This changelog provides a consolidated technical overview of the DotA 6.72d and 6.72e updates. These patches were pivotal in refining hero balance and addressing critical engine-level interactions that defined the competitive landscape of the era.
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DotA 6.72e
- Fixed a major bug with Firefly whenever there were no observers in the game.
DotA 6.72d
The 6.72d update introduced significant mechanical shifts, particularly regarding damage mitigation and hero scaling.
Hero Balance Changes
- Axe: Base HP regeneration increased from 1 to 1.25.
- Bane Elemental: Enfeeble manacost rescaled from 125 to 95/105/115/125.
- Bristleback: Quill Spray is no longer blocked by Vanguard, Stout Shield, etc.
- Centaur Warchief: Return base damage increased from 10 to 16.
- Drow Ranger: Frost Arrows no longer reduce attack speed; movement speed reduction rescaled from 10/20/30/40 to 11/24/37/50.
- Krobelus: Armor increased by 1.
- Kunkka: Base Intelligence increased from 16 to 18; Ghost Ship cooldown now scales from 90 to 90/80/70.
- Lina Inverse: Fiery Soul movement bonus increased from 2/3/4/5% to 3/4/5/6%.
- Lone Druid: Spirit Bear can no longer use Return if it has taken damage from a player unit in the last 3 seconds.
- Lycanthrope: Feral Impulse AoE reduced from global to 900; Shapeshift base attack rate changed to 1.5 (a nerf); Wolves HP reduced from 400/475/550/625 to 400/450/500/550.
- Naga Siren: Song of the Siren duration increased from 6 to 7 seconds; Rip Tide cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.
- Phoenix: Sun Ray damage increased from 4% to 6%; Fire Spirits sub ability now launches all spirits at once; Fire Spirits min/max numbers rebalanced.
- Pit Lord: Armor reduced by 1.
- Rooftrellen: Strength growth reduced from 27 + 3.4 to 25 + 2.8; Overgrowth cooldown increased from 100/95/90 to 115/105/95.
- Shadow Demon: Disruption cast range decreased from 700 to 600.
- Shadow Priest: Shadow Wave now prioritizes healing the caster first, preventing erratic bounce behavior.
- Spiritbreaker: Strength growth decreased from 2.8 to 2.4; Movement speed decreased from 295 to 290; Charge of Darkness stun duration decreased from 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6 to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4 seconds; Nether Strike now hits a Greater Bash based on current level.
- Storm Spirit: Base Strength increased by 2.
- Tuskarr: Warlus Punch normal critical strike restored from 2.25 to 2.5x.
Item Adjustments
- Cranium Basher: Recipe cost reduced from 1150 to 1000.
- Khadgar's Pipe of Insight: HP regeneration updated to match component total (10 to 11).
Global Mechanics and Neutral Creeps
- Undid melee hero collision change from 6.72c.
- Runes now destroyed by a single attack.
- Rescaled Neutral Auras to the standard 900 AoE.
- Harpy Storm's Chain Lightning manacost reduced from 120 to 90 and cooldown from 9 to 6.
- Enraged Wildkin's Tornado no longer wanders automatically.
- Forest Troll High Priest's Heal cast range increased from 250 to 350.
- Restored Phantom Lancer's legacy Quelling Blade attack animation.
- Circle of Power's Freeze Hero hotkey remapped to prevent revive conflicts.
- Chain Frost recoded to trigger jump on projectile impact; speed adjusted (487503).
Bug Fixes
The following fixes addressed specific edge cases in game logic:
- Fixed tower targeting logic regarding Batrider.
- Resolved vision bugs during Skeleton King reincarnation.
- Fixed interaction issues with The Swarm on invisible units and hero attachments.
- Corrected rare Borrowed Time double-cast and Shackle/Illuminate interaction bugs.
- Fixed Morph Replicate infinite teleport exploit.
- Resolved Spell Steal projectile timing during death.
- Fixed incorrect icons for Mana Void and Bloodrage.
- Fixed Hand of Midas interaction with Mud Golems.
- Fixed Goblin's Greed texttag display issues.
- Fixed Focus Fire attack speed inconsistencies.
- Fixed temporary vision bugs after Aegis respawn for Faceless Void, Magina, and Dragon Knight.
- Fixed Charge of Darkness/Aegis interaction and Snowball visual direction.
- Fixed Devour exploit against Infested Naix.
- Fixed Culling Blade and Ice Blast interaction with Ethereal units.
- Fixed Spell Steal cooldown display on scoreboard.
- Fixed Meepo buyback mana restoration for clones (484729).
- Fixed Static Remnant triggering on Spin Web (484157).
- Fixed various -swap exploits and Anchor Smash debuff duration issues.