December 19, 2012 Patch

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Sources

Source: Update Notes - December 19, 2012, Update 2

Patch Notes

Highlights

• Frostivus arrives...and is cancelled by the Greeviling!
• Added Polycount Contest Winner Items (11 new hero sets)
• 6.77 gameplay parity update

Bugs

• Alchemist:
  • Unstable Concoction:
    • Fixed charge time counting when it was released rather than impacted
    • Fixed being dodgeable
• Bane: Fixed base damage being too low
• Centaur Warrunner: Fixed Centaur's Return instantly killing Zombies
• Luna: Fixed Lunar Blessing affecting some non-hero units like Familiars and Spirit Bear
• Spectre: Fixed Desolate not dealing damage to enemy heroes if they are near neutrals
• Timbersaw:
  • Timber Chain sometimes missing trees at max range
  • Fixed different elevations causing an invisible Chakram
  • Adjusted hitbox
  • Fixed Return Chakram proccing Magic Stick
• Warlock: Fixed Golem's Flaming Fists not dealing damage to the primary attack target

General

• Added a toggle option for Chat Message sound
• Fixed day night images being incorrectly rotated
• Updated Timbersaw's recommended items
• Fixed lifetime timer alignment
• Adjusted Chat Message sound level

Parity Update

Heroes

• Ancient Apparition
  • Chilling Touch mana cost rescaled from 140 to 110/120/130/140

• Batrider
  • can no longer attack while using Flaming Lasso

• Bounty Hunter
  • Track no longer reduces armor

• Centaur Warrunner
  • Movement speed decreased from 305 to 300
  • Double Edge no longer interrupts channeling
  • Stampede now applies a 100% slow instead of a stun (as always, units cannot be slowed below 100 movement speed)

• Clockwerk
  • Agility growth increased from 1.2 to 2.3

• Dazzle
  • Shallow Grave cast range rescaled from 400/600/800/1000 to 550/700/850/1000

• Doom
  • Scorched Earth now also affects other units you control
  • 1 more Armor

• Drow Ranger
  • Precision Aura now only affects non-hero units within 900 range of Drow

• Earthshaker
  • Aftershock
    • stun duration rescaled from 0.3/0.7/1.2/1.5 to 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5
    • damage increased from 25/45/75/115 to 50/75/100/125
  • Enchant Totem cooldown decreased from 6 to 5

• Enchantress
  • Untouchable attack speed reduction increased from 20/40/60/80 to 20/50/80/110

• Jakiro
  • Ice Path damage from 100 to 25/50/75/100

• Lycan
  • Base Int increased from 15 to 17
  • Spirit Wolves armor increased by 1

• Magnus
  • Skewer
    • no longer affects magic immune units
    • cast range rescaled from 1200 to 600/800/1000/1200
  • Reverse Polarity duration decreased from 2.5/3.25/4 to 2.25/3/3.75

• Mirana
  • Moonlight Shadow duration increased from 11 to 15 seconds

• Morphling
  • Cast animation time decreased from 0.4 to 0.25

• Necrophos
  • Reaper's Scythe stun/delay increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds

• Omniknight
  • Purification cast range rescaled from 400/500/600/700 to 700

• Puck
  • Illusory Orb cooldown decreased from 13 to 12

• Pugna
  • Decrepify cooldown decreased from 13/11/9/7 to 12/10/8/6

• Shadow Demon
  • Shadow Poison cooldown decreased from 3 to 2.75

• Slark
  • Base agility increased by 6

• Spectre
  • Haunt no longer ends when you use Reality (the targeted illusion is still replaced by you though)

• Sven
  • Great Cleave damage decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65
  • Warcry duration decreased from 8 to 7 seconds

• Templar Assassin
  • Refraction mana cost increased from 75 to 100

• Treant Protector
  • Damage increased by 10
  • Leech Seed cooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12 to 16/14/12/10
  • Overgrowth cooldown decreased from 80 to 70
  • Living Armor
    • damage instances increased from 6 to 7
    • can be cast through the minimap (only considers heroes and towers/rax in this mode)

• Undying
  • Decay damage reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 20/60/100/140

• Vengeful Spirit
  • Wave of Terror damage increased from 18.75/37.5/56.25/75 to 30/50/70/90

• Viper
  • Base strength increased by 3

• Warlock
  • Shadow Word cooldown decreased from 20 to 16

• Weaver
  • Shukuchi damage increased from 90/100/110/120 to 90/110/130/150

• Zeus
  • Strength growth increased from 1.8 to 2.3

Items

• Daedalus
  • Crit multiplier decreased from 2.7 to 2.4
  • Recipe cost decreased from 1200 to 1000

• Crystalys
  • Damage decreased from 35 to 30

• Eye of Skadi
  • HP bonus increased from 200 to 250
  • MP bonus increase from 150 to 250

• Shiva's Guard
  • Freezing Aura's attack speed reduction increased from 25 to 30

Misc

• Harpy Stormcrafter's Chain Lightning mana cost reduced from 90 to 50

Update 2

• Fixed greevil wall-related server crash.
• Death Pact only gives half its bonus if used on greevils.
• Juggernaut can no longer instantly kill greevils with his ultimate.
• Fixed missing chat messages when items drop.