Dota 2 6.81b Gameplay Updates!

Just a couple days after the International 4 Qualifier finished, Valve announces 6.81b gameplay changes. This patch trying to balance the competitive heroes, so don’t expect a huge changes. Some popular picks like Invoker, Ancient Apparition and Batrider got a slight nerf. Meanwhile, some less picked heroes like Drow Ranger and Phantom Assassin get a little buff.

For common players, this patch maybe won’t change things, but the 16 teams who gonna battle for the millions-and-still-going-up prize pool on the International 4, those slight change could be a huge difference. And yeah i almost forgot, this patch also have some updates for the Compedium owner, 3 new Compedium Rewards released.

Here’s the complete changelogs!

Update Notes – June 2nd 2014

Compendium

– Compendium Reward Released: Daily Hero Challenge
– Compendium Reward Released: Alternate Voice Vote
– Compendium Reward Released: Model Update Vote
– Added sound effects for Dragon Knight’s Kindred of the Iron Dragon Immortal
– Added sound effects for Death Prophet’s Fluttering Mortis Immortal
– Fixed Hellborn Grasp Upheaval visual effects not showing properly
– Fixed Vici Gaming gem causing crashes

6.81b Gameplay Changes

HEROES

Ancient Apparition
* Ice Vortex slow decreased from 18/22/26/30% to 15/20/25/30%

Batrider
* Sticky Napalm bonus damage is now halved against non-hero units

Bounty Hunter
* Shadow Walk duration increased from 15/20/25/30 to 20/25/30/35

Doom
* Devour manacost rescaled from 60/50/40/30 to 60

Drow Ranger
* Gust knockback duration increased from 0.5 to 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9

Earthshaker
* Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.9
* Echo Slam’s Initial Damage, Echo Search, Echo Damage AOE increased from 525, 550, 500 to 575, 575, 575

Elder Titan
* Echo Stomp damage increased from 80/85/90/95 to 80/90/100/110

Enigma
* Midnight Pulse duration increased from 8 to 11

Invoker
* Forged Spirits 33% magic resistance removed
* Cold Snap damage reworked from the initial and secondary proc damage of 60/30 to 7xQuasLevel per proc
* Deafening Blast’s Disarm is now dispelled when Magic Immunity is applied

Juggernaut
* Omnislash damage per slash rescaled from 175-250 to 200-225
* Base Attack Time improved from 1.5 to 1.4

Leshrac
* Pulse Nova damage increased from 66/100/144 to 80/120/160 (Scepter from 100/150/200 to 100/160/220)

Lina
* Light Strike Array stun duration increased from 1.6 to 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9

Lycan
* Howl duration decreased from 12 to 10
* Howl bonus damage reduced from 20/30/40/50 to 14/26/38/50

Mirana
* Sacred Arrow minimum stun duration decreased from 0.5 to 0.01 (maximum duration is still 5 seconds growing linearly)
* Sacred Arrow minimum damage reduced by 40 (maximum damage is still 190/280/370/460 growing linearly)

Ogre Magi
* Multicast’s passive manacost penalty on Fireblast reduced from 30/70/110 to 20/40/60
* Bloodlust can now be cast on Magic Immune allies

Omniknight
* Degen Aura slow increased from 7/14/21/28% to 10/18/26/34%

Phantom Assassin
* Phantom Strike bonus attack speed increased from 100 to 130

Queen Of Pain
* Shadow Strike cast range increased from 435 to 450/475/500/525

Riki
* Smoke Screen cooldown reduced from 13 to 11

Skywrath Mage
* Ancient Seal damage amplification increased from 18/24/30/36% to 30/35/40/45%

Slardar
* Bash bonus damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 60/80/100/120

Treant Protector
* Leech Seed damage per pulse decreased from 24/36/48/60 to 15/30/45/60

Tusk
* Snowball cooldown reduced from 21 to 21/20/19/18
* Walrus Punch cooldown reduced from 30/24/18 to 25/20/15

Undying
* Intelligence growth increased from 2.0 to 2.5

Windrunner
* Focus Fire manacost decreased from 150 to 75/100/125

Zeus
* Lightning Bolt vision and truesight duration increased from 3 to 4.5
* Lightning Bolt search area of effect increased from 250 to 325

ITEMS

Mjollnir
* Recipe cost increased from 600 to 900
* Static Charge duration decreased from 20 to 15

Source: http://store.steampowered.com/news/13518/