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Version 6.78
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Gameplay[]

  • Captain's Mode bans changed from 2/3 to 2/2/1
  • Captain's Mode picks changed from 3/2 to 2/2/1
  • Adjusted ban/pick/reserve times Captain's Mode.
  • Deny XP and Bonus XP/Gold AoE is now the same as regular XP AoE (1000->1200)
  • 4 hero XP bonus changed from 15+6*Level to 20+5*Level.
  • 5 hero XP bonus changed from 10+5*Level to 15+4*Level.
  • Level 11 XP requirements reduced from 6500 to 6000.
  • Level 12 XP requirements increased from 7700 to 8200.
  • Gold for ending a spree changed from 50->400 (3x->10x) to 75->600.
  • Buy back cooldown increased from 5 to 6 minutes.
  • Level 1 and Level 2 towers armor increased from 18 to 20.
  • Towers no longer have separate bounty values when creeps or allies get the last it, it now gives the same reliable bounty to all players as if a creep killed it.
  • Hero getting last hit on tower gives 100-200 bonus gold. Does not affect team bounty in any way.
  • Backdoor protection now also reduces incoming damage by 25%
  • Siege units HP increased from 500 to 550.
  • Repicking a randomed hero now re-adds the hero to the pool.
  • Swapping a hero that you randomed now costs you 100 gold.

Heroes[]

New[]

Earth Spirit icon
Earth Spirit
Oracle icon
Oracle

Balance changes[]

Axe icon
  • Counter Helix icon Counter Helix cooldown decreased from 0.65/0.6/0.55/0.5 to 0.55/0.5/0.45/0.4.
Ancient Apparition icon
Batrider icon
  • Vision decreased from 1800/800 to 1400/800.
  • Flamebreak icon Flamebreak mana cost increased from 80/100/120/140 to 140.
Beastmaster icon
Bloodseeker icon
  • Thirst icon Thirst now gives you bonus 3/4/5/6 armor when active.
  • Bloodrage icon Bloodrage dispels the target before applying its buff.
  • Rupture icon Rupture damage is now HP removal.
Bounty Hunter icon
  • Track icon Track mana cost from 70/60/50 to 50.
Brewmaster icon
Bristleback icon
  • Quill Spray icon Quill Spray hit memory increased from 10 to 14 seconds.
Broodmother icon
Clinkz icon
  • Strafe icon Strafe cooldown decreased from 60/50/40/30 to 45/40/35/30.
Clockwerk icon
  • Power Cogs icon Power Cogs no longer knock back magic immune units.
Crystal Maiden icon
Dark Seer icon
  • Vacuum icon Vacuum cooldown increased from 22 to 24.
Dazzle icon
Death Prophet icon
  • Movement speed decreased from 285 to 280.
  • Silence icon Silence AoE increased from 200/275/350/350 to 350.
  • Witchcraft icon Witchcraft move speed bonus increased from 4/8/12/16% to 5/10/15/20%
Disruptor icon
  • Thunder Strike icon Thunder Strike:
    • Changed from 3 strikes over 4 seconds to 4 strikes over 6 seconds.
    • Damage per strike decreased from 50/75/100/125 to 40/60/80/100.
    • AoE increased from 200 to 240.
Doom icon
Dragon Knight icon
Drow Ranger icon
Earthshaker icon
  • Turn rate improved from 0.4 to 0.6.
  • Fissure icon Fissure range increased from 1200 to 1300.
  • Echo Slam icon Echo Slam now considers illusions as heroes.
Elder Titan icon
Enchantress icon
Enigma icon
  • Malefice icon Malefice scaling reworked (Now 3 ticks with 0.25/0.5/0.75/1 sec stun and 75/120/165/210 damage)
Gyrocopter icon
Huskar icon
  • Base Strength increased by 3.
  • Burning Spear icon Burning Spear DPS increased from 4/8/12/16 to 5/10/15/20.
  • Life Break icon Life Break HP cost increased from 35/30/25% to 40/35/30%
  • Berserker's Blood icon Berserker's Blood Reworked (Now has 4/5/6/7% magic resistance and 8/12/16/20 attack speed per stack)
  • Removed from Captain's Mode.
Invoker icon
  • Alacrity icon Alacrity mana cost decreased from 100 to 75.
  • Ghost Walk icon Ghost Walk:
    • Slow increased from 20/23/26/30/33/36/40 to 20/25/30/35/40/45/50.
    • Cooldown decreased from 60 to 35.
  • Tornado icon Tornado damage rescaled from 70+(Wex+Quas)*20 to 70+(2*Wex+Quas)*15
Io icon
  • Spirits icon Spirits no longer provide vision, except temporarily when they collide with an enemy hero.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge hp/mp cost increased from 3.5% to 4.5%
Juggernaut icon
  • Omnislash icon Omnislash no longer jumps on Tombestone Zombies.
Keeper of the Light icon
  • Base Strength decreased by 2.
Kunkka icon
  • Ghostship icon Ghostship damage increased from 300/400/500 to 350/450/550.
  • X Marks the Spot icon X Marks the Spot:
    • Mana cost decreased from 80/90/100/110 to 80.
    • Vision changed from 1000 flying to 400 ground vision.
Lich icon
Lifestealer icon
  • Open Wounds icon Open Wounds cast range decreased from 600 to 200/300/400/500.
Lina icon
  • Attack range increased from 625 to 635.
Lion icon
Lone Druid icon
  • Spirit Bear now has its HP drained by Armlet when active.
  • Spirit Bear bounty increased from 100 to 300.
Lycan icon
  • Armor increased by 1 (Shapeshift icon Shapeshift total armor is still the same as before)
Magnus icon
Medusa icon
  • Stone Gaze icon Stone Gaze Reworked:
    • Any unit facing Medusa will have its attack, movement and turn rate reduced by 50% until the end of the spell. If you accumulate 2 seconds time (in total) facing Medusa, you will turn to stone.
    • Stoned units are disabled, have 100% magic resistance and take extra damage from physical attacks.
    • View Angle Spread: 85
    • Gaze Duration: 6 seconds
    • Stone Duration: 3 seconds
    • Bonus Physical Damage: 30/40/50%
    • AoE: 1000
    • Cooldown: 90
    • Mana cost: 200
    • Note: Kills illusions instead of petrifying them.
  • Removed from Captain's Mode.
Meepo icon
  • Innate magic resistance increased from 25% to 35%
Mirana icon
  • Sacred Arrow icon Sacred Arrow now deals up to 100 extra damage based on distance the arrow traveled.
  • Moonlight Shadow icon Moonlight Shadow cooldown decreased from 160/140/120 to 140/120/100.
  • Starstorm icon Starstorm will choose a new target for the second star if the first died before impact.
Morphling icon
  • Base attack time improved from 1.7 to 1.6.
Naga Siren icon
  • Rip Tide icon Rip Tide cooldown rescaled from 19/16/13/10 to 10.
Necrophos icon
  • Reaper's Scythe icon Reaper's Scythe:
    • If a unit dies under its effect, it will be credited to Necrolyte.
  • Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter causes buyback to be disabled on heroes it kills for that death.
Nyx Assassin icon
  • Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Mana Burn".:
    • Drain and damage decreased from 5x Int to 3.5/4/4.5/5x
    • Mana cost rescaled from 130/120/110/100 to 100.
Night Stalker icon
  • Hunter in the Night icon Hunter in the Night attack speed rescaled from 30/45/60/75 to 45/55/65/75 (MS remains 20/25/30/35)
Ogre Magi icon
  • Ignite icon Ignite DPS increased from 26/32/38/44 to 26/34/42/50.
Omniknight icon
Outworld Destroyer icon
  • Movement speed increased from 310 to 315.
Phantom Assassin icon
  • Blur icon Blur level 4 evasion increased from 35% to 40%
Phantom Lancer icon
Pudge icon
  • Flesh Heap icon Flesh Heap strength bonus increased from 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 to 1/1.5/2/2.5.
Pugna icon
Razor icon
  • Eye of the Storm icon Eye of the Storm:
    • Duration increased from 20/25/30 to 30
    • Strike interval decreased from 0.75/0.65/0.55 to 0.7/0.6/0.5 (Aghanim's to 0.55/0.45/0.35)
  • Unstable Current icon Unstable Current movement speed bonus increased from 3/6/9/12% to 4/8/12/16%
Riki icon
Sand King icon
  • Sand Storm icon Sand Storm:
    • Invisibility fade delay when exiting Sand Storm icon Sand Storm improved from 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.5 to 1.5.
    • Now has a smoother damage interval (1->0.5, total damage is the same)
Shadow Demon icon
  • Base Intelligence decreased by 3.
  • Shadow Poison icon Shadow Poison no longer gives vision over the targets with the debuff.
Shadow Fiend icon
  • Requiem of Souls icon Requiem of Souls:
    • Slow rescaled from 15/20/25% to 20%
    • Damage reduction increased from 15/20/25% to 50%
Shadow Shaman icon
Silencer icon
Skeleton King icon
  • Reincarnation (Skeleton King) icon Reincarnation:
    • Slow now affects attack speed as well.
    • Slow happens immediately upon death rather than after reincarnating.
  • Mortal Strike (Skeleton King) icon Mortal Strike Reworked (Allows you to temporarily trade Critical Strike for a 7 second 20% max life drain)
Slardar icon
Sniper icon
  • Shrapnel icon Shrapnel AoE increased from 360 to 400.
Spirit Breaker icon
Storm Spirit icon
Tidehunter icon
  • Ravage icon Ravage AoE rescaled from 825/925/1025 to 1025.
Timbersaw icon
  • Base Strength increased by 3.
  • Intelligence growth increased from 1.8 to 2.4.
  • Chakram icon Chakram:
    • Initial mana cost rescaled from 125/150/175 to 75/125/175.
    • Chakram move speed increased from 800 to 900.
Tiny icon
  • Toss icon Toss:
    • Cooldown decreased from 10 to 9.
    • You can now Toss units to Runes.
Treant Protector icon
  • Leech Seed icon Leech Seed:
    • Slow increased from 24% to 28%
    • Healing effect no longer ends when the target dies.
Troll Warlord icon
  • Battle Trance icon Battle Trance:
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 30.
    • Duration decreased from 10 to 7.
Tusk icon
  • Snowball icon Snowball cooldown decreased from 24 to 21.
Undying icon
  • Soul Rip icon Soul Rip cast range increased from 650 to 750.
Ursa icon
Vengeful Spirit icon
  • Strength increased from 16 + 2.3 to 18 + 2.6.
  • Nether Swap icon Nether Swap cast range rescaled from 600/900/1200 to 650/925/1200.
Venomancer icon
Viper icon
  • Corrosive Skin icon Corrosive Skin affects any damage source not just regular attacks.
  • Viper Strike icon Viper Strike is no longer removed by Dark Pact or Kraken Shell.
Witch Doctor icon
  • Death Ward icon Death Ward cast range rescaled from 300/350/400 to 400.
  • Maledict icon Maledict cast range increased from 400 to 525.

Items[]

Drum of Endurance icon
  • Recipe cost increased from 750 to 800.
Armlet of Mordiggian icon
  • HP regen decreased from 8 to 7.
Assault Cuirass icon
  • Positive armor aura is no longer prevented from stacking with other items.
Black King Bar icon
  • Magic Immunity now has a 6th level of decrease.
Blade Mail icon
  • Armor increased from 5 to 6.
  • Damage Return cooldown decreased from 22 to 17.
Blink Dagger icon
  • Cooldown decreased from 14 to 12.
Bloodstone icon
  • Initial charges increased from 6 to 8.
  • Can be activated to instantly kill yourself (requires a ground target)
Bottle icon
  • While empty, causes couriers to move 30% slower.
Animal Courier icon
  • Courier no longer block neutral creeps from spawning.
  • Speed Burst reduced from 100% to 50% movement speed bonus (Still reaches max speed)
Dagon icon
  • Recipe cost decreased from 1300 to 1250.
Dust of Appearance icon
  • Now stacks in inventory.
  • Now slows heroes with an invisibility buff on them by 10%
Ethereal Blade icon
  • Self or ally cast duration increased to 4 seconds.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity icon
  • Movement speed bonus increased from 30 to 35.
Force Staff icon
  • Recipe cost decreased from 1000 to 900.
Gem of True Sight icon
  • Can no longer be destroyed.
  • Gold cost increased from 700 to 850.
Headdress icon
  • Regeneration Aura AoE increased from 500 to 750 (now equal to Mekansm's active)
Linken's Sphere icon
  • Cooldown decreased from 20 to 17.
Medallion of Courage icon
  • Cast range increased from 800 to 1000.
Mekansm icon
  • Regeneration Aura AoE increased from 500 to 750 (now equal to active)
Buckler icon
  • Armor bonus AoE active increased from 700 to 750 (now equal to Mekansm's active)
Necronomicon icon
  • Warrior and Archer armor type changed from Heavy to Hero (takes less damage from creeps)
Null Talisman icon
  • Recipe cost decreased from 145 to 135.
Observer Ward icon
  • Initial Stock now starts at 1 instead of 2 (max stock is still 2)
Quelling Blade icon
  • Can now target Observer Ward icon Observer Ward or Sentry Ward icon Sentry Ward dealing 100 damage (wards have 200 hp)
  • Cast range increased from 100 to 350.
Radiance icon
  • Burn damage increased from 45 to 50.
Sange and Yasha icon
  • Minor changes to stats.
Sentry Ward icon
  • AoE decreased from 950 to 800.
Shadow Amulet icon
  • Fade time decreased from 2.6 to 2.4.
Shadow Blade icon
  • Damage decreased from 30 to 22.
Shiva's Guard icon
  • Aura AoE decreased from 1000 to the standard 900.
  • Attack Speed reduction increased from -30 to -40.
Desolator icon
  • Corruption armor reduction increased from 6 to 7.
Veil of Discord icon
  • Discord AoE increased from 550 to 600.

See also[]

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