Patch 7.38b has been released in Dota 2

On March 4, Valve released a new letter patch 7.38b. The developers adjusted the balance, reworked some items, and made changes to the map. In addition, the developers have updated the Dota Plus season and added a new treasure.

General Updates

• Item grace period for swapping into the main inventory without a cooldown increased from 3s to 5s
• Tormentor: Gold to each team member on death decreased from 250 to 175
• Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Damage absorb increased from 1900 to 2100
• Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Barrier regeneration increased from 30 to 40
• Lotuses can no longer be picked up by Meepo clones, Arc Warden's Tempest Double or Dazzle's Nothl Projection
• Moved the spawn box of the Radiant Safelane tier 1 hard pull camp a little bit down, removing an inaccessible camp block spot that could be created by chopping down a tree
• Removed several trees around camps, making it easier for additional paths to be cut through:
  
  • To the right of Dire Ancient camp by Safelane Tier 1 Tower
  • To the right of Dire Medium camp between mid and top Tier 2 Towers
  • To the top of Dire Hard camp nearest to mid Tier 1 Tower
  • To the top of the Dire Jungle high-ground Medium camp
  • To the right of the Dire offlane Tier 2 Tower Medium camp
  • To the right of the Radiant Hard Camp by mid tier 1
  • To the right and left of the Radiant Hard Camp by offlane Tier 1 Tower
  • To the left of the Radiant Safelane Tier 2 Tower Medium water camp

Item Updates

Eye of Skadi

• Cold Attack Melee Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%
• Cold Attack no longer has a separate attack speed slow value against melee targets

Glimmer Cape

• Glimmer Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 40 to 20
• Glimmer Mana Cost increased from 90 to 125

Heaven's Halberd

• Recipe changed
• No longer requires a Ring of Regen
• Recipe cost increased from 275 to 450. Total cost unchanged

Khanda

• Empower Spell Debuff Duration increased from 3s to 4s
• Empower Spell Cooldown decreased from 12s to 10s

Orb of Corrosion

• Agility bonus decreased from +8 to +7
• Corrosion Melee Movement Slow increased from 6% to 8%

Orb of Frost

• Frost Melee Movement Slow increased from 5% to 6%

Orchid Malevolence

• Mana Regen bonus decreased from +3.25 to +3
• Attack Speed bonus decreased from +40 to +35

Bloodthorn

• Mana Regen bonus decreased from +3.5 to +3.25
• Attack Speed bonus decreased from +100 to +95

Neutral Item Updates

Artifact changes

Tier-1

Mana Draught

• Bottoms Up mana restored rescaled from 60 + 2% of Caster's Max Mana to 30 + 4% of Caster's Max Mana

Orb of Destruction

• Impeding Corruption duration decreased from 5s to 3s

Pig Pole

• Pig, Out! bonus movement speed increased from 15% to 20%
• Pig, Out! cooldown decreased from 25s to 20s
• Pig, Out! duration decreased from 4s to 3s

Pollywog Charm

• Ribbit duration increased from 10s to 14s

Ripper's Lash

• Flay cooldown decreased from 30s to 25s

Trusty Shovel

• Dig cooldown increased from 60s to 70s

Tier-2

Brigand's Blade

• Dark Mercy enemy HP increment increased from 5% to 7%

Essence Ring

• Life Essence duration decreased from 15s to 10s
• Life Essence mana cost increased from 150 to 160

Iron Talon

• Chop cooldown decreased from 20s to 15s

Searing Signet

• Burn Through damage threshold increased from 40 to 55

Tier-3

Gale Guard

• Cyclonic Shield damage Barrier decreased from 400 to 250

Gunpowder Gauntlet

• Beat the Crowd now also deals 50% of the bonus magical damage to enemies in the splash radius
• Beat the Crowd splash damage now bypasses physical damage block

Ninja Gear

• Solitary Disguise mana cost increased from 0 to 100

Serrated Shiv

• Gut 'Em current health as physical damage decreased from 10% to 8%

Tier-4

Crippling Crossbow

• Hobble cast range increased from 600 to 800

Mind Breaker

• Silence Strike silence duration decreased from 2s to 1.5s

Pyrrhic Cloak

• Retribution damage reflection increased from 60% to 75%

Tier-5

Fallen Sky

• Fallen Sky cooldown increased from 15s to 25s

Pirate Hat

• Plunder bonus gold for being the killer of a hero increased from 150 to 400

Unrelenting Eye

• Relentless now also provides +10% status resistance per enemy within 300 units

Enchantment changes

Brawny

• Health bonus decreased from +125/175/225/275 to +125/165/205/245

Mystical

• Magic Resistance bonus decreased from +0/10/16/22% to +0/10/14/18%

Vampiric

• Lifesteal bonus decreased from +12/16/20% to +12/14/16%
• Spell Lifesteal bonus decreased from +8/12/16% to +8/10/12%

Spring Treasure 2025

New skins for Earthshaker, Enigma, Kunkka, Phantom Assassin, Arc Warden, Axe, Abaddon, Leshrac, and Viper have been added to Dota 2. The treasure chest can be purchased with a Dota Plus subscription for 10,000 shards. Additionally, players can receive a bonus chest by reforging six sets.

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Fixed bugs

• Fixed Clinkz Burning Army skeletons being able to auto-cast Tar Bomb
• Fixed Templar Assassin Hidden Reach effects being visible to enemies
• Fixed Sven Level 10 Talent +10% Vanquisher Bonus Damage not working properly
• Fixed Ability Draft loading screen being stuck during draft phase when there are fewer than 10 players in the lobby.
• Drow Ranger Precision Aura from illusions no longer overrides her own bonus agility
• Fixed Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Shatter Threshold flickering when clicking on an enemy affected by ice blast
• Ability Draft: Doom: Devour: fixed player losing ability in first slot for the rest of the game after casting Devour
• Ability Draft: Doom: Devour: fixed permanently gaining passive aura from neutral creep
• Fixed Roshan Timer being broken when Templar Assassin Third Eye innate is active.
• Fixed Mark for Sell items not being collected by the courier if the courier did not start in the fountain when ordering it to deliver
• Fixed Mark for Sell items being returned to the hero if they were in the courier's inventory when delivering other items.
• Refined the alt-click chat messages on the Roshan Timer to match other alt-click messages.
• Refined alt-click chat messages on the Madstone indicator to better match other alt-click chat messages.
• Fixed Drow Ranger with the Sidestep Facet not triggering Silencer Last Word when Multishot finishes
• Fixed Viper Nosedive, which caused the caster model orientation to enter a bad state, allowing Rubick or any hero in Ability Draft to exploit this with certain abilities, causing them to remain permanently in the world.
• Fixed Jakiro Liquid Fire not working in Ability Draft
• Fixed Spell Lifesteal Amplification from Kaya (and it's combined items) not working.

You can check out the hero changes in patch 7.38b on the official Dota 2 website or in the game client.

Earlier, CyberScore.live reported that Valve has begun working on a new ranked system in Dota 2.