Dota 2 Patch 7.41f Released — Lina, Bounty Hunter, and Lifestealer Nerfed

Valve has released gameplay patch 7.41f for Dota 2. The update has affected items and more than 30 heroes: notable nerfs include Lina, Bounty Hunter, Lifestealer, Shadow Fiend, and Treant Protector, while Anti-Mage, Chen, Mars, and Ursa received buffs. Additionally, developers reduced the lifesteal of Satanic and Mask of Madness, increased the cost of several items, and fixed some bugs.

Item Changes

Infused Raindrops 

• Mana regeneration bonus reduced from +0.8 to +0.6.

Battle Fury 

• Tree chop cooldown reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.

Daedalus 

• Recipe cost increased from 900 to 1,000 gold.
• Total cost increased from 5,100 to 5,200 gold.

Dragon Lance 

• Recipe cost increased from 450 to 550 gold.
• Total cost increased from 1,900 to 2,000 gold.

Essence Distiller 

• Mana regeneration bonus reduced from +1.75 to +1.5.

Heart of Tarrasque 

• Recipe cost increased from 700 to 800 gold.
• Total cost increased from 5,200 to 5,300 gold.

Heaven's Halberd 

• Recipe cost reduced from 450 to 350 gold.
• Total cost reduced from 3,400 to 3,300 gold.

Hurricane Pike 

• Total cost increased from 4,450 to 4,550 gold due to the increased cost of Dragon Lance.

Hydra's Breath 

• Recipe cost reduced from 1,100 to 1,000 gold.
• Total cost remains at 5,900 gold due to the increased cost of Dragon Lance.

Manta Style 

• Ranged illusion damage from Mirror Image reduced from 28% to 25%.

Mask of Madness 

• Lifesteal bonus reduced from +24% to +22%.
• Lifesteal against creeps reduced from +14.4% to +13.2%.

Mjollnir 

• Static Charge duration reduced from 15 to 12 seconds.

Octarine Core 

• Recipe cost increased from 200 to 400 gold.
• Total cost increased from 4,900 to 5,100 gold.

Satanic 

• Lifesteal bonus reduced from +30% to +25%.
• Lifesteal against creeps reduced from +18% to +15%.

Shiva's Guard 

• Arctic Blast damage reduced from 260 to 225.

Silver Edge 

• Shadow Walk cooldown increased from 22 to 23 seconds.
• Shadow Walk movement speed bonus reduced from 22% to 20%.

Neutral Item Changes

Greedy 

• Attack damage penalty increased from 30/60 to 35/70.

Anti-Mage 

Mana Break 

• Portion of burned mana dealt as damage increased from 60% to 65%.

Bane 

• Base armor reduced by 1.

Batrider 

• Intelligence growth increased from 2.9 to 3.2.
• Damage growth per level increased from 3.5 to 3.6.

Bounty Hunter 

Track 

• Bonus gold for Bounty Hunter reduced from 130/225/320 to 80/160/240.
• Bonus gold for allies reduced from 50/90/130 to 40/80/120.

Talents 

• Level 10 talent for +0.6 seconds Shuriken Toss slow reduced to +0.35 seconds.
• Level 20 talent "Track grants True Sight" replaced with "+190 Shuriken Toss damage".
• Level 25 talent "+250 Shuriken Toss damage" replaced with "Track grants True Sight".

Broodmother 

Insatiable Hunger 

• Mana cost reduced from 80 to 70.

Centaur Warrunner 

• Base damage reduced by 2.
• Level 1 damage reduced from 64–66 to 62–64.
• Base movement speed reduced from 300 to 295.

Hitch a Ride 

• Cast range reduced from 250 to 200.

Chen 

• Strength growth increased from 2.0 to 2.2.

Zealot 

• Respawn time changed from 60 seconds to 60 seconds minus 1 second per hero level.

Clockwerk 

Power Cogs 

• Mana cost increased from 75 to 90.
• Knockback duration reduced from 0.8 to 0.7 seconds.

Disruptor 

• Base intelligence increased from 20 to 21.
• Level 1 damage increased from 47–51 to 48–52.

Earth Spirit 

• Base attack speed reduced from 100 to 95.

Stone Remnant 

• Charge count changed from 7 + 1 per 4 levels to 7 + 1 per 5 levels.
• Maximum charge count reduced from 14 at level 28 to 13 at level 30.

Talents 

• Level 20 talent "+25% Magnetize damage and duration" replaced with "+35 Magnetize damage per second".
• Level 20 talent "+175% Rolling Boulder damage from strength" replaced with "+200 Geomagnetic Grip remnant damage".
• Level 25 talent "+250 Geomagnetic Grip remnant damage" replaced with "+250% Rolling Boulder damage from strength".

Ember Spirit 

• Base agility reduced from 22 to 21.
• Level 1 damage reduced from 52–56 to 51–55.

Enigma 

Demonic Conversion 

• Eidolon attack range reduced from 425/450/475/500 to 380/420/460/500.

Black Hole 

• Pull speed with Aghanim's Scepter reduced from 175 to 150.

Talents 

• Level 20 Eidolon damage talent reduced from +40 to +30.

Hoodwink 

• Base strength reduced from 17 to 16.

Huskar 

• Base strength reduced from 23 to 22.
• Level 1 damage reduced from 44–49 to 43–48.
• Strength growth increased from 3.3 to 3.4.

Invoker 

Cold Snap 

• Cooldown increased from 18 to 19 seconds.

Ghost Walk 

• Aghanim's Shard no longer deals damage to non-hero units.

Io 

Talents 

• Level 15 talent "+50% Spirits damage" reduced to +40%.

Keeper of the Light 

• Base attack speed reduced from 100 to 90.

Chakra Magic 

• Cooldown reduction decreased from 3/4/5/6 to 2.5/3.5/4.5/5.5 seconds.

Spirit Form 

• Illuminate healing reduced from 70% to 60%.
• Illuminate healing with Aghanim's Shard remains at 100%.

Kez 

• Base damage reduced by 1.
• Level 1 damage reduced from 50–56 to 49–55.

Talents 

• Level 20 talent "+4% Kazurai Katana damage per second" reduced to +3.5%.

Largo 

Island Elixir 

• Healing changed from 34/56/78 to 30/55/80.

Lifestealer 

Rage 

• Cooldown increased from 20/19/18/17 to 21/20/19/18 seconds.

Infest 

• Duration on enemies with Aghanim's Scepter reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.

Talents 

• Level 10 talent "+20 movement speed" reduced to +15.

Lina 

• Base intelligence reduced from 30 to 28.
• Level 1 damage reduced from 51–59 to 49–57.

Fiery Soul 

• Attack speed bonus reduced from 8/16/24/32 to 7/14/21/28.
• Duration reduced from 18 to 16 seconds.

Lone Druid 

Entangle 

• Accumulation duration reduced from 10 seconds to 7/8/9/10 seconds.

Marci 

Rebound 

• Ally movement speed bonus changed from 15/20/25/30% to a fixed 25%.

Mars 

• Base armor increased by 1.

Mirana 

Celestial Quiver 

• Base charge restoration time increased from 6 to 7 seconds.

Sacred Arrow 

• Maximum stun duration reduced from 2.6/3.4/4.2/5 to 2.3/3.2/4.1/5 seconds.

Necrophos 

Sadist 

• Multiplier per hero kill reduced from 6 to 4.

Ghost Shroud 

• Healing amplification reduced from 55/65/75/85% to 45/55/65/75%.

Shadow Fiend 

Necromastery 

• Damage per soul changed from 1.35 + 0.15 per level to 1 + 0.8 per every 6 levels.

Shadowraze 

• Bonus damage per soul reduced from 3 to 2.

Talents 

• Level 15 talent "+2 armor reduction Presence of the Dark Lord" reduced to +1.5.

Slardar 

• Base health regeneration reduced by 0.25.

Slithereen Crush 

• Damage reduced from 75/150/225/300 to 60/140/220/300.

Spectre 

Desolate 

• Damage changed from 23 + 2 per level to 23.5 + 1.5 per level.

Treant Protector 

• Base intelligence reduced from 20 to 17.

Nature's Guise 

• Invisibility retention time after leaving trees reduced from 2 to 1 second.

Leech Seed 

• Ability now costs 35 mana.
• Portion of damage converted to healing changed from 20% to 10/15/20/25%.

Living Armor 

• Minimum damage block reduced from 20 to 10.

Talents 

• Level 10 talent "+3 Living Armor heal per second" replaced with "+3 seconds Living Armor duration".

Underlord 

Pit of Malice 

• Ability can no longer be upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter.

Fiend's Gate

• Cooldown with Aghanim's Scepter reduced from 100/95/90 to 90/85/80 seconds.

Undying 

• Base health regeneration reduced by 0.25.

Decay 

• Mana cost increased from 100 to 110.

Ursa 

Maul 

• Max health damage increased from 1.25% to 1.75%.

Warlock 

• Base attack speed increased from 90 to 95.

Winter Wyvern 

Arctic Burn 

• Cooldown increased from 26/24/22/20 to 29/26/23/20 seconds.

Cold Embrace 

• Healing from max health per second reduced from 2.25/3/3.75/4.5% to 1.5/2.5/3.5/4.5%.

Bug Fixes

Besides balance changes, Valve fixed a number of bugs:

• Fixed a spot near the top Roshan pit where a hero could hide inside the cave's geometry.
• Fixed the ability to mark items for sale that are normally unsellable during the initial full refund period.
• Tranquil Boots now properly go on cooldown when disassembled from the stash.
• Fixed an issue where Bane's Nightmare removed vision from targets with debuff immunity.
• Fixed Bounty Hunter's Big Game Hunter not granting bonus gold.
• Elder Titan's Astral Spirit can no longer use Echo Stomp during its return.
• Lone Druid's Spirit Bear no longer remains under the original player's control after swapping heroes.
• Fixed interaction of Lina's level 25 talent critical hit with other sources of critical damage.
• Fixed redirection of Consume from Aghanim's Scepter Alchemist and Moon Shard by Spirit Breaker's Planar Pocket.
• Fixed Planar Pocket interactions with Linken's Sphere on Spirit Breaker.
• Timbersaw's Flamethrower no longer reveals the hero on the mini-map.