GENERAL UPDATES
Picking up a wisdom rune now also grants experience to the lowest-level hero on the team (if the lowest-level hero picks up the rune, experience goes to the second-lowest-level hero)
Observer Ward experience bounty increased from 50+6/min to 70+8/min
When a stacked camp is killed, the player that did the stacking receives 30% of experience gained (same percentage as gold bounty)
Tormentor Reflect now always affects attacking hero, regardless of distance
Cleared multiple tree paths that led to dead ends and deceptive looking terrain
Heroes bonus attribute points can now be skilled starting at level 6
Universal Heroes damage per attribute increased from 0.6 to 0.7
ITEM UPDATES
Lifesteal from creeps on both Purchasable and Neutral items increased from 50% to 60%
BOOTS OF BEARING
Recipe cost increased from 1500 to 1700
BRACER
Damage bonus increased from 2/4 to 3/6
CRIMSON GUARD
Recipe cost increased from 925 to 1050. Total cost increased from 3600 to 3725
Guard now costs 75 mana to activate
ETERNAL SHROUD
Strength bonus increased from 12 to 14
Shroud now also converts physical damage from spells to mana
FAERIE FIRE
Cost decreased from 70 to 65
PAVISE
Protect now also blocks physical damage from spells
PIPE OF INSIGHT
Health Regen bonus decreased from 8.5 to 6
Magic Resistance bonus decreased from 25% to 20%
Barrier Mana Cost increased from 100 to 150
RING OF HEALTH
Health Regen bonus decreased from 5.25 to 4.75
SENTRY WARD
True Sight Radius increased from 900 to 1000
VANGUARD
Health Regen bonus decreased from +5.5 to +4.75
Damage Block (Melee heroes) decreased from 64 to 56
Damage Block (Ranged heroes) decreased from 32 to 28
NEUTRAL ITEM UPDATES
DUELIST GLOVES
Boldness Attack Speed increased from 15 to 20
Boldness Enemy hero search range increased from 900 to 1200
SEEDS OF SERENITY
Now provides +3 Health Regen bonus
SPARK OF COURAGE
Courage Damage increased from 10 to 18
Courage Armor increased from 5 to 7
TRUSTY SHOVEL
Dig Cooldown decreased from 50s to 40s
DRAGON SCALE
Afterburn Burn Damage increased from 18 to 22
EYE OF THE VIZIER
Mana Regen bonus increased from +0.5 to +1.25
GOSSAMER CAPE
Sixth Sense Cooldown decreased from 5s to 4s
SPECIALIST’S ARRAY
Crackshot now deals 20 bonus damage
Crackshot now prioritizes heroes as secondary targets
VAMBRACE
Primary Attribute bonus decreased from +10 to +8
Other Attributes bonus decreased from +5 to +4
VAMPIRE FANGS
Spell Lifesteal increased from +6% to +10%
DEFIANT SHELL
Armor bonus increased from +5 to +7
ENCHANTED QUIVER
Attack Range bonus increased from +50 to +75
VINDICATOR’S AXE
Attack Speed bonus increased from +30 to +35
ASCETIC’S CAP
Health Regen bonus increased from +15 to +20
Endurance Duration increased from 4s to 5s
HAVOC HAMMER
Havoc Damage Strength multiplier increased from 1x to 1.5x
MARTYR’S PLATE
Magic Resistance bonus increased from +20% to +25%
SPELL PRISM
All Attributes bonus decreased from +8 to +6
STORMCRAFTER
Movement Speed bonus increased from +30 to +35
HERO UPDATES
ABADDON
Base Damage decreased by 7 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
ALCHEMIST
Base Movement Speed decreased from 300 to 295
UNSTABLE CONCOCTION
Cooldown increased from 13s to 15s
GREEVIL’S GREED
Base Bonus Gold decreased from +3 to +2
Extra Bonus Gold decreased from +3 to +2
CHEMICAL RAGE
Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 40/50/60 to 20/40/60
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Damage per Greevil’s Greed stack decreased from +3 to +2
ANCIENT APPARITION
Intelligence gain decreased from 3.4 to 3.1
BANE
Base Damage decreased by 7 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
BATRIDER
Base Damage decreased by 4 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
BEASTMASTER
Base Damage decreased by 9 (Level 1 damage decreased by 3)
CALL OF THE WILD HAWK
Hawk Vision decreased from 750/800/850/900 to 600/700/800/900
BOUNTY HUNTER
Base Health Regen decreased from 1.25 to 0.75
TRACK
Cooldown increased from 4s to 6/5/4s
BREWMASTER
Base Damage decreased by 5 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
BROODMOTHER
Base Damage decreased by 5 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
CHAOS KNIGHT
Base Strength increased from 22 to 24
CHAOS BOLT
Minimum Damage increased from 60/90/120/150 to 90/120/150/180
CHAOS STRIKE
Lifesteal from creeps increased from 50% to 60%
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent Chaos Strike Lifesteal increased from +25% to +30%
Level 15 Talent Phantasm Illusion Incoming Damage Reduction increased from 75% to 100%
CHEN
Base Damage decreased by 5 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
CLOCKWERK
Base Damage decreased by 4 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
Agility gain increased from 1.8 to 2.1
Intelligence gain increased from 1.3 to 1.7
CRYSTAL MAIDEN
CRYSTAL NOVA
Damage decreased from 130/170/210/260 to 110/160/210/260
DARK SEER
Base Damage decreased by 6 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
DARK WILLOW
Base Damage decreased by 4 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
DAWNBREAKER
LUMINOSITY
Healing from creeps increased from 50% to 60%
DAZZLE
Base Damage decreased by 7 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent Attack Speed increased from +30 to +35
Level 20 Talent Poison Touch DPS increased from +45 to +60
DEATH PROPHET
CRYPT SWARM
Damage increased from 85/160/235/310 to 85/165/245/325
SILENCE
Radius increased from 425 to 450
EXORCISM
Duration increased from 35s to 40s
DOOM
DEVOUR
Bonus Gold decreased from 50/100/150/200 to 30/85/140/195
INFERNAL BLADE
Aghanim’s Shard Bonus Damage decreased from 150 to 125
DRAGON KNIGHT
Base Movement Speed increased from 310 to 315
Base Attack Time improved from 1.7s to 1.6s
EARTHSHAKER
FISSURE
Fissure Range increased from 1400 to 1600
ENCHANT TOTEM
Cast Point improved from 0.6s to 0.5s
AFTERSHOCK
Stun Duration increased from 0.9/1.0/1.1/1.2s to 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3s
ECHO SLAM
Echo Damage increased from 70/90/110 to 85/105/125
Radius increased from 600 to 700
Cooldown decreased from 150/130/110s to 130/120/110s
ENIGMA
MIDNIGHT PULSE
Cooldown decreased from 50/45/40/35s to 40/35/30/25s
GYROCOPTER
Base Movement Speed increased from 315 to 320
HOODWINK
ACORN SHOT
Slow Duration increased from 0.35s to 0.45s
Mana Cost decreased from 75/85/95/105 to 70/75/80/85
BUSHWHACK
Damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300
HUSKAR
Base Strength increased from 20 to 23
INVOKER
Base Strength increased from 18 to 19
COLD SNAP
Duration decreased from 3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.5s to 3/3.4/3.8/4.2/4.6/5.0/5.4/5.8s
Freeze Duration increased from 0.3s to 0.4s
TORNADO
Travel Distance increased from 800/1200/1600/2000/2400/2800/3200/3600 to 1500/1800/2100/2400/2700/3000/3300/3600
E.M.P.
Aghanim’s Shard Pull Speed increased from 100 to 175
CHAOS METEOR
Contact Damage increased from 52/71/90/109/128/147/166/185 to 55/80/105/130/155/180/205/220
Burn Damage per second increased from 10/14/18/22/26/30/34/38 to 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45
IO
Base Damage decreased by 3 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
KEEPER OF THE LIGHT
BLINDING LIGHT
Damage decreased from 100/140/180/220 to 85/130/175/220
Radius decreased from 500 to 425/450/475/500
Cast Range rescaled from 500/550/600/650 to 400/500/600/700
Cooldown increased from 22/20/18/16s to 25/22/19/16s
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Chakra Magic Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s
LEGION COMMANDER
Strength gain decreased from 3.3 to 3.1
OVERWHELMING ODDS
Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 65/90/115/140 to 50/80/110/140
PRESS THE ATTACK
Health Regen decreased from 30/40/50/60 to 24/36/48/60
LIFESTEALER
RAGE
Cooldown decreased from 21/20/19/18s to 20/19/18/17s
GHOUL FRENZY
Movement Slow increased from 10/15/20/25% to 15/20/25/30%
INFEST
Cooldown decreased from 100/75/50s to 80/65/50s
LINA
DRAGON SLAVE
Damage increased from 85/160/235/310 to 85/165/245/325
LIGHT STRIKE ARRAY
Damage increased from 100/150/200/250 to 110/160/210/260
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Light Strike Array Damage increased from +130 to +150
Level 15 Talent Health increased from +250 to +275
LION
Base Intelligence increased from 18 to 20
EARTH SPIKE
Cooldown decreased from 12s to 11s
Damage increased from 100/160/220/280 to 105/170/235/300
MANA DRAIN
Aghanim’s Shard Magic Resistance increased from 50% to 80%
LONE DRUID
Base Damage decreased by 3 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
LYCAN
Base Damage decreased by 4 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
MAGNUS
Base Damage decreased by 8 (Level 1 damage decreased by 2)
MARCI
Base Damage decreased by 8 (Level 1 damage decreased by 2)
MARS
SPEAR OF MARS
Cooldown decreased from 15/14/13/12s to 14/13/12/11s
Aghanim’s Shard Damage per second increased from 35 to 40
GOD’S REBUKE
Bonus Damage vs Heroes increased from 5/10/15/20 to 10/15/20/25
MEDUSA
MYSTIC SNAKE
Cooldown increased from 10s to 13/12/11/10s
MANA SHIELD
Level 2 now can be learned on level 1 instead of level 3
Damage per Mana decreased from 2/2.5/3/3.5/4 to 2/2.4/2.8/3.2/3.6
Bonus Mana decreased from 200/225/250/275/300 to 0/50/100/150/200
MIRANA
Base Damage decreased by 11 (Level 1 damage decreased by 4)
NAGA SIREN
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Mirror Image Damage decreased from +13% to +10%
NATURE’S PROPHET
TELEPORTATION
Cooldown decreased from 65/55/45/35s to 60/50/40/30s
Max Stacks increased from 3/6/9/12 to 6/8/10/12
WRATH OF NATURE
Damage increased from 105/145/185 to 120/155/190
NYX ASSASSIN
Base Damage decreased by 6 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent Spell Amplification decreased from +8% to +6%
ORACLE
FORTUNE’S END
Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6s to 18/14/10/6s
FATE’S EDICT
Mana Cost increased from 80/90/100/110 to 95/100/105/110
PANGOLIER
Base Damage decreased by 10 (Level 1 damage decreased by 4)
SWASHBUCKLE
Dash Range decreased from 850 to 550/650/750/850
LUCKY SHOT
Chance increased from 15% to 17%
PHANTOM LANCER
SPIRIT LANCE
Cooldown increased from 7s to 10/9/8/7s
PHOENIX
Base Damage decreased by 5 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
PRIMAL BEAST
Intelligence gain increased from 1.4 to 1.7
UPROAR
Roar Bonus Armor per stack increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5
PULVERIZE
Hit Damage increased from 100/150/200 to 125/175/225
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent Uproar Armor Per Stack increased from +4 to +6
RAZOR
Agility gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8
Base Armor increased by 1
STORM SURGE
Bonus Speed increased from 6/12/18/24% to 10/15/20/25%
RIKI
Base Armor decreased by 1
SMOKE SCREEN
Aghanim’s Shard Armor Reduction decreased from 6 to 5
BLINK STRIKE
Base Charge Restore Time increased from 25/20/15/10s to 25/21/17/13s
SAND KING
Base Damage decreased by 6 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
SHADOW FIEND
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent Shadowraze Damage increased from +100 to +115
SILENCER
GLAIVES OF WISDOM
Mana Cost increased from 15 to 20
SKYWRATH MAGE
Base Intelligence decreased from 25 to 23
SLARK
POUNCE
Aghanim’s Scepter Distance decreased from 1100 to 1000
SNAPFIRE
Base Damage decreased by 4 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
SNIPER
TAKE AIM
Now provides +200 attack range when active
SPIRIT BREAKER
Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.3
CHARGE OF DARKNESS
Mana Cost decreased from 120 to 100
Can no longer target debuff immune enemies without Aghanim’s Scepter
BULLDOZE
Status Resistance increased from 35/45/55/65% to 40/50/60/70%
GREATER BASH
Cooldown decreased from 1.5s to 1.2s
Movement Speed as Damage increased from 15/20/25/30% to 20/25/30/35%
NETHER STRIKE
Cooldown decreased from 90/70/50s to 70/50/30s
TECHIES
Base Damage decreased by 6 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
TEMPLAR ASSASSIN
Base Movement Speed increased from 305 to 310
MELD
Damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 80/130/180/230
TERRORBLADE
SUNDER
Can no longer target debuff immune enemies
TIMBERSAW
Base Damage decreased by 3 (Level 1 damage increased by 3)
UNDERLORD
FIEND’S GATE
Mana Cost increased from 100 to 200
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent Firestorm Radius decreased from +100 to +75
Level 15 Talent Firestorm Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s
VENGEFUL SPIRIT
Base Damage decreased by 3 (Level 1 damage increased by 3)
VENOMANCER
Base Damage decreased by 10 (Level 1 damage decreased by 4)
VISAGE
Base Damage decreased by 3 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
VOID SPIRIT
Base Damage decreased by 11 (Level 1 damage decreased by 5)
AETHER REMNANT
Damage decreased from 80/130/180/230 to 70/120/170/220
RESONANT PULSE
Damage decreased from 60/110/160/210 to 60/105/150/195
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent Mana Regen decreased from +1.75 to +1.5
Level 25 Talent Astral Step Crit decreased from 160% to 140%
WINDRANGER
Base Damage decreased by 6 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
WINTER WYVERN
Base Damage decreased by 2 (Level 1 damage increased by 4)
WRAITH KING
VAMPIRIC SPIRIT
Lifesteal from creeps increased from 50% to 60%
ZEUS
ARC LIGHTNING
Mana Cost decreased from 80/85/90/95 to 75/80/85/90
THUNDERGOD’S WRATH
Damage increased from 300/425/550 to 350/475/600
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent Lightning Bolt Ministun increased from +0.3s to +0.5s
Level 20 Talent Arc Lightning Current Health As Damage increased from +4% to +6%