Version 6.81

Version 6.81
(Full list)

• Nerfed [[

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|20px|link=Terrorblade|class=noprint pixelart]] Terrorblade.

• Buffed most other heroes.
• Added [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter:

• • [[

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|20px|link=Abaddon|class=noprint pixelart]] Abaddon

• • [[

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|20px|link=Keeper of the Light|class=noprint pixelart]] Keeper of the Light

• • [[

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|20px|link=Shadow Demon|class=noprint pixelart]] Shadow Demon

• Balanced items.

Release Date

Dota 2:

2014-04-29

DotA:

?

 

← Version 6.80c

 

Version 6.81b →

General

• Roshan base armor increased by 1
• Attack Speed now always continually adjusts based on the latest modifications applied to the unit
  • This makes it so heavy attack speed slows don't linger into the next attack even after their duration has expired (most impactful with abilities like Untouchable and Fire Spirits)
• Melee illusions created by a Rune of Illusion take 200% instead of 300% damage
• Random Draft hero selection pool increased from 22 to 24
• Captain's Draft hero selection pool increased from 24 to 27 (8 per type to 9)
• Captain's Draft hero bans increased from 4 to 6
• [[

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|20px|link=Meepo|class=noprint pixelart]] Meepo is no longer available in Ability Draft

Heroes

[[

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|80px|link=Abaddon]]

Abaddon

• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter Borrowed Time now redirects 35% of all damage dealt to nearby allied heroes to Abaddon when active

• • Heroes within a range of 900 of Abaddon will have their damage redirected

[[

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|80px|link=Ancient Apparition]]

Ancient Apparition

• Chilling Touch attack speed reduction increased from -15 to -20

[[

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|80px|link=Anti-Mage]]

Anti-Mage

• Mana Void's area of effect increased from 450 to 500

[[

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|80px|link=Axe]]

Axe

• Counter Helix now uses Pseudo Random chance
  • This reduces the chances that a very unlucky or lucky streak of procs occurs

[[

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|80px|link=Batrider]]

Batrider

• Flaming Lasso mana cost increased from 150 to 225

[[

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|80px|link=Beastmaster]]

Beastmaster

• Base damage increased by 4

[[

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|80px|link=Bloodseeker]]

Bloodseeker

• Bloodrage cast point improved from 0.6 to 0.4
• Bloodrage can no longer be dispelled
  • Using abilities like [[

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|20px|link=Manta Style|class=noprint]] Manta Style or

[[

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|20px|link=Black King Bar|class=noprint]] Black King Bar

will not remove the Silence

[[

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|80px|link=Bounty Hunter]]

Bounty Hunter

• Track cast range increased from 900/1050/1200 to 1200

[[

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|80px|link=Brewmaster]]

Brewmaster

• If you have not attacked for 10 seconds, your next attack will always activate a Drunken Brawler critical hit
• If you have not been attacked for 10 seconds, Drunken Brawler will cause you to evade the next attack
  • This mechanic carries over to your Fire spirit when it has the passive via [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter

[[

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|80px|link=Bristleback]]

Bristleback

• Warpath no longer has unique values for the first movement speed stack
  • First stack bonus was 5/7/10% movement speed. It now does the same as all stacks.
• Warpath movement speed stack bonus increased from 1/2/3% to 3/4/5%

[[

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|80px|link=Broodmother]]

Broodmother

• Spiderling's Poison Sting damage per second increased from 4 to 8
• Spin Web's free pathing no longer deactivates when enemy has vision on Broodmother
• Spin Web's free pathing is now disabled for 3 seconds when Broodmother takes damage
  • Uses the same damage source rules as Blink Dagger
• Insatiable Hunger lifesteal increased from 40/60/80% to 60/80/100%

[[

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|80px|link=Centaur Warrunner]]

Centaur Warrunner

• Hoof Stomp mana cost increased from 85/100/115/130 to 130

[[

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|80px|link=Chaos Knight]]

Chaos Knight

• Phantasm now has a 50% chance to create one extra illusion when cast

[[

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|80px|link=Chen]]

Chen

• Penitence cooldown reduced from 14 to 14/13/12/11

[[

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|80px|link=Clinkz]]

Clinkz

• Death Pact cooldown reduced from 45 to 45/40/35

[[

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|80px|link=Dazzle]]

Dazzle

• Poison Touch no longer causes a ministun
  • This only removes the instant ministun at the start. The debuff will still stun the targer when the poison sets in at level 4

[[

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|80px|link=Disruptor]]

Disruptor

• Kinetic Field cooldown reduced from 14 to 14/13/12/11

[[

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|80px|link=Doom]]

Doom

• Doom damage no longer ignores magic shields
  • Applies to shields such as the barrier from Pipe of Insight

[[

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|80px|link=Drow Ranger]]

Drow Ranger

• Gust knockback duration increased from 0.2 to 0.5

[[

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|80px|link=Earth Spirit]]

Earth Spirit

• Stone Remnant recharge time reduced from 35 to 30

[[

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|80px|link=Earthshaker]]

Earthshaker

• Creeps no longer try to path around Fissure; they will wait for it to disappear
• Echo Slam no longer ignores units that are invisible or in Fog of War

[[

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|80px|link=Elder Titan]]

Elder Titan

• Echo Stomp mana cost reduced from 100/115/130/145 to 100
• Echo Stomp physical and magical damage increased from 80 to 80/85/90/95 each

[[

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|80px|link=Ember Spirit]]

Ember Spirit

• Searing Chains duration reduced from 2/2/3/3 to 1/2/2/3
  • Total damage is still 80/120/240/300
• Sleight of Fist bonus damage reduced from 30/60/90/120 to 20/40/60/80

[[

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|80px|link=Enchantress]]

Enchantress

• Untouchable slow duration increased from 3 to 4

[[

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|80px|link=Enigma]]

Enigma

• Midnight Pulse area of effect increased from 400 to 600

[[

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|80px|link=Faceless Void]]

Faceless Void

• Base agility increased from 21 to 23
• Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 1

[[

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|80px|link=Gyrocopter]]

Gyrocopter

• Homing Missile now hits invisible units
• Homing Missile hits required to destroy increased from 3 to 3/3/4/5

[[

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|80px|link=Huskar]]

Huskar

• Burning Spear is no longer a Unique Attack Modifier

[[

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|80px|link=Invoker]]

Invoker

• Ghost Walk slow no longer affects magic immune enemies
• E.M.P. delay increased from 2.6 to 2.9

[[

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|80px|link=Jakiro]]

Jakiro

• Dual Breath range increased by 50
• Liquid Fire level 4 cooldown reduced from 5 to 4
• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter Macropyre duration increased from 7 to 14

• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter Macropyre range increased from 1350 to 1800

• • Unupgraded is still 900

[[

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|80px|link=Juggernaut]]

Juggernaut

• Base attack time improved from 1.6 to 1.5

[[

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|80px|link=Keeper of the Light]]

Keeper of the Light

• Added [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter upgrade: Provides permanent Spirit Form. Additionally, the following effects are active during the day: Keeper of the Light gains unobstructed vision and Illuminate heals allies for 75% of the damage values

[[

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|80px|link=Kunkka]]

Kunkka

• Torrent area of effect increased from 215 to 225
• X Marks the Spot can now last twice as long on allied heroes
• Ghostship allied buff duration increased from 8 to 10
• Added Ghostship AoE indicator for allies

[[

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|80px|link=Legion Commander]]

Legion Commander

• Overwhelming Odds bonus damage per hero is increased from 14/16/18/20 to 20/35/50/65
  • per creep is still 14/16/18/20
• Overwhelming Odds area of effect increased from 315 to 330
• Overwhelming Odds base damage rescaled from 50/100/150/200 to 60/100/140/180
• Moment of Courage now uses Pseudo Random chance
  • This reduces the chances that a very unlucky or lucky streak of procs occurs

[[

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|80px|link=Leshrac]]

Leshrac

• Lightning Storm now slows its targets by 75% for 0.5 seconds

[[

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|80px|link=Lich]]

Lich

• Ice Armor can now be cast on buildings
• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter Chain Frost no longer has a bounce limit

[[

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|80px|link=Lina]]

Lina

• Attack range increased from 650 to 670
• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter Laguna Blade damage goes through magic immunity

• • Damage can still be reduced by normal spell resistance

[[

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|80px|link=Lion]]

Lion

• Hex cooldown reduced from 30/25/20/15 to 30/24/18/12

[[

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|80px|link=Lone Druid]]

Lone Druid

• Spirit Bear health regeneration increased from 2 to 2/3/4/5

[[

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|80px|link=Luna]]

Luna

• Base agility reduced from 22 to 18

[[

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|80px|link=Lycan]]

Lycan

• Shapeshift no longer provides 100/200/300 bonus health

[[

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|80px|link=Magnus]]

Magnus

• Removed Skewer maximum target limit
• Skewer range increased from 600/800/1000/1200 to 750/900/1050/1200

[[

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|80px|link=Medusa]]

Medusa

• Split Shot reworked from 50/60/70/80% damage with 5 maximum targets, to 80% damage with 2/3/4/5 maximum targets
• Mystic Snake no longer requires Fog of War vision to bounce
• Mana Shield damage absorption per mana increased from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5

[[

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|80px|link=Meepo]]

Meepo

• Base movement speed increased from 305 to 315

[[

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|80px|link=Mirana]]

Mirana

• Sacred Arrow vision reduced from 800 to 650

[[

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|80px|link=Naga Siren]]

Naga Siren

• Mirror Image illusion damage dealt reduced from 30/35/40/45% to 20/25/30/35%
• Rip Tide area of effect reduced from 350 to 320
• Rip Tide negative armor no longer goes through magic immunity

[[

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|80px|link=Necrophos]]

Necrophos

• Heartstopper Aura area of effect increased from 1000 to 1200
• Reaper's Scythe now adds +30% duration to the respawn timer

[[

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|80px|link=Night Stalker]]

Night Stalker

• now also affects the vision of buildings

[[

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|80px|link=Nyx Assassin]]

Nyx Assassin

• Impale cooldown increased from 11 to 13
• Impale can no longer be blocked by Linken's Sphere

[[

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|80px|link=Ogre Magi]]

Ogre Magi

• Base armor increased by 1
• Cast animation improved from 0.56 to 0.45

[[

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|80px|link=Omniknight]]

Omniknight

• Purification area of effect increased from 225 to 240
• Repel no longer removes positive buffs from allies
  • That means that Repel no longer removes Guardian Angel
• Guardian Angel duration increased from 5/6/7 to 6/7/8
• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter Guardian Angel duration increased from 5/6/7 to 8/9/10

[[

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|80px|link=Phantom Assassin]]

Phantom Assassin

• Stifling Dagger cooldown reduced from 8 to 6
• Blur evasion chance increased from 20/25/30/40 to 20/30/40/50

[[

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|80px|link=Phoenix]]

Phoenix

• Icarus Dive cast point extended from 0.01 to 0.2
• Fire Spirits damage reduced from 15/35/55/75 to 10/30/50/70
• Fire Spirits health cost increased from 15% to 20%

[[

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|80px|link=Pugna]]

Pugna

• Decrepify mana cost reduced from 100 to 60
• Nether Ward duration increased from 25 to 30

[[

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|80px|link=Queen of Pain]]

Queen of Pain

• Shadow Strike cooldown reduced from 20/16/12/8 to 16/12/8/4
• Shadow Strike cast range increased from 400 to 435

[[

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|80px|link=Razor]]

Razor

• Strength gain increased from 1.7 to 2.3
• Unstable Current slow duration increased from 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6 to 0.5/1/1.5/2

[[

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|80px|link=Riki]]

Riki

• Backstab now works when attacking allied units

[[

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|80px|link=Shadow Demon]]

Shadow Demon

• Added [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter upgrade: Demonic Purge cooldown replaced with two charges that have a 40 second replenish time

[[

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|80px|link=Shadow Fiend]]

Shadow Fiend

• Requiem of Souls' secondary debuff now affects magic immune units

[[

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|80px|link=Silencer]]

Silencer

• Agility growth increased from 2.1 to 3
• Curse of the Silent cooldown reduced from 20/18/16/14 to 20/16/12/8

[[

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|80px|link=Skywrath Mage]]

Skywrath Mage

• Base movement speed increased from 315 to 325
• Concussive Shot damage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 60/120/180/240

[[

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|80px|link=Sniper]]

Sniper

• Fixed Sniper's acquisition range not matching his maximum attack range
  • This affects his ability to auto attack units at his maximum range

[[

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|80px|link=Spirit Breaker]]

Spirit Breaker

• Nether Strike cast range increased from 400/550/700 to 700
• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter range increased from 550/700/850 to 850

• Nether Strike cooldown rebalanced from 75 to 80/70/60

[[

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|80px|link=Sven]]

Sven

• Base damage increased by 6

[[

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|80px|link=Templar Assassin]]

Templar Assassin

• Psionic Trap sub-ability now has the same cast point as the ability on the trap itself
  • Previously the sub-ability and the ability on the trap had different cast behaviors (both zero now). If you cast it with your hero it would take longer.

[[

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|80px|link=Terrorblade]]

Terrorblade

• Strength gain reduced from 1.9 to 1.4
• Reflection slow no longer persists through magic immunity
• Reflection duration rebalanced from 5 to 2.5/3.5/4.5/5.5

[[

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|80px|link=Tidehunter]]

Tidehunter

• Anchor Smash damage reduction increased from 40 to 60%
• Anchor Smash now works on Ancient creeps
  • Still does not affect Roshan

[[

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|80px|link=Tinker]]

Tinker

• is no longer blocked by Ethereal

[[

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|80px|link=Tiny]]

Tiny

• Craggy Exterior stun duration rescaled from 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75

[[

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|80px|link=Troll Warlord]]

Troll Warlord

• Whirling Axes (Melee) cast point improved from 0.2 to 0

[[

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|80px|link=Tusk]]

Tusk

• Reworked Snowball into a two-part ability: one which creates the snowball, and a sub-ability to launch the snowball. You have up to 4 seconds to use the sub-ability. The area that automatically pulls allies in has been reduced.
• You can now load an ally into your snowball within 400 range by right clicking on them
• Snowball moves 75 MS faster for each allied hero inside it
• Snowball deals 20/30/40/50 extra damage for each additional hero in it

[[

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|80px|link=Undying]]

Undying

• Soul Rip area of effect increased from 975 to 1300
• Tombstone Zombie Deathlust's Max % health threshold increased from 5/10/15/20% to 20/25/30/35%
• Tombstone Zombies no longer give any experience or gold
  • Down from 25 experience and 5-7 gold
• Tombstone Bounty increased from 70/90/110/130 to 75/100/125/150
• Flesh Golem's Plague Aura now affects magic immune units

[[

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|80px|link=Ursa]]

Ursa

• Fury Swipes is no longer a Unique Attack Modifier

[[

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|80px|link=Vengeful Spirit]]

Vengeful Spirit

• When Vengeful Spirit is slain, her killer is inflicted with a negative Vengeance Aura, which decreases the damage of her killer and their nearby allies, until she revives
  • The damage reduction is based on Vengeful Spirits's Vengeance Aura level, and has a 900 range area of effect around Vengeful Spirit's killer

[[

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|80px|link=Visage]]

Visage

• Grave Chill cooldown increased from 10 to 16/14/12/10

[[

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|80px|link=Warlock]]

Warlock

• Shadow Word duration increased from 9 to 11
• Upheaval cooldown reduced from 50 to 50/46/42/38

[[

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|80px|link=Windranger]]

Windranger

• Activating Windrun now disjoints incoming attack projectiles
• [[

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|20px|link=Aghanim's Scepter|class=noprint]] Aghanim's Scepter Focus Fire damage reduction decreased from -50/-40/-30 to -30/-15/0, and no longer has special rules for procs

[[

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|80px|link=Witch Doctor]]

Witch Doctor

• Maledict cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
• Death Ward base attack time improved from 0.25 to 0.22

[[

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|80px|link=Wraith King]]

Wraith King

• Mortal Strike damage ratio increased from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75 to 1.5/2/2.5/3
• Base armor reduced by 1

[[

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|80px|link=Zeus]]

Zeus

• Arc Lightning cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.2
• Lightning Bolt True Sight range reduced from 900 to 750
• Lightning Bolt flying vision range reduced from 1000 to 750
• Lightning Bolt can now be cast on the ground, affecting the closest enemy hero in a 250 range

Items

Animal Courier

• Ground Courier respawn time reduced from 180 seconds to 140 seconds

Bloodstone

• Bloodpact heal increased from 400 HP + 30 HP/charge to 500 HP + 30 HP/charge

Clarity

• Mana regeneration from 100 over 30 seconds to 135 over 40 seconds

Eul's Scepter of Divinity

• Cyclone now deals 50 damage to enemy units when they land
• You can now cast Cyclone on yourself while you are magic immune

Manta Style

• Mirror Image now resets the current attack and spell targeting priority
  • Also affects other image shuffle based spells like [[

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|20px|link=Chaos Knight|class=noprint pixelart]] Chaos Knight's Phantasm and

[[

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|20px|link=Naga Siren|class=noprint pixelart]] Naga Siren

's Mirror Image

Mjollnir

• Chain Lightning damage reduced from 160 to 150
• Static Shock area of effect is now centered around the unit with the Static Charge, rather than around the attacker
• Fixed Chain Lightning not functioning properly when it procs while a previous proc is still bouncing
  • This affects [[

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|20px|link=Maelstrom|class=noprint]] Maelstrom and Mjollnir and makes them more reliable when they proc in sequence

Necronomicon

• Necronomicon Warrior's movement speed rescaled from 330/360/390 to 350
• Necronomicon units XP bounty increased from 59 to 100/150/200

Observer Ward

and

[[

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|20px|link=Sentry Ward|class=noprint]] Sentry Ward

• Sharing wards with allies now requires a Control key override.
  • If you hold down Control, using a ward will only target heroes. If you do not, you may only target the ground
• Wards can no longer be placed in the fountain areas

Pipe of Insight

• Pipe health regeneration reduced from 11 to 8
• Pipe now provides Insight Aura, which grants 4 health regeneration to nearby allies
• Pipe's active buff is no longer dispellable

Rod of Atos

• Cripple ability cooldown reduced from 12 to 10

Scythe of Vyse

• Hexed units' base movement speed increased from 100 to 140
  • This only affects Scythe of Vyse

Shadow Amulet

• Fade no longer requires the target to remain stationary
  • Invisibility still requires the target to remain stationary

Shadow Blade

• Shadow Walk duration increased from 12 to 14

Town Portal Scroll

• Added an option to require a halt command to in order to cancel a Town Portal Scroll

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