DOTA 2 / PATCH 7.36a

Dota 7.36a patch notes

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General notes

  • Force Staff and similar abilities/items can no longer be used on Leashed targets
  • ContextSlark's Pounce, Puck's Dream Coil, Faceless Void's Time Zone, etc.
  • Fixed a crash related to Lich's Chain Frost
  • Fixed a crash related to Lycan's Shapeshift
  • Fixed a crash related to Mars' Arena of Blood
  • Fixed a crash related to Morphling's Morph
  • Fixed a crash related to Silencer's Glaives of Wisdom
  • Fixed a crash related to Venomancer's Plague Ward
  • Fixed Light Collector incorrectly having a 25% penalty instead of 75%
  • Fixed Blade Mail reflecting Witch Doctor's Scepter Death Ward bounce damage back to him
  • Fixed Disperser applying 2 dispels if cast on self
  • Fixed Gris-Gris tooltip
  • Fixed Quelling Blade using flipped damage values for Melee/Ranged
  • Fixed Radiance not updating dynamically with changes to AoE bonus
  • Fixed Eye of Skadi slow values being inverted for Ranged vs Melee
  • Fixed Shiva's Guard not updating dynamically with changes to AoE bonus
  • Fixed Yasha and Kaya cast speed bonus stacking
  • Fixed Axe's Shard granting no Counter Helix cooldown instead of the Scepter
  • Fixed Axe's One Man Army losing HP when dispelled continuously
  • Fixed Abaddon's Curse of Avernus not giving the attack speed bonus to allies
  • Fixed Ancient Apparation's Chilling Touch not increasing in strength as it was leveled up
  • Fixed Batrider's Sticky Napalm first application damage incorrectly applying Napalm damage
  • Fixed Clinkz's Burning Barrage not auto-applying Tar Bomb
  • Fixed Clinkz's Skeleton Archers also applying Burning Barrage when cast
  • Fixed Dawnbreaker's Gleaming Hammer effects
  • Fixed Dragon Knight's Corrosive Dragon not applying Wyrm's Wrath to buildings while in Elder Dragon Form
  • Fixed Faceless Void's Distortion Field having some undesirable interactions
  • Fixed Huskar not being able to attack ethereal targets with Revenant's Brooch
  • Fixed Invoker's Mastermind not working properly
  • Fixed Invoker spell lifesteal effects showing erroneously
  • Fixed Leshrac's Level 15 Talent +10% Movement Speed during Pulse Nova not stacking its movement speed correctly with Yasha based items
  • Fixed Lich not being able to cast Frost Shield during Sinister Gaze
  • Fixed Lion not being granted Finger of Death stacks when killing a hero with cleave
  • Fixed Lone Druid's Unbearable not affecting BAT
  • Fixed Lone Druid's Level 20 and Level 25 Talents not properly applying to the Spirit Bear
  • Fixed Lycan's Spirit Wolves being able to attack things sometimes
  • Fixed Mars getting regen from invisible/FoW targets, revealing them
  • Fixed Meepo's Pack Rat being able to share Moon Shards
  • Fixed Meepo's Pack Rat sometimes not properly setting other Meepos' items on cooldown
  • Fixed Meepo's More Meepo making players miss a stat or talent point
  • Fixed Muerta respawning at her Ofrenda when dying with Aegis
  • Fixed Muerta's Dance of the Dead tooltip inaccuracy
  • Fixed Nyx Assassin's Burrow not stacking with Aether Lens
  • Fixed Nyx Assassin's Mana Burn working with Spirit Vessel
  • Fixed Ogre Magi's Learning Curve making players miss a stat or talent point
  • Fixed Phantom Assassin's Level 25 Talent +10% Coup de Grace Chance not working properly
  • Fixed Phantom Assassin's Mark of Death appearing twice
  • Fixed Phantom Assassin sometimes consuming its mark without casting a critical strike (note that critical strike is calculated at the beginning of the attack swing so if an attack starts swinging before dagger connect, that attack won't have a critical strike, but the next one will)
  • Fixed Phantom Assassin's Illusions creating and consuming Methodical charges
  • Fixed Phoenix's abilities sometimes applying one instance of blind less than intended
  • Fixed Pudge not gaining health from Flesh Heap stacks immediately
  • Fixed Puck's Curveball projectile sometimes traveling too fast
  • Fixed Puck's Puckish granting Puck mana and health whenever any unit disjointed a projectile
  • Fixed Shadow Demon's Level 25 Talent 2 Charges of Disruption not working properly
  • Fixed Silencer's Aghanim's Shard not increasing INT steal properly
  • Fixed Slark's Depth Shroud not healing allies
  • Fixed Sniper canceling taunts when Take Aim expired
  • Fixed Spirit Breaker's Planar Pocket having some undesirable interactions
  • Fixed Storm Spirit's Ball Lightning sometimes not costing mana
  • Fixed Storm Spirit's Shock Collar kills counting as denies
  • Fixed Storm Spirit losing Galvanized charges when dying with Aegis of the Immortal
  • Fixed Templar Assassin's Blink Dagger being muted when blocking damage with Refraction
  • Fixed Timbersaw's Whirling Death debuff not reducing attributes
  • Fixed Timbersaw's Chakram effects sometimes not appearing
  • Fixed Timbersaw's Exposure Therapy not working
  • Fixed Tiny's Grow Toss bonus damage only applying to the tossed target
  • Fixed Undying's Ceaseless Dirge triggering when dying from Aegis of the Immortal
  • Fixed Venomancer's Level 25 Talent 2.5x Plague Ward HP/Damage not working with Plague Attachment
  • Fixed Venomancer ministunning if Venomous Gale was dispelled without Shard
  • Fixed Vengeful Spirit's Soul Strike with Abyssal Blade using Ranged values
  • Fixed Warlock's Black Grimoire being able to be consumed early
  • Fixed Warlock's Champion of Gorroth burn damage stacking from multiple Hearts of Tarrasque
  • Fixed Warlock's Shadow Word tooltip not properly explaining that it applies its effect in an AoE
  • Fixed Windranger's Whirlwind getting disabled by Disarm during Debuff Immunity
  • Fixed Wraith King Spectral Blade's tooltip showing the incorrect damage type
  • Gris-Gris passive gold now ticks twice as fast in Turbo
  • Fixed Facets granting abilities when they shouldn't in Ability Draft
  • Fixed wrong Ability Draft keybinds

Items

  • Ability / item #692Magic Resistance bonus decreased from 25% to 20%

Hero changes

Axe

  • Coat of Blood: Now levels with Culling Blade
  • Coat of Blood: Armor gain per kill decreased from 1 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger decreased from +12% to +10%
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Battle Hunger Slow decreased from +12% to +10%
  • One Man ArmyStrength bonus decreased from 60% to 50% of Axe's armor

Crystal Maiden

  • Frozen ExpanseNow scales with Freezing Field instead of Arcane Aura
  • Frozen ExpanseCast Range Bonus rescaled from 50/75/100/125 to 75/100/125
  • Frozen ExpanseAoE Bonus rescaled from 7/8/9/10% to 6/8/10%
  • Frozen ExpanseAoE Bonus now only applies to Crystal Maiden

Juggernaut

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Blade Dance Lifesteal decreased from +60% to +50%
  • BladeformLinger duration decreased from 3s to 2s
  • BladeformAgility per stack decreased from 3% to 2%
  • Blade FuryDamage per tick decreased from 45/50/55/60 to 40/45/50/55
  • OmnislashBonus Damage decreased from 30/35/40 to 25/30/35
  • SwiftslashMana Cost increased from 125 to 150
  • SwiftslashCast Range decreased from 550 to 450

Mirana

  • Solar Flare · Solar FlareDuration increased from 14s to 18s
  • Solar Flare · Solar Flare · ContextSame as Moonlight Shadow

Morphling

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Waveform Attacks Target replaced with +50% Waveform Attack Damage And Applies On Hit Effects
  • WaveformMana Cost decreased from 130 to 115
  • WaveformNow attacks all targets it goes through with 50% of Morphling's Attack Damage by default. Does not apply on-hit effects

Pudge

  • Fresh Meat · DismemberStrength Increase decreased from 3/5/7 to 1/3/5
  • Flayer's Hook · Meat HookDistance as Damage increased from 10/15/20/25% to 12/18/24/30%

Sand King

  • Dust Devil · Sand StormStorm is no longer destroyed if left by Sand King, and keeps following him if he leaves it

Storm Spirit

  • Shock Collar · Electric VortexDebuff duration decreased from 6s to 5s
  • Base Mana Regen decreased from 0.6 to 0.2

Sven

  • Base Strength increased by 4
  • God's StrengthBonus Damage increased from 100/140/180% to 110/150/190%

Tiny

  • InsurmountableStrength to Slow Resistance decreased from 25% to 20%
  • AvalancheMana Cost increased from 90/100/110/120 to 95/110/125/140
  • TossMana Cost increased from 110/120/130/140 to 110/125/140/155

Lina

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Dragon Slave replaced with +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Spells
  • Talents · ContextApplied by Dragon Slave, Light Strike Array, and Laguna Blade. Lasts 3s

Shadow Shaman

  • ShacklesTotal Damage/Heal decreased from 75/150/225/300 to 70/140/210/280
  • Fowl PlayCooldown increased from 90s to 120s

Tinker

  • TranslocatorDefense Matrix: Now applies a Strong Dispel on Tinker before blinking
  • TranslocatorDefense Matrix: Blink random direction angle decreased from 120 to 90 degrees
  • TranslocatorDefense Matrix: Blink distance increased from 300 to 350
  • Eureka!Intelligence per 1% item cooldown reduction decreased from 4 to 3
  • March of the MachinesMana Cost decreased from 110/130/150/170 to 90/110/130/150
  • March of the MachinesDamage increased 16/24/32/40 to 17/26/35/44
  • Keen ConveyanceChannel time decreased from 4.0/3.5/3.0s to 3s
  • Warp FlareMana Cost decreased from 100 to 80
  • RearmMana Cost decreased from 125/175/225 to 100/150/200

Necrophos

  • Profane Potency · SadistAoE Bonus per kill decreased from 50 to 40

Warlock

  • Eldritch SummoningImp explosion damage decreased from 25/75/125/175/225 to 25/70/115/160/205

Wraith King

  • Spectral Blade · Spectral BladeBase Damage decreased from 20/40/60/80 to 15/30/45/60
  • Spectral Blade · Spectral BladeCurse Damage decreased from 70% to 50%
  • Vampiric SpiritWraith Duration rescaled from 3/4/5/6s to 3.5/4/4.5/5s
  • Vampiric SpiritAghanim's Scepter Wraith Duration rescaled from 4/5/6/7s to 4.5/5/5.5/6s

Death Prophet

  • Suppress · SilenceMovement Slow increased from 10/15/20/25% to 15/20/25/30%
  • Spirit CollectorNow triggers from hero deaths globally instead of in a 2000 radius

Phantom Assassin

  • Methodical · Coup de GraceStifling Dagger now counts as 2 attacks

Templar Assassin

  • RefractionBarrier per instance decreased from 30/40/50/60 to 20/30/40/50
  • MeldBonus Damage decreased from 80/140/200/260 to 70/125/180/235
  • Psi BladesPsi Blade Range decreased from 550/600/650/700/750 to 350/550/600/650/700

Dragon Knight

  • Fire Dragon · Wyrm's WrathCleave Damage increased from 20/30/40/50% to 25/35/45/55%
  • Corrosive Dragon · Wyrm's WrathDamage per second decreased from 10/15/20/25 to 5/10/15/20

Leshrac

  • Chronoptic NourishmentNow has a 50% mana restoration penalty when attacking creeps

Nature's Prophet

  • Ironwood TreantTreant Health increased from 550/750/950/1150 to 750/950/1150/1350
  • Ironwood TreantTreant Max Damage increased from 22/34/46/58 to 30/46/62/78
  • SproutDamage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/140/210/280

Lifestealer

  • Unfettered · UnfetteredMagic Resistance increased from 50% to 60%
  • Unfettered · UnfetteredStatus Resistance increased from 50% to 60%

Omniknight

  • Hammer of PurityDamage increased from 50/75/100/125% to 55/80/105/130
  • Hammer of PurityBonus Base Damage rescaled from 60/80/100/120% to 55/80/105/130%

Enchantress

  • Nature's AttendantsDuration increased from 9/10/11/12s to 10/11/12/13s

Huskar

  • Base Armor increased by 1
  • Berserker's BloodMax Attack Speed increased from 160/210/260/310 to 170/220/270/320

Night Stalker

  • Base Health Regen decreased by 0.5
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Dark Ascension Damage decreased from +30 to +25

Batrider

  • StokedNow scales with Flaming Lasso
  • StokedSpell Amplification rescaled from 8% to 2/4/6/8%
  • StokedMovement Speed rescaled from 10% to 4/6/8/10%
  • Smoldering ResinNo longer works on wards or couriers
  • Sticky NapalmNo longer grants vision

Chen

  • Summon Convert: Creep maximum health increased from 200+80 per Chen level to 220+80 per Chen level

Spectre

  • Forsaken · DesolateDamage when non-hero units are nearby increased from 40% to 50%

Gyrocopter

  • Afterburner · Rocket BarrageMovement speed is now increased only by hitting heroes

Lone Druid

  • UnbearableEntangling Claws: Bear True Form cooldown reduction increased from 50% to 75%
  • UnbearableEntangling Claws: Bear True Form entangle chance increased from 20% to 30%

Meepo

  • Base Movement Speed decreased from 330 to 320

Disruptor

  • Kinetic Fence · Kinetic FenceFormation Delay decreased from 0.75s to 0.4s
  • GlimpseCan now be used on Lone Druid's Spirit Bear

Visage

  • 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

Slark

  • Barracuda: Bonus Movement Speed increased from 4/24/36/48% to 6/24/36/48%
  • Barracuda: Health Gained per second increased from 8/60/90/120 to 10/60/90/120

Magnus

  • Reverse Reverse Polarity · Reverse PolarityEffect Radius increased from 600 to 700
  • Reverse Reverse Polarity · Reverse PolarityMax Knockback Distance increased from 700 to 850
  • Reverse Reverse Polarity · Reverse PolarityCooldown decreased from 120s to 100s

Abaddon

  • Mephitic Shroud · Aphotic ShieldDamage Barrier decreased from 180/225/270/315 to 170/210/250/290
  • Mephitic Shroud · Aphotic ShieldAbsorbed amount to damage decreased from 80% to 75%
  • Curse of AvernusAttack Speed decreased from 15/30/45/60 to 10/20/30/40
  • Borrowed TimeAghanim's Scepter threshold damage is now reset after Mist Coil is fired

Elder Titan

  • MomentumMovement Speed as Attack Speed increased from 20% to 30%

Legion Commander

  • Stonehall Plate · Overwhelming OddsDamage to Barrier decreased from 100% to 50%
  • Stonehall Plate · Overwhelming OddsNo longer grants barrier from damaging illusions
  • Overwhelming OddsAghanim's Shard Bonus Radius during Duel decreased from 250 to 200
  • DuelAghanim's Scepter Cooldown increased from 40/35/30s to 50/45/40s

Techies

  • Health Regen increased from 0.25 to 1.0

Earth Spirit

  • Stepping Stone · Rolling BoulderEnding Rolling Boulder now creates a Stone Remnant in front of Earth Spirit
  • Stepping Stone · Stone RemnantMana Cost decreased from 15 to 0

Terrorblade

  • Soul Fragment · Conjure ImageCurrent HP Cost decreased from 20% to 15%

Winter Wyvern

  • Dragon SightDamage per 10 attack range rescaled from 0.4/0.5/0.66/1.0 to 0.25/0.33/0.5/1.0
  • Splinter BlastDamage decreased from 100/180/260/340 to 80/160/240/320

Arc Warden

  • Tempest DoublePenalty Increased Damage decreased from 75% to 60%
  • Tempest Double · ContextWhen far away

Dark Willow

  • Thorny Thicket · Bramble MazeNo longer increases spell amplification

Pangolier

  • Double Jump · Shield CrashMax Damage Increase increased from 30% to 50%
  • Double Jump · Shield CrashMax Barrier Increase increased from 30% to 50%
  • Shield CrashDamage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/130/190/250

Void Spirit

  • Sanctuary · Resonant PulseBase Damage Barrier decreased from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120

Snapfire

  • Base Damage increased from 48-54 to 51-57
  • Lil' ShredderBase Damage per shot increased from 15/30/45/60 to 20/35/50/65

Latest listed patch

7.41f

Released Sep 15, 2026

Time since release · updates every 10 min

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