Dota 2 developers have released patch 7.31d

Patch 7.31d has been released in Dota 2, and it is entirely aimed at bringing balance to the game. The developers changed the characteristics of items, and also tried to balance the heroes. There are no landscape changes, no new hero was added, although some insiders announced the release of Puppet Master. Files with his name and abilities flashed through the Dota files.

GENERAL CHANGES

• Marci added to Captains Mode
• Roshan now attacks totems and wards if there are no other creatures in melee range
• Roshan destroys any ward or totem with a single attack
• Satyr Soulstealer Mana Aura mana regen reduced from 2.5 to 2

ITEM CHANGES

BRACER

• Health regeneration bonus reduced from 1 to 0.75

NULL TALISMAN

• No longer grants +4% Mana Cost Reduction
• Now grants +3% to maximum mana
• Mana regen bonus increased from 0.6 to 0.75

HEALING SALVE

• Salve duration halved when cast on an ally
• Cost reduced from 110 to 100

BLACK KING BAR

• Avatar cooldown increased from 75 to 90 seconds

BUTTERFLY

• Agility bonus increased from 30 to 35

CRIMSON GUARD

• Damage Block damage block increased from 70/35 to 75/50

LINKEN'S SPHERE

• Spellblock cooldown increased from 12 to 14 seconds

SATANIC

• Unholy Rage lifesteal on activation reduced from 200% to 175%

ETERNAL SHROUD

• Magic resistance bonus increased from 20% to 25%
• Shroud cooldown reduced from 60 to 45 seconds

BLOODSTONE

• Spell lifesteal bonus increased from 25% to 30%
• Bloodpact cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds

REVENANT'S BROOCH

• Phantom Province cooldown reduced from 45 to 25 seconds
• Phantom Province cooldown now starts when empowered attacks end
• Phantom Province mana cost increased from 250 to 300
• Phantom Province Empowered Attack is no longer consumed if the target is immune to magic
• Phantom Province can now be recast to remove all empowered attacks. After that, reloading starts.

WRAITH PACT

• Wraith's Reprisal totem model size increased by 50%
• Wraith's Reprisal attacks to kill reduced from 5 to 4
• Wraith's Reprisal totem bounty increased from 20 gold to 100 gold
• Wraith's Reprisal now automatically follows the owner

HERO CHANGES

ALCHEMIST

BERSERK POTION

• Mana cost reduced from 125 to 100

CHEMICAL RAGE

• Duration increased from 25 to 30 seconds
• Cooldown increased from 55 to 60 seconds

BRISTLEBACK

VISCOUS NASAL GOO

• Cast range increased from 600 to 650

BRISTLEBACK

• Damage threshold reduced from 210 to 200

CENTAUR WARRUNNER

HOOF STOMP

• Stun duration increased from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 to 2/2.2/2.4/2.6

CHAOS KNIGHT

CHAOS BOLT

• Damage reduced from 90-180/110-220/130-260/150-300 to 60-120/90-180/120-240/150-300

CHAOS STRIKE

• Lifesteal on trigger reduced from 24/36/48/60% to 20/30/40/50%

CLOCKWERK

BATTERY ASSAULT

• The ability now deals 2 times more damage to creeps

CRYSTAL MAIDEN

• Base strength reduced from 18 to 17

FROSTBITE

• Cast range increased from 550 to 600

CRYSTAL NOVA

• Slow duration increased from 4.5 to 5 seconds

DARK SEER

• Base agility increased from 18 to 19

SURGE

• Mana cost reduced from 50 to 35/40/45/50

VACUUM

• Damage increased from 40/110/180/250 to 100/150/200/250

DARK WILLOW

SHADOW REAL

• Cooldown reduced from 26/22/18/14 to 20/18/16/14

DAWNBREAKER

• Strength gain reduced from 3.6 to 3.4

LUMINOSITY

• Critical damage increased from 120/140/160/180% to 125/150/175/200%

SOLAR GUARDIAN

• Cooldown reduced from 120/110/100 to 120/105/90 seconds

DAZZLE

POISON TOUCH

• Aghanim's Shard curse duration increased from 1.75 to 2 seconds

BAD JUJU

• Heal/damage per effect increased from 30/40/50 to 40/50/60

DISRUPTOR

STATIC STORM

• Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds

DRAGON KNIGHT

• Base agility reduced by 3

FIREBALL

• Duration reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
• Radius reduced from 450 to 350

DROW RANGER

TALENTS

• Level 25 Talent increased from +2 Multishot Waves to +3

Earthshaker

AFTERSHOCK

• Stun duration increased from 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5 to 0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5 seconds

ELDER TITAN

ASTRAL SPIRIT

• Creep speed bonus increased from 1% to 1.5%

EARTH SPLITTER

• Cooldown reduced from 120/110/100 to 100 seconds

EMBER SPIRIT

• Base strength increased from 21 to 22

SLEIGHT OF FIST

• Cast range reduced from 700 to 650

ENIGMA

DEMONIC CONVERSION

• Cooldown increased from 50/45/40/35 to 60/52/44/36 seconds

FACELESS VOID

TIME WALK

• Aghanim's Scepter effect radius increased from 350 to 400

TIME LOCK

• Secondary attack delay increased from 0.33 to 0.4 seconds

GRIMSTROKE

INK SWELL

• Radius reduced from 400 to 375
• Cooldown increased from 30/25/20/15 to 30/26/22/18 seconds

HUSKAR

INNER FIRE

• Damage changed from 100/170/240/310 to 120/180/240/300

IO

OVERCHARGE

• Bonus attack speed rescaled from 50/70/90/110 to 25/55/85/115

KEEPER OF THE LIGHT

ILLUMINATE

• Damage reduced from 200/300/400/500 to 185/290/395/500

LEGION COMMANDER

MOMENT OF COURAGE

• Cooldown reduced from 2.3/1.8/1.3/0.8 to 1.9/1.5/1.1/0.7

TALENTS

• Level 15 Talent increased from +75 Overwhelming Odds Hero Damage to +100

LESHRAC

LIGHTNING STORM

• Lightning strikes increased from 4/6/8/10 to 5/7/9/11
• Damage changed from 90/130/170/210 to 70/120/170/220

LICH

FROST BLAST

• Mana cost reduced from 110/130/150/170 to 110/120/130/140

LIFESTEALER

FEAST

• Max health damage increased from 0.6/0.8/1/1.2% to 0.8/1/1.2/1.4%

LINA

FIERY SOUL

• Effect duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds
• Aghanim's Shard spell damage bonus increased from 10 to 15

lion

EARTH SPIKE

• Spike speed increased from 1600 to 1800

HEX

• Cooldown reduced from 30/24/18/12 to 24/20/16/12

LUNA

LUCENT BEAM

• Damage changed from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320

TALENTS

• Level 25 Talent increased from +0.2s Eclipse Beam Stun to +0.25s

LYCAN

SHAPESHIFT

• Critical damage increased from 150/175/200% to 160/190/220%

MAGNUS

SKEWER

• Slow increased from 10/20/30/40% to 20/30/40/50%

SHOCKWAVE

• Aghanim's Scepter eruption armor reduction increased from 50% to 75%
• Aghanim's Scepter eruption damage increased from 50% to 75%
• Aghanim's Scepter eruption movement slow increased from 50% to 75%

MARCI

UNLEASH

• Cooldown reduced from 110/90/70 to 100/80/60

DISPOSE

• Throw range reduced from 350 to 300
• Fixed an issue where re-rollable enemies could cast spells for 1 frame before being stunned

MARS

• Base damage reduced by 3

SPEAR OF MARS

• Stun duration reduced from 1.6/2/2.4/2.8 to 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6

NIGHT STALKER

VOID

• Mana cost increased from 80/90/100/110 to 90/100/110/120

OMNIKNIGHT

HAMMER OF PURITY

• Base damage percentage changed from 60/70/80/90% to 55/70/85/100%

TALENTS

• Level 20 Talent increased from +4s Hammer of Purity Cooldown to +6s

PANGOLIER

SHIELD CRASH

• Cooldown increased from 16/14/12/10 to 18/16/14/12 seconds

ROLL-UP

• Duration reduced from 4 to 2.75 seconds

PHANTOM LANCER

DOPPELGANGER

• Cooldown reduced from 25/20/15/10 to 19/16/13/10

TALENTS

• Level 20 Talent increased from +5% Juxtapose Illusion Damage to +8%

PUDGE

• Base damage increased by 3

FLESH HEAP

• Damage block increased from 5/10/15/20 to 7/14/21/28

TALENTS

• Level 10 Talent increased from +14% Rot Slow to +16%

PUGNA

NETHER WARD

• Damage per mana reduced from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 to 0.75/1/1.25/1.5
• Spell damage reduction reduced from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%

RIKI

TRICKS OF THE TRADE

• Cooldown reduced from 21/18/15/12 to 18/16/14/12 seconds

SHADOW DEMON

SHADOW POISON

• Hit damage increased from 26/34/42/50 to 30/40/50/60

SHADOW FIEND

REQUIEM OF SOULS

• Max fear duration increased from 2.4 to 2.7 seconds (Duration per wave increased from 0.8 to 0.9 seconds)

SILENCER

• Strength gain reduced from 2.4 to 2.2

ARCANE CURSE

• Mana cost reduced from 130/140/150/160 to 130/135/140/145

TALENTS

• Level 20 Talent increased from -20s Global Silence Cooldown to -25s

SLARK

• Base damage increased from 53-61 to 55-61

ESSENCE SHIFT

• Duration changed from 15/30/60/100 to 20/40/60/80 seconds

SNIPER

ASSASSINATE

• Damage increased from 320/485/650 to 320/510/700

SVEN

• Base attack speed increased from 100 to 110

TECHIES

• Proximity Mines gold for destroying a mine reduced from 25 to 15
• Proximity Mines magic resistance reduction increased from 10/15/20% to 15/20/25%

STICKY BOMB

• Explosion slow duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds

TERRORBLADE

METAMORPHOSIS

• Bonus damage increased from 15/30/45/60 to 30/40/50/60

TIMBERSAW

• Base strength increased from 24 to 25

TIMBER CHAIN

• Max cast range reduced from 800/950/1100/1250 to 750/900/1050/1200

TINKER

DEFENSE MATRIX

• Cast range increased from 600 to 650

WARP FLARE

• Mana cost reduced from 150 to 100

TUSK

SNOWBALL

• Coma speed increased from 600/625/650/675 to 625/650/675/700

TAG TEAM

• Slow duration increased from 0.4 to 0.5 seconds

URSA

EARTHSHOCK

• Movement slow increased from 16/24/32/40% to 22/28/34/40%

VENGEFUL SPIRIT

• Base damage increased by 2

VISAGE

SOUL ASSUMPTION

• Damage per charge reduced from 75 to 70

WARLOCK

• Movement speed increased from 290 to 300

UPHEAVAL

• Max slow increased from 40/60/80/100% to 55/70/85/100%

CHAOTIC OFFERING

• Cast range reduced from 1200 to 1000

WEAVER

GEMINATE ATTACK

• Bonus damage increased from 10/25/40/55 to 15/30/45/60

WINDRANGER

GALE FORCE

• Wind speed reduced from 250 to 240

WITCH DOCTOR

DEATH WARD

• Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds

TALENTS

• Level 20 Talent increased from +15% Maledict Damage Per Trigger to +20%

ZEUS

HEAVENLY JUMP

• Duration increased from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 seconds