Patch 7.33e has been released: what has changed in Dota 2 gameplay

Dota 2 released patch 7.33e, where the developers continued to balance meta heroes like Medusa, Morphling, Techies, Ember Spirit and other characters. Valve also announced that the global patch 7.34 will be released in August. As a reminder, regional qualifiers for The International 12 will begin on August 17. 

HEROES CHANGES

Broodmother

INSATIABLE HUNGER

• Mana Cost increased from 50/60/70/80 to 80.
• Cooldown increased from 40/35/30/25s to 45/40/35/30s.

SILKEN BOLA

• Slow decreased from 25/35/45/55% to 10/25/40/55%.

Doom

DEVOUR

• Cooldown increased from 60s to 65s.

Ember Spirit

SLEIGHT OF FIST

• Attack Interval increased from 0.2s to 0.25s.

FLAME GUARD

• Magic Barrier decreased from 65/145/225/305 to 60/135/210/285.

Enchantress

IMPETUS

• Distance Damage decreased from 8/12/16/20% to 5/10/15/20%.

ENCHANT

• Creep Armor Bonus rescaled from 2/4/6/8 to 0/3/6/9.
• Creep Attack Damage Bonus rescaled from 10/30/50/70 to 0/25/50/75.

Medusa

• Base Intelligence decreased from 27 to 25.
• Intelligence gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.4.

SPLIT SHOT

• Outgoing Attack Damage decreased from 55/65/75/85% to 35/50/65/80%.

MYSTIC SNAKE

• Mana Gain decreased from 14/16/18/20% to 14/15/16/17%.

Morphling

ADAPTIVE STRIKE (AGILITY)

• Cooldown increased from 10s to 16/14/12/10s

ADAPTIVE STRIKE (STRENGTH)

• Cooldown increased from 10s to 16/14/12/10s

MORPH

• Aghanim's Scepter Target Stats Steal decreased from 20% to 10%
• Aghanim's Scepter Additional Stats Steal from Universal heroes decreased from 20% to 5%

Pugna

NETHER BLAST

• Mana Cost increased from 85/105/125/145 to 100/115/130/145

LIFE DRAIN

• Mana restoration on full health decreased from 120/210/300 per second to 60/105/150 per second

Storm Spirit

ELECTRIC VORTEX

• Duration decreased from 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1s to 0.9/1.3/1.7/2.1s

Techies

• Base Armor decreased by 1
• Base Damage decreased by 3

STICKY BOMB

• Cooldown increased from 12/10/8/6s to 13/11/9/7s

Timbersaw

• Base Movement Speed decreased from 290 to 285

TIMBER CHAIN

• Damage decreased from 70/120/170/220 to 60/110/160/210

REACTIVE ARMOR

• Bonus Health Regen decreased from 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 to 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6

Undying

• Base Health Regen decreased from 0.25 to -0.25 (+1.9 HP Regen at Lvl 1)

TOMBSTONE

• Aghanim's Shard now allows Tombstone to be unit targeted on cast. If cast on an allied hero, they will be automatically bunkered
• Aghanim's Shard no longer grants the Grab Ally ability to neither Undying nor the Tombstone. Allies still can right-click the Tombstone to get inside

Earlier, Cyberscore has published the list of the most and the least effective heroes of The Bali Major 2023.