Version 6.70

New

 * Added new heroes:

Balance changes
Abaddon
 * Frostmourne bonus movement speed increased from 10 to 15%

Anti-Mage
 * Spell Shield magic reduction from 15/25/35/45 to 26/34/42/50%

Axe
 * Berserker's Call bonus armor from 5/10/15/20 to a constant 30

Bane
 * Reduced Fiend's Grip cooldown from 120 to 100

Bounty Hunter
 * Increased Track's movement bonus aoe from 800 to 900
 * Increased armor by 2

Brewmaster
 * Drunken Brawler Crit chance increased from 5/10/15/20 to 10/15/20/25%
 * Drunken Brawler Evasion chance increased from 6/12/18/24 to 10/15/20/25%

Centaur Warrunner
 * Hoof Stomp stun duration from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75 to 2.0/2.25/2.5/2.75

Chen
 * Persuasion cooldown from 30 to 30/26/22/18

Dazzle
 * Shadow Wave damage aoe increased from 155 to 170

Death Prophet
 * Increased base damage by 5
 * Removed healing cap (was 1000) on Exorcism
 * Strength gain from 1.8 to 2.2

Doom 
 * Scorched Earth damage and health regeneration reduced from 15/20/25/30 to 12/16/20/24

Invoker
 * Sun Strike kills now give XP to Invoker

Jakiro
 * Rebalanced base damage from 42*54 to 46*54

Juggernaut
 * Healing Ward movement speed increased from 150 to 300
 * Banished units are no longer immune to Blade Fury

Keeper of the Light
 * Blinding Light's cast range increased from 600 to 900

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 * Split Earth damage increased from 70/140/210/290 to 120/180/240/300
 * Lightning Storm cooldown reduced from 6 to 5.5
 * Diabolic Edict no longer uses cast point

Lich
 * Dark Ritual cooldown reduced from 55/50/45/40 to 30/27/24/21
 * Frost Armor mana cost increased from 25 to 50
 * Frost Armor armor reduced from 3/6/9/12 to 3/5/7/9
 * Frost Nova primary target damage increased from 50/100/125/175 to 50/100/150/200

Lifestealer
 * Open Wounds team life steal increased from 10/15/20/25% to 15/20/25/30%

Lycan
 * Shapeshift form critical strike improved from 1.5 to 1.7x
 * Wolves critical strike improved from 1.5 to 1.7x

Meepo
 * Poof cooldown decreased from 16/14/12/10 to 14/12/10/8

Naga Siren
 * Base damage increased by 5

Nature's Prophet
 * Improved base attack damage by 6

Omniknight
 * Degen Aura now also reduces attack speed (same values as the movement speed reduction)

Phantom Assassin
 * Blur evasion increased from 15/20/25/30% to 20/25/30/35%

Puck
 * Waning Rift cooldown from 20 to 16

Razor
 * Eye of the Storm can now target Ancients (not roshan)
 * Eye of the Storm no longer ignores magic immune units

Sand King
 * Strength gain from 2.3 to 2.6
 * Caustic Finale buff duration from 0.25 to 2 seconds

Shadow Shaman
 * Ether Shock cooldown from 10 to 8

Silencer
 * Increased Glaives of Wisdom damage from 15/30/45/60 to 30/40/50/60
 * Glaives of Wisdom cooldown from 3/2/1/0 to 2/0/0/0
 * Rebalanced cooldown on Curse of the Silent from 14 to 20/18/16/14

Slardar
 * Increased agility gain from 1.9 to 2.4
 * Increased base armor from 4 to 5

Slark
 * Adjusted the timing on Dark Pact. Instead of starting after 2 seconds and pulsing (damage and buff removal) over 0.5 seconds, it now starts after 1.5 seconds and pulses over 1 second. Same overall damage but now has a longer duration for the buff removal period.
 * Dark Pact self damage is now dealt to himself as he deals it to the area around him instead of at cast time

Spectre Old:
 * Reworked Dispersion:
 * Damage is split amongst the number of heroes in the area.
 * 10/14/18/22% of damage taken is reflected
 * 1000 AoE

New:
 * Damage reflected decreases based on how far heroes are from you. Full damage at 300 range then decreases gradually till 1000 distance away.
 * 10/14/18/22% of damage taken is reflected

Storm Spirit
 * Intelligence growth increased from 2.2 to 2.6

Templar Assassin
 * Base damage increased from 45*55 to 53*59

Disruptor
 * Thunderstrike mana cost increased from 100/110/120/130 to 130

Tiny
 * Grow bonus movement speed increased from 10 to 20 per level

Treant Protector
 * Living Armor regeneration from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5

Undying
 * Decay damage from 30/60/90/120 to 40/80/120/160

Warlock
 * Fatal Bonds damage from 15 to 20%

Weaver
 * Minor increase to visibility around The Swarm units when they are attached to someone

Zeus
 * Lightning Bolt cooldown from 7 to 6.5

Balance changes
Blade Mail
 * Cooldown from 25 to 22

Bloodstone
 * Mana regeneration increased from 150 to 200%
 * HP regeneration increased from 6 to 8

Chainmail
 * Added to sideshop

Cloak
 * Cost increased from 500 to 550 gold

Crystalys
 * Chance to land a Critical Strike increased from 10 to 15%

Morbid Mask
 * Lifesteal increased from 10 to 15%

Necronomicon
 * Bonus strength increased from 6/10/14 to 8/12/16
 * Manaburn cooldown reduced to 20 seconds

Orb of Venom
 * Cost reduced from 550 to 500

Orchid Malevolence
 * Cooldown reduced from 25 to 18

Pipe of Insight
 * Recipe cost reduced from 1000 to 900

Quelling Blade
 * Cooldown reduced from 10 to 5 seconds

Soul Booster
 * Mana increased regeneration from 50 to 100%
 * HP increased regeneration from 2 to 4

General

 * Added a new loadscreen by Kunkka
 * Reworked Tavern Layout
 * Added a 4 minute cooldown to Buyback
 * Updated hero icon representation on the minimap (364977)
 * Creep vision decreased from 1100 to 850
 * Consumable Items no longer automatically fuse with ones you don't own (except for wards)
 * You can now have a courier carry 2 seperate TP scrolls for different players
 * Added Gyro, Weaver, Clinkz and Ancient Apparition to CM
 * Fixed default selection order for Necronomicon (Manaburn unit first)
 * Fixed default selection order for Panda's Split Earth units (Earth -> Storm -> Fire)
 * Added a new model for Furion
 * Restored Lina's old projectile
 * Added various Christmas themed visuals
 * Added Santa hats for couriers, roshan and aegis holder
 * Replaced Cheese with candy cane (appears on your hero visually as well)
 * Ironwood branch model to christmas present
 * Secret Shop is now Santa
 * Added some other misc christmas doodads
 * Added a visual effect for Furion's Aghanim Scepter
 * Added an Aghanim visual effect for Chen
 * Minor increase to Metamorphosis model size
 * Removed Courier Upgrade button from courier
 * Fixed Flying shadow for Obsidian Destroyer, Visage and Viper (182678)
 * Improved Double Edge visual effect (323845)
 * Added an ally only visual effect for a hero carrying Gem (371567)
 * Added a -bounty command to see the total gold gain by Track
 * Improved the quality of the following item icons: Mjollnir, Platemail, Chainmail, Helm of the Dominator, Boots of Travel, Blademail, Assault Cuirass, Monkey King Bar, Sentry Wards, Diffusal Blade, Guinsoo and Desolator (280720)
 * Added a new icon for level 2 Diffusal Blade (366531)
 * Added a new icon for Skeleton King's Critical Strike (146417)
 * Improved the quality of the following ability icons: Surge and Naga Siren's Mirror Image (280720)
 * Added a new icon for Empower (206290)
 * Added a new icon for Skewer (206290)
 * Added a new icon for Reverse Polarity (206290)

Bugs

 * Fixed Armlet triggering Last Word
 * Fixed Deafening Blast status icon
 * Fixed Rupture status buff icon sometimes lingering on you after you respawn (visual only)
 * Fixed a recent bug that caused Death Prophet's Ghosts to behave incorrectly with Stout Shield based items.
 * Fixed rare cases where omnislash wouldn't ministun the target
 * Fixed a bug with the interaction of Call Down and Nether Blast
 * Fixed The Swarm units sometimes falling off the target
 * Fixed multiple Quelling Blade stacking bug
 * Fixed some silences not properly disabling Silencer's Last Word
 * Fixed a bug with Frostmourne bonus being given to attack attempts by the enemy heroes
 * Fixed Split Shot dispelling Curse of the Silent
 * Fixed a possible fatal error with Static Link when targeting ground in some areas
 * Fixed Aghanim Echoslam cooldown not appearing on scoreboard