GENERAL UPDATES
Increased channel time for Twin Gates by 1 second
Tormentors’ Reflect doesn’t count illusions when dividing up damage. Illusions still take damage, but do not reduce the amount of damage taken by other units in the area.
Tormentors’ Unyielding Shield base barrier amount now increases by 200 every time they respawn
Night Bonus Movement Speed is now also disabled when a hero damages an enemy controlled unit
NEUTRAL CREEP UPDATES
ANCIENT GRANITE GOLEM
Granite Aura Bonus HP Percentage decreased from 15/16.5/18/21% to 15/16/17/19%
CENTAUR COURSER
Cloak Aura Magic Resistance (Heroes) decreased from 15/17/19/23% to 10/12/14/16%
Cloak Aura Magic Resistance (Creeps) decreased from 30/34/38/46% to 20/24/28/32%
KOBOLD FOREMAN
Speed Aura Movespeed reduced from 12/15/18/24% to 12/13/14/16%
OGRE FROSTMAGE
Ice Armor Armor Bonus decreased from 5/6/7/9 to 4/5/6/8
Ice Armor Move Slow decreased from 25/28/31/37% to 22/24/26/30%
Ice Armor Attack Slow decreased from 25/28/31/37 to 22/24/26/30
ITEM UPDATES
BLOOD GRENADE
Now can be stacked in a single inventory slot up to 3 times
BOOTS OF TRAVEL 2
Town Portal Scroll Cooldown increased from 30s to 40s (same as regular Boots of Travel)
CRIMSON GUARD
Guard Strength to blocked damage decreased from 60% to 50%
DISPERSER
Self- or Ally targeted Suppress can now be dispelled by enemies
PHYLACTERY
Recipe Changed: Recipe (200) replaced with Sage’s Mask (175), Total Cost decreased from 2400 to 2375
Now provides +0.7 Mana Regen
Empower Spell Bonus Damage increased from 125 to 150
Empower Spell Slow Duration increased from 1.2s to 1.5s
NEUTRAL ITEM UPDATES
If you already have a neutral token or an item for the tier, newly dropped tokens of this tier are automatically teleported to the neutral item stash
You can now convert neutral item tokens that are in your stash
FADED BROACH
Mana bonus decreased from +200 to +125
SEEDS OF SERENITY
Verdurous Dale Radius increased from 350 to 400
Verdurous Dale Cooldown decreased from 40s to 35s
EYE OF THE VIZIER
Now provides +0.5 Mana Regen
SPECIALIST’S ARRAY
Damage bonus increased from +10 to +12
Crackshot now has a bonus 225 range search radius for secondary targets
OGRE SEAL TOTEM
Ogre Seal Flop Slow Duration increased from 1s to 1.5s
Ogre Seal Flop Radius increased from 225 to 275
VINDICATOR’S AXE
Attack Speed bonus increased from +25 to +30
Vengeance Armor bonus when the hero is stunned increased from 15 to 20
ASCETIC’S CAP
Endurance Cooldown decreased from 30s to 25s
Endurance Duration increased from 3s to 4s
HAVOC HAMMER
Strength bonus increased from +14 to +16
Damage bonus increased from +14 to +16
STORMCRAFTER
Movement Speed bonus increased from +25 to +30
Bottled Lightning Slow Duration increased from 0.3s to 0.4s
TELESCOPE
Attack and Cast Range bonus increased from +100 to +125
HERO UPDATES
ALCHEMIST
Base Movement Speed reduced from 305 to 300
ACID SPRAY
Radius decreased from 475/525/575/625 to 400/475/550/625
Armor reduction reduced from 4/5/6/7 to 3/4/5/6
ANCIENT APPARITION
COLD FEET
Cooldown increased from 12/11/10/9s to 15/13/11/9s
BATRIDER
Strength gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2
STICKY NAPALM
No longer amplifies the damage of Blood Grenade
FIREFLY
Damage per second increased from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120
Mana Cost decreased from 125 to 100
FLAMING LASSO
Mana Cost decreased from 150/175/200 to 125/150/175
BEASTMASTER
Base Strength increased from 23 to 25
CALL OF THE WILD BOAR
Mana Cost decreased from 60/65/70/75 to 60
BRISTLEBACK
BRISTLEBACK
Damage Threshold increased from 200 to 225
WARPATH
Max Stacks increased from 6/8/10 to 8/10/12
Damage per stack decreased from 20/25/30 to 15/20/25
Movement Speed per stack decreased from 3/4/5% to 2/3/4%
BROODMOTHER
Base Damage increased by 3
Base Attack Range increased from 150 to 175
Strength gain increased from 2.0 to 2.3
INSATIABLE HUNGER
Base Attack Damage Bonus increased from 30/40/50/60% to 40/50/60/70%
SPIN WEB
Radius increased from 900 to 1200
SPAWN SPIDERLINGS
Mana Cost decreased from 120 to 100
CHEN
Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23
PENITENCE
Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 25/50/75/100 to 20/40/60/80
CLINKZ
Base Agility increased from 22 to 25
Base Intelligence increased from 18 to 21
TAR BOMB
Projectile Speed increased from 1500 to 2000
Radius increased from 275 to 325
DEATH PACT
Bonus Health increased from 125/200/275/350 to 175/250/325/400
CLOCKWERK
Base Strength increased from 26 to 27
POWER COGS
Mana Cost decreased from 80 to 70
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent Power Cogs Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s
DARK SEER
SURGE
Cooldown increased from 18/15/12/9s to 21/17/13/9s
DAZZLE
Base Mana Regen increased by 0.3
SHALLOW GRAVE
Mana Cost decreased from 120/130/140/150 to 100/110/120/130
ENIGMA
MALEFICE
Mana Cost decreased from 100/120/140/160 to 100/110/120/130
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Malefice Instance Damage increased from +30 to +35
LEGION COMMANDER
DUEL
Cooldown increased from 50s to 60/55/50s
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent +75 Overwhelming Odds Damage reduced to +60
Level 15 Talent +40 Press the Attack HP Regen reduced to +30
MAGNUS
Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.1
Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.0
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +5 to +6
MARCI
Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.2
DISPOSE
Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75/80/85/90
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent Rebound Stun Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.75s
MEDUSA
Base Intelligence increased from 23 to 27
SPLIT SHOT
Outgoing Damage increased from 45/55/65/75% to 55/65/75/85%
MYSTIC SNAKE
Main Gain increased from 11/14/17/20% to 16/18/20/22%
MANA SHIELD
Damage Per Mana increased from 2/2.3/2.6/2.9/3.2 to 2/2.5/3/3.5/4
Illusions now benefit from Mana Shield
MEEPO
MEGAMEEPO
No longer pulls Meepos out of Duel Black Hole and Chronosphere
MUERTA
Base Agility decreased from 22 to 20
Agility gain decreased from 3.0 to 2.7
OMNIKNIGHT
HEAVENLY GRACE
Base Strength bonus decreased from 8/16/24/32 to 7/14/21/28
ORACLE
FATE’S EDICT
Mana Cost increased from 50 to 80/90/100/110
RAIN OF DESTINY
Heal Amplification decreased from 25% to 20%
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Purifying Flames Cooldown Reduction decreased from 1.25s to 1s
PANGOLIER
Base Strength increased from 17 to 19
SWASHBUCKLE
Mana Cost decreased from 75/80/85/90 to 75
ROLLING THUNDER
Mana Cost decreased from 100/150/200 to 100/125/150
PHANTOM LANCER
Base Movement Speed decreased by 5
Agility gain decreased from 3.2 to 2.8
SPIRIT LANCE
Damage decreased from 100/160/220/280 to 70/140/210/280
DOPPELGANGER
Cooldown increased from 19/16/13/10s to 22/18/14/10s
RIKI
SMOKE SCREEN
Aghanim’s Shard Armor Reduction decreased from 7 to 6
BLINK STRIKE
Slow Duration rescaled from 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8s to 0.4s
CLOAK AND DAGGER
Backstab Agility Damage Multiplier decreased from 1.4/1.8/2.2 to 1.2/1.6/2.0
Tormentors are now immune to being backstabbed
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent Smoke Screen Radius decreased from +60 to +50
Level 15 Talent Smoke Screen Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s
Level 15 Talent Tricks of the Trade Agility Increase decreased from +50% to +40%
Level 20 Talent Backstab Multiplier decreased from +0.5 to +0.4
SILENCER
ARCANE CURSE
Radius rescaled from 340/360/380/400 to 350
SNAPFIRE
Base Strength increased from 20 to 21
FIRESNAP COOKIE
Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 85/90/95/100
SPIRIT BREAKER
CHARGE OF DARKNESS
Charge Bonus Speed increased from 300/325/350/375 to 325/350/375/400
NETHER STRIKE
Bonus Damage increased from 125/200/275 to 150/225/300
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent Greater Bash Chance increased from +13% to +17%
TIMBERSAW
Strength gain increased from 2.9 to 3.2
Agility gain increased from 1.0 to 1.3
UNDERLORD
ATROPHY AURA
Damage Reduction rescaled from 5/15/25/35% to 6/14/22/30%
FIEND’S GATE
Channel Time increased from 3s to 3.5s
VENGEFUL SPIRIT
Base Strength increased from 19 + 2.0 to 20 + 2.1
Base Agility increased from 20 + 2.0 to 21 + 2.1
MAGIC MISSILE
Mana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/95/100/105
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Wave of Terror Armor increased from -2 to -3
VENOMANCER
NOXIOUS PLAGUE
Max HP as Damage decreased from 5/6/7% to 4/5/6%
POISON NOVA
Magic Resist Reduction decreased from 30% to 20%
VISAGE
SOUL ASSUMPTION
Mana Cost decreased from 125 to 110
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent Soul Assumption Damage Per Charge increased from +20 to +25
VOID SPIRIT
Base Movement Speed decreased from 295 to 290
RESONANT PULSE
Damage decreased from 70/120/170/220 to 60/110/160/210