Dota 2 has released patch 7.36a

27.05.2024

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On the morning of May 27, Valve released balance patch 7.36a. In this update, the developers focused on fixing bugs that came with the recent major update 7.36. The patch also affected heroes, specifically Valve slightly strengthened Tinker, whose win rate dropped to 30% after the rework in update 7.36.

Changelog

Force Staff and similar abilities can no longer be used on Leashed targets (Slark Pounce, Puck Dream Coil, 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 Replicate
Fixed a crash related to Silencer's Glaive of Wisdom
Fixed a crash related to Venomancer's Plague Ward
Fixed Light Collector incorrectly having a 25% penalty instead of 75%
Fixed Quelling Blade using flipped damage values for Melee/Ranged
Fixed Blademail reflecting Witch Doctor's Scepter Death Ward bounce damage back to him
Fixed Yasha and Kaya Cast Speed stacking
Fixed Skadi slow values being inverted for Ranged vs Melee
Fixed Disperser applying 2 dispels if cast on self
Fixed Radiance not updating dynamically with changes to AoE Bonus
Fixed Shiva's Guard not updating dynamically with changes to AoE Bonus
Fixed Gris-Gris tooltip
Fixed Axe Shard granting no Counter Helix Cooldown instead of the Scepter
Fixed Axe One man Army losing HP when dispelled continuously
Fixed Abaddon's Curse of Avernus not giving the attack speed bonus to allies
Fixed Ancient Apparition'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 Skeleton Archers also applying Burning Barrage when cast
Fixed Dawnbreaker 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 Level 15 Talent 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 Unbearable Facet not affecting BAT
Fixed Lone Druid Level 20 and Level 25 Talents not properly applying to the bear
Fixed Lycan Spirit Wolves being able to attack things sometimes
Fixed Mars getting regen from invisible/fow targets, revealing them
Fixed Meepo Pack Rat being able to share Moon Shards
Fixed Meepo Pack Rat sometimes not properly setting other Meepo's Items on Cooldown properly
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 Dance of the Dead tooltip inaccuracy
Fixed Nyx Assassin Burrow not stacking with Aether Lens
Fixed Nyx Assassin Mana Burn working with Spirit Vessel
Fixed Ogre Magi's Learning Curve making players miss a stat or talent point
Fixed Phantom Assassin Level 25 Talent +10% Crit 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
Fixed Phantom Assassin 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 Fleash Heap stacks immediately
Fixed Puck's Curveball projectile speed sometimes traveling too fast
Fixed Puck 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 shard Depth Shroud not healing allies
Fixed Sniper cancelling 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 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 Soul Strike with Abyssal Blade using Ranged values
Fixed Warlock's Black Grimoire being able to be consumed early
Fixed Warlock Champion of Gorroth burn damage stacking from multiple Hearts of Tarrasque
Fixed Warlock Shadow Word tooltip not properly explaining that it applies its effect on an AoE
Fixed Windranger's Whirlwind getting disabled by Disarm during Debuff Immunity
Fixed Wraith King's 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

Item Updates

ETERNAL SHROUD

Base magic resistance decreased from 25% to 20%

Hero Updates

ABADDON

Mephitic Shroud Aphotic Shield: damage decreased from 180/225/270/315 to 170/210/250/290
Mephitic Shroud Aphotic Shield: damage percent of the absorption amount decreased from 80% to 75%

CURSE OF AVERNUS

Attack speed reduced from 15/30/45/60 to 10/20/30/40

MIST COIL

Aghanim's Scepter trigger damage is reset after mist coil is fired

ANCIENT APPARITION

CHILLING TOUCH

Death Rime stacks reduced from 2 to 1

ARC WARDEN

TEMPEST DOUBLE

Bonus incoming damage when far away reduced from 75% to 60%

AXE

COAT OF BLOOD

Now levels with Culling Blade
Armor gain per kill reduced from 1 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0

ONE MAN ARMY

Strength increase reduced from 60% to 50% of Axe's Armor

TALENTS

Level 10 Talent: Movement Speed per Active Battle Hunger reduced from 12% to 10%
Level 10 Talent: Battle Hunger Slow reduced from 12% to 10%

BATRIDER

SMOLDERING RESIN

No longer works on wards or couriers

STOKED

Now scales with Flaming Lasso
Spell amplification rescaled from 8% to 2/4/6/8%
Movement speed rescaled from 10% to 4/6/8/10%

STICKY NAPALM

No longer grants vision

CHEN

SUMMON CONVERT

Creep health increased from 200+80 per Chen level to 220+80 per Chen level

CRYSTAL MAIDEN

Frozen Expanse now tied to Freezing Field instead of Arcane Aura
Frozen Expanse cast range bonus rescaled from 50/75/100/125 to 75/100/125
Frozen Expanse AoE bonus rescaled from 7/8/9/10% to 6/8/10%
Frozen Expanse AoE bonus now only applies to Crystal Maiden

DARK WILLOW

Thorny Thicket facet no longer increases spell amp

DEATH PROPHET

Suppress: Silence movement speed slow increased from 10/15/20/25% to 15/20/25/30%

SPIRIT COLLECTOR

Now triggers from hero deaths globally instead of in a 2000 radius

DISRUPTOR

KINETIC FENCE

Formation delay reduced from 0.75 to 0.4

GLIMPSE

Can now be used on Lone Druid's Spirit Bear

DRAGON KNIGHT

WYRM'S WRATH

Corrosive Dragon damage per second reduced from 10/15/20/25 to 5/10/15/20
Fire Dragon cleave increased from 20/30/40/50% to 25/35/45/55%

EARTH SPIRIT

Stepping Stones: Ending Rolling Boulder creates a Stone Remnant in front of Earth Spirit
Stepping Stones: Stone Remnant manacost reduced from 15 to 0

ELDER TITAN

MOMENTUM

Movespeed as attack speed increased from 20% to 30%

ENCHANTRESS

NATURE'S ATTENDANTS

Duration increased from 9/10/11/12 to 10/11/12/13

GYROCOPTER

Afterburner rocket barrage movement speed only increased by hitting heroes

HUSKAR

Base armor increased by 1

BERSERKER'S BLOOD

Max attack speed increased from 160/210/260/310 to 170/220/270/320

JUGGERNAUT

OMNISLASH

Bonus damage reduced from 30/35/40 to 25/30/35

BLADE FURY

Damage per tick decreased from 45/50/55/60 to 40/45/50/55

SWIFTSLASH

Mana cost increased from 125 to 150
Cast range decreased from 550 to 450

BLADEFORM

Linger duration reduced from 3s to 2s
Agility per stack reduced from 3% to 2%

TALENTS

Level 20 Talent: Blade Dance Lifesteal reduced from +60% to +50%

LEGION COMMANDER

Stonehall Plate: Damage to barrier reduced from 100% to 50%
Stonehall Plate: No longer grants barrier from damaging illusions

OVERWHELMING ODDS

Aghanim's Shard radius increase during Duel reduced from 250 to 200

DUEL

Aghanim's Scepter cooldown reduced from -20s to -10s

LESHRAC

CHRONOPTIC NOURISHMENT

Now has a 50% mana restoration penalty when attacking creeps

LIFESTEALER

UNFETTERED

Facet magic resist increased from 50% to 60%
Facet status resist increased from 50% to 60%

LINA

New Level 25 Talent is applied by Dragon Slave, Light Strike Array, and Laguna Blade. Lasts 3s

TALENTS

Level 25 Talent +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Dragon Slave replaced with +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Spells

LONE DRUID

Unbearable: Entangling Claws in Bear Form cooldown reduction increased from -50% to -75%
Unbearable: Entangling Claws in Bear Form chance increased from 20% to 30%

MAGNUS

Reverse Reverse Polarity: Effect radius increased from 600 to 700
Reverse Reverse Polarity: Maximum push distance increased from 700 to 850
Reverse Reverse Polarity cooldown decreased from 120 to 100

MEEPO

Base movement speed reduced from 330 to 320

MIRANA

SOLAR FLARE

Duration increased from 14 to 18

MORPHLING

WAVEFORM

Mana cost reduced from 130 to 115
Now attacks all targets it goes through with 50% of Morphling's attack damage by default. Does not apply on-hit effects

TALENTS

Level 20 Talent Waveform Attacks Target replaced with +50% Waveform Attack Damage and applies On-Hit Effects

NATURE'S PROPHET

Ironwood Treant health increased from 550/750/950/1150 to 750/950/1150/1350
Ironwood Treant max damage increased from 22/34/46/58 to 30/46/62/78

SPROUT

Damage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/140/210/280

NECROPHOS

Profane Potency Sadist AoE bonus per kill reduced from 50 to 40

NIGHT STALKER

Base health regeneration reduced by 0.5

TALENTS

Level 15 Talent +30 Dark Ascension damage reduced to 25

OMNIKNIGHT

HAMMER OF PURITY

Damage increased from 50/75/100/125% to 55/80/105/130%
Bonus base damage rescaled from 60/80/100/120% to 55/80/105/130%

OUTWORLD DESTROYER

Base armor reduced by 1

PANGOLIER

Double Jump: Maximum damage increased from 30% to 50%
Double Jump: Maximum barrier increased from 30% to 50%

SHIELD CRASH

Damage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/130/190/250

PHANTOM ASSASSIN

Methodical: Stifling Dagger counts as 2 attacks towards Coup de Grace

PUDGE

Fresh Meat Facet bonus strength per tick reduced from 3/5/7 to 1/3/5
Flayer's Hook Meat Hook distance as damage increased from 10/15/20/25% to 12/18/24/30%

SAND KING

Dust Devil Sand Storm no longer gets destroyed if left by Sand King, and keeps following him if he leaves it

SHADOW SHAMAN

SHACKLES

Damage decreased from 75/150/225/300 to 70/140/210/280

FOWL PLAY

Cooldown increased from 90s to 120s

SLARK

BARRACUDA

Movement speed increased from 4/24/36/48% to 6/24/36/48%
Health gain increased from 8/60/90/120 to 10/60/90/120

SNAPFIRE

Base damage increased from 48-54 to 51-57

LIL' SHREDDER

Base damage increased from 15/30/45/60 to 20/35/50/65

SPECTRE

Forsaken: Desolate damage when non-hero units are nearby increased from 40% to 50%

STORM SPIRIT

Base mana regen reduced from 0.6 to 0.2
Shock Collar: Enemy Overload duration decreased from 6 to 5s

SVEN

Base strength increased by 4

GOD'S STRENGTH

Bonus damage increased from 100/140/180% to 110/150/190%

TECHIES

Health regeneration increased from 0.25 to 1.0

TEMPLAR ASSASSIN

REFRACTION

Shield per instance decreased from 30/40/50/60 to 20/30/40/50

PSI BLADES

Range reduced from 550/600/650/700/750 to 350/550/600/650/700

MELD

Damage decreased from 80/140/200/260 to 70/125/180/235

TERRORBLADE

Soul Fragment Conjure Image current HP cost reduced from 20% to 15%

TINKER

Translocator: Applies a Strong Dispel to Tinker before Blinking
Translocator: Blink random direction angle reduced from 120 to 90 degrees
Translocator: Blink distance increased from 300 to 350

EUREKA!

Intelligence per 1% item CDR reduced from 4 to 3

MARCH OF THE MACHINES

Mana cost decreased from 110/130/150/170 to 90/110/130/150
Damage increased from 16/24/32/40 to 17/26/35/44

KEEN CONVEYANCE

Channel time decreased from 4.0/3.5/3.0s to 3s

WARP FLARE

Mana cost decreased from 100 to 80

REARM

Mana cost reduced from 125/175/225 to 100/150/200

TINY

AVALANCHE

Mana cost increased from 90/100/110/120 to 95/110/125/140

TOSS

Mana cost increased from 110/120/130/140 to 110/125/140/155

INSURMOUNTABLE

Strength to slow resistance reduced from 25% to 20%

VISAGE

Familiars now preserve their stone form alt-cast mode when re-summoned

STONE FORM

Ability on Visage can now be cast even if Visage is silenced or stunned (Will not have an effect if Familiars are silenced or stunned)
On self and Familiars now have immediate cast behavior by default. Can be put in alt-cast mode to become point targeted

VOID SPIRIT