With less than three weeks to go before The International 9, Dota 2 creators Valve has released the final patch update - 7.22f - before the event in Shanghai.
The 7.22f patch includes relatively minor changes to the game, with the exception of Tinker.
The changes to Tinker in the latest gameplay update are:
- Level 10 Talent increased from +100 Cast Range to +125
- Level 10 Talent increased from +8% Spell Amplification to +10%
- Level 15 Talent changed from +15% Spell Lifesteal to +11% Manacost/Manaloss Reduction
Leamare is a Dota 2 fan specialising in statistical analysis of the game via his website Spectral.gg.
Asked for his initial reaction to the 7.22f patch, he said: "All the changes are mostly minor and won't affect the meta too much. The only change that may be valuable in a long run is Tinker buffs.
"Tinker changes are the biggest. While all other heroes mostly have small number tweaks that won't affect how heores work, Tinker had a lot of buffs in preceding patches.
"Aside from that, he got a new talent – manacost/manaloss reduction, which is effectively 11% increase of his manapool at any stage of the game. I believe this may be the game-changer."
7.22f patch changes
The full list of changes in the 7.22f gameplay update published on the Dota 2 official blog:
ITEMS
AGHANIM'S SCEPTER
Consuming recipe cost reduced from 2000 to 1800
HEROES
ABADDON
Base attack speed increased from 115 to 120
Base armor increased by 1
ANCIENT APPARITION
COLD FEET
Cold Feet distance to travel reduced from 740 to 715
ICE BLAST
Ice Blast manacost increased from 150 to 175
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent reduced from +20 Health Regen to +15
BEASTMASTER
PRIMAL ROAR
Primal Roar knockback now destroys any trees the units come into contact with
BLOODSEEKER
Base movement speed increased by 5
BOUNTY HUNTER
SHURIKEN TOSS
Shuriken Toss manacost reduced from 150 to 135
BREWMASTER
Base intelligence increased by 1
CENTAUR WARCHIEF
RETALIATE
Retaliate damage reduced from 6/9/12/15% to 6/8/10/12%
CHAOS KNIGHT
REALITY RIFT
Reality Rift cooldown reduced from 20/15/10/5 to 14/11/8/5
CHEN
Base movement speed reduced by 5
DIVINE FAVOR
Divine Favor cooldown increased from 90/80/70/60 to 120/100/80/60
CLOCKWERK
HOOKSHOT
Hookshot stun duration increased from 1/1.5/2 to 1.5/1.75/2
CRYSTAL MAIDEN
Base armor reduced by 1
DARK SEER
VACUUM
Vacuum damage increased from 25/50/100/200 to 50/100/150/200
DARK WILLOW
TERRORIZE
Terrorize duration reduced from 4 to 3.5/3.75/4
Terrorize cooldown increased from 100/80/60 to 100/90/80
DRAGON KNIGHT
ELDER DRAGON FORM
Elder Dragon Form Scepter magic resistance increased from +30% to +40%
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent increased from +180 Gold/Min to +210
DROW RANGER
Base strength increased by 1
Base agility increased by 1
TALENTS
Level 15 Talent increased from +30% Gust Blind to +40%
ELDER TITAN
ECHO STOMP
Echo Stomp manacost reduced from 100 to 85/90/95/100
EMBER SPIRIT
Base armor reduced by 1
ENIGMA
Base intelligence reduced by 2
GRIMSTROKE
Base damage reduced by 4
INVOKER
Base intelligence increased by 1
COLD SNAP
Cold Snap damage increased from 7->56 to 8->64
JUGGERNAUT
Base agility reduced by 2
Base strength reduced by 1
KEEPER OF THE LIGHT
WILL-O-WISP
Will-O-Wisp radius increased from 700 to 725
LUNA
Base damage increased by 2
LYCAN
FERAL IMPULSE
Feral Impulse damage increased from 12/24/36/48% to 14/26/38/50%
HOWL
Howl bonus regen increased from 4/8/12/16 to 6/10/14/18
MARS
Base damage reduced by 2
GOD'S REBUKE
God's Rebuke critical strike reduced from 160/200/240/280% to 150/190/230/270%
MORPHLING
WAVEFORM
Waveform cast range reduced from 1000 to 700/800/900/1000
MORPH
Morph cast range reduced from 1000 to 700/850/1000
NATURE'S PROPHET
Intelligence gain increased from 3.3 to 3.5
NECROPHOS
Base intelligence increased by 1
DEATH PULSE
Death Pulse radius increased from 475 to 500
NIGHT STALKER
Base movement speed increased by 5
OMNIKNIGHT
PURIFICATION
Purification cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11 to 17/15/13/11
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent reduced from +5 Mana Regen to +4
OUTWORLD DEVOURER
ASTRAL IMPRISONMENT
Astral Imprisonment cooldown increased from 22/18/14/10 to 24/20/16/12
SANITY'S ECLIPSE
Sanity's Eclipse manacost increased from 175/250/325 to 200/325/450
PHANTOM ASSASSIN
Base damage increased by 1
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent increased from +200 Health to +225
PUDGE
MEAT HOOK
Meat Hook manacost reduced from 140 to 125/130/135/140
RIKI
BLINK STRIKE
Blink Strike cast range increased from 500/600/700/800 to 600/700/800/900
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent reduced from +700 Blink Strike Cast Range to +600
SKYWRATH MAGE
MYSTIC FLARE
Mystic Flare damage increased from 700/1150/1600 to 750/1175/1600
SLARK
Base damage reduced by 1
TALENTS
Level 20 Talent reduced from +1.25s Pounce Leash to +1s
SPIRIT BREAKER
BULLDOZE
Bulldoze manacost from 25/30/35/40 to 30/40/50/60
NETHER STRIKE
Nether Strike damage reduced from 120/185/250 to 100/175/250
SVEN
STORM HAMMER
Storm Hammer stun duration reduced from 1.4/1.6/1.8/2 to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2
TERRORBLADE
Level 10 increased from +10% Evasion to +15%
METAMORPHOSIS
Metamorphosis Scepter fear duration increased from 3 to 3.75
TINKER
TALENTS
Level 10 Talent increased from +100 Cast Range to +125
Level 10 Talent increased from +8% Spell Amplification to +10%
Level 15 Talent changed from +15% Spell Lifesteal to +11% Manacost/Manaloss Reduction
TUSK
Base armor increased by 1
UNDERLORD
PIT OF MALICE
Pit of Malice cooldown reduced from 24/22/20/18 to 22/20/18/16
DARK RIFT
Dark Rift cooldown reduced from 130/120/110 to 130/115/100
VENGEFUL SPIRIT
MAGIC MISSILE
Magic Missile manacost reduced from 110/120/130/140 to 100/110/120/130
VIPER
TALENTS
Level 25 Talent increased from +120 Damage to +160
WEAVER
Base armor increased by 1
WRAITH KING
MORTAL STRIKE
Mortal Strike manacost increased from 30/45/60/75 to 50/60/70/80
WRAITHFIRE BLAST
Wraithfire Blast base damage reduced from 100 to 70/80/90/100
ZEUS
Base intelligence increased by 1
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