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Spirit Breaker changes

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Change record

46 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

Spirit Breaker in 7.41d

  • Charge of DarknessMana Cost decreased from 90/100/110/120 to 80/90/100/110
  • Greater BashAghanim's Scepter creep damage decreased from 25% to 20%

Mar 27, 2026

Spirit Breaker in 7.41a

  • Greater BashAghanim's Scepter upgrade unit collision radius no longer affected by Area of Effect bonuses

Mar 24, 2026

Spirit Breaker in 7.41

  • Removed Herd Mentality innate ability
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +45 Damage replaced with +60 Charge of Darkness Bonus Speed
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent -0.3s Greater Bash Cooldown replaced with +8%/+2% Empowering Haste Movespeed Bonus
  • Empowering HasteNew innate ability. Passive
  • Empowering HasteSpirit Breaker gains bonus Movement Speed whenever he stuns an enemy. Effect depends on the unit type: stunning a hero will provide a 8% bonus for 2s, while other units provide 2% for 1s
  • Empowering HasteEffects from multiple stuns stack and have independent durations. Bull Rush duration is paused during Charge of Darkness, but it can still gain new stacks. This effect allows Spirit Breaker to go over the max movement speed limit
  • Charge of DarknessNo longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
  • Greater BashNow upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
  • Greater BashIncreases knockback by roughly 30%. If a knocked-back enemy collides with another enemy, the second enemy is also bashed, and the original target takes 25% of Spirit Breaker's Greater Bash damage again
  • Greater BashThis effect is applied to Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike as well, since those abilities use Greater Bash
  • Greater BashCreeps take 25% damage of repeated damage
  • Greater BashBodies of killed units keep flying and pushing enemies
  • Planar PocketNow granted by Aghanim's Shard
  • Planar PocketCooldown increased from 25s to 30s
  • Planar PocketSelf Magic Resistance decreased from 75% to 40%
  • Planar PocketEffect now ends if Spirit Breaker is more than 900 units away from the target
  • Planar PocketNow can be cast without cancelling Charge of Darkness

Dec 15, 2025

Spirit Breaker in 7.40

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Bulldoze barrier decreased from 400 to 375
  • Charge of DarknessStun Duration increased from 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1s to 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2s
  • Charge of DarknessAghanim's Shard bonus speed decreased from +100 to +85

May 22, 2025

Spirit Breaker in 7.39

  • Planar PocketAbility Reworked
  • Planar PocketNow is a unit-targeted ability. Barathrum gains 75% magic resistance and distorts reality around the selected hero, making any unit-targeted spells cast by enemy heroes on the target to get redirected towards Spirit Breaker. Can be cast on both allied and enemy heroes, but only spells cast by enemies of Spirit Breaker will be redirected. Cast Range: 700
  • Planar PocketIo's Tether is the only exception that will ignore this effect
  • Planar PocketRedirected spells are not considered as reflected. If Spirit Breaker is under effects such as Lotus Orb's Echo Shell, redirected spells will be reflected back to the enemy caster
  • Planar PocketIf the redirected spell has different interactions for allies and enemies, Spirit Breaker will receive the enemy interaction
  • Planar Pocket · ContextExample: Oracle's Fate's Edict will disarm Spirit Breaker even if the ability was redirected from Oracle's ally
  • Planar PocketCooldown increased from 20s to 25s
  • Planar PocketMana Cost increased from 75 to 100
  • Planar PocketDuration decreased from 7s to 6s
  • Planar PocketNow dispellable only by Strong Dispel

Feb 18, 2025

Spirit Breaker in 7.38

  • Bull's Hit · Greater BashBash chance increases if you've bashed more than one hero within the last 10s. Each additional hero past the first increases Greater Bash chance by 17%
  • Bull's Hit · Greater Bash · ContextBash chance stacks expire independently
  • Removed Imbalanced Facet
  • ContextThat's also the facet's name, not the description
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +17% Greater Bash Chance replaced with -0.3s Greater Bash Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Greater Bash Damage decreased from +25% to +20%
  • Planar PocketDuration increased from 6s to 7s

Jul 31, 2024

Spirit Breaker in 7.37

  • Bull Rush · Charge of DarknessLingering bonus movement speed is now determined by Spirit Breaker's current bonus speed, instead of always the max
  • Charge of DarknessNow gradually ramps up to max movement speed, starting at 25% of the bonus speed

Jun 24, 2024

Spirit Breaker in 7.36c

  • Charge of DarknessMana Cost rescaled from 100 to 90/100/110/120
  • Nether StrikeCooldown increased from 70/50/30s to 75/55/35s

Jun 6, 2024

Spirit Breaker in 7.36b

  • Bull Rush · Charge of DarknessBonus movement speed now starts fading over the linger duration, up to 2.5s
  • Imbalanced · Nether StrikeNow amplifies knockback effects instead of forced movement

May 22, 2024

Spirit Breaker in 7.36

  • Innate AbilityNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Innate AbilityProvides the hero in your team with the least Experience points with a buff, that increases their Experience gain by 50% until they reach the level to match the second least. Can apply to Spirit Breaker as well
  • Bull Rush · Charge of DarknessMakes Charge Bonus Speed fade out over a short duration after the charge ends, based on how long the charge lasts. Max Linger Duration: 3s. Min Linger Duration: 0.5s. Charge Time for Max Linger Duration: 5s
  • Imbalanced · Nether StrikeEnemy receives a debuff that increases the distance of forced movement applied to them by Spirit Breaker and his allies by 100% for 6s
  • Base Attack Range increased from 150 to 170
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +200 Charge of Darkness Bonus Speed replaced with -4s Charge of Darkness Cooldown
  • Charge of DarknessNow pierces Debuff Immunity by default
  • Charge of DarknessAghanim's Shard now grants +100 Movement Speed Bonus
  • Greater BashNo longer deals bonus damage to creeps
  • Nether StrikeBonus Damage rescaled from 175/250/325 to 150/250/350
  • Planar PocketIs now granted by Aghanim's Scepter
  • Planar PocketNo longer stops working after blocking 1 spell

Dec 14, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.35

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +25% Greater Bash Damage replaced with +17% Greater Bash Chance
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent 200 Charge of Darkness Bonus Speed replaced with Bulldoze Grants 400 All Damage Barrier
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +20% Greater Bash Chance replaced with +25% Greater Bash Damage
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Bulldoze 500 All Damage Barrier replaced with +200 Charge of Darkness Bonus Speed
  • BulldozeMovement Speed bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%

Nov 20, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.34e

  • Charge of DarknessCooldown increased from 21/18/15/12s to 22/19/16/13s
  • Charge of DarknessAghanim's Scepter Cooldown increased from 8s to 9s
  • Greater BashDamage multiplier against creeps decreased from 1.5x to 1.3x

Sep 8, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.34c

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Damage increased from +40 to +45
  • Charge of DarknessCharge Bonus Speed increased from 250/300/350/400 to 275/325/375/425
  • Charge of DarknessFixed movement speed not updating when slows wear off while Spirit Breaker is charging
  • Nether StrikeBonus Damage increased from 150/225/300 to 175/250/325

Aug 8, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.34

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Charge of Dark Bonus Speed increased from +175 to +200
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +17% Greater Bash Chance replaced with +25% Greater Bash Damage
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +25% Greater Bash Damage replaced with +20% Greater Bash Chance
  • Charge of DarknessCharge Bonus Speed decreased from 325/350/375/400 to 250/300/350/400

Jun 15, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.33d

  • Base Armor decreased by 1
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Bulldoze Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s
  • Charge of DarknessCooldown increased from 17/15/13/11s to 21/18/15/12s
  • Charge of DarknessAghanim's Scepter Cooldown increased from 7s to 8s

May 13, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.33c

  • Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.3
  • Charge of DarknessMana Cost decreased from 120 to 100
  • Charge of DarknessCan no longer target debuff immune enemies without Aghanim's Scepter
  • BulldozeStatus Resistance increased from 35/45/55/65% to 40/50/60/70%
  • Greater BashCooldown decreased from 1.5s to 1.2s
  • Greater BashMovement Speed as Damage increased from 15/20/25/30% to 20/25/30/35%
  • Nether StrikeCooldown decreased from 90/70/50s to 70/50/30s

Apr 25, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.33b

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Greater Bash Chance increased from +13% to +17%
  • Charge of DarknessCharge Bonus Speed increased from 300/325/350/375 to 325/350/375/400
  • Nether StrikeBonus Damage increased from 125/200/275 to 150/225/300

Apr 20, 2023

Spirit Breaker in 7.33

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Greater Bash Chance increased from +10% to +13%
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +800 Health replaced with Bulldoze 500 Damage Barrier
  • Charge of DarknessStun Duration decreased from 1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4s to 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1s
  • Charge of Darkness · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
  • Greater BashStun Duration decreased from 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8s to 0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5s
  • Greater Bash · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
  • Planar PocketSelf Magic Resistance increased from 25% to 75%

Sep 27, 2022

Spirit Breaker in 7.32c

  • Charge of DarknessCast Point improved from 0.3 to 0.1
  • Charge of DarknessScepter no longer improves Cast Point
  • Planar PocketNow does not trigger the redirect if the enemy ability is targeted at Spirit Breaker

Aug 23, 2022

Spirit Breaker in 7.32

  • Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5
  • Charge of DarknessStun Duration increased from 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s to 1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4s
  • Planar PocketReworked Shard. Grants new ability: Planar Pocket . Barathrum distorts the fabric of space, increasing his own magic resistance by 25%, and redirecting the first enemy spell targeted at an allied hero within a 900 radius towards him. Magic resistance is removed after the redirected spell has hit. Duration: 6s. Cooldown: 20s. Mana Cost: 75

Feb 23, 2022

Spirit Breaker in 7.31

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +200 Charge of Darkness Speed reduced to +175
  • Charge of DarknessMana cost increased from 100 to 120
  • BulldozeMovement speed bonus reduced from 10/16/22/28% to 10/15/20/25%
  • BulldozeStatus Resistance rescaled from 34/46/58/70% to 35/45/55/65%
  • Greater BashDamage rescaled from 14/20/26/32% to 15/20/25/30%

Oct 28, 2021

Spirit Breaker in 7.30e

  • Base strength increased by 1
  • Base movement speed increased from 290 to 295
  • Nether StrikeDamage increased from 100/175/250 to 125/200/275

Aug 17, 2021

Spirit Breaker in 7.30

  • Strength reduced from 29 + 3.1 to 27 + 3.0
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +10 HP Regen replaced with -4s Bulldoze Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent -5.5s Bulldoze Cooldown replaced with +200 movement speed during Charge of Darkness.
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +12% Greater Bash Damage replaced with +10% Greater Bash Chance
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +20% Greater Bash Chance replaced with +25% Greater Bash Damage
  • Charge of DarknessMana cost increased from 70/80/90/100 to 100
  • Charge of DarknessScepter no longer grants 175 bonus movement speed
  • Charge of DarknessScepter now pierces spell immunity and reduces cast point to 0.1
  • Greater BashNow deals 1.5x damage to creeps

Apr 9, 2021

Spirit Breaker in 7.29

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from +650 Health to +800
  • Nether StrikeCast time reduced from 1.2 to 1
  • BulldozeSpeed reduced from 12/18/24/30% to 10/16/22/28%

Dec 21, 2020

Spirit Breaker in 7.28a

  • Netherstrike shard no longer changes cast behavior
  • Netherstrike shard now gives 2 seconds of Spell Immunity after cast is successful

Jul 15, 2020

Spirit Breaker in 7.27b

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +30 Damage to +40
  • Charge of DarknessCast point reduced from 0.47 to 0.3

Apr 21, 2020

Spirit Breaker in 7.26a

  • BulldozeMovement speed reduced from 14/20/26/32% to 12/18/24/30%
  • Bulldoze · ContextPart of the boots changes

Mar 17, 2020

Spirit Breaker in 7.25

  • Reworked Scepter. Increases Charge of Darkness movement speed by 100 and reduces cooldown by 5.

Jul 28, 2019

Spirit Breaker in 7.22f

  • BulldozeManacost from 25/30/35/40 to 30/40/50/60
  • Nether StrikeDamage reduced from 120/185/250 to 100/175/250

May 24, 2019

Spirit Breaker in 7.22

  • Base health regen increased from 0.75 to 1.25
  • BulldozeStatus resistance increased from 30/40/50/60 to 34/46/58/70%
  • BulldozeMovement speed increased from 12/18/24/30% to 14/20/26/32%
  • Greater BashStun duration rescaled from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8 to 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8
  • Greater BashDamage rescaled from 8/16/24/32% to 14/20/26/32%
  • Charge of DarknessManacost reduced from 100 to 70/80/90/100
  • Nether StrikeScepter cast range increased from 850 to 950
  • Nether StrikeScepter radius increased from 250 to 350

Nov 19, 2018

Spirit Breaker in 7.20

  • Fixed Charge of Darkness not using the movement speed for the impact damage
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +30% Greater Bash chance to +15%
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +400 Charge Speed to -7s Bulldoze Cooldown
  • Nether StrikeCan no longer be cast when rooted
  • Charge of DarknessNo longer moves at a fixed speed
  • Greater BashNo longer gives you movement speed
  • Greater BashDamage reduced from 12/24/36/48 to 16/24/32/40%
  • Empowering HasteReplaced with Bulldoze

Jun 10, 2018

Spirit Breaker in 7.17

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +400 Night Vision to +600
  • Greater BashDisable duration increased from 1/1.2/1.4/1.6 to 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8
  • Nether StrikeDamage reduced from 150/250/350 to 150/200/250

Apr 24, 2018

Spirit Breaker in 7.14

  • Netherstrike's knockback now pushes the enemy twice the distance
  • Greater BashMovespeed bonus increased from 15% to 17%

Mar 29, 2018

Spirit Breaker in 7.12

  • Empowering HasteActive no longer reduces your movement speed afterwards
  • Empowering HasteCooldown increased from 12 to 20

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