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Magnus changes

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Change record

51 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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May 6, 2026

Magnus in 7.41c

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +14
  • ShockwaveSlow Duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.55/0.7/0.85/1.0s

Apr 7, 2026

Magnus in 7.41b

  • Agility gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2
  • Damage gain per level increased from 3.2 to 3.3

Mar 24, 2026

Magnus in 7.41

  • Base Agility increased from 12 to 14
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 55–63 to 56–64
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +10% Empower Damage/Cleave replaced with Shockwave Returns to Magnus
  • Solid CoreNo longer levels with Reverse Polarity
  • Solid CoreSlow Resistance rescaled from 20/30/40/50% to 24% + 1% per level
  • EmpowerNow always affects Magnus with 30% increased values and can't be cast on himself
  • SkewerAghanim's Shard bonus distance increased from +275 to +300

Dec 15, 2025

Magnus in 7.40

  • Diminishing ReturnNo longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses
  • Base Damage increased by 1
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 54–62 to 55–63
  • Reverse PolarityCooldown decreased from 120s to 115s

Oct 2, 2025

Magnus in 7.39e

  • SkewerMovement is now cancelled if Magnus is interrupted
  • Skewer · ContextStunned, hexed or out of world

May 22, 2025

Magnus in 7.39

  • ShockwaveSlow Duration decreased from 0.7/0.8/0.9/1s to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1s
  • SkewerAghanim's Shard Tree Hit Damage increased from 30 to 40
  • SkewerAghanim's Shard Cliff Hit Damage increased from 125 to 150

Mar 27, 2025

Magnus in 7.38c

  • Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23
  • Damage at level 1 decreased from 55–63 to 54–62
  • ShockwaveDamage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300
  • EmpowerSelf bonus decreased from 50% to 30%

Mar 4, 2025

Magnus in 7.38b

  • Magnus: Eternal Empowerment: Empower: Max self bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%
  • SkewerDistance decreased from 900/975/1050/1125 to 800/900/1000/1100
  • SkewerAghanim's Shard Distance decreased from 1175/1250/1325/1400 to 1075/1175/1275/1375

Feb 18, 2025

Magnus in 7.38

  • Diminishing ReturnIncreases the max level of Shockwave to 5
  • Diminishing ReturnNumber of times +2 All Attributes can be skilled decreased from 7 to 6
  • Diminishing Return · ShockwaveLevel 5 makes the shockwave return once it reaches its max distance, traveling 200 units further and dealing 50% of ability damage on its way back
  • Eternal Empowerment · EmpowerAbility is always enabled on Magnus. Every one of his subsequent attacks increases his self bonus by 2/3/4/5% up to a max of 10/15/20/25%. Duration: 10s. Each stack refreshes the duration. Bonus per hit and Max bonus scale with the level of Empower
  • Base Damage increased by 21
  • Damage at level 1 increased by 7 (from 48-56 to 55-63)
  • Intelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 2.1
  • Damage gain per level decreased from +4.7 to +3.2
  • Damage at level 30 decreased by 46 (from 214-222 to 168-176)
  • Removed Reverse Polarity and Reverse Reverse Polarity Facets
  • ContextReverse Polarity remains as Magnus' default ultimate
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +0.75s Shockwave Slow Duration replaced with +1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +10s Empower Duration replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen
  • ShockwaveNo longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
  • Shockwave · ContextEffect moved to a new Facet
  • ShockwaveMana Cost increased from 75 to 85/90/95/100
  • SkewerNow deals 6/9/12/15% of the distance traveled as damage
  • SkewerNo longer deals damage per tree/cliff hit by default
  • SkewerNow upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
  • SkewerIncreases Skewer range by 275 and deals and additional 30 damage per tree hit and 125 damage for cliff hit

Aug 28, 2024

Magnus in 7.37c

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Shockwave Slow Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.75s
  • SkewerDamage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320

Aug 14, 2024

Magnus in 7.37b

  • Base Agility increased by 3
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity duration increased from 15s to 20s
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity now stacks instead of refreshing
  • Solid CoreNow also provides 20/30/40/50% slow resistance, scales with Reverse Polarity

Jul 31, 2024

Magnus in 7.37

  • Reverse Polarity FacetRenamed from Run Through to Reverse Polarity
  • Reverse Polarity Facet · SkewerNo longer deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs (moved to base ability)
  • SkewerNow deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs
  • SkewerTree Hit Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30
  • SkewerCliff Hit Damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 50/75/100/125

Jun 6, 2024

Magnus in 7.36b

  • Base Intelligence increased from 19 to 20
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +10 to +12
  • Solid CoreNow reduces knockback effects instead of forced movement
  • SkewerDamage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 75/150/225/300

May 26, 2024

Magnus in 7.36a

  • Reverse Reverse Polarity · Reverse PolarityEffect Radius increased from 600 to 700
  • Reverse Reverse Polarity · Reverse PolarityMax Knockback Distance increased from 700 to 850
  • Reverse Reverse Polarity · Reverse PolarityCooldown decreased from 120s to 100s

May 22, 2024

Magnus in 7.36

  • Innate Ability · Solid CoreNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Innate Ability · Solid CoreMagnus suffers 50% less forced movement from enemy's abilities/items
  • NO FACET TITLE · SkewerDeals bonus damage when pushing enemies through trees and cliffs. Each tree deals 10/15/20/25 damage, and cliffs deal 40/60/80/100 damage
  • Reverse Polarity Facet · Reverse PolarityPushes enemies in a 600 AoE around Magnus away from him to a maximum distance of 700, stunning and damaging them. Enemies are pushed over 0.2s
  • ShockwaveSlow Duration rescaled from 0.9s to 0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0s
  • ShockwaveProjectile Speed increased from 900 to 1200
  • ShockwaveAghanim's Shard Projectile Speed Bonus increased from 300 to 400
  • EmpowerDuration rescaled from 35s to 30/33/36/39s
  • SkewerNo longer slows enemy attack speed by 10/20/30/40
  • SkewerNo longer deals 6/9/12/15% of the distance as damage
  • Reverse PolarityDamage increased from 75/150/225 to 100/200/300
  • Horn TossDamage increased from 275 to 300
  • Horn TossMana Cost decreased from 125 to 100

Feb 21, 2024

Magnus in 7.35c

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Skewer Cooldown Reduction decreased from 7s to 5s
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Skewer Range decreased from +375 to +275
  • SkewerFixed interactions between Skewer and other forced movement abilities (e.g: Primal Beast Pulverize) causing Skewer to deal damage relative to the distance between the target and the center of the map.

Dec 14, 2023

Magnus in 7.35

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +8 to +10
  • SkewerNow additionally deals 6/9/12/15% of distance traveled as damage
  • SkewerDamage decreased from 90/180/270/360 to 70/140/210/280

Oct 4, 2023

Magnus in 7.34d

  • ShockwaveMana Cost rescaled from 70/80/90/100 to 75

Sep 8, 2023

Magnus in 7.34c

  • Base Attack Range increased from 150 to 200
  • Reverse PolarityPull Radius increased from 410 to 430

Aug 14, 2023

Magnus in 7.34b

  • ShockwaveAghanim's Shard Damage Multiplier on return increased from 50% to 75%
  • EmpowerBonus Damage increased from 12/20/28/36% to 16/24/32/40%
  • EmpowerCleave Damage increased from 10/20/30/40% to 16/24/32/40%

Aug 8, 2023

Magnus in 7.34

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +6 to +8
  • Horn TossNow stuns enemies for the duration of the air time

Jun 15, 2023

Magnus in 7.33d

  • Base Agility decreased from 15 to 9
  • EmpowerBonus effect on self-cast decreased from 75% to 50%

May 13, 2023

Magnus in 7.33c

  • Base Damage decreased by 8 (Level 1 damage decreased by 2)

Apr 25, 2023

Magnus in 7.33b

  • Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.1
  • Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.0
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +5 to +6

Apr 20, 2023

Magnus in 7.33

  • Now is a Universal Hero
  • Base Damage decreased from 32-40 to 17-25
  • Strength gain decreased from 3.5 to 3.0
  • Agility gain decreased from 2.5 to 1.9
  • Intelligence gain decreased from 2.1 to 1.6
  • Damage on level 1 decreased by 5 (from 57-65 to 52-60)
  • Damage gain per level increased from +3.5 to +3.9
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +16 Strength per hero hit with Reverse Polarity replaced with +5 All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Reverse Polarity Stun Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s
  • EmpowerMana Cost decreased from 45/60/75/90 to 45/55/65/75
  • ShockwaveMana Cost decreased from 80/90/100/110 to 70/80/90/110
  • ShockwaveAghanim's Scepter Upgrade removed
  • ShockwaveNow upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
  • ShockwaveIncreases range by 400 and wave speed by 300. Causes Shockwave to return towards the caster's original cast location after reaching max length, hitting enemies a second time for 50% of the damage
  • Reverse PolarityStun Duration decreased from 2.75/3.25/3.75s to 2.5/3.0/3.5s
  • Reverse Polarity · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
  • Horn TossNow granted by Aghanim's Scepter
  • Horn TossNow stuns for 0.75s instead of slowing
  • Horn TossDamage increased from 200 to 275

Sep 27, 2022

Magnus in 7.32c

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Strength per Hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +16
  • ShockwaveDamage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300

Aug 23, 2022

Magnus in 7.32

  • Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +12 Strength replaced with +12 Strength per hero hit with Reverse Polarity (buff duration: 15 seconds)
  • Reverse PolarityCooldown decreased from 130s to 120s
  • Horn TossSlow duration increased from 1.25s to 2s

Jun 8, 2022

Magnus in 7.31d

  • SkewerSlow increased from 10/20/30/40% to 20/30/40/50%
  • ShockwaveScepter Erupt Armor reduction increased from 50% to 75%
  • ShockwaveScepter Damage Percentage increased from 50% to 75%
  • ShockwaveScepter Move Speed Slow increased from 50% to 75%

Feb 23, 2022

Magnus in 7.31

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +350 Health replaced with +125 Shockwave Damage
  • ShockwaveReworked Scepter. Increases Shockwave range by 150 and radius by 50. Shockwaves now Erupt after 1.5 seconds, dealing an additional 50% of Shockwave's base damage and applying a debuff that slows and reduces base Armor by 50%. Affected units recover over 5 seconds.

Oct 28, 2021

Magnus in 7.30e

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +425 Skewer Range to +375
  • Horn TossShard now applies a 100% MS and 100 AS slow to targets instead of a stun (duration from 0.75 to 1.25)
  • Horn TossShard damage is now done at the start rather than the end
  • SkewerRange reduced from 900/1000/1100/1200 to 900/975/1050/1125

Aug 17, 2021

Magnus in 7.30

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +20 Damage replaced with +10s Empower Duration
  • SkewerDamage increased from 70/150/220/310 to 80/170/260/350
  • EmpowerDuration reduced from 40 to 35

Apr 16, 2021

Magnus in 7.29b

  • Reverse PolarityDamage increased from 50/125/200 to 75/150/225

Apr 9, 2021

Magnus in 7.29

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +0.3s Shockwave Slow Duration to +0.5s
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from -5s Skewer Cooldown to -7s
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +10 Strength to +12
  • EmpowerDamage increased from 11/18/25/32% to 12/20/28/36%
  • ShockwaveMana cost reduced from 90/100/110/120 to 80/90/100/110
  • SkewerDamage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 70/150/230/310
  • SkewerSpeed reduced from 950 to 900
  • Reverse PolarityMana cost reduced from 200/250/300 to 150/225/300
  • Horn TossShard landing stun duration increased from 0.25 to 0.75

Jan 10, 2021

Magnus in 7.28b

  • Horn TossShard landing damage increased from 150 to 200

Aug 26, 2020

Magnus in 7.27d

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +200 Health to +0.3s Shockwave Slow Duration
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +8 Armor to +350 Health
  • EmpowerSelf multiplier reduced from 100% to 75%

Jul 15, 2020

Magnus in 7.27b

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +15 Attack speed to +20 Damage
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +100 Shockwave Damage to +140
  • EmpowerDamage rescaled from 10/15/20/25% to 11/18/25/32%
  • ShockwaveSlow increased from 60% to 75%
  • SkewerCooldown reduced from 26/24/22/20 to 22/20/18/16
  • SkewerRadius increased from 135 to 145

May 2, 2020

Magnus in 7.26c

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +400 Skewer Range to +425
  • ShockwaveCooldown reduced from 14/13/12/11 to 13/12/11/10

Mar 17, 2020

Magnus in 7.25

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +200 Health to +250
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +75 Shockwave Damage to +100
  • ShockwaveSlow duration increased from 0.75 to 0.9

Jan 26, 2020

Magnus in 7.24

  • Max damage reduced by 4
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent reduced from +25 Attack Speed to +20
  • EmpowerCleave reduced from 15/25/35/45 to 10/20/30/40

Dec 6, 2019

Magnus in 7.23c

  • SkewerScepter reduces manacost by 50% rather than 100%
  • SkewerScepter cooldown increased from 4 to 6 seconds

May 24, 2019

Magnus in 7.22

  • Starting strength increased by 2
  • ShockwaveScepter max range increased from 1725 to 2000
  • ShockwaveScepter speed increased from 1200 to 1500

Feb 16, 2019

Magnus in 7.21b

  • Strength gain reduced from 3.7 to 3.5
  • SkewerSlow reduced from 25/30/35/40% to 10/20/30/40%
  • EmpowerManacost increased from 30/50/70/90 to 45/60/75/90

Dec 9, 2018

Magnus in 7.20e

  • EmpowerBonus damage reduced from 20/30/40/50 to 10/20/30/40%
  • EmpowerCleave reduced from 20/38/56/74% to 14/34/54/74%
  • Reverse PolarityCooldown increased from 120 to 130

Nov 30, 2018

Magnus in 7.20d

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent reduced from +15 Strength to +12
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +12 Armor to +10
  • EmpowerCleave damage reduced from 30/45/60/75% to 20/38/56/74%

Nov 19, 2018

Magnus in 7.20

  • SkewerCooldown reduced from 25 to 26/24/22/20
  • ShockwaveHas been reworked

Jun 10, 2018

Magnus in 7.17

  • Base strength increased by 1
  • SkewerSlow increased from 2.5/2.75/3/3.25 to 3.25
  • ShockwaveDamage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300

May 27, 2018

Magnus in 7.16

  • EmpowerCleave distance increased from 460 to 625 (matching Battle Fury)
  • EmpowerCleave end radius increased from 240 to 330 (matching Battle Fury)

Mar 29, 2018

Magnus in 7.12

  • SkewerAoE increased from 125 to 135
  • Reverse PolarityStun duration increased from 2.25/3/3.75 to 2.75/3.25/3.75

Mar 1, 2018

Magnus in 7.10

  • Base strength increased by 1
  • Talent: Level 25 Talent increased from +0.75s Reverse Polarity to +1s

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