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Visage changes

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Change record

48 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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Jul 30, 2026

Visage in 7.41e

  • Stone FormNo longer breaks Visage's invisibility when used to order Familiars to execute

Jun 4, 2026

Visage in 7.41d

  • Grave ChillAttack Speed Drain rescaled from 25/40/55/70 to 35/45/55/65

Mar 24, 2026

Visage in 7.41

  • Removed Lurker innate ability
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +6 Visage and Familiars Attack Damage replaced with +6 Visage and Familiars Base Damage
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +4 Lurker Max Stacks replaced with -1s Soul Assumption Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Soul Assumption Damage Per Charge increased from +25 to +30
  • Silent as the GraveNow innate ability. Active
  • Silent as the GraveVisage gains flying movement and 12% bonus movement speed for 20s. Upon attacking or casting, he loses both effects, but he and his familiars gain 10% attack damage bonus for 2 seconds
  • Silent as the GraveMana Cost decreased from 115 to 50
  • Silent as the GraveCooldown changed from 45s to 45.75s - 0.75s per level
  • Silent as the GraveUpgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
  • Silent as the GraveIncreases bonus movement speed by 12%, bonus damage by 10%, bonus damage duration by 2s, and flight duration by 10s. While flight is active, Silent as the Grave grants invisibility to Visage and his familiars
  • Silent as the GraveInvisibility for Visage and each familiar are not connected
  • Summon FamiliarsCooldown decreased from 130/120/110s to 120/110/100s
  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliar Health rescaled from 500/600/700 to 450/600/750

Dec 15, 2025

Visage in 7.40

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +15 Gravekeeper's Cloak Armor replaced with -2s Gravekeeper's Cloak Recovery Time
  • Grave ChillMove Speed Drain increased from 12/16/20/24% to 12/18/24/30%
  • Gravekeeper's CloakFamiliars now have their own copy of Gravekeeper's Cloak ability (visual change only)
  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliars now have their own ability to independently recall it to Visage
  • Summon FamiliarsThe alt cast behavior on Visage is unchanged
  • Summon FamiliarsThe 3rd Familiar gained by Level 25 Talent is now automatically added to an existing control group when created

Jun 24, 2025

Visage in 7.39c

  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliar Armor increased from 0/2/4 to 2/3/4

May 29, 2025

Visage in 7.39b

  • Sepulchre · Grave ChillSecondary Target Penalty increased from 50% to 70%

May 22, 2025

Visage in 7.39

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Gravekeeper's Cloak Armor increased from 10 to 15

Mar 4, 2025

Visage in 7.38b

  • Grave ChillDuration decreased from 6s to 5s
  • Grave ChillMove Speed Drain decreased from 15/20/25/30% to 12/16/20/24%

Feb 18, 2025

Visage in 7.38

  • Sepulchre · Grave ChillRadius increased from 250 to 300
  • Sepulchre · Grave ChillSecondary Target Penalty decreased from 75% to 50%
  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsFamiliar Gold Bounty decreased from 70 to 50
  • Base Damage increased by 17
  • Damage at level 1 increased by 3 (from 42-52 to 45-55)
  • Strength gain increased from 2.4 to 2.8
  • Agility gain increased from 1.0 to 1.3
  • Intelligence gain increased from 2.4 to 2.9
  • Damage gain per level decreased from +4.1 to +3.2
  • Damage at level 30 decreased by 33 (from 189-199 to 156-166)
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent -3s Grave Chill Cooldown replaced with +4 Lurker Max Stacks

Nov 19, 2024

Visage in 7.37e

  • Death Toll · Soul AssumptionBonus Gold per Charge decreased from 35 to 30

Oct 1, 2024

Visage in 7.37d

  • Death Toll · Soul AssumptionNo longer provides extra gold if the target dies before the projectile reaches them
  • Summon FamiliarsRecalling is now canceled if Familiars are in stone form

Jul 31, 2024

Visage in 7.37

  • Death Toll · Soul AssumptionSoul Assumption kills give 35 gold per soul charge, up to 105/140/175/210 gold. 15% gold from creeps. Enemy heroes killed within 3s of being affected by Soul Assumption also give gold
  • Lurker: New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Visage's ability cooldown durations are reduced as long as he's not taking damage. Grants a stack every 2s that Visage does not take damage. Each stack grants 2% cooldown speed with a max of 10 stacks. Stacks fade after 2s upon taking any damage
  • Gravekeeper's CloakNo longer an innate ability
  • Gravekeeper's CloakDamage Reduction per layer rescaled from 4/8/12/16/20% to 8/12/16/20%
  • Gravekeeper's CloakLayer Recovery Time rescaled from 7/6/5/4/3s to 7/6/5/4s
  • Silent as the GraveMana Cost increased from 100 to 115
  • Silent as the GraveDuration decreased from 35s to 30s
  • Silent as the GraveBonus Damage decreased from 25% to 20%

Jun 24, 2024

Visage in 7.36c

  • Sepulchre · Grave ChillAoE decreased from 300 to 250
  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsTarget AoE stun usage for Familiars can no longer get canceled by right click attack commands
  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsGrave Chill cast now also issues an attack order on that target if it is within their attack range

Jun 6, 2024

Visage in 7.36b

  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsFamiliar gold bounty decreased from 100 to 70
  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsFamiliar attack range increased from 180 to 350

May 26, 2024

Visage in 7.36a

  • Familiars now preserve their stone form alt-cast mode when re-summoned
  • Stone FormNow can be cast on Visage even when silenced or stunned (will not have effect if Familiars are silenced or stunned)
  • Stone FormNow has immediate cast behavior by default on self and Familiars. Can be put in alt-cast mode to become point targeted

May 22, 2024

Visage in 7.36

  • Innate Ability · Gravekeeper's CloakNow is an Innate ability. Passive, can be leveled up with skill points
  • Innate Ability · Gravekeeper's CloakDamage Reduction per Layer rescaled from 8/12/16/20% to 4/8/12/16/20%
  • Innate Ability · Gravekeeper's CloakLayer Recharge Time rescaled from 6/5/4/3s to 7/6/5/4/3s
  • Sepulchre · Grave ChillAffects all enemies within 300 units from target. Gains only 25% of its bonuses from each secondary target
  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsFamiliars always follow Visage and cannot receive direct attack or movement commands. They will attack the target Visage tried to attack last, and will return if that target is out of Visage's attack range, or Visage issues the stop or hold position commands. Can still be ordered to cast Stone Form from the hero or individually. Familiars will search for a nearby valid target within 300 range if the target they were previously attacking dies and no additional orders are issued. If Familiars got way too far away (3500 range), they will teleport to Visage within 4 seconds
  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsMovement Speed increased by 40
  • Faithful Followers · Summon FamiliarsCan be put on Auto-Cast to make Familiar immediately return to Visage. They can't attack while Auto-Cast is on
  • Faithful Followers · Stone FormHas a cast range of 1200
  • Base Armor increased by 1
  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliars now upgrade if they were already summoned when leveling up the ability
  • Summon FamiliarsNow can be alt-cast to recall Familiars, teleporting them to Visage after 4s preparation. Familiars can't act during this preparation and it won't start if they're currently in a Stone Form
  • Summon Familiars · ContextThis behavior is unavailable with Faithful Followers Facet
  • Stone FormFamiliars' version is now point-targeted. Will instruct the Familiar to cast Stone Form in the selected location. Can be either self-cast or alt-cast to use it at the current location
  • Stone FormVisage's version is now point-targeted. Will instruct the Familiar closest to the cast location to travel there and cast Stone Form. Can be either self-cast or alt-cast to instruct the Familiar closest to Visage to cast Stone Form at its current location

Dec 14, 2023

Visage in 7.35

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Soul Assumption Targets increased from 2 to 3
  • Soul AssumptionDamage is now calculated before reductions

Oct 4, 2023

Visage in 7.34d

  • Stone FormCooldown for Familiars decreased from 14s to 11s

Aug 8, 2023

Visage in 7.34

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +1 Armor Corruption to Visage and Familiars replaced with +2s Grave Chill Duration
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +20 Visage and Familiars Movement Speed replaced with +1 Armor Corruption to Visage and Familiars

May 13, 2023

Visage in 7.33c

  • Base Damage decreased by 3 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)

Apr 25, 2023

Visage in 7.33b

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Soul Assumption Damage Per Charge increased from +20 to +25
  • Soul AssumptionMana Cost decreased from 125 to 110

Apr 20, 2023

Visage in 7.33

  • Now is a Universal Hero
  • Base damage decreased from 23-33 to 7-17
  • Strength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.4
  • Agility gain decreased from 1.3 to 1.0
  • Intelligence gain decreased from 2.9 to 2.4
  • Damage on level 1 decreased by 5 (from 45-55 to 40-50)
  • Damage gain per level increased from +2.9 to +3.48
  • Grave ChillMana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
  • Soul AssumptionMana Cost decreased from 135 to 125
  • Stone FormStun Duration decreased from 1/1.25/1.5s to 0.8/1/1.2s
  • Stone Form · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction

Nov 29, 2022

Visage in 7.32d

  • Gravekeeper's CloakAghanim’s Shard Cooldown increased from 60s to 65s

Sep 27, 2022

Visage in 7.32c

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Visage and Familiars Movement Speed decreased from +25 to +20
  • Grave ChillCooldown increased from 16/14/12/10s to 17/15/13/11s
  • Gravekeeper's CloakRadius decreased from 1200 to 900
  • Gravekeeper's CloakShard Max Health restored decreased from 35% to 25%
  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliar Movement Speed decreased from 430 to 420

Aug 30, 2022

Visage in 7.32b

  • Grave ChillMana Cost increased from 90 to 100
  • Grave ChillAttack Speed Steal reduced from 34/46/58/70 to 25/40/55/70

Aug 23, 2022

Visage in 7.32

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Visage and Familiars Attack Damage decreased from +8 to +6
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Armor Corruption to Visage and Familiars decreased from +1.5 to +1
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Visage and Familiars Movement Speed decreased from +30 to +25
  • Soul AssumptionMana Cost increased from 125 to 135
  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliar Attack Range increased from 160 to 180
  • Stone FormStun radius increased from 350 to 375
  • Silent as the GraveBonus Attack Damage decreased from 30% to 25%

Jun 8, 2022

Visage in 7.31d

  • Soul AssumptionMax damage per charge reduced from 75 to 70

Feb 23, 2022

Visage in 7.31

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +25 attack damage replaced with +8 damage to Visage and Familiars
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +3 Corruption replaced with +1.5 Corruption to Visage and Familiars (Corruption from different sources stack so Visage + 2 familiars hitting an enemy would give -4.5 armor)
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +40 Familiar movement speed replaced with +30 movement speed to Visage and Familiars
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +5 Gravekeeper's Cloak stacks replaced with Gravekeeper's Cloak aura also grants +10 armor
  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliar vision range increased from 390 to 400
  • Summon FamiliarsFamiliar attack acquisition range increased from 250 to 400

Aug 17, 2021

Visage in 7.30

  • Grave ChillMove Speed Drain reduced from 17/23/29/35% to 15/20/25/30%
  • Soul AssumptionGather Damage radius increased from 1500 to 1800
  • Summon FamiliarsCooldown reduced from 130 to 130/120/110
  • Summon FamiliarsArmor increased from 0/1/2 to 0/2/4
  • Summon FamiliarsTurn Rate increased from 0.5 to 0.9

Apr 9, 2021

Visage in 7.29

  • Attack animation improved from 0.46 to 0.4
  • Base armor increased by 1
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +75 Cast Range to -3s Grave Chill Cooldown
  • Soul AssumptionMana cost decreased from 135/140/145/150 to 125
  • Gravekeeper's CloakShard mana cost reduced from 200 to 125
  • Gravekeeper's CloakShard heal increased from 25% to 35%

Jan 10, 2021

Visage in 7.28b

  • Stone FormShard manacost reduced from 300 to 200

Dec 21, 2020

Visage in 7.28a

  • Silent as the GraveScepter upgrade no longer provides flying vision

Jul 15, 2020

Visage in 7.27b

  • Attack projectile speed increased from 900 to 1000
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from -2.5 Armor Corruption to -3
  • Soul AssumptionManacost reduced from 150 to 135/140/145/150

Mar 18, 2020

Visage in 7.25a

  • Gravekeeper's CloakMax damage reduction is now fixed at 80%

Mar 17, 2020

Visage in 7.25

  • Base attack speed increased from 100 to 110
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from -2s Gravekeeper's Cloak to +6 Gravekeeper's Cloak Stacks
  • Soul AssumptionCollection radius increased from 1375 to 1500
  • Soul AssumptionCast range increased from 900 to 1000

Jan 26, 2020

Visage in 7.24

  • Soul AssumptionGather damage threshold reduced from 110 to 100
  • Soul AssumptionManacost from 170/160/150/140 to 150

Dec 14, 2019

Visage in 7.23e

  • XP Talent is now replaced with -3 Armor Corruption

Jul 14, 2019

Visage in 7.22e

  • Grave ChillDuration from 3/4/5/6 to 6
  • Grave ChillMovement speed change from 32% to 17/23/29/35%
  • Grave ChillAttack speed change from 64 to 34/46/58/70

Jun 30, 2019

Visage in 7.22d

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +20 Soul Assumption Damage to +25
  • Soul AssumptionDamage increased from 65 to 75

May 24, 2019

Visage in 7.22

  • Base magic resistance increased from 10% to 25%
  • Summon FamiliarsHealth rescaled from 400/550/700 to 500/600/700

Feb 16, 2019

Visage in 7.21b

  • Strength reduced from 24 + 3.0 to 22 + 2.8
  • Summon FamiliarsAttack damage reduced from 30/45/60 to 20/40/60

Jan 29, 2019

Visage in 7.21

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent reduced from +125 Cast Range to +100
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +60 Familiars Movement Speed to +50
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +15 Soul Assumption Damage Per Charge to +20

Nov 24, 2018

Visage in 7.20c

  • Strength gain reduced from 3.2 to 3.0
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent reduced from +80 Familiars Movement Speed to +60
  • Grave ChillCast range reduced from 650 to 625

Jul 29, 2018

Visage in 7.19

  • Gravekeeper's CloakMinimum damage reduced from 50 to 40

Apr 24, 2018

Visage in 7.14

  • Grave ChillDuration reduced from 3.25/4.5/5.75/7 to 3/4/5/6

Mar 1, 2018

Visage in 7.10

  • Added secondary ability on Visage to make the nearest Familiar land each time it is clicked.
  • Soul AssumptionTalent now has a 300 cast range buffer for the secondary targets

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