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Version History

Version

Description

7.29

• Arcane Curse
  • The damage is no longer stops ticking when the debuff duration gets paused by silence.
  • Reduced damage per second from 16/26/36/46 to 16/24/32/40.
• Reduced Last Word mana cost from 115 on each level to 100/105/110/115.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Fixed Glaives of Wisdom bounce's non-glaive damage being reduced too much.
• Talents:

Level 10 right talent: +5 armor increased to +6.

7.28

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Last Word radius from 600 to 650.
• Added Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Silencer:
  • Causes Glaives of Wisdom to bounce to the closest enemy unit within 600 radius, applying its effects and dealing damage equal to 50% of Silencer's attack damage.

7.27d

• Increased Last Word damage from 80/120/160/200 to 120/160/200/240.

7.27b

• Increased Arcane Curse damage per second from 16/24/32/40 to 16/26/36/46.
• Reduced Global Silence cooldown from 130 on each level to 130/115/100.
• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: +20 Arcane Curse damage per second increased to +30.

Level 20 left talent: +15% Arcane Curse movement speed slow increased to +20%.

Level 25 left talent changed: +1.5s Global Silence duration ➜ 30% cooldown reduction.

7.26c

• Talents:

Level 15 right talent changed: +11% Arcane Curse movement speed slow ➜ +20 Arcane Curse damage per second.

Level 20 left talent changed: +24 Arcane Curse damage per second ➜ +15% Arcane Curse movement speed slow.

7.26b

• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +25 attack speed reduced to +20.

Level 10 right talent: +6 armor reduced to +5.

Level 15 right talent: +14% Arcane Curse movement speed slow reduced to +11%.

Level 20 left talent: +30 Arcane Curse damage per second reduced to +24.

Level 20 right talent: +125 attack range reduced to +100.

Level 25 left talent: +2s Global Silence duration reduced to +1.5s

Level 25 right talent: +20% Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage reduced to +15%.

7.25

• Removed the Intelligence Steal innate ability for Silencer.
• Added a passive component to Glaives of Wisdom.
  • If an enemy hero dies within 925 radius, Silencer steals their base intelligence and adds it to his base intelligence.
  • Silencer needs to be alive as the kill happens to steal the intelligence.
  • Silencer will steal the enemy's intelligence if he deals the killing blow, regardless of distance.
  • The permanent intelligence steal is not retroactive, it cannot gain charges from kills/deaths before Glaives of Wisdom is learned.

Now Glaives of Wisdom

Permanent intelligence steal radius: 925

Permanent intelligence steal: 2

• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: +12% Arcane Curse movement speed slow increased to +14%.

7.24

• Talents:

Level 15 right talent changed: +120 gold ➜ +12% Arcane Curse movement speed slow.

7.23

• Reduced agility gain from 3 to 2.4.
• Reduced attack projectile speed from 1000 to 900.
• Glaives of Wisdom
  • Now steals 1/1/2/3 intelligence for 10/20/30/40 seconds.
  • Reduced intelligence as damage from 25%/45%/65%/85% to 15%/35%/55%/75%
• Last Word
  • Now deals extra damage based on 1.5/2/2.5/3 times the difference between Silencer's and the target's intelligence.
  • Reduced base damage from 75/150/225/300 to 80/120/160/200.
• Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Old: Causes Glaives of Wisdom to pierce spell immunity and deal 100% more damage against silenced units.
  • New: Turns Last Word into a 600 radius ground-targeted ability.

7.22

• Increased base attack speed from 100 to 115.

7.21d

• Increased Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage from 25%/40%/55%/70% to 25%/45%/65%/85%

7.21

• Increased intelligence gain from 2.5 to 2.9.
• Reduced movement speed from 295 to 290.
• Reduced Last Word cooldown from 28/22/16/10 to 22/18/14/10.
• Talents:

Level 10 right talent: +5 armor increased to +6.

7.20

• Increased strength gain from 2.5 to 2.7.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
• Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.

7.19d

• Reduced Last Word damage from 120/180/240/300 to 75/150/225/300.

7.19c

• Increased Arcane Curse mana cost from 105/115/125/135 to 125/130/135/140.
• Reduced Last Word damage from 150/200/250/300 to 120/180/240/300.
• Increased Global Silence mana cost from 250/375/500 to 300/450/600.

7.19b

• Increased Arcane Curse mana cost from 75/95/115/135 to 105/115/125/135.

7.17

• Increased Arcane Curse penalty duration from 4 to 5.

7.16

• Increased Arcane Curse damage per second from 14/22/30/38 to 16/24/32/40.
• Reduced Last Word cooldown from 30/24/18/12 to 28/22/16/10.

7.15

• Reduced base intelligence from 27 to 25.
• Increased base attack damage from 16-30 to 18-32.

7.14

• Increased Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage from 15%/30%/45%/60% to 25%/40%/55%/70%.
• Increased Global Silence duration from 4/5/6 to 4.5/5.25/6.
• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: +90 gold per minute increased to +120.

7.13b

• Increased base strength from 17 to 19.

7.07

• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
• Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
• Reduced Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage from 35%/50%/65%/80% to 15%/30%/45%/60%.
• Reworked talents:

Old:

Level 10: +7 intelligence or +4 armor

Level 15: +60 gold per minute or +200 health

Level 20: +12% magic resistance or +30 attack speed

Level 25: +25% Arcane Curse movement speed slow or +200 attack range

New:

Level 10: +25 attack speed or +5 armor

Level 15: +2 Intelligence Steal or +90 gold per minute

Level 20: +30 Arcane Curse damage per second or +125 attack range

Level 25: +2s Global Silence duration or +20% Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage

7.06

• Increased strength gain from 2.2 to 2.5.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
• Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Old: Causes Global Silence to apply the current level of Arcane Curse on all affected units.
  • New: Causes Glaives of Wisdom to pierce spell immunity and deal 100% more damage against silenced units.

7.02

• Talents:

Level 25 left talent: +20% Arcane Curse movement speed slow increased to +25%.

7.00

• Added talents:

Level 10: +7 intelligence or +4 armor

Level 15: +60 gold per minute or +200 health

Level 20: +12% magic resistance or +30 attack speed

Level 25: +20% Arcane Curse movement speed slow or +200 attack range

6.88b

• Increased Arcane Curse damage per second from 14/21/28/35 to 14/22/30/38.

6.88

• Increased base agility from 16 to 22.

6.87

• Arcane Curse
  • Now slows affected enemies by 9%/12%/15%/18%. [?]
  • Reduced base duration from 7 to 6.
  • Increased cooldown from 18/16/14/12 to 20/18/16/14.
• Last Word no longer slows the target by 14%/16%/18%/20%.
• Rescaled Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage from 30%/50%/70%/90% to 35%/50%/65%/80%.

6.86

• Replaced Curse of the Silent with Arcane Curse.

Old Curse of the Silent

Curses the target area, causing enemy heroes to take damage and lose mana until they cast a spell.

Cast range: 800

Radius: 350

Damage per second: 20/35/50/65

Mana loss per second: 8/16/24/32

Duration: 6

Mana cost: 75/95/115/135

Cooldown: 20/16/12/8

New Arcane Curse

Curses the target area, causing enemy heroes to take damage. Anytime affected enemies cast a spell, the duration is increased.

Cast range: 1000

Radius: 425

Damage per second: 14/21/28/35

Default duration: 7

Penalty duration: 4

Mana cost: 75/95/115/135

Cooldown: 18/16/14/12

Notes: When affected enemies are silenced, the damage and duration are paused. Affects creeps. The penalty has no stack limit. Each cast adds 4 seconds.

• Glaives of Wisdom is no longer a Unique Attack Modifier.
• U
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Causes Global Silence to apply the current level of Arcane Curse on all affected units.

6.85

• Fixed Last Word's initial debuff not being dispellable.

6.84

• Reduced movement speed from 300 to 295.
• Last Word
  • Reduced initial debuff duration from 5 to 4.
  • No longer disarms the target for the silence duration when the initial debuff expires.
  • Now slows the target for 14%/16%/18%/20% for the silence duration.

Notes: The slow is always applied, not only when the initial debuff expires.

6.83

• Increased Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage from 30%/48%/66%/84% to 30%/50%/70%/90%.
• Reduced Last Word cooldown from 36/28/20/12 to 30/24/18/12.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • No longer increases Global Silence duration.

6.82

• Increased Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage from 30%/45%/60%/75% to 30%/48%/66%/84%.
• Increased Global Silence mana cost from 250/350/450 to 250/375/500.

6.81

• Increased agility gain from 2.1 to 3.
• Reduced Curse of the Silent cooldown from 20/18/16/14 to 20/16/12/8.

6.80

• Reduced Global Silence cooldown from 140 to 130.

6.79

• Added the Intelligence Steal innate ability for Silencer:
  • No longer being bound to Glaives of Wisdom.

Intelligence Steal

Silencer will permanently steal 2 intelligence from any enemy hero that dies within 925 range or is killed by the Silencer.

Steal radius: 925

Stolen intelligence: 2

6.78

• Global Silence now affects invulnerable units.
• Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Silencer:
  • Causes Global Silence to apply the current level of Curse of the Silent on all affected units and increases duration from 4/5/6 to 5/6/7.

6.76c

• Increased Last Word mana cost from 100 to 115.

6.76

• Increased base intelligence from 21 to 27.
• Reduced base attack damage from 22-36 to 16-30 (total attack damage is still 43-57 due to the increased intelligence).
• Curse of the Silent
  • Increased damage per second from 20/30/40/50 to 20/35/50/65.
  • Increased mana drain per second from 10/15/20/25 to 8/16/24/32.
  • Rescaled duration from 5/6/7/8 to 6 on each level.
• Glaives of Wisdom
  • Now steals 2 intelligence from an enemy hero when it dies within 900 radius around Silencer.
• Reworked Last Word

Old Last Word

Causes any unit under the effect of this aura to become silenced after it finishes casting a spell. If an enemy hero dies when under this aura, Nortrom will permanently steal 2 intelligence from it.

Radius: 750

Silence duration: 0.75/1.5/2.25/3

Notes: Silences units as soon as they reach the cast point of a spell. Waits for channeling spells to end or get canceled. Does not trigger on items.

New Last Word

Causes the target enemy to take damage and become silenced and slowed as soon as it casts a spell or when the duration runs out.

Cast range: 900

Damage: 150/200/250/300

Debuff duration: 5

Silence/Disarm duration: 3/4/5/6

Mana cost: 100

Cooldown: 36/28/20/12

Notes: Provides vision over the target as long as it has the debuff on. Does not trigger on item usage. Waits for channeling spells to finish or to get canceled.

• Global Silence
  • Increased duration from 3/4.5/6 to 4/5/6.
  • Reduced cooldown from 160 to 140.

6.75

• Increased strength gain from 1.7 to 2.2.
• Last Word now always steals 2 intelligence if an enemy hero dies in its radius.
• Increased Global Silence duration from 3/4/5 to 3/4.5/6.

6.73

• Increased Glaives of Wisdom intelligence as damage from 30%/40%/50%/60% to 30%/45%/60%/75%.
• Last Word
  • Is no longer disabled while Silencer is silenced or stunned.
  • No longer triggers on any item ability.

6.72

• Reduced movement speed from 300 to 290.
• Reduced Curse of the Silent cast range from 900 to 800.
• Reduced Glaives of Wisdom cooldown from 2/0/0/0 to 0 on each level.
• Last Word
  • Is now also disabled when Silencer is stunned (previously it was only disabled when he was silenced).
  • Now steals 2 intelligence if Silencer gets the last hit on the enemy hero within the aura's radius.
  • No longer triggers on active attack modifiers.
  • Reduced radius from 900 to 750.

6.70

• Increased Curse of the Silent cooldown from 14 on each level to 20/18/16/14.
• Glaives of Wisdom
  • Increased intelligence as damage from 15%/30%/45%/60% to 30%/40%/50%/60%.
  • Reduced cooldown from 3/2/1/0 to 2/0/0/0.

6.67

• Curse of the Silent now displays a debuff in the status bar, visible to everyone.
• Global Silence now mutes all sounds for its duration.

6.65

• Rescaled base attack damage from 18-40 to 22-36 (total attack damage is now 43-57).

6.63

• Curse of the Silent
  • Increased cast range from 650 to 900.
  • Reduced damage per second from 50 on each level to 20/30/40/50.
  • Reduced mana loss per second from 25 on each level to 10/15/20/25.
  • Increased duration from 2/4/6/8 to 5/6/7/8.
  • Reduced mana cost from 105/115/125/135 to 75/95/115/135.
  • Reduced cooldown from 20 to 14.

6.61

• Curse of the Silent
  • Increased damage per second from 10/20/30/40 to 50 on each level.
  • Increased mana loss per second from 5/10/15/20 to 25 on each level.
  • Reduced duration from 10 on each level to 2/4/6/8.
• Glaives of Wisdom no longer steals intelligence whenever Silencer kills an enemy hero.
• Last Word
  • Now steals 1 intelligence if Silencer gets the last hit on the enemy hero within the aura's radius.
  • Increased radius from 700 to 900.

6.60

• Last Word
  • Now triggers right upon reaching the cast point, instead of when the backswing finishes[?]
  • Now displays intelligence stolen as numbers above Silencer and the dying enemy hero.
  • Fixed some bugs with Last Word while Silencer is dead.
  • No longer triggers on Rot
  • Reduced silence duration 1/2/3/4 to 0.75/1.5/2.25/3.

6.59

• Curse of the Silent
  • Increased radius from 300 to 350.
  • Reduced cooldown from 25 to 20.

6.58

• Curse of the Silent is now a ground targeted spell with a 250 radius, instead of single target.

6.57

• Last Word no longer triggers on Phase Boots.

6.51

• Last Word no longer triggers on Pulse Nova, Quas, Wex and Exort.

6.50

• Last Word
  • Fixed triggering on Linken's Sphere when it blocks a spell.
  • Fixed Last Word causing to get toggled off when getting triggered.

6.44

• Enemy heroes affected by Curse of the Silent can now be denied when their health drops below 25%.
• Fixed Last Word stealing intelligence from allies upon denying them.

6.35

• Fixed night vision being 1400 instead of the standard 800.

6.34

• Reduced movement speed from 300 to 290.

6.33b

• Fixed Glaives of Wisdom doing extra damage when combined with Manta Style or in Same Hero mode.

6.33

• Last Word is now disabled while Silencer is silenced.

6.31

• Rescaled Last Word radius from 500/600/700/800 to 700 on each level.

6.30

• Last Word no longer triggers on Blink Dagger and Black King Bar.

6.27b

• Global Silence
  • Increased mana cost from 150/200/250 to 250/350/450.
  • Increased cooldown from 120 to 160.

6.25

• Fixed a bug with Glaives of Wisdom which caused it to deal extra damage sometimes.

6.19b

• Reduced Glaives of Wisdom mana cost from 30 to 15.

6.19

• Last Word
  • Now silences upon finishing a spell cast, instead of upon reaching cast point. [?]
  • Increased radius from 350/450/550/650 to 500/600/700/800.
  • Increased silence duration from 0.75/1.5/2.25/3 to 1/2/3/4.

6.17

• Fixed Clarity dispelling Curse of the Silent.
• Glaives of Wisdom
  • Fixed not working for multiple Silencers in a match.
  • Reduced intelligence as damage from 20%/40%/60%/80% to 15%/30%/45%/60%.
• Global Silence
  • Fixed Global Silence disabling himself during the cast time.
  • Reduced silence duration from 4/5/6 to 3/4/5.

6.16

• Increased attack projectile speed from 700 to 1000.
• Reduced Curse of the Silent mana loss per second from 10/20/30/40 to 5/10/15/20.
• Glaives of Wisdom
  • Reduced intelligence as damage from 30%/60%/90%/120% to 20%/40%/60%/80%.
  • Reduced mana cost from 50 to 30.
  • Reduced cooldown from 4/3/2/1 to 3/2/1/0.
• Last Word
  • Reduced radius from 500/550/600/650 to 350/450/550/650.
  • Reduced silence duration from 1/2/3/4 to 0.75/1.5/2.25/3.

6.15

• Reworked Silencer. (To see the previous Silencer, see here).
• Rescaled base strength and gain from 16 + 2.1 to 17 + 1.7.
• Increased base agility and gain from 14 + 1.4 to 16 + 2.1.
• Reduced base intelligence and gain from 23 + 2.7 to 21 + 2.5.
• Increased attack range from 450 to 600.
• Increased movement speed from 280 to 300.
• Silencer now has Curse of the Silent, Glaives of Wisdom, Last Word as his basic abilities and Global Silence as his ultimate ability.

New Curse of the Silent

Afflicts a target with the Curse of the Silent. The target will lose health and mana per second until it casts a spell.

Cast range: 900

Damage per second: 10/20/30/40

Mana per second: 10/20/30/40

Duration: 10

Mana cost: 75/95/115/135

Cooldown: 20/16/12/8

Notes: The curse instantly ends when the target casts a spell.

New Glaives of Wisdom

Nortrom's glaives are enchanted by his experience in magic. If he kills a hero, he will permanently steal 1 intelligence from it.

Cast range: 600

Intelligence as damage: 30%/60%/90%/120%

Intelligence steal: 1

Mana cost:

Cooldown: 0

Notes: Is a Unique Attack Modifier, which adds damage to Silence attacks based on his intelligence. Steals 1 intelligence when he makes a kill, regardless of how he makes it.

New Last Word

Causes any unit under the effect of this aura to become silenced after it casts a spell.

Radius: 500/550/600/650

Silence duration: 1/2/3/4

Notes: The spell which triggers Last Word is still executed.

New Global Silence

Stops all enemies on the map from casting spells.

Radius: Global

Silence duration: 4/5/6

Mana cost: 150/200/250

Cooldown: 120

Notes: The silence goes through spell immunity, but is dispelled by it when becoming spell immune after cast.

Patch History

Patch

Description

01 Mar 2021

• Updated Last Word's modifiers.
  • No longer uses the generic modifier_silence modifier.
  • modifier_silencer_last_word_disarm is no longer hidden and is now responsible for the silence.
  • Updated the modifier's description: Slowed: Slowed by x% ➜ Silenced: Silenced.

19 Jan 2021

• Updated default hero model and animations.

03 Dec 2019

• Update 2
  • Last Word tooltip now mentions the vision it provides over the target.

26 Nov 2019

• Fixed Intelligence Steal intelligence steal counter continuing to increase even if the enemy had no intelligence left to steal anymore.

20 Nov 2017

• Added Arcane Rune responses.

20 Jan 2017

• Fixed Arcane Curse slow talent.

21 Dec 2016

• Update 2
  • Updated default item build.

19 Sep 2016

• Added a Permanent Buffs column in the post-game screen, tracking Intelligence Steal.

27 Jan 2016

• Reworked Russian voiceover lines.

19 Apr 2016

• Fixed ability interactions between Savage Roar and Last Word.

22 Dec 2015

• Added Russian voiceover lines.

16 Dec 2015

• Update 5
  • Fixed Arcane Curse ability tooltip.

29 Apr 2015

• Update 4
  • Updated Last Word ability tooltip.

28 Apr 2015

• Update 3
  • Updated Last Word ability effects.

02 Oct 2014

• Fixed ability interactions between Rage/ Repel and when being affected by Curse of the Silent compared to Avatar.

29 Apr 2014

• Fixed Curse of the Silent sound effects not respecting the Fog of War.

05 Feb 2014

• Added ability tooltips and descriptions to Intelligence Steal buff.

18 Oct 2013

• Update 5
  • Removed extra Glaives of Wisdom buff icon.

23 Aug 2013

• Autocast abilities (e.g. Glaives of Wisdom) now check target type rules consistently.

18 Jul 2013

• Fixed Curse of the Silent being removed by Aphotic Shield and Manta Style.

12 Jul 2013

• Fixed Global Silence not showing the visual effect on Familiar even though they are silenced.

04 Jun 2013

• Updated recommended items to include Aghanim's Scepter.
• Global Silence
  • Fixed Curse of the Silent applied from the upgraded ability not affecting invulnerable units or units under sleep.
  • Fixed upgraded ability not applying Curse of the Silence to creeps.
  • Fixed upgraded ability applying a level 0 Curse of the Silence.

21 Feb 2013

• Last Word
  • Fixed ability being dispelable.
  • Fixed ability interrupting channeling abilities if the initial duration ends during the channel.

14 Feb 2013

• Added to Captain's Mode (Tournament Version).

07 Feb 2013

• Added to Captain's Mode.

13 Dec 2012

• Fixed Last Word not being triggered by Invoke.

06 Dec 2012

• Updated default hero textures.
• Updated hero ability icons to match texture changes.

08 Nov 2012

• Fixed illusions stealing intelligence.

29 Oct 2012

• Last Word
  • Fixed Legacy Keys.
  • Fixed interaction with Black King Bar and Cyclone.

25 Oct 2012

• U
  Removed from Captain's Mode.

13 Sep 2012

• U
  Broken down default hero models into multiple parts in loadout.

15 Aug 2012

• Fixed Invoke proccing Last Word.

19 Jul 2012

• Fixed Curse of the Silent affecting Warlock Golem and Spirit Bear.

10 May 2012

• Fixed turn rate.

12 Apr 2012

• Fixed Global Silence affecting Courier abilities.

16 Feb 2012

• Added Intelligence Steal counter to Last Word aura.

26 Jan 2012

• Fixed Glaives of Wisdom being usable while silenced.

20 Jan 2012

• Fixed Glaives of Wisdom being usable while silenced.

19 Jan 2012

• Added to Captain's Mode.
• Fixed being unable to steal intelligence from spell immune heroes.
• Fixed stealing intelligence from heroes with Reincarnation.
• Fixed Last Word silencing invulnerable units.
• Fixed Global Silence silencing only heroes.

12 Jan 2012

• Added Silencer.