Warcraft III: DOTA MAP version 6.75 - DotA - Changelog

Hero Changes


Alchemist
- Acid Spray damage per second increased from 8/16/24/32 to 14/20/26/32
- Acid Spray manacost from 160 to 130/140/150/160
- Chemical Rage Base Attack Time decreased from 1.45/1.3/1.15 to 1.4/1.2/1.0
- Goblin's Greed counter duration increased from 20 to 25 seconds
- Goblin's Greed bonus gold scaling adjusted from 2/4/6/8 + 2 to 4/6/8/10 + 1/2/3/4
- Unstable Concoction max damage increased from 130/200/270/340 to 150/220/290/360
- Unstable Concoction no longer displays the countdown numbers to enemies
- Unstable Concoction always affects a 175 area around where it explodes
Anti-Mage
- Movement speed decreased from 320 to 315
- Blink animation time increased from 0.33 to 0.4
- Legs decreased from 2/2/2/2 to 1/1.5/1.8/1.9
Axe
- Berserker's Call bonus armor increased from 30 to 40
- Battle Hunger slow decreased from 10% to 8%
- Battle Hunger movement bonus increased from 4% to 8% per affected enemy
- Counter Helix damage increased from 100/130/160/190 to 100/135/170/205
Ancient Apparition
- Chilling Touch now deals its bonus damage and uses a charge when attacking creeps
- Chilling Touch AoE increased from 450 to 525
- Chilling Touch damage increased from 40/50/60/70 to 50/60/70/80
- Chilling Touch duration reduced from 40 to 30
- Ice Blast is no longer dispelled by the Fountain
Bane Elemental
- Fiend's Grip Aghanim's duration increased from 6 to 7
- Enfeeble damage reduction increased from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120
- Enfeeble can no longer be dispelled
Batrider
- Cast animation time decreased from 0.3 to 0.2
- Strength growth increased from 2.0 to 2.7
- Turn rate improved from 0.4 to 1.0
- Firefly duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds
- Firefly damage trail no longer instantly disappears when Batrider dies
Bloodseeker
- Blood Bath death detection AoE for enemy heroes increased from 225 to 325
- Bloodrage bonus base damage from 20/40/60/80% to 30/60/90/120%
- Thirst AOE from 1500/3000/4500/6000 to 6000
- Thirst MS bonus from 11/22/33/44% to 15/25/35/45%
- Thirst HP percentage detection rescaled from constant 40% to 20/30/40/50% HP (invis is half that)
Bristleback
- Quill Spray damage cap increased from 220 to 400
- Warpath damage per stack increased from 10/15/20 to 20/25/30
- Warpath base damage increased from 10/20/30 to 20/25/30
- Fixed how Quill Spray damage threshold works
Broodmother
- Spawn Spider's Spiderite bounty increased from 11-13 to 16-21
- Incapacitating Bite no longer gives 2/4/6/8 bonus damage
- Incapacitating Bite miss rate increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/40
Centaur
- Double Edge now deals its damage in a 190 AoE around the target
Chaos Knight
- Chaos Bolt's stun is no longer partially undodgeable (now a normal projectile with 1000 speed)
Chen
- Holy Persuasion no longer has the ability to teleport allied units
- Test of Faith grants you a secondary ability to teleport allied units
Clinkz
- Strafe attack speed bonus increased from 110 to 130
Clockwerk
- Strength growth increased from 2.4 to 2.7
- Battery Assault damage interval improved from 0.75 to 0.7
- Power Cogs damage and mana drain increased from 60/90/120/150 to 80/120/160/200
- Power Cogs duration increased from 3/4/5/6 to 5/6/7/8
- Fixed Power Cogs not triggering and burning mana/hp when someone Force Staffs over it
Crystal Maiden
- Freezing Field duration increased from 4 to 7 seconds
Dark Seer
- Movement speed decreased from 305 to 300
- Vacuum cooldown increased from 16 to 19
- Vacuum cast range decreased from 550 to 500
- Vacuum AoE decreased from 275/375/475/575 to 250/350/450/550
- Vacuum can no longer pull invulnerable units
Dazzle
- Poison Touch level 4 cooldown decreased from 9 to 7
- Shadow Wave AoE increased from 170 to 185
Disruptor
- Static Storm max damage increased from 170/210/250 to 170/220/270
Doom Bringer
- Devour creep level restriction removed
- Devour cooldown from 60/55/50/45 to 70/60/50/40
- Devour gold from 40/60/80/100 to 25/50/75/100
- Devour manacost from 60 to 60/50/40/30
- Level Death bonus damage now deals 20% of Max HP instead of a fixed amount
- Level Death damage increased from 100/150/200/250 to 125/175/225/275
- Scorched Earth damage/heal increased from 12/16/20/24 to 12/18/24/30
Dragon Knight
- Armor decreased by 1
- Dragon Blood armor bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12
- Elder Dragon form level 2/3 no longer gives bonus damage (was 5/14)
- Elder Dragon form level 2/3 splash area rescaled slightly
Drow Ranger
- Frost Arrow's slow increased from 50% to 60% at level 4
- Marksmanship level 3 agility bonus increased from 45 to 60
- Trueshot Aura damage bonus increased from 7/14/21/28% to 8/16/24/32%
- Silence cooldown decreased from 15 to 13
Earthshaker
- Enchant Totem cooldown decreased from 7 to 6 seconds
Ember Spirit
- Armor decreased by 1
- Fire Remnant recharge time increased from 30 to 35 seconds
- Fire Remnant damage per instance from 120/160/200 to 100/150/200
Enigma
- Malefice damage reduced from 30/40/65/80 to 40/40/65/65 (still 1/2/2/3 pulses)
- Midnight Pulse cast range from 500 to 700
- Blackhole manacost from 200/300/400 to 250/350/450
Faceless Void
- Time Lock deals twice as much damage when it procs on a target in Chronosphere
- Faceless Void can no longer be frozen by any Chronosphere!!
Furion
- Movement speed decreased from 300 to 295
- Force of Nature's Treant's magic resistance decreased from 33% to 20%
Goblin Shredder
- Strength growth reduced from 2.4 to 2.1
- Chakram moves 20% slower
Guardian Wisp
- Overcharge HP/MP cost over time increased from 2.5% to 3.5%
- Tether regeneration transfer now heals the Tethered unit at 1.5x the rate of Wisp
Gyrocopter
- Movement speed increased from 305 to 315
- Flak Cannon AoE increased from 800 to 1000
- Call Down AoE increased from 400 to 450
Huskar
- Burning Spears duration increased from 6 to 7
- Inner Vitality can now be cast on magic immune targets
- Life Break Aghanim's cooldown decreased from 24/16/8 to 4
Invoker
- Invoker base damage decreased by 4
Jakiro
- Facing direction now more accurately matches his turn rate (just a visual change)
- Liquid Fire AoE increased from 175 to 300
- Ice Path reworked
Juggernaut
- Base attack time decreased from 1.7 to 1.6
- Omnislash now kills creeps and neutrals in 1 hit
Keeper of the Light
- Chakra manacost rescaled from 40/55/70/85 to 25/45/65/85
- Mana Leak cooldown decreased from 18 to 16
- Illuminate cast range changed to be the same as its travel range (just a UI change)
- Illuminate max hit distance increased from 1600 to 2000
Krobelus
- Armor increased by 1
Kunkka
- Base strength increased by 3
- Ghost Ship cooldown decreased from 90/80/70 to 60/50/40
- Ghost Ship impact AoE increased from 400 to 425
Legion Commander
- Fixed Overwhelming Odds giving 6% instead of 9% movement per hero
- Overwhelming Odds bonus summoned unit/illusion damage reduced from 50% to 25%
- Press The Attack cooldown rescaled from 15 to 16/15/14/13
Leshrac
- Diabolic Edict now uses Leshrac's cast animation time
Lich
- Frost Nova cooldown decreased from 9.25/9.25/9.25/8 to 8
Lina
- Fiery Soul attack speed bonus increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/55/70/85
- Laguna Blade cooldown rescaled from 120/90/55 to 90/70/50
Lion
- Finger of Death cooldown rescaled from 150/90/55 to 170/105/40
- Finger of Death damage increased from 500/650/850 to 600/725/850 (Aghanim's from 600/800/1025 to 725/875/1025)
- Mana Drain initial cast range increased from 600/650/700/750 to 750
- Mana Drain threshold range increased from 800 to 850
- Mana Drain cooldown decreased from 25/20/15/10 to 20/15/10/5
Lone Druid
- Spirit Bear can no longer be resummoned while it is taking damage
Lord of Avernus
- Armor decreased by 2
- Aphotic Shield cooldown decreased from 14/12/10/8 to 12/10/8/6
- Borrowed Time cooldown now scales from 60 to 60/50/40
- Death Coil cooldown decreased from 6 to 5 seconds
- Frostmourne enemy debuff duration increased from 2 to 2.5
Luna
- Moon Glaive level 4 bounce count increased 4 to 5
Lycanthrope
- Summon Wolves manacost increased from 125 to 145
- Spirit Wolves HP decreased from 400/450/500/550 to 200/240/280/320
- Spirit Wolves now have 50% magic resistance
- Fixed Shapeshift speed buff remaining after dying with Aegis
Magnus
- Agility growth increased from 1.8 to 2.5
- Empower damage and cleave bonus increased from 15/25/35/45% to 20/30/40/50%
- Skewer slow duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
Murloc Nightcrawler
- Dark Pact cooldown decreased from 10/9/8/7 to 9/8/7/6
- Shadow Dance HP regen increased from 3/4/5% to 3/5/7%
Medusa
- Mana Shield absorption rate increased from 0.75/1.25/1.5/2 to 0.75/1.25/1.75/2.25
- Mystic Snake damage bonus per jump increased from 20% to 25%
- Split Shot damage per arrow increased from 45/55/65/75% to 50/60/70/80%
Meepo
- Geomancer clones stat sharing increased from 25% to 30%
- Geostrike DPS increased from 5/10/15/20 to 7/14/21/28
Mirana
- Elune's Arrow cooldown decreased from 25 to 20
- Starfall's second single unit impact damage increased from 50% to 75% of the original
Morphling
- Cast animation time increased from 0.3 to 0.45
- Morph manacost increased from 20 to 30 mana per second
- Base damage decreased by 6
- Waveform AoE decreased from 255 to 200
- Waveform no longer allows you to start attacking/casting before it is completed
Naga Siren
- Base damage decreased by 12
- Cast animation time increased from 0.5 to 0.65
Naix
- Rage duration increased from 2.5/3.25/4/4.75 to 3/4/5/6
Necrolyte
- Death Pulse heal rescaled from 50/75/100/130 to 70/90/110/130
- Sadist reworked
Nerubian Assassin
- Base HP regeneration increased to 2.5
- Mana Burn drain amount increased from 4*Int to 5*Int
- Mana Burn manacost rescaled from 90/110/130/150 to 130/120/110/100
- Vendetta movement speed increased from 10/15/20% to 16/18/20%
- Spiked Carapace reworked
Nerubian Weaver
- The Swarm's attack rate improved from 1.5 to 1.35
Obsidian Destroyer
- Astral Imprisonment intelligence steal increased from 2/4/6/8 to 4/6/8/10
Ogre Magi
- Armor increased by 1
- Aghanim's Unrefined Fireblast cooldown decreased from 20 to 10
- Bloodlust can now target catapults
- Bloodlust movement speed bonus increased from 6/9/12/15% to 10/12/14/16%
Omniknight
- Degen Aura AoE increased from 300 to 315
Panda Brewmaster
- Primal Split units are now affected by Black Hole
Pit Lord
- Dark Rift now has a subability that allows the effect to be canceled before it resolves
- Dark Rift now makes its teleportation target a low priority target similar to how Boots of Travel works
- Replaced Expulsion with a new ability
- Reworked how Firestorm works
Phantom Assassin
- Coup de Grace critical strike multiplier increased from 2.5/3.25/4 to 2.5/3.5/4.5
Phantom Lancer
- Agility growth increased from 2.8 to 4.2
- Spirit Lance slow duration increased from 3 to 3.25 seconds
Phoenix
- Phoenix base damage decreased by 6
- Phoenix base strength decreased by 2
- Phoenix base movement speed decreased from 290 to 285
- Supernova now refreshes Phoenix's other skills (not items) if the sun survives
- Fire Spirits reworked
- Icarus Dive reworked
- Sunray reworked
Puck
- Dream Coil duration increased from 5 to 6 (Aghanim's from 7 to 8)
- Illusory Orb AoE increased from 200 to 225
- Waning Rift damage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/140/210/280
- Fixed Phase Shift invulnerability duration ending 0.25 seconds too soon
Pugna
- Movement speed increased from 315 to 320
- Nether Ward mana flare damage increased from 0.75/1/1.25/1.5 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75
- Life Drain break range increased from 850 to 900
Razor
- Plasma Field Min damage from 80/120/160/200 to 60/100/140/180
- Plasma Field Max damage from 140/210/280/350 to 160/230/300/370
- Static Link no longer breaks if Razor loses vision of the target
- Static Link can no longer ground target
- Static Link can now target magic immune (it could before via ground seeking)
- Unstable Current's purge duration increased from 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2 to 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6
Rubick
- Movement speed decreased from 300 to 290
- Fade Bolt bounce AoE decreased from 500 to 440
Shadow Demon
- Soul Catcher manacost increased from 50 to 50/60/70/80
- Shadow Poison AoE increased from 150 to 180
Shadow Fiend
- Necromastry hero kill soul increment increased from 6 to 12
- Presence of the Dark Lord armor reduction improved from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6
- Requiem of Souls has a new passive component that triggers upon death
Silencer
- Strength growth increased from 1.7 to 2.2
- Global Silence duration increased from 3/4/5 to 3/4.5/6
- Last Word now always steals 2 intelligence if an enemy hero dies in its AoE
Skeleton King
- Hellfire Blast slow increased from 15% to 20%
Skywrath Mage
- Concussive Shot cooldown decreased from 20/19/18/17 to 20/18/16/14
Slardar
- Amplify Damage armor reduction increased from 8/12/16 to 8/14/20
Sniper
- Headshot damage increased from 30/40/50/60 to 30/45/60/75
- Take Aim range bonus increased from 65/130/195/260 to 75/150/225/300
- Shrapnel AoE increased from 350 to 360
- Shrapnel duration increased from 8 to 9
Spectre
- Desolate damage increased from 20/30/40/50 to 20/35/50/65
Spirit Breaker
- Base strength increased by 6
- Damage increased by 9
- Charge of Darkness no longer gives a buff indicator
- Charge of Darkness speed increased from 425/500/575/650 to 600/650/700/750
- Empowering Haste no longer increases Spirit Breaker's damage
- Empowering Haste movement bonus aura rescaled from 6/8/10/12% to 6/10/14/18%
- Greater Bash now deals damage based on your movement speed (10/20/30/40% of speed)
- Greater Bash duration increased from 0.95/1.15/1.35/1.55 to 1/1.2/1.4/1.6
- Fixed Greater Bash not affecting magic immune units
Storm Spirit
- Static Remnant cooldown decreased from 4 to 3.5
Sven
- Great Cleave AoE increased from 200 to 300
- Great Cleave damage from 30/40/50/60% to 25/40/55/70%
- God's Strength bonus damage increased from 100/140/180% to 100/150/200%
- Warcry AoE increased from 700 to 900
- Warcry armor increased from 3/6/9/12 to 4/8/12/16
Tauren Chieftain
- Ancestral spirit can now be controlled, until it starts to return to you
- Ancestral Spirit's movement speed is now equal to Tauren Chieftain's rather than fixed at 455
- Ancestral Spirit return abilty no longer interrupts your hero
- Ancestral Spirit now has the Echo Stomp and Spirit Return abilities it can cast directly
Techies
- Armor increased by 6
- Land Mine cooldown from 25/20/15/12 to 25/20/15/10
Templar Assassin
- Psi Blades no longer spills damage when attacking illusions
Terrorblade
- Armor increased by 2
- Base hp regen increased to 2
- Sunder is no longer blocked by Magic Immunity
- Metamorphosis reworked
- Reflection reworked
- Zeal replaced with Conjure Image
Tidehunter
- Ravage travel speed decreased from 900 to 775
Tiny
- Toss's cast range rescaled from 700/900/1100/1300 to 1300
Treant Protector
- Damage increased by 14
- Base attack time increased from 1.7 to 1.9
- Overgrowth no longer does damage
- Overgrowth duration from 3 to 3/3.75/4.5
- Overgrowth cooldown from 115/105/95 to 80
- Living Armor aura replaced with a new active ability
Troll Warlord
- Battle Trance now lasts full duration for allies
Tuskarr
- Snowball now carries all Tuskarr's controlled units as well
- Snowball cooldown decreased from 28 to 24
- Walrus Punch crit increased from 2.5x to 3x for above 50% HP targets
- Backswing animation time decreased (cosmetic)
Undying
- Decay steal duration increased from 21/24/27/30 to 25/30/35/40
- Decay AoE increased from 300 to 325
- Tombstone Death Lust hp requirement also triggers if the target is below 5/10/15/20% hp
Ursa Warrior
- Cast animation time decreased from 0.5 to 0.3
- Overpower now uses Ursa's cast animation time
Vengeful Spirit
- Agility gain increased from 2.35 to 2.8
Venomancer
- Plague Wards vision decreased from 1400 to 1200
Viper
- Corrosive Skin duration increased from 3 to 4
- Viper Strike Aghanim's cast range increased from 800 to 900
- Nethertoxin max damage increased from 32/64/96/128 to 40/80/120/160
Visage
- Base Intelligence increased by 3
- Grave Chill attack speed drain increased from 32 to 64
- Familiar's base attack time decreased from 0.6 to 0.4
- Soul Assumption damage per charge increased from 60 to 65
Warlock
- Shadow Word damage/heal increased from 10/20/30/40 to 15/25/35/45 per second
Witch Doctor
- Death Ward attack cooldown decreased from 0.3 to 0.25
- Maledict bonus damage per 100 lost HP rescaled from 10/20/30/40 to 16/24/32/40
Zeus
- Arc Lightning cooldown decreased from 2 to 1.75
- Thundergod's Wrath cooldown decreased from 120 to 90

Item Changes


 Added a new basic item Shadow Amulet
Abyssal Blade
- Can now be disassembled
Ancient Janggo of Endurance
- Bonus damage decreased from 9 to 3
Arcane Boots
- Replenish Mana cooldown increased from 45 to 55
Armlet of Mordiggian
- Armlet HP regeneration increased from 5 to 8
- Armlet lifedrain increased from 37 to 40
- Armlet toggle cooldown reduced from 5 to 1 second
Black King Bar
- Can no longer be sold
Blademail
- Damage Return duration increased from 4 to 4.5 seconds
Blood Stone
- Charges now increment if you get a kill out of range
Buriza-do Kyanon
- Critical strike multiplier increased from 2.5 to 2.7
Dagon
- Dagon cooldown decreased from 40/36/32/28/24 to 35/30/25/20/15
Stygian Desolator
- Desolator duration increased from 7 to 15 seconds
Ethereal Blade
- Ether Blast can now be cast on allied units
- Ether Blast now does damage based on the primary attribute of the holder instead of always agility
- Ether Blast manacost increased from 50 to 150
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
- Recipe cost decreased from 600 to 500
Force Staff
- Recipe cost increased to 500
- Force no longer pushes through Kinetic Field
- When Power Cogs is triggered by Force Staff, Power Cogs knockback takes priority
Gem of True Sight
- Restock cooldown increased from 8 to 10 minutes
Heaven's Halberd
- Disarm duration on ranged heroes increased from 4 to 4.5 seconds
Helm of the Dominator
- Dominate cooldown decreased from 300 to 60
- Dominate no longer has a duration (was 20 minutes)
- Dominating a creep when you already control one will replace your current one
Lothar's Edge
- Lothar's Edge duration from 9 to 12 seconds
- Recipe Reworked
Manta Style
- Recipe cost increased from 650 to 900
Mask of Madness
- Berserk's movement bonus increased from 25 to 30%
Null Talisman
- Recipe cost decreased from 170 to 155
Observer Wards
- Observer Wards gold cost decreased from 200 to 150
Orb of Venom
- Cost decreased from 350 to 275
Orchid
- Soul Burn's damage amplification increased from 25 to 30%
Power Treads
- Attack speed bonus increased from 25 to 30
Radiance
- Burn damage increased from 40 to 45
Rod of Atos
- HP bonus increased from 250 to 325
- Cooldown decreased from 20 to 16
Sange
- Recipe cost decreased from 700 to 600
Smoke of Deceit
- Now dispelled when Primal Split units are nearby
Soul Ring
- Cooldown increased from 25 to 30
Tranquil Boots
- Break requirement decreased from 4 to 3
Veil of Discord
- Armor bonus increased from 5 to 6
- HP regeneration increased from 5 to 6
- Discord AoE increased from 500 to 550
- Discord cast range increased from 875 to 1000
Yasha
- Recipe cost decreased from 700 to 600

Gameplay and Cosmetic Changes


* Goblin Shredder added to Captain's Mode
* Skywrath Mage added to Captain's Mode
* Captain's Mode first ban phase now has 2 bans instead of 3
* Captain's Mode second ban phase now has 3 bans instead of 2
* Glyph duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
* Enraged Wildkin's Tornado vision decreased from 1200/800 to 300
* Aegis reclaim time decreased from 10 to 6 minutes
* Team AoE bounty for kills with 2 heroes around changed from 9*Level+95 to 12*Level + 125
* Team AoE bounty for kills with 3 heroes around changed from 8*Level+20 to 10*Level+40
* Killer bounty level multiplier increased from 200+5*Level to 200+9*Level
* Total XP required for level 7 decreased from 2700 to 2600
* Total XP required for level 8 decreased from 3500 to 3200
* Added a new loading screen
* Random Draft Mode hero pool count increased from 20 to 22
* Recipe items no longer sell for 80% of their price (now 50% like regular items)
* Added a 1 second cooldown to placing Observer and Sentry wards (to help prevent accidental usage when lagging)
* Fixed various item sell costs
* Fixed a lot of tooltips issues
* Roshan turn rate increased to fix some abuses
* Fixed a bug that could cause Brewmaster to not respawn