New Gameplay Update

After an eventful and competitive wintertide season, Dota 2 welcomes the advance of spring’s renewal as this week’s patch brings the release of the 6.87 gameplay update. With changes to Ranked All Pick, the addition of a minimap Scan ability, new items, and a host of other balance adjustments, there’s a lot to explore in the 6.87 change log.



After reading through the patch notes, head over to the Test client to try the changes out before it hits the main client in a day or two.

Along with the update, this week will also see the start of The Manila Major Qualifiers, with Chinese Open Qualifiers hosted by ESL and the Americas, Southeast Asia and Europe Open Qualifiers hosted by Faceit running April 29th – May 2nd and Regional Qualifiers following May 3rd – 6th.

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

Reworked Ranked All Pick. Before the picking phase begins, there is a 15 second voting phase to ban heroes. Each player votes for a different hero. Afterwards, half of the heroes that were voted on will be randomly selected and banned.


Each team now has a Scan ability, available on the minimap UI.

NEW ITEMS

Bloodthorn New item formed from Orchid Malevolence, Crystalys, and a Recipe SHOW MORE DETAILS Requires: Orchid (4075) Crystalys (2120) Recipe (1000) Total: 7195 Provides: + 25 Intelligence + 30 Attack Speed + 60 Damage + 150% Mana Regeneration Active: All attacks on the silenced target, including from allies, gain True Strike and a 1.35x critical hit Cooldown: 11 Passive: Grants a chance to land a critical hit

Echo Sabre New item formed from Oblivion Staff and Ogre Club SHOW MORE DETAILS Oblivion Staff (1650) Ogre Club (1000) Total: 2650 Provides: + 10 Strength + 10 Intelligence + 10 Attack Speed + 15 Damage + 75% Mana Regeneration Passive: Causes melee attacks to attack twice in quick succession. Your double attack applies a 0.6 second 100% MS/AS slow. Has a 5 second cooldown. Note: The passive only works on Melee Heroes.

Blight Stone New item SHOW MORE DETAILS Costs: 300 gold Passive: Reduces armor by 2 on attack. Available in the Side Shop. Item is used in Desolator and Medallion of Courage.

Infused Raindrops New consumable item SHOW MORE DETAILS Costs: 225 gold Provides: + 0.85 Mana Regeneration Passive: Comes with 5 charges, the item is destroyed when it reaches 0 charges. When you receive over 50 Magic Damage it procs, consuming a charge and blocking 120 Magic Damage. The proc has a 4 second cooldown. Becomes available for purchase at the 3 minute mark

Wind Lace New item SHOW MORE DETAILS Costs: 225 gold Provides: + 20 Movement Speed Available in the Side Shop. Item is used in Drums and Eul's. Multiple instances don't stack.

Tome of Knowledge New consumable item SHOW MORE DETAILS Costs: 150 gold Use: Grants you 425 experience. Starts out of stock, increments stock every 10 minutes.

Hurricane Pike New item formed from Force Staff, Dragon Lance, and a Recipe SHOW MORE DETAILS Requires: Force Staff (2225) Dragon Lance (1900) Recipe (250) Total: 4375 Provides: + 20 Agility + 15 Strength + 10 Intelligence + 4 HP Regeneration + 130 Attack Range (ranged heroes only, does not stack) Active: When used on an enemy, it pushes you both away from each other 450 units each, and allows you to attack that target without range restrictions for 4 attacks for a maximum of 5 seconds [?]. Does not give vision over the enemy. Works normally like Force Staff when used on self or allies. Cooldown: 14 Cast range: 400 when used on enemies, 800 on allies or self.

ITEM CHANGES

Skull Basher Bash damage reduced from 120 to 85 Recipe cost reduced from 1000 to 750

Abyssal Blade Now requires Basher, Vanguard, and a 1550 recipe Overwhelm mana cost from 150 to 75 Overwhelm cooldown from 60 to 35 Bash damage reduced from 120 to 85 SHOW MORE DETAILS Cost from 6750 to 6400 Previously provided: + 10 Strength + 70 Damage Now provides: + 10 Strength + 10 Damage + 250 Health + 15 HP regeneration Damage Block: 100% to block 40/20 damage for melee/ranged wielders

Aether Lens Aether Lens Spell Amplification reduced from 8% to 5%

Animal Courier Respawn time reduced from 140 seconds to 120 seconds

Armlet of Mordiggian Unholy Strength now grants 5 armor

Blade Mail Now returns damage before any kind of reduction, and returns it in the same type as it was received No longer ignores Spell Immune enemies

Bloodstone Initial charges increased from 8 to 12

Butterfly Flutter cooldown reduced from 35 to 25

Crimson Guard Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 HP regeneration increased by 2

Diffusal Blade Purge cooldown increased from 0 to 2 Mana burned by melee/ranged illusions reduced from 25/12 to 20/10 Mana burned by melee/ranged heroes increased from 25 to 40

Dragon Lance Now requires Ogre Club and 2x Band of Elvenskin instead of Ogre Club and Quarterstaff. Spoiler: Click to view Cost from 1875 to 1900 Previously provided: + 10 Strength + 10 Damage + 10 Attack Speed + 130 Attack Range Now provides: + 15 Strength + 15 Agility + 130 Attack Range

Drum of Endurance Now requires Bracer, Ring of Regeneration, Wind Lace, and a 700 recipe. Spoiler: Click to view Cost from 1850 to 1775 Previously provided: + 9 Intelligence + 9 Strength + 9 Agility + 3 Damage Now provides: + 9 Intelligence + 6 Strength + 3 Agility + 3 Damage + 3 HP Regeneration

Eul's Scepter of Divinity Now requires Wind Lace instead of Sage's mask

Flying Courier Cost reduced from 200 to 150

Gem of True Sight True Sight radius reduced from 1100 to 900

Ghost Scepter Ghost Form cooldown reduced from 30 to 25

Glimmer Cape Mana cost reduced from 110 to 90

Guardian Greaves Guardian Greaves recipe from 1650 to 1700

Heart of Tarrasque Strength bonus increased from 40 to 45 Health bonus reduced from 300 to 250

Heaven's Halberd Disarm duration on ranged targets increased from 4.5 to 5.5

Hood of Defiance Removed one Ring of Regen from Hood of Defiance

Linken's Sphere Recipe cost reduced from 1325 to 1000

Lotus Orb Now requires an Energy Booster instead of a 900 gold recipe HP regeneration increased from 5 to 6

Mask of Madness Active damage amplification reduced from 30% to 25%

Medallion of Courage Now requires Blight Stone instead of a recipe

Observer Ward Gold/experience rescaled from 50/100 to 100/25 Duration reduced from 7 to 6 minutes Restock interval reduced from 180 to 150 seconds Cost reduced from 75 to 65

Octarine Core No longer provides HP regeneration Mana regeneration reduced from 100% to 50%

Perseverance HP regeneration increased from 5 to 6

Pipe of Insight Removed Pipe of Insight Barrier stack limit duration

Point Booster Point Booster health bonus reduced from 200 to 175 and mana bonus increased from 150 to 175

Refresher Orb Refresher HP regeneration increased from 10 to 12

Ring of Aquila Armor reduced from 3 to 2 Damage increased from 9 to 10

Ring of Basilius Armor bonus reduced from 3 to 2 Damage bonus increased from 6 to 7

Ring of Health HP regeneration increased from 5 to 6

Ring of Regen Cost reduced from 350 to 325

Rod of Atos Removed chance to True Strike on the target

Sange Maim chance increased from 15% to 20% Maim slow reduced from 20% to 20/10% for melee/ranged wielders

Sange and Yasha Maim chance increased from 16% to 30% Maim slow reduced from 32% to 26%/13% for melee/ranged wielders

Shadow Amulet Cost reduced from 1400 to 1300

Silver Edge Now requires Shadow Blade and Ultimate Orb instead of Shadow Blade, Sange, and a Recipe. Can be disassembled. Backstab damage reduction increased from 40 to 50% Spoiler: Click to view Cost from 5450 to 4800 Previously provided: + 16 Strength + 32 Damage + 30 Attack Speed Now provides: + 30 Damage + 30 Attack Speed + 15 All Stats

Smoke of Deceit Stock replenish time reduced from 12 to 11 minutes No longer has a cooldown attached to your hero when used

Soul Booster No longer provides HP regeneration Mana regeneration reduced from 100% to 50%

Talisman of Evasion Cost reduced from 1800 to 1700

Town Portal Scroll Cost reduced from 75 to 50

Vanguard HP regeneration increased from 6 to 8

Veil of Discord Now requires Helm of Iron Will, 2x Null Talisman, and a 400 Recipe. Veil debuff is now dispellable Spoiler: Click to view Cost from 2270 to 2240 Previously provided: + 6 Strength + 6 Agility + 18 Intelligence + 6 HP Regeneration + 6 Damage + 6 Armor Now provides: + 6 Strength + 6 Agility + 12 Intelligence + 6 HP Regeneration + 6 Damage + 6 Armor

Vladmir's Offering Armor aura reduced from 5 to 4

HERO UPDATES

Abaddon Curse of Avernus slow increased from 5/10/15/20% to 8/12/16/20%

Ancient Apparition Cold Feet cooldown reduced from 15/13/11/9 to 13/11/9/7 Cold Feet damage timing changed from 0.8/1.6/2.5/3.4 to 0/1/2/3

Arc Warden Flux no longer slows magic immune units Flux is now purgeable Flux slow reduced from 50% to 35/40/45/50% Magnetic Field cooldown reduced from 50 to 35/30/25/20 Magnetic Field duration increased from 3.5/4/4.5/5 to 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5 Magnetic Field now only evades attacks done from outside of the field Spark Wraith mana cost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to constant 80 Spark Wraith activation delay reduced from 3 to 2 Spark Wraith now applies a 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 second purge Spark Wraith damage rescaled from 150/200/250/300 to 100/160/220/280 Tempest Double no longer has an HP/Mana cost Tempest Double ability/item cooldowns now persist on the unit Tempest Double no longer replicates items that drop on death Tempest Double cooldown reduced from 65/60/55 to 50/40/30 Tempest Double duration reduced from 20 to 12/13/14 Tempest Double cast point increased from 0 to 0.15 Strength growth increased from 1.9 to 2.3 Intelligence growth increased from 2.1 to 2.6

Axe Counter Helix damage type from Physical to Pure Counter Helix damage reduced from 100/135/170/205 to 90/120/150/180

Bane Enfeeble mana cost reduced from 95/105/115/125 to 95

Beastmaster Call of the Wild Hawk's day vision reduced from 700/1000/1300/1600 to 500/750/1000/1250 Call of the Wild Hawk's night vision reduced from 700/800/900/1000 to 500/650/800/950

Bloodseeker Strength growth increased from 2 to 2.4 Rupture cast point improved from 0.6 to 0.4 Added Scepter to Bloodseeker Spoiler: Click to view Grants 2 charges to Rupture with 40 second replenish.

Bounty Hunter Shadow Walk mana cost increased from 50 to 65

Brewmaster Primal Split Earth & Storm damage type from Pierce to Hero Primal Split Brewlings' armor type from Strong to Hero Primal Split Earth attack damage reduced from 40/80/165 to 30/60/90 Primal Split Storm attack damage reduced from 40/80/165 to 20/40/60 Primal Split Fire attack damage rescaled from 77/122/154 to 80/120/160 Storm Brewling's Wind Walk backstab damage increased from 100 to 100/160/220 Replaced Earth Brewling's Pulverize with Demolish Spoiler: Click to view Deals 150% bonus damage to buildings.

Bristleback Bristleback damage threshold reduced from 230 to 210 Scepter Goo range increased from 600 to 700

Centaur Warrunner Double Edge cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 Stampede duration increased from 3.75 to 4.0

Chen Hand of God no longer fully heals his creeps

Clockwerk Battery Assault damage increased from 20/40/60/80 to 20/45/70/95 Minor cleanup to Power Cogs push back distance/duration changed from 252/0.84 to 250/0.85

Crystal Maiden Crystal Nova cooldown reduced from 12 to 12/11/10/9 Arcane Aura level 4 self regen increased from 6 to 8

Dazzle Poison Touch range increased from 600 to 600/650/700/750

Death Prophet Spirit Siphon no longer grants vision Spirit Siphon damage type from Pure to Magical and no longer goes through Spell Immunity Spirit Siphon damage increased from 20 + 1/2/3/4% to 25 + 1/2.5/4/5.5% Spirit Siphon duration increased from 5 to 6 Spirit Siphon buffer range reduced from 300 to 250 Base strength reduced from 19 to 18

Disruptor Kinetic Field AoE increased from 325 to 340

Dragon Knight Breathe Fire attack damage reduction increased from 20/25/30/35% to 35% Breathe Fire cooldown rescaled from 12 to 14/13/12/11 Base damage increased by 4

Drow Ranger Gust cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.25

Earth Spirit Boulder Smash knockback speed reduced from 1200 to 900 Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 295

Earthshaker Reworked Scepter on Earthshaker Spoiler: Click to view Enchant Totem becomes a 900 range ground target ability. Causes you to jump in the air and land at the target spot, casting enchant totem there. Self casting the ability will make it behave in the original form, without jumping.

Elder Titan Echo Stomp damage increased from 80/90/100/110 to 85/110/135/160 Echo Stomp grace period for waking up units with damage increased from 0.65 to 0.8

Enchantress Impetus damage reduced from 15/20/25% to 14/18/22% Impetus max distance reduced from 2500 to 1750

Enigma Fixed Demonic Conversion not working on Beastmaster's Boar or Hawk

Faceless Void Time Walk cast range increased from 625 to 675 Time Walk cast point increased from 0.2 to 0.3 Time Dilation cooldown increased from 36/30/24/18 to 40/34/28/22 Time Dilation slow rescaled from 7/8/9/10 to 8 Time Lock no longer deals double damage inside Chronosphere Time Lock damage increased from 40/50/60/70 damage to 50/75/100/125 Scepter no longer increases Chronosphere's duration

Gyrocopter Base damage reduced by 4 Reworked Scepter on Gyrocopter Spoiler: Click to view Adds a Side Gunner, fires an attack automatically at random enemy units within 600 AoE every 1.4 seconds. Same firing rules as Rocket Barrage, but does not attack while invisible and is disabled by Break.

Huskar Berserker's Blood max attack speed increased from 196/224/252/280 to 220/260/300/340

Invoker Invoked Spells cast point increased from 0 to 0.05 Cold Snap is now dispellable Ghost Walk cooldown increased from 35 to 45 Tornado vision reduced from 600 to 200 Forge Spirit Health/Mana changed from Exort/Quas based to Quas/Exort based Base intelligence reduced from 22 to 16

Jakiro Macropyre distance increased from 900 to 1400 Macropyre is no longer unit targetable Macropyre Scepter duration increased from 20 to 30 seconds

Juggernaut Healing Ward now follows Juggernaut by default

Keeper of the Light Movement speed increased from 315 to 335

Kunkka Torrent damage is now dealt evenly over 8 ticks Torrent stun duration increased from 1.53 to 1.6 Torrent mana cost reduced from 120 to 90/100/110/120 Base armor increased by 2

Legion Commander Duel no longer ignores Disarm and Ethereal states on either target Duel Scepter duration increased from 4.75/5.5/6.25 to 6/7/8

Lich Frost Blast and Chain Frost slows are now independent debuffs Chain Frost no longer jumps to Zombies

Lifestealer Infest can now only target ancients with Level 2 and Level 3 Strength growth increased from 2.4 to 3.0

Lone Druid Spirit Bear's Entangle now uses Pseudo-Random Distribution Battle Cry damage reduced from 90/120/150 to 70/100/130

Luna Agility growth increased from 2.8 to 3.3

Magnus Base HP regeneration increased from 0.25 to 0.75 Base damage increased by 4

Medusa Stone Gaze damage amplification increased from 30/40/50% to 50% Stone Gaze duration rescaled from 6 to 5/6/7 seconds Stone Gaze slow reduced from 50 to 35%

Meepo Base damage increased by 4

Mirana Added Scepter to Mirana Spoiler: Click to view Passively triggers Starstorm every 8 seconds. If there are no units to affect, the spell waits until there is a nearby enemy. Does not trigger if the enemy does not see you. Passive procs are disabled by Break.

Morphling Replicate damage dealt increased from 50% to 80% Hybrid cooldown reduced from 120 to 70

Naga Siren Mirror Image illusion damage increased from 20/25/30/35% to 25/30/35/40% Song of the Siren Scepter regeneration rate increased from 8 to 10% Song of the Siren now affects units like Golems

Nature's Prophet Treants bounty increased from 14-20 to 18-24 Treants vision reduced from 1000/800 to 500

Necrophos Reaper's Scythe respawn time penalty reduced from 30 to 10/20/30 Reaper's Scythe damage factor increased from 0.4/0.6/0.9 to 0.6/0.75/0.9

Nyx Assassin Fixed Spiked Carapace not preventing damage when a Spell Immune attacker damages you Base HP regeneration increased from 2.5 to 3.5

Omniknight Degen Aura no longer pierces Spell Immunity

Oracle Added Scepter to Oracle Spoiler: Click to view Reduces Purifying Flames cooldown from 2.25 seconds to 1.0 and lowers cast point from 0.3 to 0.1

outworld devourer

Outworld Devourer Arcane Orb Intelligence Steal reduced from 2/3/4/5 to 1/2/3/4 Arcane Orb mana cost increased from 100 to 100/120/140/160 Astral Imprisonment cast range reduced from 450/500/550/600 to 225/350/475/600

Phantom Assassin Stifling Dagger now does a real physical attack for 60 + 25/40/55/70% of your attack damage. All attack effects work and behave as if your hero performed them Phantom Assassin turn rate increased from 0.4 to 0.6

Phoenix Supernova Scepter now also increases the number of attacks needed to destroy the Supernova to 7/10/13

Puck Increased Illusory Orb speed by 1

Pugna Nether Ward now treats Illusions as creeps for hit count calculation

Razor Static Link break distance increased by 100

Riki Added to Captain's Mode Blink Strike damage increased from 20/40/60/80 to 60/80/100/120 Tricks of the Trade cast point improved from 0.4 to 0.3 Tricks of the Trade cooldown reduced from 40 to 40/35/30

Rubick Fade Bolt damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 75/150/225/300 Null Field increased from 5/10/15/20% to 10/14/18/22% Turn rate increased from 0.5 to 0.7

Sand King Sand Storm max channel time rescaled from 20/40/60/80 to 50

Shadow Demon Disruption illusion damage increased from 30/40/50/60 to 30/45/60/75% Soul Catcher cooldown reduced from 13 to 13/12/11/10

Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls damage lines travel distance rescaled from 975/1000/1025 to 1000 Requiem of Souls Starting Width increased from 75/100/125 to 125 Requiem of Souls End Width rescaled from 400/425/450 to 425 Scepter now also increases Necromastery max souls from 15/22/29/36 to 22/30/38/46

Shadow Shaman Mass Serpent Wards splash mechanics reworked: Now deals 75% splash in 175 AoE

Silencer Last Word no longer slows Arcane Curse base duration reduced from 7 to 6 Arcane Curse now slows movement speed by 9/12/15/18% Arcane Curse cooldown increased from 18/16/14/12 to 20/18/16/14 Glaives of Wisdom damage rescaled from 30/50/70/90% to 35/50/65/80%

Skywrath Mage Mystic Flare Scepter duration increased from 2.4 to 12 seconds Mystic Flare Scepter cooldown increased from 20/10/0 to 20/10/5

Sniper Shrapnel damage increased from 12/24/36/48 to 15/30/45/60

Spectre Spectral Dagger slow no longer goes through Spell Immunity Haunt cooldown increased from 120 to 140/130/120 Haunt Illusions are no longer unstunnable Agility growth reduced from 2.2 to 1.8

Storm Spirit Added Scepter to Storm Spirit Spoiler: Click to view Causes Electric Vortex to be a 475 AoE ability around your hero. Requires vision over the units to affect them.

Sven Base movement speed reduced from 295 to 290

Terrorblade Base armor increased by 3

Timbersaw Whirling Death debuff duration increased from 11 to 14 seconds Reactive Armor regen and armor per stack increased from 1 to 1/1.2/1.4/1.6

Tinker Rearm mana cost reduced from 125/225/325 to 100/200/300 Rearm can no longer refresh Pipe of Insight Base intelligence increased from 27 to 30

Treant Protector Nature's Guise tree search radius reduced from 375 to 350 Nature's Guise tree search grace duration reduced from 1 to 0.75 seconds Nature's Guise movement speed increased from 10% to 14/16/18/20% Leech Seed cooldown reduced from 16/14/12/10 to 16/13/10/7

Troll Warlord Ranged Whirling Axes cooldown reduced from 20/18/16/14 to 19/16/13/10 Fervor max stacks increased from 6 to 7

Tusk Walrus Kick cooldown reduced from 12 to 8 Walrus Kick damage increased from 200 to 350

Undying Tombstone now treats Illusions as creeps for hit count calculation

Vengeful Spirit Magic Missile stun rescaled from 1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 to 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8

Viper Poison Attack is no longer an Attack Modifier

Visage Gravekeeper's Cloak recharge time reduced from 4 to 3 seconds Gravekeeper's Cloak minimum damage threshold increased from 2 to 15 Stone Form stun delay reduced from 1 to 0.85

Warlock Shadow Word cast range increased from 500 to 525/600/675/750 Fatal Bonds cooldown reduced from 25 to 24/22/20/18 Flaming Fists damage changed from 40% chance for 80/115/150 to 100% chance for 40/50/60

Weaver Time Lapse now disjoints projectiles Time Lapse Scepter cooldown reduced from 20 to 16 Weaver now loses unit collision immediately when casting Shukuchi rather than after fading

Winter Wyvern Winter's Curse cooldown reduced from 120/110/100 to 90 Added Scepter to Winter Wyvern Spoiler: Click to view Causes Arctic Burn to be a toggle and drains 40 mana per second. Activation mana cost is the same as the current, 120/110/100/90. No longer has limit on number of attacks per target.

Wraith King Mortal Strike now does a critical hit for double the value when attacking non-heroes

Zeus Static Field damage reduced from 5/7/9/11% to 4/6/8/10% Static Field no longer disables Blink Dagger Thundergod's Wrath damage reduced from 225/350/475 to 225/325/425

I've only read like the first 10 changes and already wanna kill myself.



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>Nice.

Caught everyone with their pants down.
And I told people already I was working day and night for this..

Kyphoid... was right about Intelligence increasing spell damage....

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Such a weird patch. Almost OSFrog like.

We almost get our wishes for bans in ranked all pick... buuuut it's random. So that sucks. Hopefully that gets changed quickly.

Starting HP increase means early burst heroes are a tiny bit worse. Not much, but every little ads up. Starting mana increase on the otherhand will help a tonne of heroes. But I don't like it, since it kinda mitigates mana management skills. Not by much, but still.

Scan is weird as hell. And I really don't like it. But we will see.

Bounty rune nerfs, creep aggro and tower armour aura kinda implies a little less fighting early, and the increase to creep gold ticks also implies ricing might be a little better now. So we might get a little more meta divesity. I doubt it.

So many minor items now. One the one hand, support got an amazing amount of QoL buffs between cheaper stuff and such. On the other - I don't want a cheap item that reduces armour on auto attack. What did offlaners do to deserve this? (Since it's in the side shop, so a support buys it and zones more easily).

Speaking of items; Echo Saber sounds great on Spirit Breaker or like mid-game PA builds. Orchid upgrade kinda makes the base item a tonne more viable now on QoP or Storm who already loved Right clicks. Bloodstone buffs means SS is probably back a little (Dat ags)

Silver Edge is far too good with this new build up. It gives Linken's levels stats with a solid build-up, and great effects.

Hurricane Pike is bizzare. Nice for supports, semi-decent for ranged heroes. And makes Dragon Lance super versatile (Can disasemble in BKB butterfly build up, or build into this).

Abyssal Blade got buffed for Bristleback, and nerfed to **** for everyone else. Except initating melee heroes like Void or SB.

All of the Ag's upgrades are silly.

I have no idea what's going to be OP from this patch. Nothing stands out that much.

I'll wait to see the effects, but I'm kinda apprehensive about the patch directions now.

Serious changes...and I for one welcome our new nuke throwing overlords.

Aghs:

Storm Spirit - can now initiate with an AOE stun
Mirana - great pushing/farming power
Gyrocopter - need to see how this works out, but seems to help his carrying/farming
Earthshaker - no longer necessarily needs a blink
Bloodseeker - moves even further towards and out and out kiter/nuker
Oracle - mega heals
Skywrath Mage - jeezus titty licking 12 second super nuke
Winter Wyvern - useful but hmm

The damage scalin due to INT is really minor it is worth saying.

Most heroes will only get like an Aether Lens out of it without any items. So it doesn't affect things too much.

Still it's another step down a strange road.

Ursa now brown boots, mask, blink, echo sabre core build for me ^^

Good bye rat warden :)

Is wind lace the new orb of venom for non skadi buyers now?

Dota is a strange game and with this patch it became even stranger.

However Morphling seems really nice if you have another rightclicker in your team.
Nyx Assassin got inderectly nerfed with the strenght and int changes
Phantom Assassin seems to have a really strong stiffling dagger now
Troll Warlord attacks faster but I don't think that this increases his total dps that much more.
terroblade **** physical damage
Spectre, agi hero with 1.8 agi gain, really nice
Invoker rest in hell for a long time, the forge spirit changes are really good
outworld devourer is probably still playable, I will have to check it but it seems that he isn't nerfed into ****.
Crystal Nova cooldown lowered, which is really nice, but maxing Arcane Aura may be viable :(
Dragon Knight, Morphling, Juggernaut, Luna, Mirana and maybe Phantom Assassin, since the new dagger can when maxed do a ****load of damage, seem to me really strong in this patch.
Those new items seems all one by one really interesting.

Reaction mode, GO!
Ranked Rework: Cool, meta heroes won’t ruin ranked as easily.
Scan: Smoke has a counter now.
Int now gives 1% bonus for 16 Int points for spell damage. OD might actually be a late game carry, as might Charles.
Tower Armor Aura: Turtle meta is back?
Tower true sight range reduced: Slark Meta is here!
Melee hero attack range up to 150: Dammit, Doom isn’t special anymore, now its just Tiny.
Aggro up to 2.5 seconds, harassing is a little bit more punishing, yay for offlane life.
Ranged creeps now give a ton more XP. Sorry Lion, I’m killing that thing, I don’t care if you’re mana draining it.
2 Centaur Coursers in Large centaur camp: Screw you stackers, even harder this time.
Illusions get damage block, Jungle Terrorblade suddenly more viable.
Captain’s mode changes: I’m way too disconnected to figure this out.
Roshan takes a lot less damage from your summons. Sorry NP, Veno, and Lycan.
Troll Summoner and Thunderhides now deal a bunch more damage to heroes and buildings, except not really.
Harpy and Big Saytr mana pool nerfed: Screw you Chen!

Terrain: I need to see, can’t comprehend this.

ITEMS!
Bloodthorn: 50% uptime silence? Well, here comes carry Silencer, and another buff to OD’s late game. Also, something that might bring back QoP and Storm. Might, though this item is hella expensive.
Echo Sabre: Melee headshots mode! We all have Caustic finale now. Seems good on Axe honestly, any melee hero who can’t chase people.
Blight Stone: Enemy VS has this, and now you cry whenever she harasses you. Prospect of WD, Silencer, or Lion with this is also rather frightening for offlane players.
Infused Raindrops: These consumables are getting weirdly abstract, but I guess they introduced fire last time, so now they have to run with the elements. Anyway, very nice if some nuker is trying to kill you, if it becomes popular, this will dissuade mid ganking even more than in this patch.
Wind Lace: Oh, another Boot, how fun. Now CM and Techies can have 300 movespeed in laning phase. It’s nice to separate the stats though, since drum and euls just make the MS outta nowhere.
Tome of Knowledge: I guess for emergencies when you really need level 11. Or if you wanna stack your Invoker.
Hurricane Pike: A combination of those items we use to kite people is now a SUPER KITING item.
Skull Basher + Abyssal: Oh damn, we’re not a carry item anymore, we’re now a Position 3 tank item. Abyssal Centaur, Bristle, and Axe will be a thing.
Aether Lens: With new Int mechanics, sure.
Armlet: CK buff? CK buff. Also Huskar I guess.
Blade Mail: Oh cool, even more useful. All it needs now is an upgrade. Screw you PA!
Bloodstone: Leshrac and Storm are now suddenly playable.
Diffusal: Screw you PL, here is a Riki buff!
Dragon Lance: Oh, a mini sange yasha now. With Hurricane Pike, we got a better kiting item in lieu of SnY.
Flying Courier: Support life is easy!
Gem: Slark Age is coming
Ghost Scepter: Screw you Ursa.
Heart: Is that another CK buff? Oh man.
Linkens: Non-BKB carries getting more viable.
Lotus Orb: Wow, what a massive buff to an item I already like.
MoM: Ohh, is Sven, Sniper, and Jugger gonna pick this up again?
Observers: Cheaper, more gold, less exp.
Octarine: Noo! Actually, this is fine.
Pipe: Mass barrier time? Cry more Zeus!
Basi/Aquila: A better starting item, better for hitting, worse for hitting.

Atos: I think this is the first nerf I’ve ever seen on the item.
SnY: I don’t think Icefrog wants you to buy this on ranged heroes.
Silver Edge: Damn, this item actually gives good stats now.
Veil: No more massive Int for you.

Heroes:
Abaddon: Curse of Avernus might actually be worth a value point now.
Arc Warden: Look, an actual well rounded hero now.
Axe: Oh man, Axe’s damage is less stupidly low past minute 10.
Bloodseeker: Now BS can actually cast his ult.
BH: Roaming BH, no longer as easy a win for you!
Brew: Primal Splits finally do some damage to heroes…. And buildings.
Chen: Ohh, brutal falling off now.
CM: More annoying spell casts.
DP: Her one OP skill is no longer OP.
DK: Seems nice, dunno if he’s gonna be playable mid, because I always hope, but meta mids always kill him.
Drow: Oh my goodness, this skill is actually powerful.
Earth Spirit: That nerf seems pretty severe, since you can actually dodge boulder smash now.
Earthshaker: HOP TO VICTORY! I guess SK got one, might as give one to him, except with his massive cast point.
Elder Titan: Radiance will no longer ruin your time.
Enchantress: The barrage of late game untouchable turret is less scary now.
Faceless Void: Faceless Void needs no Chronosphere! He is a strong independent purple guy.
Gyrocopter: There’s no way this isn’t gonna look ridiculous.
Huskar: Armlet buff, attack speed buff? Is Dazzle Huskar back?
Invoker: The Frog seems to be showing restraint, that INT nerf tho, finally, its risky to run Invoker mid again.
Jakiro: Is Jakiro actually good at pushing now? Instead of just being “good only on paper”?
Keeper of Light: I CAN poke and Stack EVEN BETTER NOW!
Kunkka: That torrent stun duration from 1.53 to 1.6, that’s massive. Also, I guess the 2 armor too.. but who cares about that?
LC: We’re still gonna see the exact same number of LCs in this game.
Lich: Sacrificing ranged creeps for massive exp. The Lich is back!
Lifestealer: No more dealing with LS taking your tower at minute 8, being completely helpless.
Magnus: Mid buffed a bit. Yay, I like Mid Magnus.
Meepo: Now Meepo can finally beat SK, Winter Wyvern, and Enigma.
Mirana: This is one of the silliest things I’ve ever read.
Morphling: Huh, Morphling synergy drafts are coming.
Naga Siren: Such massive heals, so massive splitpush. Or something?
NP: Stupid expendable treants getting blinder each generation.
Necrophos: Oh man, Necro might actually be able to kill someone with his level 1 scythe. His playing from being just got a lot worse.
Nyx: “I AM THE PRIDE OF NYX, I HAVE HIGHER REGEN THAN AXE!”
Omniknight: Honestly, with his mana being less of an issue than 4 patches , he needed to lose something.
Oracle: Wow, I can actually deal/heal a ton of damage.
OD: No more value point in Imprisonment, and now you have to hit heroes in order to sustain the cost of the orb. On the plus side, your late game is totally insane now.
PA: Oh, a ranged attack every 6 seconds. Get that annoying Echo Saber and slow people more.
Phoenix: More safeguards for that risk!
Puck: I have no idea what that means!
Pugna: Still his bugs are unfixed. So sad.
Riki: The guy just got annoying, at least diffusal cooldown got nerfed tho.
Rubick: Value point in Null Field is viable now, and Fade Bold actually does the damage of a nuke.
SK: Oh, level 1 jungling on SK is viable again. I probably still would not recommend.
SD: This guy’s late game is getting more and more crazy.
SF: Ult explosions time!
Silencer: AOE slows, less massive damage, but new INT items favor him. Carry Silencer will be in.
Skywrath: Oh, giant visible mines that do 5800 damage if you stand in them.
Spectre: Please be less of a pub scourge.
Storm: Storm now has a black hole, on the plus side, he can teamfight now as an option.
Terrorblade: WE 10 ARMOR NOW. Offlane Terrorblade will be a thing!? Probably not.
Timbersaw: Man, this guy scales really really well with levels now.
Tinker: Might actually need to pick Nyx against him now.
Treant: To be fair, a giant sneaking tree should be easy to find.
Tusk: Surely, people will buy aghs on Tusk.
Undying: Naga, TB, and friends can now counterpick the Dirge.
Viper: Skadi Viper meta!
Visage: No more getting super wrecked by Veno. Maybe.
Weaver: Did this guy just get harder to kill? Especially with the Linkens buff.
Winter Wyvern: Carry Wyvern was born this day.
WK: FARM FARM FARM, KILL THOSE PUNY MORTALS!
Zeus: The God of Heaven is sad.