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Dota 2 patch 7.38b

Released 2025-03-04

General

Item grace period for swapping into the main inventory without a cooldown increased from 3s to 5s
Tormentor: Gold to each team member on death decreased from 250 to 175
Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Damage absorb increased from 1900 to 2100
Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Barrier regeneration increased from 30 to 40
Lotuses can no longer be picked up by Meepo clones, Arc Warden's Tempest Double or Dazzle's Nothl Projection
Moved the spawn box of the Radiant Safelane tier 1 hard pull camp a little bit down, removing an inaccessible camp block spot that could be created by chopping down a tree
Removed several trees around camps, making it easier for additional paths to be cut through:

To the right of Dire Ancient camp by Safelane Tier 1 Tower
To the right of Dire Medium camp between mid and top Tier 2 Towers
To the top of Dire Hard camp nearest to mid Tier 1 Tower
To the top of the Dire Jungle high-ground Medium camp
To the right of the Dire offlane Tier 2 Tower Medium camp
To the right of the Radiant Hard Camp by mid tier 1
To the right and left of the Radiant Hard Camp by offlane Tier 1 Tower
To the left of the Radiant Safelane Tier 2 Tower Medium water camp

Heroes

Mirana

Blind Duration decreased from 3.5/4/4.5/5s to 3s

Phantom Lancer

Illusion Trigger Chance increased from 8% to 9%

Storm Spirit

Intelligence gain decreased from 3.9 to 3.7

Tiny

Bonus Armor decreased from 10/17/24 to 5/10/15

Windranger

Agility gain increased from 1.7 to 1.9
Shackle Duration increased from 1.6/2.1/2.6/3.1s to 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25s

Zeus

Base damage decreased by 4
Damage at level 1 decreased by 4 (from 55-63 to 51-59)
Sight Radius decreased from 750 to 500

Lina

Aghanim's Shard damage converted increased from 75% to 100%

Tidehunter

Damage Reduction decreased from 30/40/50/60% to 25/30/35/40%
Damage decreased from 200 to 100
Mana Cost increased from 80 to 110

Warlock

XP per kill/assist decreased from 250 to 200

Beastmaster

Base Damage decreased by 3
Damage at level 1 decreased by 3 (from 56-60 to 53-57)

Venomancer

Slow decreased from 50% to 35/40/45/50%

Dragon Knight

AoE while in Dragon Form decreased from 175 to 100
Magic Damage on Attacks decreased from 10/20/30/40 to 6/12/18/24

Dazzle

Allies now receive 5% extra healing from Dazzle per stack
Duration decreased from 5/6/7/8s to 3.5/5/6.5/8s
Shadow Wave Cooldown Reduction decreased from 30/45/60% to 30/40/50%

Leshrac

Damage as mana restore increased from 10/18/26/34% to 14/21/28/35%
Mana Cost increased from 90/110/130/150 to 90/120/150/180
No longer slows attack speed

Nature's Prophet

Level 10 Talent Wrath of Nature Base Damage bonus decreased from +30 to +25
Level 20 Talent Sprout Leashes replaced with -15s Wrath of Nature cooldown
Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces cooldown by 25s

Lifestealer

Max HP per hero kill decreased from 25/35/45/55 to 20/25/30/35
Base Agility decreased by 4
Max HP per hero kill decreased from 15 to 10
Aghanim's Scepter no longer disarms targeted enemy hero
Aghanim's Scepter attack rate improved from 1.25s to 1s

Dark Seer

Base Armor decreased by 1
Aggrandize: Restore percentage per hero level decreased from 2% to 1.5%

Huskar

Damage decreased from 120/180/240/300 to 105/170/235/300

Night Stalker

Move Speed decreased from 16/22/28/34/40% to 10/22/28/34/40%
AoE on level 5 increased from 300 to 350
Level 10 Talent Dark Ascension Duration decreased from +6s to +5s

Broodmother

Health regen reduction does not affect enemies in fountain
Base Damage decreased by 2
Damage at level 1 decreased by 2 (from 47-53 to 45-51)

Weaver

Attack Interval increased from 1.15/1.0/0.85/0.7s to 1.2/1.05/0.9/0.75s

Jakiro

Path Duration decreased from 6s to 5s
Level 15 Talent -1.5s Ice Path Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage
Cooldown increased from 18/15/12/9s to 20/17/14/11s

Chen

Summon Convert: Convert's abilities now also level up with Holy Persuasion

Spectre

Damage Multiplier increased from 1.75x to 2x

Ancient Apparition

Agility gain decreased from 2.2 to 2.0

Alchemist

Gifting Aghanim's Scepters no longer provides Spell Amplification

Invoker

When Cold Snap triggers, Invoker now also restores 5 mana in addition to existing healing based on Quas
Aghanim's Scepter ally duration increased from 20s to 30s
Attack range bonus increased from 50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140 to 60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140/150
Aghanim's Scepter Cataclysm cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds
Attack range rescaled from 300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755/820/885 to 305/360/415/470/525/580/635/690/745/800

Lycan

Bonus health per wolf increased from 50/100/150/200 to 60/115/170/225

Brewmaster

Belligerent: Duration on respawn increased from 30s to 45s
Level 10 Talent +200 Thunder Clap AoE replaced with +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration

Meepo

Attack speed bonus decreased from 7% to 5%

Keeper of the Light

Level 20 Talent +15s Spirit Form Duration replaced with +10% Spirit Form Movement Speed
Cooldown decreased from 85s to 85/80/75s
Duration increased from 40s to 40/45/50s
Illuminate Heal increased from 50/60/70% to 70%

Visage

Duration decreased from 6s to 5s
Move Speed Drain decreased from 15/20/25/30% to 12/16/20/24%

Medusa

Venomous Volley: Attacks required to apply poison increased from 5 to 6

Troll Warlord

Aghanim's Shard no longer procs additional attacks when attacking a building or ward-type unit

Magnus

Magnus: Eternal Empowerment: Empower: Max self bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%
Distance decreased from 900/975/1050/1125 to 800/900/1000/1100
Aghanim's Shard Distance decreased from 1175/1250/1325/1400 to 1075/1175/1275/1375

Tusk

Bonus damage increased from 20/45/70/95 to 20/50/80/110

Abaddon

Duration decreased from 17s to 14s
Base Mana Regen decreased from 0.25 to 0
Damage/Heal decreased from 100/175/250/325 to 80/150/220/290
Cast Range rescaled from 600/625/650/675 to 625
Duration decreased from 15s to 12s
Mana Cost increased from 95/110/125/140 to 110/120/130/140
Aghanim's Scepter radius changed from 900 to Mist Coil's Cast Range

Ember Spirit

Strength gain decreased from 2.6 to 2.3

Winter Wyvern

No longer amplifies physical, magical, and pure damage taken from Winter Wyvern
Cursed target is no longer immune to physical damage from Winter Wyvern and her controlled units
Cooldown increased from 85/80/75s to 100/90/80s

Arc Warden

Rune Duration increased from 10s to 12s

Monkey King

Soldiers no longer receive a copy of Monkey King's neutral item

Hoodwink

Cooldown rescaled from 14s to 15/14/13/12s

Marci

Impact Damage decreased from 80/160/240/320 to 75/150/225/300
Aghanim's Shard Impact Damage decreased from 96/192/288/384 to 90/180/270/360

Primal Beast

Stacks gained per debuff increased from 2 to 3
Stack duration decreased from 20s to 15s

Muerta

No longer slows attack speed

Kez

Base Intelligence increased from 18 to 20
Strength gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8
Shadowhawk: Now scales with ultimate abilities instead of Shodo Sai
Shadowhawk: Shodo Sai: Invis Bonus Crit rescaled from 50% to 40/60/80/100%
Lifesteal increased from 50/75/100/125% to 65/85/105/125%
Can now block all physical attack sources (still can't Mark non-hero units)
Invulnerability period increased from 0.1s to 0.2s

Items

Eye of Skadi

Cold Attack Melee Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%
Cold Attack no longer has a separate attack speed slow value against melee targets (As a result, attack slow against melee units increased from 10% to 20%)

Glimmer Cape

Glimmer Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 40 to 20
Glimmer Mana Cost increased from 90 to 125

Heaven's Halberd

Recipe changed

No longer requires a Ring of Regen
Recipe cost increased from 275 to 450. Total cost unchanged

Khanda

Empower Spell Debuff Duration increased from 3s to 4s
Empower Spell Cooldown decreased from 12s to 10s

Orb of Corrosion

Agility bonus decreased from +8 to +7
Corrosion Melee Movement Slow increased from 6% to 8%

Orb of Frost

Frost Melee Movement Slow increased from 5% to 6%

Orchid Malevolence

Mana Regen bonus decreased from +3.25 to +3
Attack Speed bonus decreased from +40 to +35

Bloodthorn

Mana Regen bonus decreased from +3.5 to +3.25
Attack Speed bonus decreased from +100 to +95

Neutral items

Artifact changes
Mana Draught

Bottoms Up mana restored rescaled from 60 + 2% of Caster's Max Mana to 30 + 4% of Caster's Max Mana

Orb of Destruction

Impeding Corruption duration decreased from 5s to 3s

Pig Pole

Pig, Out! bonus movement speed increased from 15% to 20%
Pig, Out! cooldown decreased from 25s to 20s
Pig, Out! duration decreased from 4s to 3s

Pollywog Charm

Ribbit duration increased from 10s to 14s

Ripper's Lash

Flay cooldown decreased from 30s to 25s

Trusty Shovel

Dig cooldown increased from 60s to 70s

Brigand's Blade

Dark Mercy enemy HP increment increased from 5% to 7%

Essence Ring

Life Essence duration decreased from 15s to 10s
Life Essence mana cost increased from 150 to 160

Iron Talon

Chop cooldown decreased from 20s to 15s

Searing Signet

Burn Through damage threshold increased from 40 to 55

Gale Guard

Cyclonic Shield damage Barrier decreased from 400 to 250

Gunpowder Gauntlet

Beat the Crowd now also deals 50% of the bonus magical damage to enemies in the splash radius
Beat the Crowd splash damage now bypasses physical damage block

Ninja Gear

Solitary Disguise mana cost increased from 0 to 100

Serrated Shiv

Gut 'Em current health as physical damage decreased from 10% to 8%

Crippling Crossbow

Hobble cast range increased from 600 to 800

Mind Breaker

Silence Strike silence duration decreased from 2s to 1.5s

Pyrrhic Cloak

Retribution damage reflection increased from 60% to 75%

Fallen Sky

Fallen Sky cooldown increased from 15s to 25s

Pirate Hat

Plunder bonus gold for being the killer of a hero increased from 150 to 400

Unrelenting Eye

Relentless now also provides +10% status resistance per enemy within 300 units

Enchantment changes
Brawny

Health bonus decreased from +125/175/225/275 to +125/165/205/245

Mystical

Magic Resistance bonus decreased from +0/10/16/22% to +0/10/14/18%

Vampiric

Lifesteal bonus decreased from +12/16/20% to +12/14/16%
Spell Lifesteal bonus decreased from +8/12/16% to +8/10/12%