension. Causes you to transform into a stronger flying creature that has +50/100/150 bonus damage and 900 unobstructed vision. Lasts for 30 seconds. Daytime is turned to night during this. Cooldown: 160/140/120. Manacost: 125/175/225
Level 25 changed from -8s Crippling Fear Cooldown to -40s Dark Ascension cooldown
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NYX ASSASSIN:
- Vendetta now applies a break debuff on the target for 4 seconds
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OGRE MAGI:
Multicast now affects targeted offensive items. Will cause the item to cast again at a different random enemy unit
Multicast no longer provides passive improvements to the base abilities
Ignite cast range increased from 700 to 700/800/900/1000
Ignite base cast launches two projectiles [?]
Fire Blast cooldown rescaled from 12 to 12/11/10/9
Bloodlust cooldown reduced from 20 to 20/18/16/14
Bloodlust movement speed reduced from 10/12/14/16% to 8/10/12/14%
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OMNIKNIGHT: ABILITY REWORK
Purification can now be cast on Spell Immune units
Replaced Repel with Heavenly Grace. Targets an allied unit and applies a strong dispel, and then increases status resistance by 50/60/70/80% and health regeneration by 8/12/16/20 for 8 seconds. Cooldown: 17/16/15/14. Manacost: 75. Cast Range: 500
Guardian Angel AoE increased from 600 to 1200
Guardian Angel cooldown reduced from 180/170/160 to 160/150/140
Level 25 Talent changed from +3s Repel Duration to -8s Heavenly Grace Cooldown
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ORACLE:
- Fortune's End damage increased from 90/120/150/180 to 120/150/180/210
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OUTWORLD DEVOURER: ABILITY REWORK
Arcane Orb now splashes its bonus damage in a 175 AoE around the target
Arcane Orb no longer does bonus damage to illusions
Replaced Essence Aura with Equilibrium. Self buff. Causes all spell damage you deal to restore 60/80/100/120% of damage back as mana and slow enemies by 8/16/24/32% for 1.75 seconds. Lasts 7 seconds. Cooldown: 20 Manacost: 50
Level 15 Talent changed from +15% Essence Aura Chance to +6 Armor
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PANGOLIER: ABILITY REWORK
- Replaced Heartpiercer with Lucky Shot. Gains a 20% chance to apply a debuff for 2/3/4/5 seconds that slows the target by 40% and causes the target to be either Silenced or Disarmed. Multiple instances of this debuff stack
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PHANTOM ASSASSIN: ABILITY REWORK
Phantom Strike Cooldown rescaled from 14/11/8/5 to 11/9/7/5
Phantom Strike cast point reduced from 0.3 to 0.25
Phantom Strike Attack Speed rescaled from 130 to 100/125/150/175
Phantom Strike no longer has an attack limit
Phantom Strike Attack Speed bonus now lasts for 2.5 seconds
Phantom Strike Manacost rescaled from 50 to 35/40/45/50
Phantom Strike Attack Speed bonus no longer depends on attacking the specific target
Blur's non-evasion passive component has been changed into an active [?]. Causes enemies to be unable to see you (like smoke) until you are within 600 units of an enemy hero or buildings. Does not dispel when attacking. Lingers around for 0.75 seconds before going away after being near an enemy hero. Lasts 25 seconds. Cooldown: 60/55/50/45. Manacost: 20
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PHANTOM LANCER:
Phantom Lance slow reduced from 10/20/30/40% to 10/18/26/34%
Juxtapose incoming damage increased from 600% to 650%
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PHOENIX:
- Icarus Dive slow rescaled from 28% to 19/22/25/28%
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PUCK:
Dream Coil now applies a Leashed state to the targets, disallowing teleportation and mobility based abilities
Level 15 Talent increased from +50 Attack Damage to +90
Level 15 Talent increased from +8% Spell Amplification to +15%
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PUDGE:
Flesh Heap no longer gives Magic Resistance
Flesh Heap now grants 3/6/9/12 HP regen
Dismember strength based damage increased from 30/45/60% to 30/60/90%
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QUEEN OF PAIN:
- Sonic Wave now knocks units back 350 units over 1.4 seconds [?]
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RAZOR:
Unstable Current no longer slows or purges a random enemy unit every 5 seconds
Unstable Current now deals 60/80/100/120 damage to every enemy unit within 500 AoE every 6/5/4/3 seconds
Plasma Field now applies a slow on units it hits, Minimum 5% Maximum 25/30/35/40% for 1.5 seconds. Slow instances stack [?]
Level 25 Talent changed from -3s Unstable Current to +200 Unstable Current Damage
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RIKI:
- Blink Strike cooldown rescaled from 16/12/8/4 to 10/8/6/4
- Blink Strike damage rescaled from 100 to 75/90/105/120
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RUBICK: ABILITY REWORK
Base damage increased by 3
Agility increased from 14 + 1.6 to 19 + 2.1
Intelligence gain increased from 2.4 to 2.7
Replaced Null Field with Arcane Supremacy. Passive. Gains 14/18/22/26% Spell Amplification and causes all debuffs you apply to the enemy to last 20/28/36/44% longer
Spell Steal ability cast points now have a min of 0.15 instead of 0
Level 15 Talent increased from +100 Cast Range to +125
Level 20 Talent changed from +5% Null Field to -5s Fade Bolt Cooldown
Level 25 Talent changed from +75% Spell Amp For Stolen Spells to +50%
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SAND KING:
Sand Storm is no longer a channeled ability. The Sand Storm and the invisibility ends immediately once you leave the area. Attacking or casting temporarily reveals you for 0.7 seconds
Sand Storm AoE changed from 525 to 350/450/550/650
Sand Storm damage rescaled from 40/60/80/100 to 25/50/75/100
Sand Storm cooldown rescaled from 34/26/18/10 to 34/28/22/16
Sand Storm duration reduced from 50 to 20/25/30/35
Sand Storm visual effects updated slightly
Epicenter AoE growth now always increases by 50 per pulse, instead of sometimes 25/50/75
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SHADOW DEMON: ABILITY REWORK
Reworked Soul Catcher. Targets a 175/200/225/250 AoE area. Causes all units in the area to lose 25/30/35/40% of their current health, and gain half of it back after 10 seconds. Cooldown: 26/24/22/20 Cast Range: 700. Manacost: 110 [?]
Disruption illusions health is now determined at the start of the cast
Disruption duration increased from 2.5 to 2.75
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SHADOW FIEND:
- Base armor increased by 1
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SHADOW SHAMAN:
- Mass Serpent Wards now spawn in a circle, with a slightly bigger empty spot in the middle
- Mass Serpent Wards now has an AoE spawn indicator
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SKYWRATH MAGE:
- Concussive Shot now hits a creep if there are no nearby enemy heroes [?]
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SLARDAR: ABILITY REWORK
Base armor increased by 1
Reworked Bash of the Deep. Passive. Every 4th attack your hero does (on any target) applies a bash for 1/1.1/1.2/1.3 seconds dealing 75/125/175/225 physical damage
Slithereen Crush stun duration reduced from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 to 1 second. Attack and Movement Slow duration increased from 2 to 3/4/5/6 and slow amount increased from 20 to 20/25/30/35%. Damage increased from 75/125/175/225 to 80/140/200/260
Level 15 Talent changed from +100 Bash Damage to +75
Level 25 Talent changed from +15% Bash Chance to +1.5s Slithereen Crush Stun
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SLARK:
Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.7
Pounce now applies a Leashed state to the target, disallowing teleportation and mobility based abilities
Shadow Dance duration rescaled from 4 to 4/4.5/5
A hero dying with Essence Shift debuff on them causes Slark to permanently steal 1 Agility
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SNIPER:
- Take Aim can now be activated to double your attack range for your next attack. Goes on cooldown after the attack is used. Cooldown: 15/12/9/6. Manacost: 30
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SPIRIT BREAKER: ABILITY REWORK
Nether Strike can no longer be cast when rooted
Charge of Darkness no longer moves at a fixed speed. It now unlocks the movement speed cap and adds 300/325/350/375 Movement Speed [?]
Fixed Charge of Darkness not using the movement speed for the impact damage
Greater Bash no longer gives you movement speed
Greater Bash damage reduced from 12/24/36/48 to 16/24/32/40%
Replaced Empowering Haste with Bulldoze. Upon activation, grants your hero +12/18/24/30% Movement Speed and +30/40/50/60% Status Resistance for 8 seconds. Cooldown: 22. Manacost: 25/30/35/40 [?]
Level 20 Greater Bash talent reduced from 30% to 15%
Level 20 Talent changed from +400 Charge Speed to -7s Bulldoze Cooldown
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SVEN: ABILITY REWORK
- Reworked Warcry. Now grants you and nearby allied heroes bonus movement speed and an HP shield that blocks attack damage based on the shield's health [?]. Lasts 10 seconds. Buff ends if the shield is consumed. Movement Speed: 8/12/16/20% Movement Speed. Attack Shield Health: 100/200/300/400 Health. AoE: 700 Cooldown: 36/32/28/24. Manacost: 40
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TECHIES:
- Base movement speed increased from 270 to 315
- Base intelligence increased by 2
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TEMPLAR ASSASSIN:
- Level 20 Talent changed from Refraction Dispels to Meld Dispels
- Level 25 Talent changed from Psi Blades Spill Paralyzes to 1.5s Meld Hit Bash
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TERRORBLADE:
- Sunder can no longer pierce Spell Immunity
- Level 20 Talent reduced from -10s Reflection Cooldown to -8
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TIDEHUNTER:
Anchor Smash now attacks every unit in the area with a bonus 45/90/135/180 damage on top of your attack
Ravage damage increased from 200/290/380 to 200/300/400
Level 10 Talent increased from +80 Gush Damage to +100
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TIMBERSAW:
Chakram projectile damage no longer ignores Ancients
Whirling Death is now always pure damage
Whirling Death damage changed from 100/150/200/250 to 90/120/150/180
Whirling Death stat reduction rescaled from 15% to 12/13/14/15%
Whirling Death now deals 10/14/18/22 extra damage per tree cut down
Level 25 Talent increased from +8% Whirling Death to +12%
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TINY: ABILITY REWORK
Tree Grab area damage no longer works when denying units
Tree Grab cooldown increased from 24/20/16/12 to 27/22/17/12
Grow no longer provides 30/40/50% Status Resistance
Grow armor increased from 5/10/15 to 7/16/25
Reworked how Avalanche works. The units in the area are now continuously hit by short ministuns and damage every 0.3 seconds. Each hit stuns for 0.2 seconds
Avalanche duration increased from 1 to 1.8
Avalanche AoE increased from 275 to 400
Avalanche cooldown reduced from 23/21/19/17 to 23/20/17/14
Avalanche total damage rescaled from 120/180/240/300 to 90/160/230/300
Toss avalanche damage bonus increased from 2x to 3x [?]
Level 10 Talent changed from +20% Magic Resistance to +20 Movement Speed
Level 25 Talent changed from -12s Avalanche CD to -9s [?]
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TREANT PROTECTOR: ABILITY REWORK
- Reworked Nature's Guise. Passive. Has a 4.75/4/3.25/2.5 second fade delay, taking damage resets the counter. Grants you invisibility, treewalking ability, and 10/15/20/25% movement speed bonus as long as you are within 265 distance of a tree. Has a 0.75 linger duration. Attacking a unit out of this roots the target for 0.4/1/1.6/2.2 seconds and deals a total of 30/80/130/180 damage during the root
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TROLL WARLORD: ABILITY REWORK
Base damage increased from 38-56 to 44-56
Berserker's Rage now applies an ensnare instead of a bash
Berserker's Rage proc chance increased from 10% to 10/12/14/16%
Basher and Abyssal Blade are no longer restricted items
Fervor stack limit increased from 7 to 12
Fixed Fervor incrementing when missing attacks
Fervor now starts at 0 stacks when attacking a new unit
Reworked Battle Trance. Now causes you to go into an uncontrollable trance, forcing you to attack the closest targets in a 900 AoE. During this trance, you are unslowable and cannot die. Grants +140/170/200 Attack Speed, +30/35/40% Movement Speed and +40/60/80% Lifesteal. Lasts 6.5 seconds. You gain normal vision over the target you are currently locked on. Cooldown: 90. Manacost: 150
Level 25 Talent changed from Battle Trance Basic Dispel to Battle Trance Strong Dispel [?]
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TUSK: ABILITY REWORK
- Replaced Frozen Sigil with Tag Team. Activatable Aura. Lasts 5 seconds. Causes affected enemies to take 25/50/75/100 more physical damage from attacks and be slowed by 75% for 0.5 seconds. AoE: 350. Cooldown: 15. Manacost: 40/50/60/70 [?]
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UNDERLORD:
- Atrophy Aura now provides a permanent +2/3/4/5 bonus damage when a hero dies under the aura
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UNDYING: ABILITY REWORK
Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 295
Reworked Flesh Golem. No longer amplifies damage. Slow is now a constant 24/32/40% in 375 AoE. [?] Enemy units in 400 AoE lose 7% of their Current HP per second as Magic Damage. You gain +400/1000/1600 health when in this mode. Cooldown: 110
Flesh Golem model size increased a bit
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URSA:
- Fixed Overpower not consuming attack count when an attack is evaded
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VENGEFUL SPIRIT:
Vengeance Aura no longer creates illusions of dying allies
Vengeance Aura now creates the Scepter effect on dying as a base mechanic, without the ability to cast spells. Gaining Scepter unlocks casting spells
Netherswap cast range rescaled from 700/950/1200 to 700/850/1000
Netherswap now has 2 charges with 90/80/70 second replenish time [?]
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VENOMANCER:
Plague Wards collision size increased
Level 15 Talent changed from +200 Cast Range to Gale Hero Impact Summons 2 Wards
Level 20 Talent changed from Gale Hero Impact Summons 2 Wards to +15% Spell Lifesteal
VIPER:
- Nethertoxin AoE increased from 300 to 350
- Nethertoxin damage rescaled from 20/30/40/50 to 20/35/50/65
WARLOCK:
- Fatal Bonds now bounces from unit to unit, rather than just searching units near the target
- Fatal Bonds no longer ignores units in Fog of War
WEAVER:
The Swarm units now have higher attack priority [?]
Geminate attack cooldown increased from 7/6/5/3 to 9/7/5/3
WITCH DOCTOR:
- Death Ward damage increased from 60/105/150 to 75/125/175
WRAITH KING:
- Skeletons health reduced from 350 to 250
- Skeletons now reincarnate 3 seconds after dying the first time
ZEUS:
- Nimbus is no longer automatically selected when hitting Tab
- Nimbus's Lightning Bolt no longer benefits from cooldown reductions on your hero