Item Updates

Eternal Shroud

  • Magic Resistance bonus increased from +30% to +35%

Hand of Midas

  • Base Charge Restore Time increased from 100s to 110s

Heart of Tarrasque

  • Recipe cost increased from 1300 to 1400. Total cost increased from 5100 to 5200
  • Strength bonus decreased from +40 to +35

Helm of the Overlord

  • Vladmir’s Aura Armor increased from 3 to 4

Pavise

  • Protect Cooldown decreased from 18s to 16s

Vladmir’s Offering

  • Vladmir’s Aura Armor increased from 3 to 4

Hero Updates

Ancient Apparition

Ice Vortex

  • Damage per second decreased from 12/20/28/36 to 12/18/24/30

Ice Blast

  • Frostbitten Duration decreased from 10/11/12s to 10s

Bristleback

Quill Spray

  • Max Damage decreased from 550 to 500

Bristleback

  • Damage Threshold increased from 225 to 300/275/250/225

Hairball

  • Cast Range decreased from 1500 to 1000
  • Cooldown increased from 10s to 13s

Talents

  • Level 20 Talent Quill Spray Stack Damage decreased from +25 to +20

Chaos Knight

  • Base Damage decreased by 5

Chaos Strike

  • Lifesteal penalty against creeps increased from 40% to 70%

Phantasm

  • Mana Cost increased from 75/125/175 to 100/200/300

Dark Willow

Shadow Realm

  • Cooldown increased from 20/18/16/14s to 22/20/18/16s

Dazzle

Bad Juju

  • No longer affects any Blink Dagger’s 3s mute period after taking damage

Drow Ranger

Multishot

  • Cooldown decreased from 26/24/22/20s to 24/22/20/18s

Earth Spirit

Rolling Boulder

  • Cooldown now begins when the current roll is completed

Enigma

Black Hole

  • Cooldown decreased from 200/180/160s to 180/170/160s

Grimstroke

Ink Swell

  • Aghanim’s Shard Spell Lifesteal now has a 20% penalty against creeps

Gyrocopter

Rocket Barrage

  • Rocket Damage increased from 6/12/18/24 to 8/14/20/26

Juggernaut

Omnislash

  • Bonus Damage increased from 30/40/50 to 40/45/50

Kunkka

Ghostship

  • Damage Delayed decreased from 45% to 35%

Tidal Wave

  • Damage decreased from 250 to 180

Torrent Storm

  • Duration decreased from 5s to 4s
  • Cooldown increased from 70s to 75s

Leshrac

Lightning Storm

  • Slow Duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.45/0.7/0.95/1.2s

Lion

Earth Spike

  • Cast Range increased from 575 to 650

Lycan

Base Agility increased from 16 to 18

  • Agility gain increased from 1.4 to 1.8

Marci

Sidekick

  • Cast Range increased from 700 to 1000

Muerta

The Calling

  • Duration decreased from 7/8/9/10s to 5/6/7/8s
  • Movement Slow decreased from 30% to 15/20/25/30%

Necrophos

Ghost Shroud

  • Mana Cost increased from 50 to 75

Heartstopper Aura

  • Regen Duration decreased from 8s to 7s
  • Aghanim’s Scepter Health Regen to Decay decreased from 60% to 55%

Death Seeker

  • Cooldown increased from 16s to 19s

Primal Beast

Trample

  • Mana Cost increased from 90/85/80/75 to 90

Pulverize

  • Cooldown increased from 36/32/28s to 40/36/32s

Talents

  • Level 25 Talent Pulverize Duration decreased from +100% to +67%

Shadow Shaman

Hex

  • Damage Amplification increased from 5/10/15/20% to 10/15/20/25%

Spectre

  • Base Armor decreased by 1

Spirit Breaker

Charge of Darkness

  • Cooldown increased from 21/18/15/12s to 22/19/16/13s
  • Aghanim’s Scepter Cooldown increased from 8s to 9s

Greater Bash

  • Damage multiplier against creeps decreased from 1.5x to 1.3x

Timbersaw

Whirling Death

  • Stat Loss Percent increased from 10% to 13%

Tiny

Avalanche

  • Mana Cost decreased from 120 to 90/100/110/120

Treant Protector

  • Base Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280

Leech Seed

  • Damage/Heal per second decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65

Weaver

Geminate Attack

  • Cooldown increased from 7/5.5/4/2.5s to 8.5/6.5/4.5/2.5s

Winter Wyvern

Cold Embrace

  • Base Heal per second increased from 30/35/40/45 to 40/45/50/55

Witch Doctor

Paralyzing Cask

  • Damage multiplier against creeps decreased from 2.0x to 1.5x

Death Ward

  • Now prioritizes heroes within its attack range over creeps

Wraith King

Vampiric Spirit

  • Skeleton Damage decreased by 3