Dota 2 Update: Patch 7.38b

General Updates

• Item grace period for swapping into the main inventory without a cooldown increased from 3s to 5s.
• Tormentor: Gold to each team member on death decreased from 250 to 175.
• Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Damage absorb increased from 1900 to 2100.
• Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Barrier regeneration increased from 30 to 40.
• Lotuses can no longer be picked up by Meepo clones, Arc Warden's Tempest Double, or Dazzle's Nothl Projection.
• Moved the spawn box of the Radiant Safelane Tier 1 hard pull camp a little bit down, removing an inaccessible camp block spot that could be created by chopping down a tree.
• Removed several trees around camps, making it easier for additional paths to be cut through:
  • To the right of Dire Ancient camp by Safelane Tier 1 Tower
  • To the right of Dire Medium camp between mid and top Tier 2 Towers
  • To the top of Dire Hard camp nearest to mid Tier 1 Tower
  • To the top of the Dire Jungle high-ground Medium camp
  • To the right of the Dire offlane Tier 2 Tower Medium camp
  • To the right of the Radiant Hard Camp by mid Tier 1
  • To the right and left of the Radiant Hard Camp by offlane Tier 1 Tower
  • To the left of the Radiant Safelane Tier 2 Tower Medium water camp

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Item Updates

Eye of Skadi

• Cold Attack (Melee): Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%
• Cold Attack no longer has a separate attack speed slow for melee targets

Glimmer Cape

• Bonus Movement Speed: decreased from 40 to 20
• Mana Cost: increased from 90 to 125

Heaven’s Halberd

• Recipe changedNo longer requires a Ring of Regen
• Recipe cost increased from 275 to 450 (Total cost unchanged)

Khanda

• Empower Spell Debuff Duration: increased from 3s to 4s
• Empower Spell Cooldown: decreased from 12s to 10s

Orb of Corrosion

• Agility bonus: decreased from +8 to +7
• Melee Movement Slow: increased from 6% to 8%

Orb of Frost

• Melee Movement Slow: increased from 5% to 6%

Orchid Malevolence

• Mana Regen bonus: decreased from +3.25 to +3
• Attack Speed bonus: decreased from +40 to +35

Bloodthorn

• Mana Regen bonus: decreased from +3.5 to +3.25
• Attack Speed bonus: decreased from +100 to +95

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Neutral Item Updates

Mana Draught

• Bottoms Up Mana restored: rescaled from 60 + 2% of Max Mana to 30 + 4% of Max Mana

Orb of Destruction

• Impeding Corruption Duration: decreased from 5s to 3s

Pig Pole

• Bonus Movement Speed: increased from 15% to 20%
• Cooldown: decreased from 25s to 20s
• Duration: decreased from 4s to 3s

Pollywog Charm

• Ribbit Duration: increased from 10s to 14s

Ripper's Lash

• Flay Cooldown: decreased from 30s to 25s

Trusty Shovel

• Dig Cooldown: increased from 60s to 70s

Brigand’s Blade

• Dark Mercy HP increment: increased from 5% to 7%

Essence Ring

• Life Essence Duration: decreased from 15s to 10s
• Mana Cost: increased from 150 to 160

Iron Talon

• Chop Cooldown: decreased from 20s to 15s

Searing Signet

• Burn Through Damage Threshold: increased from 40 to 55

Gale Guard

• Cyclonic Shield Barrier: decreased from 400 to 250

Gunpowder Gauntlet

• Beat the Crowd now also deals 50% of the bonus magical damage to enemies in the splash radius
• Splash Damage now bypasses physical damage block

Ninja Gear

• Solitary Disguise Mana Cost: increased from 0 to 100

Serrated Shiv

• Gut ‘Em Current Health as Physical Damage: decreased from 10% to 8%

Crippling Crossbow

• Hobble Cast Range: increased from 600 to 800

Mind Breaker

• Silence Strike Duration: decreased from 2s to 1.5s

Pyrrhic Cloak

• Retribution Damage Reflection: increased from 60% to 75%

Fallen Sky

• Cooldown: increased from 15s to 25s

Pirate Hat

• Plunder Bonus Gold (for hero kills): increased from 150 to 400

Unrelenting Eye

• Relentless now also provides +10% Status Resistance per enemy within 300 units

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Enchantment changes

Brawny

• Health bonus decreased from +125/175/225/275 to +125/165/205/245

Mystical

• Magic Resistance bonus decreased from +0/10/16/22% to +0/10/14/18%

Vampiric

• Lifesteal bonus decreased from +12/16/20% to +12/14/16%
• Spell Lifesteal bonus decreased from +8/12/16% to +8/10/12%

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Hero Updates

Abaddon

Base Mana Regen

• Decreased from 0.25 to 0

Mist Coil

• Damage/Heal decreased from 100/175/250/325 to 80/150/220/290
• Cast Range rescaled from 600/625/650/675 to 625

Aphotic Shield

• Duration decreased from 17s to 14s

Aphotic Shield

• Mana Cost increased from 95/110/125/140 to 110/120/130/140

Borrowed Time

• Aghanim's Scepter radius changed from 900 to Mist Coil's Cast Range

Alchemist

Greevil's Greed

• Gifting Aghanim's Scepters no longer provides Spell Amplification

Ancient Apparition

Agility Gain

• Decreased from 2.2 to 2.0

Arc Warden

Tempest Double

• Rune Duration increased from 10s to 12s

Beastmaster

Base Damage

• Decreased by 3
• Damage at level 1 decreased by 3 (from 56-60 to 53-57)

Brewmaster

Belligerent

• Duration on respawn increased from 30s to 45s

Talents

• Level 10 Talent: +200 Thunder Clap AoE replaced with +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration

Broodmother

Base Damage

• Decreased by 2
• Damage at level 1 decreased by 2 (from 47-53 to 45-51)

Spin Web

• Health regen reduction does not affect enemies in fountain

Chen

Summon Convert

• Convert's abilities now also level up with Holy Persuasion

Dark Seer

Base Armor

• Decreased by 1

Aggrandize

• Restore percentage per hero level decreased from 2% to 1.5%

Dazzle

Weave

• Allies now receive 5% extra healing from Dazzle per stack

Poison Touch

• Duration decreased from 5/6/7/8s to 3.5/5/6.5/8s

Shadow Wave Cooldown Reduction

• Decreased from 30/45/60% to 30/40/50%

Dragon Knight

Dragon Tail

• AoE while in Dragon Form decreased from 175 to 100

Wyrm's Wrath

• Magic Damage on Attacks decreased from 10/20/30/40 to 6/12/18/24

Ember Spirit

Strength Gain

• Decreased from 2.6 to 2.3

Hoodwink

Bushwhack

• Cooldown rescaled from 14s to 15/14/13/12s

Huskar

Inner Fire

• Damage decreased from 120/180/240/300 to 105/170/235/300

Invoker

Cold Snap

• When Cold Snap triggers, Invoker now also restores 5 mana in addition to existing healing based on Quas

Ghost Walk

• Aghanim's Scepter ally duration increased from 20s to 30s

Alacrity

• Attack range bonus increased from 50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140 to 60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140/150

Sun Strike

• Aghanim's Scepter Cataclysm cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds

Forge Spirit

• Attack range rescaled from 300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755/820/885 to 305/360/415/470/525/580/635/690/745/800

Jakiro

Ice Path

• Path Duration decreased from 6s to 5s

Ice Path

• Cooldown increased from 18/15/12/9s to 20/17/14/11s

Talents

• Level 15 Talent: -1.5s Ice Path Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage

Keeper of the Light

Spirit Form

• Cooldown decreased from 85s to 85/80/75s
• Duration increased from 40s to 40/45/50s
• Illuminate Heal increased from 50/60/70% to 70%

Talents

• Level 20 Talent: +15s Spirit Form Duration replaced with +10% Spirit Form Movement Speed

Kez

Base Intelligence

• Increased from 18 to 20

Strength Gain

• Increased from 2.6 to 2.8

Shadowhawk

• Now scales with ultimate abilities instead of Shodo Sai

Shodo Sai

• Invis Bonus Crit rescaled from 50% to 40/60/80/100%

Grappling Claw

• Lifesteal increased from 50/75/100/125% to 65/85/105/125%

Shodo Sai

• Can now block all physical attack sources (still can't mark non-hero units)

Raptor Dance

• Invulnerability period increased from 0.1s to 0.2s

Leshrac

Chronoptic Nourishment

• Damage as mana restore increased from 10/18/26/34% to 14/21/28/35%

Diabolic Edict

• Mana Cost increased from 90/110/130/150 to 90/120/150/180

Lightning Storm

• No longer slows attack speed

Lifestealer

Base Agility

• Decreased by 4

Fleshfeast

• Max HP per hero kill decreased from 25/35/45/55 to 20/25/30/35

Feast

• Max HP per hero kill decreased from 15 to 10

Infest

• Aghanim's Scepter no longer disarms targeted enemy hero
• Aghanim's Scepter attack rate improved from 1.25s to 1s

Lina

Laguna Blade

• Aghanim's Shard damage converted increased from 75% to 100%

Lycan

Summon Wolves

• Bonus health per wolf increased from 50/100/150/200 to 60/115/170/225

Magnus

Empower

• Max self bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%

Skewer

• Distance decreased from 900/975/1050/1125 to 800/900/1000/1100

Aghanim's Shard Distance

• Decreased from 1175/1250/1325/1400 to 1075/1175/1275/1375

Marci

Rebound

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

Aghanim's Shard Impact Damage

• Decreased from 96/192/288/384 to 90/180/270/360

Medusa

Venomous Volley

• Attacks required to apply poison increased from 5 to 6

Meepo

Codependent

• Attack speed bonus decreased from 7% to 5%

Mirana

Starstorm

• Blind Duration decreased from 3.5/4/4.5/5s to 3s

Monkey King

Wukong's Command

• Soldiers no longer receive a copy of Monkey King's neutral item

Muerta

The Calling

• No longer slows attack speed

Nature's Prophet

Wrath of Nature

• Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces cooldown by 25s

Talents

• Level 10 Talent: Wrath of Nature Base Damage bonus decreased from +30 to +25
• Level 20 Talent: Sprout Leashes replaced with -15s Wrath of Nature cooldown

Night Stalker

Hunter in the Night

• Move Speed decreased from 16/22/28/34/40% to 10/22/28/34/40%

Void

• AoE on level 5 increased from 300 to 350

Talents

• Level 10 Talent: Dark Ascension Duration decreased from +6s to +5s

Phantom Lancer

Juxtapose

• Illusion Trigger Chance increased from 8% to 9%

Primal Beast

Uproar

• Stacks gained per debuff increased from 2 to 3

Pulverize

• Stack duration decreased from 20s to 15s

Spectre

Desolate

• Damage Multiplier increased from 1.75x to 2x

Storm Spirit

Base Intelligence

• Decreased from 3.9 to 3.7

Tidehunter

Anchor Smash

• Damage Reduction decreased from 30/40/50/60% to 25/30/35/40%

Dead in the Water

• Damage decreased from 200 to 100
• Mana Cost increased from 80 to 110

Tiny

Grow

• Bonus Armor decreased from 10/17/24 to 5/10/15

Troll Warlord

Fervor

• Aghanim's Shard no longer procs additional attacks when attacking a building or ward-type unit

Tusk

Drinking Buddies

• Bonus damage increased from 20/45/70/95 to 20/50/80/110

Venomancer

Venomous Gale

• Slow decreased from 50% to 35/40/45/50%

Visage

Grave Chill

• Duration decreased from 6s to 5s
• Move Speed Drain decreased from 15/20/25/30% to 12/16/20/24%

Warlock

Black Grimoire

• XP per kill/assist decreased from 250 to 200

Weaver

The Swarm

• Attack Interval increased from 1.15/1.0/0.85/0.7s to 1.2/1.05/0.9/0.75s

Windranger

Base Agility

• Increased from 1.7 to 1.9

Shackleshot

• Shackle Duration increased from 1.6/2.1/2.6/3.1s to 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25s

Winter Wyvern

Winter's Curse

• Cursed target is no longer immune to physical damage from Winter Wyvern and her controlled units
• Cooldown increased from 85/80/75s to 100/90/80s

Zeus

Base Damage

• Decreased by 4
• Damage at level 1 decreased from 55-63 to 51-59

Lightning Bolt

• Sight Radius decreased from 750 to 500