Dec 15, 2025

Patch 7.40

120 heroes, 49 items and 24 neutral items changed. Every line below is Valve’s own patch note, grouped so you can jump to what you play.

Hero changes 120

Anti-Mage

Removed Counterspell Ally ability

Counterspell

Aghanim's Shard no longer provides Counterspell Ally ability
Aghanim's Shard illusion outgoing damage increased from 75% to 100%

Talents

Level 15 Talent Persecutor Min/Max Movement Slow increased from +7.5/15% to +9/18%

Axe

Berserker's Call

Duration increased from 1.8/2.2/2.6/3s to 2.1/2.4/2.7/3s
Cooldown increased from 17/15/13/11s to 18/16/14/12s

Battle Hunger

No longer has an armor-based damage multiplier
Damage type changed from Physical to Pure
No longer has reduced movement slow against creeps

Talents

Level 15 Talent +10% Battle Hunger Slow replaced with +12 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second
Level 20 Talent Counter Helix Damage increased from +30 to +40
Level 20 Talent +100 Culling Blade Damage replaced with +15 Strength
Level 25 Talent 2x Battle Hunger Armor Multiplier replaced with +150 Culling Blade Damage

Bane

Nightmare

Cooldown increased from 24/21/18/15s to 25/22/19/16s

Fiend's Grip

Aghanim's Scepter Illusion damage taken increased from 200% to 225%

Bloodseeker

Sanguivore

Base heal increased from 25 to 30
No longer upgraded with neither Aghanim's Shard or Aghanim's Scepter

Bloodrage

Aghanim's Scepter effect moved to Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's Shard target's max health as pure damage decreased from 3% to 2%

Rupture

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Increases current health as initial damage by 3%. Replaces cooldown with 2 charges with the same charge restoration time

Talents

Level 10 Talent +15% Bloodrage Spell Amplification replaced with +30 Bloodrage Attack Speed
Level 15 Talent +8% Rupture Initial Damage replaced with -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies
Level 20 Talent -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS For Allies replaced with +20 Agility
Level 25 Talent 2 Rupture Charges replaced with +2.5s Blood Rite Silence Duration

Crystal Maiden

Base Damage decreased by 2
Base Intelligence increased from 18 to 20
Damage at level 1 unchanged at 48–54

Drow Ranger

Frost Arrows

Movement Slow increased from 10/20/30/40% to 15/25/35/45%

Marksmanship

Disable range decreased from 400 to 325

Talents

Level 10 Talent Gust Costs No Mana replaced with -25% Frost Arrows Mana Cost

Earthshaker

Fissure

Damage decreased from 110/170/230/290 to 100/160/220/280
Aghanim's Shard no longer allows Fissure walking

Echo Slam

Echo Damage decreased from 90/100/110 to 70/90/110

Talents

Level 20 Talent Enchant Totem Damage increased from +50% to +65%

Juggernaut

Base Agility decreased from 34 to 32
Damage at level 1 decreased from 56–58 to 54–56

Blade Fury

Mana Cost increased from 105/110/115/120 to 120

Talents

Level 20 Talent Healing Ward Hits to Kill decreased from +2 to +1

Mirana

Starstorm

Second Meteor Damage increased from 60% to 70%

Moonlight Shadow

Cooldown decreased from 140/120/100s to 120/110/100s

Talents

Level 20 Talent -20s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown replaced with +200 Starstorm Damage
Level 25 Talent +250 Starstorm Damage replaced with -30s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown

Morphling

Adaptive Strike

Cast Range decreased from 600/700/800/900 to 600/675/750/825
Now stuns the target for 0.5s and up to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s when Morphling's Strength is 50% higher than his Agility

Shadow Fiend

Agility gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6

Necromastery

Souls on hero kills increased from 3 to 4

Phantom Lancer

Agility gain increased from 2.8 to 3.4
Removed Divergence and Lancelot facets

Illusory Armaments

Ability Reworked
Whenever an illusion of Phantom Lancer is created, it can't have less than 18% of Phantom Lancer's damage for 3s. Damage increases by 2% with every 3 Phantom Lancer's level ups

Phantom Rush

No Longer provides bonus Agility while active
Cooldown rescaled from 13/10/7/4s to 15/11/7/3s
Now provides 20/30/40/50% evasion while rushing
No longer has a 2s linger effect
Evasion bonus is lost once the target is reached or the rush is cancelled

Juxtapose

Illusion Damage decreased from 15/17/19% to 15%

Talents

Level 10 Talent +10 Phantom Rush Agility replaced with +3% Juxtapose Illusion Trigger Chance
Level 15 Talent -1s Spirit Lance Cooldown replaced with +125 Doppelganger Cast Range
Level 15 Talent +2.5s Phantom Rush Bonus Agility Duration replaced with 50% Illusion Spirit Lance Damage
Level 20 Talent +6% Juxtapose Damage replaced with -70% Juxtapose Illusion Damage Taken
Level 20 Talent +15% Spirit Lance Illusion Damage replaced with +100 Spirit Lance Damage
Level 25 Talent +20% Illusory Armaments Damage replaced with +2s Illusory Armaments Duration

Puck

Puckish

No longer applies when disjointing attacks from buildings

Talents

Level 20 Talent Waning Rift Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2.5s

Razor

Storm Surge

Chance to Strike increased from 18% to 20%
Strike Cooldown decreased from 3s to 2.5s

Sand King

Talents

Level 20 Talent Burrowstrike Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s
Level 25 Talent Epicenter Pulses decreased from +10 to +8

Storm Spirit

Galvanized

Charge loss on death decreased from 3 to 2

Overload

Attack Speed Slow increased from 80 to 90

Sven

Storm Hammer

Aghanim's Scepter no longer allows targeting invulnerable units, but still affects invulnerable units in the radius
Aghanim's Scepter cast range bonus changed from +350 to +25%
Aghanim's Scepter now also increases projectile speed by 25%

Great Cleave

Cleave damage rescaled from 50/65/80/95% to 60/70/80/90%

Warcry

Cooldown decreased from 40/35/30/25 to 36/32/28/24

Tiny

Strength gain increased from 4.0 to 4.2

Avalanche

Stun duration now applies its stun as an aura in the area
As a result, no longer affected by status resistance

Tree Throw

No longer has separate damage bonus, uses Tree Grab's value instead
Bonus damage rescaled from 20 to 10/20/30/40

Grow

Movement Speed Bonus rescaled from 15 to 10/15/20

Vengeful Spirit

Magic Missile

Cooldown rescaled from 16/14/12/10s to 14/13/12/11s

Nether Swap

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Talents

Level 15 Talent Wave of Terror Armor Reduction decreased from +4 to +3

Windranger

Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.1
Damage gain per level increased from 3.5 to 3.6

Gale Force

Duration decreased from 3.5s to 3s

Zeus

Arc Lightning

Jumps decreased from 5/7/9/15 to 5/7/9/11

Talents

Level 25 Talent Static Field Damage increased from +1.5% to +2%

Kunkka

Torrent

Damage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 110/180/250/320

X Marks the Spot

Cooldown decreased from 30/24/18/12s to 24/20/16/12s

Lina

Intelligence gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0

Laguna Blade

Cast Range increased from 600 to 750

Lion

Hex

Mana Cost decreased from 125/150/175/200 to 110/140/170/200

Finger of Death

Cooldown decreased from 130/85/40s to 120/80/40s

Shadow Shaman

Shackles

Total Damage/Heal increased from 70/140/210/280 to 100/160/220/280

Mass Serpent Ward

Cooldown decreased from 110s to 110/105/100s

Slardar

Slithereen Crush

Puddle radius increased from 250 to 325
Aghanim's Scepter Crush puddle radius decreased from 450 to 400

Bash of the Deep

Bash Duration decreased from 1.1s to 1s
Bonus Damage decreased from 50/100/150/200 to 35/90/145/200

Talents

Level 10 Talent Seaborn Sentinel Bonus Damage increased from +12 to +14

Tidehunter

Gush

Damage rescaled from 110/160/210/260 to 100/160/220/280

Anchor Smash

Attack Bonus Damage increased from 45/90/135/180 to 50/100/150/200

Talents

Level 10 Talent Gush Slow increased from +15% to +20%
Level 10 Talent +40 Anchor Smash Damage replaced with +20% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction
Level 15 Talent +30% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction replaced with -15s Ravage Cooldown
Level 20 Talent Anchor Smash affects buildings replaced with Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash
Level 25 Talent 50% chance of Anchor Smash on attack replaced with Anchor Smash affects buildings
Level 25 Talent Ravage Stun Duration increased from +0.8s to +1s

Witch Doctor

Voodoo Restoration

Activation mana cost decreased from 35/40/45/50 to 25
Mana per second rescaled from 8/12/16/20 to 9/12/15/18

Maledict

Now also affects player-controlled creeps

Death Ward

Aghanim's Scepter bounce radius decreased from 650 to 575

Talents

Level 15 Talent +125 Maledict AoE replaced with +4s Maledict Duration
Level 25 Talent +8s Maledict Duration replaced with -6s Paralyzing Cask Cooldown

Riki

Removed Contract Killer and Exterminator facets

Backstab

No longer levels with Cloak and Dagger
Agility Damage Multiplier rescaled from 0.55/0.9/1.25/1.6 to 0.6 + 0.05 per Riki's level up
Now works on allied units at 25% effectiveness
Damage is now done as a separate instance of damage instead of a part of the attack damage

Blink Strike

2 charges with 25/21/17/13s base restore time replaced with 13/10/7/4s cooldown
Bonus 40/55/70/85 magic damage replaced with 15/30/45/60 bonus physical damage on attack

Tricks of the Trade

Mana Cost rescaled from 45/55/65/75 to 65
Cooldown increased from 18/16/14/12s to 21/18/15/12s
Radius decreased from 450 to 425
40% Attack Damage replaced with 30/50/70/90 flat damage
Still applies bonus damage from Backstab, but as a separate instance of damage now
No longer provides bonus Agility
Now attacks 2 random targets by default
Aghanim's Scepter slightly reworked
No longer increases the number of targets attacked
Now also allows to hide within allied creeps
Now increases ability duration by 1s and attack count by 2, but only when Riki hides within an ally
No longer increases attack count on non-ally casts
Now provides 15% bonus movement speed to the ally Riki's hiding in

Cloak and Dagger

Now grants 130/260/390 experience when getting a hero kill and 100 experience when getting a hero assist

Talents

Level 15 Talent +50 Tricks of the Trade Agility replaced with 15% of Riki's Base damage added to Tricks of the Trade
Level 20 Talent -4s Blink Strike Replenish Time replaced with -1s Blink Strike Cooldown
Level 25 Talent Tricks of the Trade Applies a Basic Dispel replaced with +500 Blink Strike Cast Range

Enigma

Malefice

Aghanim's Shard now also spawns an Eidolon if the target dies before the effect expires

Talents

Level 15 Talent Malefice Instance Damage increased from +50 to +60

Tinker

Talents

Level 10 Talent Manacost/Manaloss Reduction increased from +8% to +10%
Level 25 Talent +10s Defense Matrix Duration replaced with +40 Intelligence

Sniper

Assassinate

Can no longer target invulnerable units
Attack Damage increased from 100% to 100/110/120%

Necrophos

Reaper's Scythe

HP Regen per kill decreased from 2/4/6 to 1/2/3

Talents

Level 15 Talent Death Pulse Heal increased from +50 to +60
Level 15 Talent Ghost Shroud Slow decreased from +20% to +15%
Level 20 Talent Heartstopper Regen Reduction decreased from +25% to +20%

Warlock

Chaotic Offering

Cooldown increased from 160s to 165s

Talents

Level 15 Talent Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies decreased from +10 to +8
Level 20 Talent Summons a Golem on Death replaced with +25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems
Level 25 Talent +80% Golem Magic Resistance replaced with +3 Fatal Bonds targets
Level 25 Talent +20 Chaotic Offering Golems Armor replaced with Summons a Golem on Death

Beastmaster

Call of the Wild Boar: Boar's Base Attack Time worsened from 1.25s to 1.35s

Wild Axes

Damage per axe rescaled from 35/65/95/125 to 30/65/100/135

Inner Beast

Bonus Attack Speed rescaled from 15/30/45/60 to 10/30/50/70

Queen of Pain

Venomancer

Septic Shock: Base Damage per Debuff decreased from 10% to 8%

Faceless Void

Time Dilation

Now always applies one instance of damage and slow in addition to the per cooldown instances
Slow per cooldown decreased from 7/8/9/10% to 4/5/6/7%
DPS per cooldown decreased from 7/9/11/13 to 4/6/8/10
Duration decreased from 8/9/10/11s to 7/8/9/10s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Time Dilation DPS Per Cooldown decreased from +9 to +6
Level 15 Talent Time Dilation Slow per Cooldown decreased from +12% to +8%

Wraith King

Wraithfire Blast

Impact Damage increased from 75/90/105/120 to 80/100/120/140

Talents

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +400 to +350
Level 20 Talent Attack Speed decreased from +60 to +50

Death Prophet

Witchcraft

Movement speed bonus changed from 0.5% per hero level to 0.75% + 0.75% per level up

Exorcism

No longer provides 4/8/12% bonus movespeed
Aghanim's Scepter spirit bonus damage increased from 50% to 60%

Phantom Assassin

Blur

Active Movement Speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/9/12/15%

Phantom Strike

11/9/7/5s cooldown replaced with 2 charges with 21/18/15/12s base charge restore time

Pugna

Talents

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +300
Level 20 Talent Life Drain Heal decreased from +20% to +15%
Level 25 Talent Nether Blast Damage increased from +180 to +200

Templar Assassin

Meld

Armor Reduction decreased from 3.5/5/6.5/8 to 2/4/6/8
Damage decreased from 55/105/155/205 to 50/100/150/200

Psionic Trap

Damage rescaled from 225/300/375 to 200/300/400

Psionic Projection

Damage increased from 375 to 400

Talents

Level 10 Talent Meld Debuff Duration decreased from +2s to +1.5s
Level 10 Talent Psionic Trap Slow increased from +5% to +10%

Viper

Poison Attack

Mana Cost decreased from 22 to 20

Talents

Level 20 Talent Predator Damage Per Missing Health increased from +0.2 to +0.25

Luna

Lunar Orbit

Collision Damage increased from 22/28/34/40% to 28/32/36/40%
Formation time decreased from 1.2s to 0.9s
Rotation Radius decreased from 250 to 225
Collision Radius increased from 175 to 200

Talents

Level 15 Talent -40s Eclipse Cooldown replaced with +80 Lucent Beam Damage
Level 20 Talent +110 Lucent Beam Damage replaced with -40s Eclipse Cooldown
Level 25 Talent +1 Lunar Blessing Damage per Level replaced with +30 Lunar Blessing Damage

Dragon Knight

Base Agility decreased from 16 to 14

Elder Dragon Form

Bonus Attack Damage decreased from 20/60/100/140 to 20/50/80/110

Talents

Level 10 Talent 30% Breathe Fire Damage Reduction replaced with -2s Breathe Fire Cooldown
Level 20 Talent +85% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range in Dragon Form replaced with +60% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range

Dazzle

Base Strength increased from 18 to 19
Damage at level 1 unchanged
Intelligence gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.5
Damage gain per level decreased from 3.5 to 3.4

Nothl Projection

Aghanim's Shard healing amplification decreased from 20% to 15%

Clockwerk

Jetpack

Now can be toggled on and off for the duration of the buff. Toggle cooldown: 1s

Overclocking

Rocket Flare cooldown increased from 3s to 3.5s

Leshrac

Split Earth

Radius increased from 135/160/185/210 to 150/170/190/210

Nature's Prophet

Agility gain decreased from 3 to 2.6
Damage gain per level decreased from 4.1 to 3.9

Spirit of the Forest

Bonus damage per tree decreased from 3% to 2%

Nature's Call

Mana Cost decreased from 120 to 100
Treant attack range increased from 100 to 125
Treant damage increased from 15/23/31/39 to 16/24/32/40
Treant movement speed increased from 300 to 305/310/315/320

Curse of the Oldgrowth

Curse radius decreased from 1200 to 900

Dark Seer

Base Intelligence increased from 21 to 22
Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 52–58 to 53–59)

Vacuum

No longer affects invulnerable units

Clinkz

Removed Suppressive Fire and Engulfing Step facets
Removed Tar Bomb ability
Removed Bone and Arrow innate ability

Infernal Shred

New innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
Clinkz and his skeletons apply a stacking debuff that causes their attacks to pierce up to 20% of the target's armor. Clinkz applies 2% per attack, and skeletons apply 1%. Debuff lasts 5 seconds

Strafe

Skeleton Archers attack speed factor decreased from 60% to 50%

Searing Arrows

Returning as base ability
Imbues Clinkz's arrows with fire for extra 18/32/46/60 extra damage. Skeleton Archers always fire Searing Arrows with 50% reduced damage. Mana Cost: 10
Skeleton Archers target the enemy attacked by Clinkz with Searing Arrows effect

Death Pact

No longer creates Skeleton Archers

Skeleton Walk

Skeleton Archer stats and Aghanim's Scepter upgrade are now part of Skeleton Walk
Skeleton Archer Duration rescaled from 15/20/25/30s to 20/25/30s
Also applies to Burning Army

Burning Barrage

No longer slows the targets

Burning Army

Spawn Interval improved from 0.15s to 0.1s
Skeleton count increased from 5 to 6

Talents

Level 25 Talent Tar Bomb Multishot replaced with Searing Arrows Multishot

Omniknight

Base Armor increased by 1

Repel

Cooldown decreased from 55/50/45/40s to 50/45/40/35s

Hammer of Purity

No longer disabled by Silence

Guardian Angel

Cooldown decreased from 110/100/90s to 100/90/80s

Enchantress

Rabble-Rouser

Damage amplification changed from 10% + 4% per Enchantress level to 4% + 4% per Enchantress level up
Now also affects units that come under Enchantress' control

Enchant

Creep Attack Damage Bonus decreased from 0/25/50/75 to 0/20/40/60
Enchanted units may now be bound to a persistent hotkey

Little Friends

Affected creeps now gain damage buff from Rabble-Rouser for the duration in case they did not have it
Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 70

Talents

Level 10 Talent +10 Enchanted Creep Armor replaced with +5 Armor for Enchantress and her units
Level 20 Talent +60 Untouchable Attack Slow replaced with +9 Nature's Attendants Wisps
Level 25 Talent +12 Nature's Attendants Wisps replaced with +70 Untouchable Attack Slow

Night Stalker

Heart of Darkness: No longer reduces Night Stalker's health regeneration by 20% during the day

Talents

Level 20 Talent Crippling Fear DPS increased from +20 to +40

Broodmother

Insatiable Hunger

Aghanim's Shard no longer increases duration

Spin Web

Broodmother's illusions now also benefit from the web

Incapacitating Bite

Attack Bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12

Talents

Level 10 Talent +1.5% Spider's Milk Heal replaced with +20% Insatiable Hunger Lifesteal
Level 15 Talent Spiderlings Health increased from +125 to +150
Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +12 to +10
Level 20 Talent +35 Attack Speed replaced with +25% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance
Level 25 Talent +30% Incapacitating Bite Slow/Miss Chance replaced with +14% Spin Web Move Speed and Ignore Speed Limit

Bounty Hunter

Shadow Walk

Stun Duration increased from 0.8/1/1.2/1.4s to 1/1.2/1.4/1.6s

Weaver

The Swarm

Attack Damage increased from 18/22/26/30 to 18/23/28/33

Time Lapse

Aghanim's Scepter now also reduces Cooldown by 10s

Jakiro

Talents

Level 10 Talent -2s Dual Breath Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage
Level 10 Talent +150 Attack Range replaced with +30 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow
Level 15 Talent +60 Ice Path Base Damage replaced with -3s Dual Breath Cooldown
Level 15 Talent +50 Liquid Fire Attack Speed Slow replaced with +175 Attack Range
Level 25 Talent Liquid Frost and Fire Max Health Damage increased from +2.5% to +3%

Batrider

Daytime Vision Range increased from 1600 to 1800

Flamebreak

Movement Slow decreased from 8/16/24/32% to 6/12/18/24%

Talents

Level 15 Talent Flaming Lasso Cooldown Reduction increased from 7s to 8s

Chen

Penitence

Mana Cost increased from 70/75/80/85 to 80/90/100/110
Cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11s to 20/17/14/11s
No longer grants bonus attack range
Now deals 50/75/100/125 pure damage by default

Talents

Level 10 Talent Penitence Deals 175 Damage replaced with +75 Penitence Damage
Level 20 Talent Divine Favor Heal Amplification decreased from +20% to +15%

Spectre

Now an Agility Hero
Base Damage increased by 2
Base attributes unchanged
Damage at level 1 unchanged (48–52)
Attribute gains unchanged
Damage gain per level decreased from +2.8 to +2.1
Damage at level 30 decreased by 27 (from 149–153 to 122–126)
Base Attack Time worsened from 1.7s to 1.8s
Base Attack Speed increased from 90 to 110
Removed Forsaken and Twist the Knife facets
Removed Spectral innate ability

Desolate

Now an innate ability. Passive, improves with Spectre's level
Damage rescaled from 25/40/55/70 to 25 + 2 every time Spectre levels up

Spectral Dagger

Mana Cost decreased from 110/120/130/140 to 100/110/120/130
Spectre's illusions now also benefit from the Shadow Path

Shadow Step

Reworked into a basic ability
Thrusts an uncontrollable illusion, which follows the target and attacks it for 20/30/40/50% of Spectre's damage. The illusion exists for 3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds, and takes 200% damage. Cast Range: 700/850/1000/1150. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75. Cooldown: 32/28/24/20s
On cast the illusion moves at the speed of 900, then it has 135% of Spectre's movement speed after reaching the target
The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it

Dispersion

Min Radius increased from 300 to 350

Ability 5338

Can no longer be cast to no effect
Now has a distinct sound between casts on Shadow Step and Haunt illusions
Mana Cost decreased from 40 to 25
Now has a 0.2s travel time to reach the target. The illusion and Spectre are invulnerable during this time
Now disabled by roots
Now always destroys the target illusion

Haunt

Now Spectre's ultimate ability
Mana Cost rescaled from 150 to 125/150/175
Duration rescaled from 6s to 5/6/7s
Cooldown rescaled from 160s to 180/160/140s
Haunt Outgoing Damage decreased from 80% to 30/55/80%
Each illusion now spawns from the direction closest to Spectre
Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Reduces Haunt cooldown by 20s. When Reality is used on Haunt illusion for the first time per Haunt cast, enemies are Feared away from Spectre for 1.5s with 50% reduced move speed in a 400 AoE around the targeted illusion

Talents

Level 10 Talent +5 Health Regen replaced with +10 Desolate Damage
Level 15 Talent +15 Desolate Damage replaced with +1s Shadow Step Duration
Level 20 Talent Spectral Dagger Slow/Bonus increased from +12% to +15%
Level 25 Talent All Spectre Illusion Damage decreased from +25% to +20%

Doom

Intelligence gain increased from 1.7 to 1.9
Removed Devil's Bargain facet

Doom

Aghanim's Scepter now also increases damage per second from 25/45/65 to 40/60/80

Ursa

Earthshock

Aghanim's Shard Reworked
Applies 3 Fury Swipe stacks to each affected enemy

Enrage

Cooldown decreased from 70/50/30s to 60/45/30s

Talents

Level 20 Talent Earthshock applies 2 Fury Swipes replaced with +0.5% Maul Health as Damage

Spirit Breaker

Charge of Darkness

Stun Duration increased from 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1s to 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2s
Aghanim's Shard bonus speed decreased from +100 to +85

Talents

Level 20 Talent Bulldoze barrier decreased from 400 to 375

Gyrocopter

Call Down

Missile Damage decreased from 250/425/600 to 200/350/500

Alchemist

Acid Spray

Mana Cost increased from 105/110/115/120 to 120

Talents

Level 15 Talent Damage per Greevil's Greed stack increased from +2 to +2.5

Invoker

Alacrity

Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75
Cast Range increased from 650 to 700

Ice Wall

Damage increased from [25 + 5 * Exort] to [24 + 6 * Exort]

Talents

Level 15 Talent Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction increased from 5s to 6s
Level 20 Talent +35 Alacrity Damage/Speed changed to +50

Silencer

Arcane Curse

Silenced Multiplier decreased from 1.5 to 1.25

Glaives of Wisdom

Int Steal increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5
Int Steal Duration rescaled from 20/25/30/35s to 10/20/30/40s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Arcane Curse Penalty Multiplier decreased from +0.5 to +0.25

Lycan

Summon Wolves

Wolf Damage decreased from 23/29/35/41/47/53 to 22/28/34/40/46/52

Shapeshift

Health Bonus decreased from 250/350/450 to 225/325/425

Brewmaster

Strength gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.2
Intelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 1.9
Removed Roll Out The Barrel and Drunken Master facets
Removed Primal Companion ability
Removed Belligerent innate ability

Liquid Courage

New innate ability. Passive, improves with Brewmaster's level
When Brewmaster drops below 50% Health he gains a Status Resistance buff and his movement speed alternates every 1 second between being faster and being slower. The effect becomes stronger at lower health, scaling from 0 up to max values at 20% Health. Max Status Resistance is 10.5% + 0.5% per Brewmaster's level up, Max Speed Increase is 25%, Max Speed Slow is 10%
Upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Brewmaster may activate the ability to toss a strong drink to himself or a teammate, granting the max effects of his innate for 5 seconds, and also providing 2% Max HP Regen per second. Cast Range: 800. Mana Cost: 50. Cooldown: 20s

Thunder Clap

Cast point improved from 0.35s to 0.3s
Mana Cost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 100
Radius rescaled from 325/350/375/400 to 375

Cinder Brew

Now rolls a barrel of ale that deals 40/70/100/130 physical damage to enemies in its path and drenches enemies along the way and around the target location

Drunken Brawler

Moved Brewed Up effect from Cinder Brew to Drunken Brawler
When Brewmaster casts any ability, he becomes Brewed Up for 5 seconds, gaining +150% to his stance bonuses. If he is already Brewed Up, the duration is extended by 1s. After Brewed Up ends, Brewmaster is hungover and cannot become Brewed Up again for 9 seconds
Earth Stance Magic Resistance increased from 5/10/15/20% to 8/12/16/20%
Fire Stance Attack Speed increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/40
Void Stance removed
Stance visual indicator is now always present around Brewmaster
Stances can now be switched without cancelling channeling or invisibility

Primal Split

Void Brewling removed
Duration increased from 16/18/20s to 16/20/24s
All Brewlings now receive their respective Drunken Brawler stances
Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity ability renamed to Earth Element as it no longer grants Debuff Immunity. Now it provides 80% Status Resistance and 60% Magic Resistance instead
Earth Brewling's Demolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from 50/100/150 to 40/80/120
Earth Brewling's movement speed increased from 330/350/370 to 330/355/380
Earth Brewling's damage increased from 25/60/95 to 35/70/105
Storm Brewling's damage increased from 20/40/60 to 30/50/70
No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Allows Brewmaster to cancel the ability early and provides Brewed Up bonus to all Brewlings on cast. Also increases ability's level to 4, improving Brewlings' stats and abilities
Earth: 4100 Health, 8 Health Regen, 135–145 Damage, 9 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged
Hurl Boulder: 200 Damage and 2s Stun Duration
Demolish: 160 Bonus Building Damage
Storm: 2500 Health, 8 Health Regen, 85–95 Damage. Other base stats are unchanged
Wind Walk: 320 Bonus Damage and 55% Bonus Movement Speed
Cyclone: 6s Hero Duration and 100 Damage on Landing
Fire: 1750 Health, 8 Health Regen, 215–225 Damage, 24 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged
Permanent Immolation: 100 Damage per second

Talents

Level 10 Talent +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration replaced with +1s Drunken Brawler Brew Up / Extend Duration
Level 10 Talent +10 Brewlings Damage replaced with +14 Brewlings Base Damage
Level 15 Talent Cinder Brew Damage/Duration increased from +30% to 40%
Level 15 Talent +1x Brewed Up multiplier for Drunken Brawler replaced with +600 Brewlings Health
Level 20 Talent +1200 Brewlings Health replaced with -15s Primal Split Cooldown
Level 25 Talent Brewlings Gain Drunken Brawler Passive replaced with 1.5x Drunken Brawler Stance Bonuses

Shadow Demon

Disruption

Bonus Base Damage decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65

Demonic Purge

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Demonic Cleanse

Can no longer target invulnerable units

Lone Druid

Base Movement Speed decreased from 325 to 295
Base Damage increased by 4
Damage at level 1 increased from 38–42 to 42–46
Removed Bear With Me and Bear Necessities facets
Removed Gift Bearer innate ability. Its effect is now a part of Summon Spirit Bear ability

Summon Spirit Bear

Moved to an innate ability. Cannot be leveled up
Ability is moved to the 4th ability slot
Spirit Bear now counts as a melee hero for most spells
Since the bear is now a hero, all unit-related changes moved to a separate Spirit Bear section below. This section is for the summon ability changes only
Cooldown decreased from 150/140/130/120s to 120s

Entangle

New Point Targeted basic ability
Allows Lone Druid to Entangle enemies once they gain 5 stacks of this ability. Entangled enemies are unable to move for 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s and take 60/70/80/90 damage per second. When cast, applies 2 stacks to each enemy hero in the area and 5 stacks to enemy creeps, and also empowers Lone Druid for 10 seconds, making him apply 1 stack with each attack on enemy heroes. Enemies are protected from gaining new stacks while they're already Entangled. Radius: 350. Stack Duration: 10s. Cast Range: 700. Mana Cost: 60. Cooldown: 24/22/20/18s
Pierces Debuff Immunity
Lone Druid's Empowered Buff and enemy stack counter debuff are undispellable, Entangled debuff is dispellable
Creeps can't gain stacks from either Lone Druid's and Spirit Bear's attacks, and are Entangled only on cast
Roshan is affected as if he were a hero
Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws reworked. Now it levels up with this ability and passively provides empowered attacks at all times
Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Increases radius to 450 and hero stacks on cast to 5, instantly Entangling them. Also removes stack protection from Entangled enemies

Spirit Link

No longer grants attack speed or shared armor
Now also passively grants +10/20/30/40 movement speed to Lone Druid and +20/40/60/80 to his Spirit Bear
Lone Druid's attacks now heal the Spirit Bear by default
No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

True Form

Mana Cost decreased from 200 to 80
Duration decreased from 40s to 25s
Cooldown decreased from 100s to 60/55/50s
No longer grants Entangling Claws and Demolish to Lone Druid
Now also provides 50/90/130 bonus attack damage
Bonus Armor increased from 8/10/12 to 10/15/20

Talents

Level 10 Talent +30 Spirit Bear Movement Speed replaced with +15 Entangle Root Damage Per Second
Level 10 Talent +200 Health replaced with -25s Summon Spirit Bear Cooldown
Level 15 Talent +7 Spirit Bear Armor replaced with +12 Agility
Level 20 Talent +30 Entangling Claws DPS replaced with +55 Attack Speed
Level 25 Talent +45 Spirit Link Attack Speed replaced with +0.6s Entangle Root Duration (also affects Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws)
Level 25 Talent -50s True Form Cooldown replaced with True Form provides 60% Slow Resistance

Chaos Knight

Min Base Damage increased by 5
Max Base Damage decreased by 5
Damage at level 1 changed from 48–78 to 53–73
Damage spread decreased from 30 to 20

Talents

Level 25 Talent +10s Phantasm Duration replaced with -125% Phantasm Damage Taken

Meepo

Treant Protector

Removed Primeval Power and Sapling facets

Nature's Guise

No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Now can be activated while tree walking to make Treant Protector invisible until he attacks or loses the Nature's Guise buff
Linger time: 2s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 50s. Cooldown is reduced by 3s per 2 Treant Protector's level ups
Cooldown starts when the invisibility ends

Nature's Grasp

No longer does 50% more damage and slow when touching a tree
Damage per second increased from 30/40/50/60 to 35/50/65/80
Movement Slow increased from 20/25/30/35% to 25/30/35/40%
Creep penalty decreased from 50% to 35%

Leech Seed

Ability Reworked
Passive, auto-cast attack modifier
Treant Protector's attack plants a life-sapping seed in an enemy unit, dealing an extra 20/40/60/80 magic damage. The enemy is bound for 0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5s and emits two healing pulses, one upon application and one upon expiration, healing up to 5 allies within 650 units for 15/25/35/45 + 20% of the damage dealt by the attack. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 15/12/9/6s. Breakable
Now only sends out a maximum of 5 heals per pulse, prioritizing heroes
No longer has a creep penalty for healing

Living Armor

No longer grants bonus armor
Now grants 100 damage block from player-controlled sources. Each time this spell blocks damage the effect is decreased by 35/30/25/20
Damage block affects any types of damage
The heal ends earlier if the damage block is reduced to 0
Instances of less than 20 damage are ignored by Living Armor. They are neither blocked nor counted towards block decrease
Duration decreased from 18/22/26/30s to 12s
Heal per second increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/7/10/13

Overgrowth

Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Decreases cooldown from 110/100/90 to 80/70/60s. When casting Overgrowth, Treant Protector draws power from the earth, becoming massive for 16 seconds, gaining +100% Strength, Phased Movement, and a Splashing Attack that deals 60% of attack damage in a 300 unit radius. While large, he has a fixed movement speed of 345. Buff is undispellable

Eyes In The Forest

Now granted by Aghanim's Shard
Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 30
Cast Range increased from 160 to 350
Overgrowth is no longer applied around enchanted trees
Enchanted trees now have the same health as Observer Wards, and they expire after 5 minutes
Trees can be attacked when revealed by True Sight. Attacks will remove the ability effect from the tree without destroying the tree itself
Charge Restore Time increased from 40s to 55s

Talents

Level 10 Talent +2.5% Nature's Guise Movement Speed replaced with +50 Base Damage
Level 10 Talent Living Armor Heal Per Second increased from +2 to +4
Level 15 Talent +18% Leech Seed Movement Slow replaced with +10% Leech Seed Damage to Healing
Level 20 Talent Leech Seed Bonus Damage increased from +45 to +80
Level 20 Talent +8 Living Armor Bonus Armor replaced with +20 Living Armor Damage Block
Level 25 Talent -35s Overgrowth Cooldown replaced with -3s Leech Seed Cooldown

Ogre Magi

Base Damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 increased from 69–75 to 70–76

Bloodlust

Cast range increased from 600 to 650
Can no longer target invulnerable units
Can still target invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the previous ones are not destroyed)

Talents

Level 20 Talent Bloodlust Attack Speed increased from +30 to +35

Undying

Soul Rip

Cooldown decreased from 18/14/10/6s to 15/12/9/6s

Talents

Level 15 Talent Soul Rip Damage/Heal increased from +10 to +12

Rubick

Base damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 increased from 49–55 to 50–56

Telekinesis

Land sub-ability no longer cancels channeling or interrupts movement

Talents

Level 15 Talent +0.5s Telekinesis Lift/Stun Duration replaced with +20% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction

Nyx Assassin

Mind Flare

Bonus Damage decreased from 20% to 15%

Spiked Carapace

Stun Duration increased from 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6s to 0.7/1.0/1.3/1.6s

Naga Siren

Base Intelligence decreased from 20 to 19
Agility gain increased from 3.3 to 3.4

Ensnare

Can no longer target invulnerable units unless this invulnerability is provided by Song of the Siren

Song of the Siren

Max HP Regen per second decreased from 2/3/4% to 1/2/3%
Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per second bonus decreased from 2% to 1%
Total Max HP Regen per second with Aghanim's Shard decreased from 4/5/6% to 2/3/4%

Keeper of the Light

Base Intelligence increased from 23 to 24
Damage at level 1 increased from 43–50 to 44–51

Blinding Light

Damage increased from 85/130/175/220 to 90/140/190/240

Chakra Magic

Mana Restore increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300

Will-O-Wisp

Damage increased from 75 to 85

Talents

Level 15 Talent -5s Blinding Light Cooldown replaced with +90 Blinding Light Damage

Base Strength increased from 17 to 19
Base Intelligence decreased from 23 to 21
Damage at level 1 unchanged (45–51)

Spirits

Mana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120
Cooldown decreased from 22/21/20/19s to 15s
Duration decreased from 19s to 15s

Talents

Level 10 Talent +12 Attack Damage to Tethered Units replaced with +7 Strength
Level 15 Talent +60 Spirits Hero Damage replaced with +50% Spirits Damage
Level 25 Talent Unslowable during Overcharge replaced with -1.5s Relocate Cast Delay

Visage

Grave Chill

Move Speed Drain increased from 12/16/20/24% to 12/18/24/30%

Gravekeeper's Cloak

Familiars now have their own copy of Gravekeeper's Cloak ability (visual change only)

Summon Familiars

Familiars now have their own ability to independently recall it to Visage
The alt cast behavior on Visage is unchanged
The 3rd Familiar gained by Level 25 Talent is now automatically added to an existing control group when created

Talents

Level 25 Talent +15 Gravekeeper's Cloak Armor replaced with -2s Gravekeeper's Cloak Recovery Time

Slark

Removed Leeching Leash and Dark Reef Renegade facets
Removed Barracuda innate ability (effect moved to the Ultimate)

Essence Shift

Now an innate ability. Passive, improves with Slark's level
Duration rescaled from 15/35/55/75s to 15s + 2.5s each time Slark levels up

Pounce

Now applies 1/2/3/4 Essence Shift stacks when leashing an enemy hero

Saltwater Shiv

New basic ability. Passive, auto-cast attack modifier
Slark slices the target with his salty shiv, stealing 3 Movement Speed, 3 Health Regen and 3/4/5/6% Health Restoration from them with each attack. Subsequent use of Saltwater Shiv refreshes the duration of all shiv stacks. Steal duration: 6/8/10/12s. Mana Cost: 20. Cooldown: 10/8/6/4s
Not Breakable. Disabled by Silence. Has no stack limit. Ignores attack backswing
Enemies with Health Restoration below -100% will not lose health from health restoration sources

Shadow Dance

Now passively grants 24/36/48% movement speed and 60/90/120 health regen when unseen
Previous Barracuda rules and mechanics unchanged

Depth Shroud

Duration decreased from 3s to 2s

Talents

Level 10 Talent Dark Pact Cooldown Reduction increased from 0.5s to 0.75s
Level 15 Talent +50 Barracuda Regen replaced with +30 Shadow Dance Regen
Level 25 Talent Shadow Dance Duration increased from +1.25s to +1.5s

Medusa

Mana Shield

No longer benefits from mana cost reduction effects

Talents

Level 20 Talent +1.5s Stone Gaze Duration replaced with +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley
Level 25 Talent +1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley replaced with +2s Stone Gaze Duration

Troll Warlord

Berserker's Rage

Bonus Armor increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6

Talents

Level 15 Talent Whirling Axes damage increased from +100 to +115
Level 20 Talent Berserker's Rage Armor increased from +9 to +10

Centaur Warrunner

Rawhide: Bonus Max Health decreased from 30 to 25

Work Horse

Cooldown increased from 24s to 35s
Duration decreased from 8s to 7s

Magnus

Base Damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 increased from 54–62 to 55–63

Reverse Polarity

Cooldown decreased from 120s to 115s

Timbersaw

Base Movement Speed decreased from 285 to 280

Whirling Death

Tree Bonus Damage decreased from 11/18/25/32 to 9/16/23/30

Reactive Armor

Max Stacks decreased from 12/22/32/42 to 10/20/30/40
Aghanim's Scepter base barrier decreased from 200 to 150

Bristleback

Strength gain increased from 2.7 to 2.8

Viscous Nasal Goo

Armor Loss per stack increased from 1.5/2/2.5/3 to 2/2.5/3/3.5 by default

Tusk

Snowball

Gather Radius decreased from 350 to 325

Walrus PUNCH!

Bonus Damage increased from 50/75/100 to 60/90/120

Skywrath Mage

Talents

Level 15 Talent Ancient Seal Cooldown Reduction decreased from 7s to 6s
Level 15 Talent Concussive Shot Slow increased from +15% to +20%

Abaddon

Base Strength decreased from 22 to 21
Base Agility decreased from 23 to 22
Damage at level 1 decreased by 1 (from 50–60 to 49–59)
The Quickening: Cooldown reduction on hero death decreased from 6s to 5s

Mist Coil

Cooldown increased from 6.5/6/5.5/5s to 8/7/6/5s
Damage/Heal increased from 80/150/220/290 to 95/160/225/290

Elder Titan

Astral Spirit

Return Astral Spirit and Move Astral Spirit sub-abilities can now be used while Elder Titan is disabled

Talents

Level 10 Talent Astral Spirit Move Speed Per Hero increased from +2% to +2.5%
Level 20 Talent Natural Order Radius increased from +100 to +150

Legion Commander

Press The Attack

Mana Cost decreased from 110 to 100

Moment of Courage

Cooldown rescaled from 1.9/1.5/1.1/0.7s to 1.7/1.4/1.1/0.8s

Techies

Base Agility increased from 14 to 16
Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 46–48 to 47–49)

Talents

Level 20 Talent +125 Sticky Bomb Latch/Explosion Radius replaced with +160 Sticky Bomb Damage

Ember Spirit

Flame Guard

Cooldown decreased from 35s to 32s

Talents

Level 15 Talent Searing Chains Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s
Level 20 Talent Searing Chains Damage decreased from +60 to +50

Earth Spirit

Base Damage decreased by 6
Damage at level 1 decreased from 53–57 to 47–51
Removed Resonance, Stepping Stone, and Ready to Roll facets

Stone Remnant

Now passively grants +2.5% bonus attack damage per currently unused charge
Whenever Earth Spirit uses another ability on Stone Remnant, he gains +7.5% bonus attack damage for 10s (effect doesn't stack)
Max Ability Charges increased from (7 + 1 additional charge at every 5th level) to (7 + 1 per 4 hero level ups)

Boulder Smash

Cooldown rescaled from 22/18/14/10s to 20/17/14/11s

Geomagnetic Grip

Can now target allied units by default with 550/600/650/700 cast range
Can't pull allies that are affected by Leash, Root, Bind, Duel, Chronosphere or Black Hole
Aghanim's Shard Reworked
Decreases cooldown by 3s and increases allied unit cast range and speed by 50%

Talents

Level 10 Talent -3s Geomagnetic Grip Cooldown replaced with -2s Boulder Smash Cooldown
Level 20 Talent +180 Rolling Boulder Damage replaced with +175% Rolling Boulder Damage from Strength
Level 25 Talent -3s Boulder Smash Cooldown replaced with +175 Geomagnetic Grip Remnant Damage
Level 25 Talent Magnetize Undispellable replaced with Earth Spirit Magnetizes Himself

Underlord

Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.2
Base Intelligence increased from 17 to 18

Firestorm

Cast Range increased from 600/625/650/675 to 675

Talents

Level 15 Talent Pit of Malice Slow decreased from +25% to +20%
Level 25 Talent Fiend's Gate DPS increased from 100 to 125

Terrorblade

Dark Unity

Illusions that are outside 1200 radius no longer have a damage penalty
Damage increase for illusions within 1200 radius increased from 25% to 60%

Reflection

Reflection Damage decreased from 40/60/80/100% to 30/45/60/75%

Conjure Image

Illusion Damage decreased from 30/40/50/60% to 20/25/30/35%

Phoenix

Sun Ray

Health Cost per second decreased from 6% to 5%
Base Damage per second rescaled from 14/20/26/32 to 15/20/25/30
Max Damage rescaled from 1.25/2.75/4.5/6.75% to 1.5/3/4.5/6%

Talents

Level 15 Talent Health Regen increased from +20 to +25

Oracle

Fortune's End

Can no longer target invulnerable units, but does affect invulnerable units in the AoE

Fate's Edict

No longer has separate effects for allies and enemies
Mana Cost decreased from 95/100/105/110 to 70
Cooldown decreased from 20/17/14/11s to 17/14/11/8s

Winter Wyvern

Base damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 increased from 41–48 to 42–49
Base Attack Range increased from 425 to 450

Arctic Burn

Bonus Attack Range decreased from 275/300/325/350 to 250/275/300/325

Talents

Level 25 Talent Winter's Curse Attack Speed increased from +55 to +60

Arc Warden

Base attack speed increased from 100 to 110

Magnetic Field

Mana Cost rescaled from 50/70/90/110 to 60/70/80/90

Monkey King

Base Armor decreased by 1
Base Attack Time improved from 1.7s to 1.6s
Base Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 95

Tree Dance

Stun duration from falling off the cut tree decreased from 4s to 3s

Dark Willow

Cursed Crown

Stun Duration increased from 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s to 1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4s

Terrorize

Jex return speed increased from 600 to 800

Talents

Level 15 Talent +150 Cursed Crown AoE replaced with -15s Terrorize Cooldown

Pangolier

Removed Double Jump and Thunderbolt facets

Swashbuckle

Cooldown decreased from 21/18/15/12s to 20/17/14/11s
Now briefly slows enemies movespeed on hit by 100% for 0.4s

Shield Crash

Cooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12s to 16/13/10/7s
Mana Cost rescaled from 70/80/90/100 to 75
Barrier changed from 50/100/150/200 per enemy hero hit to 60/120/180/240 if any enemy hero is hit
If no enemy hero was hit, barrier is not provided
Barrier Duration decreased from 10s to 6s
Damage decreased from 70/130/190/250 to 50/100/150/200
No longer slows enemies
Aghanim's Scepter Swashbuckle damage decreased from 100% to 75%

Rolling Thunder

Duration rescaled from 10s to 9/10/11s
No longer decreases the cooldown of Shield Crash
Now takes 1 second to reach full Roll Speed

Talents

Level 15 Talent +90 Shield Crash Barrier Per Hero replaced with +125 Shield Crash Barrier
Level 15 Talent +15% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage replaced with -2s Swashbuckle Cooldown
Level 20 Talent +125 Shield Crash Radius and Damage replaced with -1.5s Shield Crash Cooldown
Level 25 Talent -4s Swashbuckle Cooldown replaced with +20% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage

Grimstroke

Phantom's Embrace

Cooldown is now also refreshed if the phantom's target dies before the phantom latches to it

Soulbind

Ability can now be reflected
Reflected spells now get casted onto both units affected by Soulbind

Dark Portrait

Illusion Outgoing Damage decreased from 150% to 125%
Illusion Damage Taken decreased from 350% to 275%

Hoodwink

Mistwoods Wayfarer

Ability can no longer target trees affecting Acorn Shot or Bushwhack

Talents

Level 10 Talent +1.5 Mana Regen replaced with +150 Health
Level 10 Talent +1 Scurry Ability Charge replaced with +50 Bushwhack Damage
Level 15 Talent +60 Bushwhack Damage replaced with +1 Scurry Ability Charge

Void Spirit

Resonant Pulse

Aghanim's Scepter Silence duration decreased from 2.0 to 1.75s

Talents

Level 15 Talent Aether Remnant damage increased from +60 to +65

Snapfire

Buckshot: Now affects only attacks made on enemy heroes
Attacks on non-heroes can still ricochet on miss, but they won't have extra damage or glance chance

Firesnap Cookie

Mana Cost increased from 85/90/95/100 to 105
Aghanim's Shard Mortimer Kiss damage decreased from 50% to 40%

Lil' Shredder

Base Damage per shot decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65

Mars

God's Rebuke

Bonus Damage vs Heroes decreased from 10/15/20/25 to 5/10/15/20

Talents

Level 20 Talent Arena of Blood Cooldown Reduction decreased from 20s to 16s

Ringmaster

Wheel of Wonder

Mana Cost decreased from 175/275/375 to 150/225/300

Dawnbreaker

Base Damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 increased from 49–53 to 50–54

Solar Guardian

Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces air time or channel time
Aghanim's Scepter Heal per pulse increased from 55/85/115 to 60/90/120

Talents

Level 10 Talent +12 Damage replaced with +15% Break of Dawn Max Damage

Marci

Removed Fleeting Fury facet

Primal Beast

Muerta

Intelligence gain increased from 3.4 to 3.6

The Calling

Mana Cost decreased from 140/155/170/185 to 135/150/165/180
Cast Range increased from 580 to 600

Talents

Level 10 Talent +150 Health replaced with +20 Attack Speed

Kez

Base Strength increased from 19 to 20

Switch Discipline

Cooldown reduction per level increased from 0.2s to 0.25s
Cooldown on level 1 decreased from 7.8s to 7.75s
Cooldown on level 30 decreased from 2s to 0.5s
Katana Base Attack Time improved from 2.0s to 1.8s
Katana Bonus Agility Base Damage decreased from 20% to 12%

Kazurai Katana

Damage per second rescaled from 5/7/9/11 to 3/6/9/12%
The active effect may only trigger up to a maximum of 500 stacks
Aghanim's Shard now also increases Max Stacks to 1000 and stack as burst damage from 50% to 100%

Falcon Rush

No longer causes Kez to have a fixed attack rate or any interaction with attack speed
Echo Attack Damage decreased from 45/55/65/75% to 35/40/45/50%
Echoes now have 50% reduced chance to proc random effects
Echo with Maelstrom (25% chance) will have a 12.5% chance to proc its passive
Echoes can no longer trigger Marks, but may still create them
However, their chance to mark will be reduced from 18% to 9% due to the proc chance change mentioned before
Rush Speed decreased from 1000 to 850

Shodo Sai

Marked Stun Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0.4s
Parry Stun Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0.4s

Talents

Level 20 Talent +50% Attack Damage Added to Talon Toss replaced with +60 Attack Speed During Falcon Rush

Hero 1961

Now counts as a Universal melee hero instead of a creep in the following cases
Spirit Bear's attacks now count as melee hero attacks against:
Roshan's Banner, Clinkz' Skeleton Archers, Lich's Ice Spire, Phoenix's Supernova, Pugna's Nether Ward, Templar Assassin's Psionic Traps, and Undying's Tombstone
Spirit Bear already did hero damage to Shadow Shaman's Mass Serpent Wards, Couriers, Observer Wards and Sentry Wards
Spirit Bear can now be targeted or affected as a hero by the following abilities:
Axe's Culling Blade, Bounty Hunter's Track, Earth Spirit's Petrify, Legion Commander's Duel, Lion's Finger of Death, Mars' Spear of Mars, Necrophos' Reaper's Scythe, Slark's Pounce, Terrorblade's Reflection, Terrorblade's Sunder (only if the Bear is not Debuff Immune), and Underlord's Atrophy Aura
At the same time, Bounty Hunter will not steal Lone Druid's gold anymore by hitting Spirit Bear with Jinada or by using skills with Cutpurse facet on it
Now can also break enemy Smoke of Deceit
Spirit Bear's death will not provide charges for these spells:
Charges for Urn of Shadows and its upgrades, Pudge's permanent Strength from Flesh Heap, Silencer's permanent Int from Brain Drain, Slark's permanent Agility from Essence Shift, and Storm Spirit's stacks for Galvanized
Temporary attribute losses from Silencer's, Slark's and other similar spells still work
Can now capture Watchers and Outposts
Now starts with a Town Portal Scroll on cooldown the first time it is summoned
Spirit Bear now receives a copy of Lone Druid's Neutral Item. This copy has an independent cooldown
Ability order has been changed
OLD: Return, Demolish, Savage Roar, Entangling Claws, Fetch
NEW: Demolish (innate, hidden), Return, Entangling Claws, Savage Roar, Spirit Link, Fetch
Base HP rescaled from 1100/1400/1700/2000 to 1500
Base HP Regen decreased from 5/6/7/8 to 3
Base Attack Time rescaled from 1.75/1.65/1.55/1.45s to 1.5s
Base Attack Speed increased from 100 to 110
Base Armor decreased from 0/2/4/6 to 0
Base Movement Speed rescaled from 300/330/360/390 to 310
Base Magic Resistance increased from 0% to 25%
Daytime Vision Range increased from 1400 to 1800
No longer gains 100 health and 5 damage per level
Now gains 4.5 Strength, 4.5 Agility and 0.5 Intelligence per level
Still has no base attributes, so they are all zeroes at level 1
The Spirit Bear now has a separate Talent Tree

Ability 1348

Ability is now Innate to Spirit Bear
Bonus Building Damage rescaled from 10/20/30/40% to 30%
No longer passively grants 33% magic resistance

Ability 1343

Now considered a Teleport for the "Teleport Requires Hold/Cancel to Stop" option

Ability 1344

Ability reworked
Passive, pierces Debuff Immunity, levels up with Lone Druid's Entangle
Allows Spirit Bear to Entangle enemies once they gain 5 stacks of this ability. Entangled enemies are unable to move for 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s and take 60/70/80/90 damage per second. Spirit Bear's attacks are permanently empowered, making it apply 1 stack with each attack on enemy heroes. Enemies are protected from gaining new stacks while they're already Entangled
Stacks are applied only to heroes, creep heroes and Roshan

Ability 1347

After fetching an enemy, Spirit Bear will now have an attack command issued towards the target

Talents

Level 10 Talents: +10% Magic Resistance OR +20 Movement Speed
Level 15 Talents: +4 Armor OR Return Has No Cooldown and -0.5s Channel Time
Level 20 Talents: +500 Health OR +30 Damage
Level 25 Talents: +15% Damage to Entangled Units OR +20% Demolish Bonus Building Damage

Item changes 49

Clarity

Initial and maximum stock increased from 4 to 5
Cost increased from 50 to 60

Healing Salve

Initial and maximum stock increased from 4 to 5
No longer has half duration when cast on an ally
Now heals for half the amount per second when cast on an ally

Iron Branch

Cost increased from 50 to 55

Observer Ward

Observer Wards cannot be planted within 300 units of another Observer Ward from the same team that has been planted within the last second
Plant no longer increased by cast range increases

Sentry Ward

Sentry Wards cannot be planted within 300 units of another Sentry Ward from the same team that has been planted within the last second
Plant no longer increased by cast range increases

Smoke of Deceit

Can be used directly from the backpack
Has no cooldown when entering the main inventory from the backpack

Tango

Initial and maximum stock increased from 8 to 10
Shared Tango now heals for half the amount per second

Roshan's Banner

Now upgrades with each subsequent drop
Effect radius rescaled from 650 to 600/900/1200
Hits to kill increased from 6 to 6/8/10

Ghost Scepter

Ghost Form magic damage vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%

Ring of Tarrasque

Cost decreased from 1800 to 1700

Shadow Amulet

Cost decreased from 1000 to 900

Tiara of Selemene

Cost decreased from 1800 to 1700

Voodoo Mask

Cost decreased from 700 to 650

Bloodstone

Total cost decreased from 4400 to 4350 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease
Spell Lifesteal bonus increased from +20% to +25%
Bloodpact spell lifesteal multiplier decreased from 4x to 3x

Boots of Bearing

Recipe changed
Now also requires Ring of Tarrasque (1700)
No longer requires a 1700g recipe. Total cost unchanged at 4225
Health Regen bonus increased from +15 to +18

Crimson Guard

Guard buff is no longer dispellable

Dagon

Total cost decreased from 2850 to 2800 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease
Total cost for all levels decreased from 2850/4000/5150/6300/7450 to 2800/3950/5100/6250/7400

Diffusal Blade

Manabreak no longer applied by illusions

Disperser

Suppress now applies basic dispel to any target
Manabreak no longer applied by illusions

Ethereal Blade

Recipe changed
Now requires Ultimate Orb (2800) instead of Aether Lens (2275)
Recipe cost decreased from 1600 to 900. Total cost decreased from 5375 to 5200
No longer provides +300 Mana, +3 Mana Regen, or +250 Cast Range
All Attributes bonus increased from +8 to +24
Ether Blast magic damage vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%
Ether Blast attributes as damage changed from (1.5x the target's primary attribute) to (1x the sum of the caster's attributes)

Glimmer Cape

Recipe cost increased from 350 to 450. Total cost unchanged at 2150 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease

Guardian Greaves

Recipe changed
No longer requires a Buckler
Recipe cost decreased from 1450 to 1125. Total cost decreased from 5050 to 4300
Armor bonus increased from +4 to +5
Guardian Aura no longer provides armor
Guardian Aura no longer provides additional bonuses when below 25% health to anyone but the wearer
Guardian Aura no longer provides increased armor and increased mana regeneration when below 25% health
Still provides bonus health regeneration to the wearer when below 25% health

Hand of Midas

Transmute no longer has an experience multiplier
Transmute charge restore time decreased from 110s to 90s

Heart of Tarrasque

Total cost decreased from 5200 to 5100 due to Ring of Tarrasque cost decrease
Max Health Regen bonus decreased from +1.4% to +1%
Behemoth's Blood: New Passive Ability
Wearer's health regen is increased by 1.5% of missing health
Multiple instances of Behemoth's Blood don't stack

Heaven's Halberd

Disarm is now only dispellable by strong dispels
Disarm no longer has separate disarm durations for melee and ranged targets. Duration is always 3 seconds
Disarm cooldown increased from 18s to 20s

Helm of the Dominator

Dominate gold and experience bounty when dominating a creep decreased from 100% to 50%

Holy Locket

Recipe changed
Now requires Crown (450) instead of Diadem (1000)
Recipe cost increased from 800 to 1340. Total cost unchanged at 2250 due to Iron Branch cost increase
All Attributes bonus decreased from +9 to +7
Energy Charge automatic charge gain time increased from 8s to 10s
Energy Charge max charges increased from 20 to 25
Energy Charge cast range increased from 500 to 600
Energy Charge mana restore per charge decreased from 17 to 15
Energy Charge active now also increases the target's incoming Healing Amplification by 10% for 4s

Khanda

Recipe changed
Now requires Soul Booster (3000) instead of Tiara of Selemene (1800)
No longer requires a 1200g recipe. Total cost unchanged at 5600
Now also provides +7 Health Regeneration
Mana Regen bonus decreased from +8 to +3
Health bonus increased from +200 to +450
Mana bonus increased from +200 to +450

Magic Wand

Total cost increased from 450 to 460 due to Iron Branch cost increase

Mekansm

Armor bonus increased from +4 to +5

Meteor Hammer

Meteor Hammer stun duration increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

Nullifier

Nullify can no longer target invulnerable units

Octarine Core

Can no longer be disassembled
Now also requires a 200g recipe
Total cost increased from 4800 to 4900 due to Tiara of Selemene cost decrease

Pavise

Armor bonus increased from +2 to +3

Perseverance

Can now be disassembled

Pipe of Insight

Recipe cost increased from 700 to 800
Total cost unchanged at 3725 due to Ring of Tarrasque cost decrease

Phylactery

Recipe changed
Now requires Perseverance (1400) instead of Point Booster (1200)
Recipe cost decreased from 300 to 200. Total cost increased from 2500 to 2600
No longer provides +200 Health and +200 Mana
Now also provides +6.5 Health Regen and +2.5 Mana Regen

Radiance

Evasion bonus increased from +15% to +25%
Burn no longer causes enemies to miss 15% of their attacks
Burn no longer does extra damage to illusions

Refresher Orb

Recipe changed
No longer requires Cornucopia
Recipe cost increased from 200 to 1600. Total cost unchanged at 5000 due to Ring of Tarrasque and Tiara of Selemene cost decrease
No longer provides +10 Damage
Health Regen bonus decreased from +18 to +12
Mana Regen bonus decreased from +8 to +6

Revenant's Brooch

Recipe cost increased from 600 to 650. Total cost unchanged at 3300 due to Voodoo Mask cost decrease

Scythe of Vyse

Recipe cost increased from 600 to 700
Total cost unchanged at 5200 due to Tiara of Selemene cost decrease

Shadow Blade

Total cost decreased from 3350 to 3250 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease

Shiva's Guard

Arctic Blast no longer does extra damage to illusions

Silver Edge

Total cost decreased from 5800 to 5700 due to Shadow Amulet cost decrease
Shadow Walk debuff now caps the target's movement speed to 200. This debuff is not dispellable and does not pierce debuff immunity

Urn of Shadows

Bonus Mana Regen decreased from +1.4 to +1.25
Soul Release charge gain radius increased from 1400 to 1500
Soul Release charges can now be gained by all copies of Urn of Shadows item
This change is exclusive to Urn of Shadows and doesn't affect Spirit Vessel
Soul Release charges can now be gained by both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the same hero death
Example to show the result of these two changes:
Two allied heroes. Both of them have both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel. An enemy hero dies within 1500 range from them. Both Urns of Shadows will gain a charge. Spirit Vessel will also gain a charge as well, but only for the ally that was closer to the dying enemy

Spirit Vessel

Soul Release charge gain radius increased from 1400 to 1500
Soul Release charges can now be gained by both Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the same hero death

Veil of Discord

Recipe changed
Now requires Ring of Health (700), Chainmail (550), Circlet (155), and a 320 gold recipe. Total cost unchanged at 1725
Used to require Helm of Iron Will (975), Crown (450), and a 300 gold recipe
Health Regen bonus increased from +4 to +4.5

Wind Waker

Cyclone cooldown increased from 16s to 19s

Wraith Band

Attack Speed bonus increased from +5 to +6

Neutral items 24

Also changed: Artifact changes. See the official notes for the details.

Ripper's Lash

Item cycled out

Sister's Shroud

Item cycled out

Spark of Courage

Item cycled out

Ash Legion Shield

Active: Shield Wall. Decreases wearer's movement speed by 12 to give all friendly player-controlled units within 800 radius a 140 physical damage barrier. Duration: 6s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 40s
Doesn't affect ward units

Duelist Gloves

Returning as a Tier 1 Neutral Artifact
Passive: Boldness. Provides 20 attack speed if there are any enemy heroes within 1200 units

Weighted Dice

Passive: Loaded. When calculating wearer's base damage or creep bounty from last hits, the value is computed 2 times and the highest value is taken

Brigand's Blade

Item cycled out

Defiant Shell

Returning as a Tier 2 Neutral Artifact
Passive: Reciprocity. When attacked, the hero counter-attacks a target within their attack range for 80% of their normal attack damage. Cooldown: 5s. Can't proc attack modifiers
Dormant Curio increases counter-attack damage from 80% to 104%

Searing Signet

Burn Through total damage increased from 72 to 90
Dormant Curio Total Damage increased from 93.6 to 117
Burn Through now does 50% less damage to non-hero targets

Gale Guard

Item cycled out

Jidi Pollen Bag

Pollinate Duration decreased from 12s to 9s
Pollinate Max Health Damage decreased from 12% to 9%
Dormant Curio Max Health Damage decreased from 15.6% to 11.7%
Pollinate Cooldown decreased from 45s to 25s

Psychic Headband

Psychic Push can now target allies
Still can't target the wearer themself

Unrelenting Eye

Moved from Tier 5 to Tier 3
Relentless no longer provides status resistance for nearby enemies
Relentless max slow resistance decreased from 100% to 50%
Dormant Curio Max Slow Resistance decreased from 130% to 65%
Relentless slow resistance loss per enemy hero in range decreased from 20% to 10%
Relentless search radius changed from 600 to the hero's attack range

Magnifying Monocle

Item cycled out

Outworld Staff

Item cycled out

Pyrrhic Cloak

Item cycled out

Flayer's Bota

Active: Bloodthirst. Increases wearer's base damage by 15% and attack speed by 30 for 6s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 65s
Passive: Bloodrush. The cooldown of Bloodthirst is reset whenever an enemy hero dies with 1200 units
Dormant Curio increases bonus base damage from 15% to 19.5% and attack speed from 30 to 39

Giant's Maul

Crushing Blow critical damage decreased from 150% to 140%
Dormant Curio critical damage decreased from 195% to 182%

Idol of Scree'auk

Active: False Flight. Grants phased movement, 50% slow resistance, and 25% evasion for 5s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 30s
Dormant Curio increases duration from 5s to 6.5s

Metamorphic Mandible

Active: Pupate. The wearer enters an insect form for 4 seconds, increasing magic resistance by 35% and movement speed by 15%, but decreasing size by 20% and armor by 45%. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 30s. Can be dispelled. Can't be cast while channeling
Dormant Curio increases duration from 4s to 5.2s

Rattlecage

Returning as a Tier 4 Neutral Artifact
Passive: Reverberate. After taking 180 damage from any source, the wearer fires up to 2 projectiles at random nearby enemies within a 600 unit radius, prioritizing heroes, that deal 110 damage and slows the targets movement and attack speed by 100% for 0.2s
Dormant Curio increases damage from 110 to 143

Helm of the Undying

Item cycled out

Dezun Bloodrite

Moved from Tier 4 to Tier 5
Blood Invocation area of effect bonus increased from 12% to 16%
Dormant Curio Area of Effect bonus increased from 15.6% to 20.8%

Riftshadow Prism

Active: Refract. Spends 10% of the wearer's current health to create a full health illusion that lasts for 20s. The illusion has 50% outgoing damage and 240% incoming damage. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 30s
Dormant Curio increases illusion outgoing damage from 50% to 65%

Official patch notes on dota2.com