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7.23f gameplay update drops day before Minor

Last-minute changes to 11 of Dota's hero lineup could have an impact on the first Dota Pro Circuit event of the year.

First Published January 7, 2020, 17:44

7.23f gameplay update drops day before Minor

Patch 5.23f has dropped in Dota 2 just one day ahead of the WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020.

While the change that Gold bonus for the team that is behind is no longer considered if the difference is only 1k or less is relatively small, significant changes have gone live on numerous heroes in the game.

The full patch notes can be found below for the latest gameplay update:

Heroes

Doom

Starting strength reduced by 2

Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth damage reduced from 20/35/50/65 to 15/30/45/60
Scorched Earth manacost increased from 60/65/70/75 to 60/70/80/90

Drow Ranger

Multishot

Multishot manacost from 50/60/70/80 to 50/70/90/110
Multishot arrow slow duration rescaled from 1/2/3/4 to 1.25/2/2.75/3.5

Lone Druid

Spirit Bear level 1 base damage reduced by 5

Outworld Devourer

Sanity's Eclipse

Sanity's Eclipse damage multipler reduced from 0.5 to 0.4

Puck

Base damage reduced by 2
Fixed Ethereal Jaunt attacking Zombies

Waning Rift

Waning Rift no longer moves your hero if you are rooted on cast (but still casts the spell)

Talents

Level 10 Talent changed from Phase Shift Attacks to +30 Damage
Level 15 Talent changed from +90 Damage to Phase Shift Attacks

Snapfire

Base armor reduced by 1

Mortimer Kisses

Mortimer Kisses cooldown increased from 90 to 110

Tiny

Base attack speed reduced from 100 to 90
Strength gain reduced from 4.1 to 3.8

Toss

Toss cast range reduced from 1300 to 1000/1100/1200/1300

Tree Grab

Tree Grab movement speed penalty increased from 25 to 30

Treant Protector

Strength gain reduced from 3.7 to 3.5

Leech Seed

Leech Seed slow reduced from 26/34/42/50% to 18/24/30/36%

Overgrowth

Overgrowth manacost increased from 150/175/200 to 200/250/300

Ursa

Earthshock

Earthshock no longer moves your hero if you are rooted on cast (but still casts the spell)

Vengeful Spirit

Magic Missile

Magic Missile cooldown increased from 9 to 12/11/10/9

Nether Swap

Nether Swap cast point increased from 0.3 to 0.4

Viper

Poison Attack

Poison Attack manacost increased from 20 to 25