Patch 7.40

Captains Mode

• ◆Changed order of the first and the third ban phases
• ◆First Ban Phase (First = team with the first pick, Second = team with the second pick)
• ◆OLD: First - Second - Second - First - Second - Second - First
• ◆NEW: First - First - Second - Second - First - Second - Second
• ◆Third Ban Phase
• ◆OLD: First - Second - Second - First
• ◆NEW: First - Second - First - Second

General Changes

• ◆Talents no longer require a skill point to level
• ◆Now talents are learned by using their own talent points available at levels 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30
• ◆This results in all +2 All Attributes bonuses skilled by level 22
• ◆All Facets that used to have 6 All Attributes bonuses now have 7 bonuses againBatrider's Arsonist, Magnus' Diminishing Return, Meepo's More Meepo, Monkey King's Simian Stride, Night Stalker's Voidbringer, and Silencer's Synaptic Split
• ◆Tier 4 Towers now have a Barracks Reinforcement buff. Each allied barracks that has not been destroyed provides +4 armor to both Tier 4 towers
• ◆Bonus is for each individual building, totaling in +24 Armor for 6 Barracks
• ◆Assist Gold Formula Reworked
• ◆OLD: 60 + ( ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) / NumHeroes )
• ◆NEW: 15 + ( ( 50 + ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) ) / NumHeroes )
• ◆Melee Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval (every 7:30)
• ◆Flagbearer Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval
• ▲Flagbearer Creep: AoE Bounty Radius increased from 1200 to 1500
• ◆Flagbearer Creep: When killed by a player controlled unit, the Flagbearer Creep always grants Bonus Bounty to the killer's hero regardless of the hero's proximity to the Flagbearer Creep
• ◆Flagbearer Creep: Bonus Gold from killing Flagbearers is now classified as creep gold instead of ability goldHas no gameplay effect, but makes a post game gold breakdown more accurate
• ◆Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura no longer affects heroes
• ◆Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura now also provides a magic resistance bonus to affected creeps starting with 0% and improving by 4% with every lane creep upgrade interval, up to a maximum of 15 upgrades
• ◆Courier respawn time decreased from (60s + 6s per Hero Level) to (45s + 5s per Hero Level)
• ◆Courier no longer has a 15% movement speed penalty while carrying a Clarity, Enchanted Mango, Faerie Fire, Healing Salve, or Tango
• ◆Flying Courier will now go to a more obscure shopping area within range of the Secret Shop when using Go To Secret Shop
• ◆All illusions now have 800 daytime vision and 400 nighttime vision

Map Objectives

• ◆Roshan
• ▼Roshan is no longer considered a hero for Lifesteal mechanics. As a result, Physical Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 40%, and Spell Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 80%
• ◆Roar of Retribution: Disarm debuff is no longer dispellable
• ◆Slam: No longer has double duration against creeps
• ◆Slam: Now deals double damage to creeps
• ◆Tormentor
• ◆Added a Tormentor Timer near the minimap. Functions similarly to the Roshan Timer. Can be pinged to communicate the current state of Tormentor
• ◆Pinging Tormentor's location in world will trigger the same ping as the timer (same behavior the Roshan Timer has)
• ◆The minimap now only has one Tormentor icon and reflects where Tormentor is or will spawn
• ◆The Shining: Now only starts dealing damage to the surrounding enemies when attacked/damaged
• ◆Runes
• ◆Bounty Rune: Now grants gold based on when it was created, not when it was activated
• ◆Haste Rune: Duration no longer increases by 3s per rune cycle, and is always 22s now
• ◆Invisibility Rune: No longer grants incoming damage reduction

Terrain Changes

• ◆Extended the streams into both Radiant and Dire bases and added defender's gate to the outside of the respective safe lanes where the stream flows
• ◆Removed some trees inside the base near the new safelane defender's gate positions
• ◆The Hard camp nearest to Tier 3 towers where the streams used to start has been demoted to a 'medium' camp
• ◆Moved the safelane medium amphibian neutral camp closest to the Tier 2 tower up the stream, slightly closer to the respective bases
• ◆Lowered the Wisdom Shrine areas to low ground, compared to the respective offlanes, filled them with water and connected to the water areas by the Tier 1 towers
• ◆Moved Wisdom Shrines and Watchers to the low ground and slightly closer to the Tier 1 towers. These Watchers now have vision over the shrines at night
• ◆Hard camps nearest to Wisdom Shrines have been moved slightly back towards the bases
• ◆Changed the 'bridges' to actual bridges
• ◆Slightly expanded the entrance to the bridge by the Lotus pools and adjusted the area within the nearby water areas
• ◆The Hard camp in the 'triangle' has been demoted to a 'medium' camp
• ▲Twin Gate mana cost decreased from 75 to 30
• ◆Twin Gates now refund the mana cost if the teleporting channel was interrupted
• ◆Cleared up some areas around the Tormentor locations
• ◆The watchers nearest to the mid-lane and near the small water camps south/north of the tier 1 tower have been removed
• ◆The watchers in the primary jungles have been repositioned from stairs near the small camp to the cliff above the bounty runes
• ◆Added additional blocks preventing flying movement around the edges of the map (e.g. the highground areas behind the Tormentors will no longer be accessible by Batrider during Firefly)
• ▼Watcher night vision range decreased from 800 to 450
• ▼Watcher capture time decreased from 1.5s to 1s
• ▲Defender's Gate vision radius increased from 525 to 700
• ◆Defender's Gate will now show their vision radius when holding ALT (similarly to Wards, Watchers, etc.)
• ◆Removed a tree between Dire Safelane Tier 1 tower and the small pull camp
• ◆Very slightly adjusted the paths and spawn points of the Radiant Offlane lane creeps, and the position of the Radiant Offlane Tier 2 tower. This results in creeps pathing to the right of the tier 2 tower instead of sometimes splitting up to go around it
• ◆Radiant Secret Shop trigger area moved slightly towards the radiant Tier 1 tower and more centered around the shopkeeper

Invulnerability Targeting

• ◆Invulnerability targeting rules of certain items and abilities have been updated
• ◆Most items and abilities that previously could target and/or affect invulnerable units no longer do so
• ◆The following spells have been changed:
• ◆Items
• ◆Nullifier's Nullify can no longer target invulnerable units
• ◆Neutral Creeps
• ◆Satyr Banisher's Purge can no longer target invulnerable units
• ◆Heroes
• ◆Dark Seer's Vacuum no longer affects invulnerable units
• ◆Naga Siren's Ensnare can no longer target invulnerable units unless this invulnerability is provided by Song of the Siren
• ◆Ogre Magi's Bloodlust can no longer target invulnerable units
• ◆Can still target invulnerable buildings (i.e. Tier 2-4 towers when the previous ones are not destroyed)
• ◆Oracle's Fortune's End can no longer target invulnerable units, but does affect invulnerable units in the radius
• ◆Shadow Demon's Demonic Purge can no longer target invulnerable units
• ◆Shadow Demon's Demonic Cleanse can no longer target invulnerable units
• ◆Sniper's Assassinate can no longer target invulnerable units
• ◆Sven's Storm Hammer with Aghanim's Scepter can no longer target invulnerable units, but does affect invulnerable units in the radius
• ◆Vengeful Spirit's Nether Swap can no longer target invulnerable units
• ◆Since Cyclone effects also make the unit invulnerable, all changes mentioned above apply to them as well. As a result, there are these special cases:
• ◆Nullifier's Nullify will dispel Cyclone off the target immediately if Cyclone was cast on a unit already affected by the Nullify debuff
• ◆Oracle's Fortune's End cannot target Cycloned units, but will dispel Cyclone off the units in AoE around the target
• ◆Sven's Storm Hammer with Aghanim's Scepter cannot target Cycloned units, but will dispel Cyclone off the units in AoE around the target
• ◆All three of these will also dispel Cyclone if the spell projectile was launched (or started channeling) before the target got Cycloned

Neutral creeps