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Balance Adjustments and Hero Tweaks

Patch7.20b
Quick Take3 changes

7.20b: Balance adjustments across many heroes.

  • Nerf: Luna (Lunar Blessing reduced, talent changed), Slark (agility steal only on kill, Pounce leash duration down, Shadow Dance cooldown up), Dazzle (Poison Touch manacost increased, Bad Juju duration reduced), Sand King (Sandstorm cooldown increased, mana cost flat), Underlord (Intelligence gain reduced), Lone Druid (Spirit Link attack speed reduced, cooldown increased), Wraith Band (attack speed bonus reduced), Storm Spirit (Electric Vortex duration down, cooldown adjusted, Overload attack speed reduction increased).
  • Buff: Drow (base agility increased, Precision Aura increased), Outworld Devourer (base Int increased, Equilibrium mana restore and slow increased, cooldown reduced), Clinkz (Burning Army base attack time improved, cast range increased), Chaos Knight (Chaos Strike cooldown reduced, Phantasm damage increased), Centaur (Retaliate max stacks increased), Medusa (agility increased, talent improved), Treant Protector (Nature's Guise fade time reduced, damage and movespeed increased), Sven (Warcry shield health increased), Venomancer (Poison Sting slow increased).
  • Fixed: Ember Spirit bug where multiple Fire Remnant instances did not apply damage correctly.

* Luna: Lunar Blessing reduced from 8/14/20/26 to 6/12/18/24
* Luna: Level 15 Talent changed from +14 Lunar Blessing Attributes to +30 Movement Speed

* Slark: Now only steals agility when he kills the enemy himself
* Slark: Pounce leash duration from 3.5 to 2.75/3/3.25/3.5
* Slark: Pounce leash range from 325 to 350
* Slark: Shadow Dance cooldown increased from 60 to 80/70/60
* Slark: Level 20 Talent reduced from +3s Pounce Leash to +2s

* Dazzle: Poison Touch manacost increased from 80/90/100/110 to 80/100/120/140
* Dazzle: Bad Juju debuff duration reduced from 10 to 8

* Sand King: Sandstorm cooldown increased from 34/28/22/16 to 40/32/24/16
* Sand King: Sandstorm manacost rescaled from 60/50/40/30 to 60

* Underlord: Intelligence gain reduced from 2.6 to 2.3

* Lone Druid: Spirit Link attack speed reduced from 30/50/70/90 to 20/40/60/80
* Lone Druid: Spirit Link cooldown from 42/34/26/18 to 44/36/28/20

* Wraith Band: Attack speed bonus reduced from 8 to 7

* Drow: Base agility increased by 4
* Drow: Precision Aura increased from 20/36/52/68% to 20/40/60/80%

* Outworld Devourer: Base Intelligence increased from 24 to 28
* Outworld Devourer: Equilibrium mana restore from 60/80/100/120% to 80/100/120/140%
* Outworld Devourer: Equilibrium slow from 8/16/24/32% to 12/20/28/36%
* Outworld Devourer: Equilibrium cooldown from 20 to 18

* Clinkz: Burning Army base attack time improved from 1.8/1.65/1.5 to 1.65/1.5/1.35
* Clinkz: Burning Army cast range increased from 800 to 1200

* Chaos Knight: Chaos Strike cooldown from 8/7/6/5 to 7/6/5/4
* Chaos Knight: Phantasm damage increased from 40/70/100% to 50/75/100%

* Centaur: Retaliate max stacks increased from 10 to 13

* Ember Spirit: Fixed a bug with multiple Fire Remnant instances not doing damage properly
* Ember Spirit: Sleight of Fist damage increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/70/105/140

* Medusa: Agility increased from 20 + 2.5 to 22 + 3.4
* Medusa: Level 15 Talent increased from +20% Mystic Snake Mana Steal to +35%

* Treant Protector: Nature's Guise fade time reduced from 4.75/4/3.25/2.5 to 4/3.5/3/2.5
* Treant Protector: Nature's Guise total damage increased from 30/80/130/180 to 30/90/150/210
* Treant Protector: Nature's Guise movement speed increased from 10/15/20/25% to 14/18/22/26%

* Storm Spirit: Electric Vortex duration from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6
* Storm Spirit: Electric Vortex cooldown from 21/20/19/18 to 22/20/18/16
* Storm Spirit: Overload attack speed reduction from -50 to -80 (matches movement speed now)

* Sven: Warcry shield health increased from 100/200/300/400 to 110/220/330/440

* Venomancer: Poison Sting slow from 11/12/13/14% to 11/13/15/17%

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