Valve has released the 7.39e gameplay update for Dota 2, delivering a wide range of balance adjustments across heroes, items, and neutral creeps. This patch places an emphasis on refining competitive balance, addressing issues with popular strategies, and introducing new considerations for both casual and professional play. Heroes such as Beastmaster, Earthshaker, Lina, Medusa, and Naga Siren see adjustments to their abilities and talents, while Kez makes an entry into Captain’s Mode.
On the item front, Aeon Disk, Helm of the Dominator, Refresher Orb, and several others have been rebalanced, with key abilities like Ghost Scepter’s Ghost Form and Ethereal Blade’s Ether Blast seeing changes to their interaction with Debuff Immunity. Neutral creeps also see reduced bonuses and aura adjustments, further influencing early- and mid-game dynamics. Overall, update 7.39e aims to enhance gameplay depth while ensuring fairer competitive matchups.
Full Patch Notes
General Changes
- Scan no longer triggers on creep heroes (except Lone Druid’s Spirit Bear)
- Neutral Creep Gold/XP penalty for stacked camps increased from 15% to 20%
Neutral Creep Updates
- Alpha Wolf: Packleader’s Aura damage decreased from 30% to 20%
- Dark Troll Summoner – Skeleton Warrior: Rally aura bonus attack damage decreased from 3 to 2
Item Updates
- Aeon Disk: Combo Breaker now starts on a 6s cooldown after being assembled for the first time
- Ghost Scepter: Ghost Form no longer active while wearer is Debuff Immune
- Ethereal Blade: Ether Blast ethereal form no longer applied to Debuff Immune targets
- Helm of the Dominator: Dominate now costs 50 mana; cannot be used if dominated creep took hero-based damage in last 3s; movement speed decreased from 380 to 370
- Helm of the Overlord: Same Dominate changes as above
- Refresher Orb: Reset Cooldowns cooldown increases by 10s with each use, up to 210s; mana cost increased from 350 to 400
Neutral Item Updates
- Outworld Staff: Self-Exile now makes the user invulnerable and immobile instead of hidden
- Timeless: Debuff Duration bonus reduced from +10/15% to +8/15%; Spell Amplification bonus reduced from +8/16% to +6/16%
- Boundless: Cast Range bonus decreased from +350 to +275
Hero Updates (Highlights)
- Abaddon: Borrowed Time cooldown increased to 90/85/80s
- Bane: Enfeeble cast range reduced across all levels
- Beastmaster: Base damage decreased by 2; level 15 talent movement speed reduced; level 25 Primal Roar cooldown reduction decreased
- Earthshaker: Aftershock damage reduced; bonus AoE decreased; level 10 talent Fissure damage reduced
- Kez: Added to Captain’s Mode; various ability and facet fixes; multiple balance changes including Raptor Dance and Falcon Rush adjustments
- Lina: Light Strike Array stun duration increased at all levels
- Medusa: Mana Shield base damage per mana reduced from 2.2 to 2.0
- Naga Siren: Deluge facet damage reduced; Song of the Siren Shard regen reduced
- Pugna: Nether Ward damage reduced; Decrepify no longer applies ethereal form on Debuff Immune targets
- Queen of Pain: Sonic Wave damage reduced
- Treant Protector: Base armor increased; Living Armor bonus armor increased
- Venomancer: Base agility increased; Plague Ward damage increased
- Visage: Grave Chill mana cost reduced from 90 to 75
(Full detailed list of hero adjustments as provided above)
Dota 2 is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game serves as the sequel to Defense of the Ancients (DotA), a fan-created mod for Warcraft III. Played in 5v5 matches, each player controls a unique hero with abilities, battling to destroy the opposing team’s Ancient. Since its release, Dota 2 has become one of the most popular and competitive esports titles, featuring massive tournaments like The International with record-breaking prize pools.
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