Mechanics Changes: change history

1. Mar 24, 2026Dota 2 Patch 7.41Adjust 8Official notes ↗
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   Health Restoration

   Health Restoration now applies to all forms of life gain.

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   Health Restoration now applies to all forms of life gain

   • Info: Previously, it did not apply to incoming heals
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   Health Restoration

   Incoming Heal Amplification now stacks diminishingly with Health Restoration instead of additively with Outgoing Heal Amplification.

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   Incoming Heal Amplification now stacks diminishingly with Health Restoration instead of additively with Outgoing Heal Amplification

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   Health Restoration

   Spells that previously had a separate value for incoming heal reduction now only modify Health Restoration.

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   Spells that previously had a separate value for incoming heal reduction now only modify Health Restoration

   • Info: * Eye of Skadi's Cold Attack * Spirit Vessel's Soul Release * Omniknight's Guardian Angel with Aghanim's Scepter * Pudge's Rot with Aghanim's Scepter
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   Health Restoration

   As a result of the changes, spells that only modified Health Restoration will now additionally affect incoming heals.

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   As a result of the changes, spells that only modified Health Restoration will now additionally affect incoming heals

   • Info: * Sange * Kaya and Sange * Sange and Yasha * Abyssal Blade * Orb of Frost's Frost * Orb of Corrosion's Corrosion * Crippling Crossbow's Hobble * Jidi Pollen Bag's Pollinate * Item bonus from Crude enchantment * Abaddon's Withering Mist * Drow Ranger's Frost Arrows with Aghanim's Scepter * Slark's Saltwater Shiv
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   Lifesteal and Damage Manipulations

   Physical and Magical Lifesteal will now take into account overall damage reductions/amplifications when computing how much to lifesteal.

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   Physical and Magical Lifesteal will now take into account overall damage reductions/amplifications when computing how much to lifesteal

   • Info: This affects the following: * Aeon Disk * Bloodstone * Consecrated Wraps * Veil of Discord * Prophet's Pendulum * Audacious Enchantment * Abaddon's Borrowed Time with Aghanim's Scepter * Beastmaster's Wild Axes * Bounty Hunter's Shadow Walk with talent * Bristleback's Bristleback * Centaur Warrunner's Stampede * Grimstroke's Ink Trail * Grimstroke's Soulbind with talent * Hoodwink's Hunter's Boomerang * Leshrac's Pulse Nova with talent * Lich's Frost Shield * Luna's Lunar Orbit * Kunkka's Admiral's Rum * Mars' Bulwark * Nyx Assassin's Burrow * Ogre Magi's Fire Shield * Oracle's False Promise * Pudge's Flesh Heap * Shadow Demon's Menace * Spectre's Dispersion * Treant Protector's Living Armor * Underlord's Invading Force * Undying's Flesh Golem * Ursa's Enrage * Visage's Gravekeeper's Cloak * Warlock's Golem with talent
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   Lifesteal and Damage Manipulations

   Historically, Lifesteal was calculated before some damage reductions or amplifications were applied. As a result, you could gain health from attacks that dealt no damage (like attacks against a hero affected by Aeon Disk's Combo Breaker). This will not happen anymore.

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   Historically, Lifesteal was calculated before some damage reductions or amplifications were applied. As a result, you could gain health from attacks that dealt no damage (like attacks against a hero affected by Aeon Disk's Combo Breaker). This will not happen anymore

   • The only amplification that is not taken into account is increased damage against illusions
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   Miscellaneous

   All sources of reflection damage now have an ALT-note detailing mechanics of reflected damage.

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   All sources of reflection damage now have an ALT-note detailing mechanics of reflected damage

   • Info: The following items and abilities deal reflected damage: * Tormentor's Reflect ability * Blade Mail (both active and passive) * Chipped Vest * Rattlecage * Axe's Counter Helix * Bristleback's Quill Spray triggered by Bristleback passive * Centaur Warrunner's Retaliate * Nyx Assassin's Spiked Carapace * Queen of Pain's Scream of Pain * Razor's Storm Surge * Shadow Demon's Disseminate * Spectre's Dispersion * Tidehunter's Anchor Smash triggered by Kraken Shell passive * Viper's Corrosive Skin * Warlock's Fatal Bonds
   • Reflected damage cannot be reflected back
   • Lifesteal and Spell Lifesteal don't apply to reflected damage
   • Reflected damage doesn't affect Debuff Immune units
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   Miscellaneous

   Units with free movement now can miss their attacks when attacking uphill targets.

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   Units with free movement now can miss their attacks when attacking uphill targets

   • Info: Affected units: * Batrider during Firefly * Dragon Knight during Elder Dragon Form with Aghanim's Scepter * Lina during Flame Cloak * Terrorblade's Reflection illusions

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