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General
- Buyback prevents gaining unreliable gold (creeps, neutrals, etc) until your normal respawn time finishes
- When buying back, 25% of the remaining respawn time will be added to your next death
- Creeps now meet a bit closer to the tower in your offlane
- Ranged Heroes now get the same denied experience as melee heroes (instead of less)
- XP AoE increased from 1200 to 1300
- Non-Ancient Neutrals now split XP with all heroes in the AoE instead of just the team that killed them
- Swapped the medium pullable Neutral Camp with the small camp
- A neutral creeps camp will no longer spawn the same set of neutral creeps twice in a row
- Small reduction to the pull timing duration of the mid Radiant and mid-top Dire camp
- Satyr Mindstealer XP bounty reduced from 88 to 62
- Satyr Tormentor XP bounty reduced from 155 to 119
- Mud Golems XP bounty reduced from 119 to 88
- Mud Golems armor reduced from 4 to 2
- Dark Troll Summoner bounty XP reduced from 155 to 119
- Hellbear Smasher @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### reduced from 1100 to 950
- Hellbear armor reduced from 5 to 3
- Satyr Trickster`s Purge cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.2
- Fixed Neutral Envenomed Weapons debuff dispelling regen items
- Day/Night length decreased from 6 to 4 minutes
- The following heroes now have the standard 800 night vision: Drow Ranger For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Drow. Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs , Mirana Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Mirana 17 + 2.15 20 + 3.6 17 + 1.65 Level Base , Puck Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Puck 15 + 2 22 + 1.7 25 + 2.4 Level Base , Leshrac Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Leshrac 16 + 1.8 23 + 1.7 26 + 3 Level Base , Enchantress Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Enchantress 16 + 1.3 19 + 1.8 21 + 3.1 Level Base , Ancient Apparition "AA" redirects here. For the professional player, see ARS-ART. Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs , Meepo Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Meepo 23 + 1.6 23 + 2.2 20 + and Treant Protector For Nature s Prophet s summons, see Treant. For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Treant Protectors. Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities
- Roshan will respawn at a random time between 8 and 11 minutes after death
- When Aegis expires unused, it heals the hero fully over 5 seconds (regen dispels on damage from players or buildings)
- Starting gold increased from 603 to 625
- Random Gold bonus reduced by 50
- Gold for ending a spree changed from 75->600 (3x->10x) to 125->1000
- Your gold income is now 1 per 0.6 seconds, up from 1 per 0.8 seconds
- Tower last hit bonus gold increased from 100-200 to 150-250
- Melee Barracks HPTechnology company regen increased from 2.5 to 5
- Ranged Barracks HPTechnology company regen decreased from 2.5 to 0
- Ranged Barracks HP reduced from 1500 to 1200 and armor increased from 5 to 10 (same EHP vs physical damage)
- Evasion now stacks diminishingly
- Can no longer orb-attack while attack restricted (such as Ethereal or Frostbite)
- The following abilities no longer automatically ignore backswing time by default: Rupture, Malefice, Venomous Gale, Stifling Dagger, Flamebreak, Wave of Terror, Shadow Word and Power Cogs
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Heroes
Abaddon Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Abaddon 23 + 2.6 17 + 1.5 21 +- Base armor reduced by 1
- Mist Coil self damage increased from 50/75/100/125 to 75/100/125/150
- Aphotic Shield is now dispellable
- Borrowed Time no longer activates while Doomed
- Chemical Rage:
- No longer provides 250/500/750 bonus HP
- HP regen increased from 15/30/60 to 50/75/100
- Ice Vortex cooldown reduced from 5 to 4
- Ice Blast cooldown reduced from 45 to 40
- Chilling Touch:
- The buff is now always applied to Ancient Apparition even if he is not within the target area
- Cooldown reduced from 50/46/42/38 to 50/42/34/26
- Berserker`s Call AoE increased from 275 to 300
- Battle Hunger:
- Duration reduced from 10/13/16/19 to 10/12/14/16
- Damage reduced from 15/21/27/33 to 15/20/25/30
- Movement speed slow/bonus increased from 8% to 10%
- Is now dispellable
- Counter Helix:
- Cooldown reduced from 0.55/0.5/0.45/0.4 to 0.45/0.4/0.35/0.3
- Now hits siege units
- Culling Blade:
- No longer goes on cooldown if it successfully kills a hero
- Threshold reduced from 300/450/625 to 250/350/450 (Aghanim upgraded version is still 300/450/625)
- Speed bonus increased from 25% to 40% and AoE from 600 to 900
- 40% speed bonus now applies to attack speed as well
- Aghanim allied buff duration increased from 6 to 10
- Mana cost reduced from 150/200/250 to 60/120/180
- Base damage reduced from 48-52 to 38-42
- Vision reduced from 1400 to 1200
- Flaming Lasso cast range reduced from 175 to 100
- Inner Beast:
- AoE reduced from 1000 to 900 (standard aura AoE)
- Attack speed rescaled from 18/26/32/40 to 15/25/35/45
- Call of the Wild:
- Now has two abilities for summoning each unit independently
- Mana cost reduced from 25 to 15 and cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.3
- Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 300
- Thirst:
- Is now global instead of 6000 range
- Bonus now stacks for each unit that is low HP
- HP threshold increased from 20/30/40/50% to 50%
- Movement speed bonus reduced from 15/25/35/45% to 7/14/21/28%
- When active, movement speed cap is removed on your hero
- No longer provides armor bonus
- Provides bonus 7/14/21/28 damage
- No longer grants full hero vision around low HP targets, it only shows their model
- No longer lasts for an extra 3 seconds when the target is dead
- Base agility increased from 16 to 22
- Drunken Haze affects a 200 AoE around the target
- Thunder Clap is now dispellable
- Primal Split selection order is now Earth/Storm/Fire
- Reworked Aghanim upgrade:
- No longer upgrades any stats, cooldown, duration, etc on Aghanim
- Grants Thunder Clap to Earth, Drunken Haze to Storm, and Drunken Brawler to Fire
- The skills granted are at the same level as Brewmaster`s skills
- Cooldowns are independent of the original Brewmaster
- Attack point improved from 0.4 to 0.3
- Viscous Nasal Goo:
- Is now dispellable
- Cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.3
- Warpath:
- Max stacks increased from 5 to 5/6/7
- Stack duration increased from 10 to 14
- Spin Web:
- AoE increased from 650 to 900
- Cast range increased from 600 to 1000
- Cast point nerfed from 0.2 to 0.4
- No longer destroys trees
- Broodmother now has completely unobstructed movement when under the web (can walk over cliffs, trees, etc)
- Removed buffer time when leaving Spin Web (you now immediately lose your regen/movement/pathing/invis bonuses)
- Stampede slow duration increased from 1.25 seconds to 1.5
- Chaos Bolt damage and stun values are now inversely related
- Test of Faith (Teleport) teleport is now dispellable
- Hand of God cooldown increased from 140/130/120 to 160/140/120
- Searing Arrows:
- Damage increased from 20/30/40/50 to 30/40/50/60
- Mana cost increased from 8 to 10
- No longer blocked by magic immunity
- Units knocked back by Power Cogs destroy trees in 100 AoE around where they land
- Freezing Field:
- AS/MS AoE slow increased from -20/-30 to -30/-30
- Scepter AS/MS AoE slow increased from -50/-30 to -50/-50
- Vacuum cooldown increased from 24 to 28
- Weave:
- Duration rescaled from 12/18/24 to 20
- Armor per second rescaled from 1 to 0.75/1/1.25 (scepter is 1/1.25/1.5)
- Poison Touch:
- Damage increased from 8/16/24/32 to 14/20/26/32 (7 seconds worth)
- Is now dodgeable
- Slow timings reworked:
- Lvl 1: Slow target by 33% for 3 seconds
- Lvl 2: Slow target by 33% for 2 seconds, then slow target by 66% for 1 second
- Lvl 3: Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then slow target by 100% for 1 second
- Lvl 4: Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then stun target for 1 second
- Ministuns for 0.01 seconds at the start
- Exorcism:
- Spirit damage increased from 43-48 to 53-58
- Fixed max Spirits being capped at 23 instead of 27
- Kinetic Field AoE increased from 300 to 325
- Glimpse cooldown reduced from 60/50/40/30 to 65/50/35/20
- Static Storm:
- AoE increased from 375 to 450
- Max damage increased from 170/220/270 to 200/250/300
- Added Aghanim`s upgrade: Static Storm silences items, and lasts an extra 2 seconds
Buyback
- Buyback prevents gaining unreliable gold (creeps, neutrals, etc) until your normal respawn time finishes
- When buying back, 25% of the remaining respawn time will be added to your next death
Lane
- Lane Creeps now meet a bit closer to the tower in your offlane
- Ranged Heroes now get the same denied experience as melee heroes (instead of less)
- XP AoE increased from 1200 to 1300
Neutrals
- Non-Ancient Neutrals now split XP with all heroes in the AoE instead of just the team that killed them
- Swapped the medium pullable Neutral Camp with the small camp
- A neutral creeps camp will no longer spawn the same set of neutral creeps twice in a row
- Small reduction to the pull timing duration of the mid Radiant and mid-top Dire camp
- Satyr Mindstealer XP bounty reduced from 88 to 62
- Satyr Tormentor XP bounty reduced from 155 to 119
- Mud Golems XP bounty reduced from 119 to 88
- Mud Golems armor reduced from 4 to 2
- Dark Troll Summoner bounty XP reduced from 155 to 119
- Hellbear Smasher HP reduced from 1100 to 950
- Hellbear armor reduced from 5 to 3
- Satyr Trickster`s Purge cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.2
- Fixed Neutral Envenomed Weapons debuff dispelling regen items
- Day/Night length decreased from 6 to 4 minutes
- The following heroes now have the standard 800 night vision: Drow Ranger, Mirana, Puck, Leshrac, Enchantress, Ancient Apparition, Meepo, and Treant Protector
- Roshan will respawn at a random time between 8 and 11 minutes after death
- When Aegis expires unused, it heals the hero fully over 5 seconds (regen dispels on damage from players or buildings)
Gold
- Starting gold increased from 603 to 625
- Random gold bonus reduced by 50
- Gold for ending a spree changed from 75→600 (3x→10x) to 125→1000
- Your gold income is now 1 per 0.6 seconds, up from 1 per 0.8 seconds
Buildings
- Tower last hit bonus gold increased from 100-200 to 150-250
- Melee Barracks HP regen increased from 2.5 to 5
- Ranged Barracks HP regen decreased from 2.5 to 0
- Ranged Barracks HP reduced from 1500 to 1200 and armor increased from 5 to 10 (same EHP vs physical damage)
Other
- Evasion now stacks diminishingly
- Can no longer orb-attack while attack restricted (such as Ethereal or Frostbite)
- The following abilities no longer automatically ignore backswing time by default: Rupture, Malefice, Venomous Gale, Stifling Dagger, Flamebreak, Wave of Terror, Shadow Word, and Power Cogs
Temporary
- Broodmother and Slark are temporarily disabled from CM, they will be added back shortly
Abaddon
- Base armor reduced by 1
- Mist Coil self damage increased from 50/75/100/125 to 75/100/125/150
- Aphotic Shield is now dispellable
- Borrowed Time no longer activates while Doomed
Alchemist
- Chemical Rage no longer provides 250/500/750 bonus HP
- Chemical Rage HP regen increased from 15/30/60 to 50/75/100
Ancient Apparition
- Ice Vortex cooldown reduced from 5 to 4
- Ice Blast cooldown reduced from 45 to 40
- The Chilling Touch buff is now always applied to Ancient Apparition even if he is not within the target area
- Chilling Touch cooldown reduced from 50/46/42/38 to 50/42/34/26
Axe
- Berserker`s Call AoE increased from 275 to 300
- Battle Hunger duration reduced from 10/13/16/19 to 10/12/14/16
- Battle Hunger damage reduced from 15/21/27/33 to 15/20/25/30
- Battle Hunger movement speed slow/bonus increased from 8% to 10%
- Battle Hunger is now dispellable
- Counter Helix cooldown reduced from 0.55/0.5/0.45/0.4 to 0.45/0.4/0.35/0.3
- Counter Helix now hits siege units
- Culling Blade no longer goes on cooldown if it successfully kills a hero
- Culling Blade threshold reduced from 300/450/625 to 250/350/450 (Aghanim upgraded version is still 300/450/625)
- Culling Blade speed bonus increased from 25% to 40% and AoE from 600 to 900
- Culling Blade 40% speed bonus now applies to attack speed as well
- Culling Blade Aghanim allied buff duration increased from 6 to 10
- Culling Blade manacost reduced from 150/200/250 to 60/120/180
Batrider
- Base damage reduced from 48-52 to 38-42
- Vision reduced from 1400 to 1200
- Flaming Lasso cast range reduced from 175 to 100
Beastmaster
- Inner Beast AoE reduced from 1000 to 900 (standard aura AoE)
- Inner Beast attack speed rescaled from 18/26/32/40 to 15/25/35/45
- Call of the Wild now has two abilities for summoning each unit independently
- Call of the Wild manacost reduced from 25 to 15 and cast point improved from 0.5 to 03
Bloodseeker
- Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 300
- Thirst is now global instead of 6000 range
- Thirst bonus now stacks for each unit that is low HP
- Thirst HP threshold increased from 20/30/40/50% to 50%
- Thirst movement speed bonus reduced from 15/25/35/45% to 7/14/21/28%
- When Thirst is active, movement speed cap is removed on your hero
- Thirst no longer provides armor bonus
- Thirst provides bonus 7/14/21/28 damage
- Thirst no longer grants full hero vision around low HP targets, it only shows their model
- Thirst no longer lasts for an extra 3 seconds when the target is dead
Brewmaster
- Base agility increased from 16 to 22
- Drunken Haze affects a 200 AoE around the target
- Thunder Clap is now dispellable
- Primal Split selection order is now Earth/Storm/Fire
- Reworked Primal Split Aghanim upgrade
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Bristleback
- Attack point improved from 0.4 to 0.3
- Viscous Nasal Goo is now dispellable
- Viscous Nasal Goo cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.3
- Warpath max stacks increased from 5 to 5/6/7
- Warpath stack duration increased from 10 to 14
Broodmother
- Spin Web AoE increased from 650 to 900
- Spin Web cast range increased from 600 to 1000
- Spin Web cast point nerfed from 0.2 to 0.4
- Spin Web no longer destroys trees
- Broodmother now has completely unobstructed movement when under the web (can walk over cliffs, trees, etc)
- Removed buffer time when leaving Spin Web (you now immediately lose your regen/movement/pathing/invis bonuses)
Centaur Warrunner
- Stampede slow duration increased from 1.25 seconds to 1.5
Chaos Knight
- Chaos Bolt damage and stun values are now inversely related
Chen
- Test of Faith teleport is now dispellable
- Hand of God cooldown increased from 140/130/120 to 160/140/120
Clinkz
- Searing Arrows damage increased from 20/30/40/50 to 30/40/50/60
- Searing Arrows manacost increased from 8 to 10
- Searing Arrows is no longer blocked by magic immunity
Clockwerk
- Units knocked back by Power Cogs destroy trees in 100 AoE around where they land
Crystal Maiden
- Freezing Field AS/MS AoE slow increased from -20/-30 to -30/-30
- Freezing Field Scepter AS/MS AoE slow increased from -50/-30 to -50/-50
Dark Seer
- Vacuum cooldown increased from 24 to 28
Dazzle
- Weave duration rescaled from 12/18/24 to 20
- Weave armor per second rescaled from 1 to 0.75/1/1.25 (scepter is 1/1.25/1.5)
- Poison Touch damage increased from 8/16/24/32 to 14/20/26/32 (7 seconds worth)
- Poison Touch is now dodgeable
- Poison Touch slow timings reworked
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Previous Poison Touch
Lvl 1
Slow target by 33% for 1 second
Lvl 2
Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second
Lvl 3
Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then stun target for 1 second
Lvl 4
Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then stun target for 1 second
Ministuns for 0.01 seconds at the start.
New Poison Touch
Lvl 1
Slow target by 33% for 3 seconds
Lvl 2
Slow target by 33% for 2 seconds, then slow target by 66% for 1 second
Lvl 3
Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then slow target by 100% for 1 second
Lvl 4
Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then stun target for 1 second
Ministuns for 0.01 seconds at the start.
Death Prophet
- Exorcism Spirit damage increased from 43-48 to 53-58
Disruptor
- Kinetic Field AoE increased from 300 to 325
- Glimpse cooldown reduced from 60/50/40/30 to 65/50/35/20
- Static Storm AoE increased from 375 to 450
- Static Storm max damage increased from 170/220/270 to 200/250/300
- Added Aghanim`s upgrade: Static Storm silences items, and lasts an extra 2 seconds
Doom
- Doom cooldown reduced from 110 to 100
- Doom now removes positive buffs on the target before applying the debuff
- Doom Aghanim AoE requirement increased from 550 to 900
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Drow Ranger
- Precision Aura damage ratio increased from 16/20/24/28% to 18/24/30/36%.
- Precision Aura no longer affects creeps.
- Precision Aura can now be manually casted to affect creeps globally for 30 seconds (120 cd).
- Marksmanship attribute negation AoE increased from 375 to 400.
Earth Spirit
- Boulder Smash rock push distance reduced from 2400 to 2000.
- Boulder Smash can target a point to push the nearest rock within 180 aoe.
Earthshaker
- Enchant Totem damage increased from 75/150/225/300% to 100/200/300/400%.
- Fissure range increased by 100.
Elder Titan
- Astral Spirit damage reduced from 120/160/200/240 to 80/120/160/200.
Ember Spirit
- Fire Remnant movement path now kills trees.
Enigma
- Midnight Pulse dps increased from 3/4/5/6% to 4/5/6/7%.
- Added Aghanim`s upgrade: Adds Midnight Pulse damage to your Black Hole. This damage stacks with Midnight Pulse.
Enchantress
- Untouchable attack speed slow increased from 20/50/80/110 to 30/60/90/120
Faceless Void
- Time Walk slow rescaled from 25/30/35/40% to 20/30/40/50%
- Chronosphere AoE increased from 400 to 450
Huskar
- Agility reduced from 20 + 2.4 to 15 + 1.4
- Berserker`s Blood is now disabled by Doom
Invoker
- EMP restores Invoker for 50% of the mana it drains from heroes (excluding illusions)
- Invoke Max Spells rescaled from 1/2/2/2 to 2
Io
- Tether now does a -100% MS/AS slow instead of a stun
Jakiro
- Liquid Fire is now a castable Attack Orb (same cooldown, no mana cost)
- Undocumented Change
- Liquid Fire cast range increased from 400 to 600
Juggernaut
- Healing Ward movement speed increased from 300 to 450.
- Omnislash Scepter cooldown reduced from 110/100/90 to 70.
- Omnislash no longer stops if the target is Ethereal (it still doesn`t do damage).
- Fixed not being able to use items during Omnislash.
Keeper of the Light
- Blinding Light now destroys trees in a 150 AoE around where the target is pushed.
Kunkka
- X Marks The Spot cooldown reduced from 16 to 13.
- Ghost Ship damage increased from 350/450/550 to 400/500/600.
Legion Commander
- Base movement speed increased from 310 to 320.
- Overwhelming Odds base damage from 60/120/180/240 to 50/100/150/200.
- Overwhelming Odds bonus damage per unit increased from 10 to 14/16/18/20.
- Duel cast range increased from 100 to 150.
- Press The Attack duration increased from 4 to 5.
Leshrac
- Diabolic Edict cast point improved from 0.7 to 0.5.
- Pulse Nova scepter damage increased from 88/133/177 to 100/150/200.
Lich
- Ice Armor has half effect against ranged heroes.
- Ice Armor slow now stacks with the slow from Frost Blast.
- Sacrifice cooldown increased from 35/30/25/20 to 44/36/28/20.
- Sacrifice mana gain increased from 15/30/45/60% to 25/40/55/70%.
- Sacrifice no longer denies enemy XP.
- Sacrifice now converts your own creep for XP (shared in AoE as normal creep xp bounty).
Lifestealer
- Rage cooldown increased from 17 to 19.
- Open Wounds and Infest cast points increased from 0.01 to 02.
Lina
- Attack range increased from 635 to 650.
Lion
- Mana Drain duration increased from 4 to 5.
- Hex cooldown increased from 15 to 30/25/20/15.
- Hex duration increased from 1.75/2.5/3.25/4 to 2.5/3/35/4.
Lone Druid
- Base movement speed increased from 315 to 325 (still 280 in True Form).
- Spirit Bear XP bounty increased from 196 to 300.
Luna
- Moon Glaive can now bounce back on the same units if it already hit all other units nearby.
- Moon Glaive bounce damage reduced from -30% to -35%.
- Eclipse Scepter beam count limit per target removed.
Lycan
- Armor increased by 1 (Shapeshift total armor is still the same as before).
- Base damage increased by 5.
- Howl bonus damage for non-hero units increased from 4/8/12/16 to 5/10/15/20.
- Lycan Wolves magic resistance increased from 50% to 80%.
Magnus
- Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.8.
Medusa
- Mystic Snake now does Pure damage to units in Stone Form.
Meepo
- Base armor reduced by 1
- Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.65
- Earthbind cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.3
- Divided We Stand leveling rebalanced from 6/11/16 to 4/11/18
- Removed 30% stat sharing on non-aghanim Divided We Stand
Mirana
- Leap AoE AS/MS speed bonus is granted at the cast location rather than the destination
- Leap AoE AS bonus increased from 4/8/12/16 to 8/16/24/32