Dota 2 Patch 7.40: what changed

Changed order of the first and the third ban phases

• First Ban Phase (First = team with the first pick, Second = team with the second pick)
• OLD: First - Second - Second - First - Second - Second - First
• NEW: First - First - Second - Second - First - Second - Second
• Third Ban Phase
• OLD: First - Second - Second - First
• NEW: First - Second - First - Second

Talents no longer require a skill point to level

• Now talents are learned by using their own talent points available at levels 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30
• This results in all +2 All Attributes bonuses skilled by level 22

All Facets that used to have 6 All Attributes bonuses now have 7 bonuses again

• Info: Batrider's Arsonist, Magnus' Diminishing Return, Meepo's More Meepo, Monkey King's Simian Stride, Night Stalker's Voidbringer, and Silencer's Synaptic Split

Tier 4 Towers now have a Barracks Reinforcement buff. Each allied barracks that has not been destroyed provides +4 armor to both Tier 4 towers

• Bonus is for each individual building, totaling in +24 Armor for 6 Barracks

Assist Gold Formula Reworked

• OLD: 60 + ( ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) / NumHeroes )
• NEW: 15 + ( ( 50 + ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) ) / NumHeroes )

Melee Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval (every 7:30)

Flagbearer Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval

Flagbearer Creep: AoE Bounty Radius increased from 1200 to 1500

Flagbearer Creep: When killed by a player controlled unit, the Flagbearer Creep always grants Bonus Bounty to the killer's hero regardless of the hero's proximity to the Flagbearer Creep

Flagbearer Creep: Bonus Gold from killing Flagbearers is now classified as creep gold instead of ability gold

• Info: Has no gameplay effect, but makes a post game gold breakdown more accurate

Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura no longer affects heroes

Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura now also provides a magic resistance bonus to affected creeps starting with 0% and improving by 4% with every lane creep upgrade interval, up to a maximum of 15 upgrades

Courier respawn time decreased from (60s + 6s per Hero Level) to (45s + 5s per Hero Level)

Courier no longer has a 15% movement speed penalty while carrying a Clarity, Enchanted Mango, Faerie Fire, Healing Salve, or Tango

Flying Courier will now go to a more obscure shopping area within range of the Secret Shop when using Go To Secret Shop

All illusions now have 800 daytime vision and 400 nighttime vision

Roshan is no longer considered a hero for Lifesteal mechanics. As a result, Physical Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 40%, and Spell Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 80%

Roar of Retribution: Disarm debuff is no longer dispellable

Slam: No longer has double duration against creeps

Slam: Now deals double damage to creeps

Added a Tormentor Timer near the minimap. Functions similarly to the Roshan Timer. Can be pinged to communicate the current state of Tormentor

Pinging Tormentor's location in world will trigger the same ping as the timer (same behavior the Roshan Timer has)

The minimap now only has one Tormentor icon and reflects where Tormentor is or will spawn

The Shining: Now only starts dealing damage to the surrounding enemies when attacked/damaged

Bounty Rune: Now grants gold based on when it was created, not when it was activated

Haste Rune: Duration no longer increases by 3s per rune cycle, and is always 22s now

Invisibility Rune: No longer grants incoming damage reduction

Extended the streams into both Radiant and Dire bases and added defender's gate to the outside of the respective safe lanes where the stream flows

Removed some trees inside the base near the new safelane defender's gate positions

The Hard camp nearest to Tier 3 towers where the streams used to start has been demoted to a 'medium' camp

Moved the safelane medium amphibian neutral camp closest to the Tier 2 tower up the stream, slightly closer to the respective bases

Lowered the Wisdom Shrine areas to low ground, compared to the respective offlanes, filled them with water and connected to the water areas by the Tier 1 towers

Moved Wisdom Shrines and Watchers to the low ground and slightly closer to the Tier 1 towers. These Watchers now have vision over the shrines at night

Hard camps nearest to Wisdom Shrines have been moved slightly back towards the bases

Changed the 'bridges' to actual bridges

Slightly expanded the entrance to the bridge by the Lotus pools and adjusted the area within the nearby water areas

The Hard camp in the 'triangle' has been demoted to a 'medium' camp

Twin Gate mana cost decreased from 75 to 30

Twin Gates now refund the mana cost if the teleporting channel was interrupted

Cleared up some areas around the Tormentor locations

The watchers nearest to the mid-lane and near the small water camps south/north of the tier 1 tower have been removed

The watchers in the primary jungles have been repositioned from stairs near the small camp to the cliff above the bounty runes

Added additional blocks preventing flying movement around the edges of the map (e.g. the highground areas behind the Tormentors will no longer be accessible by Batrider during Firefly)

Watcher night vision range decreased from 800 to 450

Watcher capture time decreased from 1.5s to 1s

Defender's Gate vision radius increased from 525 to 700

Defender's Gate will now show their vision radius when holding ALT (similarly to Wards, Watchers, etc.)

Removed a tree between Dire Safelane Tier 1 tower and the small pull camp

Very slightly adjusted the paths and spawn points of the Radiant Offlane lane creeps, and the position of the Radiant Offlane Tier 2 tower. This results in creeps pathing to the right of the tier 2 tower instead of sometimes splitting up to go around it

Radiant Secret Shop trigger area moved slightly towards the radiant Tier 1 tower and more centered around the shopkeeper

Invulnerability targeting rules of certain items and abilities have been updated

Most items and abilities that previously could target and/or affect invulnerable units no longer do so

Since Cyclone effects also make the unit invulnerable, all changes mentioned above apply to them as well. As a result, there are these special cases:

• Nullifier's Nullify will dispel Cyclone off the target immediately if Cyclone was cast on a unit already affected by the Nullify debuff
• Oracle's Fortune's End cannot target Cycloned units, but will dispel Cyclone off the units in AoE around the target
• Sven's Storm Hammer with Aghanim's Scepter cannot target Cycloned units, but will dispel Cyclone off the units in AoE around the target
• All three of these will also dispel Cyclone if the spell projectile was launched (or started channeling) before the target got Cycloned

Initial and maximum stock increased from 4 to 5

Cost increased from 50 to 60

Initial and maximum stock increased from 4 to 5

No longer has half duration when cast on an ally

Now heals for half the amount per second when cast on an ally

Cost increased from 50 to 55

Observer Wards cannot be planted within 300 units of another Observer Ward from the same team that has been planted within the last second

Plant no longer increased by cast range increases

Sentry Wards cannot be planted within 300 units of another Sentry Ward from the same team that has been planted within the last second

Plant no longer increased by cast range increases

Can be used directly from the backpack

Has no cooldown when entering the main inventory from the backpack

Initial and maximum stock increased from 8 to 10

Shared Tango now heals for half the amount per second

Now upgrades with each subsequent drop

• Effect radius rescaled from 650 to 600/900/1200
• Hits to kill increased from 6 to 6/8/10

Ghost Form magic damage vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%

Cost decreased from 1800 to 1700

Cost decreased from 1000 to 900

Cost decreased from 1800 to 1700

Cost decreased from 700 to 650

Total cost decreased from 4400 to 4350 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease

Spell Lifesteal bonus increased from +20% to +25%

Bloodpact spell lifesteal multiplier decreased from 4x to 3x

Recipe changed

• Now also requires Ring of Tarrasque (1700)
• No longer requires a 1700g recipe. Total cost unchanged at 4225

Health Regen bonus increased from +15 to +18

Guard buff is no longer dispellable

Total cost decreased from 2850 to 2800 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease

• Total cost for all levels decreased from 2850/4000/5150/6300/7450 to 2800/3950/5100/6250/7400

Manabreak no longer applied by illusions

Suppress now applies basic dispel to any target

Manabreak no longer applied by illusions

Recipe changed

• Now requires Ultimate Orb (2800) instead of Aether Lens (2275)
• Recipe cost decreased from 1600 to 900. Total cost decreased from 5375 to 5200

No longer provides +300 Mana, +3 Mana Regen, or +250 Cast Range

All Attributes bonus increased from +8 to +24

Ether Blast magic damage vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%

Ether Blast attributes as damage changed from (1.5x the target's primary attribute) to (1x the sum of the caster's attributes)

Recipe cost increased from 350 to 450. Total cost unchanged at 2150 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease

Recipe changed

• No longer requires a Buckler
• Recipe cost decreased from 1450 to 1125. Total cost decreased from 5050 to 4300

Armor bonus increased from +4 to +5

Guardian Aura no longer provides armor

Guardian Aura no longer provides additional bonuses when below 25% health to anyone but the wearer

Guardian Aura no longer provides increased armor and increased mana regeneration when below 25% health

• Still provides bonus health regeneration to the wearer when below 25% health

Transmute no longer has an experience multiplier

Transmute charge restore time decreased from 110s to 90s

Total cost decreased from 5200 to 5100 due to Ring of Tarrasque cost decrease

Max Health Regen bonus decreased from +1.4% to +1%

Behemoth's Blood: New Passive Ability

• Wearer's health regen is increased by 1.5% of missing health
• Multiple instances of Behemoth's Blood don't stack

Disarm is now only dispellable by strong dispels

• Info: Still does not pierce debuff immunity

Disarm no longer has separate disarm durations for melee and ranged targets. Duration is always 3 seconds

Disarm cooldown increased from 18s to 20s

Dominate gold and experience bounty when dominating a creep decreased from 100% to 50%

Recipe changed

• Now requires Crown (450) instead of Diadem (1000)
• Recipe cost increased from 800 to 1340. Total cost unchanged at 2250 due to Iron Branch cost increase

All Attributes bonus decreased from +9 to +7

Energy Charge automatic charge gain time increased from 8s to 10s

Energy Charge max charges increased from 20 to 25

Energy Charge cast range increased from 500 to 600

Energy Charge mana restore per charge decreased from 17 to 15

Energy Charge active now also increases the target's incoming Healing Amplification by 10% for 4s

• Info: This occurs before the Energy Charge heal

Recipe changed

• Now requires Soul Booster (3000) instead of Tiara of Selemene (1800)
• No longer requires a 1200g recipe. Total cost unchanged at 5600

Now also provides +7 Health Regeneration

Mana Regen bonus decreased from +8 to +3

Health bonus increased from +200 to +450

Mana bonus increased from +200 to +450

Total cost increased from 450 to 460 due to Iron Branch cost increase

Armor bonus increased from +4 to +5

Meteor Hammer stun duration increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

Nullify can no longer target invulnerable units

Can no longer be disassembled

Now also requires a 200g recipe

• Total cost increased from 4800 to 4900 due to Tiara of Selemene cost decrease

Armor bonus increased from +2 to +3

Can now be disassembled

Recipe cost increased from 700 to 800

• Total cost unchanged at 3725 due to Ring of Tarrasque cost decrease

Recipe changed

• Now requires Perseverance (1400) instead of Point Booster (1200)
• Recipe cost decreased from 300 to 200. Total cost increased from 2500 to 2600

No longer provides +200 Health and +200 Mana

Now also provides +6.5 Health Regen and +2.5 Mana Regen

Evasion bonus increased from +15% to +25%

Burn no longer causes enemies to miss 15% of their attacks

Burn no longer does extra damage to illusions

Recipe changed

• No longer requires Cornucopia
• Recipe cost increased from 200 to 1600. Total cost unchanged at 5000 due to Ring of Tarrasque and Tiara of Selemene cost decrease

No longer provides +10 Damage

Health Regen bonus decreased from +18 to +12

Mana Regen bonus decreased from +8 to +6

Recipe cost increased from 600 to 650. Total cost unchanged at 3300 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease

Recipe cost increased from 600 to 700

• Total cost unchanged at 5200 due to Tiara of Selemene cost decrease

Total cost decreased from 3350 to 3250 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease

Arctic Blast no longer does extra damage to illusions

Total cost decreased from 5800 to 5700 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease

Shadow Walk debuff now caps the target's movement speed to 200. This debuff is not dispellable and does not pierce debuff immunity

Bonus Mana Regen decreased from +1.4 to +1.25

Soul Release charge gain radius increased from 1400 to 1500

Soul Release charges can now be gained by all copies of Urn of Shadows item

• This change is exclusive to Urn of Shadows and doesn't affect Spirit Vessel

Soul Release charges can now be gained by both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the same hero death

• Example to show the result of these two changes:
• Two allied heroes. Both of them have both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel. An enemy hero dies within 1500 range from them. Both Urns of Shadows will gain a charge. Spirit Vessel will also gain a charge as well, but only for the ally that was closer to the dying enemy

Soul Release charge gain radius increased from 1400 to 1500

Soul Release charges can now be gained by both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the same hero death

Recipe changed

• Now requires Ring of Health (700), Chainmail (550), Circlet (155), and a 320 gold recipe. Total cost unchanged at 1725
• Used to require Helm of Iron Will (975), Crown (450), and a 300 gold recipe

Health Regen bonus increased from +4 to +4.5

Cyclone cooldown increased from 16s to 19s

Attack Speed bonus increased from +5 to +6

Item cycled out

Item cycled out

Item cycled out

Returning as a Tier 1 Neutral Artifact

• Passive: Boldness. Provides 20 attack speed if there are any enemy heroes within 1200 units

Item cycled out

Returning as a Tier 2 Neutral Artifact

• Passive: Reciprocity. When attacked, the hero counter-attacks a target within their attack range for 80% of their normal attack damage. Cooldown: 5s. Can't proc attack modifiers
• Dormant Curio increases counter-attack damage from 80% to 104%

Burn Through total damage increased from 72 to 90

• Dormant Curio Total Damage increased from 93.6 to 117

Burn Through now does 50% less damage to non-hero targets

Item cycled out

Pollinate Duration decreased from 12s to 9s

Pollinate Max Health Damage decreased from 12% to 9%

• Dormant Curio Max Health Damage decreased from 15.6% to 11.7%

Pollinate Cooldown decreased from 45s to 25s

Psychic Push can now target allies

• Still can't target the wearer themself

Moved from Tier 5 to Tier 3

Relentless no longer provides status resistance for nearby enemies

Relentless max slow resistance decreased from 100% to 50%

• Dormant Curio Max Slow Resistance decreased from 130% to 65%

Relentless slow resistance loss per enemy hero in range decreased from 20% to 10%

Relentless search radius changed from 600 to the hero's attack range

Item cycled out

Item cycled out

Item cycled out

Crushing Blow critical damage decreased from 150% to 140%

• Dormant Curio critical damage decreased from 195% to 182%

Returning as a Tier 4 Neutral Artifact

• Passive: Reverberate. After taking 180 damage from any source, the wearer fires up to 2 projectiles at random nearby enemies within a 600 unit radius, prioritizing heroes, that deal 110 damage and slows the targets movement and attack speed by 100% for 0.2s
• Dormant Curio increases damage from 110 to 143

Item cycled out

Moved from Tier 4 to Tier 5

Blood Invocation area of effect bonus increased from 12% to 16%

• Dormant Curio Area of Effect bonus increased from 15.6% to 20.8%

Mana Burn target's intelligence multiplier decreased from 2/2.5/3/4x to 1/1.5/2/2.5x

Purge can no longer target invulnerable units

Removed Counterspell Ally ability

Aghanim's Shard no longer provides Counterspell Ally ability

Aghanim's Shard illusion outgoing damage increased from 75% to 100%

Level 15 Talent Persecutor Min/Max Movement Slow increased from +7.5/15% to +9/18%

Duration increased from 1.8/2.2/2.6/3s to 2.1/2.4/2.7/3s

Cooldown increased from 17/15/13/11s to 18/16/14/12s

No longer has an armor-based damage multiplier

Damage type changed from Physical to Pure

No longer has reduced movement slow against creeps

Level 15 Talent +10% Battle Hunger Slow replaced with +12 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second

Level 20 Talent Counter Helix Damage increased from +30 to +40

Level 20 Talent +100 Culling Blade Damage replaced with +15 Strength

Level 25 Talent 2x Battle Hunger Armor Multiplier replaced with +150 Culling Blade Damage

Cooldown increased from 24/21/18/15s to 25/22/19/16s

Aghanim's Scepter Illusion damage taken increased from 200% to 225%

Base heal increased from 25 to 30

No longer upgraded with neither Aghanim's Shard or Aghanim's Scepter

Aghanim's Scepter effect moved to Aghanim's Shard

Aghanim's Shard target's max health as pure damage decreased from 3% to 2%

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

• Increases current health as initial damage by 3%. Replaces cooldown with 2 charges with the same charge restoration time

Level 10 Talent +15% Bloodrage Spell Amplification replaced with +30 Bloodrage Attack Speed

Level 15 Talent +8% Rupture Initial Damage replaced with -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies

Level 20 Talent -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies replaced with +20 Agility

Level 25 Talent 2 Rupture Charges replaced with +2.5s Blood Rite Silence Duration

Base Damage decreased by 2

Base Intelligence increased from 18 to 20

Damage at level 1 unchanged at 48–54

Movement Slow increased from 10/20/30/40% to 15/25/35/45%

Disable range decreased from 400 to 325

Level 10 Talent Gust Costs No Mana replaced with -25% Frost Arrows Mana Cost

Damage decreased from 110/170/230/290 to 100/160/220/280

Aghanim's Shard no longer allows Fissure walking

Echo Damage decreased from 90/100/110 to 70/90/110

Level 20 Talent Enchant Totem Damage increased from +50% to +65%

Base Agility decreased from 34 to 32

Damage at level 1 decreased from 56–58 to 54–56

Mana Cost increased from 105/110/115/120 to 120

Level 20 Talent Healing Ward Hits to Kill decreased from +2 to +1

Second Meteor Damage increased from 60% to 70%

Cooldown decreased from 140/120/100s to 120/110/100s

Level 20 Talent -20s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown replaced with +200 Starstorm Damage

Level 25 Talent +250 Starstorm Damage replaced with -30s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown

Second Meteor Damage decreased from 100% to 70/80/90/100%

Cast Range decreased from 600/700/800/900 to 600/675/750/825

Now stuns the target for 0.5s and up to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s when Morphling's Strength is 50% higher than his Agility

Stun is no longer exclusive to this facet

Agility gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6

Souls on hero kills increased from 3 to 4

Agility gain increased from 2.8 to 3.4

Removed Divergence and Lancelot facets

Ability Reworked

• Whenever an illusion of Phantom Lancer is created, it can't have less than 18% of Phantom Lancer's damage for 3s. Damage increases by 2% with every 3 Phantom Lancer's level ups

No Longer provides bonus Agility while active

Cooldown rescaled from 13/10/7/4s to 15/11/7/3s

Now provides 20/30/40/50% evasion while rushing

No longer has a 2s linger effect

• Evasion bonus is lost once the target is reached or the rush is cancelled

Illusion Damage decreased from 15/17/19% to 15%

Level 10 Talent +10 Phantom Rush Agility replaced with +3% Juxtapose Illusion Trigger Chance

Level 15 Talent -1s Spirit Lance Cooldown replaced with +125 Doppelganger Cast Range

Level 15 Talent +2.5s Phantom Rush Bonus Agility Duration replaced with 50% Illusion Spirit Lance Damage

• Info: Spirit Lances fired from illusions deal 50% of the regular damage, which is then further reduced by the illusion's outgoing damage multiplier

Level 20 Talent +6% Juxtapose Damage replaced with -70% Juxtapose Illusion Damage Taken

Level 20 Talent +15% Spirit Lance Illusion Damage replaced with +100 Spirit Lance Damage

Level 25 Talent +20% Illusory Armaments Damage replaced with +2s Illusory Armaments Duration

No longer applies when disjointing attacks from buildings

Level 20 Talent Waning Rift Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2.5s

Strike Cooldown decreased from 3s to 2.5s

Storm Surge Cooldown Reduction decreased from 2.5s to 2s

Level 20 Talent Burrowstrike Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s

Charge loss on death decreased from 3 to 2

Attack Speed Slow increased from 80 to 90

Aghanim's Scepter no longer allows targeting invulnerable units, but still affects invulnerable units in the radius

Aghanim's Scepter cast range bonus changed from +350 to +25%

• Info: Decreased from +350 to +150

Aghanim's Scepter now also increases projectile speed by 25%

• Info: From 1000 to 1250

Cleave damage rescaled from 50/65/80/95% to 60/70/80/90%

Cooldown decreased from 40/35/30/25 to 36/32/28/24

Strength gain increased from 4.0 to 4.2

Stun duration now applies its stun as an aura in the area

• As a result, no longer affected by status resistance

No longer has separate damage bonus, uses Tree Grab's value instead

• Bonus damage rescaled from 20 to 10/20/30/40

Movement Speed Bonus rescaled from 15 to 10/15/20

Cooldown rescaled from 16/14/12/10s to 14/13/12/11s

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Level 15 Talent Wave of Terror Armor Reduction decreased from +4 to +3

Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.1

Damage gain per level increased from 3.5 to 3.6

Duration decreased from 3.5s to 3s

Level 25 Talent Static Field Damage increased from +1.5% to +2%

Damage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 110/180/250/320

Cooldown decreased from 30/24/18/12s to 24/20/16/12s

Intelligence gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0

Cast Range increased from 600 to 750

Mana Cost decreased from 125/150/175/200 to 110/140/170/200

Cooldown decreased from 130/85/40s to 120/80/40s

Total Damage/Heal increased from 70/140/210/280 to 100/160/220/280

Cooldown decreased from 110s to 110/105/100s

Health and Bounty multiplier decreased from 10x to 9x

• Info: Hits to destroy decreased from 20 to 18, Gold Bounty decreased from 220–300 to 198–270, XP Bounty decreased from 310 to 279

Puddle radius increased from 250 to 325

Aghanim's Scepter Crush puddle radius decreased from 450 to 400

Bash Duration decreased from 1.1s to 1s

Bonus Damage decreased from 50/100/150/200 to 35/90/145/200

Level 10 Talent Seaborn Sentinel Bonus Damage increased from +12 to +14

Damage rescaled from 110/160/210/260 to 100/160/220/280

Attack Bonus Damage increased from 45/90/135/180 to 50/100/150/200

Level 10 Talent Gush Slow increased from +15% to +20%

Level 10 Talent +40 Anchor Smash Damage replaced with +20% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction

Level 15 Talent +30% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction replaced with -15s Ravage Cooldown

Level 20 Talent Anchor Smash affects buildings replaced with Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash

Level 25 Talent 50% chance of Anchor Smash on attack replaced with Anchor Smash affects buildings

Level 25 Talent Ravage Stun Duration increased from +0.8s to +1s

Activation mana cost decreased from 35/40/45/50 to 25

Mana per second rescaled from 8/12/16/20 to 9/12/15/18

Now also affects player-controlled creeps

Aghanim's Scepter bounce radius decreased from 650 to 575

Level 15 Talent +125 Maledict AoE replaced with +4s Maledict Duration

Level 25 Talent +8s Maledict Duration replaced with -6s Paralyzing Cask Cooldown

Burst damage does not apply from non-hero units

Removed Contract Killer and Exterminator facets

No longer levels with Cloak and Dagger

Agility Damage Multiplier rescaled from 0.55/0.9/1.25/1.6 to 0.6 + 0.05 per Riki's level up

Now works on allied units at 25% effectiveness

Damage is now done as a separate instance of damage instead of a part of the attack damage

2 charges with 25/21/17/13s base restore time replaced with 13/10/7/4s cooldown

Bonus 40/55/70/85 magic damage replaced with 15/30/45/60 bonus physical damage on attack

Mana Cost rescaled from 45/55/65/75 to 65

Cooldown increased from 18/16/14/12s to 21/18/15/12s

Radius decreased from 450 to 425

40% Attack Damage replaced with 30/50/70/90 flat damage

• Still applies bonus damage from Backstab, but as a separate instance of damage now

No longer provides bonus Agility

Now attacks 2 random targets by default

Aghanim's Scepter slightly reworked

• No longer increases the number of targets attacked
• Now also allows to hide within allied creeps
• Now increases ability duration by 1s and attack count by 2, but only when Riki hides within an ally
• No longer increases attack count on non-ally casts
• Now provides 15% bonus movement speed to the ally Riki's hiding in

Now grants 130/260/390 experience when getting a hero kill and 100 experience when getting a hero assist

Level 15 Talent +50 Tricks of the Trade Agility replaced with 15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade

Level 20 Talent -4s Blink Strike Replenish Time replaced with -1s Blink Strike Cooldown

Level 25 Talent Tricks of the Trade Applies a Basic Dispel replaced with +500 Blink Strike Cast Range

Aghanim's Shard now also spawns an Eidolon if the target dies before the effect expires

Level 15 Talent Malefice Instance Damage increased from +50 to +60

Level 10 Talent Manacost/Manaloss Reduction increased from +8% to +10%

Level 25 Talent +10s Defense Matrix Duration replaced with +40 Intelligence

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Attack Damage increased from 100% to 100/110/120%

HP Regen per kill decreased from 2/4/6 to 1/2/3

Level 15 Talent Death Pulse Heal increased from +50 to +60

Level 15 Talent Ghost Shroud Slow decreased from +20% to +15%

Level 20 Talent Heartstopper Regen Reduction decreased from +25% to +20%

AOE per Kill reduced from 40 to 35

Cooldown increased from 160s to 165s

Level 15 Talent Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies decreased from +10 to +8

Level 20 Talent Summons a Golem on Death replaced with +25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems

Level 25 Talent +80% Golem Magic Resistance replaced with +3 Fatal Bonds targets

Level 25 Talent +20 Chaotic Offering Golems Armor replaced with Summons a Golem on Death

Call of the Wild Boar: Boar's Base Attack Time worsened from 1.25s to 1.35s

Damage per axe rescaled from 35/65/95/125 to 30/65/100/135

Bonus Attack Speed rescaled from 15/30/45/60 to 10/30/50/70

Septic Shock: Base Damage per Debuff decreased from 10% to 8%

Plague Wards created by Venomous Gale have 75% health and damage

Now always applies one instance of damage and slow in addition to the per cooldown instances

Slow per cooldown decreased from 7/8/9/10% to 4/5/6/7%

DPS per cooldown decreased from 7/9/11/13 to 4/6/8/10

Duration decreased from 8/9/10/11s to 7/8/9/10s

Level 10 Talent Time Dilation DPS Per Cooldown decreased from +9 to +6

Level 15 Talent Time Dilation Slow per Cooldown decreased from +12% to +8%

Impact Damage increased from 75/90/105/120 to 80/100/120/140

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +400 to +350

Level 20 Talent Attack Speed decreased from +60 to +50

Movement speed bonus changed from 0.5% per hero level to 0.75% + 0.75% per level up

No longer provides 4/8/12% bonus movespeed

Aghanim's Scepter spirit bonus damage increased from 50% to 60%

Active Movement Speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/9/12/15%

11/9/7/5s cooldown replaced with 2 charges with 21/18/15/12s base charge restore time

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +300

Level 20 Talent Life Drain Heal decreased from +20% to +15%

Level 25 Talent Nether Blast Damage increased from +180 to +200

Damage to Heal decreased from 25% to 20%

Damage to Mana decreased from 30% to 20%

Armor Reduction decreased from 3.5/5/6.5/8 to 2/4/6/8

Damage decreased from 55/105/155/205 to 50/100/150/200

Damage rescaled from 225/300/375 to 200/300/400

Damage increased from 375 to 400

Level 10 Talent Meld Debuff Duration decreased from +2s to +1.5s

Level 10 Talent Psionic Trap Slow increased from +5% to +10%

Mana Cost decreased from 22 to 20

Level 20 Talent Predator Damage Per Missing Health increased from +0.2 to +0.25

Time to max effect increased from 4s to 5s

Collision Damage increased from 22/28/34/40% to 28/32/36/40%

Rotation Radius decreased from 250 to 225

Collision Radius increased from 175 to 200

Level 15 Talent -40s Eclipse Cooldown replaced with +80 Lucent Beam Damage

Level 20 Talent +110 Lucent Beam Damage replaced with -40s Eclipse Cooldown

Level 25 Talent +1 Lunar Blessing Damage per Level replaced with +30 Lunar Blessing Damage

Base Agility decreased from 16 to 14

Bonus Attack Damage decreased from 20/60/100/140 to 20/50/80/110

Level 10 Talent 30% Breathe Fire Damage Reduction replaced with -2s Breathe Fire Cooldown

Level 20 Talent +85% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range in Dragon Form replaced with +60% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range

Base Strength increased from 18 to 19

Damage at level 1 unchanged

Intelligence gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.5

Damage gain per level decreased from 3.5 to 3.4

Aghanim's Shard healing amplification decreased from 20% to 15%

Now can be toggled on and off for the duration of the buff. Toggle cooldown: 1s

Rocket Flare cooldown increased from 3s to 3.5s

Radius increased from 135/160/185/210 to 150/170/190/210

Duration increased from 6s to 7.5s

Agility gain decreased from 3 to 2.6

Damage gain per level decreased from 4.1 to 3.9

Bonus damage per tree decreased from 3% to 2%

Mana Cost decreased from 120 to 100

Treant attack range increased from 100 to 125

Treant damage increased from 15/23/31/39 to 16/24/32/40

• Info: From 13–17/21–25/29–33/37–41 to 14–18/22–26/30–34/38–42

Treant movement speed increased from 300 to 305/310/315/320

Curse radius decreased from 1200 to 900

Base Intelligence increased from 21 to 22

Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 52–58 to 53–59)

No longer affects invulnerable units

Removed Suppressive Fire and Engulfing Step facets

Removed Tar Bomb ability

Removed Bone and Arrow innate ability

New innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up

• Clinkz and his skeletons apply a stacking debuff that causes their attacks to pierce up to 20% of the target's armor. Clinkz applies 2% per attack, and skeletons apply 1%. Debuff lasts 5 seconds
• Info: Doesn't affect the target's armor directly. Simply improves attacks only for Clinkz and his skeletons

Skeleton Archers attack speed factor decreased from 60% to 50%

Returning as base ability

• Imbues Clinkz's arrows with fire for extra 18/32/46/60 extra damage. Skeleton Archers always fire Searing Arrows with 50% reduced damage. Mana Cost: 10

Skeleton Archers target the enemy attacked by Clinkz with Searing Arrows effect

No longer creates Skeleton Archers

Skeleton Archer stats and Aghanim's Scepter upgrade are now part of Skeleton Walk

Skeleton Archer Duration rescaled from 15/20/25/30s to 20/25/30s

• Also applies to Burning Army

No longer slows the targets

Spawn Interval improved from 0.15s to 0.1s

Skeleton count increased from 5 to 6

Level 25 Talent Tar Bomb Multishot replaced with Searing Arrows Multishot

Base Armor increased by 1

Cooldown decreased from 55/50/45/40s to 50/45/40/35s

No longer disabled by Silence

Cooldown decreased from 110/100/90s to 100/90/80s

Damage amplification changed from 10% + 4% per Enchantress level to 4% + 4% per Enchantress level up

Now also affects units that come under Enchantress' control

Creep Attack Damage Bonus decreased from 0/25/50/75 to 0/20/40/60

Enchanted units may now be bound to a persistent hotkey

Affected creeps now gain damage buff from Rabble-Rouser for the duration in case they did not have it

Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 70

Level 10 Talent +10 Enchanted Creep Armor replaced with +5 Armor for Enchantress and her units

• Info: Requires at least 1 level of Enchant

Level 20 Talent +60 Untouchable Attack Slow replaced with +9 Nature's Attendants Wisps

Level 25 Talent +12 Nature's Attendants Wisps replaced with +70 Untouchable Attack Slow

Wisp maximum decreased from 4 to 3

Heart of Darkness: No longer reduces Night Stalker's health regeneration by 20% during the day

Level 20 Talent Crippling Fear DPS increased from +20 to +40

Aghanim's Shard no longer increases duration

Broodmother's illusions now also benefit from the web

Attack Bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12

Level 10 Talent +1.5% Spider's Milk Heal replaced with +20% Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal

Level 15 Talent Spiderlings Health increased from +125 to +150

Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +12 to +10

Level 20 Talent +35 Attack Speed replaced with +25% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance

Level 25 Talent +30% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance replaced with +14% Spin Web Move Speed and Ignore Speed Limit

Stun Duration increased from 0.8/1/1.2/1.4s to 1/1.2/1.4/1.6s

Attack Damage increased from 18/22/26/30 to 18/23/28/33

Aghanim's Scepter now also reduces Cooldown by 10s

Level 10 Talent -2s Dual Breath Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage

Level 10 Talent +150 Attack Range replaced with +30 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow

Level 15 Talent +60 Ice Path Base Damage replaced with -3s Dual Breath Cooldown

Level 15 Talent +50 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow replaced with +175 Attack Range

Level 25 Talent Liquid Frost and Fire Max Health Damage increased from +2.5% to +3%

Daytime Vision Range increased from 1600 to 1800

Movement Slow decreased from 8/16/24/32% to 6/12/18/24%

Level 15 Talent Flaming Lasso Cooldown Reduction increased from 7s to 8s

Mana Cost increased from 70/75/80/85 to 80/90/100/110

Cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11s to 20/17/14/11s

No longer grants bonus attack range

Now deals 50/75/100/125 pure damage by default

Level 10 Talent Penitence Deals 175 Damage replaced with +75 Penitence Damage

Level 20 Talent Divine Favor Heal Amplification decreased from +20% to +15%

Now an Agility Hero

Base Damage increased by 2

Base attributes unchanged

Damage at level 1 unchanged (48–52)

Attribute gains unchanged

Damage gain per level decreased from +2.8 to +2.1

Damage at level 30 decreased by 27 (from 149–153 to 122–126)

Base Attack Time worsened from 1.7s to 1.8s

Base Attack Speed increased from 90 to 110

Removed Forsaken and Twist the Knife facets

Removed Spectral innate ability

Now an innate ability. Passive, improves with Spectre's level

Damage rescaled from 25/40/55/70 to 25 + 2 every time Spectre levels up

Mana Cost decreased from 110/120/130/140 to 100/110/120/130

Spectre's illusions now also benefit from the Shadow Path

Reworked into a basic ability

• Thrusts an uncontrollable illusion, which follows the target and attacks it for 20/30/40/50% of Spectre's damage. The illusion exists for 3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds, and takes 200% damage. Cast Range: 700/850/1000/1150. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75. Cooldown: 32/28/24/20s
• On cast the illusion moves at the speed of 900, then it has 135% of Spectre's movement speed after reaching the target
• The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it

Min Radius increased from 300 to 350

Can no longer be cast to no effect

Now has a distinct sound between casts on Shadow Step and Haunt illusions

Mana Cost decreased from 40 to 25

Now has a 0.2s travel time to reach the target. The illusion and Spectre are invulnerable during this time

Now disabled by roots

Now always destroys the target illusion

Now Spectre's ultimate ability

Mana Cost rescaled from 150 to 125/150/175

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

Cooldown rescaled from 160s to 180/160/140s

Haunt Outgoing Damage decreased from 80% to 30/55/80%

Each illusion now spawns from the direction closest to Spectre

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

• Reduces Haunt cooldown by 20s. When Reality is used on Haunt illusion for the first time per Haunt cast, enemies are Feared away from Spectre for 1.5s with 50% reduced move speed in a 400 AoE around the targeted illusion

Level 10 Talent +5 Health Regen replaced with +10 Desolate Damage

Level 15 Talent +15 Desolate Damage replaced with +1s Shadow Step Duration

Level 20 Talent Spectral Dagger Slow/Bonus increased from +12% to +15%

Level 25 Talent All Spectre Illusion Damage decreased from +25% to +20%

Intelligence gain increased from 1.7 to 1.9

Removed Devil's Bargain facet

Aghanim's Scepter now also increases damage per second from 25/45/65 to 40/60/80

Aghanim's Shard Reworked

• Applies 3 Fury Swipe stacks to each affected enemy

Cooldown decreased from 70/50/30s to 60/45/30s

Level 20 Talent Earthshock applies 2 Fury Swipes replaced with +0.5% Maul Health as Damage

Stun Duration increased from 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1s to 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2s

Aghanim's Shard bonus speed decreased from +100 to +85

Level 20 Talent Bulldoze barrier decreased from 400 to 375

Missile Damage decreased from 250/425/600 to 200/350/500

Movespeed Duration decreased from 4.5s to 4s

Mana Cost increased from 105/110/115/120 to 120

Level 15 Talent Damage per Greevil's Greed stack increased from +2 to +2.5

Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75

Cast Range increased from 650 to 700

Damage increased from [25 + 5 * Exort] to [24 + 6 * Exort]

• Info: From 30/35/40/45/50/55/60/65/70/75 to 30/36/42/48/54/60/66/72/78/84

Level 15 Talent Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction increased from 5s to 6s

Level 20 Talent +35 Alacrity Damage/Speed changed to +50

Aghanim's Shard Drag Speed decreased from 150 to 125

Silenced Multiplier decreased from 1.5 to 1.25

Int Steal increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5

Int Steal Duration rescaled from 20/25/30/35s to 10/20/30/40s

Level 10 Talent Arcane Curse Penalty Multiplier decreased from +0.5 to +0.25

Wolf Damage decreased from 23/29/35/41/47/53 to 22/28/34/40/46/52

Health Bonus decreased from 250/350/450 to 225/325/425

Strength gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.2

Intelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 1.9

Removed Roll Out The Barrel and Drunken Master facets

Removed Primal Companion ability

Removed Belligerent innate ability

New innate ability. Passive, improves with Brewmaster's level

• When Brewmaster drops below 50% Health he gains a Status Resistance buff and his movement speed alternates every 1 second between being faster and being slower. The effect becomes stronger at lower health, scaling from 0 up to max values at 20% Health. Max Status Resistance is 10.5% + 0.5% per Brewmaster's level up, Max Speed Increase is 25%, Max Speed Slow is 10%

Upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

• Brewmaster may activate the ability to toss a strong drink to himself or a teammate, granting the max effects of his innate for 5 seconds, and also providing 2% Max HP Regen per second. Cast Range: 800. Mana Cost: 50. Cooldown: 20s

Cast point improved from 0.35s to 0.3s

Mana Cost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 100

Radius rescaled from 325/350/375/400 to 375

Now rolls a barrel of ale that deals 40/70/100/130 physical damage to enemies in its path and drenches enemies along the way and around the target location

Moved Brewed Up effect from Cinder Brew to Drunken Brawler

• When Brewmaster casts any ability, he becomes Brewed Up for 5 seconds, gaining +150% to his stance bonuses. If he is already Brewed Up, the duration is extended by 1s. After Brewed Up ends, Brewmaster is hungover and cannot become Brewed Up again for 9 seconds

Earth Stance Magic Resistance increased from 5/10/15/20% to 8/12/16/20%

Fire Stance Attack Speed increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/40

Void Stance removed

Stance visual indicator is now always present around Brewmaster

Stances can now be switched without cancelling channeling or invisibility

Void Brewling removed

Duration increased from 16/18/20s to 16/20/24s

All Brewlings now receive their respective Drunken Brawler stances

Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity ability renamed to Earth Element as it no longer grants Debuff Immunity. Now it provides 80% Status Resistance and 60% Magic Resistance instead

Earth Brewling's Demolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from 50/100/150 to 40/80/120

Earth Brewling's movement speed increased from 330/350/370 to 330/355/380

Earth Brewling's damage increased from 25/60/95 to 35/70/105

• Info: From 20–30/55–65/90–100 to 30–40/65–75/100–110

Storm Brewling's damage increased from 20/40/60 to 30/50/70

• Info: From 15–25/35–45/55–65 to 25–35/45–55/65–75

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

• Allows Brewmaster to cancel the ability early and provides Brewed Up bonus to all Brewlings on cast. Also increases ability's level to 4, improving Brewlings' stats and abilities
• Earth: 4100 Health, 8 Health Regen, 135–145 Damage, 9 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged
• Hurl Boulder: 200 Damage and 2s Stun Duration
• Demolish: 160 Bonus Building Damage
• Storm: 2500 Health, 8 Health Regen, 85–95 Damage. Other base stats are unchanged
• Wind Walk: 320 Bonus Damage and 55% Bonus Movement Speed
• Cyclone: 6s Hero Duration and 100 Damage on Landing
• Fire: 1750 Health, 8 Health Regen, 215–225 Damage, 24 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged
• Permanent Immolation: 100 Damage per second

Level 10 Talent +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration replaced with +1s Drunken Brawler Brew Up / Extend Duration

Level 10 Talent +10 Brewlings Damage replaced with +14 Brewlings Base Damage

Level 15 Talent Cinder Brew Damage/Duration increased from +30% to 40%

Level 15 Talent +1x Brewed Up multiplier for Drunken Brawler replaced with +600 Brewlings Health

Level 20 Talent +1200 Brewlings Health replaced with -15s Primal Split Cooldown

Level 25 Talent Brewlings Gain Drunken Brawler Passive replaced with 1.5x Drunken Brawler Stance Bonuses

Bonus Base Damage decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Base Movement Speed decreased from 325 to 295

Base Damage increased by 4

Damage at level 1 increased from 38–42 to 42–46

Removed Bear With Me and Bear Necessities facets

Removed Gift Bearer innate ability. Its effect is now a part of Summon Spirit Bear ability

Moved to an innate ability. Cannot be leveled up

Ability is moved to the 4th ability slot

• Info: D key by default

Spirit Bear now counts as a melee hero for most spells

• Since the bear is now a hero, all unit-related changes moved to a separate Spirit Bear section below. This section is for the summon ability changes only

Cooldown decreased from 150/140/130/120s to 120s

New Point Targeted basic ability

• Allows Lone Druid to Entangle enemies once they gain 5 stacks of this ability. Entangled enemies are unable to move for 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s and take 60/70/80/90 damage per second. When cast, applies 2 stacks to each enemy hero in the area and 5 stacks to enemy creeps, and also empowers Lone Druid for 10 seconds, making him apply 1 stack with each attack on enemy heroes. Enemies are protected from gaining new stacks while they're already Entangled. Radius: 350. Stack Duration: 10s. Cast Range: 700. Mana Cost: 60. Cooldown: 24/22/20/18s
• Pierces Debuff Immunity
• Lone Druid's Empowered Buff and enemy stack counter debuff are undispellable, Entangled debuff is dispellable
• Creeps can't gain stacks from either Lone Druid's and Spirit Bear's attacks, and are Entangled only on cast
• Roshan is affected as if he were a hero
• Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws reworked. Now it levels up with this ability and passively provides empowered attacks at all times

Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

• Increases radius to 450 and hero stacks on cast to 5, instantly Entangling them. Also removes stack protection from Entangled enemies

No longer grants attack speed or shared armor

Now also passively grants +10/20/30/40 movement speed to Lone Druid and +20/40/60/80 to his Spirit Bear

Lone Druid's attacks now heal the Spirit Bear by default

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

Mana Cost decreased from 200 to 80

Duration decreased from 40s to 25s

Cooldown decreased from 100s to 60/55/50s

No longer grants Entangling Claws and Demolish to Lone Druid

Now also provides 50/90/130 bonus attack damage

Bonus Armor increased from 8/10/12 to 10/15/20

Level 10 Talent +30 Spirit Bear Movement Speed replaced with +15 Entangle Root Damage Per Second

Level 10 Talent +200 Health replaced with -25s Summon Spirit Bear Cooldown

Level 15 Talent +7 Spirit Bear Armor replaced with +12 Agility

Level 20 Talent +30 Entangling Claws DPS replaced with +55 Attack Speed

Level 25 Talent +45 Spirit Link Attack Speed replaced with +0.6s Entangle Root Duration (also affects Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws)

Level 25 Talent -50s True Form Cooldown replaced with True Form provides 60% Slow Resistance

Min Base Damage increased by 5

Max Base Damage decreased by 5

Damage at level 1 changed from 48–78 to 53–73

• Damage spread decreased from 30 to 20

Level 25 Talent +10s Phantasm Duration replaced with -125% Phantasm Damage Taken

Removed Primeval Power and Sapling facets

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Now can be activated while tree walking to make Treant Protector invisible until he attacks or loses the Nature's Guise buff

• Linger time: 2s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 50s. Cooldown is reduced by 3s per 2 Treant Protector's level ups
• Info: Down to 8 seconds on level 29
• Cooldown starts when the invisibility ends

No longer does 50% more damage and slow when touching a tree

Damage per second increased from 30/40/50/60 to 35/50/65/80

Movement Slow increased from 20/25/30/35% to 25/30/35/40%

Creep penalty decreased from 50% to 35%

Ability Reworked

• Passive, auto-cast attack modifier
• Treant Protector's attack plants a life-sapping seed in an enemy unit, dealing an extra 20/40/60/80 magic damage. The enemy is bound for 0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5s and emits two healing pulses, one upon application and one upon expiration, healing up to 5 allies within 650 units for 15/25/35/45 + 20% of the damage dealt by the attack. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 15/12/9/6s. Breakable
• Now only sends out a maximum of 5 heals per pulse, prioritizing heroes
• No longer has a creep penalty for healing

No longer grants bonus armor

Now grants 100 damage block from player-controlled sources. Each time this spell blocks damage the effect is decreased by 35/30/25/20

• Damage block affects any types of damage
• The heal ends earlier if the damage block is reduced to 0
• Instances of less than 20 damage are ignored by Living Armor. They are neither blocked nor counted towards block decrease

Duration decreased from 18/22/26/30s to 12s

Heal per second increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/7/10/13

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

• Decreases cooldown from 110/100/90 to 80/70/60s. When casting Overgrowth, Treant Protector draws power from the earth, becoming massive for 16 seconds, gaining +100% Strength, Phased Movement, and a Splashing Attack that deals 60% of attack damage in a 300 unit radius. While large, he has a fixed movement speed of 345. Buff is undispellable

Now granted by Aghanim's Shard

Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 30

Cast Range increased from 160 to 350

Overgrowth is no longer applied around enchanted trees

Enchanted trees now have the same health as Observer Wards, and they expire after 5 minutes

• Trees can be attacked when revealed by True Sight. Attacks will remove the ability effect from the tree without destroying the tree itself

Charge Restore Time increased from 40s to 55s

Level 10 Talent +2.5% Nature's Guise Movement Speed replaced with +50 Base Damage

Level 10 Talent Living Armor Heal Per Second increased from +2 to +4

Level 15 Talent +18% Leech Seed Movement Slow replaced with +10% Leech Seed Damage to Healing

Level 20 Talent Leech Seed Bonus Damage increased from +45 to +80

Level 20 Talent +8 Living Armor Bonus Armor replaced with +20 Living Armor Damage Block

Level 25 Talent -35s Overgrowth Cooldown replaced with -3s Leech Seed Cooldown

Base Damage increased by 1

Damage at level 1 increased from 69–75 to 70–76

Cast range increased from 600 to 650

Can no longer target invulnerable units

• Can still target invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the previous ones are not destroyed)

Level 20 Talent Bloodlust Attack Speed increased from +30 to +35

Cooldown decreased from 18/14/10/6s to 15/12/9/6s

Level 15 Talent Soul Rip Damage/Heal increased from +10 to +12

Base damage increased by 1

Damage at level 1 increased from 49–55 to 50–56

Land sub-ability no longer cancels channeling or interrupts movement

Level 15 Talent +0.5s Telekinesis Lift/Stun Duration replaced with +20% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction

Bonus Damage decreased from 20% to 15%

Stun Duration increased from 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6s to 0.7/1.0/1.3/1.6s

Base Intelligence decreased from 20 to 19

Agility gain increased from 3.3 to 3.4

Can no longer target invulnerable units unless this invulnerability is provided by Song of the Siren

Max HP Regen per second decreased from 2/3/4% to 1/2/3%

Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per second bonus decreased from 2% to 1%

• Total Max HP Regen per second with Aghanim's Shard decreased from 4/5/6% to 2/3/4%

Damage increased from 25/35/45/55 to 30/40/50/60

Cooldown increased from 10/9/8/7s to 13/11/9/7s

Base Intelligence increased from 23 to 24

Damage at level 1 increased from 43–50 to 44–51

Damage increased from 85/130/175/220 to 90/140/190/240

Mana Restore increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300

Damage increased from 75 to 85

Level 15 Talent -5s Blinding Light Cooldown replaced with +90 Blinding Light Damage

Base Strength increased from 17 to 19

Base Intelligence decreased from 23 to 21

Damage at level 1 unchanged (45–51)

Mana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120

Cooldown decreased from 22/21/20/19s to 15s

Duration decreased from 19s to 15s

Level 10 Talent +12 Attack Damage to Tethered Units replaced with +7 Strength

Level 15 Talent +60 Spirits Hero Damage replaced with +50% Spirits Damage

Level 25 Talent Unslowable during Overcharge replaced with -1.5s Relocate Cast Delay

Move Speed Drain increased from 12/16/20/24% to 12/18/24/30%

Familiars now have their own copy of Gravekeeper's Cloak ability (visual change only)

Familiars now have their own ability to independently recall it to Visage

• The alt cast behavior on Visage is unchanged

The 3rd Familiar gained by Level 25 Talent is now automatically added to an existing control group when created

Level 25 Talent +15 Gravekeeper's Cloak Armor replaced with -2s Gravekeeper's Cloak Recovery Time

Removed Leeching Leash and Dark Reef Renegade facets

Removed Barracuda innate ability (effect moved to the Ultimate)

Now an innate ability. Passive, improves with Slark's level

Duration rescaled from 15/35/55/75s to 15s + 2.5s each time Slark levels up

Now applies 1/2/3/4 Essence Shift stacks when leashing an enemy hero

New basic ability. Passive, auto-cast attack modifier

• Slark slices the target with his salty shiv, stealing 3 Movement Speed, 3 Health Regen and 3/4/5/6% Health Restoration from them with each attack. Subsequent use of Saltwater Shiv refreshes the duration of all shiv stacks. Steal duration: 6/8/10/12s. Mana Cost: 20. Cooldown: 10/8/6/4s
• Not Breakable. Disabled by Silence. Has no stack limit. Ignores attack backswing
• Enemies with Health Restoration below -100% will not lose health from health restoration sources

Now passively grants 24/36/48% movement speed and 60/90/120 health regen when unseen

• Previous Barracuda rules and mechanics unchanged

Duration decreased from 3s to 2s

Level 10 Talent Dark Pact Cooldown Reduction increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

Level 15 Talent +50 Barracuda Regen replaced with +30 Shadow Dance Regen

Level 25 Talent Shadow Dance Duration increased from +1.25s to +1.5s

No longer benefits from mana cost reduction effects

Level 20 Talent +1.5s Stone Gaze Duration replaced with +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley

Level 25 Talent +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley replaced with +2s Stone Gaze Duration

Bonus Armor increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6

Level 15 Talent Whirling Axes damage increased from +100 to +115

Level 20 Talent Berserker's Rage Armor increased from +9 to +10

Rawhide: Bonus Max Health decreased from 30 to 25

Cooldown increased from 24s to 35s

Duration decreased from 8s to 7s

Base Damage increased by 1

Damage at level 1 increased from 54–62 to 55–63

Cooldown decreased from 120s to 115s

Base Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280

Tree Bonus Damage decreased from 11/18/25/32 to 9/16/23/30

Max Stacks decreased from 12/22/32/42 to 10/20/30/40

Aghanim's Scepter base barrier decreased from 200 to 150

Strength gain increased from 2.7 to 2.8