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Dota 2 patch 7.38c

Released 2025-03-27

General

Dire Safe Lane Jungle

The Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower has been moved forward, away from the Dire base and closer to where the creeps initially meet
The Top Lane creep paths have been slightly adjusted so the creeps meet closer to the Dire tower
The tree lines above and below the tower have been reworked
The Dire Safe Lane hard camp has been moved away from the Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower, and had its tree line reduced and rotated to face the river
The cliff above the Dire Safe Lane small camp has been extended slightly towards the Dire Safe Lane Tier 1 tower, and the small camp has been moved and had its tree line adjusted
The ramp leading to the river and the Roshan Pit from the Dire Safe Lane pull area has been moved towards the Pit slightly
Several additional tree and visual adjustments have been made to this area

Top Roshan Pit

Fixed a spot at the north side of the pit that had incorrect vision rules
Fixed some areas that visually looked pathable but were not

Bottom Lane

Trees have been added around the Dire Bottom Tier 1 tower, and several tree positions adjusted
A tree near the Radiant Safe Lane hard camp has been removed
The Watcher above the secret shop has been repositioned between the ramps from Dire Mid Tier 1 and the bottom Roshan Pit
Fixed unnecessary pathing blockers at the left of the entrance to the Dire Base through the team only gate
Several trees have been removed from the Radiant high ground leading to the Bottom Roshan Pit
Several additional tree and visual adjustments have been made to this area

Heroes

Juggernaut

Slash Jump Radius is no longer increased by AoE bonuses

Tiny

Movement Slow increased from 15/20/25/30% to 20/25/30/35%
Attack Slow increased from 10/20/30/40 to 15/25/35/45
Bonus Damage decreased from 60/120/180 to 55/110/165
Movement Speed Bonus rescaled from 10/20/30 to 15

Windranger

Execute no longer goes through any death denial effects (Dazzle's Shallow Grave, Oracle's False Promise, etc.)
Base Damage increased by 3
Damage on level 1 increased from 44–56 to 47–59

Kunkka

Damage Bonus increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/70/105/140

Lina

Mana Cost decreased from 100/115/130/145 to 100/110/120/130

Tidehunter

Starting attack range and Anchor Smash penalties increased from 50 to 60
Cooldown increased from 25s to 35s

Tinker

Defense Matrix: Mana Cost increased from 80/95/110/125 to 90/105/120/135
Level 15 Talent Defense Matrix Damage Barrier decreased from +75 to +60
Aghanim's Scepter size and health reductions decreased from 15% to 13%

Warlock

Imp explosion delay increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Faceless Void

Movement, Cast and Turn Speed manipulation decreased from 60% to 50%
No longer leashes enemies

Wraith King

Level 10 Talent +25%/-25% Bone Guard Duration / Cooldown replaced with +2s Wraithfire Blast Slow Duration
Cooldown decreased from 50s to 42s
Skeleton Duration increased from 40s to 46s
Cooldown decreased from 17/14/11/8s to 14/12/10/8s
Mana Cost increased from 200 to 225

Phantom Assassin

Cast Range decreased from 1000 to 650/750/850/950

Templar Assassin

Level 25 Talent Refraction Instances increased from +3 to +4
Cooldown decreased from 16s to 14s
Number of instances increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6
Fixed not applying to both attacks if Meld was used twice in quick succession

Luna

No longer bounce to attack-immune targets

Dragon Knight

Bonus Move Speed decreased from 20/25/30/35 to 20

Dazzle

Level 10 Talent Poison Touch Attack Range decreased from +300 to +200
Level 15 Talent +90 Attack Speed replaced with +5s Nothl Projection Duration
No longer has increased healing and damage when bouncing on enemies with Aghanim's Scepter
Cast Range decreased from 600 to 450
Leash pull strength growth increased from 0.5 to 1.5 (This means for every 1 unit past 1600, the strength of the pull will increase by 1.5 unit/s instead of 0.5)
Max Duration decreased from 15s to 12s

Nature's Prophet

Treant Health decreased from 800/1050/1300/1550 to 750/950/1150/1350
Bonus damage per tree decreased from 4% to 3%

Lifestealer

Max HP per hero kill decreased from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30
Mana Cost increased from 75 to 100

Dark Seer

Radius increased from 900 to 1200
Base Damage decreased by 2
Damage at level 1 decreased from 54–60 to 52–58
Level 10 Talent Wall of Replica Illusion Damage decreased from +20% to +15%

Omniknight

Damage increase interval decreased from 0.3s to 0.25s (Time for maximum effect decreased from 6s to 5s)
Cooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12s to 15/14/13/12s

Enchantress

Intelligence gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0

Night Stalker

Heart of Darkness: Bonus health regen at night decreased from 40% to 20%
Level 15 Talent Hunter in the Night Status Resistance decreased from 30% to 20%

Weaver

Bugs are now destroyed if the host unit becomes invulnerable (i.e. using Eul's Scepter of Divinity, etc)

Jakiro

Secondary Damage decreased from 75/125/175/225 to 50/100/150/200
Mana Cost increased from 125/140/155/170 to 135/150/165/180

Batrider

Level 20 Talent 2 Flamebreak Charges replaced with -6s Flamebreak Cooldown
Level 20 Talent Smoldering Resin Duration increased from +2s to +4s
Level 25 Talent Sticky Napalm Damage increased from +15 to +20
Radius increased from 200 to 250
Forced movement applied by Batrider's allies to the lassoed target from certain abilities no longer cancel lasso

Dark Willow's Terrorize
Death Prophet's Spirit Siphon (Fear from Aghanim's Shard)
Keeper of the Light's Will-o-Wisp
Lich's Sinister Gaze
Lone Druid's (and Spirit Bear's) Savage Roar
Muerta's Dead Shot
Pudge's Dismember
Ringmaster's Wheel of Wonder
Shadow Fiend's Requiem of Souls
Terrorblade's Terror Wave
Tinker's Defense Matrix (blink with Translocator facet)
Tinker's Warp Flare (still applies damage, but does not move the target)
Tusk's Walrus Kick (still applies damage, but does not move the target)

The following abilities continue to break the lasso: Centaur Warrunner's Hitch a Ride, Chaos Knight's Reality Rift, Disruptor's Glimpse, Kunkka's X Marks the Spot, Magnus' Reverse Polarity, Mars' Arena of Blood (created by an ally) and Vengeful Spirit's Nether Swap

Chen

Summon Convert: Convert is now considered a creep-hero (It cannot be dominated, persuaded or enchanted, and it isn't instantly killed by Hand of Midas, Mirana's Sacred Arrow, etc.)

Ancient Apparition

Mana Cost increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/55/70/85
Attack Range Bonus decreased from 80/120/160/200 to 60/90/120/150

Alchemist

Unstable Concoction stack count per second of brew time now rounds up to the nearest second (minimum 1 stack)

Silencer

Brain Drain: If Silencer is out of range, Intelligence will now be stolen only if the dying enemy is debuffed by Silencer the moment they die (This effect used to have a grace period equal to the full Assist-gaining duration even when the debuff was removed)

Lycan

Base Strength increased from 26 to 28
Damage at level 1 increased from 50–55 to 52–57

Brewmaster

Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity magic resistance increased from 50% to 80%
Void Brewling's Astral Pull Damage increased from 50/100/150 to 75/150/225
Void Brewling's Astral Pull Distance increased from 300/500/700 to 450/575/700

Meepo

Armor bonus decreased from 2 to 1

Nyx Assassin

Cooldown decreased from 13/11/9/7s to 11/9.5/8/6.5s

Keeper of the Light

Self-cast bonus increased from 25% to 30%

Medusa

Venomous Volley: No longer slows cast speed

Magnus

Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23
Damage at level 1 decreased from 55–63 to 54–62
Damage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300
Self bonus decreased from 50% to 30%

Timbersaw

Damage rescaled from 50/95/140/185 to 45/100/155/210
Bonus HP Regen increased from 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 to 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7

Skywrath Mage

Mana Cost decreased from 85 to 70

Abaddon

Cooldown increased from 14/12/10/8s to 15/13/11/9s
Base Armor decreased by 1
Level 15 Talent Curse of Avernus DPS decreased from +50 to +40
Level 25 Talent Curse of Avernus Attack Speed Bonus decreased from +80 to +65
No longer deals damage to buildings

Legion Commander

Press the Attack duration on allies after duel win is now decreased by 50%

Ember Spirit

Bonus Hero Damage decreased from 40/80/120/160 to 25/70/115/160

Earth Spirit

Level 10 Talent Geomagnetic Grip Cooldown Reduction increased from 2s to 3s
Level 20 Talent Rolling Boulder Damage increased from +160 to +180
Damage rescaled from 120/180/240/300 to 110/180/250/320

Terrorblade

Illusion Damage Taken decreased from 275% to 250%

Oracle

Level 15 Talent -1s Purifying Flames Cooldown replaced with +25% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage
Level 20 Talent +30% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage replaced with -1s Purifying Flames Cooldown
Damage/Heal per second decreased from 35 to 30

Hoodwink

Bonus Damage increased from 40/80/120/160 to 45/90/135/180
Max Damage increased from 550/900/1250 to 600/975/1350 (Damage with Hipshot facet increased from 412.5/675/937.5 to 450/731.25/1012.5)
Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%
Incoming Spell Damage Amp increased from 20% to 25%

Snapfire

Base Damage per shot increased from 20/35/50/65 to 25/40/55/70
No longer interrupted when Snapfire uses items/abilities that can be cast while channeling (Glimmer Cape, etc.) (This also fixes being interrupted when receiving Madstone)

Ring Master

Now indicates the exact position of each enemy hero in the area without revealing their identity
No longer gets knocked off if the damage taken is below 20
No longer gets knocked off from any damage for 1.5s after mounting the unicycle
Can now cast non-channeling spells and pick up runes without dismounting the unicycle (Still requires Ringmaster to be facing in the spell direction)
Now also slows movement of the affected enemy by 45%. Similarly to vision, movement speed is recovering over the debuff time

Marci

Now also increases duration from 6s to 7s
Ally damage increased from 25% to 35%

Primal Beast

Now also provides stacks upon being Silenced
Max Stacks increased from 5 to 6

Muerta

Attack Speed Bonus increased from 15/25/35/45 to 20/30/40/50

Kez

Level 25 Talent Shodo Sai Mark Critical Strike increased from +75% to +100%

Items

Desolator

Damage bonus increased from +50 to +55

Helm of the Dominator

Dominated creep is now considered a creep-hero (It cannot be dominated, persuaded or enchanted, and it isn't instantly killed by Hand of Midas, Mirana's Sacred Arrow, etc.)

Helm of the Overlord

Dominated creep is now considered a creep-hero (It cannot be dominated, persuaded or enchanted, and it isn't instantly killed by Hand of Midas, Mirana's Sacred Arrow, etc.)

Mage Slayer

Mage Slayer damage per second decreased from 25 to 20

Orb of Corrosion

Corrosion armor reduction decreased from 3 to 2

Revenant's Brooch

Spell Lifesteal bonus decreased from +16% to +14%

Spirit Vessel

Soul Release healing, regen and lifesteal reduction increased from 60% to 70%

Neutral items

Artifact changes
Mana Draught

Bottoms Up cooldown increased from 40s to 60s

Orb of Destruction

Impeding Corruption Slow (Melee) decreased from 10% to 8%
Impeding Corruption Slow (Range) decreased from 5% to 4%

Pollywog Charm

Ribbit mana cost decreased from 40 to 0

Ripper's Lash

Flay Bonus Damage (Heroes) increased from 12 to 16

Searing Signet

Burn Through duration increased from 5s to 6s
Burn Through total damage decreased from 75 to 72 (Damage per second decreased from 15 to 12)
Burn Through damage is now classified as Health Removal (It no longer will trigger on hit effects or cancel Blink Daggers)

Nemesis Curse

Glass Cannon self damage amp decreased from 8% to 6%

Crippling Crossbow

Hobble mana cost decreased from 75 to 50

Mind Breaker

Silence Strike cooldown increased from 12s to 16s

Pirate Hat

Plunder steal radius increased from 1200 to 2400

Unrelenting Eye

Relentless enemy search radius increased from 300 to 600

Enchantment changes
Alert

Attack Speed bonus increased from +10/15/20/25 to +10/17/24/35

Mystical

Mana Regen bonus decreased from +1/2/3/4 to +1/1.75/2.5/3.25

Tough

Damage bonus increased from +5/8/11/14 to +7/10/13/17

Keen-eyed

Max Mana reduction decreased from 15% to 10%

Vast

Attack Range bonus increased from +60/90 to +75/110

Crude

Intelligence reduction decreased from 15% to 8%

Timeless

Spell Amplification bonus decreased from +10/20% to +8/16%

Titanic

Base Attack Damage bonus decreased from +15/25% to +10/20%

Feverish

Mana Cost/Mana Loss Increase decreased from +10% to +7%

Wise

Experience per Minute bonus increased from +600 to +1000