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Version
Description
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 15
       
      +0.6% Mana Break max mana burned per hit increased to +1%.
      LVL 20
       
      +0.15 Mana Void damage per missing mana increased to +0.2.
  • Increased base armor from 0 to 1.
  • Reduced Mana Void mana cost from 100/200/300 to 100/150/200.
Counterspell Ally
Creates a Counterspell shell around the targeted ally. This shell similarly creates an illusion of Anti-Mage upon reflecting an enemy spell.
Cast range: 600
Shield duration: 1.2
Mana cost: 45
Cooldown: 3
  • Reduced base strength from 21 to 19.
  • Reduced base health from 200 to 120.
  • Increased base health regeneration 0.25 to 0.75.
  • Mana Break
    • Updated ability sound effects, plays different sound effects when the affected target is below 50% max mana.
    • Reduced mana burned per hit from 28/40/52/64 to 25/30/35/40.
    • Increased max mana burned per hit from 1%/1.8%/2.6%/3.4% to 1.6%/2.4%/3.2%/4%.
  • Increased Blink cooldown from 12/10/8/6 to 13.5/11/8.5/6.
  • Reduced attack backswing from 0.6 to 0.3.
  • Mana Void now applies the stun to all affected units within radius.
  • Increased Mana Break movement speed slow on full drain from 10%/20%/30%/40% to 25%/30%/35%/40%.
  • Blink
    • Rescaled max blink distance from 925/1000/1075/1150 to 750/900/1050/1200.
    • Reduced cooldown from 15/12/9/6 to 12/10/8/6.
    • Reduced mana cost from 60 to 45.
  • Reduced Counterspell mana cost from 45/50/55/60 to 45 on each level.
  • Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased strength gain from 1.3 to 1.6.
  • Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
    • Changed
      Blink Fragment from having a fixed 20-second cooldown to having 3 charges with a 25-second replenish time.
  • Reworked
    Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
    • Old
      Blink
      • Increases max blink distance by 300.
      • Reduces cooldown by 2.
    • New
      Counterspell now has two passive outgoing spell damage reduction auras that stacks additvely. [?]
      • The first aura reduces spell damage of enemies within 900 radius by 10%.
      • The second aura reduces spell damage of enemies within 300 radius by 20%.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 10
       
      +15 attack speed  -1s Blink cooldown.
      LVL 15
       
      +8 armor  +0.7s Mana Void stun duration.
      LVL 20
       
      +1s Mana Void stun duration  +250 Blink max distance.
  • Increased base armor from -1 to 0.
  • Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.6.
  • Rescaled Mana Void mana cost from 125/200/275 to 100/200/300.
  • Reworked
    Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
    • Old
      Counterspell
      • Reduces mana cost to 0.
      • Now also creates a controllable illusion upon triggering on unit-targeted abilities next to the enemy that triggers it, and the illusion attacks the enemy automatically.
    • New
      Blink
      • Increases max blink distance by 300.
      • Reduces cooldown by 2.
  • Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
    • Blink Fragment
      • Reduced illusion damage taken from 250% to 200%.
      • Increased illusion damage dealt from 50% to 75%.
  • Added
    Attribute Bonus.
  • Reduced Mana Break max mana burned per hit from 1%/2%/3%/4% to 1%/1.8%/2.6%/3.4%.
  • Reworked
    Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
    • Old
      Mana Void
      • Increases stun duration to 1.3.
      • Applies a debuff on enemy heroes within the area which lasts as long as the stun does. If an enemy dies with this debuff, they get 100 seconds added to the current cooldown of their highest cooldown ability.
    • New
      Grants Anti-Mage the Blink Fragment ability.
Blink Fragment
Casts an illusion at the target enemy or location that lasts for a short duration. The illusion cannot be controlled. Uses Blink's cast range. Casting Counterspell also casts it on this illusion.
Cast time: 0.2
Number of illusions: 1
Illusion damage dealt: 50%
Illusion damage taken: 250%
Illusion duration: 7
Mana cost: 50
Cooldown: 20
Notes: The illusion cannot be controlled, and auto-attacks on its own accord.
  • Added
    Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Anti-Mage:
    • Counterspell
      • Reduces mana cost to 0.
      • Now also creates a controllable illusion upon triggering on unit-targeted abilities next to the enemy triggering the enemy and attacks it automatically.
      • The illusion deals 50% damage, takes 250% damage, and lasts 5 seconds.
  • Reduced agility gain from 3 to 2.8.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 10
       
      +20 attack speed reduced to +15.
      LVL 10
       
      +13 strength reduced to +10.
      LVL 15
       
      +15 agility reduced to +12.
      LVL 15
       
      +400 Blink max distance reduced to +325.
      LVL 20
       
      -2.5s Blink cooldown reduced to -2s.
      LVL 20
       
      25% Blink uncontrollable illusion damage dealt reduced to 10%. [?]
      LVL 25
       
      -50s Mana Void cooldown reduced to -40s.
      LVL 25
       
      +25% Counterspell magic resistance reduced to +20%.
  • Reduced agility gain from 3.2 to 3.
  • Reduced Mana Break max mana burned per hit from 2%/3%/4%/5% to 1%/2%/3%/4%.
  • Added
    Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Anti-Mage:
    • Mana Void
      • Increases stun duration to 1.3.
      • Now applies a debuff on enemy heroes within the area which lasts as long as the stun does. If an enemy dies with this debuff, they get 70 seconds added to the current cooldown of their highest cooldown ability.
  • Increased base agility from 22 to 24.
  • Increased agility gain from 2.8 to 3.2.
  • Counterspell
    • Reduced duration from 1.4 to 1.2.
    • Increased mana cost from 40 on each level to 45/50/55/60.
Old
Spell Shield
Increases Anti-Mage's resistance to magic damage.
Magic resistance bonus: 20%/30%/40%/50%
New
Counterspell
Passively grants magic resistance. Can be activated to create an anti-magic shell around Anti-Mage that sends any targeted spell back towards enemies instead of affecting you.
Magic resistance bonus: 15%/25%/35%/45%
Shell duration: 1.4
Mana cost: 40
Cooldown: 15/11/7/3
Notes: Uses Spell Block and Spell Reflection.
  • Increased Mana Void damage per missing mana from 0.6/0.85/1.1 to 0.8/0.95/1.1.
  • Reduced Mana Break damage per burned mana from 60% to 50%.
  • Increased Blink cooldown from 12/9/7/5 to 15/12/9/6.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 15
       
      -1s Blink cooldown increased to -2s.
      LVL 20
       
      300% Blink uncontrollable illusion damage taken increased to 350%. [?]
  • Increased base health from 180 to 200.
  • Increased base mana from 0 to 50.
  • Increased attack range from 128 to 150.
  • Increased base health from 150 to 180.
  • Reduced Blink max distance from 1000/1075/1150/1150 to 925/1000/1075/1150.
  • Rescaled Mana Void stun duration from 0.1/0.2/0.3 to 0.15 on each level.
  • Mana Void
    • Increased radius from 325 to 450.
    • Added
      a radius target indicator.
  • Reduced base movement speed from 320 to 315.
  • Reduced legs from 2/2/2/2 to 1/1.5/1.8/1.9.
  • Increased Blink cast time from 0.33 to 0.4.
  • Added
    new Bound Radius mechanic. [?]
    • Anti-Mage has the DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO hull size. [?]
    • This unit has a 27-radius collision size and a 24-radius bound radius respectively.
  • Increased Spell Shield magic resistance bonus from 15%/25%/35%/45% to 26%/34%/42%/50%.
  • Increased Mana Break mana burn per hit from 16/32/48/64 to 28/40/52/64.
  • Reduced Mana Void cooldown from 120/100/80 to 70 on each level.
  • Rescaled base strength and gain from 16 + 1.5 to 20 + 1.2.
  • Increased Mana Void radius from 275 to 325.
  • Reduced base strength and gain from 21 + 1.9 to 16 + 1.5.
  • Mana Void
    • Updated ability effects.
    • Fixed ability not dealing the correct damage values.
    • Now also deals damage to all units within 275 radius around the target. [?]
  • Updated Blink ability animations.
  • Reduced Mana Void cooldown from 120 on each level to 120/100/80.
  • Mana Void
    • No longer uses a projectile and now applies the stun instantly. [?]
    • Updated ability effects.
  • Reduced Mana Void mana cost from 175/225/275 to 125/200/275.
  • Updated hero description.
  • Increased base armor from -1 to 0.
  • Fixed some game exploits when Blinking to a Tavern.
  • Reworked
    Spell Shield.
    • Changed
      ability type from Toggle to Passive.
    • No longer reduces attack speed by 20.
    • Reduced magic resistance bonus from 30%/40%/50%/60% to 10%/20%/30%/40%.
  • Fixed Mana Void memory leak issues.
  • Mana Void.
    • Now uses a projectile that travels at 1000 distance per second, and can be disjointed. [?]
    • Updated ability effects.
  • Increased base attack time from 1.45 to 1.7.
  • Reduced base armor from 0 to -1.
  • Increased base movement speed from 310 to 320
  • Spell Shield
    • No longer reduces attack damage by 50%/40%/30%/20% while toggled On.
    • Now reduces attack speed by 20 while toggled On.
  • Mana Void
    • No longer uses a projectile and now applies the stun instantly. [?]
    • Updated ability effects.
  • Spell Shield
    • No longer reduces attack speed by 50/40/30/20 while toggled On.
    • Now reduces attack damage by 50%/40%/30%/20% while toggled On.
  • Reduced Mana Break burned mana as damage from 100% to 60%.
  • Spell Shield no longer grants a 30% chance to deflect 100% magical damage while active on level 1.
  • Reduced night vision from 1800 to 800.
  • Spell Shield
    • Rescaled magic resistance bonus from 30%/40%/50%/60% to 70%/60%/50%/40%.
    • Now grants a chance to deflect magic damage while ability is toggled On.
      • Now has a deflect chance of 30%/0%/0%/0% and deflects 100%/0%/0%/0% magical damage.
Old
Mana Burn
Sends a bolt of negative energy that burn a target enemy unit's mana. Burned mana combusts dealing damage to the target equal to the amount of mana burned.
Cast range: 600
Mana burned as damage: 65/130/195/250
Mana cost: 100
Cooldown: 28/20/12/4
New
Spell Shield
Magina channels a powerful warding magic, damping the negative effects spells. The increased concentration make it harder for him to attack, reducing his attack speed.
Attack speed reduction: 50/40/30/20
Magic resistance bonus: 30%/40%/50%/60%
Mana cost: 25
  • Increased Mana Void damage per missing mana from 0.4/0.75/1.1 to 0.6/0.85/1.1.
Happened between 4.1 and 5.55
  • U
    Moved
    Blink from the third to the second ability slot.
  • U
    Moved
    Spell Shield from the second to the third ability slot.
  • Blink
    • Increased mana cost from from 50 to 70.
    • Increased cooldown from 10/7/5/2 to 10/7/5/3.
  • Increased base health from 100 to 150.
  • Increased Blink cooldown from 10/7/5/2 to 10/7/5/3.
  • Removed
    Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Anti-Mage.
    • No longer increases Mana Void damage per missing mana to 0.75/1.1/1.5 and reduces stun duration to 0.1.
  • Increased Mana Void stun duration from 0.1 on each level to 0.1/0.2/0.3.
  • Increased Mana Burn mana cost from 65/85/85/95 to 60/85/100/115.
  • Increased Mana Void damage per missing mana from 0.33/0.6/1 to 0.4/0.75/1.1.
Old
Spell Shield
Reduces the damage of magic attacks against the Anti-Mage.
Magic resistance bonus: 33%/55%/80%
Attack damage bonus: 10%
New
Mana Void
Creates a powerful void in an enemy unit caused by a lack of mana. For each mana point missing, the unit takes damage.
Damage per missing mana: 0.33/0.6/1
Mini-stun duration: 0.1
Cast range: 600
Projectile speed: 1000
Mana cost: 175/225/275
Cooldown: 120
  • Blink
    • Rescaled mana cost from 50/10/5/1 to 50 on each level.
    • Reduced cooldown from 10/10/7/5 to 10/7/5/2.
Old
Mana Strangle
Paralyzes an enemy for five seconds, and dissipates 25, 35, 45, 55 mana per second based on level. Also deals small amount hit point damage.
Cast range: 550.
Mana burned per second: 25/35/45/55
Damage per second: 8/10/11/12
Strangle duration: 5
New
Mana Burn
Sends a bolt of negative energy hat burn a target enemy units mana. Burned mana combusts dealing damage to the target equal to the amount of mana burned.
Cast Range: 500
Mana burned: 65/130/195/260
Mana burned as damage: 100%
Beam delay: 0.25.
Mana cost 65/85/85/95.
Cooldown: 7
  • Reduced Mana Strangle mana cost from 100 on each level to 80/90/100/100
  • Increased Blink cooldown from 10/10/5/2 to 10/10/7/5.
  • Added
    a 4th level to all basic abilities.
  • Mana Strangle
    • Rescaled mana burn from 25/35/45 to 25/35/45/55.
    • Increased damage from 0.01 to 8/10/11/12
    • Increased mana cost from 75 to 100
    • Reduced cooldown from 30 to 15
  • Rescaled Mana Break mana burned per hit from 20/40/60 to 16/32/48/64.
  • Replaced
    Haste with Blink.
Old
Haste
Increases attack speed and movement speed.
Movement speed bonus: 50%/100%/150%
Attack speed bonus: 20/40/60
Duration: 20
New
Blink
Short distance teleportation that allows one to move in and out of combat.
Minimum distance: 200
Maximum distance: 1000/1075/1175/1150
Mana cost: 50/10/5/1
Cooldown: 10/10/5/2
Old
Spell Shield
Periodically blocks spells cast at the Anti-Mage.
Cooldown: 60/45/30
New
Spell Shield
Reduces the damage of magic attacks against the Anti-Mage.
Magic resistance bonus: 33%/55%/80%
  • Mana Break
    • Reduced mana burned 25/50/75 to 20/40/60.
    • Reduced mana burned as damage from 110%/120%/130% to 100% on each level.
Old
Spell Mantle
Learn Spell Mantle which reduces the damage that spells do to the Anti-mage.
Cast Range: 500
Magical damage absorbed: 100/200/300
Duration: 40
New
Mana Break
Each attack dissipates mana based on spell level.
Mana burned per hit: 25/50/75
Mana burned as damage: 110%/120%/130%
Old
Mana Break
Each attack dissipates mana based on spell level.
Mana burned per hit: 20/40/60
Mana burned as damage: 100%
New
Spell Sheild
Periodically blocks spells cast at the Anti-Mage.
Cooldown: 60/30/0
  • Created

Patch History[]

Patch
Description
  • Increased versus scale from 0.89 to 0.9.
  • Typing Wei in the hero selection now highlights Anti-Mage.
  • Added
    new Adjectives attributes. [?]
    • Anti-Mage has the following values: NicePecs 1, Parent 1, Legs 2 and Nose 1.
  • Updated Blink ability backend strings.
  • Added taunt loadout slot for hero persona.
  • Updated default hero model.
  • Updated default hero model.
  • Blink's ability range indicator now take into consideration of cast range bonuses.
  • Updated default loadout item icons.
    • Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Counterspell
      • Fixed ability description and debuff description to state spell damage instead of magic damage.
      • Renamed
        debuff from Dampen Magic to Spell Weakness.
  • Added Chinese subtitles.
  • Increased max polygon counts.
  • Updated animations and textures.
  • Increased Talent Blink uncontrollable illusion outgoing damage from 10% to 20%.
  • Fixed Counterspell providing double magic resistance when the shield is active.
  • Fixed the illusion from Talent Blink being able to spawn inside Anti-Mage and prevent him from moving.
  • Added Russian voiceover lines.
  • Fixed ability interactions between Time Dilation and abilities that swap index (i.e. Blink).
    • Fixed an issue where loadout of certain cosmetic items would result in an error.
  • U
    Added victory animations.
  • Added teleport start and end animations.
  • Fixed having 1 more armor than intended.
  • Fixed being able to Blink if the hero is rooted after casting ability.
  • U
    Added the following animations:
    • Injured attack animations
    • Injured idle animations
  • U
    Added the following animations:
    • Chase animations
    • Injured animations
  • Blink can now dodge incoming projectiles.
  • Blink now does not allow target locations that have never been previously revealed from Fog of War.
  • Blink
    • Now turns to face the blink direction.
    • No longer able to use ability while rooted.