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Change record 49 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 Source: Valve 7.41e · Jul 30, 2026 Source: Valve 7.41d · Jun 4, 2026 Source: Valve 7.41c · May 6, 2026 Source: Valve 7.41b · Apr 7, 2026 Source: Valve 7.41a · Mar 27, 2026 Source: Valve 7.41 · Mar 24, 2026 Source: Valve 7.40c · Jan 21, 2026 Source: Valve 7.40b · Dec 23, 2025 Source: Valve 7.40 · Dec 15, 2025 Source: Valve 7.39e · Oct 2, 2025 Source: Valve 7.39d · Aug 5, 2025 Source: Valve 7.39c · Jun 24, 2025 Source: Valve 7.39b · May 29, 2025 Source: Valve 7.39 · May 22, 2025 Source: Valve 7.38c · Mar 27, 2025 Source: Valve 7.38b · Mar 4, 2025 Source: Valve 7.38 · Feb 18, 2025 Source: Valve 7.37e · Nov 19, 2024 Source: Valve 7.37d · Oct 1, 2024 Source: Valve 7.37c · Aug 28, 2024 Source: Valve 7.37b · Aug 14, 2024 Source: Valve 7.37 · Jul 31, 2024 Source: Valve 7.36c · Jun 24, 2024 Source: Valve 7.36b · Jun 6, 2024 Source: Valve 7.36a · May 26, 2024 Source: Valve 7.36 · May 22, 2024 Source: Valve 7.35d · Mar 21, 2024 Source: Valve 7.35c · Feb 21, 2024 Source: Valve 7.35b · Dec 21, 2023 Source: Valve 7.35 · Dec 14, 2023 Source: Valve 7.34e · Nov 20, 2023 Source: Valve 7.34d · Oct 4, 2023 Source: Valve 7.34c · Sep 8, 2023 Source: Valve 7.34b · Aug 14, 2023 Source: Valve 7.34 · Aug 8, 2023 Source: Valve 7.33e · Jul 12, 2023 Source: Valve 7.33d · Jun 15, 2023 Source: Valve 7.33c · May 13, 2023 Source: Valve 7.33b · Apr 25, 2023 Source: Valve 7.33 · Apr 20, 2023 Source: Valve 7.32e · Mar 6, 2023 Source: Valve 7.32d · Nov 29, 2022 Source: Valve 7.32c · Sep 27, 2022 Source: Valve 7.32b · Aug 30, 2022 Source: Valve 7.32 · Aug 23, 2022 Source: Valve 7.31d · Jun 8, 2022 Source: Valve 7.31c · May 2, 2022 Source: Valve 7.31b · Feb 28, 2022 Source: Valve 7.31 · Feb 23, 2022 Source: Valve 7.30e · Oct 28, 2021 Source: Valve 7.30d · Sep 25, 2021 Source: Valve 7.30c · Sep 10, 2021 Source: Valve 7.30b · Aug 22, 2021 Source: Valve 7.30 · Aug 17, 2021 Source: Valve 7.29d · May 24, 2021 Source: Valve 7.29c · Apr 29, 2021 Source: Valve 7.29b · Apr 16, 2021 Source: Valve 7.29 · Apr 9, 2021 Source: Valve 7.28c · Feb 19, 2021 Source: Valve 7.28b · Jan 10, 2021 Source: Valve 7.28a · Dec 21, 2020 Source: Valve 7.28 · Dec 17, 2020 Source: Valve 7.27d · Aug 26, 2020 Source: Valve 7.27c · Jul 17, 2020 Source: Valve 7.27b · Jul 15, 2020 Source: Valve 7.27a · Jul 4, 2020 Source: Valve 7.27 · Jun 28, 2020 Source: Valve 7.26c · May 2, 2020 Source: Valve 7.26b · Apr 28, 2020 Source: Valve 7.26a · Apr 21, 2020 Source: Valve 7.26 · Apr 17, 2020 Source: Valve 7.25c · Apr 6, 2020 Source: Valve 7.25b · Mar 24, 2020 Source: Valve 7.25a · Mar 18, 2020 Source: Valve 7.25 · Mar 17, 2020 Source: Valve 7.24b · Feb 26, 2020 Source: Valve 7.24 · Jan 26, 2020 Source: Valve 7.23f · Jan 6, 2020 Source: Valve 7.23e · Dec 14, 2019 Source: Valve 7.23d · Dec 11, 2019 Source: Valve 7.23c · Dec 6, 2019 Source: Valve 7.23b · Nov 29, 2019 Source: Valve 7.23a · Nov 27, 2019 Source: Valve 7.23 · Nov 26, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22h · Sep 29, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22g · Sep 6, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22f · Jul 28, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22e · Jul 14, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22d · Jun 30, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22c · Jun 9, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22b · May 27, 2019 Source: Valve 7.22 · May 24, 2019 Source: Valve 7.21d · Mar 24, 2019 Source: Valve 7.21c · Mar 2, 2019 Source: Valve 7.21b · Feb 16, 2019 Source: Valve 7.21 · Jan 29, 2019 Source: Valve 7.20e · Dec 9, 2018 Source: Valve 7.20d · Nov 30, 2018 Source: Valve 7.20c · Nov 24, 2018 Source: Valve 7.20b · Nov 20, 2018 Source: Valve 7.20 · Nov 19, 2018 Source: Valve 7.19d · Oct 12, 2018 Source: Valve 7.19c · Sep 14, 2018 Source: Valve 7.19b · Sep 1, 2018 Source: Valve 7.19 · Jul 29, 2018 Source: Valve 7.18 · Jun 25, 2018 Source: Valve 7.17 · Jun 10, 2018 Source: Valve 7.16 · May 27, 2018 Source: Valve 7.15 · May 10, 2018 Source: Valve 7.14 · Apr 24, 2018 Source: Valve 7.13b · Apr 13, 2018 Source: Valve 7.13 · Apr 12, 2018 Source: Valve 7.12 · Mar 29, 2018 Source: Valve 7.11 · Mar 15, 2018 Source: Valve 7.10 · Mar 1, 2018 Source: Valve 7.09 · Feb 15, 2018 Source: Valve 7.08 · Feb 1, 2018 Source: Valve Sep 15, 2026
Base Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 90 Chakra Magic Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3/4/5/6s to 2.5/3.5/4.5/5.5sSpirit Form Illuminate Heal decreased from 70% to 60%Spirit Form Illuminate Heal with Aghanim's Shard unchanged at 100%Jul 30, 2026
Chakra Magic Cooldown increased from 19/16/13/10s to 20/17/14/11sSolar Bind Cast Range decreased from 850 to 750May 6, 2026
Base Movement Speed decreased from 315 to 310 Apr 7, 2026
Talents Level 15 Talent Spirit Form Bright Speed Bonus decreased from +30% to +25%Bright Speed Intelligence required for 1 movement speed increased from 2.5 to 3Spirit Form Cast Range Bonus decreased from 100/200/300 to 100/175/250Mar 24, 2026
Base Movement Speed decreased from 320 to 315 Removed Special Reserve innate ability Talents Level 15 Talent -5s Blinding Light Cooldown replaced with +90 Blinding Light DamageTalents Level 15 Talent -2s Chakra Magic Cooldown replaced with +30% Spirit Form Bright Speed BonusTalents Level 20 Talent +200 Chakra Magic Mana replaced with +10% Solar Bind Magic Resistance ReductionTalents Level 20 Talent +10% Spirit Form Movement Speed Bonus replaced with +15s Spirit Form DurationBright Speed New innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled upBright Speed Keeper of the Light gains +1 movement speed for every 2.5 Intelligence. Whenever Keeper of the Light moves 300 distance, he leaves behind light that allows him to see in 400 range for 3 secondsChakra Magic Cooldown rescaled from 18/16/14/12s to 19/16/13/10sChakra Magic Mana Restore increased from 90/160/230/300 to 105/170/235/300Blinding Light Cast Range increased from 400/500/600/700 to 500/575/650/725Blinding Light Knockback distance changed from 400 to knocking back to the edges of the effect radius, but a minimum knockback distance is 175Blinding Light · Context Min distance is used for enemies near the edge of AoESpirit Form No longer grants bonus movement speed percentageSpirit Form Now increases movement speed bonus of Bright Speed by 50% while activeDec 15, 2025
Base Intelligence increased from 23 to 24 Damage at level 1 increased from 43–50 to 44–51 Talents Level 15 Talent -5s Blinding Light Cooldown replaced with +90 Blinding Light DamageBlinding Light Damage increased from 85/130/175/220 to 90/140/190/240Chakra Magic Mana Restore increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300Will-O-Wisp Damage increased from 75 to 85May 22, 2025
Recall · Recall Chakra Magic is now applied only to the teleport targetRecall · Recall · Context Movement speed buff is still applied to both Keeper of the Light and the targetTalents Level 15 Talent Chakra Magic Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2sSpirit Form Cast Range Bonus decreased from 125/250/375 to 100/200/300Mar 27, 2025
Chakra Magic Self-cast bonus increased from 25% to 30%Mar 4, 2025
Talents Level 20 Talent +15s Spirit Form Duration replaced with +10% Spirit Form Movement SpeedSpirit Form Cooldown decreased from 85s to 85/80/75sSpirit Form Duration increased from 40s to 40/45/50sSpirit Form Illuminate Heal increased from 50/60/70% to 70%Feb 18, 2025
Intelligence gain increased from 3.2 to 3.3 Removed Mana Magnifier innate ability Special Reserve: New Innate Ability. Passive, can't be leveled up Keeper of the Light cannot go below 75 mana Blinding Light Cooldown decreased from 25/22/19/16s to 24/21/18/15sBlinding Light Miss Chance increased from 40% to 45%Spirit Form Movement Speed Bonus decreased from 15/20/25% to 10/15/20%May 22, 2024
Innate Ability New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled upInnate Ability Allies within 900 range of Keeper of the Light have 15% more max manaSolar Bind · Solar Bind Granted by Spirit Form when the facet is pickedSolar Bind · Solar Bind Magic Resist reduction rescaled from 35% to 20/30/40%Solar Bind · Solar Bind Aghanim's Shard replaces cooldown with 2 chargesSolar Bind · Solar Bind Cast backswing improved from 1.07s to 0.5sRecall · Recall Granted by Spirit Form when the facet is pickedRecall · Recall Cooldown increased from 15s to 21/18/15sRecall · Recall Teleportation Delay increased from 4s to 6/5/4sRecall · Recall Recall now increases the target's movement speed by 12/16/20% for 4s. If the teleportation was successful, both Keeper of the Light and the target will receive this buff once again. Movespeed buff isn't removed if the teleportation was interrupted by taking player-based damageRecall · Recall Can now be alt-cast to teleport Keeper of the Light to the selected target. In this case Keeper of the Light will get the initial movement speed boost. Teleportation is interrupted if Keeper of the Light takes player-based damageRecall · Recall Aghanim's Shard replaces cooldown with 2 chargesTalents Level 15 Talent 2 Solar Bind Charges replaced with -5s Blinding Light CooldownTalents Level 20 Talent +1.5s Solar Bind Stun when target is fully slowed replaced with +200 Chakra Magic ManaSpirit Form Aghanim's Shard now increases Spirit Form Illuminate heal by 30%Will-O-Wisp Mana Cost decreased from 250 to 150Dec 14, 2023
Talents Level 10 Talent Blinding Light Miss increased from +30% to +40%Talents Level 20 Talent Chakra Magic Dispels replaced with +1.5s Solar Bind Stun when target is fully slowedTalents Level 25 Talent Illuminate Damage increased from +180 to +200Talents Level 25 Talent +1.2s Blinding Light Stun replaced with Chakra Magic Strong DispelsWill-O-Wisp Ignis Fatuus now also deals 75 damage per flickerRecall Now also casts Chakra Magic on both Keeper of the Light and ally upon teleportingAug 8, 2023
Chakra Magic Mana Restore decreased from 80/160/240/320 to 75/150/225/300Chakra Magic Mana Restore and Cooldown Reduction are now 25% more effective when cast on selfJun 15, 2023
Recall Teleport Delay increased from 3s to 4sMay 13, 2023
Talents Level 15 Talent Chakra Magic Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3sBlinding Light Damage decreased from 100/140/180/220 to 85/130/175/220Blinding Light Radius decreased from 500 to 425/450/475/500Blinding Light Cast Range rescaled from 500/550/600/650 to 400/500/600/700Blinding Light Cooldown increased from 22/20/18/16s to 25/22/19/16sApr 20, 2023
Blinding Light Now a basic ability that does not require Spirit FormBlinding Light Damage increased from 100/140/180 to 100/140/180/220Blinding Light Radius decreased from 600 to 500Blinding Light Cast Range rescaled from 600 to 500/550/600/650Blinding Light Mana Cost decreased from 150 to 120/130/140/150Blinding Light Cooldown rescaled from 18s to 22/20/18/16sSolar Bind Now requires Spirit FormSolar Bind Slow per 100 units increased from 4/5.5/7/8.5% to 10%Solar Bind Duration decreased from 7s to 6sSolar Bind Magic Resistance Reduction increased from 20/25/30/35% to 35%Solar Bind Cooldown decreased from 23/20/17/14s to 14sSolar Bind Mana Cost increased from 60/80/100/120 to 120Solar Bind Cast Range increased from 700/750/800/850 to 850Will-O-Wisp Sleep Duration decreased from 1.3s to 1.0sWill-O-Wisp · Context Duration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables ReductionMar 6, 2023
Will-O-Wisp Attacks to kill increased from 6 to 7Nov 29, 2022
Turn Rate increased from 0.6 to 0.7 Base Damage increased by 2 Sep 27, 2022
Blinding Light Damage increased from 100 to 100/140/180Aug 30, 2022
Solar Bind Magic Resistance Reduction increased from 16/22/28/34% to 20/25/30/35%Aug 23, 2022
Talents Level 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with -2s Illuminate CooldownSpirit Form Cooldown increased from 65s to 85sSpirit Form Illuminate Heal increased from 40/50/60% to 50/60/70%Jun 8, 2022
Illuminate Damage reduced from 200/300/400/500 to 185/290/395/500May 2, 2022
Base movement speed reduced from 330 to 320 Chakra Magic Mana restored reduced from 100/180/260/340 to 80/160/240/320Blinding Light Knockback duration reduced from 0.8s to 0.6sFeb 23, 2022
Illuminate Radius increased from 375 to 400Illuminate Cast point reduced from 0.3 to 0Illuminate Max vision increased from 1125 to 1125/1275/1425/1575Spirit Form Cooldown reduced from 70s to 65sBlinding Light Pushback duration increased from 0.4s to 0.8sOct 28, 2021
Solar Bind Magic resistance reduction increased from 15/20/25/30% to 16/22/28/34%Spirit Form Illuminate heal increased from 30/45/60% to 40/50/60%Sep 10, 2021
Illuminate Cooldown increased from 11 to 13Illuminate Damage reduced from 225/325/425/525 to 200/300/400/500Illuminate Travel Speed reduced from 1050 to 900Spirit Form Bonus Movement Speed from 20/25/30% to 15/20/25%Aug 17, 2021
Base Armor increased by 1 Illuminate Channel Time rescaled from 2/2.7/3.4/4.1s to 3sChakra Magic Cooldown reduced from 20/18/16/14 to 18/16/14/12Apr 29, 2021
Spirit Form Illuminate heal increased from 30/40/50% to 30/45/60%Spirit Form Cooldown reduced from 80/75/70 to 70Apr 16, 2021
Spirit Form Cooldown reduced from 90/80/70 to 80/75/70Apr 9, 2021
Base strength increased from 16 to 18 Reworked Shard upgrade. Now grants you Recall during Spirit Form Talents Level 15 Talent changed from +200 Cast Range to 2 Solar Bind ChargesTalents Level 15 Talent changed from -8s Blinding Light Cooldown to -4s Chakra Magic CooldownTalents Level 20 Talent changed from -4s Chakra Magic Cooldown to Chakra Magic DispelsTalents Level 25 Talent increased from +160 Illuminate Damage to +180Spirit Form No longer grants RecallSpirit Form Now causes Illuminate to heal for 30/40/50% of its damageFeb 19, 2021
Recall Delay increased from 3 to 5/4/3Dec 21, 2020
Talents Level 15 Talent increased from -6s Blinding Light Cooldown to -8Illuminate Max damage increased from 200/300/400/500 to 225/325/425/525Chakra Magic Mana restore increased from 80/160/240/320 to 100/180/260/340Solar Bind Cooldown rescaled from 22/20/18/16 to 23/20/17/14Jul 15, 2020
Talents Level 20 Talent changed from +250 Chakra Magic Mana to -4s Chakra Magic CooldownIlluminate Channel duration reduced from 2/3/4/5 to 2/2.7/3.4/4.1 (total damage unchanged)Will-O-Wisp Flicker no longer drops your orders between each cycle and no longer prevents orders from being queued during itMay 2, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
Blinding Light Cooldown increased from 14 to 20/18/16/14Will-O-Wisp Cooldown increased from 120 to 130Apr 6, 2020
Talents Level 20 Talent reduced from +250 Will-O-Wisp AoE to +200Chakra Magic Cooldown reduction from 4/5/6/7 to 3/4/5/6Mar 17, 2020
Talents Level 10 Talent changed from +6% Spell Amplification to -3s Blinding Light CooldownTalents Level 15 Talent changed from +1 Will-O-Wisp Health Count to +2 Will-O-Wisp FlickerTalents Level 20 Talent changed from +40% Magic Resistance to +250 Will-O-Wisp AoETalents Level 25 Talent changed from +3 Will-O-Wisp Flicker to +3 Will-O-Wisp Health CountDec 14, 2019
XP Talent is now replaced with +6% Spell Amp Sep 6, 2019
Talents Level 25 Talent increased from +2 Will-O-Wisp Flicker to +3Blinding Light Cooldown reduced from 30/25/20/15 to 14Blinding Light Cast range increased from 550/600/650/700 to 575/650/725/800Chakra Magic Mana leak increased from 4/4.5/5/5.5% to 4.5/5/5.5/6%Jul 28, 2019
Will-O-Wisp Radius increased from 700 to 725Jun 30, 2019
Chakra Magic Cooldown reduction from -3/4/5/6 to -4/5/6/7Will-O-Wisp Unit move speed from 25 to 35Jun 9, 2019
Will-O-Wisp Radius increased from 675 to 700May 24, 2019
Scepter now also causes Illuminate to not require channeling (still provides heal bonus) Chakra Magic Can now be cast on enemies, placing a debuff that drains 4/4.5/5/5.5% of current mana per 100 units moved. Lasts 5 seconds (old version was a percent of max mana, not current).Feb 16, 2019
Will-O-Wisp Being cast a second time will follow the same tick interval as the firstJan 29, 2019
Talents Level 10 Talent changed from 8% Spell Lifesteal to +30% XP GainTalents Level 15 Talent changed from +30% XP Gain to +1 Will-O-Wisp Health CountDec 9, 2018
Will-O-Wisp Off period increased from 1.75 to 1.85Will-O-Wisp AoE increased from 650 to 675Nov 30, 2018
Will-O-Wisp Now has a 100/125/150 gold bountyWill-O-Wisp Manacost increased from 200/300/400 to 250/350/450Nov 19, 2018
Removed Mana Leak and Spirit Form Scepter now just causes your Illuminate to heal during the day Talents Level 25 Talent changed from +2s Mana Leak Stun to +2 Will-O-Wisp FlickersIlluminate Cooldown increased from 10 to 11Chakra Magic Now works differentlyBlinding Light Reworked into a basic abilityWill-O-Wisp Added as new UltimateJun 10, 2018
Chakra Magic No longer has a 25/35/45/55 manacostSource: Valve’s public Dota 2 data feeds. Notes belong to Valve. Dates use Bellevue time (Pacific).