6.81 Patch notes
General:
- Ancient creeps no longer aggro lane creeps
- Game starts at nighttime and goes into daytime at 0:00.
Heroes:
Ancient Apparition
- Chilling touch AS reduction increased from 15% to 18%
Beastmaster
- Base HP regen increased from 0.25 to 1.25
Bloodseeker
- Cast point reduced from 0.6 to 0.3
Bristleback:
- Base armor reduced by 1
- Agility gain increased from 1.8 to 2.3
Broodmother:
- Enabled in Captain’s Mode
Centaur Warrunner:
- Return base damage reduced from 16/18/20/22 to 14/16/18/20
- Return bonus damage rescaled from 26%/34%/42%/50% to 20%/30%/40%/50%
Chaos Knight:
- Chaos Bolt Mana cost rescaled from 140 to 110/120/130/140
Dark Seer:
- Vacuum cooldown increased from 28 to 30
- Reworked Surge
Old
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Charges a target friendly unit with power, giving it a brief burst of maximum movement speed.
Range: 600
Duration: 3/4.5/6/7.5
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9
Mana Cost: 20/30/40/50
New
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Charges a target friendly unit with power, increasing its movement speed by a fixed amount. A hero affected by Surge can go beyond 522 movement speed. Effects that reduce a hero movement speed have no effect as long as the surge bonus is active.
Range: 600
Duration: 2/3/4/5
MS Increase: 100/150/200/250
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9
Mana Cost: 20/40/60/80
Dazzle:
- Starting armor reduced by 1
Doom:
- Doom now disables Assault Cuirass Aura
Drow Ranger:
- Marksmanship buff has a 1s fade time from the moment a unit enters its deactivation radius
Earth Spirit:
- Decreased Charge Restore Time on Stone Remnant by 5 seconds
- Enabled in Captain’s Mode
Ember Spirit:
- Sleight of Fist no longer hits units in fog of war
Faceless Void:
- Base attack time improved from 1.7 to 1.6
Gyrocopter:
- Aghanim’s Scepter now gives vision on an 800 AOE around the target area for the duration of the spell and reduces cooldown to 25
Huskar:
- Base armor increased by 2
- Burning Spear self damage changed from HP removal to Magic damage
Jakiro:
- Dual breath now reduces affected units turn rate by 20%/30%/40%/50% for 5 seconds
Juggernaut:
- Str gain increased from 1.9 to 2.3
Leshrac:
- Cast point on Lightning Storm reduced from 0.7 to 0.5
Lich:
- Dark Ritual now only converts 80% of the creep’s experience
Luna:
- Lunar Blessing rescaled from 14/22/30/38 to 11/20/29/38
Lycan:
- Howl duration reduced from 12 to 9
Magnus:
- Removed target number limitation on Skewer
Medusa:
- Increased projectile speed on Mystic snake from 633 when travelling to enemies and 833 when returning to Medusa to a constant 850
Naga Siren:
- Mirror Image duration decreased from 30 to 25
Necrophos:
- Death Pulse radius increased from 475 to 550
Ogre Magi:
- Fireblast's stun duration increased from 1.5 to 2
Omniknight:
- Base movement speed increased from 305 to 315
Phantom Assassin:
- Strength gain increased from 1.85 to 2.35
Phoenix:
- Fire Spirits attack speed reduction rescaled 80/100/120/140 to 60/80/100/120
- Supernova radius reduced from 1000 to 900
Puck:
- Aghanim’s Scepter Dream Coil now deals Universal Damage
- Aghanims’ Scepter Dream Coil’s Coil Break stun now goes through Magic Immunity
Queen of Pain:
- Shadow Strike cast range increased from 400 to 500
Riki:
- Riki is no longer revealed out of Permanent Invisibility when he is under Smoke Screen
Silencer:
- Curse of the Silent debuff now reduces all magical damage dealt by 20/30/40/50% (if you cast a spell that doesn’t do damage immediately, the damage of the spell will still be reduced when it’s dealt).
Skywrath Mage:
- Mystic Flare now deals Universal damage
Spirit Breaker:
- Greater Bash increased MS now also affects allies in a 900 radius..
Sven:
- Removed cast point on God’s Strength
- While under the effect of God’s Strength, Greater Cleave radius increased to 500
Templar Assassin:
- Removed cast animation from Trap subability
Treant Protector:
- Nature’s Guise fade time reduced from 2 to 1.5
- Nature’s Guise now grants 800 flying vision
Troll Warlord:
- Base damage increased by 3
Tusk:
- Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 3.3
Undying:
- Tombstone now requires 3/4/5/6 hits to kill (only attacks from heroes can damage the tombstone)
- Every time the Tombstone is attacked by a hero it spawns an additional wave of zombies
- Zombies now have a timed life of 5 seconds.
Visage:
- Reduced Familiar max charges of bonus damage from 7 to 6
*That means max damage for each familiar goes from 66/108/164 to 58/94/142
Witch Doctor:
- Paralyzing Cask's initial projectile speed increased from 800 to 1200
Zeus:
- Lightning bolt can now be self cast without taking damage (spell still goes on cooldown and costs mana)
- Lightning bolt now grants flying vision over the target for 3 seconds.
Items:
Diffusal Blade
- Recipe cost decreased from 850 to 650
Hood of Defiance
- Now grants 35% Magic Resistance
Pipe of Insight
- Now grants 35% Magic Resistance
Rod of Atos
- Cripple now deals 25 pure damage.
Shadow Blade
- Bonus damage attacking from invisibility increased from 150 to 175
Tranquil Boots
- Armor bonus increased from 4 to 5 armor
