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Version History[]

Version
Description
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Now deals 10/20/30/40 damage per second coming within its slow range.
    • Has a 0.5-second damage interval.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether heal/restore transfer from 75%/90%/105%/120% to 60%/80%/100%/120%.
  • Reduced Spirits icon Spirits mana cost from 120/130/140/150 to 100/110/120/130.
  • Rescaled Overcharge icon Overcharge attack speed bonus from 25/55/85/115 to 35/60/85/110.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 10
       
      +4 health regeneration  +15%/+15 Tether icon Tether enemy movement speed/attack speed slow.
      LVL 15
       
      +45 Spirits icon Spirits explosion damage increased to +55.
  • Rescaled Overcharge icon Overcharge attack speed bonus from 50/70/90/110 to 25/55/85/115.
  • Rescaled Tether icon Tether heal/restore transfer from 70%/90%/110%/130% to 75%/90%/105%/120%.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • Reduced spell damage amplification from 10%/12%/14%/16% to 8%/10%/12%/14%.
    • Increased cooldown from 22/20/18/16 to 25/22/19/16.
  • Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
    • Now also causes Spirits icon Spirits to apply a 15% movement speed slow for 0.3 seconds when hitting an enemy hero.
  • Reworked
    Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
    • Old
      Tether icon Tether
      • Now deals 150 damage while applying a 1.75-second stun on enemies coming within its slow range. Can affect the same unit once every 7 seconds.
      • Increases target movement speed bonus by 8%.
    • New
      • Tether icon Tether now also passively grants Io minimap icon Io 10% spell lifesteal, and causes it to share its current spell lifesteal with the Tethered target.
      • Increases Overcharge icon Overcharge spell damage amplification by 10%.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 10
       
      +30 attack damage  +15 attack damage to Tether icon Tethered units. [?]
      LVL 15
       
      +15% spell lifesteal  +45 Spirits icon Spirits explosion damage.
      LVL 15
       
      +300 Spirits icon Spirits max distance  +6% Tether icon Tether movement speed bonus.
      LVL 20
       
      +60 Spirits icon Spirits explosion damage  +0.2% Overcharge icon Overcharge max health as health regeneration bonus.
      LVL 25
       
      +900 health  +400 health to Tether icon Tethered units. [?]
  • Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Increased link break distance from 900 to 1000.
    • Increased heal/restore transfer from 60%/80%/100%/120% to 70%/90%/110%/130%.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • No longer removes the max movement speed limit.
    • Reduced cast range from 1800 to 1600.
    • Reduced tree destruction radius around Io minimap icon Io after the pull ends from 300 to 150.
  • Spirits icon Spirits
    • Reduced creep collision damage from 10/20/30/40 to 10/15/20/25.
    • Reduced Spirits Out icon Spirits Out max distance from 700 to 650.
  • Reduced Relocate icon Relocate tree destruction radius upon teleporting from 300 to 150.
  • Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
    • Changed
      from damaging and stunning enemies upon Tether broken in any way to upon Tether icon Tether contact. [?]
    • Now can affect the same unit once every 7 seconds.
  • Added
    Attribute Bonus icon Attribute Bonus.
  • Removed
    Io Innate icon Io Innate ability.
    • Now requires turning to perform any actions. [?]
  • Increased base attack damage from 22‒31 to 28‒34.
  • Increased attack point from 0.15 to 0.3.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Rescaled target movement speed bonus from 5%/8%/11%/14% to 6%/8%/10%/12%.
    • Increased enemy movement speed slow from 8%/16%/24%/32% to 15%/25%/35%/45%.
    • Reduced heal/restore transfer from 60%/90%/120%/150% to 60%/80%/100%/120%.
  • Spirits icon Spirits
    • Increased explosion damage from 20/40/60/80 to 30/50/70/90.
    • Increased creep collision damage from 10/18/26/34 to 10/20/30/40.
    • Split
      Spirits Movement icon Spirits Movement sub-ability up into Spirits In icon Spirits In and Spirits Out icon Spirits Out.
Old
Spirits Movement icon Spirits Movement
Calls the spirits in and out.
Min distance: 200
Max distance: 700
Cooldown: 0
Notes: This sub-ability is present in the same ability slot until all spirits explode. Not a toggle ability. Causes the spirits to move inwards/outwards, based on whether they are at minimum or maximum distance, or whether they already are moving in or out. Cannot be used to make the spirits stop at a precise distance.
New
Spirits In icon Spirits In / Spirits Out icon Spirits Out
Sends the spirits closer to you. Can be toggled on and off. / Sends the spirits farther away from you. Can be toggled on and off.
Min distance: 200
Max distance: 700
Cooldown: 0
Notes: Take the fourth and fifth ability slots, only visible while Spirits icon Spirits is active. Both are toggles, meaning the distances can be set precisely by toggling them Off at the wanted distance. Toggling one of them On automatically toggles the other one Off.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • Now also grants 10%/12%/14%/16% spell damage amplification bonus.
    • Reduced attack speed bonus from 50/80/110/140 to 50/70/90/110.
  • Increased Relocate icon Relocate cooldown from 90/75/60 to 100/90/80.
  • Added
    Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Io minimap icon Io:
    • Tether icon Tether
      • Now deals 150 damage while applying a 1.75-second stun on enemies coming within its slow range upon breaking the tether in any way.
      • Increases target movement speed bonus by 5%.
  • Reduced Overcharge icon Overcharge max health as health regeneration from 0.55%/0.7%/0.85%/1% to 0.5%/0.6%/0.7%/0.8%.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • Reduced max health as health regeneration from 0.6%/0.8%/1%/1.2% to 0.55%/0.7%/0.85%/1%.
    • Increased cooldown from 16 on each level to 22/20/18/16.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 15
       
      +120 Gold Gold per minute  +400 Spirits icon Spirits maximum distance.
  • Increased base armor from -1 to 1.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Now continuously slows the movement speed and attack speed by 8%/16%/24%/32% and 8/16/24/32 of enemies while in contact with the link.
    • The slow debuff lasts 0.2 seconds.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • No longer grants 5%/10%/15%/20% incoming damage reduction.
    • Now grants 0.6%/0.8%/1%/1.2% of max health as health regeneration.
    • Reduced cooldown from 18 to 16.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 10
       
      Spirits icon Spirits slow 80% movement speed for 0.3s  +90 Gold Gold per minute.
      LVL 15
       
      +75 Spirits icon Spirits explosion damage  80% Spirits icon Spirits movement speed slow. [?]
      LVL 20
       
      +150 Gold Gold per minute  +75 Spirits icon Spirits explosion damage.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether heal/restore transfer from 90%/110%/130%/150% to 60%/90%/120%/150%.
  • Increased Strength attribute symbol strength gain from 2.5 to 3.
  • Reduced attack range from 575 to 500.
  • Increased base armor from -2 to -1.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Reduced heal/restore transfer from 105%/120%/135%/150% to 90%/110%/130%/150%.
    • Now puts Break Tether icon Break Tether on a 0.25-second cooldown upon cast. [?]
  • Spirits icon Spirits no longer applies a 20%/40%/60%/80% movement speed slow for 0.3 seconds upon exploding.
  • Talent Talents:
    • LVL 10
       
      +20% experience gain  Spirits icon Spirits slow 80% movement speed for 0.3s.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • The set movement speed on self is no longer considered as haste movement. Io minimap icon Io can now be slowed directly. [?]
    • Now sets movement speed as the target's movement speed as if they are not slowed while tethering. [?]
  • Spirits icon Spirits
    • No longer does a micro animation interruption upon ability cast. [?]
    • Reduced spirits revolution time from 2.4 to 2.7.
  • Spirits Movement icon Spirits Movement
    • Increased min distance from 100 to 200.
    • Reduced toggle cooldown from 1.5 to 0.
  • Reduced Overcharge icon Overcharge incoming damage reduction from 15%/20%/25%/30% to 5%/10%/15%/20%.
  • Increased Relocate icon Relocate mana cost from 100 to 175.
Old
Overcharge icon Overcharge
Toggle: Io gains bonus attack speed and damage reduction, at the cost of draining a percentage of its current health and mana per second. If Io is tethered to an ally, that unit also gains the bonuses.
Current health/mana as cost per second: 6%
Attack speed bonus: 40/50/60/70
Incoming damage reduction: 5%/10%/15%/20%
Toggle cooldown: 2
Notes: Health cost is direct HP Removal. Does not interrupt channeling upon toggling On / Off, and does not trigger on-cast events.
New
Overcharge icon Overcharge
Io gains bonus attack speed and damage reduction. If Io is tethered to an ally, that unit also gains the bonuses.
Attack speed bonus: 50/80/110/140
Incoming damage reduction: 15%/20%/25%/30%
Duration: 8
Mana cost: 40/60/80/100
Cooldown: 18
Notes: Regular active ability, interrupts Io on cast, triggers on-cast events.
  • Relocate icon Relocate
    • Now has an effect delay, instead of channeling. [?]
    • Increased effect delay from 2.7/2.35/2 to 3.5/3.25/3.
    • Reduced cooldown from 130/110/90 to 90/75/60.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether heal/restore transfer from 120%/130%/140%/150% to 105%/120%/135%/150%.
  • Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
  • Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
  • Increased Spirits icon Spirits cooldown from 26/22/18/14 to 26/24/22/20.
  • Increased Spirits icon Spirits cooldown from 20/18/16/14 to 26/22/18/14.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether movement speed bonus from 7%/10%/13%/16% to 5%/8%/11%/14%.
  • Reduced Spirits icon Spirits explosion damage from 25/50/75/100 to 20/40/60/80.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Can now be cast on spell immune allies.
    • No longer slows enemies movement speed by 100% and attack speed by 100 when coming in contact with the link.
    • Reduced cast point from 0.001 to 0.
  • Spirits icon Spirits
    • Now also slows enemies' movement speed by 20%/40%/60%/80% for 0.3 seconds upon exploding. [?]
    • Spirits now automatically expand to its 700 max distance upon cast, instead of staying 150 range away from Io minimap icon Io.
    • Increased spirits collision radius from 70 to 110.
    • Increased explosion damage/slow radius from 300 to 360.
    • Increased creep collision damage from 8/14/20/26 to 10/18/26/34.
    • Rescaled mana cost from 150 on each level to 120/130/140/150.
  • Merged
    Spirits In icon Spirits In and Spirits Out icon Spirits Out into a new sub-ability Spirits Movement icon Spirits Movement.
Old
Spirits In icon Spirits In / Spirits Out icon Spirits Out
Calls the spirits closer to you. Can be toggled on and off. / Sends the spirits farther away from you. Can be toggled on and off.
Min distance: 100
Max distance: 700
Cooldown: 0
Notes: Take the fourth and fifth ability slots. Both are toggles, meaning the distances can be set precisely by toggling them Off at the wanted distance. Toggling one of them On automatically toggles the other one Off.
New
Spirits Movement icon Spirits Movement
Calls the spirits in and out.
Min distance: 100
Max distance: 700
Cooldown: 1.5
Notes: Replaces Spirits icon Spirits until all spirits explode. Not a toggle ability. Causes the spirits to move inwards/outwards, based on whether they are at min or max distance, or whether they already are moving in or out. Cannot be used to make the spirits stop at a precise distance.
  • Reduced base attack damage from 26‒35 to 22‒31.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Changed
      from granting self movement speed bonus to setting self movement speed equal of the target's movement speed. [?]
    • The set movement speed value is also considered as haste movement on Io minimap icon Io, and ignores speed reducing or increasing effects. [?]
    • Changed
      duration from max 14 seconds to Permanent. [?]
    • Reduced target movement speed bonus from 10%/12%/14%/16% to 7%/10%/13%/16%.
    • Reduced heal/restore transfer from 150% on each level to 120%/130%/140%/150%.
  • Increased Relocate icon Relocate cooldown from 120/100/80 to 130/110/90.
  • Increased Tether icon Tether duration from 12 to 14.
  • Increased Spirits icon Spirits mana cost from 120/130/140/150 to 150 on each level.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether movement speed bonus from 13%/14%/15%/16% to 10%/12%/14%/16%.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • Increased current health as cost per second from 4.5% to 6%.
    • Increased current mana as cost per second from 4.5% to 6%.
  • Increased Strength attribute symbol strength gain from 1.9 to 2.2.
  • Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
  • Increased base mana from 50 to 75.
  • Increased Relocate icon Relocate cooldown from 90/75/60 to 100/80/60.
  • Increased Relocate icon Relocate teleport delay from 2.5/2.25/2 to 2.7/2.35/2.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether movement speed bonus from 14%/15%/16%/17% to 13%/14%/15%/16%.
  • Increased base health from 180 to 200.
  • Increased base mana from 0 to 50.
  • Increased base health from 150 to 180.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether movement speed bonus from 17% on each level to 14%/15%/16%/17%.
  • Added
    Io Innate icon Io Innate ability.
    • No longer requires turning to perform any actions, including attacks. [?]
  • Fixed Tether icon Tether mana restoring issues.
  • Changed
    Spirits icon Spirits from continuously providing vision around them to providing vision only upon colliding with an enemy hero for 3 seconds.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • Increased current health as cost per second from 3.5% to 4.5%.
    • Increased current mana as cost per second from 3.5% to 4.5%.
  • Increased Tether icon Tether heal/restore transfer rate from 100% to 150%. [?]
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • Increased current health as cost per second from 2.5% to 3.5%.
    • Increased current mana as cost per second from 2.5% to 3.5%.
  • Increased base attack damage from 16‒25 to 26‒35.
  • Increased attack range from 525 to 575.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Reduced movement speed bonus from 15%/20%/25%/30% to 20% on each level.
    • Rescaled stun duration from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 to 0.75/1.25/1.75/2.25.
  • Spirits icon Spirits
    • The Spirits In icon Spirits In and Spirits Out icon Spirits Out sub-abilities no longer interrupt movement or channelings when used.
    • Now circle slightly faster when there are fewer spirits alive.
    • No longer slows movement speed by [ Info Needed ].
    • Increased spirits duration from 16 to 19.
    • Reduced spawn interval from 1.2 to 0.8. [?]
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge
    • Reduced attack speed bonus from 60/80/100/120 to 40/50/60/70.
    • Now also grants 5%/10%/15%/20% incoming damage reduction towards all damage types. [?]
    • Fixed ability from toggling itself Off.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether movement speed bonus from 20%/25%/30%/35% to 15%/20%/25%/30%.
  • Increased Spirits icon Spirits cooldown from 14 on each level to 20/18/16/14.
  • Fixed ability interactions between Relocate icon Relocate and Bash sources.
  • Added
    new Bound Radius mechanic. [?]
    • Io minimap icon Io has the DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO hull size. [?]
    • This unit has a 27-radius collision size and a 24-radius bound radius respectively.
  • Updated hero icon.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether Stun duration from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75.
  • Updated Spirits icon Spirits ability icon.
  • Relocate icon Relocate
    • Increased cooldown from 80/60/40 to 90/75/60.
    • Fixed ability being unable to teleport the caster.
  • Created

Patch History[]

Patch
Description
  • Increased versus scale from 0.77 to 0.93.
  • Added
    new Adjectives attributes. [?]
    • Io minimap icon Io has the following values: Blue 1, Flying 1, Legs 0 and Nose 0.
  • Added
    new Tether icon Tether ability modifiers.
  • Updated Relocate icon Relocate backend ability strings.
  • Updated Tether icon Tether ability descriptions.
    • Tether icon Tether
      • Updated ability descriptions.
      • Changed
        heal/restore transfer backend ability string from 60%/80%/100%/120% to 0.6/0.8/1/1.2.
    • Relocate icon Relocate
      • Updated ability descriptions.
      • Updated ability notes.
  • Fixed not being able to level Tether icon Tether up while being Tethered to another target.
  • Break Tether icon Break Tether
    • Fixed leveling up Tether icon Tether while sub-ability is active not updating its ability values.
    • Added backend strings to fix sub-ability using up skill points and not leveling up ability.
  • Updated Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Spirits icon Spirits ability descriptions.
  • Fixed Tether icon Tether slow debuff modifiers missing descriptions.
  • Updated default hero model and animations.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Reduced cast sound volume from 0.75 to 0.66.
    • Increased cast sound volume fade out time from 0.5 to 1.
  • Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Spirits icon Spirits now appears as a passive ability in the HUD instead of being hidden away.
    • Fixed Io minimap icon Io's ability slots being messed up.
  • Updated hero model and animations.
  • Fixed Tether icon Tether increasing enemy attack speed, instead of reducing it.
    • Updated Tether icon Tether buff description to say that it causes Io minimap icon Io's speed to match the target's.
    • Updated Overcharge icon Overcharge description and buff to mention the health regeneration and removed mention of damage resistance in the tooltip.
  • Fixed the additional information missing from Io minimap icon Io in-game patch notes.
  • Tether icon Tether
      • Fixed ability not surpassing the default movement speed limit when tethered to a hero that is faster.
      • Now breaks when the caster gets Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Assimilate icon Assimilate.
      • Fixed a server crash caused by two heroes tethering each other.
  • Fixed Tether icon Tether break distance during the pull not considering cast range bonuses.
  • Added head slot to loadout.
  • Modified portrait position.
  • Fixed ambient particles.
  • Extra ability slots for Spirits icon Spirits now have tooltip stating Spirits In and Spirits Out rather than Empty Slot.
  • U
    Spirits icon Spirits particle effects will now be drawn even when hidden.
  • Fixed hero portrait.
  • Fixed ambient particle creation on hero.
  • Spirits icon Spirits now appear at the correct height.
  • Fixed blinking while in the initial Tether icon Tether pull causing the tether range to be larger than intended.
  • Fixed the mechanism Armlet of Mordiggian icon Armlet of Mordiggian and Overcharge icon Overcharge to use proper health modification (meaning their health manipulation is now completely unaffected by anything).
  • Fixed casting Tether icon Tether on a unit could sometimes move Io minimap icon Io towards the previously Tethered unit instead.
  • Updated Tether icon Tether ability tooltip.
  • Updated subtitles.
  • Fixed default hero death effects.
  • Reduced Tether icon Tether movement speed bonus from 20% to 17%.
  • Relocate icon Relocate
    • Fixed ability not being interrupted if Io minimap icon Io was only disabled in the cast time but not when the teleportation happened.
    • Fixed ability not getting interrupted by root debuffs.
    • Fixed not revealing Fog of War for enemies.
    • Fixed not showing the initial visual effect on the ground for enemies (only showed ping).
    • Fixed being able to return creeps with Relocate by Tether icon Tethering a creep after relocating.
  • Fixed Overcharge icon Overcharge missing a 2-second toggle Off cooldown.
  • Renamed
    from Wisp to Io minimap icon Io.
  • U
    Changed
    hero color from blue from teal.
  • Relocate icon Relocate
    • Fixed Tether icon Tether sometimes ending prematurely if Relocate was cast before Tether.
    • Fixed relocated units sometimes walking away to do a previous order.
  • Updated default hero textures.
  • Updated the ability icons to match texture changes.
  • Added
    to Captain's Mode.
  • Fixed default hero model rendering with pops and such when entering or leaving Fog of War.
  • Fixed Io minimap icon Io voice lip-sync getting stuck on with random noise.
  • Fixed ranged display stomping on ambient effects, including Io.
  • Tether icon Tether
    • Fixed Magic Stick icon Magic Stick interactions.
    • Fixed Soul Ring icon Soul Ring not restoring mana with Tether.
    • Fixed ability effects being left behind when enemy teleported into Fog of War.
    • Now shows the amount that it heals its target.
    • Added more obvious Tether boundary effect.
  • Spirits icon Spirits
    • Changed Spirits explosion effects.
    • No longer don't retain their vision after they explode.
    • Spirits no longer show up on the minimap.
    • The Spirits In icon Spirits In and Spirits Out icon Spirits Out sub-abilities no longer proc Magic Stick icon Magic Stick-based items.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge no longer proc Magic Stick icon Magic Stick-based items.
  • Relocate icon Relocate
    • Relocate return does not interrupting other channeling abilities (i.e. Town Portal Scroll icon Town Portal Scroll).
    • Fixed heroes continuing old movement orders after returning with Relocate.
    • Io and its Tether icon Tethered unit move their camera when they Relocate and Relocate back.
    • The ability sound effects now stop correctly.
    • Fixed default hero portrait not drawing.
    • Relocate icon Relocate now provides vision to the target area for both teams along with the Tether icon Tethered ally teleport effect for his team and an enemy teleport effect for its enemies.
    • Tether icon Tether now destroys trees every time the ability is canceled to prevent getting stuck in trees.
    • Added a check for the Spirits icon Spirits ability to block creep spawns.
      • Spirits now correctly provide vision.
      • The ability no longer block neutral creep spawns.
    • Fixed default hero visual effects.
    • Fixed not looking different during invisibility.
    • Fixed illusions not appearing.
    • Tether icon Tether
      • Fixed being unable to cast ability on creeps (including Siege Creep Radiant icon Siege Creep),
      • Fixed ability not ending when the target is dead.
      • Fixed Disabled Help not working with ability.
      • Fixed trees not being destroyed when pulling yourself to the target with the ability.
      • Fixed Arcane Boots icon Replenish Mana not restoring mana to the Tethered target.
      • Fixed a crash when ability is cast on a dead illusion.
    • Spirits icon Spirits
    • Fixed Relocate icon Relocate using a channel instead of a cast delay.
    • Tether icon Tether
      • Now increases ability duration when Relocate icon Relocate is cast.
      • Now lasts the entire duration of Relocate icon Relocate.
      • Added a sanity check for maximum distance to handle when the target teleports.
      • Added new visual effects to ability to indicate boundary range.
    • Spirits icon Spirits
    • Fixed movement speed bonus from Overcharge icon Overcharge not working correctly.
    • Fixed a chance to be stuck in the unit you Relocate icon Relocate with.
  • Fixed a fatal error with Tether icon Tether.
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