The International 8’s qualifiers out of the way, and the Dota Pro Circuit is completely done. Now, this means Icefrog and the Dota 2 development team finally have a little bit of breathing room to make Dota 2 in their vision, through their previously-announced regular balance changes.

　　This time, there are a lot of flashy heroes getting fixed up in time for the big tournament. Take Enigma, for instance, whose AOE damage-dealer Midnight Pulse has been buffed, making him a plenty more viable pick. Tidehunter got a direct buff to his trademark ult, Ravage, as well, bringing up the duration by a fraction of a second — a big deal in a game banking on moments. Meanwhile, recent meta favorite Night Stalker got a mild nerf during the day through his Void ability, and, for whatever reason, Icefrog doesn’t think Dark Willow is strong enough still.

　　Be sure to read through the full patch notes for all the details on what’s getting changed this time around!

　　Aeon Disk: Cooldown increased from 90 to 115

　　Echo Sabre:

　　Strength bonus increased from 10 to 12

　　Damage bonus reduced from 15 to 12

　　Slow duration increased from 0.7 to 0.8

　　Hand of Midas: Cooldown reduced from 95 to 90

　　Orb of Venom: Damage per second reduced from 5 to 3 on ranged heroes

　　Maelstrom: Chain Lightning damage reduced from 170 to 160

　　Abaddon

　　Base movement speed increased from 305 to 310

　　Alchemist

　　Greevil’s Greed Gold Bonus Cap increased from 16/20/24/28 to 20/24/28/32

　　Greevil’s Greed Stack Duration increased from 30 to 40

　　Ancient Apparition

　　Ice Blast duration increased from 8/9/10 to 9/10/11

　　Bane

　　Fiend’s Grip cooldown increased from 100 to 120/110/100

　　Beastmaster

　　Wild Axes manacost increased from 80 to 80/85/90/95

　　Primal Roar cooldown increased from 80/75/70 to 90/80/70

　　Level 10 Talent reduced from +25 Movement Speed to +20

　　Level 15 Talent reduced from +7 Armor to +6

　　Level 20 Talent reduced from +100 Wild Axes Damage to +80

　　Bloodseeker

　　Level 10 Talent reduced from +8 Armor to +6

　　Level 15 Talent reduced from +300 Health to +275

　　Centaur Warrunner

　　Base strength increased by 2

　　Chen

　　Holy Persuasion cast range reduced from 900 to 600

　　Holy Persuasion send back delay rescaled from 6/5/4/3 to 6

　　Holy Persuasion cooldown increased from 10 to 32/24/18/10

　　Clinkz

　　Strafe cooldown reduced from 45/35/25/15 to 30/25/20/15

　　Strafe manacost reduced from 90 to 75/80/85/90

　　Clockwerk

　　Power Cogs burn/damage reduced from 80/120/160/200 to 50/100/150/200

　　Crystal Maiden

　　Crystal Nova damage increased from 100/150/200/250 to 130/170/210/260

　　Arcane Aura self mana regen increased from 1.6/2.4/3.2/4 to 1.8/2.6/3.4/4.2

　　Dark Willow

　　Bramble Maze total damage increased from 100/150/200/250 to 140/180/220/260

　　Cursed Crown manacost reduced from 100/120/140/160 to 80/100/120/140

　　Dazzle

　　Base damage spread reduced from 41-59 to 47-53

　　Poison Touch damage rescaled from 10/24/38/52 to 16/28/40/52

　　Death Prophet

　　Base armor reduced by 1

　　Doom

　　Base movement speed reduced from 285 to 280

　　Dragon Knight

　　Level 15 Talent reduced from +35 Damage to +30

　　Earthshaker

　　Base HP regen increased from 2 to 2.5

　　Base movement speed increased from 305 to 310

　　Enchant Totem Scepter cast range increased from 900 to 1100

　　Echo Slam Echo damage increased from 60/85/110 to 70/90/110

　　Echo Slam waves are no longer disjointable

　　Earth Spirit

　　Strength gain increased from 3.2 to 3.5

　　Ember Spirit

　　Fire Remnant charge restore time increased from 35 to 38

　　Enchantress

　　Attack range increased from 550 to 575

　　Untouchable attack slow increased from -20/60/100/140 to -20/70/120/170

　　Impetus damage increased from 14/18/22% to 16/20/24%

　　Enigma

　　Midnight Pulse damage increased from 3/3.75/4.5/5.25% to 3.75/4. 25/4.75/5.2 5%

　　Midnight Pulse duration rescaled from 11 to 9/10/11/12

　　Midnight Pulse cooldown rescaled from 35 to 50/45/40/35

　　Midnight Pulse manacost rescaled from 95/110/125/140 to 75/95/115/135

　　Level 15 Talent increased from +120 Gold/Min to +150

　　Level 20 Talent increased from +400 Health to +500 Health

　　Level 25 Talent increased from +4 Malefice Instance to +5

　　Invoker

　　Level 10 Talent increased from +0.5s Tornado Lift Time to +1.25s

　　Level 15 Talent changed from +2.5s Cold Snap Duration to -12s Cold Snap Cooldown

　　Io

　　Relocate now has channel time instead of a cast delay

　　Legion Commander

　　Duel bonus damage increased from 10/14/18 to 10/18/26

　　Leshrac

　　Split Earth cast range reduced from 750 to 650

　　Lich

　　Sacrifice 25 manacost removed

　　Ice Armor increased from 3/5/7/9 to 4/6/8/10

　　Chain Frost cast point reduced from 0.4 to 0.3

　　Lycan

　　Base armor reduced by 2

　　Base damage reduced by 3

　　Meepo

　　Base armor increased by 2

　　Mirana

　　Level 10 Talent reduced from +20 Damage to +15

　　Level 25 Talent reduced from -75s Moonlight Shadow Cooldown to -70s

　　Morphling

　　Waveform cooldown increased from 11 to 14/13/12/11

　　Naga Siren

　　Rip Tide damage reduced from 120/160/200/240 to 80/130/180/230

　　Ensnare cooldown increased from 12 to 14

　　Nature’s Prophet

　　Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.4

　　Necrophos

　　Death Pulse damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 100/140/180/220

　　Death Pulse unit kill regen duration increased from 6 to 7

　　Night Stalker

　　Void now deals half damage during day

　　Base movement speed reduced from 290 to 285

　　Nyx Assassin

　　Vendetta manacost decreased from 160/210/260 to 140/200/260

　　Oracle

　　Intelligence growth increased from 3.2 to 3.5

　　Phantom Lancer

　　Base strength reduced by 3

　　Pudge

　　Meat Hook cast range increased from 1000/1100/1200/1300 to 1300

　　Flesh Heap magic resistance increased from 6/8/10/12% to 8/10/12/14%

　　Riki

　　Base damage increased by 3

　　Blink Strike damage rescaled from 55/70/85/100 to 100

　　Blink Strike cast range rescaled from 800 to 500/600/700/800

　　Smoke Screen AoE increased from 250/275/300/325 to 325

　　Smoke Screen cooldown increased from 11 to 17/15/13/11

　　Sand King

　　Burrowstrike cooldown increased from 11 to 14/13/12/11

　　Shadow Shaman

　　Mass Serpent Ward damage increased from 40/70/100 to 50/75/100

　　Skywrath Mage

　　Arcane Bolt manacost increased from 70 to 90

　　Slark

　　Level 10 Talent reduced from +10 Agility to +8

　　Sniper

　　Headshot physical damage no longer ignores Spell Immmune units

　　Headshot damage increased from 15/40/65/90 to 20/50/80/110

　　Sven

　　Great Cleave damage increased from 30/42/54/66 to 40/50/60/70

　　Templar Assassin

　　Psionic Traps bounty increased from 1 to 25

　　Terrorblade

　　Agility gain increased from 3.7 to 4.2

　　Tidehunter

　　Gush armor reduction increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/5/6/7

　　Ravage duration increased from 2/2.4/2.8 to 2.4/2.6/2.8

　　Level 20 Talent increased from -4 Gush Armor to -5

　　Level 20 Talent increased from +24 Kraken Shell Damage Block to +30

　　Timbersaw

　　Whirling Death stat loss percentage increased from 13% to 15%

　　Tiny

　　Strength growth increased from 3.3 to 3.6

　　Tree Grab unit attack damage bonus increased from 10/20/30/40% to 25/30/35/40%

　　Tree Grab building attack damage rescaled from 90/120/150/180% to 80/120/160/200%

　　Toss damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300

　　Ursa

　　Overpower attack count increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/5/6/7

　　Level 20 Talent increased from +12 Fury Swipes Damage to +16

　　Vengeful Spirit

　　Wave of Terror damage rescaled from 45/70/95/120 to 60/80/100/120

　　Magic Missile stun duration rescaled from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8 to 1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8

　　Warlock

　　Shadow Word manacost increased from 90/110/130/150 to 120/130/140/150

　　Shadow Word cast range reduced from 525/600/675/750 to 450/550/650/750

　　Weaver

　　Agility gain increased from 2.8 to 3.1

　　Shukuchi damage increased from 80/110/140/170 to 100/125/150/175

　　Windranger

　　Intelligence reduced by 2

　　Powershot reduced from 180/270/360/450 to 150/250/350/450

　　Witch Doctor

　　Voodoo Restoration activation cost increased from 20/30/40/50 to 35/40/45/50

　　Wraith King

　　Mortal Strike skeletons magic resistance increased from 30% to 50%

　　Vampiric Aura increased from 15/20/25/30% to 18/22/26/30%