Version 4.7.6

Design

General

• Invulnerability state when respawning now expires immediately upon moving (instead of having to move 300 units to expire the state early).

Heroes

 Andromeda

• Strength gain per level reduced from 2.6 to 2.5.

 Artillery

• Agility gain per level from 2.6 to 2.4.
• Strength gain per level from 2.0 to 1.8.

 Balphagore

• Corpse Conversion
  • Minion Max Health reduced from 275/350/425/500 to 250/325/400/475.

 Berzerker

• Base Movement Speed reduced from 310 to 300.
• Strength gain per level reduced from 3.2 to 3.0.

 Blitz

• Strength gain per level reduced from 1.8 to 1.7.

 Bramble

• Ensnaring Shrubbery
  • Movement Speed Slow for enemies increased from 15% to 20%.
  • Healing percentage of damage taken increased from 30% to 35%.

 Circe

• Doppelganger
  • Cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 11 seconds.

 Cthulhuphant

• Base Strength reduced from 24 to 23.
• Strength gain per level reduced from 3.5 to 3.2.
• Agility gain per level reduced from 1.6 to 1.5.
• Trample
  • Stun duration reduced from 1.5/1.76/2/2.25 seconds to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds.

 Demented Shaman

• Storm Cloud
  • Armor gain/loss and duration increased from 8/16/24 to 12/18/24 (seconds).
  • Now has a Staff of the Master effect: increases the radius to 800, and increases the Armor gain/loss and duration to 18/24/30 (seconds).

 Devourer

• Guttling Hook
  • Staff of the Master effect change only: Cast Range bonus reduced from 500 to 400.

 Ellonia

• Base Strength increased from 16 to 17.
• Strength gain per level increased from 1.6 to 1.7.
• Glacial Spike
  • Mana Cost reduced from 70/80/90/100 to 60/70/80/90.
• Frigid Field
  • Mana Cost reduced from 50/60/70/80 to 40/50/60/70.

 Fayde

• Shadow Walk
  • Cooldown increased from 20/16/12/8 seconds to 22/19/16/13 seconds.

 Flint Beastwood

• Base Movement Speed increased from 290 to 295.
• Money Shot
  • Staff of the Master: in addition to its current effects, Flint Beastwood shoots a second Money Shot with 50% power to the nearest enemy hero within 1500 radius of the target.

 Gemini

• Twin Breath
  • Cooldown increased from 12 seconds to 13 seconds.
• Twin Fangs
  • Cooldown increased from 12 seconds to 13 seconds.
• Fire and Ice
  • Cooldown increased from 30 seconds to 45 seconds.

 Glacius

• Tundra Blast
  • Tapering Movement Speed Slow tapering start time increased from 50% to 75% of the elapsed state duration.

This is a buff, as the tapering mechanic occurs later in the state duration (not earlier).

 Goldenveil

• Perch & Plunge
  • Perch's initial Mana Cost increased from 40 to 50.
  • Perch's Mana Cost while already perched on a tree increased from 0 to 15.
  • Plunge's Mana Cost increased from 40/60/80/100 to 50/70/90/110.

 Kane

• Waylay
  • Cast scheme changed from Facing to Target Position (i.e. you can now aim Waylay properly instead of relying on the direction your hero is facing).
  • Effective Cast Range is now properly set to the intended value.
    • Waylay's effective range was 500 instead of 610 (i.e. it was subtracting the effective radius of the ability when it was not meant to).
      • This effectively results in an effective Range increase of 110 units.
• Steel Resolve
  • In addition to its current effects, Kane now deals a bonus 5% of the target's Attack Damage to them per charge of Steel Resolve active on the target when Kane attacks them.
    • Effectively results in a max potential 5/10/15/20% of the target's Attack Damage added to Kane's autoattacks.
• Face Off
  • Duration reduced from 3.5/4.5/5.5 seconds to 3.5/4.25/5 seconds.

 Keeper of the Forest

• Animate Forest
  • Animated Tree's Max Health reduced from 600 to 500.
  • Animated Tree's Attack Damage reduced from 30 to 25.
• Strength in Numbers
  • Animated Tree's Max Health reduced from 300 to 250.
  • Animated Tree's Attack Damage reduced from 30 to 25.

 Martyr

• Retribution
  • Mana Cost increased from 80/90/100/110 to 95/105/115/125.
• Guardian Angel
  • Cast Range reduced from 800 to 700.
  • Cast Action Time increased from 300ms to 500ms.
  • Duration reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
• Sol's Conviction
  • Cooldown reduced from 45/39/33/27 seconds to 40/34/28/22 seconds.

 Moira

• Ephemeral Forge
  • Cast Range changed from 3500/4000/4500/5000 to 2000/3000/4000/5000.

 Oogie

• Primal Surge
  • Duration reduced from 14 seconds to 12 seconds.

 Pandamonium

• Flurry
  • Mana Cost increased from 20 to 30.
• Flick
  • Mana Cost increased from 40 to 50.

 Parallax

• Ionic Dash
  • Tapering Movement Speed Slow tapering start time decreased from 20% to 0% of the elapsed state duration.

This is a nerf, as the tapering mechanic occurs earlier in the state duration.

 Pearl

• Asphyxiate
  • Magic Damage on the second impact changed from 80/120/160/200 to 80/130/150/170.
• Whirlbubble
  • Magic Damage changed from 80/150/220/290 to 90/150/195/240.
• Bubble Pop
  • Magic Damage dealt to enemies changed from 50/100/150/200 to 80/100/120/140.
• Preservation
  • Stun duration (when knocked back by the bubble) reduced from 1.2 seconds to 1 second.

 Pebbles

• Group Chuck ( Enlarge when boosted with Staff of the Master)
  • Cast Range changed from 700/900/1100 to 1100.
    • This makes it so that Group Chuck's Cast Range matches level 4 Chuck's Cast Range upon receiving Staff of the Master's effects.

 Pharaoh

• Base Movement Speed reduced from 310 to 305.

 Qi

• Crippling Puncture
  • Movement Speed Slow reduced from 40% to 30%.
• A Thousand Cuts
  • Mana Cost increased from 70/80/90/100 to 90/110/130/150.
  • Mana removed from Qi per second while active increased from 5 to 5/10/15/20.
  • Cooldown increased from 2.5 seconds to 3 seconds.
  • Initial touch radius for proccing the non-DoT Superior Magic Damage increased from 100 units to 115 units.
  • Return touch radius for proccing the non-DoT Superior Magic Damage reduced from 250 units to 115 units.
• Enlightenment
  • Superior Magic Damage dealt by Qi's Ability Damage reduced from 20/30/40/50% to 16/24/32/40% of the target's Attack Damage.
  • Ability DoT sources now only proc Enlightenment's effects for 0.7x effectiveness (as opposed to 1x effectiveness) against enemy heroes.
  • Now only applies for Qi's non-ultimate Ability damage sources.
• Ancestral Assault
  • Cooldown increased from 60 seconds to 80 seconds.
  • Number of explosions increased from 1/2/3 to 3/4/5.
  • Time interval between explosions reduced from 200ms to 100ms.
  • Ability no longer procs Enlightenment's effects.
  • Each of Ancestral Assault's explosions now deal Superior Magic Damage equal to 25 + 60/70/80% of the affected enemy's Attack Damage (changed from 150 Superior Magic Damage per explosion).

 Sapphire

• Base Strength reduced from 17 to 16.
• Strength gain per level reduced from 2.0 to 1.8.
• Agility gain per level reduced from 2.7 to 2.6.
• Starting Armor reduced from 4.22 to 2.5.
• Base Movement Speed reduced from 300 to 295.
• Reckless Charge
  • Magic Damage for the initial charge impact and for the collision impact reduced from 50/90/130/170 to 40/80/120/160.
  • Stun duration for the collision impact reduced from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 seconds to 1.1/1.4/1.7/2 seconds.
  • Stun duration for the collision impact with the Unstable Shard is now the same duration as the regular collision impact stun duration.
  • Jump recoil distance for self reduced from 200 units to 100 units.
• Unstable Shard
  • Movement Speed Slow reduced from 10/15/20/25% to 10/13/16/20%.
  • Area Magic Damage upon hitting the Unstable Shard changed from 80/100/120/140% to 100/105/110/115% of the Attacker's Attack Damage.
  • Maximum number of times Unstable Shard can be hit by allies reduced from 10 hits to 3/4/5/6 hits.
  • Area Magic Damage multiplier against non-hero units increased from 0.75x to 1x.
• Quickshield
  • Duration reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • Cooldown reduced from 20 to 18 seconds.
• Crystallize
  • Cast Action Time increased from 0.5 seconds to 1 second.

 Soulstealer

• Strength gain per level reduced from 2.4 to 2.2.
• Base Movement Speed reduced from 310 to 305.

 Tremble

• Dark Swarm
  • Damage reduction from enemies outside Dark Swarm that damage Tremble decreased from 60% to 25/30/35/40%.
• Terrorform
  • Terror Mounds cooldown increased from 20 seconds to 40 seconds.
  • Terror Port cooldown increased from 40 seconds to 60 seconds.
  • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 10/20/30/40% to 10/15/20/25%.
  • Stealth linger time upon exiting a Terror Mound reduced from 2 seconds to 0.2 seconds.
    • Movement Speed and Health Regeneration bonuses still linger for 2 seconds upon exiting a Terror Mound.
• Hive Mind
  • Immobilize duration reduced from 3/4/5 seconds to 2/3/4 seconds.

 Valkyrie

• Valkyrie's Prism
  • Cooldown changed from 135/115/95 seconds to 125/110/95 seconds.
  • Movement Speed bonus increased from 10% to 12%.

 War Beast

• Summon Hellhounds
  • Hellhound Health reduced from 425/450/475/500 to 400/425/450/475.
  • Hellhound Attack Damage reduced from 30/38/46/55 to 30/38/46/54.

Items

Dreamcatcher

• The heal state for allies is no longer completely dispelled upon receiving damage from non-Lane-Creep enemy sources.
• Instead, the effectiveness of the heal state (including the bonus Health Regeneration and Bonus Healing Received) is reduced by 60% upon receiving damage from non-Lane-Creep enemy sources.

Dreamcatcher now has a viable in-combat option when casting it on ally heroes. Given the correct hero lineup and healing sources, this has the potential to meaningfully increase the survivability of targeted heroes.

Plated Greaves

• Base Armor bonus on the active state for ally heroes & structures reduced from 3 to 2.
  • This also affects the doubled Armor bonus for the first 10 seconds.

Sand Scepter

• Immobilize duration for enemies and Movement Speed increase duration for allies reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
• Bonus Movement Speed for allies reduced from 60% to 40%.
• Recipe cost reduced from 900  to 800 .
  • Total cost reduced from 2400  to 2300 .

Toxin Claws

• Can now be purchased at the Outpost.

Shield of the Five

• Base Armor bonus on the active state for ally heroes & structures reduced from 3 to 2.
  • This also affects the doubled Armor bonus for the first 10 seconds.

Matchmaking Maps & Modes

• Champions of Newerth (CoN)
  • Map: Forests of Caldavar
  • Mode: Ranked Pick
• Mid Wars
  • Hero Ban
  • Single Draft

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

General

• Logging out, disconnecting from a game, and switching to subaccounts no longer freezes the game for ~3-10 seconds.

Heroes

 Chronos

• Rewind sound effects now have reduced volume when triggered.