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Version

Description

7.26c

• Talents:

Level 10 right talent: +2.5 mana regen reduced to +2.

7.26b

• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +250 health reduced to +200.

Level 10 right talent: +3 mana regen reduced to +2.5.

Level 15 left talent: +1.5% Static Field current health as damage reduced to +1.2%

Level 15 right talent: +30 movement speed reduced to +25.

Level 20 left talent: +0.5s Lightning Bolt stun duration reduced to +0.4s.

Level 20 right talent: 15% cooldown reduction reduced to 12%.

Level 25 left talent: +145 Arc Lightning damage reduced to +115.

Level 25 right talent: +275 cast range reduced to +225.

7.25

• Reduced attack point from 0.45 to 0.35.
• Increased base movement speed from 295 to 300.

7.23e

• Talents:

Level 10 left talent changed: +20% experience -> +250 health.

7.23c

• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +25% experience gain reduced to +20%.

7.23

• Increased Nimbus mana cost from 275 to 325.
• Talents:

Level 25 left talent: +155 Arc Lightning damage reduced to +145.

7.22f

• Increased base intelligence from 21 to 22.

7.22e

• Thundergod's Wrath
  • Increased damage from 225/325/425 to 250/350/450.
  • Increased mana cost from 225/325/450 to 250/350/450.

7.22d

• Increased base armor from 0 to 1.
• Increased Static Field damage from 5%/7%/9%/11% to 6%/8%/10%/12%.

7.22

• Increased base mana regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
• Reduced attack point from 0.633 to 0.45.
• Talents:

Level 10 right talent changed: +6 armor -> +3 mana regen.

7.21d

• Increased base intelligence and gain from 20 + 3.1 to 21 + 3.3.
• Increased Static Field current health as damage from 4%/6%/8%/10% to 5%/7%/9%/11%.

7.21

• Increased intelligence gain from 2.7 to 3.1.
• Reduced movement speed from 300 to 295.
• Static Field now only affects enemies hit by Zeus' spells, instead of affecting every enemy in a 1200 radius around him. [?]

7.20

• Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
• Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
• Nimbus' Lightning Bolt interval is no longer affected by cooldown reductions.

7.19d

• Increased Arc Lightning mana cost from 65/70/75/80 to 80 on each level.

7.19c

• Reduced strength gain from 2.3 to 2.1.
• Talents:

Level 25 left talent: +170 Arc Lightning damage reduced to +155.

7.19

• Reduced Nimbus radius from 500 to 450.

7.17

• Increased Lightning Bolt mana cost from 75/95/115/135 to 90/105/120/135.

7.16

• Increased base attack damage from 28-36 to 33-41.
• Reduced strength gain from 2.6 to 2.3.
• Rescaled Arc Lightning damage from 85/100/115/145 to 70/95/120/145.
• Lightning Bolt
  • Increased cast range from 700 on each level to 700/750/800/850.
  • Increased damage from 100/175/275/350 to 125/200/275/350.
• Talents:

Level 15 right talent: +40 movement speed reduced to +30.

7.15

• Reduced base intelligence from 22 to 20.
• Increased base attack damage from 26-34 to 28-36.

7.14

• Talents:

Level 15 left talent: +1% Static Field current health as damage increased to +1.5%.

7.13b

• Increased base strength from 19 to 21.

7.12

• Increased base attack damage from 21-29 to 26-34.
• Increased attack range from 350 to 380.

7.10

• Talents:

Level 25 right talent: +200 cast range increased to +275.

7.07

• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
• Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
• Reworked talents:

Old:

Level 10: +25 movement speed or +2 mana regen

Level 15: +15% magic resistance or +7 armor

Level 20: +0.5s Lightning Bolt stun duration or +75 Arc Lightning damage

Level 25: +2% Static Field current health as damage or +200 cast range

New:

Level 10: +25% experience gain or +6 armor

Level 15: +1% Static Field current health as damage or +40 movement speed

Level 20: +0.5s Lightning Bolt stun duration or 15% cooldown reduction

Level 25: +170 Arc Lightning damage or +200 cast range

7.06c

• Increased movement speed from 295 to 300.

7.06

• Increased strength gain from 2.3 to 2.6.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
• Talents:

Level 20 left talent changed: -40s respawn time -> +0.5s Lightning Bolt stun duration.

7.05

• Increased base intelligence from 20 to 22.
• Talents:

Level 10 left talent changed: +200 health -> +25 movement speed.

Level 15 left talent: +10% magic resistance increased to +15%.

Level 15 right talent: +5 armor increased to +7.

Level 20 right talent changed: +35 movement speed -> +75 Arc Lightning damage.

7.03

• Reduced Nimbus cooldown and duration from 40 to 35.
• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +175 health increased to +200.

Level 25 left talent: +1.5% Static Field current health as damage increased to +2%.

7.02

• Nimbus
  • Reduced strike interval from 2.5 to 2.25.
  • Reduced duration from 50 to 40.
  • Reduced cooldown from 50 to 40.
• Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +150 health increased to +175.

7.01

• Talents:

Level 20 left talent: -35s respawn time increased to -40s.

Level 20 right talent: +30 movement speed increased to +35.

7.00

• Aghanim's Scepter
  • No longer increases Thundergod's Wrath damage from 225/325/425 to 440/540/640.
  • Now grants Zeus a new ability, Nimbus

Nimbus

Creates a storm cloud anywhere on the map that automatically casts Lightning Bolt on nearby enemies.

Cast range: Global

Radius: 500

Strike interval: 2.5

Duration: 50

Cooldown: 50

Mana cost: 275

Melee attacks to destroy: 4

Ranged attacks to destroy: 8

Non-hero attacks to destroy: 16

Gold bounty: 100

Notes: Casts regular Lightning Bolts on the closest enemy within its radius, based on the Bolt's current level, applying all of its effects (damage, mini-stun, vision and true sight). The strike interval is affected by cooldown reductions.

• Added talents:

Level 10: +150 health or +2 mana regen

Level 15: +10% magic resistance or +5 armor

Level 20: -35s respawn time or +30 movement speed

Level 25: +1.5% Static Field current health as damage or +200 cast range

6.88b

• Increased Lightning Bolt stun duration from 0.1 to 0.2.

6.88

• Reduced Arc Lightning cooldown from 1.75 to 1.6.

6.87

• Static Field
  • Static Field's damage is now flagged as HP Removal. [?]
  • Reduced current health as damage from 5%/7%/9%/11% to 4%/6%/8%/10%.
• Reduced Thundergod's Wrath damage from 225/350/475 to 225/325/425.

6.84

• Thundergod's Wrath
  • Reduced vision radius from 1000 to 500.
  • Fixed sometimes hitting invisible units depending on the order of player slots.

6.82

• Increased Static Field radius from 1000 to 1200.

6.81b

• Lightning Bolt
  • Increased vision and True Sight duration from 3 to 4.5.
  • Increased hero search radius from 250 to 325.

6.81

• Reduced Arc Lightning cast point from 0.4 to 0.2.
• Lightning Bolt
  • Can now be cast on the ground, affecting the closest enemy hero in a 250 range.
  • Reduced True Sight radius from 900 to 750.
  • Reduced flying vision radius from 900 to 750.

6.80

• Increased Arc Lightning cast range from 700 to 850.

6.77

• Increased strength gain from 1.8 to 2.3.

6.76

• Thundergod's Wrath
  • Increased damage from 210/335/460 to 225/350/475.
  • Increased Aghanim's Scepter upgraded damage from 400/500/600 to 440/540/640.

6.75

• Reduced Arc Lightning cooldown from 2 to 1.75.
• Reduced Thundergod's Wrath cooldown from 120 to 90.

6.73

• Increased Arc Lightning damage from 85/100/115/130 to 85/100/115/145.
• Reduced Lightning Bolt cooldown from 6.5 to 6.
• Static Field now also affects creeps, invisible and fogged units.

6.72c

• Increased Lightning Bolt vision radius from 1000/750 to 1000/1000.
• Increased Thundergod's Wrath vision radius from 1000/750 to 1000/1000.

6.72

• Arc Lightning
  • Reduced cooldown from 2.25 to 2.
  • Reduced mana cost from 65/72/79/87 to 65/70/75/80.

6.71

• Increased Static Field radius from 900 to 1000.
• Increased Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Thundergod's Wrath damage from 355/460/570 to 400/500/600.

6.70

• Reduced Lightning Bolt cooldown from 7 to 6.5.

6.68

• Reduced Arc Lightning cooldown from 2.5 to 2.25.

6.67

• Increased Static Field radius from 800 to 900.

6.63

• Reduced base agility and gain from 15 + 1.7 to 11 + 1.2.

6.60

• Arc Lightning
  • Can now be cast while the lightning of a previous cast is still bouncing.
  • Increased cooldown from 2 to 2.5.
• Lightning Bolt is now fully blocked by Linken's Sphere, instead of mini-stun only.

6.41

• Thundergod's Wrath no longer hits Meepo clones.

6.36

• Lightning Bolt no longer turns the target invulnerable for 0.01 seconds before applying the damage.
• Reduced Static Field radius from 1000 to 800.

6.35

• Increased strength gain from 1.4 to 1.8.
• Increased intelligence gain from 2.5 to 2.8.
• Increased base movement speed from 290 to 295.
• Increased Static Field radius from 600 to 1000.

6.33b

• Fixed Static Field having a minor effect even without having it learned.

6.29b

• Increased Static Field radius from 500 to 600.

6.28

• Reworked Static Field

Old Static Field:

Instantly shocks all nearby enemy units for a percentage of their current hitpoints as damage.

Radius: 400

Current health as damage: 7%/9%/11%/13% (HP Removal)

Mana cost: 20

Cooldown: 0

Notes: Active ability. Does not affect sleeping enemy units.

New Static Field:

Whenever Zeus casts a spell, he shocks all nearby enemy heroes for a percentage of their current hit points as damage.

Radius: 500

Current health as damage: 5%/7%/9%/11% (magical)

Notes: Passive ability, activates whenever Zeus casts a spell. Only affects heroes.

6.17

• Lightning Bolt
  • Increased cast range from 600 to 700.
  • Reduced mana cost from 75/95/115/160 to 75/95/115/135
  • Reduced cooldown from 8 to 7.

6.10

• Fixed some memory leak issues on Lightning Bolt, Static Field and Thundergod's Wrath.

6.00

• Increased Acquisition range from 400 to 500.
• Improved Attack Animation from 0.500/0.500 to 0.633/0.366.
• Improved Cast Animation from 0.300/0.510 to 0.400/0.500.
• Reduced base movement speed from 300 to 290.
• Reduced base strength and gain from 20 + 2 to 19 + 1.4.
• Increased Arc Lightning mana cost from 50/57/64/71 to 65/72/79/86.
• Static Field no longer affects sleeping units (neutral creeps at night).

5.80

• Reduced Thundergod's Wrath damage from 225/350/475 ( 350/475/600) to 210/335/460 ( 365/460/570).

5.79

• Static Field (Pre 6.28)
  • Reduced Radius from 450/500/550/600 to 400.
  • Rescaled HP removal from 15% to 7/9/11/13%.

5.75

• Increased Lightning Bolt mana cost from 75/95/115/125 to 75/95/115/160
• Rescaled Thundergod's Wrath cooldown from 125/100/80 to 120.

5.72

• Increased Static Field (Pre 6.28) mana cost from 13 to 20.

5.71

• Reduced Acquisition range from 650 to 400.
• Increased Arc Lightning damage from 75/85/100/115 to 85/100/115/130.
• Increased Lightning Bolt damage from 75/150/225/300 to 100/175/275/350.
• Increased Thundergod's Wrath damage from 200/300/425 ( 300/425/525) to 225/350/475 ( 300/475/600).

5.61

• Increased Static Field (Pre 6.28) mana cost from 11/11/10/9 to 13.
• Reduced Arc Lightning cooldown from 3 to 2 seconds.

5.58

• Increased Attack Range from 150 to 350.
• Reduced base attack damage by from 26-29 to 21-29.
• Increased Base strength from 18 to 20.
• Reduced Base agility from 17 to 15.
• Increased intelligence gain from 2.25 to 2.5.
• Reduced Thundergod's Wrath damage from 200/325/450 to 200/300/425.

5.57

• Arc Lightning
  • Increased damage from 75/80/85/95 to 75/85/100/115.
  • Reduced mana cost 85/100/115/125 to 50/57/64/71.
  • Reduced cooldown from 8 to 3 seconds.
• Reduced Lightning Bolt mana cost from 80/100/125/150 to 75/95/115/125.
• Static Field (Pre 6.28)
  • Increased radius from 150/250/350/450 to 450/500/550/600.
  • Rescaled mana cost from 10 to 11/11/10/9.
• Added Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade for Zeus: Increases Thundergod's Wrath damage from 200/325/450 to 300/425/525

5.56

• Arc Lightning
  • Increased damage from 75 to 75/80/85/95.
  • Increased number of bounces from 3/5/7/15 to 5/7/9/15.
  • Reduced mana cost 85/100/115/125 to 75/85/95/105.

5.55

• Reduced strength gain from 2.4 to 2.0.
• Reduced Base agility from 18 to 17.
• Reduced Base intelligence from 22 to 20.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.50 to 2.25.
• Replaced with Arc Lightning.

Arc Lightning :

Hurls a bolt of arcing energy that laces through many nearby enemy units. It only deals 75 damage per target but hits many.

Bounces: 3/5/7/15.

Mana Cost: 85/100/115/125.

Cooldown: 8 seconds.

Cast Range: 700.

Bounce Distance: 500.

• Replaced with Static Field (Pre 6.28).

Static Field (Pre 6.28) :

Instantly shocks all nearby units for 15% of their current hit point as damage.

HP removed per cast: 15%.

Affects an AOE: 150/250/350/450.

Mana cost: 10.

Cooldown: 0.

Ability Tooltip: "Zappy".

5.53

• Reduced Lightning Bolt damage from 100/200/300/400 to 75/150/225/300.

5.52

• Thundergod's Wrath
  • Reduced damage from 200/350/500 to 200/325/425.
  • Reduced cooldown from 125/100/75 to 125/100/80.

5.51

• Reduced disarm duration from 2/4/6/8 to 1/3/4.5/6 seconds.

5.50

• Increased base HP from 100 to 150.
• Replaced with .

 :

Summons a powerful lightning magic to explode on an enemy unit spontaneously. Slows movement speed slightly and prohibits the target unit from attacking.

Hotkey: C

Movement Slow: 13%

Cast Range: 500

Mana Cost: 85/95/130/165.

Disarm Duration: 2/4/6/8 seconds.

Creep Duration: 4/8/12/16 seconds

Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Damage: 40/80/120/160.

• Removed Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade.
• Increased Thundergod's Wrath mana cost from 200/325/400 to 200/325/450.

5.40

• Added Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade for Zeus: Increases damage of Thundergod's Wrath.
  • Increases Thundergod's Wrath damage from 200/350/500 to 350/500/600

5.36

• Reduced agility gain 2.00 to 1.70.
• Lightning Bolt
  • Fixed visual effects, particles and damage [?].
  • Now ministuns the target for 0.1 seconds.

5.35

• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.75 to 2.5.
• Lightning Bolt visual effects and particles are now bugged again.

5.32

• Fixed Lightning Bolt again visual effects again and particles.

5.31

• Reduced base armor from 2 to 1.
• Reduced mana cost from 100/125/150/180 to 100/120/140/165.
• Lightning Bolt
  • No longer has visual effects or particles.
  • Increased mana cost from 80/100/130/160 to 80/100/125/150.
• Thundergod's Wrath
  • Increased damage from 175/300/400 to 200/350/500
  • Rescaled cooldown from 125 125/100/75.
  • Rescaled mana cost from 225/300/375 to 200/325/400.

5.10

• Changed main attribute from strength to intelligence.
• Increased base attack time from 1.74 to 1.7.
• reduced base attack damage from 33-36 to 26-29.
• Reduced base strength from 24 to 18.
• Reduced strength gain from 3.25 to 2.4.
• Increased base intelligence from 14 to 22.
• Increased intelligence gain from 1.5 to 2.75.
• Reduced cast range from 600 to 400.
• Fixed Lightning Bolt spell visual effects and particles.

4.1beta01

• Increased Storm Bolt (Pre 6.60) mana cost from 85/90/95/100 to 100/125/150/180.
• Thundergod's Wrath
  • Increased cooldown from 90 to 125.
  • Rescaled mana cost from 225 to 225/300/375.

4.0beta9

• Updated Thundergod's Wrath icon.

4.0beta6

• Increased base attack damage from 21-24 to 33-36.
• Increased base armor from 0 to 2.

4.0beta5

• Changed primary attribute from intelligence to strength.
• Reduced Storm Bolt (Pre 6.60) mana cost from 100 to 85/90/95/100.
• Rescaled Lightning Bolt mana cost from 160 to 80/100/130/160.

4.0beta2

• Created [?].

Patch history

Patch

Description

05 Mar 2019

• Added new voice responses.

19 Nov 2018

• Fixed Nimbus being include in the TAB unit cycle.

28 Mar 2017

• Fixed Lotus Orb reflecting Nimbus Lightning Bolt.

28 Jun 2016

• Fixed Zeus' Thundergod's Wrath particle effects not appearing if Zeus was not visible.

17 Feb 2016

• Enabled Zeus for the Dota Workshop.

16 Dec 2015

• U
  Updated model, textures, hero icons, Static Field icon and Thundergod's Wrath icon.
• U
  Updated voice responses.

20 Jun 2013

• Updates and minor revisions to some Zeus, Alchemist, and Pugna ability SFX.

28 Feb 2013

• Updated Arc Lightning's visual effects and sound.

08 Mar 2012

• Added rival taunts and misc. lines to Razor, Zeus, Tiny and Tidehunter to fill out basic voice set.

16 Feb 2012

• Fixed Lightning Bolt's AoE True Sight not revealing wards.

03 Nov 2011

• Fixed a bug with spamming Arc Lightning quickly while there is another one still bouncing (only happens for very large amount of units).

29 Sep 2011

• Fixed cast fx/sounds being spammable on Shadow Fiend/Zeus ultimates.

09 Sep 2011

• Fixed Zeus's ultimate sometimes hitting invis heroes.

29 Jul 2011

• Static Field now refreshes properly when leveled up.
• Fixed incorrect vision range from Lightning Bolt.

24 Jun 2011

• Fixed Zeus's Arc Lightning to correctly jump to the nearest unit.
• Fixed Zeus's Thundergod's Wrath hitting illusions.

20 May 2011

• Fixed Zeus's Arc Lightning so that it no longer bounces to invisible units or units in the fog of war.

22 Mar 2011

• Fixed Thundergod's Wrath and Lightning Bolt not granting True Sight in the affected area.

12 Feb 2011

• Updated Omnislash and Lightning Bolt tooltips to indicate that they ministun.
• Static Field no longer damages creeps.

09 Feb 2011

• Scaled Zeus up 10%.