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Urn of Shadows   Item   Changelogs     Urn of ShadowsB Contains the ashes of powerful demons. Cost875 (310) Bought FromSupport Active Soul Release Charges 0 Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence+2 Armor+1 Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert

Balance changes

Town Portal Scroll   Item   Changelogs     Town Portal ScrollBL What a hero truly needs. Cost50 Bought FromConsumables Active Teleport Charges 1 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Town Portal Scroll is an item purchasable

• Reworked mechanics
• The casting time system for scroll teleports are now dynamic.
  • Whenever a hero teleports to an area, it causes any other teleports to that area to be delayed with extra time based on the number of heroes that teleported or are teleporting there. Each teleport leaves has memory lasts about 20 seconds for that location.
  • This does not affect teleports to the fountain area (it accounts for rough areas around shop area as well).
    • Example: First hero teleports to his tower, he takes the usual 3 seconds casting time. Then lets say the 3 other heroes teleport right after. The second one that telports after the original has a 5 second teleport time. Then 6 seconds, 7, etc.
• Teleport location effect no longer lies to the enemies about the landing spot
• Enemies now see the colors of the teleporting heroes
• Increases max range on where you can choose teleport near a building from 350 to 525
• The color of the teleport effect changes if you are in delayed teleport mode. It goes to normal once you have the standard 3 seconds left. So both sides can tell if it`s a quick or a delayed teleport and time things accoringly.

Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175

• Added support for Axe. Cooldown decreased from 75/65/55 to 20

Boots of Speed   Item   Changelogs     Boots of SpeedBL Fleet footwear, increasing movement. Cost400 Bought FromArcane Bonus +45 Movement speed Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Boots of Speed are an item purchasable at

• Now available in the side shops

Blade Mail   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Blade MailBL A razor-sharp coat of mail, it is the choice of selfless martyrs in combat. Cost2200 Bought FromArmor Active Damage Return Bonus +10 Intelligence+6 Armor+22

• Duration reduced from 5 to 3.5 seconds
• Cooldown increased from 15 to 25
• Blade Mail can no longer reflect Blade Mail sourced damage

Force Staff For the cosmetic item equipped by Crystal Maiden, see Force Staff (Equipment)   Item   Changelogs     Force StaffB Allows you to manipulate others, for good or evil. Cost2250 (400) Bought FromCaster Active Force

• Push distance increased from 500 to 600

Linken`s Sphere   Item   Interactions   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Linken s Sphere This magical sphere once protected one of the most famous heroes in history. Cost4850 (1000) Bought FromArmor Active Transfer Spellblock Passive Spellblock

• Properly blocks Unstable Concoction and Death Coil

Maelstrom   Item   Changelogs     MaelstromB A hammer forged for the gods themselves, Maelstrom allows its user to harness the power of lightning. Cost2800 (700) Bought FromArtifacts Passive Chain Lightning Bonus +25 Attack speed+24

• Maelstrom attack speed bonus increased from 15 to 25

Cloak   Item   Changelogs     CloakBL A cloak made of a magical material that works to dispel any magic cast on it. Cost550 Bought FromArcane Bonus +15% Magic resistance Disassemble? No Alert allies? No

• Price increased by 100

Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65

• AoE damage effect can now be toggled on and off

Vanguard   Item   Lore   Changelogs     VanguardL A powerful shield that defends its wielder from even the most vicious of attacks. Cost2150 Bought FromArmor Passive Damage Block Bonus +250 Health+8 Health regeneration Disassemble?

• Damage block reduced from 40 to 20 when equipped on ranged heroes (50% less block like stout and Poor Man`s Shield)

General

• Readjusted the -bonus gold/xp system that is given in an aoe around dying heroes from being static unsplit to a dynamic split variation (numbers adjusted as well)
• Rebalanced the creep stats for your creeps when you kill an enemy rax:

Old Melee:

XP Bounty: 41

Gold Bounty: 21-41

New Melee:

XP Bounty: 25

Gold Bounty: 18-26

Old Range:

XP Bounty: 25

Gold Bounty: 21-41

New Range:

XP Bounty: 25

Gold Bounty: 18-26

• Added a new small neutral camp (102473)
• Increase the buffer time in -CM from 45 to 60 seconds (This means 15 seconds total for each player, not 15 seconds for each turn)
• Added the new hero death timers to observer scoreboard title
• Reworked Recipe tooltips (128284)
• A text message and minimap indictator is now displayed when an ally purchases a Courier
• Observer board now shows ultimate cooldowns (120509)
• Added a new physical model for Gem of Truesight (124547)
• New and reworked heroes are temporarily unavailable in -CM

• Added a new visual effect when you have the Haste powerup (83240)
• A special death animation is now played when Pudge suicides (17542)
• Improved spawning location code for couriers, to help against minimap icon overlap
• Decreased cooldown on Courier Morph and added a mini techies courier (123947)
• Fixed Inner Beast buff icon
• Removed extra spikes that appear on some (except Leshrac) characters with Aghanims Scepter (11289)
• Added new sound effect for Scream of Pain
• Improved quality of Panda`s Thunderclap icon
• Removed the gorge in the terrain near the bottom sentinel lane
• Added visual effect for Huskar`s Scepter (20814)
• Some Nighstalker visual improvements (5227)
• Rotated the direction the Frozen Throne is facing (82193)
• Changed Scourge consumable shop model from Graveyard to Tomb of Relics (114591)
• Added hero pick/ban data to replays for -CD mode (same data format as -CM)
• Added hero pool information to replays for -CD mode (Format: Pool+index,id)
• Fixed hero death timer overwriting player name color for leavers

• Added a camera control command (-center) that locks the camera to your hero. -centeroff disables it (Not recommend for regular games)
• Clarified Ward tooltips
• Fixed lots of typos
• Replay Data: host playerid is 0 if the game was created using HCL automode
• Adjusted where the kill timer shows on the open scoreboard. Names are always visible now.
• Some minor code optimizations when heroes are picked
• Invoker: Forged Spirit units are now added to your control group when created
• Invoker: Added an Ally/Observer only visual effect that plays before sun strike lands

• New icon for Essence Aura
• New icon for Darkness
• New icon for Desolate
• New icon for Void (126145)
• New icon for Enchant (126145)
• New icon for Impetus (126145)
• New icon for Nature`s Attendants (126145)
• New icon for Backtrack (126145)
• New icon for SA`s Blink Strike (126145)
• New icon for Crystal Nova (118362)
• New icon for Death Ward (126145)
• New icon for Divided We Stand (126145)
• New icon for Dual Breath (126145)
• New icon for EMP (126145)
• New icon for Exorcism (126145)
• New icon for Geostrike (126145)
• New icon for Impale NA (126145)
• New icon for Juxtapose (108662)
• New icon for Phantom Edge (108662)
• New icon for Malefice (126145)
• New icon for Reaper`s Scythe (126145)
• New icon for Timelock (126145)
• New icon for Timewalk (126145)
• New icon for Invoke Tornado (126145)
• New icon for Last Word (126145)
• New icon for Amplify Damage (126145)
• New icon for Jinada (105435)
• New icon for Track (105435)

Bugs

• Fixed bug with swapping with Kunkka and getting Quelling Blade
• Fixed Kraken Shell not getting disabled when Doomed
• Fixed an area where you could TP and become stuck
• Fixed a bug with Forged Spirits dying when getting an allied War Cry buff
• Fixed a recent issue with Frost Arrows cast range
• Fixed Eul`s movement speed bonus not functioning correctly sometimes (if your hero has a unit morphing ability)
• Fixed a minor bug with Ursa`s Enrage + Fury Swipes combo against Vanguard
• Fixed some Ion Shell stacking bugs