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Version History[]

Version
Description
  • Reduced base health from 200 to 120.
  • Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
    • Reworked
      Void icon Void [?]
      • Old
        Turns into a 900-radius non-targeted ability that affects all enemies around Night Stalker.
      • New
  • U
    Increased Void icon Void mana cost from 80/90/100/110 to 90/100/110/110.
Can be cast on a non-player unit to instantly kill it and restore a portion of Night Stalker's maximum health and mana.
Cast time: 0
Cast range: 150
Max health and mana restore: 25%
Mana cost: 0
Cooldown: 20
Notes: The targeted creep is intsantly killed. Can be cast on neutral creeps (including ancient creeps) and lane creeps (enemy and allies alike), as long as they are player-controlled units.
  • Reduced Strength attribute symbol strength gain from 3.2 to 3.
  • Reduced Void icon Void damage from 90/160/255/335 to 80/160/240/320.
  • Increased Void icon Void Daytime daytime damage from 45/80/127.5/167.5 to 90/180/255/325. [?]
Old
Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear
Night Stalker horrifies the target enemy Hero, causing it to miss attacks and become silenced. The effect lasts longer at night.
Cast range: 500
Day miss chance: 10%
Night miss chance: 50%
Day duration: 3
Night duration: 5/6/7/8
Mana cost: 50
Cooldown: 24/20/16/12
New
Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear
Night Stalker horrifies all nearby enemies, causing them to become silenced while near him. The effect lasts longer at night.
Cast time: 0.2
Radius: 375
Day duration: 3
Night duration: 5/6/7/8
Mana cost: 50
Cooldown: 30/25/20/15
Aura linger duration: 0.5
Notes: Aura-based, so Night Stalker has to stay close to keep enemies silenced.
  • Removed
    Hunter in the Night icon Hunter in the Night active component.
  • Replaced
    Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". with Dark Ascension icon Dark Ascension.
Old
Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)".
Night Stalker smothers the sun and summons instant darkness, so that he might use his powers at their fullest. While Darkness is in effect, enemy heroes, units and wards have their vision range reduced.
Enemy vision reduction: 25%
Aura linger duration: 0.5
Duration: 40
Cooldown: 160/120/80
New
Dark Ascension icon Dark Ascension
Active: Night Stalker smothers the sun and summons instant darkness, so that he might use his powers at their fullest. Night Stalker gains flight and bonus damage during this time. Has 900 range unobstructed vision.
Attack damage bonus: 50/100/150
Vision range: 900
Duration: 30
Mana cost: 125/175/225
Cooldown: 160/140/120
Notes: Turns daytime into nighttime. Grants Flying Vision.
  • Increased Void icon Void cooldown from 8 on each level to 11/10/9/8.
  • Increased Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear cooldown from 12 on each level to 24/20/16/12.
  • Void icon Void no longer stuns during Daytime daytime.
  • Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)".
    • No longer set enemy heroes and creeps' vision to 675.
    • No longer set enemy buildings and wards' vision to 800.
    • Now reduces vision by 25% of all units and wards, except buildings.
  • Reduced Hunter in the Night icon Hunter in the Night flying vision from 1200 to 1000.
  • Increased Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". set enemy buildings' and wards' vision from 675 to 800. [?]
  • Reduced Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". duration from 50 to 40.
Can be activated during night to briefly grant Night Stalker flying movement.
Night flight vision: 1200
Night flight duration: 2
Cooldown: 26/22/18/14
Mana cost: 50
Notes: Also grants Flying Vision while active, but with reduced vision range.
  • 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 Void icon Void Nighttime nighttime slow duration from 4 on each level to 2.5/3/3.5/4.
  • Increased Void icon Void attack speed slow from 35 to 50.
  • Increased base attack damage from 34‒38 to 38‒42.
  • Reduced Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear mana cost from 90 to 50.
  • Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)".
    • Changed
      from reducing all enemy vision by 25% to setting enemy vision to a maximum value of 675. [?]
    • No longer pauses the day-night cycle.
    • Rescaled duration from 40/60/80 to 50 on each level.
    • Reduced cooldown from 180/150/120 to 160/120/80.
  • Increased Hunter in the Night icon Hunter in the Night attack speed bonus from 45/55/65/75 to 45/60/75/90.
  • Increased Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". duration from 25/50/80 to 40/60/80.
  • Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". now also affects the vision of buildings.
  • Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". now causes enemy vision to be reduced by 25%. [?]
  • Increased attack range from 100 to 128.
  • Hunter in the Night icon Hunter in the Night
    • Increased movement speed bonus from 15%/20%/30%/35% to 20%/25%/30%/35%.
    • Increased attack speed bonus from 20/35/55/75 to 30/45/60/75.
  • Void icon Void
    • Updated ability icon.
    • Reduced mana cost from 90/112/130/145 to 80/90/100/110.
  • Updated Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". ability icon.
  • Reduced Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". cooldown from 240/180/125 to 180/150/120.
  • Void icon Void
    • Increased Daytime daytime enemy movement speed slow from 0% to 50%.
    • Increased Daytime daytime enemy attack speed slow from 0 to 35.
    • No changes to the 2-second debuff duration.
  • Updated hero description.
  • Reduced Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". cooldown from 240/210/150 to 240/180/125.
  • Reduced Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". cooldown from 240/210/180 to 240/210/150.
  • Fixed Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear not causing the target to miss.
  • Changed
    Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". ability backend operations.
  • Fixed a rare bug with Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". that caused permanent Nighttime nighttime.
  • Updated hero description.
  • Increased Strength attribute symbol strength gain from 2.7 to 2.8.
  • Reduced Void icon Void mana cost from 90/112/135/160 to 90/112/135/150.
  • Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear
    • Increased hero duration from 5/5/6/6 to 5/6/7/8.
    • Reduced cooldown from 15 to 12.
  • Hunter in the Night icon Hunter in the Night
    • Increased movement speed bonus from 10%/15%/20%/25% to 15%/20%/30%/35%.
    • Increased attack speed bonus from 15/30/45/60 to 20/35/55/75.
  • Reworked
    Darkness icon Darkness.
Old
Darkness icon Darkness
Creates a period of darkness for night stalker to thrive in.
Time: 2 AM/10 PM/6 PM
Mana cost: 140/220/325
Cooldown: 260/160/120
Notes: Directly manipulates the in-game time of day, setting them to specific values.
New
Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)".
Night Stalker smothers the sun and summons instant darkness, so that he might use his powers at their fullest.
Cooldown: 240/210/180
Duration: 25/50/80
Notes: Pauses the day-night cycle and creates a temporary artificial night for a set time. Once the time elapses, the paused day-night cicle resumes from where it was stopped.
  • Increased Void icon Void movement speed slow from 30% to 50%.
  • Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear
    • Rescaled movement speed slow from 10% on each level to 4%/8%/12%/16%
    • Reduced hero duration from 5/6/7/7 to 5/5/6/6.
  • Reduced Strength attribute symbol strength gain from 2.8 to 2.7.
  • Reduced base attack damage from 32‒36 to 24‒28.
  • Void icon Void
    • No longer uses a projectile with a speed of 1000 for the damage. [?]
    • Increased slow duration from 3 to 4.
  • Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear
    • Increased hero duration from 5/6/7/7 to 5/6/7/8.
    • Reduced slow from 20%/35%/15%/65% to 10% on each level.
    • Reduced mana cost from 125/145/165/185 to 125 on each level.
    • Rescaled cooldown 20/15/10/7 to 15 on each level.
  • Fixed cast animations during Daytime daytime. [?]
    • Reduced cast point from 0.9 to 0.5.
    • Reduced cast backswing from 1.17 to 1.1
  • Increased base Agility attribute symbol agility and gain from 17 + 2 to 18 + 2.25.
  • Reduced Hunter in the Night icon Hunter in the Night movement speed bonus from 10%/20%/30%/40% to 10%/15%/20%/25%.
  • Increased Darkness icon Darkness cooldown from 610/590/570 to 910/755/750.
  • Increased base Strength attribute symbol strength and gain from 20 + 2.75 to 21 + 2.8.
  • Increased base health regeneration from 3 to 5.
  • Increased Void icon Void cast range from 400 to 425.
  • Removed
    Vampiric Aura (Skeleton King) icon Thirst for Blood.
  • Moved
    Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear from the fourth to the second ability slot.
    • This is now a basic ability. [?]
    • Reduced miss chance from 20%/40%/60% to 10%/20%/30%/40%.
    • Increased movement speed slow from 15%/25%/35% to 20%/35%/50%/65%.
    • Reduced hero duration from 6/8/10 to 5/6/7/7.
    • Rescaled creep duration from 12/16/20 to 12/16/20/20.
    • Reduced cooldown from 75 to 20/15/10/7.
    • Reduced mana cost from 250/325/400 to 125/145/165/185.
  • Added
    Darkness icon Darkness.
Darkness icon Darkness
Creates a period of darkness for night stalker to thrive in.
Time: 2 AM/10 PM/6 PM
Mana cost: 140/220/325
Cooldown: 260/160/120
Notes: Directly manipulates the in-game time of day, setting them to specific values.
  • Changed Night Stalker minimap icon Night Stalker's base regeneration type from only regenerate at blight to only regenerate at night. [?]
  • Increased base health regeneration from 1 to 3.
  • Reduced Daytime daytime vision from 1800 to 1200.
  • Increased Nighttime nighttime vision from 800 to 1800.
  • Reduced Void icon Void cooldown from 10 to 8.
  • Vampiric Aura (Skeleton King) icon Thirst for Blood
    • Lifesteal now only works during Nighttime nighttime.
    • Increased lifesteal from 7%/12%/21%/28% to 12%/24%/36%/48%.
  • Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear
    • Increased movement speed slow from 15%/25%/35% to 20%/40%/60%.
    • Reduced mana cost from 250/325/400 to 250/290/350.
    • Reduced cooldown from 75 on each level to 20/15/10.
  • Created
    [?]

Patch History[]

Patch
Description
  • Increased versus scale from 0.8 to 0.84.
  • Added
    new Adjectives attributes. [?]
    • Night Stalker minimap icon Night Stalker has the following values: Blue 1, Flying 1, NicePecs 1, Wings 1, Legs 2 and Nose 0.
  • Updated Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". ability descriptions.
  • Fixed +60 Talent Dark Ascension icon Dark Ascension bonus attack damage values to be integers instead of floats.
  • Updated default hero model and animations.
  • Updated default hero model.
  • Updated default hero model and animations.
  • Updated default hero model and animations.
  • Updated default hero model and animations.
  • Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear
    • Removed the 150 spread radius
    • Reduced end sound volume from 0.5 to 0.25.
    • Removed "weapons" mixgroup from the end sound.
  • Increased model scale from 0.74 to 0.84.
  • Fixed Void icon Void not mini-stunning during day time.
    • Fixed ability interactions between Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". and Lunar Blessing icon Lunar Blessing.
  • Night form items will display correctly in loadout once you Keyboard White Mouse Left Left Click the up/down arrow button to change the hero.
    • You can alternate between night and day mode using the button on the HUD or by using the console command in-game.
  • Added to the Dota Workshop.
  • Fixed Fountain Radiant icon Fountain vision malfunctioning with Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)"..
    • Fixed run animation during nights.
    • Fixed unselectable units (i.e. Reflection icon Reflection illusions) not getting their vision reduced by Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)"..
    • Fixed Fog of War visuals not being properly with Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)"..
  • Updated Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". sound and made it global for teammates.
  • Fixed Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". indicator persisting across games.
  • Added Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)". graphic to day/night clock.
  • U
    Added new attack sound effects.
  • U
    Added the following animations:
    • Teleport start and end animations.
    • Haste Rune minimap icon Haste Rune run animations.
    • Injured run, injured idle, victory and defeat animations.
  • Fixed having 1 more armor than intended.
  • Added duration buff for Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness (5.61-7.20)"..
  • Updated suggested item build.
  • Added Night Stalker minimap icon Night Stalker's day ➜ night ➜ day transition animations.
  • Fixed default hero model going into reference pose if the time of day transitioned while he was dead.
  • Added voiceover lines.
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