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Late Sunday night, Icefrog and the Dota 2 crew released the modest-sized but major 7.06f patch. The update makes some pretty severe changes to a number of heroes that saw success at The International 7.
For instance, Lich’s Chain Frost, the bouncing ult that slows any hero it hits, had its mini-stun removed from the initial target, which was used in many TI7 games in the early stages. Nature’s Prophet’s Sprout also had a hit to the flying vision, which was essential for scoping out heroes in the brush of the edge of the map.
Earthshaker also had two of his iconic moves hit, with a mana increase on Enchant Totem and a massive increase of cooldown on Fissure.
Did your favorite heroes get smacked with the nerf bat? Or did they luck out as some of the few to get buffed?
Below is the full list:
Items
Mask of Madness
- Armor reduction increased from -5 to -6
- Cooldown increased from 20 to 22
Helm of the Dominator
- Attack Speed Aura increased from 10 to 15
Force Staff
- Cast range reduced from 800 to 750
- Diffusal Blade: Agility reduced from 25/35 to 20/30
Heroes
Ancient Apparition
- Ice Blast manacost increased from 100/125/150 to 150
Bane
- Base Strength, Agility and Intelligence increased by 1
- Nightmare cast point reduced from 0.5 to 0.4
Batrider
- Firefly manacost increased from 100 to 125
Bloodseeker
- Rupture manacost increased from 150/200/250 to 200/225/250
Chen
- Hand of God heal increased from 225/350/475 to 250/375/500
Earthshaker
- Fissure cooldown increased from 15 to 18/17/16/15
- Enchant Totem manacost increased from 20/30/40/50 to 35/40/45/50
Lich
- Chain Frost no longer applies a ministun
- Ice Armor slow from 30% to 24/26/28/30%
Lion
- Earth Spike stun duration increased from 1.1/1.6/2.1/2.6 to 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6
- Level 20 Talent changed from +8% Spell Amplification to +300 Finger of Death Damage
Lycan
- Howl no longer provides a net heal on buff application/loss (always maintains the same HP percentage now)
Nature's Prophet
- Base movement speed reduced from 295 to 290
- Sprout flying vision reduced from 750 to 500
Necrophos
- Reaper's Scythe cooldown increased from 90/80/70 to 100
- Ghost Shroud magic resistance penalty increased from -20% to -25%
Nightstalker
- Darkness duration reduced from 50 to 40
Nyx Assassin:
- Base damage reduced by 3
Puck
- Illusory Orb flying vision reduced from 550 to 450
Shadow Demon
- Level 15 Talent from +8% Spell Amplification to +10%
- Level 15 Talent from +75 Cast Range to +100
Skywrath Mage
- Mystic Flare manacost reduced from 350/575/800 to 300/550/800
- Level 15 Talent increased from +10% Spell Lifesteal to +15%
Spectre
- Haunt illusion damage increased from 30% to 40%
Spirit Breaker
- Base movement speed reduced from 290 to 285
Sven:
- Stormbolt stun duration reduced from 2 to 1.7/1.8/1.9/2.0
- Warcry cooldown increased from 34/28/22/16 to 35/30/25/20
Tiny
- Toss manacost reduced from 120 to 90/100/110/120
- Grow Scepter attack range bonus increased from 85 to 150
Undying
- Tombstone attacks required increased from 3/4/5/7 to 4/5/6/8
Venomancer:
- Plague Wards vision reduced from 1200/800 to 800/800
Windranger
- Shackles duration increased from 1.5/2.25/3/3.75 to 2.0/2.6/3.2/3.8
- Shackles cooldown increased from 12 to 18/16/14/12
Winter Wyvern
- Level 15 Talent increased from +20 Movement Speed to +35
- Level 15 Talent increased from +50 Damage to +75
Wraith King
- Reincarnation cooldown reduced from 240/140/40 to 200/120/40
- Level 15 Talent increased from +15 Movement Speed to +30