On the night of August 1, Valve released a major update, 7.37, for Dota 2. The update brought significant changes to hero balance, exhaustion and ability blocking mechanics, and item adjustments.
General Changes
- Ability descriptions now include icons for values affected by Bloodstone and similar effects.
- The "Miner's Zeal" aura health regeneration bonus has been reduced from 7 to 5.
- The "Mystic Waters" aura mana regeneration bonus has been reduced from 1.5 to 1.2.
- After Roshan’s second death, Roshan’s Banner always drops.
- After Roshan’s third death, either Refresher Shard and cheese (during the day) or Refresher Shard and Aghanim’s Blessing (at night) drop.
- The teleportation time to Roshan's outposts has been reduced from 6 to 4 seconds.
Classification of Teleportation
Teleportation includes:
- Town Portal Scroll
- Boots of Travel (both levels)
- Pair of Portals
- Chen's Divine Favor
- Io’s Relocate
- Keeper of the Light’s Recall
- Lone Druid’s Return (Spirit Bear)
- Nature's Prophet’s Teleportation
- Templar Assassin’s Psionic Projection
- Tinker’s Keen Conveyance
- Underlord’s Fiend's Gate
- Visage with Faithful Followers (return of gargoyles)
Exhaustion Rules Update
- The rules for exhaustion affecting various aspects and abilities have been updated.
- Abilities that are partially or fully disabled by exhaustion now include specific markings or explanations in their descriptions.
Completely Disabled by Exhaustion:
- Alchemist’s Greevil's Greed
- Batrider’s Smoldering Resin
- Bloodseeker’s Thirst
- Bounty Hunter’s Cutpurse and Jinada
- Chaos Knight’s Reins of Chaos
- Clockwerk’s Armor Power
- Crystal Maiden’s Cold Comfort
- Dark Seer’s Heart of Battle
- Dark Willow’s Pixie Dust
- Death Prophet’s Witchcraft
- Enigma’s Gravity Well and Event Horizon
- Faceless Void’s Distortion Field
- Grimstroke’s Ink Trail
- Lycan’s Apex Predator
- Magnus’s Solid Core
- Mars’s Dauntless
- Naga Siren’s Eelskin
- Nature's Prophet’s Spirit of the Forest
- Nyx Assassin’s Mana Burn and Nyxth Sense
- Omniknight’s Degen Aura
- Oracle’s Clairvoyant Curse and Clairvoyant Cure
- Pangolier’s Fortune Favors the Bold
- Phantom Assassin’s Immaterial
- Phoenix’s Blinding Sun
- Puck’s Puckish
- Queen of Pain’s Bondage and Succubus
- Razor’s Dynamo
- Rubick’s Might and Magus
- Shadow Demon’s Menace
- Silencer’s Irrepressible
- Shadow Shaman’s Fowl Play
- Skywrath Mage’s Ruin and Restoration
- Slardar’s Seaborn Sentinel
- Sven’s Vanquisher
- Techies’s Squee's Scope
- Timbersaw’s Exposure Therapy
- Tinker’s Eureka!
- Tiny’s Insurmountable
- Ursa’s Maul
- Winter Wyvern’s Dragon Sight
Partially Disabled by Exhaustion:
- Chaos Knight’s Phantasmagoria
- Ember Spirit’s Immolation
- Juggernaut’s Bladeform
- Lifestealer’s Feast
- Monkey King’s Jingu Mastery
- Primal Beast’s Uproar
- Storm Spirit’s Galvanized
- Tidehunter’s Kraken Shell
- Troll Warlord’s Fervor
- Visage’s Gravekeeper's Cloak
- Wraith King’s Bone Guard
No Longer Disabled by Exhaustion: h3
- Lich’s Death Charge
Ability Blocking and Reflecting Changes
- Abilities used during attacks can no longer be blocked or reflected. This includes:
- Beastmaster’s Dive Bomb
- Omniknight’s Hammer of Purity
- Tusk’s Walrus PUNCH!
- Ogre Magi’s Fireblast (with level 25 talent)
- Abilities aimed at a target or point but not following the target when used on a creature can no longer be blocked or reflected. This includes:
- Lion’s Earth Spike
- Sand King’s Burrowstrike
- Abilities following a target can still be blocked or reflected when used on a creature. This includes:
- Dark Seer’s Ion Shell
- Abilities moving the caster now block at the moment of use, not after movement. This includes:
- Huskar’s Life Break
- Marci’s Rebound
- Meepo’s MegaMeepo Fling
- Sven’s Storm Hammer with Aghanim's Scepter
- Tiny’s Toss
- Tusk’s Snowball
- Projectile-based abilities affecting the primary target and area around it are now blocked or reflected only for the primary target. This includes:
- Alchemist’s Unstable Concoction
- Bristleback’s Viscous Nasal Goo
- Venomancer’s Noxious Plague
- Abilities with multiple guided projectiles affecting different targets now block and reflect independently. This includes:
- Bane’s Brain Sap with Aghanim’s Shard
- Dazzle’s Poison Touch
- Lion’s Finger of Death with Aghanim’s Scepter
- Nyx Assassin’s Mind Flare with level 25 talent
- Skywrath Mage’s Ancient Seal with Aghanim’s Scepter
- Visage’s Soul Assumption with level 15 talent
- Gleipnir’s Eternal Chains
- Abilities with projectiles targeting multiple creatures now block and reflect only for the primary target. The projectile will continue to bounce but cannot be blocked or reflected. This includes:
- Dazzle’s Shadow Wave
- Hoodwink’s Acorn Shot
- Medusa’s Mystic Snake
- Nature’s Prophet’s Wrath of Nature
- Phantom Lancer’s Spirit Lance
- Rubick’s Fade Bolt
- Tinker’s Laser with Aghanim’s Scepter
- Vengeful Spirit’s Magic Missile with Aghanim’s Shard
- Witch Doctor’s Paralyzing Cask
- Zeus’s Arc Lightning
- Active effects of neutral items can no longer be blocked or reflected. This includes:
- Book of Shadows
- Force Boots