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Undying changes

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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.

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Sep 15, 2026

Undying in 7.41f

  • Base Health Regen decreased by 0.25
  • DecayMana Cost increased from 100 to 110

Jul 30, 2026

Undying in 7.41e

  • Base Movement Speed decreased from 300 to 295
  • Flesh GolemBonus Movement Speed increased from 20 to 25

Mar 24, 2026

Undying in 7.41

  • Base Agility increased from 10 to 13
  • Base Armor decreased by 1
  • Flesh GolemAttacks now spawn the current level of Tombstone Zombie

Dec 15, 2025

Undying in 7.40

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Soul Rip Damage/Heal increased from +10 to +12
  • Soul RipCooldown decreased from 18/14/10/6s to 15/12/9/6s

Aug 5, 2025

Undying in 7.39d

  • Rotting Mitts · Flesh GolemZombies summoned by the facet effect now die when Undying dies
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Decay Damage decreased from +40 to +30
  • TombstoneZombie vision range decreased from 900/900 to 800/800

Jun 24, 2025

Undying in 7.39c

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Tombstone on Death replaced with to +4 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +6 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy replaced with Tombstone on Death
  • Flesh GolemBonus Movespeed decreased from 20/30/40 to 20

May 22, 2025

Undying in 7.39

  • Base Damage increased by 2
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 53–61 to 55–63
  • Soul RipDamage/Heal per unit rescaled from 15/25/35/45 to 14/26/38/50

Feb 18, 2025

Undying in 7.38

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Decay Damage decreased from +50 to +40
  • DecayDamage increased from 10/50/90/130 to 20/60/100/140
  • Soul RipMana Cost rescaled from 100 to 80/90/100/110
  • Flesh GolemSlow decreased from 35/40/45% to 30/35/40%

Nov 19, 2024

Undying in 7.37e

  • DecayBase Damage increased from 0/40/80/120 to 10/50/90/130

Jul 31, 2024

Undying in 7.37

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Flesh Golem Strength Bonus decreased from +60% to +50%
  • Ceaseless DirgeCan no longer be refreshed
  • TombstoneCooldown rescaled from 90/85/80/75s to 80s
  • Flesh GolemSlow decreased from 40/45/50% to 35/40/45%

May 22, 2024

Undying in 7.36

  • Innate Ability · Ceaseless DirgeNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Innate Ability · Ceaseless DirgeWhen Undying dies he will automatically respawn in the fountain. Begins the game on cooldown. Cooldown: 480s
  • Rotting Mitts · Flesh GolemWhile Flesh Golem is Active Undying's attacks will spawn a zombie chasing the attack target for 15s (does not work on Roshan)
  • Ripped · Soul RipWhen Soul Rip is cast on an allied hero, they gain 10% of Undying's current Strength for 10s
  • TombstoneZombie vision range decreased from 1400 to 900
  • TombstoneMana Cost increased from 120/140/160/180 to 125/150/175/200
  • TombstoneAghanim's Shard time restraint to leave or re-enter decreased from 3s to 2s
  • Flesh GolemSlow Duration decreased from 4s to 3s

Dec 14, 2023

Undying in 7.35

  • Soul RipNow takes Undying into account when counting nearby units
  • Soul RipMana Cost decreased from 110 to 100
  • TombstoneAghanim's Shard Stun Duration on Tombstone's destruction decreased from 3s to 2s
  • Flesh GolemSlow Duration decreased from 6s to 4s

Sep 8, 2023

Undying in 7.34c

  • TombstoneTombstone Vision Range decreased from 1500 to 1200 on all levels

Aug 14, 2023

Undying in 7.34b

  • Heroes inside the tombstone (with Aghanim's Shard) are now stunned for 3s if it gets destroyed
  • Flesh GolemBonus Movespeed decreased from 30/40/50 to 20/30/40

Aug 8, 2023

Undying in 7.34

  • Base Damage decreased by 4
  • DecayCooldown increased from 10/8/6/4s to 13/10/7/4s
  • Soul RipMana Cost decreased from 120 to 110

Jul 12, 2023

Undying in 7.33e

  • Base Health Regen decreased from 0.25 to -0.25 (+1.9 HP Regen at Lvl 1)
  • TombstoneAghanim's Shard now allows Tombstone to be unit targeted on cast. If cast on an allied hero, they will be automatically bunkered
  • TombstoneAghanim's Shard no longer grants the Grab Ally ability to neither Undying nor the Tombstone. Allies still can right-click the Tombstone to get inside

Apr 20, 2023

Undying in 7.33

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Reincarnation replaced with +60% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus
  • TombstoneNow upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
  • TombstoneAllows up to 1 allied hero to bunker inside of the Tombstone. Ally can bunker by pressing RMB on the Tombstone while in 350 radius. Bunkered units cannot leave the Tombstone for 3 seconds after entering. Unit that left the Tombstone cannot re-enter it for 3 seconds. If Undying decides to enter the Tombstone while another ally is inside, the ally is forcefully evicted. Undying also receives the Grab Ally ability, which bunkers a hero to the nearest Tombstone within 400 range (this ability is also present on the Tombstone itself)
  • Flesh GolemAghanim's Shard Upgrade removed
  • Flesh GolemCooldown increased from 125s to 140s

Mar 6, 2023

Undying in 7.32e

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Decay Damage decreased from +60 to +50
  • DecaySteal Duration decreased from 45s to 40s
  • Soul RipMana Cost increased from 90/100/110/120 to 120

Nov 29, 2022

Undying in 7.32d

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Soul Rip Damage/Heal decreased from +12 to +10
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Tombstone Zombie Damage decreased from +22 to +20

Sep 27, 2022

Undying in 7.32c

  • DecayMana Cost increased from 85/90/95/100 to 100
  • TombstoneZombie Movement Speed Slow decreased from 7% to 5%
  • TombstoneVision decreased from 1800 to 1500

Aug 30, 2022

Undying in 7.32b

  • DecayScepter Strength Steal reduced from 10 to 8
  • TombstoneCooldown increased from 85/80/75/70s to 90/85/80/75s

Aug 23, 2022

Undying in 7.32

  • Strength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.4
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Decay Damage increased from +55 to +60
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Tombstone Zombie Damage decreased from +25 to +22
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Decay Cooldown Reduction increased from 1.5s to 2s
  • DecayDebuff/buff no longer modifies your health when expiring (enemies no longer gain health and Undying doesn't lose health on expiration)
  • DecayCast Point improved from 0.45s to 0.3s
  • DecayDamage rescaled from 20/50/80/110 to 0/40/80/120
  • Soul RipCast Point improved from 0.35s to 0.3s
  • TombstoneMana Cost increased from 120/130/140/150 to 120/140/160/180
  • TombstoneCast Point increased from 0.45s to 0.6s

May 2, 2022

Undying in 7.31c

  • TombstoneCast Range reduced from 600 to 500
  • TombstoneZombie spawn interval increased from 4/3.5/3/2.5 to 4/3.6/3.2/2.8

Feb 23, 2022

Undying in 7.31

  • Soul RipMax units rescaled from 8/9/10/11 to 10
  • Soul RipDamage/heal per unit rescaled from 19/26/33/40 to 15/25/35/45. (Total damage/heal rescaled from 152/234/330/440 to 150/250/350/450)
  • Soul RipMana cost rescaled from 85/100/115/130 to 90/100/110/120
  • Soul RipCooldown reduced from 24/18/12/6 to 18/14/10/6
  • Flesh GolemShard cooldown reduction increased from 30s to 35s

Sep 25, 2021

Undying in 7.30d

  • TombstoneHero Attacks to destroy Tombstone increased from 4/5/6/7 to 5/6/7/8

Sep 10, 2021

Undying in 7.30c

  • Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.25
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +50 Decay Damage increased to +55

Aug 17, 2021

Undying in 7.30

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +5 armor to +50 Decay Damage
  • Soul RipMana cost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 85/100/115/130
  • Flesh GolemMovement Speed Bonus increased from 30 to 30/40/50
  • Flesh GolemReworked Shard: Now Reduces Flesh Golem Cooldown by 30s and causes Undying to spawn one zombie on each attack

Apr 9, 2021

Undying in 7.29

  • Agility gain increased from 0.8 to 1.2
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +40 Decay Duration to +5 Armor
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +125 Cast Range to -15s Tombstone Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +10 Soul Rip Damage/Heal to +12
  • DecayMana cost reduced from 85/95/105/115 to 85/90/95/100
  • DecayNow deals double damage to creeps
  • Flesh GolemIllusions no longer apply the debuff

Jul 15, 2020

Undying in 7.27b

  • Flesh GolemDebuff no longer deals damage per second nor increases damage zombies do
  • Flesh GolemDebuff now also increases all damage the target takes by 25/30/35%

May 2, 2020

Undying in 7.26c

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from -1.5s Decay Cooldown -2s

Jan 26, 2020

Undying in 7.24

  • Fixed Helm of the Dominator not working on Zombies
  • Level 15 Zombie damage talent is now base damage
  • TombstoneDeathlust health thresholds is now always 40%
  • TombstoneDeathlust movement speed bonus from 50% to 35/40/45/50%
  • TombstoneDeathlust attack speed values from 75 to 50/60/70/80
  • Flesh GolemDebuff duration increased from 5 to 6
  • Flesh GolemDuration increased from 30 to 40
  • Flesh GolemNow grants +30 Movement Speed

Dec 6, 2019

Undying in 7.23c

  • TombstoneZombies damage increased from 33 to 36
  • Flesh GolemDamage per second increased from 15/25/35 to 25/35/45

Nov 27, 2019

Undying in 7.23a

  • Flesh GolemSlow from 30/35/40% to 40/45/50%
  • Flesh GolemStrength multiplier from 30/40/50% to 40/50/60%

Sep 6, 2019

Undying in 7.22g

  • Soul RipMax unit count reduced from 8/10/12/14 to 8/9/10/11
  • Soul RipDamage/heal per unit increased from 22/26/30/34 to 22/29/36/43
  • Flesh GolemCurrent health loss per second increased from 7% to 9%

Jun 9, 2019

Undying in 7.22c

  • Fixed the +5 Tombstone Attack talent not causing the right amount of health change
  • Fixed Soul Rip not healing Tombstone for the intended amount
  • Soul RipMax unit count reduced from 10/12/14/16 to 8/10/12/14
  • Soul RipHeal/Damage from 18/22/26/30 to 22/26/30/34

May 24, 2019

Undying in 7.22

  • Soul RipCast point improved from 0.45 to 0.35
  • TombstoneZombies now treat illusions like creeps, requiring 2 hits to kill rather than 1
  • TombstoneTakes 1/4 damage from creeps/illusions rather than 1/2

Jan 29, 2019

Undying in 7.21

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from Tombstone On Death to +30 Tombstone Zombie Damage
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +30 Tombstone Zombie Damage to Tombstone On Death

Dec 9, 2018

Undying in 7.20e

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent reduced from +10 Health Regen to +8
  • Flesh GolemCooldown increased from 110 to 125

Nov 24, 2018

Undying in 7.20c

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +6 Tombstone Attacks To Destroy to +5
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from Gains Reincarnation 200 CD to 250 CD

Nov 19, 2018

Undying in 7.20

  • Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 295
  • Flesh GolemHas been reworked
  • Flesh GolemModel size increased a bit

May 27, 2018

Undying in 7.16

  • Soul RipManacost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 80/95/110/125

Apr 24, 2018

Undying in 7.14

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +30 Decay Duration to +50
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +4 Tombstone Attacks to +6
  • TombstoneSpawn interval improved from 4.5/4/3.5/3 to 4/3.5/3/2.5

Mar 29, 2018

Undying in 7.12

  • Undying Zombie critical health attack speed boost increased from 50 to 75
  • Flesh GolemHero kill heal increased from 10% to 15/20/25%

Mar 1, 2018

Undying in 7.10

  • Talent: Level 10 Talent increased from +100 Cast Range to +150
  • Talent: Level 15 Talent increased from +20 Decay Duration to +30
  • Talent: Level 20 Talent increased from +3 Tombstone Attacks to +4

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