Batrider
- Sticky Napalm can now be purged and is removed on Magic Immunity.
- Neutral creeps do not ignore being Sticky Napalmed anymore.
- Disallowed Batrider access to impassable areas on the map borders when using Firefly.
Bane
- Nightmare mechanics tweaked:
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| The nightmared unit is now completely invulnerable and
| doesn't wake up from spell damage, except from Bane's
| own spells.
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| Bane also has the ability to wake the unit up at any
| time through his sub-ability.
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| Other units can still transfer the debuff to
| themselves. Any attack order from less than
| 400 units will instantly transfer it, even from
| non-adjacent melee units.
- Brain Sap now heals Bane for the amount of damage it actually dealt.
Butcher
- Armor increased by 1.
- Meat Hook's damage tweaked:
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| Deals 100/160/220/280 pure damage on impact + 10 per | 100 units dragged.
Chaos Knight
- Chaos Bolt tweaked: the damage is now always inversely proportional to the stun duration.
- Reality Rift now rotates both heroes by a random angle (doesn't always guarantee a Tether stun).
- Reality Rift now destroys trees around it.
- Reality Rift now dodges projectiles.
Chen
- Remade Test of Faith's nuke:
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| old: deals random 200-400 pure damage
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| new: The Holy Knight punishes the unrepentant
| for each mortal sin they committed.
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| Deals 20/80/140/200 pure damage + bonus damage
| depending on the number of allied units that the
| enemy hero killed in the last 30 seconds.
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| Lane/neutral creep: +10 damage
| Persuaded creep: +40 damage
| Hero: +100 damage
- Test of Faith's teleport now dodges projectiles.
Clockwerk
- Tweaks to Power Cogs: slightly reduced their size, increased count from 8 to 10, added animation when they are ejected from Clockwerk, now deployed in a circle shape. Behavior stays almost the same, but it is easier now to see and predict how the spell will react.
- Hookshot now dodges projectiles.
Crystal Maiden
- Movespeed increased by 5
- Brillance Aura increased by 0.5 at all levels.
Dazzle
- Shallow Grave can now be cast on magic immune allies.
- Weave also affects creeps.
Drow Ranger
- Marksmanship reworked:
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| "The Drow ranger has refined her archery prowess
| along her solitary existence. Whether this is now
| habit or shyness, she is only able to focus when
| left alone."
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| Passively grants 40/60/80 agility, but bonus
| is lost if any allied hero is within 400 aoe.
Enigma
- Demonic Conversion can be cast on any item left on the ground, apart from Divine Rapier.
Gyrocopter
- Flak cannon reduces Gyrocopter's attack speed by 40%.
- Base intelligence decreased by 3.
Huskar
- Berserker Blood now gives bonus strength and agility in lieu of damage and attack speed.
- Added a mini-stun on Life Break (pierces magic immunity).
Kunkka
- Removed Return manacost.
- X Marks the Spot's now dodges projectiles.
Magnus
- Skewer is interrupted if Magnus gets disabled.
- Empower cooldown increased from 12 to 20.
Morphling
[Partial remake, emphasis on making him truer to his morphling theme, and sort of a unique anti-carry]
- Stats reworked:
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| BAT nerfed from 1.7 to 1.8
| Strength changed to 20+2
| Agility changed to 20+2
| Intelligence changed to 20+2
- Morph reworked:
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| Rate increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5 per second.
| Shifting stats keeps Morphling's hp proportional.
| Manacost removed.
- Replicate reworked:
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| Morphling assumes the shape of another unit. Can be any
| hero or creep. Morphling assumes every particularity of
| the unit: damage, range, movespeed, animations, stats,
| etc. He retains his own items and his own spells (he
| can Morph his new stats if he replicated a hero).
Nature's Prophet
- Agility gain decreased from 1.9 to 1.4.
- Treants gold bounty increased from 12-16 to 22-26. Experience increased from 20 to 30.
Lina
- Fiery Soul max stacks increased to 4.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade tweaked:
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| Doesn't increase damage nor range anymore.
| Damage type is changed to pure.
| (note: this effectively gives the same damage
| increase as before against targets with 25% magic
| resistance)
Lifestealer
- Infest AoE damage now only occurs when consuming a creep (allied or enemy).
- Rage can be purged.
Lion
- Mana Drain can now increase Lion's mana beyond his max pool, in similar fashion to Soul Ring. Lasts a maximum of 15 seconds.
- Mana Drain can be cast on allies to transfer mana.
- New Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
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| If Finger of Death deals the killing blow, the unit is
| successfully turned inside out in a gory explosion,
| dealing mixed damage equivalent to 25% of the target's
| max hp in a 700 aoe.
Lone Druid
- Spirit Bear tweaked:
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| Spirit Bear's hp rescaled from 1400/1800/2300/2700 to
| 1000/1600/2200/2800.
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| The death of the Spirit Bear now inflicts damage to the
| Lone Druid equivalent to 20% of his own max hp instead
| of fixed damage.
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| Spirit Bear's mana pool changed from 0 to 0/0/150/300.
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| Entangle changed to an active ability. 14 seconds
| cooldown, 150 manacost.
- Spirit Bear now uses the hero version of Armlet of Mordiggian (receives correct damage and attack speed bonuses, health is drained).
Ogre Magi
- Multicast now works on (some) items!
Phantom Assassin
- Phantom Strike now dodges projectiles.
Pugna
- Strength gain from 1.2 to 1.7
- Armor increased by 3
- Decrepify can now be cast on allied Healing Ward, Frozen Sigil, Tombstone, Psionic Trap and Homing Missile.
Razor
- Strength gain increased from 1.7 to 2.4
- Reworked how Unstable Current's purge works:
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| The purge is only activated once, when an enemy hero
| damages Razor through a spell or an attack, or when
| Razor damages an enemy hero through a spell or attack.
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| The purge is ready after a 24/18/12/6 seconds cooldown
| or after Razor travels 1800/1400/1000/600 units.
- Eye of the Storm is now passive (can be toggled off).
Riki
- Smoke Screen now slows turning speed by 50% (doesn't stack with Sticky Napalm).
- Blink Strike now dodges projectiles
Slardar
- Sprint can now be stopped prematurely by pressing the key again (after a minimum duration of 1 second).
Spectre
- Reality can now be cast on any illusion of Spectre.
- Reality cooldown from 10 to 3.
- Using Reality now dodges projectiles.
- Dispersion reworked with a new active part:
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| Passive: Reflects 8/12/16/20% of damage.
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| Active: When cast, damage inflicted to Spectre is
| silently stored for a short duration. When the duration
| ends, 50% of the total damage count is dispersed around
| Spectre while Spectre is healed for the other 50%.
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| Lasts 4 seconds, 30 seconds cooldown, no manacost.
|
| (note: using the active doesn't disable the
| passive part. It is indistinguishable for
| enemies.)
Spirit Breaker
- Nether Strike now always hits in a AoE (previously Aghanim's Scepter only).
- Aghanim's Scepter cooldown reduction from 20 seconds to 14.
Tauren Chieftain (Elder Titan)
- Earth Splitter AoE gets slightly wider with additional levels.
Timbersaw (Goblin Shredder)
- Reactive Armor also grants 1% magic resistance per stack.
- Timber Chain now dodges projectiles.
- Timber Chain no longer destroys the tree it targeted.
Tiny
- Toss prioritizes the closest unit around Tiny instead of a random one.
- Being tossed now dodges projectiles.
Treant Protector
- Nature's Guise doesn't get dispelled if the unit becomes visible. The unit can re-cloak as many times as the duration allows.
- Living Armor mana cost increased from 25 to 40.
Tuskarr
- Snowball's minimum speed increased from 200 to 400 (only relevant when Tusk is slowed).
Visage
- Revenants tweaked:
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| Hitpoints increased from 300/450/600 to 500/600/700.
| Armor decreased from 0/1/2 to 0.
| Magic resistance decreased from 96.25% to 30%.
| Movespeed decreased from 380/390/400 to 370.
| Gravekeeper's Cloak now also applies to Revenants.
| Grave Chill now also applies to Revenants.
- Soul Assumption now also considers damage dealt by enemy heroes to Revenants.
Vengeful Spirit
- Nether Swap range increased from 600/900/1200 to 700/950/1200.
Witch Doctor
- Reverted the 1.5 second stun on the first Paralyzing Cask bounce.
- Voodoo Restoration initial manacost rescaled from 25/50/75/100 to 40.
- Death Ward cast range rescaled from 300/350/400 to 400.
Items:
Armlet of Mordiggian:
- Cooldown now applies between deactivation and reactivation.
- Cooldown reduced to 1 second.
Blademail
- Cooldown reduced from 22 to 15.
Diffusal Blade
- Mana burned is now equal to 0.6 (0.8 for level 2) times the wielder's agility.
- Feedback doesn't work anymore on melee illusions.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
- Can be cast on any non-magic immune unit owned by the bearer.
- Cycloning one's own unit or hero grants flying vision.
Eye of Skadi
- Attack speed slow increased from 20% to 50%
Janggo of Endurance:
- Attribute bonus decreased from 9 to 8.
- Can now use Null Talisman or Wrait
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