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Version

Description

7.35

• Brain Sap
  • Increased damage from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300.
  • Rescaled mana cost from 100/120/140/160 to 120/130/140/150.
• Increased Nightmare cast range from 425/500/575/650 to 500/550/600/650.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Now also reduces Brain Sap cooldown by 3.

7.34c

• Increased base attack damage from (-3)‒3 to (-1)‒5.
• Reduced Enfeeble mana cost from 120/135/150/165 to 120 on each level.

7.34

• Brain Sap now pierces debuff immunity.
• Nightmare
  • Affected units are now not awakened by any incoming damage and damage instance from Bane.
  • Now grants 15/25/35/45 self attack speed bonus against affected units.
• Fiend's Grip now removes Nightmare debuff from the targeted enemy.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  -2s Brain Sap cooldown to -3s.

  LVL 25

   

  +200 Brain Sap damage/heal increased to +250.

7.33c

• Reduced base attack damage from 4‒10 to (-3)‒3.

7.33

• Bane no longer has Intelligence as a primary attribute and is now a Universal hero.
• Reduced base health from 200 to 120.
• Reduced base attack damage from 33‒39 to 4‒10.
• Enfeeble
  • No longer reduces health restoration by 45%/50%/55%/60%.
  • Now deals 12/18/24/30 pure damage per second. [?]
  • Increased attack damage reduction from 45%/50%/55%/60% to 55%/60%/65%/70%.
  • Rescaled duration from 8/9/10/11 to 9 on each level.
  • Increased mana cost from 40/50/60/70 to 120/135/150/165.
• Brain Sap now pierces Debuff Immunity.
• Nightmare
  • No longer deals 5/15/25/35 damage per second.
  • Reduced duration from 4/5/6/7 to 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5.
  • Reduced mana cost from 165 on each level to 120/130/140/150.
• Reduced Fiend's Grip max channel time from 5/5.5/6 to 4.75/5.25/5.75.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  Nightmare damage self heals ➜ -2s Brain Sap cooldown.

  LVL 15

   

  -3s Brain Sap cooldown ➜ +13 Enfeeble damage per second.

  LVL 25

   

  +5.5s Fiend's Grip duration reduced to +3s.

7.32e

• Increased base strength from 22 to 23.
• Increased base agility from 22 to 23.
• Increased base intelligence from 22 to 23.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Increased Brain Sap secondary damage as heal from 25% to 30%.

7.32

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +12% magic resistance ➜ +20% Enfeeble cast range reduction.

  LVL 10

   

  +5 armor ➜  Nightmare damage self heals. [?]

7.31c

• Reduced Fiend's Grip max channel time from 6 on each level to 5/5.5/6.

7.31

• Enfeeble
  • No longer increases cast time by 30%.
  • Now reduces cast range by 30%.
• Reduced Fiend's Grip damage per second from 80/120/160 to 70/110/150.
• Aghanim's Scepter
  • U
    Reduced Fiend's Grip illusion damage taken from 700% to 200%.

• Talents:
• LVL 25

   

  +150 Brain Sap damage/heal increased to +200.

7.30e

• Reduced base attack damage from 35‒41 to 33‒39.
• Increased Nightmare cooldown from 22/19/16/13 to 24/21/18/15.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +6 armor reduced to +5.

7.30d

• Rescaled Nightmare damage per second from 15/20/25/30 to 5/15/25/35.
• Increased Brain Sap cooldown from 14/13/12/11 to 17/15/13/11.

7.30c

• Reduced strength gain from 2.6 to 2.5.
• Reduced agility gain from 2.6 to 2.5.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.6 to 2.5.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +15% magic resistance reduced to +12%.

  LVL 25

   

  +5.5s Fiend's Grip duration reduced to +5s.

7.30

• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
• Brain Sap
  • Increased cast range from 600 to 625.
  • Reduced mana cost from 120/140/160/180 to 100/120/140/160.
• Nightmare now also deals 15/20/25/30 pure damage per second to enemy targets.
• Reduced Fiend's Grip cast point from 0.4 to 0.2.

7.29

• Reduced Brain Sap cast backswing from 0.84 to 0.5.
• Enfeeble
  • Reduced cast range from 1100 on each level to 800/900/1000/1100.
  • Increased attack damage reduction from 25%/35%/45%/55% to 45%/50%/55%/60%.
  • Increased health restoration reduction from 25%/35%/45%/55% to 45%/50%/55%/60%.
  • Increased duration from 8 on each level to 8/9/10/11.
  • Rescaled cooldown from 20/16/12/8 to 28/21/14/7.
• Reworked
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Old
    Brain Sap
    • Ability damage now pierces spell immunity.
    • Reduces cooldown to 1.5.
  • New
    Fiend's Grip
    • Spawns illusions that channel it on the same target along with Bane, the illusions die immediately when interrupted.
    • Bane and the channeling illusions have to be interrupted to cancel the ability.
    • Increased number of illusions from 1 to 2.
    • Reduced illusion damage taken from 750% to 700%.
• Reworked
  Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Moved
    Fiend's Grip illusion channeling component to Ability Upgrade.
  • New
    Brain Sap
    • Adds a 550 radius to the ability, affecting all enemies around the primary target.
    • Secondary targets heal Bane for 25% of the damage.
• Added
  Attribute Bonus.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +100 cast range ➜ +5% Fiend's Grip max mana drain.

  LVL 15

   

  +12% spell damage amplification ➜ -3s Brain Sap cooldown.

7.28

• Increased night vision from 800 to 1200.
• Reworked
  Enfeeble.
  • Moved
    to the first ability slot.
  • No changes to Legacy Keys. [?]

Old

Enfeeble

Causes Bane's spells to apply a debuff on the target enemy, reducing their magic and status resistance.

Status resistance reduction: 15%/20%/25%/30%

Magic resistance reduction: 4%/8%/12%/16%

Duration: 8

Notes: Passive ability. Can be dispelled. Enfeeble's buff is placed before the triggering spell applies its effects, so that the spell is affected right away. The debuff doesn't stack.

New

Enfeeble

Lowers the enemy's total attack damage, cast speed, and regeneration.

Cast time: 0.2

Cast range: 1100

Attack damage reduction: 25%/35%/45%/55%

Health restoration reduction: 25%/35%/45%/55%

Cast time increase: 30%

Duration: 8

Mana cost: 40/50/60/70

Cooldown: 20/16/12/8

Notes: Active ability. Does not pierce spell immunity. The buff is dispellable with any dispel.

• Brain Sap
  • Changed
    damage type from Magical to Pure.
  • Reduced cast point from 0.4 to 0.2.
  • Reduced damage/heal from 100/200/300/400 to 75/150/225/300.
• Moved
  Nightmare to the third ability slot.
  • No changes to Legacy Keys. [?]
• Fiend's Grip
  • Changed
    damage type from Magical to Pure.
  • Reduced damage per second from 100/155/215 to 80/120/160.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • No longer reduces Brain Sap cast point to 0.2.
• Added
  Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Bane:
  • Fiend's Grip
    • Spawns an illusion that channels it on the same target along with Bane, the illusion takes 750% incoming damage and dies immediately when interrupted.
    • Both Bane and the channeling illusion have to be interrupted to cancel the ability.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +125 cast range reduced to +100.

  LVL 15

   

  +9% spell damage amplification increased to +12%.

  LVL 25

   

  +200 Brain Sap damage/heal reduced to +150.

7.27d

• Increased Brain Sap mana cost from 110/130/150/170 to 120/140/160/180.

7.27b

• Reduced base strength from 23 to 22.
• Reduced base agility from 23 to 22.
• Reduced base intelligence from 23 to 22.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +7% spell damage amplification increased to +9%.

  LVL 20

   

  +40 movement speed reduced to +30.

7.26c

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +75 cast range ➜ +15% magic resistance.

  LVL 10

   

  +15% magic resistance ➜ +125 cast range.

  LVL 15

   

  +6% spell damage amplification increased to +7%.

  LVL 20

   

  15% spell lifesteal ➜ -3s Nightmare cooldown.

7.26b

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +100 cast range reduced to +75.

  LVL 10

   

  +7 armor reduced to +6.

  LVL 15

   

  +20% magic resistance reduced to +15%.

  LVL 15

   

  +8% spell damage amplification reduced to +6%.

  LVL 20

   

  +50 movement speed reduced to +40.

  LVL 20

   

  20% spell lifesteal reduced to 15%.

  LVL 25

   

  +7s Fiend's Grip duration reduced to +5.5s.

  LVL 25

   

  +250 Brain Sap damage/heal reduced to +200.

7.23e

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +35% experience gain ➜ +20% magic resistance.

7.23c

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +40% experience gain reduced to +35%.

7.23

• Nightmare
  • Moved
    to the first ability slot.
  • Changed
    Legacy Key from T to E.
• Reworked
  Enfeeble
  • Moved
    to the third ability slot.
  • Changed
    Legacy Key from E to T.

Old

Enfeeble

Lower's the target's status resistance and attack speed.

Cast range: 1000

Status resistance reduction: 36%/44%/52%/60%

Attack speed reduction: 50/75/100/125

Duration: 8

Mana cost: 50/75/100/125

Cooldown: 12/10/8/6

New

Enfeeble

Causes Bane's spells to apply a debuff on the target enemy, reducing their magic and status resistance.

Status resistance reduction: 15%/20%/25%/30%

Magic resistance reduction: 4%/8%/12%/16%

Duration: 8

Notes: Passive ability. Can be dispelled. Enfeeble's buff is placed before the triggering spell applies its effects, so that the spell is affected right away. The debuff doesn't stack.

• Brain Sap
  • The heal amount is now equal to the actual damage dealt to the target, instead of being a fixed value.
  • Changed
    damage type from Pure to Magical.
  • Increased damage/heal from 75/150/225/300 to 100/200/300/400.
• Fiend's Grip damage now pierces spell immunity. [?]

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  Enfeeble steals attack speed ➜ +8% spell damage amplification.

  LVL 20

   

  +125 Enfeeble attack speed slow ➜ 20% spell lifesteal.

7.22

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Now also reduces Brain Sap cast point to 0.2.

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +100 Enfeeble attack speed slow increased to +125.

7.21b

• Increased strength gain from 2.4 to 2.6.
• Increased agility gain from 2.4 to 2.6.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.8 to 2.6.

7.21

• Increased intelligence gain from 2.4 to 2.8.
• Reduced base movement speed from 310 to 305.
• Enfeeble
  • Increased attack speed slow from 40/60/80/100 to 50/75/100/125.
  • Reduced mana cost from 70/90/110/130 to 50/75/100/125.
• Increased Fiend's Grip max channel time from 5 to 6.
• Talents:

Level 10 right talent:.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +6 armor increased to +7.

7.20

• Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
• Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
• Reworked
  Enfeeble.

Old

Enfeeble

Weakens an enemy unit, reducing its physical damage.

Cast range: 1000

Attack damage reduction: 30/60/90/120

Duration: 8/12/16/20

Mana cost: 95

Cooldown: 8

New

Enfeeble

Lowers the target's the target's status resistance and attack speed.

Cast range: 1000

Status resistance reduction: 36%/44%/52%/60%

Attack speed reduction: 40/60/80/100

Duration: 8

Mana cost: 70/90/110/130

Cooldown: 12/10/8/6

Notes: Can be dispelled. When refreshing the debuff on a target, it gets the duration increased due to the status resistance reduction from the previous cast.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  Enfeeble steals attack damage ➜  Enfeeble steals attack speed. [?]

  LVL 20

   

  +65 movement speed reduced to +50.

  LVL 20

   

  +100 Enfeeble attack damage reduction ➜ +100 Enfeeble attack speed slow.

7.18

• Increased Fiend's Grip cooldown from 100 on each level to 120/110/100.

7.17

• Reduced base attack damage from 37‒43 to 35‒41.
• Increased Brain Sap mana cost from 70/100/130/160 to 90/115/140/165.

7.16

• Reduced Enfeeble duration from 14/16/18/20 to 8/12/16/20.

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +75 movement speed reduced to +65.

7.07d

• Reduced Enfeeble duration from 20 on each level to 14/16/18/20.
• Reduced Brain Sap damage/heal from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300.

7.07c

• Reduced Nightmare cast range from 500/550/600/650 to 425/500/575/650.

7.07b

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  Enfeeble steals attack damage ➜ +100 cast range.

  LVL 15

   

  +150 cast range ➜  Enfeeble steals attack damage. [?]

7.07

• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
• Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
• Enfeeble
  • U
    Can no longer be cast on non-hero units and non-creep-hero units.
  • Reduced cast point from 0.5 to 0.4.
• Reduced Brain Sap cast point from 0.5 to 0.4.
• Nightmare
  • No longer deals 20 pure damage per second to the target.
  • Bane can now attack units affected by Nightmare without them waking up.
  • Reduced cast point from 0.5 to 0.4.
• Reduced Fiend's Grip cast point from 0.5 to 0.4.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +200 mana ➜  Enfeeble steals attack damage. [?]

  LVL 15

   

  +30% experience gain increased to +40%.

  LVL 15

   

  +250 health ➜ +150 cast range.

  LVL 20

   

  +175 cast range ➜ +75 movement speed.

  LVL 20

   

  +90 Enfeeble attack damage reduction increased to +100.

  LVL 25

   

  +200 Brain Sap damage/heal ➜ +7s Fiend's Grip duration.

  LVL 25

   

  +100 movement speed ➜ +250 Brain Sap damage/heal.

7.06f

• Increased base strength from 22 to 23.
• Increased base agility from 22 to 23.
• Increased base intelligence from 22 to 23.
• Reduced Nightmare cast point from 0.5 to 0.4.

7.06

• Increased strength gain from 2.1 to 2.4.
• Increased agility gain from 2.1 to 2.4.
• Increased intelligence gain from 2.1 to 2.4.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
• Increased base mana from 50 to 75.
• Reduced Fiend's Grip damage and mana drain interval from 1 to 0.5. [?]
• Reworked
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Old
    Fiend's Grip
    • While active, applies Nightmare based on its current level onto enemy units attacking Bane.
    • Increases duration to 7.
    • Increases damage to 155/215/270.
    • Increases max mana drain per second to 10%.
  • New
    Brain Sap
    • Ability damage now pierces spell immunity.
    • Reduces cooldown to 1.5.

7.05

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +25% experience gain increased to +30%.

  LVL 20

   

  +75 Enfeeble attack damage reduction increased to +90.

7.03

• Increased base attack damage from 33‒39 to 37‒43.

• Talents:
• LVL 25

   

  +75 movement speed increased to +100.

7.02

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +35 movement speed ➜ +75 Enfeeble attack damage reduction.

  LVL 25

   

  +120 Enfeeble attack damage reduction ➜ +75 movement speed.

7.00

• Removed
  Attribute Bonus.

• added
    Talents:
• +200 mana

    

  +6 armor

  +25% experience gain

    

  +250 health

  +175 cast range

    

  +35 movement speed

  +200 Brain Sap damage/heal

    

  +120 Enfeeble attack damage reduction

6.88

• Reduced Brain Sap cooldown from 14 on each level to 14/13/12/11.

6.87

• Increased base health from 180 to 200.
• Increased base mana from 0 to 50.
• Reduced Enfeeble mana cost from 95/105/115/125 to 95 on each level.
• Nightmare is now dispellable.

6.86c

• Increased Nightmare cooldown from 16/15/14/13 to 22/19/16/13.

6.86

• Increased base health from 150 to 180.
• Reduced base movement speed from 315 to 310.

6.85

• Reduced Enfeeble cooldown from 10 to 8.
• Reduced Brain Sap mana cost from 100/125/150/175 to 70/100/130/160.
• Fixed Fiend's Grip sometimes not granting True Sight over the target properly.

6.84

• Reduced Brain Sap mana cost from 125/150/175/200 to 100/125/150/175.
• Nightmare now causes the target enemy to no longer provide vision.
• Nightmare End now wakes up every unit put asleep by Bane.

6.83

• Rescaled Nightmare cooldown from 15 to 16/15/14/13.

6.82

• Changed
  Nightmare damage type from HP Removal to Pure.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Now also causes any enemy hero attacking Bane while channeling Fiend's Grip to be afflicted by the current level of Nightmare.

6.76c

• Fixed Enfeeble being permanent on the enemy in certain situations.

6.76

• Reduced Enfeeble cooldown from 12 to 10.
• Added
  the Nightmare End sub-ability.
  • Which allows Bane to wake himself up from Nightmare.
  • Replaces Nightmare until there is no Nightmare debuff from Bane active.

6.75

• Enfeeble
  • Can no longer be dispelled.
  • Increased attack damage reduction from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Fiend's Grip duration from 6 to 7.

6.73

• Increased base strength from 18 to 22.
• Increased base agility from 18 to 22.
• Increased base intelligence from 18 to 22.
• Increased base movement speed from 305 to 315.

6.72d

• Reduced Enfeeble mana cost from 125 on each level to 95/105/115/125.

6.72

• Enfeeble
  • Now reduces a fixed of 25/50/75/100 bonus attack damage, instead of 40%/60%/80%/100% of main attack damage.
  • Reduced cooldown from 15 to 12.
• Reduced Brain Sap cooldown from 16 to 14.
• Fiend's Grip now gives shared vision of the target.

6.71

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Now also increases Fiend's Grip duration to 6.

6.70

• Added
  new Bound Radius mechanic. [?]
  • Bane has the DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO hull size. [?]
  • This unit has a 27-radius collision size and a 24-radius bound radius respectively.
• Reduced Fiend's Grip cooldown from 120 to 100.

6.69

• Rescaled Enfeeble attack damage reduction from 30%/60%/90%/120% to 40%/60%/80%/100%. [?]
• Increased Brain Sap damage/heal from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300.
• Nightmare
  • Fixed not cancelling enemy consumables.
  • Added
    ☐ Disabled Help support.

6.68

• Reduced Brain Sap cooldown from 20 to 16.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Now also increases Fiend's Grip max mana drain per second to 10%.

6.63

• Increased Fiend's Grip mana cost from 100/175/250 to 200/300/400.

6.60

• Increased Enfeeble cast range from 800 to 1000.
• Brain Sap
  • The ability is properly blocked by Spellblock.
  • Fixed ability interactions with Decrepify.
• Added
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Bane:
  • Increases Fiend's Grip damage per second to 155/215/270.

6.58

• Enfeeble no longer reduces health regeneration by 1/2/3/4. [?]
• Reworked
  Fiend's Grip

Old

Fiend's Grip

Uses dark magic to grip a target enemy unit and damage heavily. It cannot move or attack.

Cast range: 625

Damage per second: 100/155/215

Duration: 5

Health and mana cost per second: 40/60/80

Mana cost upon cast: 100/175/250

Cooldown: 120

Notes: The health cost is lethal and can causes a deny. Stops when running out of mana while channeling. Does not end Nightmare when cast on sleeping enemy.

New

Fiend's Grip

Uses dark magic to grip a target enemy unit and damage heavily. It cannot move or attack. Transfers 5% of the target's max mana per second.

Cast range: 625

Damage per second: 100/155/215

Max mana drained per second: 5%

Duration: 5

Mana cost: 100/175/200

Cooldown: 120

Notes: No health/mana cost per second. Ends Nightmare when cast on sleeping enemy.

6.53

• Fixed ability interactions between Berserker's Call and Nightmare.

6.50

• Enfeeble
  • Increased cast range from 500 to 800.
  • Increased attack damage reduction from 20%/40%/60%/80% to 30%/60%/90%/120%.

6.42

• Updated Brain Sap ability animations.

6.36

• Reduced Nightmare cast range from 650 on each level to 500/550/600/650.
• Fiend's Grip now properly stops when running out of mana.

6.30

• Nightmare
  • Now puts attacking units asleep instantly upon attack start, instead of 0.5 seconds after attack start.
  • Now transfers the nightmare to the attacking unit, instead of putting the attacking unit asleep without waking up the attacked unit.
  • Fixed transferred Nightmare's duration being 5/7/9/11, instead of 4/5/6/7.

6.29b

• Increased base movement speed from 297 to 305.
• Fixed being able to cast Brain Sap on allies.

6.29

• Fixed Brain Sap requiring channeling and potentially doing nothing when canceled fast enough.

6.21

• Nightmare
  • Changed
    Nightmare damage type from Pure to HP Removal.

6.20

• Updated Enfeeble ability tooltips.
• Nightmare
  • No longer affects the Courier.
  • Fixed ability not dispeling Salve on affected units.
  • Changed
    damage type from HP Removal to Pure.

6.19b

• Fixed Enfeeble Hotkey.
• Fixed Fiend's Grip ability animations.

6.17

• Updated Nightmare buff descriptions.

6.16

• Fixed Enfeeble being castable on self.
• Fixed Nightmare not canceling consumables.

6.10

• Enfeeble
  • Increased attack damage reduction from 20%/30%/40%/50% to 20%/40%/60%/80%.
  • Reduced duration from 40 to 20.
  • Reduced cooldown from 20 to 15.

6.11

• Fixed ability interactions between invulnerability sources (e.g. Nightmare) and Reincarnation.

6.07

• Increased attack range from 300 to 400.

6.04

• Fixed the following abilities' Hotkey:
  • Enfeeble
  • Brain Sap
  • Nightmare
  • Fiend's Grip

6.03

• Updated Fiend's Grip ability tooltip.
  • Added
    CHANNELED notice.

6.00

• Reduced Nightmare mana cost from 175 to 165.

5.76

• Brain Sap
  • Reduced damage/heal from 100/200/300/400 to 75/150/225/300.
• Nightmare
  • Reduced cast range from 800 to 650.
  • Reduced duration from 5/7/9/11 to 4/5/6/7.

5.75

• Created

Patch History

Patch

Description

04 Oct 2023

• Fixed illusions creating sources (e.g. Fiend's Grip) being unable to cycle through its units.

30 Aug 2023

• Increased versus scale from 0.83 to 0.93.
• Increased loadout scale from 0.72 to 0.93
• Added
  new Adjectives attributes. [?]
  • Bane has the following values: BadTeeth 1, Flying 1, Legs 4 and Nose 0.

15 Aug 2023

• Fixed Bane's illusions waking up Nightmared units.

05 Jul 2023

• Updated Enfeeble ability tooltips.

14 Jun 2023

• Fixed ability interactions between Enfeeble and Stifling Dagger.

06 Feb 2023

• Nightmare
  • Updated ability modifiers.
  • Updated ability modifier descriptions.

06 Dec 2022

• Updated Fiend's Grip ability modifiers.

11 Nov 2022

• Updated the following ability backend strings:
  • Nightmare
  • Fiend's Grip

08 Nov 2022

• UPDATE 2
  • Updated Enfeeble ability descriptions.

01 Oct 2022

• UPDATE 2
  • Fixed not being able to use Nightmare End on self.

14 Sep 2022

• Enfeeble
  • Updated ability dispellable tooltips.
  • Updated ability damage type tooltips.
• Updated Brain Sap ability descriptions.
• Updated Fiend's Grip ability tooltips.

29 Jun 2022

• UPDATE 2
  • Updated Fiend's Grip ability tooltips.

26 May 2022

• Fixed ability interactions between usable abilities while channeling (i.e. Nightmare End) and Spell Reflection.
• Fixed not being able to cast Fiend's Grip on target while Echo Shield is on cooldown.

06 May 2022

• Fixed Enfeeble having the wrong cast range values at level 4.

25 Sep 2021

• Updated Nightmare ability tooltips.

18 Aug 2021

• Updated default hero model.

05 Aug 2021

• Removed outdated Brain Sap ability tooltips.

09 Apr 2021

• Updated default hero model.

21 Dec 2020

• Fixed Enfeeble reducing lifesteal twice.

02 Mar 2020

• Added lore text to Enfeeble.

17 Dec 2020

• Updated hero model.
• UPDATE 3
  • Fixed an issue with Fiend's Grip illusion channeling.

19 Nov 2020

• Updated hero model.

17 Aug 2020

• Increased max polygon counts.

14 Aug 2020

• Increased max polygon counts.

25 May 2020

• Updated default model.

21 Apr 2020

• Fixed Brain Sap causing Bane to lose health when cast on Abaddon under Borrowed Time.

03 Feb 2020

• Updated default hero model.

03 Jan 2020

• Nightmare's loop sound now has a maximum duration of 15 seconds.

27 Nov 2018

• UPDATE 2
  • Fixed Enfeeble reducing Bane's status resistance when the Enfeeble Steals Attack Speed talent is chosen.
  • Increased Nightmare sound max loop duration from 8 to 15, accounting for negative status resistance.
  • Updated Fiend's Grip sound to be loopable, accounting for negative status resistance.

22 Aug 2017

• Fixed Nightmare animations.

09 Feb 2017

• Fixed movement speed talent not being correctly updated to 7.02 values.

21 Dec 2016

• UPDATE 2
  • Updated default item build.

22 May 2016

• Fixed Bane losing Nightmare ability when it gets refreshed by another hero.

24 Mar 2016

• Added to the Dota Workshop.
• Added Arcane Rune responses.
• Fixed Nightmare not behaving like stuns with regards to queuing actions for when sleep ends.
• Fixed Echo Shell incorrectly applying the following ability effects through spell immunity:
  • Brain Sap
  • Nightmare

29 Apr 2015

• UPDATE 4 (TEST)
  • Fixed cases where Bane's abilities could appear in the incorrect order.
  • Fixed various bugs with Nightmare End.

20 Nov 2014

• Fixed invulnerability from Nightmare being dispelable.

24 Sep 2014

• UPDATE 2 (TEST)
  • Fixed Nightmare damage not being amplify-able.
  • Fixed Fiend's Grip from sleeping allies.

29 Apr 2014

• Fiend's Grip
  • The ability now properly cancels its channeling if purged in the first interval tick.
  • Fixed Fiend's Grip channeling bar not showing the correct channeling time.

28 Aug 2013

• Fixed recasting a higher level of Enfeeble only refreshing the existing duration without upgrade the stats.

18 Jul 2013

• Fixed Enfeeble backswing behavior.

28 Feb 2013

• UPDATE 3 (TEST)
  • Fixed cast backswing behaviors for the following abilities:
    • Enfeeble
    • Nightmare End
    • Fiend's Grip

19 Dec 2012

• Fixed base damage being too low.

24 Oct 2012

• UPDATE 2 (TEST)
  • Fixed remaining invulnerable for the first second if Bane wakes himself up early with Nightmare End.
  • Fixed Fiend's Grip channeling animation.
  • Fixed not having Attribute Bonus.

25 Jul 2012

• UPDATE 5 (TEST)
  • Fixed abilities with 0 cast point (i.e. Nightmare End) missing its ability effects.

20 Jun 2012

• Fixed Fiend's Grip not ending if Kraken Shell dispels it.

11 Jun 2012

• Fixed Nightmare being castable on spell immune allies.

17 May 2012

• Fixed having 1 more armor than intended.

10 May 2012

• Fixed being unable to Nightmare non-hero units.

26 Apr 2012

• U
  Updated the hero selection portrait.

19 Apr 2012

• U
  Added Haste Rune run animations.
• Fixed Nightmare dispelling on self damage (e.g. Rot).

12 Apr 2012

• Nightmare
  • Fixed ability putting Juggernaut to sleep while Omnislashing.
  • Fixed cleave damage not waking up units affected by Nightmare.
• Fixed Fiend's Grip doing one tick less damage than it should have.

08 Mar 2012

• Added
  to Captain's Mode.
• U
  Added spawn animation.
• Nightmare
  • Fixed the attack timing on when Nightmare gets transferred.
  • Fixed being unable to attack allied heroes affected by Nightmare to transfer the debuff.
  • Fixed ability being able to transfer to Towers and Wards.
• Fixed Enfeeble working on Roshan.

01 Mar 2012

• Added
  Bane.
• Fixed loadout issues.

26 Jan 2012

• UPDATE 2
  • Fixed players being able to play as Bane.

05 May 2011

• Fixed Fiend's Grip not working properly on spell immune units.