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Patches (latest) September 19, 2013 Patch (Test) October 17, 2013 Patch (Test) October 18, 2013 Patch (Test)

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Patch Notes

General

  • Buyback prevents gaining unreliable gold (creeps, neutrals, etc) until your normal respawn time finishes
  • When buying back, 25% of the remaining respawn time will be added to your next death
  • Creeps now meet a bit closer to the tower in your offlane
  • Ranged Heroes now get the same denied experience as melee heroes (instead of less)
  • XP AoE increased from 1200 to 1300
  • Non-Ancient Neutrals now split XP with all heroes in the AoE instead of just the team that killed them
  • Swapped the medium pullable Neutral Camp with the small camp
  • A neutral creeps camp will no longer spawn the same set of neutral creeps twice in a row
  • Small reduction to the pull timing duration of the mid Radiant and mid-top Dire camp
  • Satyr Mindstealer XP bounty reduced from 88 to 62
  • Satyr Tormentor XP bounty reduced from 155 to 119
  • Mud Golems XP bounty reduced from 119 to 88
  • Mud Golems armor reduced from 4 to 2
  • Dark Troll Summoner bounty XP reduced from 155 to 119
  • Hellbear Smasher HP reduced from 1100 to 950
  • Hellbear armor reduced from 5 to 3
  • Satyr Trickster's Purge cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.2
  • Dragon Ancient Neutral Camp now have flying movement capability
  • Fixed Neutral Envenomed Weapons debuff dispelling regen items
  • Roshan will respawn at a random time between 8 and 11 minutes after death
  • When Aegis expires unused, it heals the hero fully over 5 seconds (regen dispels on damage from players or buildings)
  • Starting gold increased from 603 to 625
  • Random Gold bonus reduced by 50
  • Gold for ending a spree changed from 75->600 (3x->10x) to 125->1000
  • Your gold income is now 1 per 0.6 seconds, up from 1 per 0.8 seconds
  • Tower last hit bonus gold increased from 100-200 to 150-250
  • Melee Barracks HP regen increased from 2.5 to 5
  • Ranged Barracks HP regen decreased from 2.5 to 0
  • Ranged Barracks HP reduced from 1500 to 1200 and armor increased from 5 to 10 (same EHP vs physical damage)

Heroes

  • Alchemist minimap icon Alchemist:
    • Chemical Rage icon Chemical Rage:
      • No longer provides 250/500/750 bonus HP
      • HP regen increased from 15/30/60 to 50/75/100
  • Ancient Apparition minimap icon Ancient Apparition:
    • Ice Vortex icon Ice Vortex cooldown reduced from 5 to 4
    • Ice Blast icon Ice Blast cooldown reduced from 45 to 40
    • Chilling Touch icon Chilling Touch:
      • The buff is now always applied to Ancient Apparition even if he is not within the target area
      • Cooldown reduced from 50/46/42/38 to 50/42/34/26
  • Axe minimap icon Axe:
    • Berserker's Call icon Berserker's Call AoE increased from 275 to 300
    • Battle Hunger icon Battle Hunger:
      • Duration reduced from 10/13/16/19 to 10/12/14/16
      • Damage reduced from 15/21/27/33 to 15/20/25/30
      • Movement speed slow/bonus increased from 8% to 10%
      • Is now dispellable
    • Counter Helix icon Counter Helix:
      • Cooldown reduced from 0.55/0.5/0.45/0.4 to 0.45/0.4/0.35/0.3
      • Now hits siege units
    • Culling Blade icon Culling Blade:
      • No longer goes on cooldown if it successfully kills a hero
      • Threshold reduced from 300/450/625 to 250/350/450 (Aghanim upgraded version is still 300/450/625)
      • Speed bonus increased from 25% to 40% and AoE from 600 to 900
      • 40% speed bonus now applies to attack speed as well
      • Aghanim allied buff duration increased from 6 to 10
      • Mana cost reduced from 150/200/250 to 60/120/180
  • Batrider minimap icon Batrider:
    • Base damage reduced from 48-52 to 38-42
    • Vision reduced from 1400 to 1200
    • Flaming Lasso icon Flaming Lasso cast range reduced from 175 to 100
  • Beastmaster minimap icon Beastmaster:
    • Inner Beast icon Inner Beast:
      • AoE reduced from 1000 to 900 (standard aura AoE)
      • Attack speed rescaled from 18/26/32/40 to 15/25/35/45
    • Call of the Wild icon Call of the Wild:
      • Now has two abilities for summoning each unit independently
      • Mana cost reduced from 25 to 15 and cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.3
  • Bloodseeker minimap icon Bloodseeker:
    • Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 300
    • Thirst icon Thirst:
      • Is now global instead of 6000 range
      • Bonus now stacks for each unit that is low HP
      • HP threshold increased from 20/30/40/50% to 50%
      • Movement speed bonus reduced from 15/25/35/45% to 7/14/21/28%
      • When active, movement speed cap is removed on your hero
      • No longer provides armor bonus
      • Provides bonus 7/14/21/28 damage
      • No longer grants full hero vision around low HP targets, it only shows their model
      • No longer lasts for an extra 3 seconds when the target is dead
  • Brewmaster minimap icon Brewmaster:
    • Base agility increased from 16 to 22
    • Drunken Haze icon Drunken Haze affects a 200 AoE around the target
    • Thunder Clap icon Thunder Clap is now dispellable
    • Primal Split icon Primal Split selection order is now Earth/Storm/Fire
    • Reworked Aghanim upgrade:
      • No longer upgrades any stats, cooldown, duration, etc on Aghanim.
      • Grants Thunder Clap icon Thunder Clap to Earth, Drunken Haze icon Drunken Haze to Storm, and Drunken Brawler icon Drunken Brawler to Fire.
      • The skills granted are at the same level as Brewmaster's skills.
      • Cooldowns are independent of the original Brewmaster.
  • Bristleback minimap icon Bristleback:
    • Attack point improved from 0.4 to 0.3
    • Viscous Nasal Goo icon Viscous Nasal Goo:
      • Is now dispellable
      • Cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.3
    • Warpath icon Warpath:
      • Max stacks increased from 5 to 5/6/7
      • Stack duration increased from 10 to 14
  • Broodmother minimap icon Broodmother:
    • Spin Web icon Spin Web:
      • AoE increased from 650 to 900
      • Cast range increased from 600 to 1000
      • Cast point nerfed from 0.2 to 0.4
      • No longer destroys trees
      • Broodmother now has completely unobstructed movement when under the web (can walk over cliffs, trees, etc)
      • Removed buffer time when leaving Spin Web (you now immediately lose your regen/movement/pathing/invis bonuses)
  • Clinkz minimap icon Clinkz:
    • Frosthaven Searing Arrows icon Searing Arrows:
      • Damage increased from 20/30/40/50 to 30/40/50/60
      • Mana cost increased from 8 to 10
      • No longer blocked by magic immunity
  • Dazzle minimap icon Dazzle:
    • Weave icon Weave:
      • Duration rescaled from 12/18/24 to 20
      • Armor per second rescaled from 1 to 0.75/1/1.25 (scepter is 1/1.25/1.5)
    • Poison Touch icon Poison Touch:
      • Damage increased from 8/16/24/32 to 14/20/26/32 (7 seconds worth)
      • Is now dodgeable
      • Slow timings reworked:
        • Lvl 1: Slow target by 33% for 3 seconds
        • Lvl 2: Slow target by 33% for 2 seconds, then slow target by 66% for 1 second
        • Lvl 3: Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then slow target by 100% for 1 second
        • Lvl 4: Slow target by 33% for 1 second, then slow target by 66% for 1 second, then stun target for 1 second
        • Ministuns for 0.01 seconds at the start.
  • Disruptor minimap icon Disruptor:
    • Kinetic Field icon Kinetic Field AoE increased from 300 to 325
    • Glimpse icon Glimpse cooldown reduced from 60/50/40/30 to 65/50/35/20
    • Static Storm icon Static Storm:
      • AoE increased from 375 to 450
      • Max damage increased from 170/220/270 to 200/250/300
      • Added Aghanim's upgrade: Static Storm silences items, and lasts an extra 2 seconds
  • Doom minimap icon Doom:
    • Doom ability icon Doom:
      • Cooldown reduced from 110 to 100
      • Now removes positive buffs on the target before applying the debuff
      • Aghanim AoE requirement increased from 550 to 900
        • This is the AoE that is considered when freezing the duration of Aghanim upgraded Doom.
  • Drow Ranger minimap icon Drow Ranger:
    • Precision Aura icon Precision Aura:
      • Damage ratio increased from 16/20/24/28% to 18/24/30/36%
      • No longer affects creeps
      • Can now be manually cast to affect creeps globally for 30 seconds (120 seconds cooldown)
    • Marksmanship icon Marksmanship attribute negation AoE increased from 375 to 400
  • Invoker minimap icon Invoker:
    • E.M.P. icon E.M.P. restores Invoker for 50% of the mana it drains from heroes (excluding illusions)
    • Invoke icon Invoke max spells rescaled from 1/2/2/2 to 2
  • Io minimap icon Io:
    • Tether icon Tether now does a -100% MS/AS slow instead of a stun
  • Juggernaut minimap icon Juggernaut:
    • Healing Ward icon Healing Ward movement speed increased from 300 to 450
    • Omnislash icon Omnislash:
      • Scepter cooldown reduced from 110/100/90 to 70
      • No longer stops if the target is Ethereal (it still doesn't do damage)
      • Fixed not being able to use items during Omnislash icon Omnislash
  • Lich minimap icon Lich:
    • Ice Armor icon Ice Armor: has half effect against ranged heroes
      • Slow now stacks with the slow from Frost Nova
    • Sacrifice icon Sacrifice:
      • Cooldown increased from 35/30/25/20 to 44/36/28/20
      • Mana gain increased from 15/30/45/60% to 25/40/55/70%
      • No longer denies enemy XP
      • Now converts your own creep for XP (shared in AoE as normal creep xp bounty)
  • Lina minimap icon Lina:
    • Attack range increased from 635 to 650
  • Lion minimap icon Lion:
    • Mana Drain icon Mana Drain duration increased from 4 to 5
    • Hex (Lion) icon Hex:
      • Cooldown increased from 15 to 30/25/20/15
      • Duration increased from 1.75/2.5/3.25/4 to 2.5/3/3.5/4
  • Lone Druid minimap icon Lone Druid:
    • Base movement speed increased from 315 to 325 (still 280 in True Form)
    • Spirit Bear XP bounty increased from 196 to 300
  • Luna minimap icon Luna:
    • Moon Glaives icon Moon Glaives:
      • Can now bounce back on the same units if it already hit all other units nearby
      • Bounce damage reduced from -30% to -35%
    • Eclipse icon Eclipse Scepter beam count limit per target removed
  • Lycan minimap icon Lycan:
    • Armor increased by 1 (Shapeshift total armor is still the same as before)
    • Base damage increased by 5
    • Howl icon Howl bonus damage for non-hero units increased from 4/8/12/16 to 5/10/15/20
    • Wolves magic resistance increased from 50% to 80%
  • Magnus minimap icon Magnus:
    • Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.8
  • Meepo minimap icon Meepo:
    • Base armor reduced by 1
    • Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.65
    • Earthbind icon Earthbind cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.3
    • Divided We Stand icon Divided We Stand leveling rebalanced from 6/11/16 to 4/11/18
    • Removed 30% stat sharing on non-aghanim Divided We Stand icon Divided We Stand
  • Mirana minimap icon Mirana:
    • Leap icon Leap:
      • AoE AS/MS speed bonus is granted at the cast location rather than the destination
      • AoE AS bonus increased from 4/8/12/16 to 8/16/24/32
  • Nature's Prophet minimap icon Nature's Prophet:
    • Treants' XP Bounty increased from 20 to 30
    • Treants' Gold Bounty increased from 12-16 to 14-20
  • Night Stalker minimap icon Night Stalker:
    • Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Darkness". causes enemy vision to be reduced by 25% (affects heroes, creeps and wards)
  • Nyx Assassin minimap icon Nyx Assassin:
    • Spiked Carapace icon Spiked Carapace no longer stuns your hero when your summoned units proc it (the summoned units get stunned instead)
    • Impale icon Impale no longer has unit targeting, it is now only a point targeted spell
  • Ogre Magi minimap icon Ogre Magi:
    • Ignite icon Ignite
      • Duration increased from 4/5/6/7 to 5/6/7/8
      • Is now dodgeable
      • Can now multicast to cast at a random enemy unit in 1400 AoE (prioritizes ones that do not already have the debuff)
    • Unrefined Fireblast icon Unrefined Fireblast cooldown reduced from 10 to 6
  • Pudge minimap icon Pudge:
    • Can now use Blink Dagger icon Blink Dagger
    • If you hook a unit onto an impassable ledge, the unit gains free pathing for 5 seconds
    • Flesh Heap icon Flesh Heap magic resistance reduced from 4/8/12/16% to 6/8/10/12%
    • Dismember icon Dismember Scepter strength multiplier increased from 0.75 to 1
  • Pugna minimap icon Pugna:
    • Decrepify icon Decrepify:
      • Damage amp on allies reduced from 40% to 25%
      • Damage amp on enemies increased from 40% to 50%
    • Nether Ward icon Nether Ward now requires 3 hits to kill instead of 75/150/225/300 HP (heroes hurt it for 1, others for 0.25)
    • Life Drain icon Life Drain restores mana if it tries to heal you while you are full hp when targeting heroes
  • Riki minimap icon Riki:
    • Smoke Screen icon Smoke Screen cast range increased from 425 to 550
    • Riki is no longer revealed out of Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Permanent Invisibility". when he casts spells or uses items
      • When he starts his attack from Blink Strike icon Blink Strike, he will be revealed
  • Rubick minimap icon Rubick:
    • Telekinesis icon Telekinesis cooldown increased from 18 to 22
    • Spell Steal icon Spell Steal:
      • Rubick can no longer steal the Aghanim upgrade of the enemy if they have Aghanim and he doesn't
      • Added Aghanim's upgrade: reduces cooldown from 20/18/16 to 5, increases cast range from 1000 to 1400 and makes all stolen spells be considered to have their Aghanim's upgrade
  • Sand King minimap icon Sand King:
    • Sand Storm icon Sand Storm damage increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/50/75/100
    • Epicenter icon Epicenter attack speed slow is now same as movement speed slow (10%->30%)
  • Skywrath Mage minimap icon Skywrath Mage:
    • Int growth increased from 3.2 to 3.6
    • Added Aghanim's upgrade: Reduces Mystic Flare icon Mystic Flare's cooldown from 60/40/20 to 20/10/0
  • Slark minimap icon Slark:
    • Shadow Dance icon Shadow Dance:
      • Duration reduced from 5.5 to 4
      • Cooldown increased from 25 to 65
      • Can no longer be revealed by Truesight
  • Sniper minimap icon Sniper:
    • Take Aim icon Take Aim attack range bonus increased from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320
  • Spectre minimap icon Spectre:
    • Reality icon Reality:
      • You can now continuously use it on your illusions
      • Cast point improved from 0.3 to 0
  • Spirit Breaker minimap icon Spirit Breaker:
    • Base attack time nerfed from 1.7 to 1.9
    • Greater Bash icon Greater Bash no longer works while doomed
    • Nether Strike icon Nether Strike now uses 1.2 Cast Time instead of a 1 sec magic immune delay (can be interrupted as a result)
  • Tiny minimap icon Tiny:
    • Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Craggy Exterior".:
      • Chance increased from 6/12/18/24% to 10/15/20/25%
      • Stun duration increased from 1.2 to 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5
  • Treant Protector minimap icon Treant Protector:
    • Leech Seed icon Leech Seed:
      • Damage per pulse reduced from 30/45/60/75 to 24/36/48/60
      • Number of pulses increased from 4 to 6 (duration from 3 to 4.5)
    • Living Armor icon Living Armor:
      • Cooldown rebalanced from 15 to 32/26/20/14
      • Mana cost increased from 25 to 50
    • Nature's Guise icon Nature's Guise cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.3
  • Tusk minimap icon Tusk:
    • Frozen Sigil icon Frozen Sigil now requires a constant number of hits (3/3/4/4) instead of 200/220/240/260 HP (heroes hurt it for 1, others for 0.25)
  • Undying minimap icon Undying:
    • Decay icon Decay steal duration increased from 25/30/35/40 to 40
  • Venomancer minimap icon Venomancer:
    • Poison Nova icon Poison Nova no longer ignores invis/fogged units
    • Venomous Gale icon Venomous Gale"
      • No longer ignores invis units
      • Damage over time rebalanced from 15/30/45/60 to 0/30/60/90
    • Poison Sting icon Poison Sting:
      • Duration increased from 6/8/10/12 to 6/9/12/15
      • Damage no longer dispels healing or disables dagger
    • Plague Ward icon Plague Ward:
      • Wards now have Poison Sting icon Poison Sting for 50% of the damage at the current skilled level (When both Venomancer and a Plague Ward affect a target, only the highest dps is applied)
      • XP bounty increased from 12/12/25/25 to 20/25/30/35
  • Visage minimap icon Visage:
    • Base armor reduced by 1
    • Base magic resistance reduced from 25% to 10%
  • Warlock minimap icon Warlock:
    • Fatal Bonds icon Fatal Bonds now links the closest units to the initial target, instead of randomly choosing targets in its AoE
    • Upheaval icon Upheaval:
      • Cast range increased from 700 to 1200
      • Duration increased from 10 to 12
    • Chaotic Offering icon Chaotic Offering:
      • Removed 100 impact damage
      • Golem armor increased from 5/7/10 to 6/9/12
      • Mana cost increased from 200/250/300 to 200/300/400
  • Weaver minimap icon Weaver:
    • Base attack time nerfed from 1.7 to 1.8
  • Windranger minimap icon Windranger:
    • Focus Fire icon Focus Fire remains sticky on the target you cast it on
      • This means that you can change targets and when you return to the original target, your attack speed bonus will resume.

Items

  • Animal Courier icon Animal Courier:
    • Movement speed increased from 300 to 350
    • HP increased from 45 to 75
  • Armlet of Mordiggian icon Armlet of Mordiggian:
    • Unholy Strength STR gain is provided over 0.7 seconds
    • Unholy Strength has no toggle on or off cooldown
  • Blink Dagger icon Blink Dagger:
    • Damage disable no longer ignores self damage
      • This means stuff like Rot icon Rot will trigger it, but HP loss like Soul Ring icon Soul Ring will not.
  • Bloodstone icon Bloodstone:
    • Now gives the +10 damage from its components
  • Boots of Travel icon Boots of Travel:
    • Now prioritizes nearby structures first within 325 AoE from targeting position (when ground targeted)
  • Bottle icon Bottle:
    • Gold cost increased from 600 to 650
  • Clarity icon Clarity:
    • Is no longer shareable (but can still be used on a target ally)
  • Flying Courier icon Flying Courier:
    • Cannot be purchased until 3 minutes after creeps spawn
  • Healing Salve icon Healing Salve:
    • Gold cost increased from 100 to 115
    • Is no longer shareable (but can still be used on a target ally)
  • Linken's Sphere icon Linken's Sphere:
    • Can now be cast on an allied hero to transfer the buff
      • When on cooldown it does not work on you. Goes into cooldown when cast and once the buff is used up. If the cooldown ends and the buff has not been used up, the buff ends and does not trigger another cooldown. 700 cast range.
  • Maelstrom icon Maelstrom:
    • Chain Lightning AoE increased from 500 to 900
  • Mjollnir icon Mjollnir:
    • Static Charge radius around attacker increased from 300 to 450
    • Static Charge hit count increased from 3 to 5
    • Chain Lightning AoE increased from 500 to 900
  • Necronomicon icon Necronomicon:
    • Summoned units duration increased from 35 to 40
  • Observer Ward icon Observer Ward:
    • Duration increased from 6 to 7 minutes
    • Killing Observer Wards now grants a 50 gold bounty
  • Phase Boots icon Phase Boots:
    • Movement speed bonus reduced from 55 to 50
  • Radiance icon Radiance:
    • Burn damage AoE increased from 650 to 700
  • Refresher Orb icon Refresher Orb:
    • Now gives the +10 attack speed from its components
  • Sentry Ward icon Sentry Ward:
    • Duration increased from 3 to 4 minutes
    • No longer gives permanent vision around it
    • Gives ground vision in a 150 area around it for 12 seconds when placed
  • Smoke of Deceit icon Smoke of Deceit:
    • Smoked units are now always hidden until the buff is removed (rather than being hidden only from minimap and partially from world)
  • Tango icon Tango:
    • Charges increased from 3 to 4
    • Gold cost increased from 90 to 125
    • Is no longer shareable
    • Can be targeted on an allied hero to create a 1 charge non-stacking tango item in their inventory. If the inventory is full, the item will be placed on the ground. This item has a 60s cooldown.
  • Tranquil Boots icon Tranquil Boots:
    • Reworked Tranquil Boots:
      • Active Boots:
        • + 85 Movement speed
        • + 4 Armor
        • + 10 HP Regeneration
      • Broken Boots:
        • + 60 Movement speed
        • + 4 Armor
        • Restores when you haven't attacked or been attacked in the last 13 seconds.
      • Cannot be disassembled
  • Vanguard icon Vanguard:
    • Damage Block chance increased from 70 to 80%
  • Veil of Discord icon Veil of Discord:
    • Now uses Null Talisman instead of Robe of the Magi (from +12 int to +6 int, +3 str, +3 agi, +3 dmg)
    • Magic weakness duration increased from 20 to 25 seconds

Captain's Mode

  • Broodmother minimap icon Broodmother and Slark minimap icon Slark are temporarily disabled from CM, they will be added back shortly.

Update 2

  • Fixed various tooltips
  • Fixed Armlet Toggle still having a small cooldown
  • Fixed Bloodseeker getting slowed down by haste

Update 3

  • Fixed Level 4 Sprint duration being slightly too low
  • Fixed clients visual FoW not being updated properly with Darkness
  • Fixed Brewmaster Primal Split units and Call of the Wild Legacy Keys
  • Fixed multi target style attacks lifestealing from each hit under Vampiric Aura
  • Reverted Flying Dragons change (for now)

Update 4

  • Added Legacy Key support for neutral Ogre Magi
  • Fixed some items not always working during Omnislash
  • Fixed visual effect duration on Scepter Static Storm
  • Fixed Primal Roar not showing the cast animation
  • Shadow Amulet tooltip fix
  • Fixed Sound FX for Netherstrike
  • Fixed Riki sometimes revealing himself briefly when casting
  • Tweaked Roshan respawn timer visuals
  • Fixed some tooltips
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