Dota 2: Gameplay Update 7.39e (Oct 2, 2025): what changed

Scan no longer triggers on creep heroes (with the exception of Lone Druid's Spirit Bear)

Neutral Creep Gold/XP penalty for stacked camps increased from 15% to 20%

Combo Breaker now starts on a 6s cooldown after being assembled for the first time

Ghost Form is no longer active while the wearer is Debuff Immune

Ether Blast ethereal form is no longer applied while the target is Debuff Immune

Dominate now has a 50 mana cost

Dominate can no longer be used if the currently dominated creep took damage from hero-based sources in the last 3s

Dominated Creep movement speed decreased from 380 to 370

Dominate now has a 50 mana cost

Dominate can no longer be used if the currently dominated creep took damage from hero-based sources in the last 3s

Reset Cooldowns cooldown now increases by 10s with each subsequent use up to 210s

• Info: Maximum is reached after 4 uses: 180/190/200/210s

Reset Cooldowns mana cost increased from 350 to 400

Self-Exile now makes the user invulnerable and immobile for the duration, instead of hidden

Debuff Duration bonus decreased from +10/15% to +8/15%

Spell Amplification bonus decreased from +8/16% to +6/16%

Cast Range bonus decreased from +350 to +275

Packleader's Aura damage decreased from 30% to 20%

Rally aura bonus attack damage decreased from 3 to 2

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

Mana Granted increased from 15% to 20%

Damage decreased from 70/100/130/160 to 65/90/115/140

Level 10 Talent Fissure Damage decreased from +90 to +75

Bonus AoE decreased from 40 to 30

Bonus damage per tick decreased from 5% to 3%

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

Blind debuff no longer affects buildings

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

Bonus Damage per STR decreased from 0/0.3/0.4/0.5 to 0/0.2/0.3/0.4

Stun Duration increased from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2s to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s

Base Intelligence increased from 26 to 28

Damage at level 1 increased by 2 (from 50–59 to 52–61)

Slow Duration increased from 0.4s to 0.5s

Ethereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune

Base damage decreased by 2

Damage at level 1 decreased from 52–56 to 50–54

Level 15 Talent Movespeed to Beastmaster and his summons decreased from +20 to +15

Level 25 Talent Primal Roar Cooldown Reduction decreased from 30s to 25s

Damage decreased from 350/500/650 to 325/475/625

Base agility increased from 24 to 25

Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 45–48 to 46–49)

Ward damage increased from 14/22/30/38 to 16/24/32/40

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

Ethereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune

Damage to HP decreased from 30% to 25%

Damage to Mana decreased from 40% to 30%

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

Ethereal form is not applied if the target is Debuff Immune

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

Cast Range increased from 600 to 700

Impact Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30

Duration increased from 4s to 5s

Aghanim's Shard Enrage duration decreased from 1.3s to 1.2s

Cast Range decreased from 1000 to 850

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

Base armor increased by 1

Base armor increased by 1

Bonus Armor increased from 4/6/8/10 to 4/7/10/13

Level 10 Talent Telekinesis Landing damage increased from 150 to 165

Cooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 100/85/70s

Slow duration bonus decreased from +100% to +75%

• Info: Total duration decreased from 0.6s to 0.525s

Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per Second decreased from 5/6/7% to 4/5/6%

• Info: Aghanim's Shard bonus decreased from +3% to +2%

Damage decreased from 80/150/220/290 to 80/140/200/260

Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75

Base Damage per Mana decreased from 2.2 to 2.0

Level 10 Talent Berserker's Rage Movement Speed decreased from +25 to +20

Level 15 Talent Fervor Attack Speed decreased from +5 to +4

Hitch a ride cast range decreased from 300 to 250

Movement is now cancelled if Magnus is interrupted

• Info: Stunned, hexed or out of world

Stacks gained from hero attacks increased from 3 to 4

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

Cooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 90/85/80s

Cooldown decreased from 30/25/20/15s to 26/22/18/14s

Min damage at the edge increased from 50% to 60%

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

Aghanim's Scepter cast range decreased from 500 to 450

Aghanim's Shard portion of Primal Spring's max power decreased from 40% to 35%

Movement is now cancelled if Monkey King is interrupted

• Info: Stunned, hexed or out of world

Level 10 Talent Primal Spring Max Damage decreased from +100 to +85

Incoming Spell Damage Amp decreased from 25% to 20%

Cast Range decreased from 700 to 650

Max range decreased from 1300 to 1200

• Info: Point-blank distance is not changed. It is still 650

Duration rescaled from 5/6/7s to 5.5s

Min Damage increased from 45/70/95/120 to 50/75/100/125

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

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

Added to Captain's Mode

Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.25

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

• Info: Still applies bonus to all enemies in the area

Flutter: Switch Discipline: Fixed the Katana bonus being lost if Echo Slash hit nothing

Fixed a bug with Aghanim's Scepter that would allow extra Sai abilities to skip cooldown

Impale damage changed from post-critical strike bonus damage to a separate instance of physical spell damage

Max Health as Damage decreased from 3% to 2.5%

Can no longer be interrupted by casting Grappling Claw

Now has an 825 break distance

Attack Speed Factor rescaled from 6/8/10/12% to 9%

Mark Critical Strike decreased from 140/160/180/200% to 125/150/175/200%