Albion Online Dota 2

Jan 21, 2026

Patch 7.40c

39 heroes, 2 items and 0 neutral items changed. Every line below is Valve’s own patch note, grouped so you can jump to what you play.

Hero changes 39

Strength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.7

Talents

Level 15 Talent Battle Hunger Damage Per Second decreased from +10 to +8

Bloodrage

Max Health Damage per second decreased from 1.4% to 1.2%

Talents

Level 10 Talent Health increased from +175 to +200
Level 20 Talent Agility decreased from +20 to +15
Level 20 Talent Rupture Cast Range decreased from +425 to +400

Talents

Level 25 Talent Marksmanship Chance decreased from +10% to +8%

Fissure

Mana Cost decreased from 120/125/130/135 to 115/120/125/130

Illusory Armaments

Min Damage at level 1 decreased from 18% to 17%

Doppelganger

Mana Cost increased from 50 to 70

Meat Shield

Mana Cost increased from 50/60/70/80 to 65/70/75/80

Strength gain decreased from 3.6 to 3.4

Talents

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +300 to +250

Base Strength decreased from 27 to 26
Damage at level 1 decreased from 52–58 to 51–57

Phantom Assassin

Talents

Level 10 Talent Stifling Dagger Cooldown Reduction increased from 1.5s to 2s

Corrosive Skin

Damage per second rescaled from 8/16/24/32 to 10/15/20/25

Talents

Level 20 Talent Predator Damage Per Missing Health increased from +0.25 to +0.3
Level 20 Talent Viper Strike DPS decreased from +80 to +70

Nature's Prophet

Nature's Call

Treant Damage increased from 16/24/32/40 to 16/25/34/43

Base Armor increased by 1

Skeleton Walk

Skeleton Building Damage penalty increased from 25% to 75%
No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Now Aghanim's Scepter only provides Burning Army ability without increasing Skeleton Archer Hits to Kill by 1

Talents

Level 15 Talent Attack Range decreased from +60 to +50
Level 25 Talent Searing Arrows Multishot no longer applies to Skeleton Archers

Spin Web

Max Charges decreased from 4/6/8/10 to 3/5/7/9

Incapacitating Bite

No longer applied by illusions

Talents

Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +8 to +6
Level 25 Talent BAT Reduction during Insatiable Hunger decreased from 0.2s to 0.15s

Base Intelligence decreased from 26 to 25
Damage at level 1 decreased from 53–61 to 52–60

Ice Path

Path Duration decreased from 3/3.5/4/4.5s to 2.6/3.1/3.6/4.1s

Agility gain increased from 1.8 to 2.0
Damage gain per level increased from 3.4 to 3.5

Strength gain decreased from 2.5 to 2.4

Talents

Level 20 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +325
Level 25 Talent All Spectre Illusion Damage decreased from +20% to +15%

Infernal Blade

Mana Cost decreased from 40 to 35

Fury Swipes

Damage per attack decreased from 13/21/29/37 to 12/20/28/36

Base Attack Speed decreased from 125 to 115
Agility gain increased from 3.2 to 3.4

Talents

Level 25 Talent Call Down Cooldown Reduction increased from 30s to 40s

Liquid Courage

Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per second increased from 2% to 2.5%

Drunken Brawler

Earth Brawler Armor increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/5/7/9

Base Agility increased from 20 to 22
Damage at level 1 increased from 42–46 to 44–48

Savage Roar

Duration increased from 0.8/1.2/1.6/2s to 1.1/1.4/1.7/2s

Talents

Level 25 Talent Slow Resistance during True Form increased from 60% to 70%

MegaMeepo

Poof damage factor per additional Meepo decreased from 75% to 50%

Talents

Level 10 Talent Poof Damage decreased from +50 to +40
Level 20 Talent Ransack Health Steal decreased from +8 to +7

Treant Protector

Eyes In The Forest

Eyes now have a 50g bounty when killed

Telekinesis

Cooldown decreased from 23/20/17/14s to 22/19/16/13s

Saltwater Shiv

Stack Restoration Steal rescaled from 3/4/5/6% to 2/4/6/8%
Stack Regen Steal increased from 2/3/4/5 to 2/4/6/8
Stack Speed Steal increased from 2/3/4/5 to 2/4/6/8

Base Strength decreased from 26 to 23
Damage at level 1 decreased from 49–53 to 46–50
Strength gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6

Talents

Level 15 Talent Whirling Death Stat Loss decreased from +2.5% to +2%

Curse of Avernus

No longer applied by illusions

Legion Commander

Duel

Aghanim's Scepter Duration decreased from 5.5/6/6.5s to 5/5.5/6s

Searing Chains

Duration decreased from 1.5/2/2.5/3s to 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75s
Damage Per Second rescaled from 50/70/90/110 to 100

Conjure Image

Mana Cost decreased from 55/65/75/85 to 50/60/70/80

Sunder

Cooldown decreased from 120/80/40s to 110/75/40s

Demon Zeal

No longer affects Reflection illusions

Talents

Level 15 Talent Reflection Slow/Damage increased from +10% to +15%

Jingu Mastery

Bonus Damage increased from 30/75/120/165 to 30/80/130/180

Talents

Level 10 Talent Primal Spring Max Damage increased from +85 to +90

Base Strength increased from 19 to 20

Fortune Favors the Bold

Chance Reduction increased from 40% to 50%

Swashbuckle

Cooldown decreased from 20/17/14/11s to 19/16/13/10s

Base damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 decreased from 46–50 to 47–51

Ink Swell

Cast Range increased from 500/600/700/800 to 650/700/750/800

Talents

Level 15 Talent Ink Swell Movement Speed increased from +12% to +15%

Base Agility decreased from 13 to 11
Agility gain increased from 1.4 to 1.6

Added to Captains Mode
Intelligence gain increased from 2.4 to 2.6

Frogstomp

Damage per stomp increased from 35/45/55/65 to 36/48/60/72

Amphibian Rhapsody

Now can be toggled while silenced
Radius increased from 750 to 800

Hero 1961

Ability 1343

Roots and leashes will now interrupt Return's channeling

Ability 5687

Duration increased from 0.8/1.2/1.6/2s to 1.1/1.4/1.7/2s

Item changes 2

Khanda

Can now be disassembled

Phylactery

All Attributes bonus decreased from 7 to 6
Mana Regen decreased from 2.5 to 2.25

Official patch notes on dota2.com