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Drow Ranger changes Balance notes across the versions listed by Valve. An unchanged patch is a small victory for your muscle memory.
Change record 60 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.
Inspect coverage by patch 7.41f · Sep 15, 2026 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.41e · Jul 30, 2026 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.41d · Jun 4, 2026 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.41c · May 6, 2026 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.41b · Apr 7, 2026 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.41a · Mar 27, 2026 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.41 · Mar 24, 2026 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.40c · Jan 21, 2026 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.40b · Dec 23, 2025 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.40 · Dec 15, 2025 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.39e · Oct 2, 2025 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.39d · Aug 5, 2025 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.39c · Jun 24, 2025 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.39b · May 29, 2025 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.39 · May 22, 2025 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.38c · Mar 27, 2025 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.38b · Mar 4, 2025 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.38 · Feb 18, 2025 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.37e · Nov 19, 2024 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.37d · Oct 1, 2024 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.37c · Aug 28, 2024 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.37b · Aug 14, 2024 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.37 · Jul 31, 2024 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.36c · Jun 24, 2024 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.36b · Jun 6, 2024 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.36a · May 26, 2024 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.36 · May 22, 2024 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.35d · Mar 21, 2024 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.35c · Feb 21, 2024 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.35b · Dec 21, 2023 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.35 · Dec 14, 2023 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.34e · Nov 20, 2023 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.34d · Oct 4, 2023 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.34c · Sep 8, 2023 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.34b · Aug 14, 2023 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.34 · Aug 8, 2023 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.33e · Jul 12, 2023 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.33d · Jun 15, 2023 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.33c · May 13, 2023 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.33b · Apr 25, 2023 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.33 · Apr 20, 2023 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.32e · Mar 6, 2023 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.32d · Nov 29, 2022 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.32c · Sep 27, 2022 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.32b · Aug 30, 2022 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.32 · Aug 23, 2022 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.31d · Jun 8, 2022 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.31c · May 2, 2022 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.31b · Feb 28, 2022 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.31 · Feb 23, 2022 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.30e · Oct 28, 2021 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.30d · Sep 25, 2021 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.30c · Sep 10, 2021 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.30b · Aug 22, 2021 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.30 · Aug 17, 2021 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.29d · May 24, 2021 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.29c · Apr 29, 2021 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.29b · Apr 16, 2021 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.29 · Apr 9, 2021 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.28c · Feb 19, 2021 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.28b · Jan 10, 2021 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.28a · Dec 21, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.28 · Dec 17, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.27d · Aug 26, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.27c · Jul 17, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.27b · Jul 15, 2020 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.27a · Jul 4, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.27 · Jun 28, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.26c · May 2, 2020 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.26b · Apr 28, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.26a · Apr 21, 2020 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.26 · Apr 17, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.25c · Apr 6, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.25b · Mar 24, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.25a · Mar 18, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.25 · Mar 17, 2020 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.24b · Feb 26, 2020 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.24 · Jan 26, 2020 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.23f · Jan 6, 2020 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.23e · Dec 14, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.23d · Dec 11, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.23c · Dec 6, 2019 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.23b · Nov 29, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.23a · Nov 27, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.23 · Nov 26, 2019 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.22h · Sep 29, 2019 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.22g · Sep 6, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.22f · Jul 28, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.22e · Jul 14, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.22d · Jun 30, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.22c · Jun 9, 2019 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.22b · May 27, 2019 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.22 · May 24, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.21d · Mar 24, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.21c · Mar 2, 2019 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.21b · Feb 16, 2019 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.21 · Jan 29, 2019 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.20e · Dec 9, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.20d · Nov 30, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.20c · Nov 24, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.20b · Nov 20, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.20 · Nov 19, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.19d · Oct 12, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.19c · Sep 14, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.19b · Sep 1, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.19 · Jul 29, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.18 · Jun 25, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.17 · Jun 10, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.16 · May 27, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.15 · May 10, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.14 · Apr 24, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.13b · Apr 13, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.13 · Apr 12, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.12 · Mar 29, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.11 · Mar 15, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.10 · Mar 1, 2018 Changes recorded Source: Valve 7.09 · Feb 15, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve 7.08 · Feb 1, 2018 No hero notes recorded Source: Valve Jul 30, 2026
Multishot Mana Cost increased from 50/70/90/110 to 70/85/100/115Multishot Arrow Range rescaled from 1.75x Drow Ranger's Attack Range to 475 + 1x Drow Ranger's Attack RangeMultishot Arrow Base Damage Bonus decreased from 100/120/140/160% to 80/100/120/140%May 6, 2026
Frost Arrows Bonus Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 12/18/24/30Gust Mana Cost decreased from 70 to 55Apr 7, 2026
Base Agility increased from 22 to 24 Damage at level 1 increased from 49-56 to 51-58 Talents Level 25 Talent Multishot Waves increased from +1 to +2Marksmanship Enemy hero disable range decreased from 325 to 300Glacier While on the glacier, Marksmanship now can be disabled by enemies in the proximityMar 24, 2026
Base Damage decreased by 2 Damage at level 1 decreased from 51–58 to 49–56 Precision Aura No longer levels with MarksmanshipPrecision Aura Agility Base Bonus rescaled from 4/8/12/16% to 10%Frost Arrows Now also modifies incoming healing with Aghanim's ScepterFrost Arrows · Context As a result of Health Restoration changesGust Knockback duration now scales inversely with distance from the target, similar to knockback distance. Minimum knockback duration is 0.4 secondsMultishot Now allows Drow Ranger to move with a 35% penalty and use items while casting MultishotGlacier No longer increases the number of Multishot arrowsGlacier No longer grants True Strike on the hillGlacier Now Drow Ranger deals 25% more damage when attacking from high ground while on the GlacierJan 21, 2026
Talents Level 25 Talent Marksmanship Chance decreased from +10% to +8%Dec 23, 2025
Sidestep · Multishot Movement Speed Penalty increased from 25% to 35%Agility gain decreased from 2.9 to 2.8 Talents Level 10 Talent Frost Arrows Mana Cost Reduction decreased from 25% to 18%Glacier Cooldown increased from 20s to 25sDec 15, 2025
Talents Level 10 Talent Gust Costs No Mana replaced with -25% Frost Arrows Mana CostFrost Arrows Movement Slow increased from 10/20/30/40% to 15/25/35/45%Marksmanship Disable range decreased from 400 to 325May 22, 2025
Frost Arrows Aghanim's Scepter instead of reducing Healing, Health Regen, Lifesteal, and Spell Lifesteal by 10% per stack, now reduces Health Restoration by 10% per stackGlacier On-cast knockback distance increased from 175 to 225Feb 18, 2025
Vantage Point: Damage bonus from high ground increased from 20% to 30% Talents Level 10 Talent +15 Frost Arrow Bonus Damage replaced with +1 Multishot Arrow Per WaveTalents Level 10 Talent -3.5s Gust Cooldown replaced with Gust Costs No ManaPrecision Aura Now levels with MarksmanshipPrecision Aura Self Agility percentage bonus rescaled from 2% per hero level to 4/8/12/16% + 1% per levelPrecision Aura · Context Allies still get 50% of the total bonusOct 1, 2024
Base Agility increased from 20 to 22 Aug 28, 2024
Marksmanship Bonus Proc Damage increased from 40/60/80 to 50/70/90Jul 31, 2024
Sidestep · Multishot Movement Speed Penalty decreased from 40% to 25%Talents Level 15 Talent +20% Lifesteal replaced with +75 Attack RangeFrost Arrows Bonus Damage increased from 6/12/18/24 to 10/15/20/25Jun 24, 2024
Talents Level 10 Talent Gust Cooldown Reduction increased from 3s to 3.5sTalents Level 20 Talent Gust Self Movement Speed increased from 40% to 50%Multishot Projectile Speed increased from 1200 to 1300Jun 6, 2024
Marksmanship Chance increased from 20/30/40% to 30/35/40%May 22, 2024
Innate Ability · Precision Aura Ability returns as an Innate. Passive, improves with Drow Ranger's levelInnate Ability · Precision Aura Grants bonus Agility to Drow Ranger and allied ranged heroes within 1200 range. Effect starts with 1% of Drow Ranger's current Agility and increases by 1% with each Drow Ranger's level. Bonus is doubled for Drow Ranger herselfNO FACET TITLE Drow Ranger deals 20% more damage with attacks from high groundSidestep · Multishot Drow Ranger can use items and move during Multishot with a 40% movement speed penalty while aiming at the initial target directionSidestep · Multishot · Context Allows to use channeled spells during Multishot, but not the other way around. Also, using other Drow's abilities cancels the MultishotBase Movement Speed increased from 300 to 310 Talents Level 10 Talent +15% Gust Self Movement Speed replaced with -3s Gust CooldownTalents Level 20 Talent -4s Gust Cooldown replaced with 40% Gust Self Movement SpeedTalents Level 25 Talent Marksmanship Chance decreased from +12% to +10%Frost Arrows Movement Speed Slow decreased from 10/25/40/55% to 10/20/30/40%Gust No longer grants bonus Movement SpeedMultishot No longer has bonus slow duration and instead applies the normal Frost Arrows durationMarksmanship Bonus Agility for allies moved to Innate abilityMar 21, 2024
Talents Level 15 Talent Multishot Cooldown Reduction decreased from 8s to 6sMultishot Cooldown decreased from 24/22/20/18s to 24/21/18/15sDec 14, 2023
Talents Level 15 Talent Gust Reveals Invisible Units replaced with +20% LifestealGust Now reveals invisible unitsGlacier Now does not interrupt Multishot on castNov 20, 2023
Multishot Cooldown decreased from 26/24/22/20s to 24/22/20/18sOct 4, 2023
Gust Bonus Movement Speed increased from 10% to 10/12/14/16%Aug 8, 2023
Talents Level 25 Talent Multishot Waves decreased from +3 to +1. This talent no longer increases the total channel time, making all waves fasterGlacier While on glacier, Marksmanship now isn't disabled by enemies in the proximityGlacier Drow Ranger can now freely walk off the glacier over the barrierApr 20, 2023
Frost Arrows Hypothermia effect is now granted by Aghanim's Scepter instead of Aghanim's ShardFrost Arrows Hypothermia Bonus Damage per stack increased from 5 to 15. Max Stacks increased from 7 to 9. Regen Reduction per stack increased from 8% to 10%Glacier New ability granted by Aghanim's ShardGlacier Drow Ranger creates a hill of ice beneath her. While standing on the hill, attackers gain bonus attack range and high ground advantage - they cannot miss and gain flying vision. Drow Ranger additionally gets 1 bonus Multishot arrow per wave while on the hill. The front of the hill obscures vision and cannot be moved through. Duration: 8s. Mana Cost: 75. Cooldown: 25sMar 6, 2023
Frost Arrows Aghanim’s Shard Regen Reduction per stack decreased from 10% to 8%Marksmanship Now only grants allied ranged heroes half of the bonus AgilityNov 29, 2022
Gust Cooldown increased 16/15/14/13s to 19/17/15/13sSep 27, 2022
Base Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300 Aug 30, 2022
Frost Arrows Bonus Damage increased from 5/10/15/20 to 6/12/18/24Frost Arrows Mana Cost decreased from 12 to 9/10/11/12Aug 23, 2022
Talents Level 10 Talent +50% Gust Blind replaced with +15% Gust Self Movement SpeedTalents Level 15 Talent +250 Gust Width replaced with Gust Reveals Invisible UnitsTalents · Context Doesn't reveal WardsTalents Level 20 Talent Bonus Multishot Damage decreased from 28% to 25%Multishot Arrow Damage increased from 85/110/135/160% to 100/120/140/160%Jun 8, 2022
Talents Level 25 talent +2 Multishot Waves increased to +3Feb 23, 2022
Base Strength reduced from 18 to 16 Multishot Range multiplier from 2 to 1.75Gust Provides 10% movement speed bonus to Drow Ranger for 3/4/5/6 secondsOct 28, 2021
Base movement speed increased from 290 to 295 Marksmanship Agility bonus from 25/35/45% to 30/40/50%Sep 10, 2021
Multishot Now applies the bonus damage component of Frost ArrowsAug 17, 2021
Talents Level 10 Talent +5 All Stats replaced with +15 Frost Arrow Bonus DamageTalents Level 15 Talent +10 Agility replaced with +250 Gust WidthTalents Level 25 talent 30% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +2 Multishot WavesMarksmanship Bonus Damage reduced from 50/70/90 to 40/60/80Frost Arrows Scepter Split Arrows no longer consume manaApr 16, 2021
Frost Arrows Slow reduced from 15/30/45/60% to 10/25/40/55%Apr 9, 2021
Attack point reduced from 0.55 to 0.5 Talents Level 15 Talent increased from -6s Multishot Cooldown to -8sFrost Arrows Shard burst slow increased from 25% to 40%Frost Arrows Shard now affects creepsGust Mana cost reduced from 90 to 70Jan 10, 2021
Frost Arrows Shard now also adds +5 damage per stackJul 15, 2020
Base damage spread reduced from 49-60 to 51-58 Movement speed increased from 285 to 290 Base armor increased by 1 Talents Level 10 Talent increased from +40% Gust Blind to +50Talents Level 15 Talent changed from +20 Movement Speed to -6s Multishot CooldownMay 2, 2020
Talents Level 10 Talent changed from +4 All Stats to +5Talents Level 10 Talent changed from +15 Movement Speed to +40% Gust BlindTalents Level 15 Talent changed from +40% Gust Blind to +20 Movement SpeedApr 21, 2020
Base armor increased by 2 Mar 17, 2020
Attack animation improved from 0.65 to 0.55 Jan 26, 2020
Multishot Damage reduced from 90/115/140/165% to 85/110/135/160%Jan 6, 2020
Multishot Manacost from 50/60/70/80 to 50/70/90/110Multishot Arrow slow duration rescaled from 1/2/3/4 to 1.25/2/2.75/3.5Dec 14, 2019
Marksmanship Agility bonus reduced from 35/40/45% to 28/36/44%Dec 11, 2019
Talents Level 15 Talent reduced from +14 Agility to +12Talents Level 25 Talent reduced from 50% Cooldown Reduction to 40%Multishot Damage reduced from 95/125/155/185% to 90/115/140/165%Nov 29, 2019
Agility gain increased from 2.6 to 2.9 Marksmanship Agility multiplier increased from 30/35/40 to 35/40/45Nov 27, 2019
Multishot Cooldown reduced from 32/28/24/20 to 26/24/22/20Marksmanship Aura increased from 25/30/35 to 30/35/40Marksmanship Damage increased from 40/50/60 to 70/80/90Sep 6, 2019
Talents Level 15 Talent increased from +40% Gust Blind to +50%Precision Aura Increased from 20/40/60/80% to 22/44/66/88%Jul 28, 2019
Base strength increased by 1 Base agility increased by 1 Talents Level 15 Talent increased from +30% Gust Blind to +40%Jul 14, 2019
Talents Level 15 Talent changed from +550 Gust Distance/Knockback to +30% Gust Miss ChanceTalents Level 15 Talent changed from +10 Agility to +14Jun 30, 2019
Marksmanship Bonus damage is now treated as regular single instance of damage that can be critMarksmanship Bonus damage increased from 120 to 120/130/140May 24, 2019
Marksmanship No longer instantly kills Ancients (still does damage/pierces)Marksmanship Now only pierces base armor not total armorMar 24, 2019
Agility gain increased from 2.5 to 2.8 Base agility increased by 6 (base damage unchanged) Jan 29, 2019
Talents Level 15 Talent changed from +25 Attack Speed to +10 AgilityNov 24, 2018
Marksmanship Now deals bonus 120 physical proc damage against heroesNov 20, 2018
Base agility increased by 4 Precision Aura Increased from 20/36/52/68% to 20/40/60/80%Nov 19, 2018
Talents Level 20 Talent changed from +20 Marksmanship Agility to +25% EvasionTalents Level 25 Talent changed from +20% Precision Aura Damage to +25% Precision Aura Attack SpeedPrecision Aura Now provides attack speed based on 20/36/52/68% of your AgilityMarksmanship Has been reworkedOct 12, 2018
Marksmanship Agility bonus reduced from 40/60/80 to 35/55/75Sep 1, 2018
Base agility reduced from 26 to 19 (base damage unchanged) Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.2 Base attack animation time improved from 0.7 to 0.65 Jul 29, 2018
Base strength reduced by 1 May 27, 2018
Base Damage increased by 4 Mar 29, 2018
Precision Aura Attack damage bonus increased from 10/18/26/34% to 10/20/30/40%Mar 1, 2018
Talent: Level 15 Talent increased from +400 Gust Distance/Knockback to +550 Talent: Level 20 Talent increased from +2s Gust Duration to +3s Source: Valve’s public Dota 2 data feeds. Notes belong to Valve. Dates use Bellevue time (Pacific).