DotA 6.81b Changelog - DotA Update - August 3, 2014

 

Gameplay and Cosmetics

• Roshan base armor increased by 1
• Melee illusions created by a Rune of Illusion take 200% instead of 300% damage
• Random Draft hero selection pool increased from 22 to 24

Heroes

Abaddon

• Aghanim's Scepter Borrowed Time now redirects 35% of all damage dealt to nearby allied heroes to Abaddon when active

Ancient Apparition

• Ice Vortex slow decreased from 18/22/26/30% to 15/20/25/30%
• Chilling Touch attack speed reduction increased from -15 to -20

Anti-Mage

• Mana Void's area of effect increased from 450 to 500

Axe

• Counter Helix now uses Pseudo Random chance

Batrider 

• Sticky Napalm bonus damage is now halved against non-hero units
• Flaming Lasso mana cost increased from 150 to 225

Beastmaster

• Base damage increased by 4

Bloodseeker

• Bloodrage cast point improved from 0.6 to 0.4
• Bloodrage can no longer be dispelled

Bounty Hunter

• Shadow Walk duration increased from 15/20/25/30 to 20/25/30/35
• Track cast range increased from 900/1050/1200 to 1200

Brewmaster

• If you have not attacked for 10 seconds, your next attack will always activate a  Drunken Brawler critical hit

Bristleback

• Warpath no longer has unique values for the first movement speed stack
• Warpath movement speed stack bonus increased from 1/2/3% to 3/4/5%

Broodmother

• Spiderling's Poison Sting damage per second increased from 4 to 8
• Insatiable Hunger lifesteal increased from 40/60/80% to 60/80/100%
• Spin Web's free pathing no longer deactivates when enemy has vision on Broodmother
• Spin Web's free pathing is now disabled for 3 seconds when Broodmother takes damage

Chen

• Penitence cooldown reduced from 14 to 14/13/12/11

Clinkz

• Death Pact cooldown reduced from 45 to 45/40/35

Centaur Warrunner

• Hoof Stomp mana cost increased from 85/100/115/130 to 130

Chaos Knight

• Phantasm now has a 50% chance to create one extra illusion when cast

Dazzle

• Poison Touch no longer causes a ministun

Disruptor 

• Kinetic Field cooldown reduced from 14 to 14/13/12/11

Doom Bringer

• Devour manacost rescaled from 60/50/40/30 to 60

Drow Ranger

• Gust knockback duration increased from 0.2 to 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9

Earthshaker

• Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.9
• Echo Slam's Initial Damage, Echo Search, Echo Damage AOE increased from 525, 550, 500 to 575, 575, 575
• Echo Slam no longer ignores units that are invisible or in Fog of War

Earth Spirit

• Stone Remnant recharge time reduced from 35 to 30

Ember Spirit

• Searing Chains duration reduced from 2/2/3/3 to 1/2/2/3
• Sleight of Fist bonus damage reduced from 30/60/90/120 to 20/40/60/80

Enchantress

• Untouchable slow duration increased from 3 to 4

Enigma

• Midnight Pulse duration increased from 8 to 11
• Midnight Pulse area of effect increased from 400 to 600

Faceless Void

• Base agility increased from 21 to 23
• Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 1

Gyrocopter

• Homing Missile now hits invisible units
• Homing Missile hits required to destroy increased from 3 to 3/3/4/5

Invoker

• Forged Spirits 33% magic resistance removed
• Cold Snap damage reworked from the initial and secondary proc damage of 60/30 to 7xQuasLevel per proc
• Deafening Blast's Disarm is now dispelled when Magic Immunity is applied
• EMP delay increased from 2.6 to 2.9

Jakiro

• Dual Breath range increased by 50
• Liquid Fire level 4 cooldown reduced from 5 to 4
• Aghanim's Scepter Macropyre duration increased from 7 to 14
• Aghanim's Scepter Macropyre range increased from 1350 to 1800

Juggernaut

• Omnislash damage per slash rescaled from 175-250 to 200-225
• Base attack time improved from 1.6 to 1.4

Keeper of the Light

• Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade: Provides permanent Spirit Form. Additionally, the following effects are active during the day: Keeper of the Light gains unobstructed vision and Illuminate heals allies for 75% of the damage values

Kunkka 

• Torrent  area of effect increased from 215 to 225
• X Marks the Spot can now last twice as long on allied heroes
• Ghost Ship allied buff duration increased from 8 to 10

Legion Commander

• Overwhelming Odds bonus damage per hero is increased from 14/16/18/20 to 20/35/50/65
• Overwhelming Odds area of effect increased from 315 to 330
• Overwhelming Odds base damage rescaled from 50/100/150/200 to 60/100/140/180
• Moment of Courage now uses Pseudo Random chance

Leshrac

• Lightning Storm now slows its targets by 75% for 0.5 seconds
• Pulse Nova damage increased from 66/100/144 to 80/120/160 (Scepter from 100/150/200 to 100/160/220)

Lich

• Frost Armor can now be cast on buildings
• Aghanim's Scepter  Chain Frost no longer has a bounce limit

Lina

• Light Strike Array stun duration increased from 1.6 to 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9
• Aghanim's Scepter  Laguna Blade damage goes through magic immunity
• Attack range increased from 650 to 670

Lone Druid

• Spirit Bear health regeneration increased from 2 to 2/3/4/5

Lion

• Hex cooldown reduced from 30/25/20/15 to 30/24/18/12

Luna

• Base agility reduced from 22 to 18

Lycanthrope

• Howl duration decreased from 12 to 10
• Howl bonus damage reduced from 20/30/40/50 to 14/26/38/50
• Shapeshift no longer provides 100/200/300 bonus health

Magnus

• Removed Skewer maximum target limit
• Skewer range increased from 600/800/1000/1200 to 750/900/1050/1200

Medusa

• Split Shot reworked from 50/60/70/80% damage with 5 maximum targets, to 80% damage with 2/3/4/5 maximum targets
• Mystic Snake no longer requires Fog of War vision to bounce
• Mana Shield damage absorption per mana increased from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5

Meepo

• Base movement speed increased from 305 to 315

Mirana

• Sacred Arrow minimum stun duration decreased from 0.5 to 0.01 (maximum duration is still 5 seconds growing linearly)
• Sacred Arrow minimum damage reduced by 40 (maximum damage is still 190/280/370/460 growing linearly)
• Sacred Arrow vision reduced from 800 to 650

Naga Siren

• Mirror Image illusion damage dealt reduced from 30/35/40/45% to 20/25/30/35%
• Rip Tide area of effect reduced from 350 to 320
• Rip Tide negative armor no longer goes through magic immunity

Necrophos

• Reaper's Scythe now adds +30% duration to the respawn timer
• Heartstopper Aura area of effect increased from 1000 to 1200

Nyx Assassin

• Impale cooldown increased from 11 to 13

Ogre Magi

• Multi Cast's passive manacost penalty on Fireblast reduced from 30/70/110 to 20/40/60
• Base armor increased by 1
• Cast animation improved from 0.56 to 0.45

Omniknight

• Purification area of effect increased from 225 to 240
• Guardian Angel duration increased from 5/6/7 to 6/7/8
• Aghanim's Scepter Guardian Angel duration increased from 5/6/7 to 8/9/10
• Degen Aura slow increased from 7/14/21/28% to 10/18/26/34%

Phantom Assassin

• Stifling Dagger cooldown reduced from 8 to 6
• Blur  evasion chance increased from 20/25/30/40 to 20/30/40/50
• Phantom Strike bonus attack speed increased from 100 to 130

Phoenix

• Fire Spirits damage reduced from 15/35/55/75 to 10/30/50/70
• Fire Spirits health cost increased from 15% to 20%
• Icarus Dive cast point extended from 0.01 to 0.2

Pugna

• Decrepify mana cost reduced from 100 to 60
• Nether Ward duration increased from 25 to 30

Queen of Pain

• Shadow Strike cooldown reduced from 20/16/12/8 to 16/12/8/4
• Shadow Strike cast range increased from 400 to 450/475/500/525

Razor

• Strength gain increased from 1.7 to 2.3
• Unstable Current slow duration increased from 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6 to 0.5/1/1.5/2

Riki

• Smoke Screen cooldown reduced from 13 to 11
• Backstab now works when attacking allied units

Shadow Demon

• Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade: Demonic Purge cooldown replaced with two charges that have a 40 second replenish time

Shadow Fiend

• Requiem of Souls' secondary debuff now affects magic immune units

Silencer

• Agility growth increased from 2.1 to 3.0
• Curse of the Silent cooldown reduced from 20/18/16/14 to 20/16/12/8

Wraith King

• Mortal Strike damage ratio increased from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75 to 1.5/2/2.5/3
• Base armor reduced by 1

Skywrath Mage

• Ancient Seal damage amplification increased from 18/24/30/36% to 30/35/40/45%
• Base movement speed increased from 315 to 325
• Concussive Shot damage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 60/120/180/240

Slardar

• Bash bonus damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 60/80/100/120

Sniper

• Fixed Sniper's acquisition range not matching his maximum attack range

Spirit Breaker

• Nether Strike cast range increased from 400/550/700 to 700
• Nether Strike cooldown rebalanced from 75 to 80/70/60

Sven

• Base damage increased by 6

Elder Titan

• Echo Stomp mana cost reduced from 100/115/130/145 to 100
• Echo Stomp physical and magical damage increased from 80 to 80/90/100/110 each

Templar Assassin

• Psionic Trap sub-ability now has the same cast point as the ability on the trap itself

Terrorblade

• Strength gain reduced from 1.9 to 1.4
• Reflection slow no longer persists through magic immunity
• Reflection duration rebalanced from 5 to 2.5/3.5/4.5/5.5

Tidehunter

• Anchor Smash damage reduction increased from 40 to 60%
• Anchor Smash now works on Ancient creeps

Tinker

• Heat-Seeking Missile is no longer blocked by Ethereal

Tiny

• Craggy Exterior stun duration rescaled from 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75

Treant Protector

• Leech Seed damage per pulse decreased from 24/36/48/60 to 15/30/45/60

Troll Warlord

• Melee Whirling Axes cast point improved from 0.2 to 0

Tusk

• Snowball cooldown reduced from 21 to 21/20/19/18
• Walrus Punch cooldown reduced from 30/24/18 to 25/20/15
• Reworked Snowball into a two-part ability: one which creates the snowball, and a sub-ability to launch the Snowball. You have up to 4 seconds to use the sub-ability. The area that automatically pulls allies in has been reduced.
• You can now load an ally into your snowball within 400 range by right clicking on them
• Snowball moves 75 MS faster for each allied hero inside it
• Snowball deals 20/30/40/50 extra damage for each additional hero in it

Undying

• Soul Rip area of effect increased from 975 to 1300
• Tombstone Zombie Deathlust's Max % health threshold increased from 5/10/15/20% to 20/25/30/35%
• Tombstone Zombies no longer give any experience or gold
• Tombstone Bounty increased from 70/90/110/130 to 75/100/125/150
• Flesh Golem's Plague Aura now affects magic immune units
• Intelligence growth increased from 2.0 to 2.5

Ursa

• Fury Swipes is no longer an Orb Effect

Vengeful Spirit

• When Vengeful Spirit is slain, her killer is inflicted with a negative Command Aura, which decreases the damage of her killer and their nearby allies, until she revives

Visage

• Grave Chill cooldown increased from 10 to 16/14/12/10

Warlock

• Shadow Word duration increased from 9 to 11
• Upheaval  cooldown reduced from 50 to 50/46/42/38

Windranger

• Aghanim's Scepter  Focus Fire damage reduction decreased from -50/-40/-30 to -30/-15/0, and no longer has special rules for procs
• Focus Fire manacost decreased from 150 to 75/100/125

Witch Doctor

• Maledict cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
• Death Ward base attack time improved from 0.25 to 0.22

Zeus

• Arc Lightning cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.2
• Lightning Bolt true sight range reduced from 900 to 750
• Lightning Bolt flying vision range reduced from 1000 to 750
• Lightning Bolt can now be cast on the ground, affecting the closest enemy hero in a 325 range
• Lightning Bolt vision and truesight duration increased from 3 to 4.5

Items

Animal Courier

• Ground Courier respawn time reduced from 180 seconds to 140 seconds

Bloodstone

• Bloodpact heal increased from 400 HP + 30 HP/charge to 500 HP + 30 HP/charge

Clarity

• Mana regeneration from 100 over 30 seconds to 135 over 40 seconds

Eul's Scepter of Divinity

• Cyclone now deals 50 damage to enemy units when they land
• You can now cast Cyclone on yourself while you are magic immune

Shadow Blade

• WindWalk duration increased from 12 to 14

Mjollnir

• Chain Lightning damage reduced from 160 to 150
• Static Charge area of effect is now centered around the unit with the Static Charge, rather than around the attacker
• Recipe cost increased from 600 to 900
• Static Charge duration decreased from 20 to 15

Necronomicon

• Necronomicon Warrior's movement speed rescaled from 330/360/390 to 350
• Necronomicon units XP bounty increased from 59 to 100/150/200

Pipe of Insight

• Pipe health regeneration reduced from 11 to 8
• Pipe now provides Insight Aura, which grants 4 health regeneration to nearby allies

Rod of Atos

• Cripple ability cooldown reduced from 12 to 10

Scythe of Vyse

• Hexed units' base movement speed increased from 100 to 140

PARITY

• Spiderlings Poison Sting damage no longer stacks
• Tornado's aoe increased from 175 to 200
• Rupture no longer deals damage to Invulnerable units
• Ice Blast no longer gets dispelled
• Tinker rearm refreshes Blink Dagger state
• Lone Druid in True Form attack range same as default melee (150->128)
• Empower Cleave aoe from 250 to 200
• Ember Spirit turn rate from 0.5 to 0.6
• Battle Hunger gets dispelled when target is Magic Immune

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