Dota 2 7.40 patch notes: Gameplay adjustments and extra

Dota 2 7.40 patch notes reveal a number of important adjustments to gadgets and heroes which are absolutely going to impression the sport’s meta. Major tweaks embrace Diffusal Blade’s manabreak now not being utilized by illusions and Hand of Midas’ transmute now not giving an expertise multiplier.

Update 7.40 arrived alongside a brand new Dota 2 hero, Largo.

Dota 2 7.40 patch notes: Changelog

The patch notes for Dota 2 7.40 are:

General Updates

• Captains Mode
• Changed order of the primary and the third ban phases
• First Ban Phase (First = staff with the primary choose, Second = staff with the second choose)
• OLD: First – Second – Second – First – Second – Second – First
• NEW: First – First – Second – Second – First – Second – Second
• Third Ban Phase
• OLD: First – Second – Second – First
• NEW: First – Second – First – Second
• General Changes
• Talents now not require a talent level to stage
• Now skills are discovered by utilizing their very own expertise factors obtainable at ranges 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30
• This leads to all +2 All Attributes bonuses expert by stage 22
• All Facets that used to have 6 All Attributes bonuses now have 7 bonuses once more
• Tier 4 Towers now have a Barracks Reinforcement buff. Each allied barracks that has not been destroyed offers +4 armor to each Tier 4 towers
• Bonus is for every particular person constructing, totaling in +24 Armor for six Barracks
• Assist Gold Formula Reworked
• OLD: 60 + ( ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) / NumHeroes )
• NEW: 15 + ( ( 50 + ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) ) / NumHeroes )
• Melee Creep: Gold Bounty now will increase by 1 per lane creep improve interval (each 7:30)
• Flagbearer Creep: Gold Bounty now will increase by 1 per lane creep improve interval
• Flagbearer Creep: AoE Bounty Radius elevated from 1200 to 1500
• Flagbearer Creep: When killed by a participant managed unit, the Flagbearer Creep at all times grants Bonus Bounty to the killer’s hero whatever the hero’s proximity to the Flagbearer Creep
• Flagbearer Creep: Bonus Gold from killing Flagbearers is now categorised as creep gold as an alternative of capacity gold
• Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura now not impacts heroes
• Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura now additionally offers a magic resistance bonus to affected creeps beginning with 0% and enhancing by 4% with each lane creep improve interval, as much as a most of 15 upgrades
• Courier respawn time decreased from (60s + 6s per Hero Level) to (45s + 5s per Hero Level)
• Courier now not has a 15% motion pace penalty whereas carrying a Clarity, Enchanted Mango, Faerie Fire, Healing Salve, or Tango
• Flying Courier will now go to a extra obscure purchasing space inside vary of the Secret Shop when utilizing Go To Secret Shop
• All illusions now have 800 daytime imaginative and prescient and 400 nighttime imaginative and prescient
• Map Objectives
• Roshan
• Roshan is now not thought-about a hero for Lifesteal mechanics. As a outcome, Physical Lifesteal from injury to Roshan is diminished by 40%, and Spell Lifesteal from injury to Roshan is diminished by 80%
• Roar of Retribution: Disarm debuff is now not dispellable
• Slam: No longer has double period in opposition to creeps
• Slam: Now offers double injury to creeps
• Tormentor
• Added a Tormentor Timer close to the minimap. Functions equally to the Roshan Timer. Can be pinged to speak the present state of Tormentor
• Pinging Tormentor’s location in world will set off the identical ping because the timer (identical habits the Roshan Timer has)
• The minimap now solely has one Tormentor icon and displays the place Tormentor is or will spawn
• The Shining: Now solely begins dealing injury to the encircling enemies when attacked/broken
• Runes
• Bounty Rune: Now grants gold primarily based on when it was created, not when it was activated
• Haste Rune: Duration now not will increase by 3s per rune cycle, and is at all times 22s now
• Invisibility Rune: No longer grants incoming injury discount
• Terrain Changes
• Extended the streams into each Radiant and Dire bases and added defender’s gate to the skin of the respective secure lanes the place the stream flows
• Removed some timber inside the bottom close to the brand new safelane defender’s gate positions
• The Hard camp nearest to Tier 3 towers the place the streams used to begin has been demoted to a ‘medium’ camp
• Moved the safelane medium amphibian impartial camp closest to the Tier 2 tower up the stream, barely nearer to the respective bases
• Lowered the Wisdom Shrine areas to low floor, in comparison with the respective offlanes, crammed them with water and related to the water areas by the Tier 1 towers
• Moved Wisdom Shrines and Watchers to the low floor and barely nearer to the Tier 1 towers. These Watchers now have imaginative and prescient over the shrines at evening
• Hard camps nearest to Wisdom Shrines have been moved barely again in direction of the bases
• Changed the ‘bridges’ to precise bridges
• Slightly expanded the doorway to the bridge by the Lotus swimming pools and adjusted the realm inside the close by water areas
• The Hard camp within the ‘triangle’ has been demoted to a ‘medium’ camp
• Twin Gate mana value decreased from 75 to 30
• Twin Gates now refund the mana value if the teleporting channel was interrupted
• Cleared up some areas across the Tormentor areas
• The watchers nearest to the mid-lane and close to the small water camps south/north of the tier 1 tower have been eliminated
• The watchers within the major jungles have been repositioned from stairs close to the small camp to the cliff above the bounty runes
• Added further blocks stopping flying motion across the edges of the map (e.g. the highground areas behind the Tormentors will now not be accessible by Batrider throughout Firefly)
• Watcher evening imaginative and prescient vary decreased from 800 to 450
• Watcher seize time decreased from 1.5s to 1s
• Defender’s Gate imaginative and prescient radius elevated from 525 to 700
• Defender’s Gate will now present their imaginative and prescient radius when holding ALT (equally to Wards, Watchers, and many others.)
• Removed a tree between Dire Safelane Tier 1 tower and the small pull camp
• Very barely adjusted the paths and spawn factors of the Radiant Offlane lane creeps, and the place of the Radiant Offlane Tier 2 tower. This leads to creeps pathing to the fitting of the tier 2 tower as an alternative of typically splitting as much as go round it
• Radiant Secret Shop set off space moved barely in direction of the radiant Tier 1 tower and extra centered across the shopkeeper
• Invulnerability Targeting
• Invulnerability focusing on guidelines of sure gadgets and skills have been up to date
• Most gadgets and skills that beforehand may goal and/or have an effect on invulnerable models now not achieve this
• The following spells have been modified:
• Items
• Nullifier’s Nullify can now not goal invulnerable models
• Neutral Creeps
• Satyr Banisher’s Purge can now not goal invulnerable models
• Heroes
• Dark Seer’s Vacuum now not impacts invulnerable models
• Naga Siren’s Ensnare can now not goal invulnerable models until this invulnerability is supplied by Song of the Siren
• Ogre Magi’s Bloodlust can now not goal invulnerable models
• Can nonetheless goal invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the earlier ones are usually not destroyed)
• Oracle’s Fortune’s End can now not goal invulnerable models, however does have an effect on invulnerable models within the radius
• Shadow Demon’s Demonic Purge can now not goal invulnerable models
• Shadow Demon’s Demonic Cleanse can now not goal invulnerable models
• Sniper’s Assassinate can now not goal invulnerable models
• Sven’s Storm Hammer with Aghanim’s Scepter can now not goal invulnerable models, however does have an effect on invulnerable models within the radius
• Vengeful Spirit’s Nether Swap can now not goal invulnerable models
• Since Cyclone results additionally make the unit invulnerable, all adjustments talked about above apply to them as nicely. As a outcome, there are these particular circumstances:
• Nullifier’s Nullify will dispel Cyclone off the goal instantly if Cyclone was forged on a unit already affected by the Nullify debuff
• Oracle’s Fortune’s End can’t goal Cycloned models, however will dispel Cyclone off the models in AoE across the goal
• Sven’s Storm Hammer with Aghanim’s Scepter can’t goal Cycloned models, however will dispel Cyclone off the models in AoE across the goal
• All three of those may also dispel Cyclone if the spell projectile was launched (or began channeling) earlier than the goal received Cycloned

Neutral Creep Updates

• Satyr Mindstealer
• Mana Burn goal’s intelligence multiplier decreased from 2/2.5/3/4x to 1/1.5/2/2.5x
• Satyr Banisher
• Purge can now not goal invulnerable models

Item Updates

• Clarity
• Initial and most inventory elevated from 4 to five
• Cost elevated from 50 to 60
• Healing Salve
• Initial and most inventory elevated from 4 to five
• No longer has half period when forged on an ally
• Now heals for half the quantity per second when forged on an ally
• Iron Branch
• Cost elevated from 50 to 55
• Observer Ward
• Observer Wards can’t be planted inside 300 models of one other Observer Ward from the identical staff that has been planted inside the final second
• Plant now not elevated by forged vary will increase
• Sentry Ward
• Sentry Wards can’t be planted inside 300 models of one other Sentry Ward from the identical staff that has been planted inside the final second
• Plant now not elevated by forged vary will increase
• Smoke of Deceit
• Can be used instantly from the backpack
• Has no cooldown when coming into the primary stock from the backpack
• Tango
• Initial and most inventory elevated from 8 to 10
• Shared Tango now heals for half the quantity per second
• Roshan’s Banner
• Now upgrades with every subsequent drop
• Effect radius rescaled from 650 to 600/900/1200
• Hits to kill elevated from 6 to six/8/10
• Ghost Scepter
• Ghost Form magic injury vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%
• Ring of Tarrasque
• Cost decreased from 1800 to 1700
• Shadow Amulet
• Cost decreased from 1000 to 900
• Tiara of Selemene
• Cost decreased from 1800 to 1700
• Voodoo Mask
• Cost decreased from 700 to 650
• Bloodstone
• Total value decreased from 4400 to 4350 on account of Voodoo Mask value lower
• Spell Lifesteal bonus elevated from +20% to +25%
• Bloodpact spell lifesteal multiplier decreased from 4x to 3x
• Boots of Bearing
• Recipe modified
• Now additionally requires Ring of Tarrasque (1700)
• No longer requires a 1700g recipe. Total value unchanged at 4225
• Health Regen bonus elevated from +15 to +18
• Crimson Guard
• Guard buff is now not dispellable
• Dagon
• Total value decreased from 2850 to 2800 on account of Voodoo Mask value lower
• Total value for all ranges decreased from 2850/4000/5150/6300/7450 to 2800/3950/5100/6250/7400
• Diffusal Blade
• Manabreak now not utilized by illusions
• Disperser
• Suppress now applies fundamental dispel to any goal
• Manabreak now not utilized by illusions
• Ethereal Blade
• Recipe modified
• Now requires Ultimate Orb (2800) as an alternative of Aether Lens (2275)
• Recipe value decreased from 1600 to 900. Total value decreased from 5375 to 5200
• No longer offers +300 Mana, +3 Mana Regen, or +250 Cast Range
• All Attributes bonus elevated from +8 to +24
• Ether Blast magic injury vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%
• Ether Blast attributes as injury modified from (1.5x the goal’s major attribute) to (1x the sum of the caster’s attributes)
• Glimmer Cape
• Recipe value elevated from 350 to 450. Total value unchanged at 2150 on account of Shadow Amulet value lower
• Guardian Greaves
• Recipe modified
• No longer requires a Buckler
• Recipe value decreased from 1450 to 1125. Total value decreased from 5050 to 4300
• Armor bonus elevated from +4 to +5
• Guardian Aura now not offers armor
• Guardian Aura now not offers further bonuses when beneath 25% well being to anybody however the wearer
• Guardian Aura now not offers elevated armor and elevated mana regeneration when beneath 25% well being
• Still offers bonus well being regeneration to the wearer when beneath 25% well being
• Hand of Midas
• Transmute now not has an expertise multiplier
• Transmute cost restore time decreased from 110s to 90s
• Heart of Tarrasque
• Total value decreased from 5200 to 5100 on account of Ring of Tarrasque value lower
• Max Health Regen bonus decreased from +1.4% to +1%
• Behemoth’s Blood: New Passive Ability
• Wearer’s well being regen is elevated by 1.5% of lacking well being
• Multiple situations of Behemoth’s Blood do not stack
• Heaven’s Halberd
• Disarm is now solely dispellable by sturdy dispels
• Disarm now not has separate disarm durations for melee and ranged targets. Duration is at all times 3 seconds
• Disarm cooldown elevated from 18s to 20s
• Helm of the Dominator
• Dominate gold and expertise bounty when dominating a creep decreased from 100% to 50%
• Holy Locket
• Recipe modified
• Now requires Crown (450) as an alternative of Diadem (1000)
• Recipe value elevated from 800 to 1340. Total value unchanged at 2250 on account of Iron Branch value enhance
• All Attributes bonus decreased from +9 to +7
• Energy Charge computerized cost acquire time elevated from 8s to 10s
• Energy Charge max prices elevated from 20 to 25
• Energy Charge forged vary elevated from 500 to 600
• Energy Charge mana restore per cost decreased from 17 to fifteen
• Energy Charge lively now additionally will increase the goal’s incoming Healing Amplification by 10% for 4s
• Khanda
• Recipe modified
• Now requires Soul Booster (3000) as an alternative of Tiara of Selemene (1800)
• No longer requires a 1200g recipe. Total value unchanged at 5600
• Now additionally offers +7 Health Regeneration
• Mana Regen bonus decreased from +8 to +3
• Health bonus elevated from +200 to +450
• Mana bonus elevated from +200 to +450
• Magic Wand
• Total value elevated from 450 to 460 on account of Iron Branch value enhance
• Mekansm
• Armor bonus elevated from +4 to +5
• Meteor Hammer
• Meteor Hammer stun period elevated from 0.5s to 0.75s
• Nullifier
• Nullify can now not goal invulnerable models
• Octarine Core
• Can now not be disassembled
• Now additionally requires a 200g recipe
• Total value elevated from 4800 to 4900 on account of Tiara of Selemene value lower
• Pavise
• Armor bonus elevated from +2 to +3
• Perseverance
• Can now be disassembled
• Pipe of Insight
• Recipe value elevated from 700 to 800
• Total value unchanged at 3725 on account of Ring of Tarrasque value lower
• Phylactery
• Recipe modified
• Now requires Perseverance (1400) as an alternative of Point Booster (1200)
• Recipe value decreased from 300 to 200. Total value elevated from 2500 to 2600
• No longer offers +200 Health and +200 Mana
• Now additionally offers +6.5 Health Regen and +2.5 Mana Regen
• Radiance
• Evasion bonus elevated from +15% to +25%
• Burn now not causes enemies to overlook 15% of their assaults
• Burn now not does additional injury to illusions
• Refresher Orb
• Recipe modified
• No longer requires Cornucopia
• Recipe value elevated from 200 to 1600. Total value unchanged at 5000 on account of Ring of Tarrasque and Tiara of Selemene value lower
• No longer offers +10 Damage
• Health Regen bonus decreased from +18 to +12
• Mana Regen bonus decreased from +8 to +6
• Revenant’s Brooch
• Recipe value elevated from 600 to 650. Total value unchanged at 3300 on account of Voodoo Mask value lower
• Scythe of Vyse
• Recipe value elevated from 600 to 700
• Total value unchanged at 5200 on account of Tiara of Selemene value lower
• Shadow Blade
• Total value decreased from 3350 to 3250 on account of Shadow Amulet value lower
• Shiva’s Guard
• Arctic Blast now not does additional injury to illusions
• Silver Edge
• Total value decreased from 5800 to 5700 on account of Shadow Amulet value lower
• Shadow Walk debuff now caps the goal’s motion pace to 200. This debuff just isn’t dispellable and doesn’t pierce debuff immunity
• Urn of Shadows
• Bonus Mana Regen decreased from +1.4 to +1.25
• Soul Release cost acquire radius elevated from 1400 to 1500
• Soul Release prices can now be gained by all copies of Urn of Shadows merchandise
• This change is unique to Urn of Shadows and does not have an effect on Spirit Vessel
• Soul Release prices can now be gained by each Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the identical hero dying
• Example to indicate the results of these two adjustments:
• Two allied heroes. Both of them have each Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel. An enemy hero dies inside 1500 vary from them. Both Urns of Shadows will acquire a cost. Spirit Vessel may also acquire a cost as nicely, however just for the ally that was nearer to the dying enemy
• Spirit Vessel
• Soul Release cost acquire radius elevated from 1400 to 1500
• Soul Release prices can now be gained by each Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel from the identical hero dying
• Veil of Discord
• Recipe modified
• Now requires Ring of Health (700), Chainmail (550), Circlet (155), and a 320 gold recipe. Total value unchanged at 1725
• Used to require Helm of Iron Will (975), Crown (450), and a 300 gold recipe
• Health Regen bonus elevated from +4 to +4.5
• Wind Waker
• Cyclone cooldown elevated from 16s to 19s
• Wraith Band
• Attack Speed bonus elevated from +5 to +6

Neutral Item Updates

• Artifact adjustments
• Ripper’s Lash
• Item cycled out
• Sister’s Shroud
• Item cycled out
• Spark of Courage
• Item cycled out
• Ash Legion Shield
• New Tier 1 Artifact
• Active: Shield Wall. Decreases wearer’s motion pace by 12 to present all pleasant player-controlled models inside 800 radius a 140 bodily injury barrier. Duration: 6s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 40s
• Doesn’t have an effect on ward models
• Duelist Gloves
• Returning as a Tier 1 Neutral Artifact
• Passive: Boldness. Provides 20 assault pace if there are any enemy heroes inside 1200 models
• Weighted Dice
• New Tier 1 Artifact
• Passive: Loaded. When calculating wearer’s base injury or creep bounty from final hits, the worth is computed 2 occasions and the very best worth is taken
• Brigand’s Blade
• Item cycled out
• Defiant Shell
• Returning as a Tier 2 Neutral Artifact
• Passive: Reciprocity. When attacked, the hero counter-attacks a goal inside their assault vary for 80% of their regular assault injury. Cooldown: 5s. Can’t proc assault modifiers
• Dormant Curio will increase counter-attack injury from 80% to 104%
• Searing Signet
• Burn Through complete injury elevated from 72 to 90
• Dormant Curio Total Damage elevated from 93.6 to 117
• Burn Through now does 50% much less injury to non-hero targets
• Gale Guard
• Item cycled out
• Jidi Pollen Bag
• Pollinate Duration decreased from 12s to 9s
• Pollinate Max Health Damage decreased from 12% to 9%
• Dormant Curio Max Health Damage decreased from 15.6% to 11.7%
• Pollinate Cooldown decreased from 45s to 25s
• Psychic Headband
• Psychic Push can now goal allies
• Still cannot goal the wearer themself
• Unrelenting Eye
• Moved from Tier 5 to Tier 3
• Relentless now not offers standing resistance for close by enemies
• Relentless max sluggish resistance decreased from 100% to 50%
• Dormant Curio Max Slow Resistance decreased from 130% to 65%
• Relentless sluggish resistance loss per enemy hero in vary decreased from 20% to 10%
• Relentless search radius modified from 600 to the hero’s assault vary
• Magnifying Monocle
• Item cycled out
• Outworld Staff
• Item cycled out
• Pyrrhic Cloak
• Item cycled out
• Flayer’s Bota
• New Tier 4 Artifact
• Active: Bloodthirst. Increases wearer’s base injury by 15% and assault pace by 30 for 6s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 65s
• Passive: Bloodrush. The cooldown of Bloodthirst is reset at any time when an enemy hero dies with 1200 models
• Dormant Curio will increase bonus base injury from 15% to 19.5% and assault pace from 30 to 39
• Giant’s Maul
• Crushing Blow important injury decreased from 150% to 140%
• Dormant Curio important injury decreased from 195% to 182%
• Idol of Scree’Auk
• New Tier 4 Artifact
• Active: False Flight. Grants phased motion, 50% sluggish resistance, and 25% evasion for 5s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 30s
• Dormant Curio will increase period from 5s to six.5s
• Metamorphic Mandible
• New Tier 4 Artifact
• Active: Pupate. The wearer enters an insect kind for 4 seconds, growing magic resistance by 35% and motion pace by 15%, however lowering measurement by 20% and armor by 45%. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 30s. Can be dispelled. Can’t be forged whereas channeling
• Dormant Curio will increase period from 4s to five.2s
• Rattlecage
• Returning as a Tier 4 Neutral Artifact
• Passive: Reverberate. After taking 180 injury from any supply, the wearer fires as much as 2 projectiles at random close by enemies inside a 600 unit radius, prioritizing heroes, that deal 110 injury and slows the targets motion and assault pace by 100% for 0.2s
• Dormant Curio will increase injury from 110 to 143
• Helm of the Undying
• Item cycled out
• Dezun Bloodrite
• Moved from Tier 4 to Tier 5
• Blood Invocation space of impact bonus elevated from 12% to 16%
• Dormant Curio Area of Effect bonus elevated from 15.6% to twenty.8%
• Riftshadow Prism
• New Tier 5 Artifact
• Active: Refract. Spends 10% of the wearer’s present well being to create a full well being phantasm that lasts for 20s. The phantasm has 50% outgoing injury and 240% incoming injury. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 30s
• Dormant Curio will increase phantasm outgoing injury from 50% to 65%

You can test the remainder of the Dota 2 7.40 patch notes involving the hero updates right here.