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Changelog 6.74
Alchemist
- Armor increased by 1
- Unstable Concoction max damage increased from 120/180/240/300 to 130/200/270/340

Batrider
- Flame Break is now a targeted AoE spell
It no longer explodes on the first unit in a path. It travels towards the targeted destination and does its effect there. Projectile speed 900 (instead of 750)


Bone Fletcher
- Death Pact damage bonus increased from 4/6/8% to 5/6.5/8%
- Death Pact hp bonus increased from 50/60/70% to 50/65/80%

Bristleback
- Quill Spray damage cap increased from 180 to 220

Centaur Warchief
- Great Fortitude strength bonus increased from 12/24/36 to 15/30/45
- Return base damage increased from 16 to 16/18/20/22

Clockwerk
- Power Cogs HP/Mana drain increased from 55/70/85/100 to 60/90/120/150

Crystal Maiden
- Freezing Field AoE increased by 100 (Explosion AoE adjusted to keep damage probabilities equivalate)

Dark Seer
- Wall of Replica illusions take 300% damage (up from 250%)
- Wall of Replica Aghanim bonus no longer creates allied illusions
- Wall of Replica Aghanim bonus now increases illusion damage from 70/80/90 to 100/120/140% instead

Doom Bringer
- Level Death bonus damage increased from 250 to 275

Dragonus
- Base Intelligence increased by 3
- Arcane Bolt bonus intelligence damage increased from 1.5x to 1.6x
- Arcane Bolt manacost decreased from 90 to 70
- Concussive Shot cooldown now scales from 20 to 20/19/18/17

Drow Ranger
- Silence AoE increased from 275 to 300

Ember Spirit
- Armor reduced by 1
- Base Strength decreased from 21 to 19
- Flame Guard health barrier reduced from 100/250/400/550 to 50/200/350/500
- Fire Remnant damage decreased from 140/180/220 to 120/160/200
- Searing Chains targets decreased from 3 to 2 random units

Enigma
- Black hole now prevents heroes being Forced out with Force Staff

Furion
- Wrath of Nature manacost increased from 150/175/200 to 150/200/250
- Teleportation manacost no longer decreases per level (constant 50)

Goblin Shredder
- Timber Chain damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 100/140/180/220

Gyrocopter
- Homing Missile maximum damage (at 2k range) increased from 100/200/300/400 to 110/220/330/440
- Rocket Barrage damage increased from 10/13/16/19 to 11/14/17/20

Invoker
- Chaos Meteor damage increased from 80+Exort*30 to 80+Exort*35
- Chaos Meteor land time decreased from 1.5 to 1.3
- EMP can no longer hit Invulnerable/Tornadoed units
- EMP cooldown increased from 25 to 30 seconds
- Sun Strike damage type changed from Magical to Pure
- Sun Strike now reveals the area it will hit before the damage impact
- Tornado cooldown increased from 25 to 30 seconds
- Tornado Damage decreased from 77.5+(Wex+Quas)*23 to 70+(Wex+Quas)*20

Juggernaut
- Omnislash now gives Juggernaut 200 flying vision during its duration

Keeper of the Light
- Mana Leak stun duration increased from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 to 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2

Kunkka
- Torrent AOE increased from 200 to 215
- X Marks The Spot cooldown decreased from 20 to 16 seconds
- Ghost Ship stun duration increased from 1.2 to 1.4

Lanaya
- Psi Blades bonus range increased from 40/100/160/220 to 60/120/180/240

Legion Commander
- Moment of Courage cooldown increased from 0.9 to 1.2

Lina Inverse
- Fiery Soul attack speed bonus increased from 30/40/50/60 to 40/50/60/70
- Fiery Soul movement speed bonus increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/5/6/7%

Lion
- Voodoo cooldown increased from 13 to 15
- Voodoo manacost increased from 110/140/170/200 to 125/150/175/200
- Voodoo duration increased from 1.25/2/2.75/3.5 to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4

Luna
- Moon Glaive damage decrease per bounce decreased from 35% to 30%

Magnataur
- Skewer will now cast in the direction you targeted if you cast it beyond the max range

Medusa
- Split Shot now shoots 5 arrows instead of 4

Morphling
- Morph passively grants 3/4/5/6 agility and strength
- Wave Form now properly dodges projectiles

Naga Siren
- Changed Rip Tide cast mechanism
Rip Tide now casts in a 450 aoe around naga and all of her illusions. Enemies can be fully affected by the Illusion's aoe. The effect does not stack. No longer uses cast point.

Ability Code: A2KU


Nerubian Assassin
- Urna Swarm replaced with a new spell
Urna Swarm will be reused for a future hero.

Spiked Carapace:
=================
Temporarily enhances the Assassin's chitinous armor with organic barbs, causing him to prevent and reflect the next player based damage instance and stuns the target. Lasts 4.5 seconds.

Duration: 4.5 seconds
Damage return: 100% (after resistance on your hero)
Stun: 0.6/1.2/1.8/2.4
Cooldown: 10
Manacost: 50

Note: Only triggers on player based damage, both physical and magical. Does not prevent status debuffs. Spikes visually grow out of the hero when he is in this state.

Ability Code: A2KO


Necrolyte
- Heartstopper damage increased from 0.5/0.7/0.9/1.1 to 0.6/0.8/1/1.2
- Sadist level 4 mana regen increased from 48 to 60

Ogre Magi
- Added Aghanim's Scepter
Gives his other head the ability to cast a more primitive version of Fireblast. It has a constant (not modified by ultimate/level) 275 damage, 1.5 second stun, 20 cooldown, 400 manacost. It can trigger multicast. This is an independent 5th skill added to his ability card.

Ability Code: A2KQ


Phantom Assassin
- Phantom Strike cast range increased from 700/800/900/1000 to 1000
- Phantom Strike cooldown rescaled from 20/15/10/5 to 14/11/8/5

Priestess of the Moon
- Moonlight Shadow cooldown decreased from 180/160/140 to 160/140/120

Puck
- Ethereal Jaunt now dodges projectiles
- Phase Shift autocast removed
- Phase Shift manacost removed
- Phase Shift level 4 duration increased from 3 to 3.25 seconds
- Aghanim Upgraded Dream Coil no longer increases the manacost from the base spell

Pugna
- Decrepify cast range increased from 550/600/650/700 to 700
- Life Drain damage increased from 100/150/200 to 120/160/200 (with Aghanim's from 175/225/275 to 180/240/300)

Queen of Pain
- Shadow Strike initial damage increased from 50/70/70/100 to 50/75/100/125

Razor
- Unstable Current damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 40/70/100/130

Shadow Fiend
- Necromastery now gives 6 souls for killing a hero (instead of 1)
- Necromastery soul count increased from 8/16/24/32 to 12/20/28/36

Sniper
- Headshot damage increased from 30/30/40/50 to 30/40/50/60

Storm Spirit
- Ball Lightning now properly dodges projectiles

Techies
- Attack range increased from 650 to 700

Tinker
- March of the Machines duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds

Troll Warlord
- Battle Trance attack speed bonus increased from 60/100/140 to 60/120/180

Viper
- Poison Attack damage increased from 6/12/18/24 to 10/16/22/28
- Fixed Poison Attack damage not being lethal

Visage
- Familiar's armor increased from 0 to 0/1/2
- Gravekeeper's Cloak recovery time decreased from 14/12/10/8 to 12/10/8/6

Warlock
- Infernal's Permanent Immolation damage increased from 20/30/40 to 30/40/50 per second
- Shadow Word duration increased from 8 to 9 seconds


Animal Courier
- Courier cost decreased from 170 to 150

Bloodstone
- HP regen increased by 1 to equal the sum of its parts

Ethereal Blade
- Ether Blast slow increased from 60% to 80%

Eye of Skadi
- Cold Attack slow duration increased from 2/4 (range/melee) to 3/5

Flying Courier
- Flying Courier cost increased from 200 to 220

Mjollnir
- Mjollnir's Static Shock can now be cast on non-hero units as well (like Infernals)

Tranquil Boots
- Can now be disassembled
- Damage instances before breaking increased from 3 to 4
- Rejuvenate heal increased from 150 to 170

Sange & Yasha
- Sange and Yasha can now be disassembled

Veil of Discord
- Discord duration increased from 15 to 20 seconds


- Added Wisp, Disruptor and Rubick to CM
- Courier death team bounty can only trigger while no couriers are dead
- Courier death team bounty from 150 to 175
- Added a new ability on the courier to go to the secret shop
- Removed Unexplored Fog of War
- Cheese no longer requires 5 mana to use
- Range creeps mana pool increased from 300 to 500
- Harpy's Chain Lightning cooldown from 6 to 4 seconds
- Satyr Trickster purge manacost decreased from 150 to 120
- Satyr Hellcaller HP regen aura increased from 3 to 4

* Fixed a bug with Fire Remnant targeting and Essence Aura
* Fixed Moment of Courage not having a learn hotkey
* Fixed a fatal error possible with Tether
* Fixed a bug with Fire Remnant when cast on self
* Fixed Psi Blades not affecting a very small area right behind the initial target
* Fixed Forged Spirits dying instantly when affected by Smoke of Deceit


Note: This version will be marked as the new stable version after a week or so.






Changelog 6.73c
* Fire Remnant activation cost increased from 100 to 150
* Flame Guard magic barrier reduced from 150/300/450/600 to 100/250/400/550
* Moment of Courage cooldown increased from 0.75 to 0.9
* Chakram manacost over time reduced from 20/30/40 to 20/25/30

* Removed all Christmas themed additions
* Fixed death timer not showing properly
* Fixed a crash that happens on PowerPC Mac systems when playing online
* Fixed a rare bug that could cause Ember Spirit to be unable to move
* More map optimizations

* Fixed Aghanim Tiny Illusions appearing as unupgraded Tiny
* Fixed rare bugs with Sleight of Fist and Hex
* Fixed sound effect on Skywrath Mage's attack projectile
* Fixed visual effect for Rod of Atos's slow not showing
* Fixed various tooltips
* Fixed Ring of Aquila shared disable icon
* Fixed a very minor visual glitch with Tranquil Boots item cooldown causing non-active items to look in cooldown
* Fixed Shadow Demon's scoreboard icon
* Fixed a bug with Tranquil boots and Aghanim Meepo
* Fixed Orchid recipe shop hotkey
* Fixed Chakram continuing to deal damage after game is over


Changelog 6.73b
* Couriers are now invulnerable near their fountain
* Fixed Santa Hats on Illusions
* Fixed Tiny's Tree visuals when he gets cycloned
* Fixed first hit with Sleight of Fist being unable to bash
* Fixed a big exploit with Fire Remnants that could cause it to do dramatically more damage than intended
* Removed Pudge Santa
* Fixed Meepo clones not respawning with full mana
* Fixed Stone Giant's Aghanim bonus stacking with multiple instances
* Fixed Whirling Death damage tooltip
* Fixed Zeal HP regeneration
* Fixed Meepo's interaction with Tranquility Boots
* Fixed attack range on Legion Commander and Goblin Shredder being slightly off
* Fixed Goblin Shredder's agility and intelligence growth values being off
* Fixed Skywrath Mage not triggering Land Mines
* Fixed a bug with Sleight of Fist and Manta Style
* Duel can now only target heroes (it didn't do anything on non-heroes already)


Changelog 6.73


New Intelligence Hero: Dragonus, Skywrath Mage
Intelligence Hero

Range: 600
Movement Speed: 315

Total starting damage: 36-46
Total starting armor: 1

Str 19 + 1.5
Agi 18 + 0.8
Int 24 + 3.2



Arcane Bolt
=============
(Active, enemy target)

The Sky Mage fires off a bolt of Arcane energy to harm his adversaries. Deals an additional 1.5x the Sky Mage's intelligence and grants 325 vision around the projectile.

Deals 60/80/100/120 + 1.5x Int damage to target enemy
Manacost: 90
Cooldown: 5/4/3/2
Cast Range: 800


Note: The projectile moves very slowly and you have 325 vision around it
Ability Code: A2BE


Concussive Shot
================
(Active, no target)

With Dragon like intuition, the Skywrath Mage releases a compact ball of magical lightning at the closest visible hero within 1600 AoE. Upon impact the ball bursts slowing enemies by 40% for 4 seconds and dealing damage around the target.

AoE: 200
Duration: 4
Slow: 40%
Damage: 50/100/150/200

Range: up to 1600

Manacost: 110
Cooldown: 20

Note: Does not work when no heroes are in range or heroes are in fog.
Ability Code: A2IT


Ancient Seal
================
(Active, enemy target)

Dragonus draws a mystical rune on the enemy that amplifies all spell damage against them and snuffs out their ability to cast spells for a few seconds.

Magic Amplification: 18/24/30/36%
Silence Duration: 3/4/5/6 seconds

Manacost: 80/90/100/110
Cooldown: 11

Cast Range 700
Ability Code: A2HN



Mystic Flare
==========
(Active, ground target)

Dragonus uses his ultimate magical ability to conjure a precise and violent mystical field that lays waste to his adversaries. Deals massive damage distributed evenly among any heroes in the AoE over 2 seconds.

Damage: 600/900/1200
Duration: 2 seconds

AOE: 170
Cast Range: 1200
Manacost: 350/575/800
Cooldown: 60/40/20

Note: Does not affect or count creeps. Deals damage over time in the area.
Ability Code: A2BG


New Agility Hero: Xin, Ember Spirit
Agility Hero

Movement: 310
Attack Range: 128 (melee)

Total starting damage: 52-56
Total starting armor: 3

Strength: 21 + 2.0
Agility: 22 + 1.8
Intelligence: 20 + 1.8


Searing Chains
===============
(Active, no target)

Xin unleashes up to 3 fiery bolas that wrap around nearby enemies, anchoring them in place and dealing damage each second.

AoE: 400
Duration: 2/2/3/3 seconds
DPS: 40/60/80/100

Cooldown: 14/12/10/8
Manacost: 110


Note: Selects 3 random enemies within the area. Does not affect magic immune or invisible heroes. Does not prevent attacks or spell casting.
Ability Code: A2H3


Sleight of Fist
================
(Active, ground target)

Xin dashes around with blazing speed, attacking all enemies in the targeted AoE and returns to where he was standing after. You deal 50% less damage to creeps.

You are invulnerable during this process. Takes 0.2 seconds to attack per unit.

Bonus Hero Damage: +30/60/90/120

AoE: 250/350/450/550
Cast Range: 700

Manacost: 50
Cooldown: 30/22/14/6
Ability Code: A2H0



Flame Guard
============
(active, no target)

Xin surrounds himself with a ring of fire that consumes incoming magic damage, leaving him unharmed. Deals dps in a 400 aoe. If the shield is dispelled, the dps buff goes away.

DPS: 30/35/40/45
Magic Shell: 150/300/450/600

Duration: 8/12/16/20 (or when the barrier dies)

Manacost: 80/90/100/110
Cooldown: 35
Ability Code: A2HS

Fire Remnant
===============
(Active, ground target)

Xin charges himself with the energy to create a Fire Remnant every 30 seconds, with a max of 3 charges. Releasing a charge, sends a Fire Remnant that runs to the targeted point at 2.5 times your speed. Xin can use his secondary ability to dash out to each remnant's location, detonating them for AoE damage, and arriving at the one he targeted last. Remnants last 45 seconds or until you fuse with them. The remnant placing ability is limited by charges and not cooldown or manacost.


Remnant Charges: 3
Remnant Charge Replenish Time: 30 seconds
Remnant Duration: 45 seconds
Remnant Cast Range: 1500

The secondary ability lets you target a location closest to whichever Remnant you want to choose. Xin will then dash out going through each remnant, arriving at the selected remnant last. Each Remnant you go through causes it to detonate, dealing damage in the area around it.

Damage: 140/180/220
AOE: 450
Activate Remnant Manacost: 100
Ability Code: A2JO, A2JQ, A2JP, A2JR
Ability Subability Code: A2JL


New Strength Hero: Rizzrak, Goblin Shredder
Strength Hero

Range: Melee
Movespeed: 290


Str: 22 + 2.4
Int: 21 + 1.8
Agi: 16 + 1.3

Starting Damage: 48-52
Starting Armor: 0


Whirling Death
================
(Active, no target)

Goblin Shredder whirls extremely sharp edges dealing damage and reducing primary attribute of any unfortunate enemy hero who comes in a 300 AOE around him. Deals Pure damage if it cuts down trees in the process. Lowers primary attribute by 15% for 7 seconds.

Damage: 100/150/200/250

Manacost: 70/80/90/100
Cooldown: 8


Notes:
Whirling Death deals magical damage by default. If it cuts down trees as well, it becomes pure damage.
Ability Code: A2FK


Timber Chain
==============
(Active, targeted point)

Fires a chain that embeds itself in the first tree it hits, pulling you to it and cutting any enemy in your path for pure damage.

Damage AoE: 225

Range: 800/1000/1200/1400
Damage: 80/120/160/200

Cooldown: 4 seconds
Manacost: 60/70/80/90

Note: You will not be pulled in if you are stunned when the chain latches onto a tree
Ability Code: A2E3


Reactive Armor
================
(Passive)

What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger! Every physical attack made on Rizzrak increases his armor and gives him bonus hp regen. Each stack lasts for 16 seconds.

Bonus: 1 armor and 1 HP regen per stack

Stack Limit: 4/8/12/16
Ability Code: A2E4


Chakram
=========
(Activatable, targeted point)

Fires your main saw blade at the target location, and once there the blade will spin, dealing damage in an AoE around it and slowing enemies by 5% for every 5% of health they are missing. The blade deals pure damage and cuts down trees in its path when fired and retracted. You lose the ability to attack while the blade is out.

Passthrough Damage: 100/140/180
DPS: 50/75/100

Cast Range: 1200

Manacost: 125/150/175
Manacost per second: 20/30/40
Cooldown: 8

Notes:
Chakram returns to you if you go more than 2000 units away. Destroys trees.
Ability Code: A2E5
Ability Code End: A2FX


New Strength Hero: Tresdin, Legion Commander
Strength Hero

Range: 128
Movement Speed: 310

Total starting damage: 57-61
Total starting armor: 3

Str 26 + 2.6
Agi 18 + 1.7
Int 20 + 2.2



Overwhelming Odds
=================
(Active, ground target)

Turns the enemies numbers against them, dealing damage and granting you 9% bonus movement speed per hero and 3% per unit in the 315 AoE for 7 seconds. Deals bonus damage to illusions and summoned units.

AoE: 315
Damage: 60/120/180/240 +10 damage per unit
Summoned Unit Bonus Damage: 50% of units hp
Cast Range: 1000

Movement Bonus per unit: 9% per hero, 3% per unit (lasts 7 seconds)

Cooldown: 18
Manacost: 100
Ability Code: A2JB


Press The Attack
================
(Active, ally or self target)

Removes all debuffs and disables from the targeted ally and grants them bonus attack speed and health regen for 4 seconds.

Attack Speed: 60/80/100/120
Health Regeneration: 30/40/50/60
Duration: 4 seconds

Cooldown: 15
Manacost: 80/90/100/110
Ability Code: A2J2


Moment of Courage
===================
(Passive)

When Tresdin is attacked, he has a chance to gain a moment of courage, instantly attacking again with bonus lifesteal.

Chance: 16/18/20/22%
Lifesteal: 20/40/60/80%

Notes: Cannot proc more than once every 0.75 seconds. The lifesteal is not an orb effect.
Ability Code: A2EY


Duel
======
(Active, enemy hero target)

Calls the targeted enemy for a duel. Both you and the enemy will be forced to attack each other and will both be unable to use items or abilities. The victor gains 10 permanent bonus damage.

Duration: 4/4.75/5.5 seconds

Duel winner bonus damage: 10 damage.

Cooldown: 50
Manacost: 75
Cast Range: 100

Notes: The loser of the duel is the hero that dies while under the buff. There is no victor if both heroes are alive at the end of the duration.
Ability Code: A2CI



Alchemist
- Chemical Rage Base Attack Time reduced from 1.45/1.35/1.2 to 1.45/1.3/1.15
- Goblin's Greed bonus gold limit increased from 18 to 26

Anti-Mage
- Reverted the 6.72 Base Attack Time improvement, BAT from 1.35 to 1.45
- Armor reduced by 1

Axe
- Aghanim's Culling Blade cooldown from 10 to 6
- Base Int from 14 to 18
- Base HP regeneration from 1.25 to 2
- Battle Hunger gives Axe a 4% bonus movement speed per target it affects
- Berserker's Call cooldown from 14 to 10
- Counter Helix damage increased from 100/125/150/175 to 100/130/160/190
- Counter Helix proc cooldown decreased from 0.7/0.65/0.6/0.55 to 0.65/0.6/0.55/0.5
- If Culling Blade kills a unit, Axe unleashes a war cry, giving nearby allied units (600 AoE) a temporary movement bonus (25% for 6 seconds).

Bane Elemental
- Movement speed increased from 305 to 315
- Base Str/Agi/Int increased from 18/18/18 to 22/22/22

Blood Seeker
- Thirst no longer partially reveals invisible heroes below 40% health
- Thirst now fully reveals invisible heroes below 20% health
- Rupture duration improved from 5/7/9 to 7/8/9
- Rupture cooldown now scales from 70 to 70/60/50

Bone Fletcher
- Searing Arrows no longer has a cooldown at level 1
- Strafe Attack Speed bonus increased from 90 to 110
- Wind Walk movement bonus increased from 10/20/30/40 to 11/22/33/44%

Bounty Hunter
- Track gold bonus for Bounty Hunter increased from 75/150/225 to 150/200/250

Bristleback
- Cast point decreased from 0.5 to 0.4
- Attack point reduced
- Turn Rate Increased (makes him turn faster)

Centaur Warchief
- Double Edge cooldown decreased from 10 to 8

Dark Seer
- Ion Shell duration increased from 15 to 20
- Ion Shell AoE from increased 225 to 250
- Ion Shell cooldown increased from 7 to 10
- Ion Shell damage increased from 30/45/60/75 to 30/50/70/90
- Wall of Replica illusions are now semi-transparent to enemy players

Dirge
- Flesh Golem cooldown decreased from 90 to 75
- Decay cooldown decreased from 11/9/7/5 to 10/8/6/4

Doom Bringer
- Scorched Earth duration increased from 8/10/12/14 to 10/12/14/16

Dragon Knight
- While in Dragon form Dragon Tail's cast range increased from 150 to 400

Drow Ranger
- Base Agility increased by 4

Enchantress
- Enchantress movement speed from 305 to 310

Eredar
- Model changed to the Archimonde model

Furion
- Wrath of Nature cooldown rescaled from 90/60/60 to 90/75/60

Gyrocopter
- Armor increased by 2

Jakiro
- Ice Path cooldown decreased from 16/15/14/13 to 12/11/10/9
- Macropyre duration increased from 5 to 7 seconds

Juggernaut
- Omnislash random damage improved from 150-250 to 175-250
- Omnislash hit count increased from 3/5/8 (5/7/10 aghanim) to 3/6/9 (6/9/12 aghanim)

Keeper of the Light
- Blinding Light cooldown decreased from 20 to 20/16/12
- Recall cooldown decreased from 40 to 15 seconds

Kunkka
- Strength growth increased from 2.7 to 3.0
- Ghost Ship's CoCo's Rum duration increased from 5/6/7 to 8
- Tidebringer cleave AoE improved from 380/420/460/500 to 500
- Torrent slow increased from 30 to 35%
- X Marks The Spot cooldown decreased from 30 to 20 seconds

Krobelus
- Witchcraft movement speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 4/8/12/16%

Lanaya
- Refraction instances increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6

Leoric
- Reincarnation slow duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
- Reincarnation cooldown decreased from 300/220/140 to 260/160/60

Leshrac
- Movement speed increased from 310 to 315
- Pulse Nova AoE increased from 400 to 450

Lina Inverse
- Base intelligence increased by 3
- Dragon Slave travel distance increased by 100
- Dragon Slave final AoE increased from 125 to 150

Lion
- Mana Drain level 4 increased from 100 to 120 per second
- Mana Drain now drains at 0.25 second intervals instead of 1 second (596884)

Lord of Avernus
- Aphotic Shield will explode at the end of its duration if it has not taken sufficient damage
- Aphotic Shield cooldown decreased from 18/15/12/9 to 14/12/10/8
- Aphotic Shield cast range increased from 450 to 500

Luna
- Base damage increased by 5

Magnataur
- Skewer cooldown decreased from 35 to 30
- Empower duration increased from 30 to 40 seconds

Medusa
- Toggle cooldown on mana shield removed
- Stone Gaze rebalanced

- No longer changes the scale of the purge per level (was negligible), now recovers at a medium rate always
- Instead of checking to stone units over the first 0.6 seconds, it checks over the full 5 seconds.
- Units affected by the Stone Gaze cannot get reaffected during the application period
- Illusion & Summoned unit damage from 600/800/1000 to 500/1000/1500
- Manacost from 100/50/0 to 200/100/0
- Cooldown from 100 to 140/110/80


Meepo
- Poof damage rescaled from 50/80/110/140 to 80/100/120/140

Mirana
- Fixed Elune's Arrow damaging but not stunning invisible units

Morphling
- Base agility increased by 5
- Adaptive strike cooldown decreased from 20 to 10

Naga Siren
- Ensnare cast range increased from 620/630/640/650 to 650
- Song of the Siren AoE increased from 750 to 1250
- Song of the Siren's End ability is now available 0.5 seconds after casting (484587)

Necrolyte
- Death Pulse AoE increased from 375/425/450/475 to 475
- Heartstopper damage increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0% to 0.5/0.7/0.9/1.1%
- Sadist level 4 now restores 600 mana if you kill a hero

Nerubian Assassin
- Vendetta cooldown decreased from 90/75/60 to 70/60/50
- Mana Burn cooldown decreased from 35/25/15/5 to 28/20/12/4

Obsidian Destroyer
- Sanity's Eclipse now hits units imprisoned by Astral Imprisonment

Pandaren Brewmaster
- Drunken Haze cooldown decreased from 12 to 8
- Tinted Panda Brewmaster's Primal Split model colors

Phantom Assassin
- Stifling Dagger damage increased from 40/80/120/160 to 50/100/150/200

Phantom Lancer
- Doppelwalk movement bonus increased from 10 to 15%
- Juxtapose illusions cap increased from 2/3/4/5 to 2/4/6/8

Phoenix
- Fire Spirits heal amount decreased to 50% of damage
- Fire Spirits now targets a location rather than a unit
- Fire Spirits cooldown decreased from 35 to 30
- Fire Spirits projectile speed increased
- Icarus Dive cooldown decreased from 30 to 25
- Sun Ray hp activation cost decreased from 25% to 20%
- Sun Ray manacost rescaled from 35 to 10/20/30/40

Pit Lord
- Expulsion corpse explosion rate decreased from every 1.25 seconds to 1.5 seconds
- Expulsion manacost increased from 125 to 125/135/145/155

Pudge
- Flesh Heap now has a overhead notification when strength is gained

Pugna
- Life Drain damage increased from 95/140/185 to 100/150/200 (and Scepter from 150/200/250 to 175/225/275)
- Life Drain duration increased from 9 to 10 seconds

Queen of Pain
- Base damage increased by 4
- Scream of Pain AoE increased from 400/425/450/475 to 475

Razor
- Static Link duration, after it finishes draining, increased from 13 to 18
- Static Link cooldown rescaled from 35/30/25/20 to 25

Rooftrellen
- Overgrowth damage per second decreased from 70/100/130 to 50/75/100
- Leech Seed manacost increased from 110/120/130/140 to 140

Rubick
- Fade Bolt manacost increased from 90/95/100/105 to 150
- Fade Bolt cd rescaled from 10 to 16/14/12/10
- Telekinesis manacost decreased from 160 to 120

Sand King
- Epicenter's slow is no longer blocked by magic immunity
- Caustic Finale buff duration increased from 2 to 8 seconds

Shadow Fiend
- Movement speed increased from 300 to 305
- Agility growth increased from 2.4 to 2.9
- Necromancy soul cap increased from 8/15/23/30 to 8/16/24/32

Silencer
- Glaives of Wisdom damage increased from 30/40/50/60% to 30/45/60/75%
- Last Word now functions while Silencer is stunned/silenced
- Last Word no longer triggers when enemies use items

Slark
- Pounce damage increased from 40/80/120/160 to 70/140/210/280
- Pounce cooldown rescaled from 12 to 20/16/12/8
- Pounce cast range increased from 400/500/600/700 to 700
- Shadow Dance regen increased from 2/3/4% to 3/4/5%
- Shadow Dance passive bonuses activation delay decreased from 0.7 to 0.5

Sniper
- Shrapnel AoE increased from 325 to 350

Spectre
- Dispersion damage no longer disables items like Blink Dagger

Spirit Breaker
- Charge of Darkness cooldown decreased from 40 to 35
- Charge of Darkness AoE knockback increased from 250 to 300
- Netherstrike damage increased from 100/200/300 to 150/250/350

Stealth Assassin
- Backstab damage bonus increased from 0.25/0.5/0.75/1.0 to 0.5/0.75/1.0/1.25 of agility

Storm Spirit
- Overload bonus damage increased from 30/45/60/75 to 30/50/70/90

Sven
- Great Cleave increased from 20/30/40/50% to 30/40/50/60%
- God's Strength is no longer purgeable
- God's Strength damage buff increased from 100/125/150% to 100/140/180%
- Warcry duration increased from 6 to 8 seconds
- Warcry cast time removed
Ability Code: A2IS


Tinker
- Laser's miss duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds

Tiny
- Tiny now automatically and permanently equips a tree when he has Aghanim's Scepter
Gives 235 range, 50% cleave and 1.75x damage towards buildings


Troll Warlord
- Fervor increments now increase while attacking towers

Tuskarr
- Snowball cooldown decreased from 40 to 28

Ursa Warrior
- Armor increased by 1
- Enrage damage increased from 4/5/6% to 5/6/7% of current HP
- Earthshock AoE increased from 365 to 385
- Earthshock cooldown decreased from 7 to 6
- Fury Swipes damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30

Visage
- Added Aghanim Scepter for Visage (creates 1 extra familiar)
- Soul Assumption manacost rescaled from 200/180/160/140 to 170/160/150/140

Warlock
- Infernal's Flaming Fists trigger chance increased from 40% to 60%
- Infernal's Flaming Fists damage increased from 75/115/150 to 100/150/200

Zeus
- Arc Lightning level 4 damage increased from 130 to 145 damage
- Lightning Bolt cooldown decreased from 6.5 to 6
- Static Field now affects creeps
- Static Field no longer requires unit visibility to take effect


New Item: Rod of Atos
Requires:
2x Staff of Wizardry (2000)
Vitality Booster (1100)
Total: 3100

Provides:
+25 Intelligence
+250 HP
Cripple (active, target unit)

Slows the target's movement speed by 50% for 4.

Cast Range: 800
Cooldown: 20
Manacost: 50


New Item: Heaven's Halberd
Requires:
Sange (2150)
Talisman of Evasion (1800)
Total: 3950

Provides:
+20 Strength
+25 Damage
+25 Evasion
Lesser Maim (passive, same as sange)
Disarm (active)

Removes the target's ability to attack for 4 seconds to ranged targets and 3 seconds to melee targets.
Cooldown: 30
Cast Range: 600
Manacost: 100


New Item: Ring of Aquila
Requires:
Wraith Band (485)
Ring of Basilius (500)
Total: 985

Provides:
+9 Damage
+3 All Stats
+3 Agility
+1 Armor
+2 Armor Aura
+0.65 Mana Regeneration Aura

Can be Disassembled


New Item: Abyssal Blade
Requires:
Sacred Relic (3800, +60 dmg)
Cranium Basher (2950, +40 dmg, +6 str, bash)
Total: 6750

Provides:
+100 Damage
+10 Strength
Bash (passive, same as cranium)
Overwhelm (active)

Overwhelm: Disables a target unit for 2 seconds. Can be cast on magic immune units.
CD: 60 seconds
Manacost: 150
Cast Range: 140


New Item: Tranquil Boots
Requires:
Boots of Speed (500)
Ring of Protection (175)
Ring of Regeneration (350)
Total: 1025

Provides:
+80 Movement
+3 HP Regen
+3 Armor
Rejuvenate (active)

If you take more than 3 instances of damage (greater than 20) in the past 10 seconds, the item temporarily breaks and becomes basic boots (until the last 10 seconds don't have 3 instances). Same damage source rules as Blink Dagger.


Rejuvinate: Restores 150 HP over 10 seconds, non-combat only. Can only be casted on self.
Cooldown: 40
Manacost: 25


Boots of Travel
- Recipe cost decreased from 2200 to 2000
- Movement speed increased from 95 to 100

Bloodstone
- Bloodstone initial charges increased from 5 to 6
- Bloodstone respawn time reduction increased from 3 to 4 seconds per charge

Butterfly
- Evasion increased from 30 to 35%

Divine Rapier
- Damage increased from 250 to 300

Ethereal Blade
- Ether blast cast range increased from 700 to 800

Eul's Scepter of Divinity
- Movement speed bonus increased from 25 to 30

Linken's Sphere
- Added +10 damage to account for component bonuses
- No longer triggered by Medallion of Courage
- No longer triggered by Urn of Shadows

Magic Wand
- No longer loses charges when upgrading from Magic Stick

Mask of Madness
- Berserk's movement speed bonus increased from 20% to 25%

Mjollnir
- Chain lightning bounce count increased from 4 to 8

Necronomicon
- Archer's Mana burn cast range increased from 250 to 600
- Archer's attack damage increased from 31/61/91 to 40/80/120
- Warrior's attack damage increased from 21/41/61 to 25/50/75

Orb of Venom
- Cost decreased from 450 to 350

Orchid Malevolence
- Recipe Reworked: now requires 2 Oblivion Staffs and a 775 gold recipe. See stats below
Old Orchid:
===========
Total Cost: 5025
+20 Intelligence
+30 Attack Speed
+45 Damage
+225% mana regen
Soul Burn


New Orchid:
============
Total Cost: 4125
+25 Intelligence
+30 Attack Speed
+30 Damage
+150% mana regen
Soul Burn


Smoke of Deceit
- Dispel AoE for nearby heroes increased from 950 to 1025

Refresher Orb
- Added +6 Intelligence to account for component bonuses

Stygian Desolator
- Desolator recipe cost decreased from 1200 to 900

Vanguard
- HP Bonus decreased from 275 to 250

Veil of Discord
- Recipe now requires only one Robe of the Magi, completed bonuses are the same



- Significant changes to couriers
- Couriers now give 150 to each enemy player, instead of 300 to the killer.
- Couriers no longer drop items when they die
- Couriers respawn 3 minutes after death, the items they have are inaccesible during that time
- Flying courier no longer has invulnerability shield
- Basic courier is magic immune (like flying courier, most spells did not work on couriers already)

- Buyback cooldown increased from 4 minutes to 5
- Heroes now respawn with full mana
- Gold over time from 0.875 intervals to 0.8
- Runes will no longer spawn the same rune type 2 times in a row
- Added Treant Protector, Terrorblade and Tuskarr to Captain's Mode

- Added a new loading screen



- Added various christmas themed effects
- New CM Skin


- Pudge Santa Model
- Christmas World Tree
- Candy Cane for Tangoes
- Santa Hats for anyone with a kill streak
Your hero gets it when you have 3 or more kills. You lose the hat when your streak ends.
You can type -nosanta to remove the hat.

- Santa Hats for couriers
- Santa Hat for Roshan
- Present model for item treasure chests


- Added an icon change when Ring of Basilius is in hero only state
- Moved Manta Style to Protectorate shop (to make room)
- Moved the Flying Courier item to the consumable shop

- Hero pool in -CD increased from 24 to 28
- Satyr Soulstealer manapool from 400 to 600
- Harpy Storm manapool from 360 to 540
- Satyr Hellcaller mana pool increased from 300 to 600
- Forest Healing Troll now has a Mana Aura (+2 MP/sec)
- Forest Healing Troll's heal cooldown from 0.75 to 0.5 seconds

- -Bounty is now a part of -st (537656)
- Removed stock cooldown on TP Scrolls, Dust and Sentry Wards
- Added a new courier (Pack Horse)
- Updated Shadow Shaman's Mass Serpent Ward animation (298692)
- Ghost Ship now has a small chance to use an alternate model
- Compressed Ancient Apparition model size
- Optimized map space usage
- Added Romanian language support
Czech
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Korean
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Turksih



* Added a 0.2 second buffer time between Chainfrost bounces (to prevent instant explosions for nearby units after the most recent code change)
* Fixed Dreamcoil damaging but not stunning invis heroes if they leave the range while still under the effect
* Fixed Tiny's damage not being displayed when he upgrades with Aghanim
* Fixed some rare bugs with some effects being invisible depending on where your camera was
* Fixed the pathing type on Enraged Wildkin's Tornado
* Fixed Bloodlust Multicast to affect necronomicon units
* Fixed Glaives Throwers having different attack point than Meat Wagons
* Fixed issue with Open Wounds when used on neutrals
* Fixed some inconsistincies on the attack animation time between ghouls and treants
* Fixed Focus Fire interaction with Linken Sphere
* Fixed Laser interaction with Linken Sphere
* Fixed Open Wounds not working properly sometimes when the target is in fog of war
* Fixed Refraction damage status icon lingering a little after its gone



Changelog 6.72f
* Fixed a bug with Spirit Bear's Return
Spirit Bear would sometimes not have the Return ability active after it respawns until an enemy hero hits it.



I apologize for the recent bug fix patches

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