Dota 2 Patch Lands Just Before The International 2018

With just over two weeks until The International 2018, the latest balance patch for Dota 2 has arrived, and with it comes more than a couple of hero changes. There is a minor addition to the map in the form of trees and the free Enchanted Mangoes that come with the daily "bonus" hero have been reduced back down to just one, with the vast majority of the changes coming to the heroes. Here’s the full list of balance changes for patch 7.19:

 

 Daily Bonus Hero changed from 2 Mangoes to 1

 Added 2 trees near the cliff area below the Dire primary jungle shrine

 Abaddon: Mist Coil manacost reduced from 50/60/70/80 to 50

 Ancient Apparition: Ice Vortex manacost reduced from 80/90/100/110 to 65/80/95/110

 Bloodseeker: Level 25 Talent reduced from +20% Max Thirst and Damage to +18%

 Bloodseeker: Thirst bonus rescaled from 16/24/32/40 to 7/18/29/40

 Broodmother: Spin Web movement speed reduced from 40/50/60/70% to 25/40/55/70%

 Broodmother: Spin Web charge replenish rate increased from 40 to 45 seconds

 Centaur: Base strength increased by 2

 Crystal Maiden: Crystal Nova manacost increased from 100/120/140/160 to 130/140/150/160

 Drow Ranger: Base strength reduced by 1

 Enchantress: Nature's Attendants manacost increased from 110/120/140/150 to 170/160/150/140

 Juggernaut: Blade Fury damage increased from 80/105/130/150 to 90/115/140/160

 Necrophos: Reaper's Scythe Scepter cooldown increased from 55/40/25 to 60/50/40

 Necrophos: Ghost Shroud self magic resistance reduction increased from 30% to 40%

 Necrophos: Reaper's Scythe cast point increased from 0.5 to 0.55

 Ogre Magi: Fireblast damage increased from 55/110/165/220 to 60/120/180/240

 Outworld Devourer: Sanity's Eclipse damage multiplier increased from 8/9/10 to 9/10/11

 Outworld Devourer: Essence Aura mana bonus increased from 125/200/275/350 to 150/250/350/450

 Phantom Lancer: Juxtapose Illusion incoming damage increased from 500% to 600%

 Phantom Lancer: Base intelligence reduced by 2

 Phoenix: Level 15 Talent reduced from +60 Fire Spirits DPS to +50

 Puck: Waning Rift silence duration increased from 1.5/2/2.5/3 to 2/2.5/3/3.5

 Pudge: Meat Hook cooldown increased from 17/15/13/11 to 27/22/17/12

 Pugna: Base damage reduced by 2

 Riki: Smoke Screen cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.2

 Shadow Shaman: Base armor increased by 1

 Sniper: Level 15 Talent increased from +25 Shrapnel DPS to +35

 Sven: Base damage increased by 2

 Templar Assassin: Psionic Traps damage reduced from 250/350/450 to 250/300/350

 Timbersaw: Reactive Armor armor per stack increased from 1/1.2/1.4/1.6 to 1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6

 Treant Protector: Leech Seed manacost increased from 80/95/110/125 to 100/110/120/130

 Visage: Gravekeeper's Cloak minimum damage reduced from 50 to 40

 Weaver: Base movement speed reduced from 280 to 275

 Windranger: Windrun cooldown increased from 12 to 15/14/13/12

 Winter Wyvern: Splinter Blast manacost increased from 90/110/130/150 to 105/120/135/150

 Zeus: Nimbus radius reduced from 500 to 450

 

How these changes affect the picks and bans for the pro players remains to be seen, but all eyes will be firmly on the action once TI8 rolls around. For more information on the upcoming event, check out the official website, here.