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Disruptor changes

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Change record

37 patches with recorded changes · 118 of 118 listed patches readable.

Coverage: Feb 1, 2018 to Sep 15, 2026. This feed does not include every patch in Dota’s lifetime.

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Sep 15, 2026

Disruptor in 7.41f

  • Base Intelligence increased from 20 to 21
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 47-51 to 48-52

Jun 4, 2026

Disruptor in 7.41d

  • Base Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300
  • Thunder StrikeMana Cost decreased from 125/130/135/140 to 115/120/125/130

Mar 24, 2026

Disruptor in 7.41

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +10%/300 Glimpse Distance To Damage/Max increased to +15%/300
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +150 Electromagnetic Repulsion Radius/Knockback replaced with +75 Static Storm Radius
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +150 Static Storm Radius replaced with +6 Thunder Strike Strikes (also decreases Strike Interval by 50%)
  • Talents · ContextAs a result, increases overall duration from 6s to 9s
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent -12s Glimpse Cooldown replaced with 2 Glimpse Charges
  • Electromagnetic RepulsionNow deals damage equal to 1.5x of Disruptor's Intelligence
  • Thunder StrikeStrike Damage increased from 25/55/85/115 to 30/60/90/120
  • Thunder StrikeNo longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
  • Kinetic FenceNow granted by Aghanim's Shard
  • Kinetic FenceNo longer shares level with Kinetic Field. Has only one level instead
  • Kinetic FenceCast Range increased from 1050 to 1200
  • Kinetic FenceCooldown decreased from 20/18/16/14s to 14s
  • Kinetic FenceDuration increased from 2.6/3.2/3.8/4.4s to 4.4s
  • Kinetic FenceCan be increased with Kinetic Field Duration talent
  • Kinetic FenceFormation Delay increased from 0.4s to 1s

Oct 2, 2025

Disruptor in 7.39e

  • Thunderstorm · Thunder StrikeSlow duration bonus decreased from +100% to +75%
  • Thunderstorm · Thunder Strike · ContextTotal duration decreased from 0.6s to 0.525s
  • Static StormCooldown increased from 90/80/70s to 100/85/70s

Jun 24, 2025

Disruptor in 7.39c

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Kinetic Field Duration decreased from +1.5s to +1s
  • Electromagnetic RepulsionCooldown increased from 4s to 5s

May 29, 2025

Disruptor in 7.39b

  • Thunder StrikeSlow duration decreased from 0.4s to 0.3s
  • Thunder Strike · ContextSlow duration with Thunderstorm facet decreased from 0.8s to 0.6s

May 22, 2025

Disruptor in 7.39

  • Thunderstorm · Thunder StrikeNow also increases slow duration from 0.4s to 0.8s
  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic FenceFixed an error that displayed incorrect wall length in tooltips and description
  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic Fence · ContextIt used to show Kinetic Field's 350 radius, but the actual length is 1200
  • TransferenceIncreases the max level of Electromagnetic Repulsion to 4, improves with Static Storm
  • Transference · Electromagnetic RepulsionCan be activated, targeting allied heroes or self. Manual cast deals damage equal to 10% of Disruptor's current health and sets ability on 26/20/14/8s cooldown. Cast Range: 600. Mana Cost: 50
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +1.5s Static Storm Duration replaced with +60 Static Storm Max DPS
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +0.6s Thunder Strike Slow Duration replaced with +150 Electromagnetic Repulsion Radius/Knockback
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Kinetic Field Duration decreased from +2s to +1.5s
  • Thunder StrikeAghanim's Shard dormant duration decreased from 5s to 4s

Feb 18, 2025

Disruptor in 7.38

  • Thunderstorm · Thunder StrikeNow procs its effect on units within the Kinetic Field even if the initial target is outside of it
  • Kinetic Fence · TalentsLevel 20 Talent +2s Kinetic Fence Duration replaced with +1 Kinetic Fence Charge
  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic FenceBase Charge Restore Time decreased from 20/18/16/14s to 20/17/14/11s
  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic FenceMana Cost decreased from 70 to 50
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Thunder Strike Damage per Strike increased from +10 to +15
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent -3s Kinetic Field Cooldown replaced with +20 Movement Speed
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Thunder Strike Slow Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.6s
  • Thunder StrikeRadius increased from 240 to 260

Nov 19, 2024

Disruptor in 7.37e

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Glimpse Max Damage increased from 280 to 300

Jul 31, 2024

Disruptor in 7.37

  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic FenceCast Range increased from 900 to 1050
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +275 Glimpse Max Damage replaced with +10%/+280 Glimpse Distance To Damage/Max Damage
  • GlimpseNow deals 20/25/30/35% of the distance traveled as damage. Max damage remains 100/160/220/280

May 26, 2024

Disruptor in 7.36a

  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic FenceFormation Delay decreased from 0.75s to 0.4s
  • GlimpseCan now be used on Lone Druid's Spirit Bear

May 22, 2024

Disruptor in 7.36

  • Innate Ability · Electromagnetic RepulsionNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Innate Ability · Electromagnetic RepulsionWhenever Disruptor takes more than 250 damage from enemies within 400 range, all nearby units are pushed to a 400 unit distance from Disruptor. Cooldown: 4s. Damage counter resets within 7s
  • Thunderstorm · Thunder StrikeStrikes all enemies within Kinetic Field
  • Kinetic FenceReplaces Kinetic Field with a new ability Kinetic Fence
  • Kinetic Fence · TalentsLevel 10 Talent is -3s Kinetic Fence Charge Restore Time
  • Kinetic Fence · TalentsLevel 20 Talent is +2s Kinetic Fence Duration
  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic FenceSpell is vector targeted. Creates a single flat wall with a width of 1200. The wall is created after a 0.75s formation delay and has a duration of 2.6/3.2/3.8/4.4s. Has 2 charges with 20/18/16/14s base charge restore time
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Static Storm Radius decreased from +200 to +150
  • Thunder StrikeNo longer has any Kinetic Field interactions by default
  • Thunder StrikeAghanim's Shard bonus range decreased from 800 to 400
  • Thunder StrikeAghanim's Shard bonus strikes decreased from 2 to 1
  • Thunder StrikeAghanim's Shard Duration on the ground decreased from 7s to 5s
  • GlimpseMax Damage rescaled from 125/175/225/275 to 100/160/220/280
  • Kinetic FieldCooldown increased from 20/17/14/11s to 20/18/16/14s

Mar 21, 2024

Disruptor in 7.35d

  • Thunder StrikeSlow Duration increased from 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4s to 0.4s

Dec 14, 2023

Disruptor in 7.35

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Glimpse Max Damage increased from +250 to +275
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Thunder Strike Slow Duration increased from +0.4s to +0.5s
  • Thunder StrikeAghanim's Shard dormant duration increased from 5s to 7s
  • Static StormRadius increased from 500 to 550

Aug 8, 2023

Disruptor in 7.34

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +100 Thunder Strike Radius replaced with +10 Thunder Strike Damage per Strike
  • Thunder StrikeIf the target is trapped inside the Kinetic Field, Thunder Strike now hits all other enemies inside the field

Jun 15, 2023

Disruptor in 7.33d

  • Base Damage decreased by 2
  • Thunder StrikeStrike Damage rescaled from 35/60/85/110 to 25/55/85/115

Apr 20, 2023

Disruptor in 7.33

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +30 Thunder Strike Damage replaced with +100 Thunder Strike Radius
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Static Storm Duration decreased from +2s to +1.5s (+8 pulses to +6)
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +3 Thunder Strike Hits replaced with +0.4s Thunder Strike Slow Duration
  • Thunder StrikeAghanim's Shard Upgrade reworked
  • Thunder StrikeWhen cast on ground, Thunder Strike now lies dormant (not striking) for up to 5 seconds. If an enemy comes within range during that time, Thunder Strike attaches to it. If no enemy comes within range, it strikes the ground. Aghanim's Shard also increases the number of strikes by 2 and cast range to 1600
  • GlimpseMin Damage decreased from 50 to 25
  • GlimpseMax Damage decreased from 150/200/250/300 to 125/175/225/275
  • Kinetic FieldCooldown increased from 19/16/13/10s to 20/17/14/11s

Nov 29, 2022

Disruptor in 7.32d

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Static Storm AoE decreased from +250 to +200
  • GlimpseMana Cost increased from 55/70/85/100 to 70/85/100/115

Aug 23, 2022

Disruptor in 7.32

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +275 Glimpse Arrival Damage replaced with +250 Glimpse Max Damage
  • GlimpseNow deals damage upon arrival, based on distance between start and end point. Min Damage is 50 at 0 units and Max Damage is 150/200/250/300 at 1400 units

May 2, 2022

Disruptor in 7.31c

  • Thunder StrikeMana cost decreased from 130/140/150/160 to 125/130/135/140

Feb 23, 2022

Disruptor in 7.31

  • Thunder StrikeDamage per strike reduced from 45/70/95/120 to 35/60/85/110
  • Thunder StrikeShard can no longer target allies. Now causes all allies within the radius of the Thunder Strike to gain 50 attack speed and 25% movement speed for 1.5s every strike. (Radius: 450)
  • GlimpseMana cost reduced from 100 to 55/70/85/100
  • GlimpseCooldown reduced from 48/38/28/18 to 24/22/20/18

Sep 10, 2021

Disruptor in 7.30c

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +275 Static Storm AoE reduced to 250
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent -11s Glimpse Cooldown increased to -12

Aug 17, 2021

Disruptor in 7.30

  • Kinetic FieldFormation time reduced from 1.2 to 1.0
  • Thunder StrikeSlow per strike duration increased from 0.1s to 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4s

Apr 9, 2021

Disruptor in 7.29

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +1.5s Static Storm Duration to +2s
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +125 Cast Range to +275 Glimpse Arrival Damage
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from Kinetic Field Grants True Sight to +2s Kinetic Field Duration
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from -8s Glimpse Cooldown to -11
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from +3s Kinetic Field Duration to +275 Static Storm AoE
  • Thunder StrikeShard radius increased from 500 to 650
  • Thunder StrikeShard now always increases the radius, rather than only on allies
  • Thunder StrikeShard allied bonus duration increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds
  • GlimpseCooldown reduced from 60/46/32/18 to 48/38/28/18

Jul 15, 2020

Disruptor in 7.27b

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +20% Magic Resistance to -2s Kinetic Field Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from -3s Kinetic Field Cooldown to +1.5s Static Storm Duration
  • Kinetic FieldRadius increased from 340 to 350
  • GlimpseBug with not counting the position of dead heroes as in the fountain has been fixed

May 2, 2020

Disruptor in 7.26c

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +175 Health to +20% Magic Resistance

Jan 26, 2020

Disruptor in 7.24

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +180 Gold/Min to Kinetic Field Grants True Sight
  • Thunder StrikeManacost increased from 130 to 130/140/150/160
  • Static StormScepter no longer increases duration from 5 to 7

Sep 6, 2019

Disruptor in 7.22g

  • Static StormMaximum damage per second increased from 200/250/300 to 200/275/350
  • Static StormRadius increased from 450 to 500

May 24, 2019

Disruptor in 7.22

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from -3 Kinetic Field Cooldown to -4

Nov 19, 2018

Disruptor in 7.20

  • Thunder StrikeDamage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 45/70/95/120

Jun 10, 2018

Disruptor in 7.17

  • Thunder StrikeCooldown increased from 15/13/11/9 to 18/15/12/9

May 27, 2018

Disruptor in 7.16

  • Thunder StrikeCooldown increased from 12/11/10/9 to 15/13/11/9

Mar 29, 2018

Disruptor in 7.12

  • Static StormNo longer lingers on your hero for 0.5 seconds after walking away from the AoE (it already ends immediately once the spell is over)
  • Kinetic FieldCooldown increased from 13/12/11/10 to 19/16/13/10

Source: Valve’s public Dota 2 data feeds. Notes belong to Valve. Dates use Bellevue time (Pacific).