
Huge changes will affect the Meta in DOTA 2 with new patch 7.14
Before a few hours, the new patch 7.14 was available in the game, with many huge changes may affect the Meta, according to the official patch note.
The most important changes with patch 7.14 is here below:
Enabled Techies in Captains Mode
First creep wave no longer draws aggro on the side lanes until they meet the other wave
Items changes:
- Skull Basher: Now uses Mithril Hammer instead of Javelin. Gives +25 Damage and +10 Strength. Bash no longer pierces evasion.
- Abyssal Blade: Now grants +25 Damage. Bash no longer pierces evasion.
- Monkey King Bar: Now uses Demon Edge, Quarterstaff and Javelin. Gives +52 Damage and 10 Attack Speed. Procs changed from 60 Pure damage to 100 Magical damage.
- Maelstrom: Now uses Javelin instead of Gloves and Recipe. No longer gives +25 Attack Speed. Chain Lightning damage increased from 120 to 170. Procs can no longer be evaded.
- Mjollnir: Procs can no longer be evaded. Chain Lightning damage increased from 150 to 170. Attack speed reduced from 80 to 75.
- Battle Fury: Now requires a 300 gold recipe.
- Blink Dagger: Cooldown increased from 14 to 15.
- Dagon: Manacost rescaled from 180 to 120/140/160/180/200.
- Force Staff: Now requires a Ring of Regeneration instead of a Ring of Health. Manacost increased from 25 to 100. Health regen reduced from 5 to 2.
- Hurricane Pike: Health regen reduced from 5.5 to 2. Manacost increased from 25 to 100.
- Helm of the Dominator: Health regen decreased from 8 to 7. No longer grants +5 attack speed to the item holder. Bounty increased from 125 to 200.
- Linken’s Sphere: All Stats reduced from 15 to 13.
- Magic Wand: Now requires a 150 gold recipe instead of a Mango. Now provides +3 All Stats instead of +2 All Stats and 1.5 HP Regen. Max Charges increased from 17 to 20.
- Enchanted Mango: On sale now from 100 to 70. Health regen decreased from 1 to 0.7. Consumed Mana restore reduced from 175 to 125. Daily Bonus Hero now gives 2 Mangoes
- Necronomicon: Duration increased from 50 to 60.
- Sange: Recipe cost increased from 500 to 700. Now grants Greater Maim.
- Heaven’s Halberd: Now grants Greater Maim.
- Yasha: Recipe cost increased from 500 to 700.
- Manta Style: Recipe cost lowered from 900 to 500.
Hero’s changes:
Broodmother
Spiderite bounty reduced from 16-21 gold and 20 exp to 3 gold and 3 xp.
Spiderling bounty reduced from 11-13 gold and 31 exp to 9 gold and 9 xp.
Spiderite armor reduced from 8 to 0.
Spiderling armor reduced from 8 to 0.
Spiderling damage reduced from 18-19 to 14-16.
Spawn Spiderling manacost reduced from 120 to 100.
Spawn Spiderling cooldown reduced from 10 to 11/10/9/8.
Ember Spirit
Flame Guard magical damage absorbed rescaled from 50/200/350/500 to 80/220/360/500.
Searing Chains duration rescaled from 1/2/2/3 to 1.5/2/2.5/3.
Searing Chains now does damage in 0.5 second intervals.
Searing Chains total damage rescaled from 80/120/240/300 to 90/160/230/300.
Mirana
Leap speed buff duration increased from 2 to 2.5.
Leap attack speed rescaled from 25/50/75/100 to 40/60/80/100.
Moonlight Shadow now grants 15% movement speed bonus while invisible.
- Monkey King: Primal Spring man cost reduced from 130/120/110/100 to 100
- Queen of Pain: Sonic Wave damage increased from 290/380/470 to 320/410/500. Sonic Wave Scepter damage increased from 325/440/555 to 370/480/590
- Enigma: Malefice stun duration rescaled from 0.25/0.5/0.75/1 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0. Malefice cool down rescaled from 15 to 18/17/16/15. Malefice man cost reduced from 110/130/150/160 to 100/120/140/160.
- Witch Doctor: Maledict cool down increased from 20 to 50/40/30/20.
- Weaver: Health regen increased from 1.5 to 2.5. The Swarm attack damage from 14/16/18/20 to 18/20/22/24.
- Venomancer: Poison Nova duration increased from 16 to 18 seconds.
- Ursa: Base armor increased by 2.
- Treant Protector: Leech Seed duration increased from 4.5 to 5.25.
- Tiny: Tree Grab area damage reduced from 100% to 30/40/50/60%.
- Slark: Base HP regen increased from 2.75 to 3.25. Shadow Dance move speed bonus increased from 30/35/40% to 30/40/50%.
- Alchemist: Chemical Rage Health regen increased from 40/48/56 to 40/55/70. Bounty Runes bonus gold increased from 2.5 to 3x.
- Axe: Battle Hunger manacost rescaled from 75 to 50/60/70/80. Base movement speed increased by 5.
- Batrider: Base strength increased by 3.
- Chen: Hand of God heal improved from 250/375/500 to 250/400/550.
- Crystal Maiden: Base armor increased by 1. Freezing Field attack speed slow increased from 30 to 60.
- Faceless Void: Chronosphere cooldown increased from 140/125/110 to 140/130/120.
- Invoker: Invoke manacost reduced from 60 to 40.
- Leshrac: Lightning Storm manacost increased from 75/90/105/120 to 80/100/120/140.
- Lycan: Summon Wolves health increased from 200/240/280/320 to 230/260/290/320. Summon Wolves damage increased from 17/28/37/46 to 26/34/42/50.
All these changes and more are available now with patch 7.14 when update your own game.