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Dota 2 patch 7.40c

Released 2026-01-21

Heroes

Axe

Strength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.7
Level 15 Talent Battle Hunger Damage Per Second decreased from +10 to +8

Bloodseeker

Level 10 Talent Health increased from +175 to +200
Level 20 Talent Agility decreased from +20 to +15
Level 20 Talent Rupture Cast Range decreased from +425 to +400
Max Health Damage per second decreased from 1.4% to 1.2%

Drow Ranger

Level 25 Talent Marksmanship Chance decreased from +10% to +8%

Earthshaker

Mana Cost decreased from 120/125/130/135 to 115/120/125/130

Phantom Lancer

Min Damage at level 1 decreased from 18% to 17% (Increment value per 3 level ups is still 2%)
Mana Cost increased from 50 to 70

Pudge

Mana Cost increased from 50/60/70/80 to 65/70/75/80

Slardar

Strength gain decreased from 3.6 to 3.4
Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +300 to +250

Tidehunter

Base Strength decreased from 27 to 26
Damage at level 1 decreased from 52–58 to 51–57

Phantom Assassin

Level 10 Talent Stifling Dagger Cooldown Reduction increased from 1.5s to 2s

Viper

Level 20 Talent Predator Damage Per Missing Health increased from +0.25 to +0.3
Level 20 Talent Viper Strike DPS decreased from +80 to +70
Damage per second rescaled from 8/16/24/32 to 10/15/20/25

Nature's Prophet

Treant Damage increased from 16/24/32/40 to 16/25/34/43

Dark Seer

Base Armor increased by 1

Clinkz

Level 15 Talent Attack Range decreased from +60 to +50
Level 25 Talent Searing Arrows Multishot no longer applies to Skeleton Archers
Skeleton Building Damage penalty increased from 25% to 75% (Also applies to Burning Army skeletons)
No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter

Now Aghanim's Scepter only provides Burning Army ability without increasing Skeleton Archer Hits to Kill by 1

Huskar

Cooldown increased from 50/40/30/20s to 60/50/40/30s

Broodmother

Enemy Restoration Reduction decreased from 10/30/50/70% to 10/25/40/55%
Level 15 Talent Incapacitating Bite Attack Bonus decreased from +8 to +6
Level 25 Talent BAT Reduction during Insatiable Hunger decreased from 0.2s to 0.15s
Max Charges decreased from 4/6/8/10 to 3/5/7/9
No longer applied by illusions

Jakiro

Base Intelligence decreased from 26 to 25
Damage at level 1 decreased from 53–61 to 52–60
Path Duration decreased from 3/3.5/4/4.5s to 2.6/3.1/3.6/4.1s

Batrider

Agility gain increased from 1.8 to 2.0
Damage gain per level increased from 3.4 to 3.5

Spectre

Strength gain decreased from 2.5 to 2.4
Level 20 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +325
Level 25 Talent All Spectre Illusion Damage decreased from +20% to +15%

Doom

Mana Cost decreased from 40 to 35

Ursa

Damage per attack decreased from 13/21/29/37 to 12/20/28/36

Gyrocopter

Base Attack Speed decreased from 125 to 115
Agility gain increased from 3.2 to 3.4
Level 25 Talent Call Down Cooldown Reduction increased from 30s to 40s

Brewmaster

Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per second increased from 2% to 2.5%
Earth Brawler Armor increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/5/7/9

Shadow Demon

Health loss decreased from 9/11/13/15% to 9/10/11/12%

Lone Druid

Base Agility increased from 20 to 22
Damage at level 1 increased from 42–46 to 44–48
Level 25 Talent Slow Resistance during True Form increased from 60% to 70%
Duration increased from 0.8/1.2/1.6/2s to 1.1/1.4/1.7/2s

Meepo

Level 10 Talent Poof Damage decreased from +50 to +40
Level 20 Talent Ransack Health Steal decreased from +8 to +7
Poof damage factor per additional Meepo decreased from 75% to 50%

Treant Protector

Eyes now have a 50g bounty when killed

Rubick

Cooldown decreased from 23/20/17/14s to 22/19/16/13s

Slark

Stack Restoration Steal rescaled from 3/4/5/6% to 2/4/6/8%
Stack Regen Steal increased from 2/3/4/5 to 2/4/6/8
Stack Speed Steal increased from 2/3/4/5 to 2/4/6/8

Timbersaw

Base Strength decreased from 26 to 23
Damage at level 1 decreased from 49–53 to 46–50
Strength gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6
Level 15 Talent Whirling Death Stat Loss decreased from +2.5% to +2%

Abaddon

No longer applied by illusions

Legion Commander

Aghanim's Scepter Duration decreased from 5.5/6/6.5s to 5/5.5/6s

Ember Spirit

Duration decreased from 1.5/2/2.5/3s to 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75s
Damage Per Second rescaled from 50/70/90/110 to 100

Terrorblade

Level 15 Talent Reflection Slow/Damage increased from +10% to +15%
Mana Cost decreased from 55/65/75/85 to 50/60/70/80
Cooldown decreased from 120/80/40s to 110/75/40s
No longer affects Reflection illusions

Monkey King

Level 10 Talent Primal Spring Max Damage increased from +85 to +90
Bonus Damage increased from 30/75/120/165 to 30/80/130/180

Pangolier

Base Strength increased from 19 to 20
Chance Reduction increased from 40% to 50%
Cooldown decreased from 20/17/14/11s to 19/16/13/10s

Grimstroke

Base damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 decreased from 46–50 to 47–51
Level 15 Talent Ink Swell Movement Speed increased from +12% to +15%
Cast Range increased from 500/600/700/800 to 650/700/750/800

Ring Master

Stink cloud radius increased from 200 to 250
Base Agility decreased from 13 to 11
Agility gain increased from 1.4 to 1.6

Largo

Added to Captains Mode
Intelligence gain increased from 2.4 to 2.6
Damage per stomp increased from 35/45/55/65 to 36/48/60/72
Now can be toggled while silenced
Radius increased from 750 to 800

#1961

Roots and leashes will now interrupt Return's channeling (Previously they only prevented casting of Return, but had no effect if applied during the channelling)
Duration increased from 0.8/1.2/1.6/2s to 1.1/1.4/1.7/2s

Items

Khanda

Can now be disassembled

Phylactery

All Attributes bonus decreased from 7 to 6
Mana Regen decreased from 2.5 to 2.25