Dota 2 developers have released patch 7.38, which introduces changes to the game mechanics, adjusts the balance of items and heroes, as well as makes small changes to the map. Let's take a look at the main innovations.

General Updates

• Item grace period for swapping into the main inventory without a cooldown increased from 3s to 5s.
• Tormentor: Gold to each team member on death decreased from 250 to 175.
• Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Damage absorb increased from 1900 to 2100.
• Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Barrier regeneration increased from 30 to 40.
• Lotuses can no longer be picked up by Meepo clones, Arc Warden's Tempest Double or Dazzle's Nothl Projection.
• Moved the spawn box of the Radiant Safelane tier 1 hard pull camp a little bit down, removing an inaccessible camp block spot that could be created by chopping down a tree.

Removed several trees around camps, making it easier for additional paths to be cut through:

• To the right of Dire Ancient camp by Safelane Tier 1 Tower.
• To the right of Dire Medium camp between mid and top Tier 2 Towers.
• To the top of Dire Hard camp nearest to mid Tier 1 Tower.
• To the top of the Dire Jungle high-ground Medium camp.
• To the right of the Dire offlane Tier 2 Tower Medium camp.
• To the right of the Radiant Hard Camp by mid tier 1.
• To the right and left of the Radiant Hard Camp by offlane Tier 1 Tower.
• To the left of the Radiant Safelane Tier 2 Tower Medium water camp.

Item Updates

Eye of Skadi

• Cold Attack Melee Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%.
• Cold Attack no longer has a separate attack speed slow value against melee targets

Glimmer Cape

• Glimmer Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 40 to 20.
• Glimmer Mana Cost increased from 90 to 125.

Heaven's Halberd

• Recipe changed.
• No longer requires a Ring of Regen.
• Recipe cost increased from 275 to 450. Total cost unchanged.

Khanda

• Empower Spell Debuff Duration increased from 3s to 4s.
• Empower Spell Cooldown decreased from 12s to 10s.

Orb of Corrosion

• Agility bonus decreased from +8 to +7.
• Corrosion Melee Movement Slow increased from 6% to 8%.

Orb of Frost

• Frost Melee Movement Slow increased from 5% to 6%.

Orchid Malevolence

• Mana Regen bonus decreased from +3.25 to +3.
• Attack Speed bonus decreased from +40 to +35

Bloodthorn

• Mana Regen bonus decreased from +3.5 to +3.25.
• Attack Speed bonus decreased from +100 to +95.

Neutral Item Updates

Artifact changes

Mana Draught

• Bottoms Up mana restored rescaled from 60 + 2% of Caster's Max Mana to 30 + 4% of Caster's. Max Mana

Orb of Destruction

• Impeding Corruption duration decreased from 5s to 3s.

Pig Pole

• Pig, Out! bonus movement speed increased from 15% to 20%.
• Pig, Out! cooldown decreased from 25s to 20s.
• Pig, Out! duration decreased from 4s to 3s.

Pollywog Charm

• Ribbit duration increased from 10s to 14s.

Ripper's Lash

• Flay cooldown decreased from 30s to 25s.

Trusty Shovel

• Dig cooldown increased from 60s to 70s.

Brigand's Blade

• Dark Mercy enemy HP increment increased from 5% to 7%.

Essence Ring

• Life Essence duration decreased from 15s to 10s.
• Life Essence mana cost increased from 150 to 160.

Iron Talon

• Chop cooldown decreased from 20s to 15s.

Searing Signet

• Burn Through damage threshold increased from 40 to 55.

Gale Guard

• Cyclonic Shield damage Barrier decreased from 400 to 250.

Gunpowder Gauntlet

• Beat the Crowd now also deals 50% of the bonus magical damage to enemies in the splash radius.
• Beat the Crowd splash damage now bypasses physical damage block.

Ninja Gear

• Solitary Disguise mana cost increased from 0 to 100.

Serrated Shiv

• Gut 'Em current health as physical damage decreased from 10% to 8%.

Crippling Crossbow

• Hobble cast range increased from 600 to 800.

Mind Breaker

• Silence Strike silence duration decreased from 2s to 1.5s.

Pyrrhic Cloak

• Retribution damage reflection increased from 60% to 75%.

Fallen Sky

• Fallen Sky cooldown increased from 15s to 25s.

Pirate Hat

• Plunder bonus gold for being the killer of a hero increased from 150 to 400.

Unrelenting Eye

• Relentless now also provides +10% status resistance per enemy within 300 units.

Enchantment changes

Brawny

• Health bonus decreased from +125/175/225/275 to +125/165/205/245.

Mystical

• Magic Resistance bonus decreased from +0/10/16/22% to +0/10/14/18%.

Vampiric

• Lifesteal bonus decreased from +12/16/20% to +12/14/16%.

Hero Updates

Abaddon

• Base Mana Regen decreased from 0.25 to 0.

Facets

Mephitic Shroud

• Aphotic Shield — Duration decreased from 17s to 14s.

Abilities

Mist Coil

• Damage/Heal decreased from 100/175/250/325 to 80/150/220/290.
• Cast Range rescaled from 600/625/650/675 to 625.

Aphotic Shield

• Duration decreased from 15s to 12s.
• Mana Cost increased from 95/110/125/140 to 110/120/130/140.

Borrowed Time

• Aghanim's Scepter radius changed from 900 to Mist Coil's Cast Range.

Alchemist

Abilities

Greevil's Greed

• Gifting Aghanim's Scepters no longer provides Spell Amplification.

Ancient Apparition

• Agility gain decreased from 2.2 to 2.0.

Arc Warden

Facets

Runed Replica

• Tempest Double — Rune Duration increased from 10s to 12s

Beastmaster

• Base Damage decreased by 3.
• Damage at level 1 decreased by 3 (from 56-60 to 53-57).

Brewmaster

Abilities

Belligerent

• Duration on respawn increased from 30s to 45s.

Talents

• Level 10 Talent +200 Thunder Clap AoE replaced with +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration.

Broodmother

• Base Damage decreased by 2.
• Damage at level 1 decreased by 2 (from 47-53 to 45-51).

Facets

Necrotic Webs

• Spin Web — Health regen reduction does not affect enemies in fountain.

Chen

Abilities

Summon Convert

• Convert's abilities now also level up with Holy Persuasion.

Dark Seer

• Base Armor decreased by 1.

Abilities

Aggrandize

• Restore percentage per hero level decreased from 2% to 1.5%.

Dazzle

Facets

Nothl Boon

• Weave — Allies now receive 5% extra healing from Dazzle per stack.

Abilities

Poison Touch

• Duration decreased from 5/6/7/8s to 3.5/5/6.5/8s.

Nothl Projection

• Shadow Wave Cooldown Reduction decreased from 30/45/60% to 30/40/50%.

Dragon Knight

Facets

Fire Dragon

• Dragon Tail — AoE while in Dragon Form decreased from 175 to 100.

Wyrm's Wrath

• Magic Damage on Attacks decreased from 10/20/30/40 to 6/12/18/24.

Ember Spirit

• Strength gain decreased from 2.6 to 2.3.

Hoodwink

Abilities

Bushwhack

• Cooldown rescaled from 14s to 15/14/13/12s.

Huskar

Abilities

Inner Fire

• Damage decreased from 120/180/240/300 to 105/170/235/300.

Invoker

Facets

Scholar of Koryx

• Cold Snap — When Cold Snap triggers, Invoker now also restores 5 mana in addition to existing healing based on Quas.
• Ghost Walk — Aghanim's Scepter ally duration increased from 20s to 30s.

Mind of Tornarus

• Alacrity — Attack range bonus increased from 50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140 to 60/70/80/90/100/110/120/130/140/150.

Agent of Gallaron

• Sun Strike — Aghanim's Scepter Cataclysm cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds.

Abilities

Forge Spirit

• Attack range rescaled from 300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755/820/885 to 305/360/415/470/525/580/635/690/745/800.

Jakiro

Facets

Ice Breaker

• Ice Path — Path Duration decreased from 6s to 5s.

Abilities

Ice Path

• Cooldown increased from 18/15/12/9s to 20/17/14/11s.

Talents

• Level 15 Talent -1.5s Ice Path Cooldown replaced with +60 Ice Path Base Damage.

Keeper of the Light

Abilities

Spirit Form

• Cooldown decreased from 85s to 85/80/75s.
• Duration increased from 40s to 40/45/50s.
• Illuminate Heal increased from 50/60/70% to 70%.

Talents

• Level 20 Talent +15s Spirit Form Duration replaced with +10% Spirit Form Movement Speed.

Kez

• Base Intelligence increased from 18 to 20.
• Strength gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8

Facets

Shadowhawk

• Now scales with ultimate abilities instead of Shodo Sai.

Shodo Sai

• Invis Bonus Crit rescaled from 50% to 40/60/80/100%.

Abilities

Grappling Claw

• Lifesteal increased from 50/75/100/125% to 65/85/105/125%.

Shodo Sai

• Can now block all physical attack sources (still can't Mark non-hero units).

Raptor Dance

• Invulnerability period increased from 0.1s to 0.2s.

Leshrac

Facets

Chronoptic Nourishment

• Damage as mana restore increased from 10/18/26/34% to 14/21/28/35%.

Abilities

Diabolic Edict

• Mana Cost increased from 90/110/130/150 to 90/120/150/180.

Lightning Storm

• No longer slows attack speed.

Lifestealer

• Base Agility decreased by 4.

Facets

Fleshfeast

• Feast — Max HP per hero kill decreased from 25/35/45/55 to 20/25/30/35.

Abilities

Feast

• Max HP per hero kill decreased from 15 to 10.

Infest

• Aghanim's Scepter no longer disarms targeted enemy hero.
• Aghanim's Scepter attack rate improved from 1.25s to 1s.

Lina

Abilities

Laguna Blade

• Aghanim's Shard damage converted increased from 75% to 100%.

Lycan

Facets

Spirit Wolves

• Summon Wolves — Bonus health per wolf increased from 50/100/150/200 to 60/115/170/225.

Magnus

• Magnus: Eternal Empowerment: Empower: Max self bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%.

Abilities

Skewer

• Distance decreased from 900/975/1050/1125 to 800/900/1000/1100.
• Aghanim's Shard Distance decreased from 1175/1250/1325/1400 to 1075/1175/1275/1375.

Marci

Abilities

Rebound

• Impact Damage decreased from 80/160/240/320 to 75/150/225/300.
• Aghanim's Shard Impact Damage decreased from 96/192/288/384 to 90/180/270/360.

Medusa

Facets

Venomous Volley

• Attacks required to apply poison increased from 5 to 6.

Meepo

Facets

Codependent

• Attack speed bonus decreased from 7% to 5%.

Mirana

Facets

Starstruck

• Starstorm — Blind Duration decreased from 3.5/4/4.5/5s to 3s.

Monkey King

Abilities

Wukong's Command

• Soldiers no longer receive a copy of Monkey King's neutral item.

Muerta

Abilities

The Calling

• No longer slows attack speed.

Nature's Prophet

Abilities

Wrath of Nature

• Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces cooldown by 25s.

Talents

• Level 10 Talent Wrath of Nature Base Damage bonus decreased from +30 to +25.
• Level 20 Talent Sprout Leashes replaced with -15s Wrath of Nature cooldown.

Night Stalker

Facets

Night Reign

• Hunter in the Night — Move Speed decreased from 16/22/28/34/40% to 10/22/28/34/40%.

Voidbringer

• Void — AoE on level 5 increased from 300 to 350.

Talents

• Level 10 Talent Dark Ascension Duration decreased from +6s to +5s.

Phantom Lancer

Abilities

Juxtapose

• Illusion Trigger Chance increased from 8% to 9%.

Primal Beast

Facets

Provoke the Beast

• Uproar — Stacks gained per debuff increased from 2 to 3.

Ferocity

• Pulverize — Stack duration decreased from 20s to 15s.

Spectre

Facets

Forsaken

• Desolate — Damage Multiplier increased from 1.75x to 2x.

Storm Spirit

• Intelligence gain decreased from 3.9 to 3.7.

Tidehunter

Abilities

Anchor Smash

• Damage Reduction decreased from 30/40/50/60% to 25/30/35/40%.

Dead in the Water

• Damage decreased from 200 to 100.
• Mana Cost increased from 80 to 110.

Tiny

Abilities

Grow

• Bonus Armor decreased from 10/17/24 to 5/10/15.

Troll Warlord

Abilities

Fervor

• Aghanim's Shard no longer procs additional attacks when attacking a building or ward-type unit.

Tusk

Facets

Drinking Buddies

• Drinking Buddies — Bonus damage increased from 20/45/70/95 to 20/50/80/110.

Venomancer

Abilities

Venomous Gale

• Slow decreased from 50% to 35/40/45/50%.

Visage

Abilities

Grave Chill

• Duration decreased from 6s to 5s.
• Move Speed Drain decreased from 15/20/25/30% to 12/16/20/24%.

Warlock

Facets

Black Grimoire

• XP per kill/assist decreased from 250 to 200.

Weaver

Abilities

The Swarm

• Attack Interval increased from 1.15/1.0/0.85/0.7s to 1.2/1.05/0.9/0.75s.

Windranger

• Agility gain increased from 1.7 to 1.9

Abilities

Shackleshot

• Shackle Duration increased from 1.6/2.1/2.6/3.1s to 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25s.

Winter Wyvern

Facets

Recursive

• Winter's Curse — No longer amplifies physical, magical, and pure damage taken from Winter Wyvern.

Abilities

Winter's Curse

• Cursed target is no longer immune to physical damage from Winter Wyvern and her controlled units.
• Cooldown increased from 85/80/75s to 100/90/80s.

Zeus

• Base damage decreased by 4.
• Damage at level 1 decreased by 4 (from 55-63 to 51-59).

Abilities

Lightning Bolt

• Sight Radius decreased from 750 to 500.