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Version 7.16

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[e][h]Version 7.16
Version Information
Release:
2018-05-27
Highlights
  • Movement Speed Talents reduced
  • Sentry Ward duration increased
  • Balance Changes
Chronology

General[edit]

The upcoming patches will be mostly focused on balance tweaks in preparation for The International. There are a few more biweekly patches planned, with the primary ones scheduled around the final Major and the TI Qualifiers. After TI, we expect the first half of the new season to have longer periods between gameplay updates.

  • Bounty Runes team gold reduced from 40 + 3/min to 40 + 2/min
  • Increased Base HP regen to 1.75 for the following heroes:
    • Anti Mage Anti-Mage
    • Arc_Warden Arc Warden
    • Clinkz Clinkz
    • Drow Ranger Drow Ranger
    • Meepo Meepo
    • Pangolier Pangolier
    • Phantom Assassin Phantom Assassin
    • Templar Assassin Templar Assassin
    • Troll Warlord Troll Warlord
    • Vengeful Spirit Vengeful Spirit
  • Melee Barracks health increased from 1800 to 2000
  • Roshan attack damage upgrade over time increased from 2.5/min to 4/min

Talents[edit]

Items[edit]

Blades of Attack Blades of Attack[edit]

  • Cost increased from 420 to 430

Bottle Bottle[edit]

  • Fixed Bounty Runes not being storable when the Bottle is full

Enchanted Mango Enchanted Mango[edit]

  • HP regen reduced from 0.6 to 0.5

Hand of Midas Hand of Midas[edit]

  • Cooldown reduced from 100 to 95

Moon Shard Moon Shard[edit]

  • Attack Speed increased from 130 to 140

Nullifier Nullifier[edit]

  • Projectile speed reduced from 900 to 750

Rod of Atos Rod of Atos[edit]

  • Recipe cost reduced from 1100 to 1000

Sentry Ward Sentry Ward[edit]

  • Duration increased from 4 to 6 minutes

Shadow Amulet Shadow Amulet[edit]

  • Cost increased from 1300 to 1400

Silver Edge Silver Edge[edit]

  • Recipe cost reduced from 700 to 600

Skull Basher Skull Basher[edit]

  • Recipe cost reduced from 1150 to 1000

Vladmirs Offering Vladmir's Offering[edit]

  • Mana regeneration increased from 0.65 to 1

Heroes[edit]

Alchemist Alchemist[edit]

Anti-Mage Anti-Mage[edit]

  • Base attack rate improved from 1.45 to 1.4

Arc Warden Arc Warden[edit]

  • Base damage increased by 2
  • Magnetic Field mana cost reduced from 80/90/100/110 to 50/70/90/110

Bane Bane[edit]

  • Enfeeble duration reduced from 14/16/18/20 to 8/12/16/20

Bloodseeker Bloodseeker[edit]

  • Level 10 Talent increased from +4 Armor to +8 Armor
  • Level 20 Talent increased from +14% Rupture Damage to +18%

Bristleback Bristleback[edit]

  • Level 25 Talent increased from +20 Warpath Damage Per Stack to +30

Broodmother Broodmother[edit]

Centaur Warrunner Centaur Warrunner[edit]

  • Base damage increased by 4
  • Hoof Stomp mana cost reduced from 130 to 115/120/125/130

Chaos Knight Chaos Knight[edit]

  • Base intelligence increased by 2

Clinkz Clinkz[edit]

  • Intelligence increased from 16 + 1.55 to 18 + 1.7
  • Strafe dodge no longer has a count limit

Clockwerk Clockwerk[edit]

  • Power Cogs mana cost increased from 50/60/70/80 to 80

Crystal Maiden Crystal Maiden[edit]

  • Arcane Aura self mana regeneration increased from 1.3/2.2/3.1/4 to 1.6/2.4/3.2/4
  • Base Damage increased by 2

Dark Willow Dark Willow[edit]

  • Bedlam cooldown reduced from 40/35/30 to 30
  • Bedlam duration increased from 4 to 5

Dazzle Dazzle[edit]

  • Strength gain increased from 2.15 to 2.3
  • Poison Touch count rescaled from 4/5/6/7 to 2/4/6/8
  • Poison Touch cooldown reduced from 35/30/25/20 to 27/24/21/18

Death Prophet Death Prophet[edit]

  • Base movement speed reduced from 310 to 305
  • Spirit Siphon mana cost increased from 70/65/60/55 to 70
  • Level 10 Talent reduced from +50 Damage to 40

Disruptor Disruptor[edit]

Doom Doom[edit]

Dragon Knight Dragon Knight[edit]

  • Base movement speed reduced from 285 to 280
  • Elder Dragon Form bonus movement speed increased from 25 to 30

Drow Ranger Drow Ranger[edit]

  • Base Damage increased by 4

Earthshaker Earthshaker[edit]

  • Base armor increased by 1

Enchantress Enchantress[edit]

Enigma Enigma[edit]

Gyrocopter Gyrocopter[edit]

  • Call Down Missile One damage reduced from 200/275/350 to 150/250/350
  • Level 10 Talent reduced from +25 Damage to +20

Huskar Huskar[edit]

  • Life Break increased from 34/38/42% to 34/39/44%
  • Inner Vitality mana cost reduced from 170 to 140/150/160/170
  • Inner Vitality base regen increased from 10 to 12

Invoker Invoker[edit]

Io Io[edit]

  • Base movement speed reduced from 290 to 280
  • Level 15 Talent reduced from +90 Spirits Damage to +75
  • Level 20 Talent changed from Attacks Tether Ally's Target to +20 Health Regen
  • Level 25 Talent changed from +50 Health Regen to Attacks Tether Ally's Target

Kunkka Kunkka[edit]

  • Level 25 Talent changed from +50% Tidebringer Cleave to -1.5s Tidebringer Cooldown

Leshrac Leshrac[edit]

  • Base Intelligence reduced by 2 (base damage unchanged)
  • Lightning Storm cast range reduced from 800 to 650/700/750/800

Lich Lich[edit]

  • Chain Frost damage increased from 280/370/460 to 300/400/500
    • Scepter from 370/460/550 to 400/500/600

Lycan Lycan[edit]

  • Intelligence gain reduced from 1.55 to 1.4
  • Shapeshift critical strike reduced from 160/180/200% to 150/175/200%

Magnus Magnus[edit]

  • Empower cleave distance increased from 460 to 625 (matching Battle Fury)
  • Empower cleave end radius increased from 240 to 330 (matching Battle Fury)

Meepo Meepo[edit]

  • Earthbind projectile speed increased from 857 to 900
  • Earthbind now fully affects invisible units

Mirana Mirana[edit]

  • Leap attack speed increased from 40/60/80/100 to 60/80/100/120
  • Moonlight Shadow duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds

Monkey King Monkey King[edit]

Morphling Morphling[edit]

  • Morph now only dispels on initial cast, rather than on all toggles

Necrophos Necrophos[edit]

  • Attack point improved from 0.53 to 0.4
  • Base damage increased by 2
  • Death Pulse mana regen per stack from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75 to 2.25/2.5/2.75/3

Night Stalker Night Stalker[edit]

  • Void no longer applies a ministun during the day
  • Darkness no longer sets enemy vision to a fixed amount
  • Darkness now reduces enemy unit and ward vision by 25% (doesn't affect buildings)

Ogre Magi Ogre Magi[edit]

  • Multicast 2× chance from 40/50/60 to 60/60/60%
  • Multicast 3× chance from 0/20/25% to 0/30/30%
  • Multicast 4× chance from 0/0/12.5% to 0/0/15%
  • Level 10 Talent increased from +60 Gold/Min to +90

Pangolier Pangolier[edit]

  • Level 15 Talent changed from +30 Attack Speed to +2s Rolling Thunder Duration
  • Level 20 Talent improved from +30 Swashbuckle Damage to +40
  • Level 25 Talent improved from -16s Rolling Thunder Cooldown to -35

Phantom Assassin Phantom Assassin[edit]

  • Blur now only triggers on real heroes
  • Blur now always triggers on Invisible and Spell Immune enemies

Phantom Lancer Phantom Lancer[edit]

Phoenix Phoenix[edit]

  • Fire Spirits damage increased from 10/30/50/70 to 20/40/60/80

Pudge Pudge[edit]

  • Meat Hook cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11 to 17/15/13/11
  • Meat Hook damage increased from 90/180/270/360 to 150/220/290/360

Pugna Pugna[edit]

  • Nether Ward damage per mana increased from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2

Queen of Pain Queen of Pain[edit]

  • Level 25 Talent improved from 20s Spell Block to 15s

Riki Riki[edit]

Sand King Sand King[edit]

Shadow Fiend Shadow Fiend[edit]

  • Level 20 Talent changed from +20% Evasion to +2 Damage Per Soul
  • Level 25 Talent changed from +3 Damage Per Soul to -5 Presence Aura

Silencer Silencer[edit]

  • Last Word cooldown reduced from 30/24/18/12 to 28/22/16/10
  • Arcane Curse damage increased from 14/22/30/38 to 16/24/32/40

Slardar Slardar[edit]

Slark Slark[edit]

  • Pounce damage reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120

Sniper Sniper[edit]

  • Night vision increased from 1100 to 1400

Spirit Breaker Spirit Breaker[edit]

  • Base HP regen increased from 1 to 1.5

Sven Sven[edit]

  • Level 20 Talent increased from -5s Storm Hammer Cooldown to -6s
  • Level 25 Talent increased from +0.75s Storm Hammer Stun Duration to +1.25s

Tiny Tiny[edit]

  • Tree Grab building bonus damage increased from 60/80/100/120% to 90/120/150/180%
  • Tree Throw splash damage increased from 100% to 130%

Tusk Tusk[edit]

  • Ice Shards cooldown increased from 21/18/15/12 to 23/20/17/14

Treant Protector Treant Protector[edit]

Undying Undying[edit]

  • Soul Rip mana cost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 80/95/110/125

Ursa Ursa[edit]

  • Level 15 Talent changed from -1s Earthshock Cooldown to +25s Fury Swipes Reset Time
  • Level 20 Talent changed from +25s Fury Swipes Reset Time to +12 Fury Swipes Damage
  • Level 25 Talent changed from +14 Fury Swipes Damage to Enrage gains 80% Status Resistance

Vengeful Spirit Vengeful Spirit[edit]

Weaver Weaver[edit]

  • Shukuchi damage increased from 75/100/125/150 to 80/110/140/170

Winter Wyvern Winter Wyvern[edit]

  • Splinter Blast slow increased from 25% to 30%
  • Splinter Blast mana cost reduced from 120/130/140/150 to 90/110/130/150

Wraith King Wraith King[edit]

  • Mortal Strike no longer has a chance to kill creeps
  • Mortal Strike now gains skeleton charges for every 2 enemy units you kill
  • Mortal Strike skeleton count rescaled from 4/5/6/7 to 2/4/6/8
  • Mortal Strike skeletons bounty reduced from 15/15 XP/Gold to 5/5
  • Mortal Strike mana cost reduced from 75 to 30/45/60/75

Zeus Zeus[edit]

  • Base damage increased by 5
  • Strength gain reduced from 2.6 to 2.3
  • Arc Lightning damage rescaled from 85/100/115/145 to 70/95/120/145
  • Lightning Bolt cast range increased from 700 to 700/750/800/850
  • Lightning Bolt damage increased from 100/175/275/350 to 125/200/275/350

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