As expected, in the DAC aftermath, a new gameplay update has been applied to Dota 2. The 7.05 patch brings a lot of talent tree changes but most importantly Lina, Alchemist, Monkey King, Magnus and Lifestealer are hit by nerfs.
All the star heroes at the Dota 2 Asia Championships have suffered their fair share of nerfs with the new patch. Lina’s level 10 minus 30 seconds respawn time talent has been pushed for level 15, Alchemist got his Acid Spray radius rescaled and the Chemical Rage cooldown increased by 10 seconds, Lifestealer’s mana cost for Open Wounds is also rescaled while the Rage attack speed has been reduced. Magnus suffered a great nerf to his Empower spell, as for the Monkey King, Valve has tinkered all of his spells as follows:
Monkey King:
- Monkey King: Boundless Strike stun duration reduced from 0.5/1/1.5/2.0 to 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6
- Monkey King: Primal Spring mana cost rescaled from 100/110/120/130 to 130/120/110/100
- Monkey King: Primal Spring slow from 30/45/60/75% to 20/40/60/80%
- Monkey King: Primal Spring cooldown from 16 to 19/17/15/13
- Monkey King: Strength growth from 2.2 to 2.5
- Monkey King: Wukong's Command cooldown from 100/85/70 to 130/110/90
After removing Treant Protector from the Captains Mode at the beginning of the 7.00 “New Journey”, the hero is finally re-added but not before reducing his Leech Seed slow applied and his base movement speed.
Treant Protector change logs from 7.00 to 7.05
7.00
- Nature's Guise ? is now a passive ability. Whenever you are within 265 range of a tree for 6/5/4/3 seconds (without attacking), you gain invisibility and 16/22/28/34% movement speed bonus. When you attack out of invisibility, you bash the target for 1/1.4/1.8/2.2 seconds. Distance-to-tree check still has a 0.75 grace period before invisibility is removed. Your attack out of invisibility cannot miss. You can cast while invisible.
Added talents:
- Level 10: +30 Attack Speed or +2 Mana Regen
- Level 15: +90 Gold/Min or +25 Movement Speed
- Level 20: 15% Cooldown Reduction or +65 Damage
- Level 25: +5 Living Armor icon.png Living Armor? Block Instances or +20% 2s Bash
Temporarily removed from Captains Mode.
7.01
- Movement speed reduced from 300 to 295.
- Nature's Guise? bash rescaled from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2 to 0.7/1.2/1.7/2.2.
- Level 25 talent changed from +20% 2s Bash to -50s Respawn Time.
7.02
- Leech Seed? slow decreased from 28% to 22/24/26/28%.
- Nature's Guise?: Bash duration decreased from 0.7/1.2/1.7/2.2 to 0.4/1.0/1.6/2.2.Movement bonus decreased from 16/22/28/34% to 10/18/26/34%.
- Level 20 Talent increased from +65 Damage to +90.
7.03
- Increased Eyes in the Forest? cooldown from 25 to 35.
- Rescaled Nature'sGuise ?fade delay from 6/5/4/3 to 7/6/5/3.
7.05
- Treant Protector: Leech Seed slow reduced from 22/24/26/28% to 16/20/24/28%
- Treant Protector: Overgrowth cooldown rescaled from 70 to 100/85/70
- Treant Protector: Base movement speed reduced by 5
Enabled in Captains Mode
A lot of other heroes got important changes this patch to either their talent tree or the core spells. So make sure you read all the patch notes before starting your next game. In the Item changes category, the most notable ones are the Hand of Midas XP bonus reduced from 2.5x to 1.75x with the gold bonus increased from 190 to 220, and the Tranquil Boots adjustments.
Tranquil Boots
- Tranquil Boots: Requires Wind Lace instead of Ring of Protection
- Tranquil Boots: No longer provides armor
- Tranquil Boots: Active state regeneration increased from 12 to 14
- Tranquil Boots: Active state movement speed increased from 85 to 90
- Tranquil Boots: Disabled state movement speed increased from 55 to 65
