TL;DR Talent tree tweaks across the board.. XP gain talents generally increased, and some Talents were rearranged. Luna and Monkey King nerfed. I’ve put some talents in BOLD that I thought may be interesting.
What I’m excited about is the Fog of War simulator. Most would learn how to figure out what certain wards see, with some set rules (obstruction, height, etc), but this makes everything easier, and gives you an exact range rather than an estimate.
See it in action here, credit to @wykrhm on Twitter:
Observer Wards now have a Fog of War simulator to show you the area the ward will reveal taking into account trees and terrain height. pic.twitter.com/0cpkSfbRt3
— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) February 9, 2017
As of this writing, this feature has bugged out Spirit Breaker’s Charge of Darkness – it shows the same vision indicator on the charged target, so you know when he’s coming. Check it out here:
idk how Valve manages to make these bugs happen but it's hilarious; when Spirit Breaker charges you, it shows the new ward preview on you 😂 pic.twitter.com/ugxRbBwM8o
— Maxime Lebled (@MaxOfS2D) February 9, 2017
Below are the patch notes for the steam site
7.02
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General Changes:
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- Shrines are now vulnerable after a T3 tower dies (same as the Shrines inside the base), rather than after all T2 towers die
- Sentry Wards now come in packs of 1 for 100 gold (instead of 2 for 200)
- Added Lycan to CM
- Satyr Trickster Purge slow from 100/80/60/40/20% over 5 seconds to 50/40/30/20/10%
- Helm of the Dominator All Stats from 6 to 4
- Helm of the Dominator creeps now give a constant 125 gold bounty
- Shadow Walk damage for Silver Edge from 225 to 200
- Tome of Knowledge additional XP per used Tome from 100 to 135
- Blademail damage return no longer spell lifesteals off of returned damage
- Dragon Lance agility from 14 to 13
- Battle Fury Radius from 280 to 300
- Battle Fury Distance from 520 to 570
- Bloodthorn cooldown from 11 to 13
- Solar Crest Armor from 10 to 12 (same for transferring to Ally/Enemy)
- Sange maim chance from 24% to 30%
- Sange and Yasha Greater Maim chance from 30% to 35%
- Heaven’s Halberd maim chance from 24% to 35%
- Heaven’s Halberd cooldown from 30 to 22
- Regen Rune now has the same damage dispel rules as Healing Salve
- Aegis expiration regen now has the same damage dispel rules as Healing Salve
- Observer Wards now have a Fog of War simulator to show you the area the ward will reveal (taking into account trees and terrain height)
- Towers no longer attack neutral team units
- The following abilities cause neutrals to temporarily not draw aggro: Meat Hook, Telekinesis and Toss
- Added more trees for TP cover around the dire towers
- Swapped the dire secondary jungle ancients and medium camp spots (and improved spawn boxes/stackability)
- The Dire ward spot to the left of the Ancients no longer gives vision over the rune area infront of Roshan
- Slightly adjusted the dire secondary jungle bounty rune further back
- Reduced spawnbox size for both Dire hard camps
- Shifted down the spawnbox for the ancient camp (formerly medium camp) in the Dire secondary jungle (so a high ground ward does not block the camp)
- Fixed a rare case where Dire ancients could be stuck between trees when spawning
Hero Changes:
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- Abaddon:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20% - Alchemist:
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +80 Unstable Concoction Damage
Level 25 Talent from -4 Acid Spray Armor to -5 - Ancient Apparition:
Level 15 Talent from +25 Health Regen to +30
Level 15 Talent from +15 Intelligence to -1s Ice Vortex Cooldown
Level 20 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to -35s - Antimage:
Level 10 Talent from +6 Strength to +150 Health
Level 15 Talent from +250 Health to -1s Blink Cooldown
Level 25 Talent from -2s Blink Cooldown to -50s Mana Void Cooldown - Arc Warden:
Level 10 Talent from +125 Health to +20 Flux DPS
Level 15 Talent from +8 Strength to +200 Health - Axe:
Level 20 Talent from +30 Movement Speed to +35 - Bane:
Level 20 Talent from +35 Movement Speed to +75 Enfeeble Damage Reduction
Level 25 Talent from +120 Enfeeble Damage Reduction to +75 Movement Speed - Batrider:
Level 15 Talent from +175 Health to +200 - Beastmaster:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20%
Level 15 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to -35s
Level 20 Talent from +300 Health to +350
Level 25 Talent from +175 Wild Axes Damage to +250 - Bloodseeker
Level 10 Talent from +5 Armor to +200 Health
Level 15 Talent from +250 Health to +75 Blood Rite Damage
Level 20 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to +14% Rupture Damage - Bounty Hunter:
Scepter now also increases Shuriken Toss ministun duration from 0.1 to 0.75
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20%
Level 20 Talent from +100 Damage to +120 Damage
Level 20 Talent from 8% Spell Amplification to +75 Shuriken Toss Damage
Level 25 Talent from +20% Evasion to +25% - Brewmaster:
Fire Spirit now has phasing movement
Level 10 Talent from +25 Attack Speed to +30
Level 15 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +75 Thunder Clap Damage
Level 20 Talent from -25s Respawn Time to -35s
Level 25 Talent from 14 Primal Split Unit Armor to +20 - Bristleback:
Quill Spray Max damage from 450 to 550
Viscous Nasal Goo Scepter range from 700 to 750
Level 15 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +4 Max Goo Stacks
Level 20 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to -35s
Level 25 Talent from +4 Max Goo Stacks to +20 Quill Stack Damage - Broodmother:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +25%
Level 10 Talent from +10 Agility to +60 Spawn Spiderling Damage
Level 15 Talent from +7 Armor to +250 Health
Level 20 Talent from +300 Health to +8 Spiders Attack Damage - Centaur:
Level 10 Talent from +30 Damage to +35 - Chaos Knight:
Level 10 Talent from +7 Intelligence to +8
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +20 - Chen:
Level 10 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +25
Level 15 Talent from +25% Spell Amplification to -10s Test of Faith Cooldown
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +250 - Clinkz:
Level 15 Talent from +12 Strength to +15 - Clockwerk:
Level 15 Talent from +40 Damage to +50
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +75 Rocket Flare Damage - Crystal Maiden:
Level 10 Talent from +50 Damage to +60
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +250
Level 25 Talent from +200 Crystal Nova Damage to +250 - Dark Seer:
Movement speed reduced from 300 to 295
Ion Shell manacost from 70/90/110/130 to 100/110/120/130
Level 15 Talent from +90 Damage to +120
Level 20 Talent from +25 Intelligence to +75 Vacuum AoE
Level 20 Talent from +12 Strength to +10% Cooldown Reduction
Level 25 Talent from +12% Cooldown Reduction to +25 Strength
Level 25 Talent from +70 Ion Shell Damage to +80 - Dazzle:
Level 15 Talent from +40 Damage to +60 - Death Prophet:
Level 10 Talent from +7 Strength to +8% Magic Resistance
Level 15 Talent from +8% Magic Resistance to -1s Crypt Swarm Cooldown
Level 15 Talent from +75 Cast Range to +100 - Disruptor:
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to -3s Kinetic Field Cooldown
Level 20 Talent from 15% Cooldown Reduction to +400 Health - Doom:
Level 10 Talent from +8 Intelligence to +80 Devour Bonus Gold
Level 10 Talent from +150 Health to +250
Level 15 Talent from +6 Armor to +15 Scorched Earth Damage/Heal
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +20
Level 20 Talent from +65 Damage to +35 Doom DPS - Dragon Knight:
Level 10 Talent from +6 Strength to 7
Level 15 Talent from +25% XP Gain to +35%
Level 25 Talent from +50 Movement Speed to +60 - Drow:
Level 25 Talent from +350 Gust Distance/Knockback to +400 - Earth Spirit:
Level 25 Talent from -35s Respawn Time to -45s - Earthshaker:
Base HP regen from 0.25 to 0.75
Level 20 Talent from +10% Spell Amplification to +40 Echo Damage
Level 25 Talent from +500 Health to +600 Health - Elder Titan:
Natural Order AoE from 325 to 350
Level 15 Talent from +25% XP Gain to +30 Echo Stomp Damage
Level 25 Talent from +80 Astral Spirit Hero Attack to +100 - Ember Spirit:
Root now disables Activate Fire Remnant
Level 10 Talent from 15% Spell Amplification to 12% - Enchantress:
Level 10 Talent from +5 All Stats to +6
Level 10 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +25
Level 15 Talent from +40 Damage to +50
Level 15 Talent from +8s Nature’s Attendants Duration to +10
Level 20 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to +60 Untouchable Slow
Level 25 Talent from +25 Intelligence to -50 Respawn Time
Level 25 Talent from +10 Nature’s Attendants Wisps to +12 - Enigma:
Level 20 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to -40s - Faceless Void:
Level 10 Talent from +5 Strength to +7 - Gyrocopter
Level 10 Talent from +150 Health to +200
Level 15 Talent from +10% Magic Resistance to +12%
Level 20 Talent from +25 Movement Speed to +35 - Huskar:
Level 10 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +5 Burning Spears DPS
Level 10 Talent from +150 Health to +175 - Invoker:
Level 15 Talent from +25% XP Gain to +30%
Level 25 Talent from -15s Tornado Cooldown to -18s - Io:
Level 25 Talent from -40s Respawn Time to -50s - Jakiro:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20%
Level 15 Talent from +250 Health to +25 Dual Breath Burn Damage - Juggernaut:
Healing Ward now has a 25 gold bounty
Level 10 Talent from +150 Health to +175 Health
Level 15 Talent from +6 Armor to 7 - Keeper of the Light:
Level 10 Talent from +6 Strength to +7
Level 25 Talent from +300 Cast Range to +400 - Kunkka:
Tidebringer Cleave Distance from 675/750/825/900 to 650/800/950/1100
Tidebringer Cleave Radius from 450/500/550/600 to 500/550/600/650
Level 10 Talent from +150 Mana to +40 Torrent Damage
Level 10 Talent from +20 Damage to +25
Level 25 Talent from +25% Magic Resistance to +35% - Legion Commander:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20% - Leshrac:
Level 15 Talent from +8% Magic Resistance to +10%
Level 20 Talent from +12 Strength to +15 - Lich:
Level 15 Talent from +100 Cast Range to +125
Level 15 Talent from +5 All Stats to -3s Frost Blast Cooldown
Level 25 Talent from +25 Frost Armor Structure Armor to +35 - Lifestealer:
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +250 - Lina:
Level 10 Talent from +20 Damage to -25s Respawn Time
Level 10 Talent from +250 Mana to +60 Light Strike Array Damage
Level 15 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to +40 Damage - Lion:
Level 10 Talent from 175 Health to -25s Respawn Time
Level 15 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to +80 Earth Spike Damage - Lone Druid:
Level 10 Talent from +200 Attack Range to +175
Level 15 Talent from +65 Damage to +55
Level 20 Talent from +7 Spirit Bear Armor to +12
Level 20 Talent from -50s Respawn Time to -40s - Luna:
Base attack damage reduced by 6
Lunar Blessing Night Vision bonus from 1000 to 250/500/750/1000
Level 10 Talent from +4 Armor to +15 Movement Speed - Lycan:
Added to CM
Agility gain from 1.5 to 1.0
Howl manacost from 30 to 40
Level 15 Talent from -20s Respawn Time to -25s - Magnus:
Level 15 Talent from +50 Damage to +12 Strength
Level 20 Talent from +15 Strength to +15% Empower Damage/Cleave
Level 20 Talent from +20 Movement to +40 - Medusa:
Level 10 Talent from +10 Intelligence to +12
Level 15 Talent from 10% Evasion to 15%
Level 20 Talent from +15 Agility to +1 Split Shot target
Level 20 Talent from +500 Mana to +600 - Meepo:
Base armor reduced by 2
Level 15 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +25 - Mirana:
Level 20 Talent from +8 Armor to -4s Sacred Arrow cooldown
Level 20 Talent from +40 Damage to +50 Damage - Monkey King:
Base armor reduced by 3
Jingu Mastery bonus damage from 80/120/160/200 to 75/100/125/150
Jingu Mastery lifesteal from 20/30/40/50% to 15/30/45/60%
Wukong’s Command no longer continues while reincarnating
Level 15 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +75 Jingu Mastery Damage
Level 20 Talent from +15 Strength to 20% Magic Resistance
Level 25 Talent from +25% Magic Resistance to +25 Strength - Morphling:
Level 25 Talent from +30% Replicate Damage to +50% - Naga Siren:
Level 15 Talent from 15% Evasion to -3s Ensnare Cooldown - Nature’s Prophet:
Level 10 Talent from +20 Damage to +30
Level 10 Talent from +175 Health to +225 Health
Level 20 Talent from +8 Armor to +10 - Necrophos:
Agility gain from 1.7 to 1.2
Movement speed from 290 to 285
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +20 - Night Stalker:
Level 25 Talent from -6s Crippling Fear Cooldown to -8s - Nyx Assassin:
Level 15 Talent from +10 Strength to +50 Impale Damage
Level 15 Talent from +25 Agility to +12% Magic Resistance
Level 20 Talent from +15% Magic Resistance to +40 Agility - Ogre Magi:
Intelligence growth from 2.4 to 2.0
Level 15 Talent from +40 Damage to +50 - Omniknight:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20% - Oracle:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20% - Outworld Devourer:
Level 20 Talent from +250 Health to +275 Health - Phantom Assassin:
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +20 - Phantom Lancer:
Level 10 Talent from +150 Health to +75 Spirit Lance Damage - Phoenix:
Level 15 Talent from +12 Strength to +50 Fire Spirits DPS - Puck:
Level 10 Talent from +150 Health to +175
Level 15 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +15% Magic Resistance
Level 20 Talent from +20% Magic Resistance to -3s Waning Rift Cooldown
Level 20 Talent from +8% Spell Amplification to +10% - Pudge:
Movement Speed reduced from 285 to 280
Fixed Meat Hook sometimes landing the target behind your hero (requiring you to sometimes turn to dismember)
Level 20 Talent from -35s Respawn Time to -40s - Pugna:
Level 15 Talent from +10 Strength to +12
Level 20 Talent from +10 All Stats to +0.5 Netherward Damage Per Mana
Level 20 Talent from +100 Cast Range to +150
Level 25 Talent from +100 Nether Blast Damage to +125 - Queen of Pain:
Level 10 Talent from +5 Strength to +6
Level 25 Talent from +35 Intelligence to -3s Shadow Strike Cooldown - Razor:
Level 15 Talent from +5 Armor to +130 Unstable Current Damage
Level 20 Talent from +250 Health to +275 - Riki:
Level 15 Talent from +20% XP Gain to +30% - Rubick:
Level 10 Talent from +50 Damage to +60 - Sand King:
Level 10 Talent from +200 Mana to +10% Magic Resistance
Level 15 Talent from +12% Magic Resistance to +50 Sand Storm DPS
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to -30s Respawn Time - Shadow Demon:
Disruption illusion damage taken from 200% to 300%
Level 25 Talent from -1s Shadow Poison Cooldown to -6s Soul Catcher Cooldown - Shadow Fiend:
Level 20 Talent from 15% Evasion to 15% Lifesteal - Shadow Shaman:
Level 15 Talent from +20% XP Gain to 30% - Silencer:
Level 25 Talent from +20% Curse Slow to +25% - Skywrath Mage:
Level 15 Talent from +50 Damage to +75
Level 15 Talent from +60 Gold/Min to +90 - Slardar:
Slithereen Crush stun duration from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 to 1.5/1.75/2/2.25
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +225 - Slark:
Movement speed reduced from 305 to 300
Level 15 Talent from +10 Strength to +15
Level 20 Talent from +250 Health to +10% Cooldown Reduction - Sniper:
Level 10 Talent from +4 Mana Regen to +5 - Spectre:
Level 20 Talent from +12 Strength to +15 - Spirit Breaker:
Level 10 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +20 - Storm Spirit:
Level 15 Talent from +175 Health to +200
Level 20 Talent from +7 Armor to +8 - Sven:
Level 25 Talent from -5s Storm Hammer Cooldown to -6s - Techies :
Proximity Mines bounty increased from 30 to 50
Level 15 Talent from +25% XP Gain to +30%
Level 25 Talent from +25% Cooldown Reduction to +20% - Templar Assassin:
Level 10 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +20
Level 20 Talent from +250 Health to +275 - Terrorblade:
Level 15 Talent from +175 Health to +200
Level 20 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +25 - Tidehunter:
Level 15 Talent from +30% XP Gain to +35%
Level 25 Talent from -5 Gush Armor to -6 - Timbersaw:
Level 10 Talent from +10% XP Gain to +20%
Level 15 Talent from +15 Intelligence to +20
Level 20 Talent from +125 Cast Range to +150 - Tinker:
Level 10 Talent from +5 Armor to +6
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +225 Health - Tiny:
Level 10 Talent from +10 Intelligence to +12
Level 15 Talent from +15 Movement Speed to +20 - Treant Protector
Leech Seed slow from 28% to 22/24/26/28%
Nature’s Guise Bash duration from 0.7/1.2/1.7/2.2 to 0.4/1.0/1.6/2.2
Nature’s Guise movement bonus from 16/22/28/34% to 10/18/26/34%
Level 20 Talent from +65 Damage to +90 - Troll Warlord:
Level 10 Talent from +6 Strength to +7
Level 20 Talent from +300 Health to +350 - Tusk:
Level 10 Talent from +20% XP Gain to +35%
Level 10 Talent from +30 Damage to +35
Level 15 Talent from +15 Strength to +150 Snowball Damage
Level 20 Talent from +10% Magic Resistance to +12%
Level 25 Talent from +500 Health to +700 - Underlord:
Movement speed reduced from 305 to 290
Atrophy Aura Damage Reduction from 10/20/30/40% to 4/16/28/40%
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +35 Movement Speed
Level 20 Talent from +100 Cast Range to +125
Level 20 Talent from +50 Attack Speed to +60 - Undying:
Level 15 Talent from +30% XP Gain to +35%
Level 20 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +25
Level 20 Talent from +10 All Stats to +50 Tombstone Zombie Damage
Level 25 Talent from +40 Tombstone Zombie Damage to -2s Decay Cooldown
Level 25 Talent from +12 Armor to +15 - Ursa:
Level 10 Talent from +8% Magic Resistance to +10% - Vengeful Spirit:
Level 20 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +35
Level 20 Talent from +50 Damage to +65 - Venomancer:
Level 15 Talent from +175 Health to +200 - Viper:
Level 10 Talent from +125 Health to +150 - Visage:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +25%
Level 10 Talent from +60 Gold/Min to +90
Level 20 Talent from -30s Respawn Time to -40s
Level 20 Talent from +250 Health to +300 - Warlock:
Level 10 Talent from +15% XP Gain to +20%
Level 15 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to -4s Shadow Word Cooldown
Level 15 Talent from +125 Cast Range to +150 - Weaver:
Base damage reduced by 2
The Swarm damage from 20 to 14/16/18/20
Level 25 Talent from +20% Magic Resistance to +25% - Windranger:
Powershot damage from 120/220/320/420 to 180/260/340/420
Powershot cooldown from 9 to 12/11/10/9
Windrun slow AoE from 300 to 325
Windrun manacost from 100 to 75
Level 10 Talent from +15 Damage to +25% Windrun Slow
Level 15 Talent from +16 Intelligence to +20 Intelligence
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +40 Movement Speed
Level 20 Talent from +12% Magic Resistance to +20%
Level 20 Talent from +12% Spell Amplification to +15%
Level 25 Talent from -5s Powershot Cooldown to -6s - Winter Wyvern:
Level 10 Talent from +5 Strength to +6 - Witch Doctor:
Level 10 Talent from +20% XP Gain to +25%
Level 15 Talent from +75 Damage to +90
Level 15 Talent from -35s Respawn Time to -40s - Wraith King:
Level 10 Talent from +8 Intelligence to +10
Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +50 Wraithfire Blast DPS - Zeus:
Scepter strike interval from 2.5 to 2.25
Scepter cooldown from 50 to 40 seconds
Scepter duration from 50 to 40 seconds
Level 10 Talent from +150 Health to +175
