DOTA 2 / PATCH 7.24

Dota 7.24 patch notes

Released Jan 26, 2020 · Original Valve notes ↗

Browse the changes below, or follow a hero to see their changes across versions.

General notes

Heroes now have a dedicated neutral items slot. A maximum of one neutral item can be equipped on your hero.
There is now a Neutral Item Stash in the fountain. Neutral items are now stored there instead of on the fountain floor. Right clicking on an available item in the new UI will place it in your stash/courier and can be delivered to you. This UI will also show the state and location of all the other items that have dropped.
Neutral items can now be teleported to your Neutral Item Stash at home through a right click context menu (from your backpack or your neutral slot)
Backpack slot count reduced from 4 to 3
Neutral item drop count per tier increased from 3 to 4 (chance from 9 to 10%)
Ancients neutral drop rates are 3x higher
Removed Shrines
Outposts moved to the primary jungles
Outposts vision reduced from 1400 flying to 700 ground vision (same for truesight)
Outposts now start as owned by the respective teams, and can be captured at any time (rewards still happen at the 10 minute mark)
Adjusted tree layout on the map edges near the previous outpost areas
Moved a medium camp in the Dire Primary Jungle to a nearby location
Lane bounty runes have been moved to the secondary jungles
Removed all GPM talents
Added Void Spirit and Snapfire to Captain's Mode
Hero respawn time increased from 6/8/10/14/16 for level 1-5 to 12/15/18/21/24
Buyback cost increased from 100 + NW/13 to 200 + NW/12
Courier death no longer disables your passive gold income
Courier bounty increased from 25+5*Level for each player to 30 + 7 * Level
Courier respawn time changed from 50 + 7 * Level to 60 + 7 * Level
Courier movement speed increased from 280 to 290
Courier can no longer plant wards at level 15
Courier can no longer use items at level 25
Implemented custom UI for charged-based abilities rather than using buffs
Melee attacks now have a bonus 150 range against Observer and Sentry Wards
Tier 5 items now drop at 60 minutes (item adjustments below)

Items

Ability / item #216Mana restore reduced from 125 to 110
Ability / item #11No longer kills wards (same for Iron Talon and Battle Fury)
Ability / item #44No longer kills wards
Ability / item #81Mana regeneration reduced from 1.5 to 1.25
Ability / item #57Mana regeneration increased from 1.75 to 2.25
Ability / item #69Mana regeneration increased from 2 to 2.25
Ability / item #145Damage increased from 54 to 60
Ability / item #145Cleave damage against heroes increased from 60% to 70%
Ability / item #145Cleave damage against creeps decreased from 60% to 50%
Ability / item #166Chain Lightning damage reduced from 150 to 140
Ability / item #106Mana regeneration increased from 2/2.5/3 to 3/3.5/4
Ability / item #168Armor reduction duration reduced from 15 to 7
Ability / item #137Damage reduced from 65 to 60
Ability / item #127Damage increased from +22 to +28
Ability / item #249Damage increased from 40 to 45
Ability / item #172Damage increased from 10 to 15
Ability / item #151Damage increased from 9 to 15
Ability / item #149Damage increased from 38 to 45
Ability / item #149Critical strike reduced from 175% to 160%
Ability / item #141Damage increased from 80 to 88
Ability / item #141Critical strike reduced from 235% to 225%
Ability / item #250Damage increased from 68 to 75
Ability / item #250Critical strike reduced from 175% to 160%
Ability / item #250Soul Rend critical strike reduced from 140% to 130%

Neutral items

Ability / item #304Now drops the full item rather than a recipe
Ability / item #304All stats reduced from +7 to +6
Ability / item #349Intelligence increased from +8 to +10
Ability / item #239No longer has the Quell passive
Ability / item #239Now provides +15 Attack Speed
Ability / item #287Mana regen increased from 1 to 1.25
Ability / item #328Vision range reduced from 1200 to 1000
Ability / item #328Mangoes now fall a little further out
Ability / item #71Blocked damage from 20/10 for melee/range to 30/20
Ability / item #356Health reduced from 150 to 100
Ability / item #354Health/Mana regen increased from 6/3 to 8/4
Ability / item #358Afterburn damage increased from 12 to 18
Ability / item #360Cast range reduced from 900 to 650
Ability / item #360No longer pierces immunity on yourself
Ability / item #359Now increases current/max health directly and is not considered a heal (does not get amplified/triggered by heal related abilities)
Ability / item #331Now drops the full item rather than a recipe
Ability / item #331can now be toggled between the different attributes
Ability / item #331from 12/6 primary/secondary stats to 10/5
Ability / item #297Spell Lifesteal reduced from 8% to 6%
Ability / item #361Bonus magic damage increased from 270 to 300
Ability / item #361Fixed it working with Wukong's Command
Ability / item #378Slow reduced from 30/15% to 20/10%
Ability / item #298Armor reduced from 13 to 12
Ability / item #309Silence duration reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
Ability / item #336Attack range bonus reduced from 150 to 125
Ability / item #308Building Repair no longer has multishot
Ability / item #308Health regen increased from 13 to 17
Ability / item #364Havoc base damage increased from 175 to 225
Ability / item #335Movement speed increased from +30 to +40
Ability / item #365Health threshold increased from 15% to 20%
Ability / item #366Changed to a fixed +75 Primary Attribute instead of a percentage increased
Ability / item #313Removed
Ability / item #367Attack range reduced from +400 to +250
Ability / item #367Now deals +30 Pure Damage
Ability / item #291Cooldown increased from 6 to 9 seconds
Ability / item #291Movement speed reduced from +50% to +40%
Ability / item #291Push distance/duration from 800/0.65 to 600/0.5
Ability / item #374Reset Item Cooldowns increased from 30 to 45 seconds
Ability / item #374Armor reduced from 25 to 20
Ability / item #374Now has a 100 mana cost
Ability / item #301Cooldown increased from 4 to 8 seconds
Ability / item #372Attack speed reduced from +250 to +150
Ability / item #372No longer drops a bounty rune on hero kills
Ability / item #372You now steal 300 Gold from heroes you kill
Ability / item #294Cast and Vision range reduced from 450 to 350
Ability / item #293Removed
Ability / item #292Damage reduced from 100 to 75
Ability / item #292Armor reduction reduced from 12 to 10
Ability / item #292Armor reduction duration reduced from 15 to 7
Ability / item #368Health regen reduced from 70 to 50
Ability / item #368Tree duration reduced from 60 seconds to 15
Ability / item #371Has the same Blink rules with regards to damage
Ability / item #371Now drops the full item rather than a recipe
Ability / item #369All bonuses reduced from 33% to 30%
Ability / item #370Changed from three sets of Necronomicon units to two sets with 50% more health and damage
Ability / item #370Strength and Intelligence reduced from 35 to 30

Hero changes

Axe

Movement speed increased by 5
Strength gain increased from 3.4 to 3.6

Crystal Maiden

TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +150 Gold/Min to -2s Crystal Nova Cooldown

Drow Ranger

MultishotDamage reduced from 90/115/140/165% to 85/110/135/160%

Juggernaut

Base damage increased by 4
Base movement speed increased by 5

Phantom Lancer

TalentsLevel 15 Talent reduced from +275 Health to +250
TalentsLevel 25 Talent reduced from -6s Doppelganger Cooldown to -5s

Puck

Base damage reduced by 3
TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from +420 Gold/Min to +425 Waning Rift AoE and Range

Pudge

TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +180 Gold/Min to +1s Dismember Duration
DismemberTick rate changed from every 1 to every 0.5 seconds (same total damage)

Sven

Storm HammerDamage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 110/180/250/320
WarcrySelf movement bonus increased from 6/10/14/18% to 10/14/18/22%
WarcryCooldown reduced from 36/32/28/24 to 32/28/24/20

Tiny

AvalancheDuration reduced from 1.8 to 1.4 seconds

Lion

TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +150 Gold/Min to +60 Mana Drain

Slardar

Base movement speed increased by 10
Bash of the DeepDamage rescaled from 75/125/175/225 to 60/115/170/225

Tidehunter

Base intelligence increased by 2

Witch Doctor

Base armor increased by 1
TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +120 Gold/Min to +100 Maledict AoE

Lich

Base damage reduced by 2
Frost BlastManacost increased from 105/130/155/180 to 115/140/165/190
Sinister GazeDuration reduced from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 to 1.4/1.7/2.0/2.3

Enigma

TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +150 Gold/Min to +40 Malefice Instance Damage
MaleficeDamage increased from 30/50/70/90 to 30/55/80/105

Tinker

TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +150 Gold/Min to +2s March of the Machines Duration

Warlock

Shadow WordCooldown reduced from 16 to 14

Queen of Pain

Intelligence gain increased from 2.9 to 3.4
Sonic WaveDamage increased from 340/430/520 to 340/450/560

Venomancer

TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +90 Gold/Min to +15s Plague Wards Duration

Death Prophet

Base armor increased by 1
Base movement speed increased by 5
Spirit SiphonCharge restore time reduced from 60/52/44/36 to 45/40/35/30

Phantom Assassin

Base damage increased by 3

Pugna

Base agility increased by 8

Luna

Lunar BlessingNow affects base armor instead of total armor
Lunar BlessingIncreased from 10/15/20/25% to 15/20/25/30%

Dragon Knight

Base movement speed increased by 10
Elder Dragon FormMovement speed bonus reduced from 30 to 25

Dark Seer

SurgeSpeed changed from 25/40/55/70% to 70%
SurgeDuration reduced from 6 to 3/4/5/6

Clinkz

Burning ArmyBase damage increased from 24/26/28% to 28%

Omniknight

Base armor reduced by 1
Strength gain reduced from 3.6 to 3.4
TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +90 Gold/Min to +10 Heavenly Grace HP Regen
PurificationCooldown increased from 17/15/13/11 to 18/16/14/12

Bounty Hunter

Base armor increased by 1

Weaver

The SwarmAttack rate improved from 1.25/1.1/0.95/0.8 to 1.15/1.0/0.85/0.7

Jakiro

TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +150 Gold/Min to +400 Dual Breath Range
Dual BreathNow does its first damage instance immediately

Chen

TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +180 Gold/Min to -30s Hand of God cooldown

Spectre

Base health regen increased from 0 to 1.5

Ancient Apparition

TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +90 Gold/Min to +175 Chilling Touch Attack Range
Ice BlastKill threshold increased from 10/11/12% to 12/13/14%

Doom

Strength gain reduced from 4.0 to 3.7
Scorched EarthMovement speed reduced from 12/13/14/15% to 9/11/13/15%
DevourHP regen reduced from 3/8/13/18 to 3/7/11/15

Spirit Breaker

BulldozeCooldown reduced from 22 to 22/20/18/16

Alchemist

Strength gain increased from 2.4 to 2.7

Silencer

TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +120 Gold/Min to +12% Arcane Curse Slow

Lycan

Base intelligence increased by 4
ShapeshiftTransformation time from 1.5 to 1.25

Brewmaster

Base armor increased by 1

Shadow Demon

Demonic PurgeDamage increased from 200/300/400 to 250/350/450

Chaos Knight

TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +150 Gold/Min to +10s Phantasm Duration
Reality RiftArmor reduction increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6
PhantasmIncoming damage reduced from 350% to 325%

Treant Protector

Strength gain reduced from 3.5 to 3.4
Nature's GraspManacost increased from 60/70/80/90 to 75/80/85/90
Living ArmorReduced from 4/6/8/10 to 5/6/7/8

Ogre Magi

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

Undying

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

Rubick

Arcane SupremacyDebuff amplification reduced from 20/28/36/44% to 16/24/32/40%

Disruptor

TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +180 Gold/Min to Kinetic Field Grants True Sight
Thunder StrikeManacost increased from 130 to 130/140/150/160
Static StormScepter no longer increases duration from 5 to 7