Version 6.80

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General

• You now lose one gold per second if you haven`t picked a hero after the selection timer runs out in All Pick “ 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 .
• All Pick “ 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 selection time increased from 60 to 75.
• All Pick “ 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 pre-creep time reduced from 90 to 75.
• 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 no longer stops upgrading his hp/damage/armor at 45 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 upgrade rate increased by 20%.
• 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 bounty rescaled from 105-600 to 150-400.

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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 +

• Night vision reduced from 1400 to 800.
• Unstable Concoction:
  • Maximum shaking duration reduced from 7 to 5.5.
    • Max power is still reached after 5 seconds.
  • No longer continues to get stronger while it is in the air.

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    

• Ice Vortex:
  • Spell damage amplification increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30.
  • Duration increased from 12 to 16.
  • Aura stickiness increased from 0.1 to the standard 0.5 aura value.

• Mana Void radius increased from 300 to 450.
• Added AoE targeting cursor for Mana Void.

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

• Base @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### regen increased from 2 to 3.
• Berserker`s Call:
  • Duration increased from 1.5/2/2.5/3 to 2.0/2.4/2.8/3.2.
  • Cooldown rescaled from 10 to 16/14/12/10.

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

• Attack animation time improved from 0.5 to 0.3.

Beastmaster   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Beastmaster 23 + 2.5 18 + 1.6 16 +

• Call of the Wild:
  • Hawk duration reduced from 60/70/80/80 to 60.
  • Boar duration reduced from 70/80/90 to 60.
  • No longer destroys previous summons on cast.

Bloodseeker   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Bloodseeker 23 + 2.7 24 + 3 18 +

• Thirst Bonus Speed and damage rescaled from 7/14/21/28 to 5/15/25/35.
• Blood Bath now gives the full hero kill benefit (instead of only half) if he is within the 325 AoE when a hero dies.

Brewmaster   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Brewmaster 23 + 3.2 22 + 1.95 14 +

• Primal Split cooldown reduced from 180/160/140 to 140/120/100.

Bristleback   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Bristleback 22 + 2.2 17 + 1.8 14 + 2.8 Level Base

• Base damage reduced by 4.

Broodmother   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Broodmother 17 + 2.8 18 + 2.2 18 +

• Can no longer leave the map boundaries.
  • This also affects all other heroes with free pathing, such as Spectre   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Spectre 19 + 2.3 23 + 1.8 16 + , Batrider   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Batrider 23 + 2.7 15 + 1.5 24 + , etc.
• Spin Web no longer provides 200 vision.
• Free pathing is now removed when enemies have vision over you.
  • For instance, if you are revealed by Dust of Appearance and the enemy has vision over you, you will not be able to run into the trees.

• Stampede cooldown reduced from 120/90/60 to 90/75/60.

• Hits required to kill Power Cogs rescaled from 3 to 2/2/2/3.

• Base intelligence reduced by 3.

• Ion Shell cooldown reduced from 10 to 9.

• Weave duration increased from 20 to 24.

• Exorcism cooldown increased from 100 to 115.
• Silence AoE increased from 350 to 425.

• Dragon Tail cooldown rescaled from 9 to 12/11/10/9.

• Reworked Silence.
  • Old:
    • Silences all enemy units in a target area.
    • Range: 900
    • Radius: 300
    • Duration: 3/4/5/6
    • CD: 13
    • Mana cost: 90
  • New:
    • Releases a wave that silences and does a minor non-interrupting knockback.
    • AoE: 250
    • Distance: 900
    • Silence Duration: 3/4/5/6
    • Knockback Distance: inversely proportional to travel range, 350 at closest, 0 at 900
    • Knockback Duration: 0.2
    • CD: 13
    • Mana cost: 90

Earth Spirit   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Earth Spirit 21 + 3.2 17 + 1.5 18

• Stone Remnant recharge timer increased from 25 to 35.
• Geomagnetic Grip:
  • Now does a 2/3/4/5 second silence instead of a 1/1.5/2/2.5 second stun.
  • Damage rescaled from 125 to 100/150/200/250.
• Boulder Smash:
  • Damage rescaled from 100/150/200/250 to 125.
  • Now does a 0.75/1.25/1.75/2.25 second stun instead of a 3.5/4/4.5/5 second silence.
  • Radius decreased from 225 to 200.
• Rolling Boulder now also gets interrupted if disabled during the initial 0.6 rolling charge, instead of only while its moving.
• Geomagnetic Grip now kills trees along the path of a dragged allied hero.
• Targeting someone directly with Boulder Smash will now be blocked by Linken`s Sphere.
• Fixed being able to cast Geomagnetic Grip on magic immune allies.
• Fixed Boulder Smash being able to target Magic Immune units.
• Fixed Rolling Boulder travel distance going further than intended if you use a Stone Remnant near the end of the roll.

• Base movement speed increased from 300 to 310.
• Strength gain increased from 2.5 to 2.9.

• Base armor reduced by 1.

• Black Hole:
  • AoE increased from 375 to 400.
  • Cast range increased from 250 to 275.

• Chronosphere cooldown reduced from 120/110/100 to 120/100/80.
• You now have 1000 movement speed and phase while you are in Chronosphere.
• Time Walk mana cost reduced from 120 to 90.

• Burning Spear duration increased from 7 to 8.
• Inner Vitality:
  • Bonus heal below 40% increased from 15/30/45/60% of primary attribute to 30/45/60/75%.
  • Cast range increased from 450 to 550.

• Forge Spirit:
  • Armor reduced from 2/3/4/5/6/7/8 to 0/1/2/3/4/5/6.
  • Attack range reduced from 300->900 to 300->690.
• EMP:
  • Burn increased from 100->400 to 100->550.
  • Delay from 3.7->2 to 2.6.
• Alacrity mana cost reduced from 75 to 45.
• Ghost Walk movement speed from -30/-25/-20/-15/-10/-5/0 to -30/-20/-10/0/10/20/30.

• Ice Path damage rescaled from 25/50/75/100 to 50.
• Liquid Fire DPS increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30.
• Dual Breath:
  • Burn and slow duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds.
  • DPS increased from 5/10/15/20 to 16/36/56/76.
  • Damage interval improved from every 1 second to every 0.5 seconds.
  • Attack Speed slow increased from -20 to -30.
  • Removed initial impact damage from Dual Breath.
    • Total damage on Dual Breath is now rescaled from 90/180/270/360 to 80/180/280/380.

• • Blade Fury cooldown reduced from 30/28/26/24 to 30/27/24/21.

• • Mana Leak stun duration increased from 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2 to 1.5/2/2.5/3.

• Moment of Courage:
  • Now only procs one extra lifesteal attack.
    • It would previously sometimes cause multiple extra lifesteal attacks per proc.
  • Buff grace period increased from 0.5 to 1.0 seconds.
  • Cooldown reduced from 1.2 to 0.9.

• Lightning Storm:
  • Jumps from 4/6/7/8 to 4/5/6/7.
  • Damage from 80/145/205/265 to 80/140/200/260.
  • Cooldown reduced from 5.5 to 4.
  • Mana cost reduced from 100/115/130/145 to 90/100/110/120.

Game Modes

• You now lose one gold per second if you haven`t picked a hero after the selection timer runs out in All Pick
• All Pick selection time increased from 60 to 75
• All Pick pre-creep time reduced from 90 to 75

Roshan

• Roshan no longer stops upgrading his hp/damage/armor at 45 minutes
• Roshan upgrade rate increased by 20%
• Roshan bounty rescaled from 105-600 to 150-400

Alchemist

• Night vision reduced from 1400 to 800
• Unstable Concoction maximum shaking duration reduced from 7 to 5.5

• Unstable Concoction no longer continues to get stronger while it is in the air

Ancient Apparition

• Ice Vortex spell damage amplification increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30
• Ice Vortex duration increased from 12 to 16
• Ice Vortex aura stickiness increased from 0.1 to the standard 0.5 aura value

Anti-Mage

• Mana Void radius increased from 300 to 450
• Added AoE targeting cursor for Mana Void

Axe

• Base HP regen increased from 2 to 3
• Berserker`s Call duration increased from 1.5/2/2.5/3 to 2.0/2.4/2.8/3.2
• Berserker`s Call cooldown rescaled from 10 to 16/14/12/10

Batrider

• Attack animation time improved from 0.5 to 0.3

Beastmaster

• Call of the Wild Hawk duration reduced from 60/70/80/80 to 60
• Call of the Wild Boar duration reduced from 70/80/90 to 60
• Call of the Wild no longer destroys previous summons on cast

Bloodseeker

• Thirst Bonus Speed and damage rescaled from 7/14/21/28 to 5/15/25/35
• Blood Bath now gives the full hero kill benefit (instead of only half) if he is within the 325 AoE when a hero dies

Brewmaster

• Primal Split cooldown reduced from 180/160/140 to 140/120/100

Bristleback

• Base damage reduced by 4

Broodmother

• Can no longer leave the map boundaries

• Spin Web no longer provides 200 vision
• Free pathing is now removed when enemies have vision over you

Centaur Warrunner

• Stampede cooldown reduced from 120/90/60 to 90/75/60

Clockwerk

• Hits required to kill Power Cogs rescaled from 3 to 2/2/2/3

Crystal Maiden

• Base intelligence reduced by 3

Dark Seer

• Ion Shell cooldown reduced from 10 to 9

Dazzle

• Weave duration increased from 20 to 24

Death Prophet

• Exorcism cooldown increased from 100 to 115
• Silence AoE increased from 350 to 425

Dragon Knight

• Dragon Tail cooldown rescaled from 9 to 12/11/10/9

Drow Ranger

• Reworked Silence

 Old: ==== Silences all enemy units in a target area. Range: 900 Radius 300 Duration: 3/4/5/6 CD: 13 Manacost: 90   New: ==== Releases a wave that silences and does a minor non-interrupting knockback.   AoE: 250 Distance: 900 Silence Duration: 3/4/5/6 Knockback Distance: inversely proportional to travel range, 350 at closest, 0 at 900 Knockback Duration: 0.2 CD: 13 Manacost: 90 

Earth Spirit

• Stone Remnant recharge timer increased from 25 to 35
• Geomagnetic Grip now does a 2/3/4/5 second silence instead of a 1/1.5/2/2.5 second stun
• Geomagnetic Grip damage rescaled from 125 to 100/150/200/250
• Boulder Smash damage rescaled from 100/150/200/250 to 125
• Boulder Smash now does a 0.75/1.25/1.75/2.25 second stun instead of a 3.5/4/4.5/5 second silence
• Boulder Smash radius from 225 to 200
• Rolling Boulder now also gets interrupted if disabled during the initial 0.6 rolling charge, instead of only while its moving
• Geomagnetic Grip now kills trees along the path of a dragged allied hero
• Targeting someone directly with Boulder Smash will now be blocked by Linken`s Sphere
• Fixed being able to cast Geomagnetic Grip on magic immune allies
• Fixed Boulder Smash being able to target Magic Immune units
• Fixed Rolling Boulder travel distance going further than intended if you use a Stone Remnant near the end of the roll

Earthshaker

• Base movement speed increased from 300 to 310
• Strength gain increased from 2.5 to 2.9

Enchantress

• Base armor reduced by 1

Enigma

• Black Hole AoE increased from 375 to 400
• Black Hole cast range increased from 250 to 275

Faceless Void

• Chronosphere cooldown reduced from 120/110/100 to 120/100/80
• You now have 1000 movement speed and phase while you are in Chronosphere
• Time Walk manacost reduced from 120 to 90

Huskar

• Burning Spear duration increased from 7 to 8
• Inner Vitality bonus heal below 40% increased from 15/30/45/60% of primary attribute to 30/45/60/75%
• Inner Vitality cast range increased from 450 to 550

Invoker

• Forge Spirits armor reduced from 2/3/4/5/6/7/8 to 0/1/2/3/4/5/6
• Forge Spirits attack range reduced from 300→900 to 300→690
• EMP burn increased from 100→400 to 100→550
• EMP delay from 3.7→2 to 2.6
• Alacrity manacost reduced from 75 to 45
• Ghost Walk movement speed from -30/-25/-20/-15/-10/-5/0 to -30/-20/-10/0/10/20/30

Jakiro

• Ice Path damage rescaled from 25/50/75/100 to 50
• Liquid Fire DPS increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30
• Dual Breath burn and slow duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
• Dual Breath DPS increased from 5/10/15/20 to 16/36/56/76
• Dual Breath damage interval improved from every 1 second to every 0.5 seconds
• Dual Breath Attack Speed slow increased from -20 to -30
• Removed initial impact damage from Dual Breath

Juggernaut

• Blade Fury cooldown reduced from 30/28/26/24 to 30/27/24/21

Keeper of the Light

• Mana Leak stun duration increased from 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2 to 1.5/2/2.5/3

Legion Commander

• Moment of Courage now only procs one extra lifesteal attack

• Moment of Courage buff grace period increased from 0.5 to 1.0 seconds
• Moment of Courage cooldown reduced from 1.2 to 0.9

Leshrac

• Lightning Storm jumps from 4/6/7/8 to 4/5/6/7
• Lightning Storm damage from 80/145/205/265 to 80/140/200/260
• Lightning Storm cooldown reduced from 5.5 to 4
• Lightning Storm manacost reduced from 100/115/130/145 to 90/100/110/120

Lina

• Dragon Slave Initial/Final AoE increased from 275/150 to 275/200
• Fiery Soul duration increased from 7 to 9
• Fiery Soul movement speed increased from 4/5/6/7% to 5/6/7/8%

Lion

• Aghanim`s Scepter now causes Finger of Death to hit units within a 200 AoE of the primary target

Lone Druid

• Spirit Bear`s Entangle is no longer an Orb Effect

Lycan

• Lycan Wolves Fade Time decreased from 3 to 1.7
• Level 3 Lycan Wolves now have Invisibility
• Level 4 Lycan Wolves now have a passive ability that gives them 15 HP regen

Magnus

• Base intelligence increased by 2

Medusa

• Mana Shield damage absorption increased from 0.75/1.25/1.75/2.25 to 1/1.5/2/2.5

Meepo

• Divided We Stand level requirement reduced from 4/11/18 to 3/10/17
• Divided We Stand now passively reduces your revive timer by 10%/20%/30%

Morphling

• You can now cast and attack while in Waveform

Nature`s Prophet

• Wrath of Nature manacost increased from 150/200/250 to 175/225/275

Necrophos

• Death Pulse now hits units in Fog of War

Night Stalker

• Crippling Fear`s night miss chance increased from 40 to 50%

Nyx Assassin

• Cast Range on Impale now matches the travel range

Ogre Magi

• Unrefined Fireblast manacost changed from 400 to 60% of your current mana

Omniknight

• Degen Aura stickiness increased from 1.0 to 2.0 seconds

Outworld Devourer

• Astral Imprisonment cast range reduced from 550 to 500

Phantom Assassin

• Invisible heroes now trigger Blur
• Blur delay reduced from 1.5 to 0.75

Phoenix

• Fire Spirits Attack Speed slow reduced from 150 to 80/100/120/140
• Fire Spirits can now be cast during Icarus Dive
• Fire Spirits DPS reduced from 20/40/60/80 to 15/35/55/75
• Icarus Dive is now interrupted if you are stunned during it

Queen of Pain

• Sonic Wave Scepter cooldown rescaled from 100/70/40 to 40

Riki

• Base HP regen increased from 0.75 to 1.5

Sand King

• Sand Storm radius rescaled from 275/325/375/525 to 525

Shadow Demon

• Shadow Poison max effective stacks increased from 4 to 5

Shadow Shaman

• Shackles duration increased from 2.5/3.25/4/4.75 to 2.75/3.5/4.25/5
• Mass Serpent Wards can no longer trap Roshan

Silencer

• Global Silence cooldown reduced from 140 to 130

Skywrath Mage

• Mystic Flare damage increased from 600/900/1200 to 600/1000/1400

Slardar

• Bash damage increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/60/80/100

Slark

• Pounce damage reduced from 70/140/210/280 to 60/120/180/240
• Shadow Dance cooldown reduced from 65 to 60

Sniper

• Take Aim range bonus increased from 80/160/240/320 to 100/200/300/400

Spirit Breaker

• You now gain vision over your target while you are casting Nether Strike

Storm Spirit

• Base movement speed reduced from 295 to 290

Sven

• Base armor increased by 3
• Warcry cooldown reduced from 36/30/24/18 to 32/26/20/14

Terrorblade

• Sunder cooldown reduced from 160/110/60 to 120/80/40
• Sunder is no longer partially blocked by Magic Immunity
• Reflection cast range increased from 250 to 275

Tidehunter

• Kraken Shell debuff threshold reduced from 600 damage taken to 600/550/500/450
• Kraken Shell damage block increased from 9/18/27/36 to 10/20/30/40

Timbersaw

• Base strength reduced from 25 to 22

Tinker

• Added Aghanim`s Scepter: Doubles Laser cast range and Heat-Seeking Missile count

Treant Protector

• Overgrowth AoE increased from 625 to 675
• Nature`s Guise cast range increased from 300 to 600

Troll Warlord

• Fervor max stacks rescaled from 2/3/4/5 to 4
• Fervor attack speed per stack rescaled from 20 to 16/22/28/34

Tusk

• Secondary units hit by the Snowball now take the same impact as the primary unit

• Removed 50% threshold mechanic from Walrus Punch
• Walrus Punch base crit increased from 3x to 3.5x

Undying

• Soul Rip cooldown reduced from 25/20/15/10 to 24/18/12/6

Vengeful Spirit

• Wave of Terror armor reduction increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6

Venomancer

• Base damage reduced by 5
• Base HP regen reduced from 0.75 to the default 0.25

Visage

• Base movement speed reduced by 5
• Grave Chill manacost rescaled from 70/80/90/100 to 100
• Familiars are now properly magic immune

Warlock

• Upheaval max duration increased from 12 to 16

Windranger

• Focus Fire manacost reduced from 200/300/400 to 150
• Focus Fire no longer has a cast animation

Witch Doctor

• Maledict AoE increased from 150 to 165
• Voodoo Restoration initial manacost reduced from 25/50/75/100 to 20/30/40/50
• Paralyzing Casks can now bounce to units in Fog of War

Wraith King

• Reincarnation slow increased from 50% to 75%
• Reincarnation slow duration increased from 4 to 5

Zeus

• Arc Lightning cast range increased from 700 to 850

Items

Animal Courier

• Ground Courier bounty per player reduced from 175 to 150

Arcane Boots

• Manacost increased by 10

Battle Fury

• Cleave AoE increased from 225 to 250

Blink Dagger

• Blink no longer has a manacost

Bottle

• Can now be used on your allies by holding down the Control key.

Diffusal Blade

• Agility bonus increased from 22/26 to 25/30

Drum of Endurance

• Number of charges increased from 4 to 5
• Recipe cost increased from 800 to 875

Eul`s Scepter of Divinity

• Cyclone cooldown reduced from 25 to 23

Force Staff

• Force travel speed is reduced

Iron Branch

• Gold cost reduced from 53 to 50

Mask of Madness

• Lifesteal increased from 17% to 20%

Mjollnir

• Changed the area type that is used when Static Charge hit units

Necronomicon

• Necronomicon units bounty increased from 100/125/150 to 100/150/200
• Necronomicon units armor reduced from 6/8/10 to 4
• Necronomicon cooldown increased from 80 to 95

Observer Ward

• Can be targeted on allies to transfer one charge

Radiance

• Attack damage bonus increased from 60 to 65

Refresher Orb

• Recipe cost reduced from 1875 to 1800

Ring of Aquila

• Agility bonus increased from 6 to 9

Rod of Atos

• HP bonus increased from 325 to 350

Sange and Yasha

• Sange and Yasha slow duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
• Sange and Yasha slow increased from 30 to 32%

Sentry Ward

• Can be targeted on allies to transfer one charge

Shadow Amulet

• Fade delay improved from 1.8 to 1.5
• Can now be used on allies

Shiva`s Guard

• Arctic Blast range increased from 719 to 900
• Arctic Blast speed increased from 300 to 350

Smoke of Deceit

• Duration decreased from 40 to 35

Teleport Scrolls

• Stacking delay decreased from 3/5/6/7/8 to 3/5/5.5/6/6.5
• Max targeting range increased from 525 to 575

Tranquil Boots

• Movement speed increased from 85 to 90
• HP Regen increased from 10 to 12

Veil of Discord

• Strength/Agility/Damage bonus increased from 3 to 6