Another day, another update for all the Dota 2 players out there! This time it is update 7.28b dating January 7th, 2021. We will note all the changes that are made in patch 7.28b and the items, abilities, and Hero Talents that are affected by this update. Read on for the full information. We will put up a table of content if you wish to know about a particular Item and/or Hero. For the full information, read on…
ITEM CHANGES
ORB OF COROSSION
- Now has 100 Gold Recipe
FALCON BLADE
- Mana Regen Increased from 1.6 to 1.8
- Health increased from 150 to 175
CLOAK
- Cost increased from 450 to 500
SWIFT BLINK
- Buff allows you to exceed max movement speed
- Movement Speed Increased from 30% to 40%
- Bonus damage and attack speed increased from 40 to 50
SATANIC
- Damage increased from 45 to 55
CHIPPED VEST
- Return Damage is changed from 26/13 to 28/17
BULLWHIP
- Speed Modifier increased from 16% to 20%
- Speed Modifier duration reduced from 5 to 4
CLOAK OF FLAMES
- Armor Reduced from 5 to 4
- Radius reduced from 400 to 375
- Illusions deal 30 damage per second instead of 45 (applied in a recent patch and now changed)
PSYCHIC HEADBAND
- Cooldown reduced from 30 to 20
BOOK OF SHADOWS
- Cooldown reduced from 25 to 15
HEROES AND ABILITY CHANGES
ABADDON
CURSE OF AVERNUS
- Curse of Avernus shard slow increase from +6% to +10%
ALCHEMIST
BERSERK POTION
- Berserk Potion shard cooldown reduced from 45 to 35
AXE
COUNTER HELIX
- Counter Helix shard attack speed increased from 25 to 35
BATRIDER
STICKY NAPALM
- Sticky Napalm now does half damage to ancients
BEASTMASTER
- Base damage reduced by 2
BLOODSEEKER
BLOODRAGE
- Bloodrage shard increased from 1.5% to 2%
BROODMOTHER
SILKEN BOLA
- Silken Bola shard root duration increased from 2 to 2.5
CLOCKWERK
JETPACK
- Cooldown reduced from 25 to 20
- Jetpack shard movement speed bonus increased from 15% to 22%
- Jetpack shard manacost reduced from 150 to 75
DARK SEER
NORMAL PUNCH
- Illusion damage dealt increased from 25% to 40%
- Max stun duration increased from 2 to 2.25
DISRUPTOR
THUNDER STRIKE
- Thunder Strike shard radius increased from +160 to +260
DRAGON KNIGHT
FIREBALL
- Fireball shard manacost reduced from 150 to 100
DROW RANGER
FROST ARROWS
- Frost Arrows shard now also adds +5 damage per stack
GRIMSTROKE
INK OVER
- Cast range increased from 700 to 950
- Ink Over shard total damage increased from 240 to 320
- Ink Over shard movement slow increased from 20% to 25%
HUSKAR
INNER FIRE
- Slow increased from 35% to 40%
- Inner Fire shard cooldown reduction from -2 to -3
INVOKER
ICE WALL
- Ice Wall shard cast range increased from 900 to 1100
IO
TETHER
- Tether shard movement bonus increased from +5% to +10%
LICH
ICE SPIRE
- Health increased from 300 to 600
- Ice Spire shard radius increased from 500 to 600
LIFESTEALER
- Base damage increased by 3
FEAST
- Feast increased from 1.6/2.2/2.8/3.4% to 1.8/2.4/3.0/3.6%
LYCAN
SUMMON WOLVES
- Cripple moved from level 3 to 4
- Summon Wolves Invisibility moved from level 4 to 3
FERAL IMPULSE
- Feral Impulse damage reduced from 14/26/38/50% to 12/22/32/42%
MAGNUS
HORN TOSS
- Horn Toss shard landing damage increased from 150 to 200
MONKEY KING
- Base strength reduced from 19 to 18
- Max damage reduced from 57 to 55
WUKONG’S COMMAND
- Wukong’s Command Scepter spawn interval increased from every 3.5 seconds to every 4 seconds
NAGA SIREN
RIP TIDE
- Slow increased from 30% to 40%
- Rip Tide shard slow duration increased from 3 to 4
- Shard active no longer deals 100 bonus damage
- Rip Tide shard increases armor reduction by 2
NYX ASSASSIN
- Base movement speed reduced from 315 to 310
VENDETTA
- Shard movement speed bonus reduced from +40% to +25%
- Vendetta manacost increased from 160/220/280 to 180/240/300
OGRE MAGI
IGNITE
- Ignite damage reduced from 26/34/42/50 to 20/30/40/50
FIRE SHIELD
- Shard manacost reduced from 125 to 75
- Fire Shield cooldown reduced from 18 to 16
OMNIKNIGHT
TALENTS
- Level 10 Talent changed from +20 Movement Speed to +40 Base Damage
- Level 15 Talent changed from +70 Damage to +30 Movement Speed
OUTWORLD DESTROYER
- Base armor increased by 2
- Agility gain increased from 1.3 to 1.6
- Movement speed increased from 315 to 325
- Base HP regen increased from 0 to 1
ESSENCE FLUX
- Essence Flux chance increased from 25% to 30%
ASTRAL IMPRISONMENT
- Damage increased from 120/190/260/330 to 120/200/280/360
- Astral Imprisonment mana steal from 14/16/18/20% to 16/18/20/22%
SANITY’S ECLIPSE
- Sanity’s eclipse base damage increased from 200/275/350 to 200/300/400
TALENTS
- Level 15 Talent changed from +8 Armor to +30 Movement Speed
- 20 Talent increased from +0.1 Sanity’s Eclipse Multiplier to +0.15
- Level 25 Talent increased from +1.6% Arcane Orb Damage to +2%
PHANTOM LANCER
SPIRIT LANCE
- Spirit Lance shard now also increases cast range by 200
PUCKDREAM COIL
- Dream Coil cooldown increased from 70/65/60 to 80/75/70
TALENTS
- Level 20 Talent reduced from -7s Waning Rift Cooldown to -6s
PUDGE
DISMEMBER
- Dismember shard cooldown reduction from -7 to -10
RIKI
- base hp regen reduced from 3 to 2.5
SLEEPING DART
- Slow increased from 25% to 30%
- Cooldown reduced from 15 to 12
- Sleeping Dart manacost reduced from 125 to 85
SKYWRATH MAGE
ANCIENT SEAL
- Ancient Seal shard status resistance reduction increased from 40% to 50%
SLARKFISH BAIT
- Fish Bait shard attack speed bonus increased from 50 to 75
- Fish Bait shard cooldown reduced from 12 to 9
SNIPER
CONCUSSIVE GRENADE
- Manacost reduced from 75 to 50
- Concussive Grenade shard cooldown reduced from 20 to 16
TEMPLAR ASSASSIN
PSIONIC TRAP
- Psionic Trap max trap count now increases by 4 with a Shard
TERRORBLADE
DEMON ZEAL
- Shard hp cost reduced from 25% to 20%
- Demon Zeal shard melee bonus from 50% to 100%
TIMBERSAW
WHIRLING DEATH
- Whirling Death manacost increased from 70 to 80
FLAMETHROWER
- Flamethrower shard slow increased from 25% to 30%
TALENTS
- Level 10 Talent reduced from +1.75 Mana Regen to +1.5
TREANT PROTECTOR
NATURE’S GUISE
- Nature’s Guise shard bonus now increases speed in trees by +15%
TUSK
FROZEN SIGIL
- Shard hits to destroy from 3 to 4
- Frozen Sigil movement/attack slow increased from 30%/30 to 35%/35
VISAGE
STONE FORM
- Stone Form shard manacost reduced from 300 to 200
WINTER WYVERN
SPLINTER BLAST
- Splinter Blast shard now also increases damage dealt by 80
WRAITH KING
- Base damage reduced by 2
VAMPIRIC SPIRIT
- Vampiric Spirit manacost increased from 50/60/70/80 to 65/70/75/80
REINCARNATION
- Reincarnation manacost increased from 160 to 180
Source: Dota 2
As far I can figure out, this patch is a balanced one as a contrary to their general patches. This one has a balance of both buffs and nerfs within the game. The biggest change I can see is for OD. I will have to try them out myself in-game and let you know about it in a future post.
Let me know your thoughts and what are your reactions to the changes made. Thanks for dropping by and I will see you in the next post!