DotA 2: Update 7.31b Patch Notes, What’s New?

On PC, Dota 2 update 7.31b (hotfix) has been released (Steam). The current version contains various fixes and hero balancing, according to the official Dota 2 patch notes.

Previously, a large update brought plenty of bug fixes and enhancements to the game’s quality of life. Unfortunately, many users continue to have problems while playing the game. A couple of these flaws will be addressed in Dota 2 patch 7.31b, which was released today.

Update 7.31b Patch Notes

GENERAL

• Mana cost reduction now stacks diminishingly

NEUTRAL ITEMS

• Brigand’s Blade: Bonus Damage per missing HP is now physical instead of magical

ITEMS

• Boots of Bearing: Endurance unslowable duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s
• Orchid Malevolence: Now requires a 300 gold recipe (Bloodthorn total cost also increased by 300)

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HEROES 7.31b

BATRIDER

• Sticky Napalm Shard now has a 50% chance of applying Sticky Napalm on attack

• Flaming Lasso Mana Cost decreased from 175/200/225 to 150/175/200

• Movement Speed increased from 300 to 310

• Level 15 talent +25 Movement Speed reduced to +20

HUSKAR

• Agility reduced from 13 + 1.6 to 10 + 1.5

• Inner Fire Cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11 to 17/15/13/11

• Level 15 Talent +5 Burning Spears DPS reduced to +4

LINA

• Agility Growth increased from 2.1 to 2.4

• Intelligence Growth increased from 3.7 to 3.8

• Light Strike Array Damage increased from 80/130/180/230 to 100/150/200/250

• Laguna blade mana cost reduced from 250/400/550 to 150/300/450

LONE DRUID

• Spirit Link attack speed bonus decreased from 16/34/52/70 to 16/32/48/64

• Spirit Link Shared Armor reduced from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%

• Level 15 talent -10s Savage Roar Cooldown decreased to -8s

LYCAN

• Summon Wolves damage reduced from 24-28/32-36/40-44/48-52 to 17-20/23-26/29-32/35-38

• Summon Wolves Shard wolf damage reduced from 48-52 to 35-38

MEEPO

• Agility Growth decreased from 2.4 to 2.2

• Level 10 Talent +6 Strength no longer applies twice to Clones

MORPHLING

• Base Move Speed increased from 280 to 285

• Turn Rate improved from 0.6 to 0.7

NAGA SIREN

• Rip Tide hit threshold increased from 5 to 6

  • Rip Tide now triggers on Naga and all of her illusions every 6 attacks from Naga and her illusions combined (enemies hit by multiple rip tides only receive 1 instance of damage)

  • Damage decreased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/45/50/55

• Level 10 Talent +20 Rip Tide Damage increased to +30

PUCK

• Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5

• Turn Rate increased from 0.8 to 0.9

• Waning Rift Max Distance increased from 300 to 400

PUDGE

• Flesh Heap is no longer Dispellable

  • Cooldown decreased from 30/25/20/15 to 20/18/16/14

  • Duration rescaled from 7 to 5/6/7/8

  • Mana cost decreased from 50 to 35/40/45/50

• Level 25 Talent +1.5 Flesh Heap Stack Str replaced with 1.6x Flesh Heap Stack Str and Damage Block bonuses

RIKIMARU

• Blink Strike mana cost increased from 50 to 50/55/60/65

• Base Move Speed reduced from 320 to 315

• Sleeping Dart Shard Sleep duration reduced from 4s to 3s

STORM SPIRIT

• Electric Vortex Cooldown reduced from 22/20/18/16s to 20/18/16/14s

TERRORBLADE

• Metamorphosis cooldown reduced from 155s to 150s

• Reflection radius increased from 475 to 500

• Conjure Image Illusion Damage taken reduced from 320% to 300%

TINY

• Grow bonus armor reduced from 12/18/24 to 10/15/20

• Grow Tree Bonus Damage decreased from 50% to 40/45/50%

• Level 15 talent decreased from +50% Grow Bonus Damage With Tree to +40%

UNDYING

• Tombstone Zombie Damage reduced from 44-48 to 33-36

TECHIES

• Blast Off! now deals self damage based on Techies’ current HP, rather than max HP

• Blast Off! self damage decreased from 50/45/40/35% to 35/30/25/20%

• Blast Off! enemy damage decreased from 275/350/425/500 to 200/300/400/500

• Blast Off! cooldown decreased from 45/40/35/30 to 39/36/33/30

• Sticky Bomb explosion now slows enemies within the explosion radius by 15/25/35/45% for 2 seconds

• Level 20 talent +100 Sticky Bomb Damage replaced with +125 Sticky Bomb Latch/Explosion Radius

• Reactive Tazer Disarm duration rescaled from 3 to 2.4/2.7/3.0/3.3s

ZEUS

• Heavenly Jump now deals 20/50/75/100 damage

• Heavenly Jump now grants vision before applying the slow/damage

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