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• Fixed basic courier Couriers may refer to: Animal Courier Flying Courier Custom Courier Play “One divided against its Self cannot stand.” This disambiguation page lists articles with a similar title or acronym. If an internal link led you here, movement speed being too fast
• Captain`s Mode “ Play If that s the kind of fight they want, then I will give it to them! Click to listen— Legion Commander ” Game modes are a set of restrictions within which the game of Dota 2 first ban phase now has 2 bans instead of 3
• Captain`s Mode “ Play If that s the kind of fight they want, then I will give it to them! Click to listen— Legion Commander ” Game modes are a set of restrictions within which the game of Dota 2 second ban phase now has 3 bans instead of 2
• Glyph Tower under the effects of Glyph The Glyph of Fortification, or Glyph, is an ability usable by any player that causes all friendly buildings to become impervious to damage for a short duration. Glyph lasts duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
• Enraged Wildkin The Wildwing camp is a large camp of neutral creeps. It contains 2 Wildwings and 1 Wildwing Ripper, and gives a total of 135 experience and 78-102 gold. Wildwing Ripper Jungle Creep Level 5 Health `s Tornado vision decreased from 1200/800 to 300
• Aegis For the physical trophy awarded after The International, see Aegis of Champions.   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Aegis of the Immortal The Immortal was said to own a shield that protected reclaim time decreased from 10 to 6 minutes
  • Roshan For Roshan as he appears in holiday events, see Roshan (Diretide 2012) and Roshan (Diretide 2013) Roshan Ancient Jungle Creep Level 30 Health 5500 Health regeneration 20 Armor 15 Magic resistance 55% Attack damage 65 still respawns every 10 minutes, this change does not affect him. It only means that Aegis will last 6 minutes in your inventory instead of 10.
• Team AoE Words highlighted bold have a definition within this page, letting you search for it here. Contents 1 A - E 2 F - J 3 K - O 4 P - T 5 U - bounty for kills with 2 heroes around changed from 9 * Level + 95 to 12 * Level + 125
• Team AoE bounty for kills with 3 heroes around changed from 8 * Level + 20 to 10 * Level + 40
• Killer bounty level multiplier increased from 200 + 5 * Level to 200 + 9 * Level
• Total XP required for level 7 decreased from 2700 to 2600
• Total XP required for level 8 decreased from 3500 to 3200
  • It still requires a total of 4400 XP to reach level 9
• Random Draft Mode “ Play If that s the kind of fight they want, then I will give it to them! Click to listen— Legion Commander ” Game modes are a set of restrictions within which the game of Dota 2 hero pool count increased from 20 to 22
• Recipe items For recipes used in crafting cosmetic items, see Crafting.   Items   Item Sharing   Disassembling   Recipes   Item Sounds   Item Grid   Changelogs     Recipes are a type of item that no longer sell for 80% of their price (now 50% like regular items)
• Added a 1 second cooldown to placing Observer   Item   Changelogs     Observer WardB A form of half-sentient plant, often cultivated by apprentice wizards. Cost60 Bought FromConsumables Active Place Observer Ward Charges 1 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe Observer Ward and Sentry wards   Item   Changelogs     Sentry WardB A form of plant originally grown in the garden of a fearful king. Cost100 Bought FromConsumables Active Place Sentry Ward Charges 1 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No (to help prevent accidental usage when lagging)

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Heroes

Alchemist   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Alchemist 25 + 2.1 11 + 1.2 25 +

• Acid Spray damage per second increased from 8/16/24/32 to 14/20/26/32
• Acid Spray mana cost from 160 to 130/140/150/160
• Chemical Rage Base Attack Time decreased from 1.45/1.3/1.15 to 1.4/1.2/1.0
• Goblin`s Greed counter duration increased from 20 to 25 seconds
• Goblin`s Greed bonus gold scaling adjusted from 2/4/6/8 + 2 to 4/6/8/10 + 1/2/3/4
• Unstable Concoction max damage increased from 130/200/270/340 to 150/220/290/360
• Unstable Concoction no longer displays the countdown numbers to enemies
• Unstable Concoction always affects a 175 area around where it explodes
• This includes when it explodes on Alchemist

• Movement speed decreased from 320 to 315
• Blink animation time increased from 0.33 to 0.4
• Legs decreased from 2/2/2/2 to 1/1.5/1.8/1.9

Axe   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Axe 25 + 2.8 20 + 2.2 18 +

• Berserker`s Call bonus armor increased from 30 to 40
• Battle Hunger slow decreased from 10% to 8%
• Battle Hunger movement bonus increased from 4% to 8% per affected enemy
• Counter Helix damage increased from 100/130/160/190 to 100/135/170/205

Ancient Apparition "AA" redirects here. For the professional player, see ARS-ART.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs    

• Chilling Touch now deals its bonus damage and uses a charge when attacking creeps
• Chilling Touch AoE increased from 450 to 525
• Chilling Touch damage increased from 40/50/60/70 to 50/60/70/80
• Chilling Touch duration reduced from 40 to 30
• Ice Blast is no longer dispelled by the Fountain

Bane Not to be confused with Banehallow.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Bane 22 +

• Fiend`s Grip Aghanim`s duration increased from 6 to 7
• Enfeeble damage reduction increased from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120
• Enfeeble can no longer be dispelled by Manta, BKB or any other dispel.

Batrider   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Batrider 23 + 2.7 15 + 1.5 24 +

• Cast animation time decreased from 0.3 to 0.2
• Strength growth increased from 2.0 to 2.7
• Turn rate improved from 0.4 to 1.0
• Firefly duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds
• Firefly damage trail no longer instantly disappears when Batrider dies

• Blood Bath death detection AoE for enemy heroes increased from 225 to 325
• Bloodrage bonus base damage from 20/40/60/80% to 30/60/90/120%
• Thirst AOE from 1500/3000/4500/6000 to 6000
• Thirst MS bonus from 11/22/33/44% to 15/25/35/45%
• Thirst @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### percentage detection rescaled from constant 40% to 20/30/40/50% HPTechnology company (Invis is half that)

• Primal Split units are now affected by Black Hole

• Spawn Spider`s Spiderite bounty increased from 11-13 to 16-21
• Incapacitating Bite no longer gives 2/4/6/8 bonus damage
• Incapacitating Bite miss rate increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/40

• Chaos Bolt`s stun is no longer partially undodgeable (now a normal projectile with 1000 speed)

• Holy Persuasion no longer has the ability to teleport allied units
• Test of Faith grants you a secondary ability to teleport allied units

• Strafe attack speed bonus increased from 110 to 130

• Strength growth increased from 2.4 to 2.7
• Battery Assault damage interval improved from 0.75 to 0.7
• Power Cogs damage and mana drain increased from 60/90/120/150 to 80/120/160/200
• Power Cogs duration increased from 3/4/5/6 to 5/6/7/8
• Fixed Power Cogs not triggering and burning mana/hp when someone Force Staffs over it

• Freezing Field duration increased from 4 to 7 seconds

• Movement speed decreased from 305 to 300
• Vacuum cooldown increased from 16 to 19
• Vacuum cast range decreased from 550 to 500
• Vacuum AoE decreased from 275/375/475/575 to 250/350/450/550
• Vacuum can no longer pull invulnerable units

• Poison Touch level 4 cooldown decreased from 9 to 7
• Shadow Wave AoE increased from 170 to 185

• Armor increased by 1

• Static Storm max damage increased from 170/210/250 to 170/220/270

• Devour creep level restriction removed
• Devour cooldown from 60/55/50/45 to 70/60/50/40
• Devour gold from 40/60/80/100 to 25/50/75/100
• Devour mana cost from 60 to 60/50/40/30
• Level Death bonus damage now deals 20% of Max HPTechnology company instead of a fixed amount
• Level Death damage increased from 100/150/200/250 to 125/175/225/275
• Scorched Earth damage/heal increased from 12/16/20/24 to 12/18/24/30

• Armor decreased by 1
• Dragon Blood armor bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12
• Elder Dragon form level 2/3 no longer gives bonus damage (was 5/14)
• Elder Dragon form level 2/3 splash area rescaled slightly
  • 100% splash AoE changed from 75 to 100
  • 75% splash AoE changed from 150 to 200
  • 50% splash AoE remains the same

• Frost Arrow`s slow increased from 50% to 60% at level 4
• Marksmanship level 3 agility bonus increased from 45 to 60
• Trueshot Aura damage bonus increased from 7/14/21/28% to 8/16/24/32%
• Silence cooldown decreased from 15 to 13

• Enchant Totem cooldown decreased from 7 to 6 seconds

• Malefice damage reduced from 30/40/65/80 to 40/40/65/65 (still 1/2/2/3 pulses)
• Midnight Pulse cast range from 500 to 700
• Blackhole mana cost from 200/300/400 to 250/350/450

• Time Lock deals twice as much damage when it procs on a target in Chronosphere
• Faceless Void can no longer be frozen by any Chronosphere!!

• Movement speed increased from 305 to 315
• Flak Cannon AoE increased from 800 to 1000
• Call Down AoE increased from 400 to 450

• Burning Spears duration increased from 6 to 7
• Inner Vitality can now be cast on magic immune targets
• Life Break Aghanim`s cooldown decreased from 24/16/8 to 4

• Invoker base damage decreased by 4

• Facing direction now more accurately matches his turn rate (just a visual change)
• Liquid Fire AoE increased from 175 to 300
• Ice Path reworked:
  • After a short delay a thin path of ice is created in front of Jakiro for a short period, anyone that touches the path gets frozen until the path disappears. Deals damage to anyone it affects.
  • Creation Delay: 0.4
  • Path Duration: 1/1.4/1.8/2.2
  • Damage: 100
  • AOE: 150
  • Range: 1100
  • Mana cost: 75
  • Cooldown: 12/11/10/9

• Base attack time decreased from 1.7 to 1.6
• Omnislash now kills creeps and neutrals in 1 hit

• Chakra mana cost rescaled from 40/55/70/85 to 25/45/65/85
• Mana Leak cooldown decreased from 18 to 16
• Illuminate cast range changed to be the same as its travel range (just a UI change)
• Illuminate max hit distance increased from 1600 to 2000

• Base strength increased by 3
• Ghost Ship cooldown decreased from 90/80/70 to 60/50/40
• Ghost Ship impact AoE increased from 400 to 425

• Diabolic Edict now uses Leshrac`s cast animation time

• Frost Nova cooldown decreased from 9.25/9.25/9.25/8 to 8

• Rage duration increased from 2.5/3.25/4/4.75 to 3/4/5/6

• Fiery Soul attack speed bonus increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/55/70/85
• Laguna Blade cooldown rescaled from 120/90/55 to 90/70/50

• Finger of Death cooldown rescaled from 150/90/55 to 170/105/40
• Finger of Death damage increased from 500/650/850 to 600/725/850 (Aghanim`s from 600/800/1025 to 725/875/1025)
• Mana Drain initial cast range increased from 600/650/700/750 to 750
• Mana Drain threshold range increased from 800 to 850
• Mana Drain cooldown decreased from 25/20/15/10 to 20/15/10/5

• Spirit Bear can no longer be resummoned while it is taking damage

• Moon Glaive level 4 bounce count increased 4 to 5

• Summon Wolves mana cost increased from 125 to 145
• Spirit Wolves HP decreased from 400/450/500/550 to 200/240/280/320
• Spirit Wolves now have 50% magic resistance
• Fixed Shapeshift speed buff remaining after dying with Aegis

• Agility growth increased from 1.8 to 2.5
• Empower damage and cleave bonus increased from 15/25/35/45% to 20/30/40/50%
• Skewer slow duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds

• Geomancer clones stat sharing increased from 25% to 30%
• Geostrike DPS increased from 5/10/15/20 to 7/14/21/28

• Sacred Arrow cooldown decreased from 25 to 20
• Starstorm`s second single unit impact damage increased from 50% to 75% of the original

Morphling   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Morphling 19 + 2.3 24 + 3.7 17 +

• Cast animation time increased from 0.3 to 0.45
• Morph mana cost increased from 20 to 30 mana per second
• Base damage decreased by 6
• Waveform AoE decreased from 255 to 200
• Waveform no longer allows you to start attacking/casting before it is completed

• Base damage decreased by 12
• Cast animation time increased from 0.5 to 0.65

• Movement speed decreased from 300 to 295
• Force of Nature`s Treant`s magic resistance decreased from 33% to 20%

• Death Pulse heal rescaled from 50/75/100/130 to 70/90/110/130
• Sadist reworked
  • Necrolyte gains increased HP and Mana regeneration for each unit he kills.
  • Mana Regeneration: 2/4/6/10 per second
  • HP Regeneration: 1/2/3/4 per second
  • Duration: 6
  • Gives 10x the bonus for hero kills.
  • Note: Stacks with itself. Each stack operates independently.

• Base HP regeneration increased to 2.5
• Mana Burn drain amount increased from 4*Int to 5*Int
• Mana Burn mana cost rescaled from 90/110/130/150 to 130/120/110/100
• Vendetta movement speed increased from 10/15/20% to 16/18/20%
• Spiked Carapace reworked

• Astral Imprisonment intelligence steal increased from 2/4/6/8 to 4/6/8/10

• Armor increased by 1
• Aghanim`s Unrefined Fireblast cooldown decreased from 20 to 10
• Bloodlust can now target catapults
• Bloodlust movement speed bonus increased from 6/9/12/15% to 10/12/14/16%

• Degen Aura AoE increased from 300 to 315

• Coup de Grace critical strike multiplier increased from 2.5/3.25/4 to 2.5/3.5/4.5

• Agility growth increased from 2.8 to 4.2
• Spirit Lance slow duration increased from 3 to 3.25 seconds

• Dream Coil duration increased from 5 to 6 (Aghanim`s from 7 to 8)
• Illusory Orb AoE increased from 200 to 225
• Waning Rift damage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/140/210/280
• Fixed Phase Shift invulnerability duration ending 0.25 seconds too soon

• Movement speed increased from 315 to 320
• Nether Ward mana flare damage increased from 0.75/1/1.25/1.5 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75
• Life Drain break range increased from 850 to 900

• Plasma Field Min damage from 80/120/160/200 to 60/100/140/180
• Plasma Field Max damage from 140/210/280/350 to 160/230/300/370
• Static Link no longer breaks if Razor loses vision of the target
• Static Link can no longer ground target
• Static Link can now target magic immune (it could before via ground seeking)
• Unstable Current`s purge duration increased from 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2 to 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6

Rubick   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Spell Steal Interactions   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Rubick 19 + 1.8 14

• Movement speed decreased from 300 to 290
• Fade Bolt bounce AoE decreased from 500 to 440

• Soul Catcher mana cost increased from 50 to 50/60/70/80
• Shadow Poison AoE increased from 150 to 180

• Necromastry hero kill soul increment increased from 6 to 12
• Presence of the Dark Lord armor reduction improved from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6
• Requiem of Souls has a new passive component that triggers upon death
  • Upon dying half of Shadow Fiend`s souls (the amount lost on death) will be released as if you had cast Requiem of Souls with those souls. This cast does not put the spell on cooldown and will trigger if it is on cooldown. It is now a passive component of the ability.

• Strength growth increased from 1.7 to 2.2
• Global Silence duration increased from 3/4/5 to 3/4.5/6
• Last Word now always steals 2 intelligence if an enemy hero dies in its AoE

Skeleton King

• Hellfire Blast slow increased from 15% to 20%

• Amplify Damage armor reduction increased from 8/12/16 to 8/14/20

Captain`s Mode

• Goblin Shredder added to Captain`s Mode
• Skywrath Mage added to Captain`s Mode
• Captain`s Mode first ban phase now has 2 bans instead of 3
• Captain`s Mode second ban phase now has 3 bans instead of 2

• Glyph duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
• Enraged Wildkin`s Tornado vision decreased from 1200/800 to 300
• Aegis reclaim time decreased from 10 to 6 minutes

Gold & XP

• Team AoE bounty for kills with 2 heroes around changed from 9*Level+95 to 12*Level + 125
• Team AoE bounty for kills with 3 heroes around changed from 8*Level+20 to 10*Level+40
• Killer bounty level multiplier increased from 200+5*Level to 200+9*Level
• Total XP required for level 7 decreased from 2700 to 2600
• Total XP required for level 8 decreased from 3500 to 3200

Gameplay

• Added a new loading screen

• Random Draft Mode hero pool count increased from 20 to 22
• Recipe items no longer sell for 80% of their price (now 50% like regular items)
• Added a 1 second cooldown to placing Observer and Sentry Wards (to help prevent accidental usage when lagging)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various item sell costs
• Fixed a lot of tooltips issues
• Roshan turn rate increased to fix some abuses
• Fixed a bug that could cause Brewmaster to not respawn

New Heroes

• Added a new Agility hero

Zet, the Arc Warden

• Scourge
• Agility

• Movespeed: 295
• Starting Armor: 0
• Attack Damage: 40-50
• Attack Range: 625

• Intelligence: 24 + 2.1
• Strength: 24 + 1.9
• Agility: 15 + 1.8

• Added a new Intelligence hero

Auroth, the Winter Wyvern

• Scourge
• Intelligence

• Movespeed: 85
• Starting Armor: 1
• Attack Damage: 38-45
• Attack Range: 425

• Intelligence: 25 + 2.4
• Strength: 24 + 2.1
• Agility: 16 + 1.9

Abaddon

• Armor decreased by 2
• Aphotic Shield cooldown decreased from 14/12/10/8 to 12/10/8/6
• Borrowed Time cooldown now scales from 60 to 60/50/40
• Death Coil cooldown decreased from 6 to 5 seconds
• Frostmourne enemy debuff duration increased from 2 to 2.5

Alchemist

• Acid Spray damage per second increased from 8/16/24/32 to 14/20/26/32
• Acid Spray manacost from 160 to 130/140/150/160
• Chemical Rage Base Attack Time decreased from 1.45/1.3/1.15 to 1.4/1.2/1.0
• Goblin`s Greed counter duration increased from 20 to 25 seconds
• Goblin`s Greed bonus gold scaling adjusted from 2/4/6/8 + 2 to 4/6/8/10 + 1/2/3/4
• Unstable Concoction max damage increased from 130/200/270/340 to 150/220/290/360
• Unstable Concoction no longer displays the countdown numbers to enemies
• Unstable Concoction always affects a 175 area around where it explodes

Ancient Apparition

• Chilling Touch now deals its bonus damage and uses a charge when attacking creeps
• Chilling Touch AoE increased from 450 to 525
• Chilling Touch damage increased from 40/50/60/70 to 50/60/70/80
• Chilling Touch duration reduced from 40 to 30
• Ice Blast is no longer dispelled by the Fountain

Anti-Mage

• Movement speed decreased from 320 to 315
• Blink animation time increased from 0.33 to 0.4
• Legs decreased from 2/2/2/2 to 1/1.5/1.8/1.9

Axe

• Berserker`s Call bonus armor increased from 30 to 40
• Battle Hunger slow decreased from 10% to 8%
• Battle Hunger movement bonus increased from 4% to 8% per affected enemy
• Counter Helix damage increased from 100/130/160/190 to 100/135/170/205

Bane

• Fiend`s Grip Aghanim`s duration increased from 6 to 7
• Enfeeble damage reduction increased from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120
• Enfeeble can no longer be dispelled

Batrider

• Cast animation time decreased from 0.3 to 0.2
• Strength growth increased from 2.0 to 2.7
• Turn rate improved from 0.4 to 1
• Firefly duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds
• Firefly damage trail no longer instantly disappears when Batrider dies

Bloodseeker

• Blood Bath death detection AoE for enemy heroes increased from 225 to 325
• Bloodrage bonus base damage from 20/40/60/80% to 30/60/90/120%
• Thirst AOE from 1500/3000/4500/6000 to 6000
• Thirst MS bonus from 11/22/33/44% to 15/25/35/45%
• Thirst HP percentage detection rescaled from constant 40% to 20/30/40/50% HP (invis is half that)

Brewmaster

• Primal Split units are now affected by Black Hole

Bristleback

• Quill Spray damage cap increased from 220 to 400
• Warpath damage per stack increased from 10/15/20 to 20/25/30
• Warpath base damage increased from 10/20/30 to 20/25/30
• Fixed how Quill Spray damage threshold works

Broodmother

• Spawn Spider`s Spiderite bounty increased from 11*13 to 16*21
• Incapacitating Bite no longer gives 2/4/6/8 bonus damage
• Incapacitating Bite miss rate increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/40

Centaur Warrunner

• Double Edge now deals its damage in a 190 AoE around the target

Chaos Knight

• Chaos Bolt`s stun is no longer partially undodgeable (now a normal projectile with 1000 speed)

Chen

• Holy Persuasion no longer has the ability to teleport allied units
• Test of Faith grants you a secondary ability to teleport allied units