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Ogre Magi changes

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Change record

39 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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Jun 4, 2026

Ogre Magi in 7.41d

  • Base Strength increased from 25 to 26
  • Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 70-76 to 71-77)

Mar 24, 2026

Ogre Magi in 7.41

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent -1s Fireblast Cooldown replaced with +2/0.01 Dumb Luck Mana / Mana Regen Per Strength
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Ignite Burn Damage decreased from +12 to +10
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +2/0.01 Dumb Luck Mana / Mana Regen Per Strength replaced with +20/35 Bloodlust / Self Attack Speed
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +35 Bloodlust Attack Speed replaced with +175 Fireblast Damage
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +220 Fireblast Damage replaced with +10% Multicast Chances (affects all types of multicast)
  • FireblastNow also upgraded by Aghanim's Scepter
  • FireblastBecomes Refined Fireblast, reducing its cooldown by 1s and increasing its cast speed by 25%
  • MulticastEach point of Strength increases chances of Multicast by 0.0625%, so every 16 Strength points add 1%
  • Unrefined FireblastCooldown increased from 6s to 7s

Dec 15, 2025

Ogre Magi in 7.40

  • Base Damage increased by 1
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 69–75 to 70–76
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Bloodlust Attack Speed increased from +30 to +35
  • BloodlustCast range increased from 600 to 650
  • BloodlustCan no longer target invulnerable units
  • BloodlustCan still target invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the previous ones are not destroyed)

May 22, 2025

Ogre Magi in 7.39

  • Base Strength increased from 23 to 25
  • Damage at level 1 increased by 2 (from 67–73 to 69–75)
  • IgniteSlow rescaled from 20/23/26/29% to 25%

Feb 18, 2025

Ogre Magi in 7.38

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Ignite DPS decreased from +15 to +12
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Fireblast Damage decreased from +240 to +220
  • BloodlustBonus Move Speed decreased from 7/9/11/13% to 6/8/10/12%

Aug 28, 2024

Ogre Magi in 7.37c

  • BloodlustBonus Attack Speed increased from 30/45/60/75 to 35/50/65/80
  • Fire ShieldMulticasts now prioritize Ogre Magi himself, followed by heroes, then buildings, then creeps, skipping units that already have the buff

Jul 31, 2024

Ogre Magi in 7.37

  • Dumb LuckMana Regen per Strength decreased from 0.03 to 0.02

Jun 6, 2024

Ogre Magi in 7.36b

  • Fat Chance · MulticastChance per strength increased from 0.05% to 0.06%

May 22, 2024

Ogre Magi in 7.36

  • Innate Ability · Dumb LuckRemains as an Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Innate Ability · Dumb LuckNo longer increases Multicast Chance by default
  • Fat Chance · MulticastEach point of Strength increases Ogre Magi's chance to multicast by 0.05%
  • Learning CurveOgre starts the game with 0 Ability Points, but gains 3 Ability Points at Level 2, and regular ability points for the remainder of the game
  • Learning CurveLevel requirement for all abilities and talents is decreased by 1
  • Learning Curve · Context1/2/4/6 for basic abilities, 5/11/17 for Multicast, and 9/14/19/24/26/27/28/29 for Talents
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Bloodlust Attack Speed increased from +25 to +30
  • BloodlustMulticasts now prioritize Ogre Magi himself, followed by heroes, then buildings, then creeps. Still skips units that already have the buff

Dec 14, 2023

Ogre Magi in 7.35

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Ignite DPS decreased from +16 to +15
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +250 Health replaced with +2/0.01 Dumb Luck Max Mana/Mana Regen Per Strength

Oct 4, 2023

Ogre Magi in 7.34d

  • FireblastCast Range increased from 475 to 525
  • BloodlustBonus Attack Speed increased from 30/40/50/60 to 30/45/60/75
  • BloodlustSelf Bonus Attack Speed increased from 30/50/70/90 to 40/60/80/100
  • Unrefined FireblastCast Range increased from 475 to 525

Sep 8, 2023

Ogre Magi in 7.34c

  • Base Health Regen increased from 0.75 to 1.5
  • BloodlustMana Cost rescaled from 50/55/60/65 to 40/50/60/70
  • Fire ShieldCooldown decreased from 16s to 15s

Aug 8, 2023

Ogre Magi in 7.34

  • Unrefined FireblastDamage decreased from 275 to 150
  • Unrefined FireblastNow also deals damage equal to 1.5x of Ogre Magi's Strength
  • Unrefined FireblastNow also affected by level 10 talent -1s Cooldown

Apr 20, 2023

Ogre Magi in 7.33

  • Primary Attribute changed to Strength
  • Strength gain increased from 3.3 to 4.2
  • Base Intelligence decreased from 15 to 0
  • Intelligence gain decreased from 2.5 to 0
  • Always has 0 Intelligence. Always.
  • Base Mana increased from 75 to 120
  • Base Damage decreased from 54-60 to 44-50
  • Dumb LuckNew innate ability
  • Dumb LuckMax Intelligence is 0. Ogre Magi receives 6 points of maximum mana and 0.03 mana regeneration per point of Strength. Each 20 points of Strength also increase Multicast Cast Chance by 1% (only affects multipliers over 0% so the 4x Cast Chance won't trigger on level 1 etc.)
  • FireblastStun Duration decreased from 1.5s to 1.2s
  • Fireblast · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
  • Unrefined FireblastStun Duration decreased from 1.5s to 1.2s
  • Unrefined Fireblast · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction

Mar 6, 2023

Ogre Magi in 7.32e

  • IgniteSlow increased from 20/22/24/26% to 20/23/26/29%
  • Fire ShieldFireball Damage increased from 125 to 160

Aug 23, 2022

Ogre Magi in 7.32

  • Base Health Regen decreased from 3.25 to 0.25
  • Base Armor decreased from 5 to 4
  • Base Damage increased by 20
  • IgniteNow deals its first tick of damage 0.1s after application (1 tick less total)

Feb 23, 2022

Ogre Magi in 7.31

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +275 health reduced to +250
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +25 Strength increased to +30
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent 20% bash chance replaced with 17% Fireblast chance
  • FireblastMana cost increased from 70/80/90/100 to 70/85/100/115
  • IgniteCooldown increased from 15s to 17s

Aug 17, 2021

Ogre Magi in 7.30

  • Strength Gain reduced from 3.5 to 3.3
  • Shard Fire Shield no longer procs on creep attacks
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +30 Bloodlust AS reduced to +25
  • Fire ShieldFixed recasting Fire Shield on an ally not replenishing its charges
  • FireblastDamage Increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/130/190/250
  • Unrefined FireblastMana cost increased from 30% of current mana to 35%
  • IgniteMana Cost reduced from 110 to 80/90/100/110

Apr 9, 2021

Ogre Magi in 7.29

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +75 Cast Range to -1s Fireblast Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +40 Bloodlust Attack Speed to +30
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +30 Strength to +25
  • Fire ShieldShard incoming damage reduction increased from 70% to 85%
  • Fire ShieldShard mana cost reduced from 75 to 50
  • IgniteCast point reduced from 0.45 to 0.35
  • BloodlustMana cost reduced from 65 to 50/55/60/65

Jan 10, 2021

Ogre Magi in 7.28b

  • IgniteDamage reduced from 26/34/42/50 to 20/30/40/50
  • Fire ShieldShard manacost reduced from 125 to 75
  • Fire ShieldCooldown reduced from 18 to 16

Dec 21, 2020

Ogre Magi in 7.28a

  • Base damage reduced by 3
  • IgniteManacost increased from 100 to 110

Jul 15, 2020

Ogre Magi in 7.27b

  • Agility gain reduced from 1.9 to 1.5
  • Unrefined FireblastManacost from 60% to 45%

Apr 21, 2020

Ogre Magi in 7.26a

  • BloodlustMovement speed reduced from 8/10/12/14% to 7/9/11/13%
  • Bloodlust · ContextPart of the boots changes

Jan 26, 2020

Ogre Magi in 7.24

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +90 Gold/Min to +20 Ignite DPS

Jul 14, 2019

Ogre Magi in 7.22e

  • Intelligence gain increased from 2.3 to 2.5
  • Agility gain increased from 1.6 to 1.9
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +40 Bloodlust Attack Speed to +60

Jun 30, 2019

Ogre Magi in 7.22d

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +300 Health to +350
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +90 Damage to +100
  • MulticastItem Multicast Buffer Range increased from 200 to 600
  • MulticastBloodlust Multicast Radius increased from 575 to 700
  • MulticastInterval from 0.5 to 0.6

May 24, 2019

Ogre Magi in 7.22

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from +275 Fireblast Damage to +300
  • Multicast2x cast chance increased from 70% to 75%

Jan 29, 2019

Ogre Magi in 7.21

  • FireblastCooldown reduced from 12/11/10/9 to 11/10/9/8
  • Multicast2x chance increased from 60% to 70%

Nov 19, 2018

Ogre Magi in 7.20

  • Fire Blast cooldown rescaled from 12 to 12/11/10/9
  • MulticastNow affects targeted offensive items
  • MulticastNo longer provides passive improvements to the base abilities
  • IgniteCast range increased from 700 to 700/800/900/1000
  • IgniteBase cast launches two projectiles
  • BloodlustCooldown reduced from 20 to 20/18/16/14
  • BloodlustMovement speed reduced from 10/12/14/16% to 8/10/12/14%

Jul 29, 2018

Ogre Magi in 7.19

  • FireblastDamage increased from 55/110/165/220 to 60/120/180/240

May 27, 2018

Ogre Magi in 7.16

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +60 Gold/Min to +90
  • Multicast2x chance from 40/50/60 to 60/60/60%
  • Multicast3x chance from 0/20/25% to 0/30/30%
  • Multicast4x chance from 0/0/12.5% to 0/0/15%

Apr 24, 2018

Ogre Magi in 7.14

  • BloodlustOn self now grants you 30/50/70/90 Attack Speed (default is 30/40/50/60)

Mar 1, 2018

Ogre Magi in 7.10

  • Talent: Level 20 Talent increased from +30 Strength to +40

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