This patch is focused primarily on balance improvements. Rather than wait until more content is finished for one bigger patch, I've decided to release a smaller patch first for general gameplay improvements while working on content for next patch. Let me know what you guys think and as always feel free to email me any requests.
Alchemist
- Unstable Concoction stun duration rescaled from 2.5/3/3.5/4 to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4
- Added an AoE effect indicator for the Alchemist player while he is charging his Unstable Concoction
Axe
- Battle Hunger slow increased to 10%
- Cooldown on Aghanim's Culling Blade reduced from 15 to 10 seconds
Bane Elemental
- Brainsap damage rebalanced from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300
- Enfeeble damage rebalanced from 30/60/90/120% to 40/60/80/100% (above 100% didn't work properly)
- Added -disablehelp for Nightmare, to stop direct casting on allies (
3123839)
- Nightmare fixed so it properly stops enemy potions (
3123839)
Batrider
- Fixed a bug with Sticky Napalm overhead text (+1, +2, etc) that was recently added from being visible to the enemy
Beastmaster
- Hawk's HP reduced from 100/200 to 50/100
- Invisibility on Hawk reworked. It now fades out automatically whenever it hasn't moved for 8 seconds.
Bone Fletcher
- Death Pact attack damage rebalanced from 6/7/8% to 4/6/8% of targets HP
Bounty Hunter
- Jinada critical strike increased from 1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0 to 1.5/1.75/2/2.25
- Track cast range increased from 750/950/1150 to 900/1050/1200
Broodmother
- Increased XP given for killing Broodmother's Spiderlings
Clockwerk
- Movement speed increased from 310 to 315
Crystal Maiden
- Crystal Nova slow duration reduced from 5 to 3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds.
- Crystal Nova damage increased from 80/130/180/230 to 100/150/200/250.
Dazzle
- Shallow Grave now has a duration indicator for allies
Dirge
- Fixed over-sized click boundaries for Tombstone
Doom Bringer
- Base armor reduced by 2
- Doom cast range reduced from 650 to 550
Enchantress
- Aghanim's Scepter added to Enchantress (Increases her attack and Impetus range by 150)
Enigma
- Eidolons HP reduced from 200/225/225/275 to 180/200/220/240
Faceless Void
-Strength growth increased from 1.4 to 1.6
Furion
- Wrath of Nature (Aghanim's version) max chain increased from 12/14/16 to 14/16/18
- Force of Nature Treants can now attack air units (
275356)
- Sprout code improved to reduce the chances of heroes sometimes popping out of it
- Sprout targeting change from 6.67 removed
- Wrath of Nature can now be cast through the minimap and it will select the closest unit as the initial target (
275356)
Gyrocopter
- Homing Missile now adds an ally only visual effect on targeted enemies
- Homing Missile cast range increased by 150
- Homing Missile cooldown from 20/18/16/14 to 20/17/14/11
- Rocket Barrage damage improved from 10/12/14/16 to 10/13/16/19
Huskar
- Berserker's Blood attack speed bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12
Invoker
- Invoker now gains attribute points for each orb he levels
Jakiro
- Increased Macropyre (Aghanim's version) travel distance
Juggernaut
- Omnislash no longer wastes a strike by considering banished units in its search
Keeper of the Light
- Recall is now targetable through the minimap
Lone Druid
- Leash range increased to 1100
- True Form movement speed from 270 to 280
- The "-ms" command now shows the movement speed of your Spirit Bear as well (
298418)
- Spirit Bear attack point improved
- Fixed common scenarios where Spirit Bear would miss its attack as the target was moving
- Casting Summon Spirit Bear while the bear is still alive will restore that bear's health instead of not allowing you to cast.
Leoric
- Hellfire Blast damage redistributed to some on impact and some dps (
312517)
- Scoreboard now displays Skeleton King's ultimate cooldown time
- Skeleton King will be automatically selected for you after he reincarnates
Leshrac
- Pulse Nova AoE increased from 300/350/400 to a constant 400
Lina Inverse
- Laguna Blade (Aghanim's version) damage increased from 600/875/1150 to 600/925/1250
Luna
- Eclipse (Aghanim's version) target limit increased from 5 to 6
- Strength growth increased from 1.75 to 1.9
- Movement speed increased from 320 to 330
Lycanthrope
- Shapeshift duration increased from 14/15/16 to a constant 18 seconds
Meepo
- Strength gain increased from 1.3 to 1.6
- Improved Geomancer's base damage by 5
- Fixed some targeting issues with casting poof (
300996)
Magnataur
- Skewer damage rescaled to 70/140/210/280
Morphling
- Adaptive Strike damage type changed from Physical to Magical (
248693)
- Replicate cannot target Morphling's own illusions anymore
Necrolyte
- Attack range reduced from 600 to 550
Pandarean Brewmaster
- Cooldown on the Boulder ability on Primal Split's Earth Panda decreased from 10 to 7 seconds
Phantom Assassin
- Base Strength increased from 17 to 20
- Strength growth decreased from 2.05 to 1.85
- Phantom Strike cooldown from 30/20/10/5 to 20/15/10/5
Phantom Lancer
- Strength growth reduced from 2.0 to 1.7
Pit Lord
- Dark Rift AoE increased from 375 to 450
Priestess of the Moon
- Leap cooldown improved from 40/35/30/20 to 30/26/22/18
Queen of Pain
- Sonic Wave (Agahnim's version) cooldown improved from 120/100/80 to 100/70/40
- Shadow Strike cooldown rescaled from 20/17/14/11 to 20/16/12/8
Razor
- Static Link drains damage over 8 seconds instead of 10.
- Static Link damage per second rescaled from 5/10/15/20 to 7/14/21/28
- Plasma Field cooldown from 16 to 14
Sand King
- Epicenter (Aghanim's version) now gives one more pulse
- Fixed some lag with Epicenter
- Fixed a bug with Sand Storm if you recast it very quickly while still invisible
Shadow Fiend
- Added a new command (-souls) to see the number of souls you have collected
Slark
- Decreased base Agility from 21 to 15 and increased starting damage by the same amount
- Pounce damage rescaled from 50/75/100/125 to 40/80/120/160
- Dark Pact cooldown reduced from 10 to 10/9/8/7
Spirit Breaker
- Greater Bash no longer messes up the target's command
- Nether Strike mana cost from 200/250/300 to 125/150/175
- Nether Strike (Aghanim's version) now Greater Bashes everyone in 250 area around you when you teleport to the primary target (
306008)
Storm Spirit
- Intelligence base and growth reduced from 26 + 2.6 to 23 + 2.2
- Electric Vortex mana cost increased from 100 to 100/110/120/130
Techies
- Base damage increased by 5
- Remote Mine autoselection removed
- Remote Mines cast time reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
- Added a new sub ability Focused Detonate that you can use on the minimap or in an area to detonate all nearby remote mines (AoE of 700) (
297625)
Tinker
- Laser's miss mechanic reworked.
Tiny
- War Club hit count and AoE increased
Terrorblade
- Base Intelligence increased from 15 to 19
- Fixed melee/range item to update properly for Metamorphosis transformation
- Fixed Manta Style interaction with Metamorphosis (so he can use it properly now)
Thrall
- Static Storm cooldown increased from 60 to 75
Troll Warlord
- Battle Trance self duration increased from 8 to 10 seconds
- Fixed melee/range item to update properly for Berserker Rage transformation
Vengeful Spirit
- Magic Missile stun duration rescaled from 1.75 to 1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75
Venomancer
- Plague Ward's bounty increased from 3-9 to 14-17
Viper
- Viper Strike (Aghanim's version) mana cost reduced from 125/175/250 to 125
Guardian Wisp
- Tether Stun duration reduced from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75
- Relocate cooldown increased from 80/60/40 to 90/75/60
Warlock
- Increased Infernal movement speed from 320/330/340 to 320/340/360
- Immolation from multiple Infernals now stack (
281065)
Wind Runner
- Night vision reduced to that of normal heroes (1200->800)
- Shackleshot's search angle reduced from 30 to 26 degrees
Witch Doctor
- Casks first bounce no longer stuns for additional duration, it now lasts the same as all the bounces
- Voodoo Restoration mana cost per second from 6/9/12/15 to 8/14/20/26
Animal Courier
- Automatically upgraded to Flying Courier when you put the recipe on it (
148581)
Aghanim's Scepter
- Now requires all three +10 attribute items instead of 2 and a 1100 gold recipe
Armlet of Mordiggian
- HP regen and lifedrain increased by 2 (overall +2 regen while inactive, no effective change while active)
- Recipe cost decreased from 900 to 700
Boots of Speed
- Movement speed from 50 to 55
Bracer,
Null Talisman &
Wraith Band
- Added +3 bonus damage to Bracer/Null/Wraith
- Increased Bracer/Null/Wraith recipe costs from 175/150/125 to 190/170/150
Buriza Do Kyanon
- Critical strike factor from 2.4 to 2.5
Clarity Potion
- Double clicking on Clarity Potion causes it to be used on your hero
Dagon
- Now requires a Null Talisman instead of a Blades of Attack
Ethereal Blade
- Slow on Ether Blast increased from 30 to 45%
- Cooldown on Ether Blast from 35 to 30
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
- Mana regeneration increased from 125% to 150% to match its components
Ghost Scepter
- Cooldown increased from 25 to 30
- Cost increased from 1500 to 1600
Eye of Skadi
- No longer requires the 300 gold recipe
Hand of Midas
- Transmute now gives 2.5 XP when used on a unit (
2744725)
Healing Salve
- Double clicking on Healing Salve causes it to be used on your hero
Hood of Defiance
- Recipe changed from 2x RoR + Cloak + Helm to 2x RoR + Cloak + RoH (
297602)
Magic Stick &
Magic Wand
- AoE for gaining charges reduced from 1600 to 1200
- No longer give you charges if a spell was cast from the fog of war
Manta Style
- Increased recipe cost by 50 (Yasha recipe cost was reduced by 50)
- Rebalanced Manta Style for melee and ranged heroes
Mjollnir
- Static Charge changed from a chance on attacks to a chance on any damage
- Double click now activates Static Charge on yourself
Monkey King Bar
- Damage increased by 8 to be equal to the total damage from its components
Necronomicon
- Base attack time improved on Necronomicon Warriors from 1.0 to 0.75
Orb of Venom
- Duration increased to 4 seconds
- Price from 600 to 550
Phase Boots
- Readjusted bonuses:
Power Treads
- Attribute reduced bonus from +10 to all attributes to +8 to all attributes
Ring of Basilius
- Armor bonuses rebalanced.
Sange
- Added a 20% Attack Speed reduction to the slow on Maim
- Reduced recipe cost from 750 to 700
Sange and Yasha
- Increased the Attack Speed reduction on Maim's slow from 15% to 30%
Soul Booster
- Mana regen from 10% to 50%
- Health regen from 1hp to 2hp
Stygian Desolator
- Buff duration from 5 to 7 seconds
Urn of Shadows
- Soul Release now causes HP loss instead of magical damage when used on enemies (same overall dps as before, no longer disables dagger)
Yasha
- Reduced recipe cost from 750 to 700
