DOTA 2: Gameplay Patch 7.29; All Item Changes You Need to Know About

DOTA2 is an ever-evolving game. Valve kept changing the game slightly through regular updates and balance patches from the very beginning. DOTA releases a major patch every year, and they spend the rest of the year balancing the released patch. Simultaneously, minor updates change the game throughout the year; However, significant patches cause the game to change significantly.

With each update, heroes and items change. And professional players create new metas from the ashes. That’s the beauty of the game. The smallest of the change can turn the game around, and that’s a specialty of the game. A hero that was superpowerful in the last patch can be useless after a small item change.

Updates bring changes, changes bring new metas, and new metas bring the true essence of DOTA. Adapt or die out. Here are all the recent item changes that came with patch 7.29.

TANGO

Shared tangos now expire after 40 seconds. Players can’t share tangoes during the Strategy Phase UI.

NECRONOMICON

Removed Item

SATANIC

1. Cooldown reduced from 35 to 25
2. Players can no longer dispel Unholy Rage
3. Unholy Rage now applies a basic dispel on cast

BATTLE FURY

1. Mana regen reduced from 3.25 to 2.75
2. Creep cleave damage reduced from 50% to 40%

METEOR HAMMER

1. Stun duration reduced from 1.75 to 1.5
2. Building damage per second increased from 50 to 60

ABYSSAL BLADE

1. It no longer has a blink effect.
2. Now a melee ability.
3. Recipe cost reduced from 1750 to 1550 (total cost is 300 cheaper with Vitality Booster cost reduction change)

TRANQUIL BOOTS

Movement speed reduced from 70 to 65

EUL’S SCEPTER OF DIVINITY

Cast range reduced from 575 to 550

WIND WAKER

Cast range reduced from 575 to 550

BOOTS OF TRAVEL

Movement speed reduced from 110 to 100

BOOTS OF TRAVEL 2

Movement speed reduced from 130 to 120

SWIFT BLINK

No longer ignores movement speed limit

AETHER LENS

Cast range bonus reduced from 250 to 225

OCTARINE CORE

Cast range bonus reduced from 250 to 225

SENTRY WARD

1. Cost reduced from 75 to 50
2. True Sight radius reduced from 1000 to 900

MANTA STYLE

1. Melee illusions incoming damage reduced from 350% to 300%
2. Ranged illusions incoming damage reduced from 400% to 300% (same as melee)
3. Cooldown for ranged heroes decreased from 45 to 30 (same as melee)

HELM OF IRON WILL

Armor increased from 5 to 6

ARMLET OF MORDIGGIAN

1. Armor increased from 5 to 6
2. Active health drain reduced from 50 to 40

ENERGY BOOSTER

Cost reduced from 900 to 800

VITALITY BOOSTER

Price reduced from 1100 to 1000

HEART OF TARRASQUE

Recipe cost increased from 900 to 1300

AETHER LENS

Recipe cost increased from 550 to 650

AEON DISK

Recipe cost increased from 1100 to 1200

BLACK KING BAR

1. Cooldown increased from 70 to 75
2. Duration rescaled from 10/9/8/7/6/5 to 9/8/7/6

CLARITY

Duration reduced from 30 to 25 (180 mana to 150)

BOTTLE

1. Cost increased from 625 to 675
2. Mana regen reduced from 75 to 65
3. HP regen reduced from 125 to 115

HEADDRESS

Now provides +0.5 HP regen to the holder

RING OF BASILIUS

1. Mana regen aura reduced from 1.4 to 1
2. Now provides +0.6 mana regen to the holder

BUCKLER

1. Now provides +1 armor to the holder
2. Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (matches the other early aura items)

PIPE OF INSIGHT

HP Regen aura increased from 2 to 2.5

MEKANSM

HP Regen aura increased from 2 to 2.5

VEIL OF DISCORD

Mana regen aura increased from 1.5 to 1.75

VLADMIR’S OFFERING

1. Mana regen aura increased from 1.4 to 1.75
2. Recipe cost reduced from 600 to 500 (total price reduced from 2750 to 2700)

FORCE STAFF

1. Ring of Regeneration replaced with Fluffy Hat (+150 Health instead of regen)
2. Recipe reduced from 1000 to 950 (overall cost increased from 2175 to 2200)

HURRICANE PIKE

1. Now has +200 Health instead of +2.5 HP Regen
2. Intelligence increased from 13 to 15

DIFFUSAL BLADE

1. Manabreak damage per mana burned increased from 80% to 100%
2. Manabreak on melee illusions reduced from 16 to 12
3. Agility increased from 20 to 24
4. Intelligence increased from 10 to 12

SOLAR CREST

1. Recipe changed to Medallion, Crown, Wind Lace and a 900 gold recipe (1150 cheaper)
2. Armor reduced from +8 to +6
3. All Stats reduced from +10 to +5
4. Shine active armor reduced from 8 to 6
5. Shine attack speed addition/removal reduced from 80 to 65

VANGUARD

Block chance increased from 50% to 60%

ABYSSAL BLADE

Block chance increased from 50% to 60%

CRIMSON GUARD

Block chance increased from 50% to 60%

SLIPPERS OF AGILITY

Cost reduced from 145 to 140

GAUNTLETS OF STRENGTH

Cost reduced from 145 to 140

MANTLE OF INTELLIGENCE

Cost reduced from 145 to 140

BRACER

HP regen increased from 0.75 to 1

SANGE AND YASHA

Attack speed reduced from 16 to 12

YASHA AND KAYA

Attack speed reduced from 16 to 12

KAYA

Mana regen amp increased from +24% to +50%

KAYA AND SANGE

Mana regen amp increased from +30% to +50%

YASHA AND KAYA

Mana regen amp increased from +30% to +50%

DRAGON LANCE

Agility increased from 14 to 16

MEKANSM

Mana cost reduced from 200 to 100

MAGE SLAYER

Recipe cost reduced from 600 to 400

BLADE MAIL

Recipe cost reduced from 675 to 575

ECHO SABRE

Strength increased from 12 to 15

HELM OF THE DOMINATOR

1. Bounty reduced from 200 to 100
2. Creep movement speed reduced from 425 to 380 (affects the upgrade as well)

HELM OF THE OVERLORD

1. Helm of the Dominator 2 is now renamed as Helm of the Overlord
2. Added to the shop UI as an independent item
3. Can now dominate up to two units (150 bounties each)

SHADOW BLADE

Cooldown reduced from 28 to 25

SILVER EDGE

1. Mana regen increased from 3 to 4
2. Intelligence bonus increased from 10 to 15

DIVINE RAPIER

1. No longer provides True Strike
2. Damage increased from 300 to 350

MONKEY KING BAR

Proc chance increased from 75% to 80%

MJOLLNIR

1. Chain Lightning damage increased from 170 to 180
2. Static Charge damage increased from 200 to 225

SOUL RING

Recipe cost reduced from 275 to 225

QUELLING BLADE

Bonus damage reduced from 13 to 12

WITCH BLADE

Poison attack now has True Strike

SHIVA’S GUARD

Cooldown reduced from 30 to 27

URN OF SHADOWS

Mana regen reduced from 1.5 to 1.4

SCYTHE OF VYSE

Cooldown reduced from 22 to 20

TALISMAN OF EVASION

Cost decreased from 1400 to 1300

VEIL OF DISCORD

1. Cast range increased from 1000 to 1200
2. Cooldown reduced from 25 to 22

HOLY LOCKET

Passive charge regeneration time reduced from 15 to 10 seconds

INFUSED RAINDROPS

The minimum damage threshold increased from 50 to 75

WIND WAKER

Cooldown reduced from 23 to 18

DAGON

1. Cast range increased from 600/650/700/750/800 to 700/750/800/850/900
2. Recipe cost reduced from 1300 to 1250

ROD OF ATOS

Projectile speed increased from 1500 to 1750

GLEIPNIR

Projectile speed increased from 1500 to 1750

BLOODTHORN

Recipe cost reduced from 1000 to 800

ENCHANTED MANGO

It can now be sold

SMOKE OF DECEIT

Now dispelled by the fountain

Last but not least; Here are all the Neutral Item updates:

ROYAL JELLY

Removed Item

BROOM HANDLE

Damage increased from +12 to +14

OCEAN HEART

River HP/MP regen risen from 8/4 to 10/5

CHIPPED VEST

1. Health regen increased from 3.5 to 5
2. Return damage increased from 28/17 to 30/20

TRUSTY SHOVEL

Now drops an Enchanted Mango instead of a TP Scroll

IMP CLAW

Damage increased from +24 to +26

PHILOSOPHER’S STONE

GPM increased from +70 to +80

PUPIL’S GIFT

Secondary Attributes increased from +13 to +14

GROVE BOW

Magic resistance reduction increased from 12% to 15%

BULLWHIP

1. Movement Speed change reduced from 20% to 18%
2. Cooldown reduced from 12 to 11
3. Mana regen reduced from 3 to 2.5

QUICKSILVER AMULET

1. Passive movement speed decreased from 5% to 4%
2. Active movement speed reduced from 5% to 4%
3. Active attack speed increased from 15 to 20
4. Projectile and Attack Animation increased from 30% to 40%

MIND BREAKER

1. Silence duration increased from 1.5 to 1.75
2. Cooldown reduced from 15 to 12

PSYCHIC HEADBAND

Intelligence bonus increased from +12% to +16%

ELVEN TUNIC

Movement speed reduced from 8% to 7%

SPIDER LEGS

Active movement speed reduced from +24% to +22%

PALADIN SWORD

Now provides +8% Spell Lifesteal

TELESCOPE

Attack and Cast Range reduced from 135 to 125

ILLUSIONIST’S CAPE

Illusion bonus damage reduced from 8% to 6%

SPELL PRISM

All stats reduced from +12 to +6

FLICKER

1. Movement speed reduced from 40 to 35
2. Now always goes in a random forward direction with an arbitrary distance between 200 and 600

THE LEVELLER

1. Now grants +5 Armor
2. Attack speed reduced from 60 to 50

NINJA GEAR

1. Movement speed reduced from +30 to +25
2. Agility increased from 20 to 24

TRICKSTER CLOAK

1. No longer interrupts channeling abilities
2. Active can now be dispelled
3. Invisibility now provides phased movement
4. Now has a 0.2 second fade time

PENTA-EDGED SWORD

1. Melee attack range increased from +80 to +100
2. Maim chance increased from 20% to 25%

EX MACHINA

Cooldown reduced from 30 to 25

FORCE BOOTS

Now also provides +30 HP Regen

SEER STONE

1. Cooldown of Reveal reduced from 70 to 60
2. Reveal now grants True Sight at the destination
3. Duration of Reveal increased from 5 to 6

BOOK OF THE DEAD

1. Cooldown reduced from 90 to 80
2. Units damage increased from +50% to +75%

BOOK OF SHADOWS

Cooldown reduced from 15 to 8

That’s all the changes, updates, and removals that came with this patch. The balancing patches are on the way, and we’re still going to see some changes in the next few weeks before this patch gets stable.