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Patch 7.41a

Mar 28, 2026 · 152 days ago · 2d after older patch · 10d duration

Headline: Significant hero rebalancing and item effectiveness adjustments TL;DR: This patch rebalances the meta by nerfing top-tier heroes and neutral items while providing targeted buffs to underperforming carries. Items: - Magic resistance and speed bonuses reduced for select items - Neutral items Base Attack Time reduction bonuses significantly weakened Heroes: - Anti-Mage, Juggernaut, and Windranger received efficiency and damage buffs - Lifestealer, Alchemist, and Wraith King suffered significant nerfs to stats and scaling - Legion Commander armor passive removed, impacting early game trading - Meepo clones buffed with full evasion but restricted from using bottles - Kez base damage and buff durations improved for better scaling - Techies mine damage and AoE effectiveness reduced

37 Heros 1 Item 2 Neutrals

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Role Meta

Top picked heroes by role for Pub 7000+ matches. Hover changed heroes for patch notes.

Carry

Carry

Top 5 picked heroes

Slark

PR 15.3% +2.4% WR 54.4% -0.6%

Lifestealer

PR 15.0% -8.0% WR 51.6% -4.3%

Alchemist

PR 12.1% +5.2% WR 51.7% -1.2%

Luna

PR 10.1% -0.6% WR 49.5% -0.1%

Monkey King

PR 9.3% +5.7% WR 49.6% -3.1%

Mid

Mid

Top 5 picked heroes

Queen of Pain

PR 14.4% +1.4% WR 51.8% +0.8%

Invoker

PR 12.7% -3.1% WR 46.5% -0.6%

Ember Spirit

PR 10.3% +3.2% WR 52.0% -0.4%

Void Spirit

PR 9.6% +0.7% WR 49.8% -1.9%

Storm Spirit

PR 8.4% ±0.0% WR 49.0% -0.4%

Offlane

Offlane

Top 5 picked heroes

Tidehunter

PR 16.8% +6.3% WR 53.1% +1.5%

Doom

PR 14.2% -1.9% WR 53.5% -2.0%

Mars

PR 11.2% -1.1% WR 44.3% -0.9%

Legion Commander

Legion Commander 3

PR 9.8% -3.5% WR 49.7% -3.1%

Night Stalker

PR 9.4% -1.0% WR 53.0% -1.6%

Support

Support

Top 5 picked heroes

Rubick

PR 17.0% +3.0% WR 52.9% +0.2%

Spirit Breaker

Spirit Breaker 1

PR 13.9% +3.1% WR 51.7% +0.1%

Pudge

PR 11.5% ±0.0% WR 46.5% ±0.0%

Lion

PR 7.7% +0.8% WR 50.4% +0.8%

Venomancer

PR 6.8% -1.5% WR 47.3% -1.2%

Hard Support

Hard Support

Top 5 picked heroes

Lion

PR 12.0% +0.8% WR 48.9% -1.1%

Lich

PR 9.8% -2.0% WR 51.4% ±0.0%

Shadow Shaman

PR 9.7% -0.9% WR 51.9% -0.4%

Venomancer

PR 9.7% -0.3% WR 48.7% +0.1%

Pudge

PR 8.8% ±0.0% WR 47.0% -0.8%

Section

Overview

Quick icon overview for heroes, items and neutral items touched in patch 7.41a.

Pub 7000+ rates

Hero Changes 37

Morphling

+5.1

Meepo

+4.7

Tinker

+4.4

Windranger

+3.9

Kez

+3.6

Timbersaw

+3.3

Juggernaut

+3.2

Anti-Mage

+3.1

Tiny

+2.9

Chaos Knight

+2.0

Spectre

+2.0

Death Prophet

+1.8

Muerta

+1.8

Tidehunter

+1.7

Chen

+1.6

Clockwerk

+1.1

Primal Beast

+1.0

Mirana

+0.9

Ancient Apparition

+0.8

Centaur Warrunner

+0.6

Techies

-0.2

Invoker

-0.6

Slark

-0.7

Pangolier

-0.7

Oracle

-0.9

-1.0

Spirit Breaker

-1.0

Alchemist

-1.4

Void Spirit

-1.5

Doom

-2.1

Legion Commander

-2.6

Puck

-3.5

Bloodseeker

-3.7

Phantom Lancer

-3.8

Lifestealer

-4.1

Wraith King

-4.5

Leshrac

-8.4

Item Changes 1

Consecrated Wraps

3

Neutral Item Changes 1

Crude

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Full changelog cards

Expanded view with notes visible without hovering. Hero cards include current mode rates where available.

Buffs 40 Nerfs 42 Changes 4 Review 1

Heroes

37 changed

Wraith King

PR 9.3% WR 48.8% WR Δ -4.5%

6

Base stats 2

Base Attack Time worsened from 1.7s to 1.8s

Intelligence gain decreased from 1.6 to 1.4

Talent 2

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +300

Level 15 Talent Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration decreased from +1s to +0.75s

Skeleton King Bone Guard

Skeleton Duration decreased from 46s to 40s

Skeleton King Mortal Strike

Cooldown rescaled from 6/5.5/5/4.5s to 5s

Lifestealer

PR 15.3% WR 51.4% WR Δ -4.1%

5

Base stats 2

Base Damage decreased by 3

Damage on level 1 decreased from 49–55 to 46–52

Life Stealer Ghoul Frenzy

Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 5 per level to 4 per level

Life Stealer Rage

Movespeed Bonus decreased from 9/12/15/18% to 6/9/12/15%

Life Stealer Feast

Max HP per Hero Kill decreased from 10/15/20/25 to 10

Windranger

PR 7.8% WR 47.6% WR Δ +3.9%

5

Base stats 2

Base Agility increased from 17 to 20

Damage on level 1 increased from 47–59 to 49–61

Windrunner Tailwind 2

Duration increased from 2s to 2.5s

Aghanim's Scepter bonus is still +1s, so it's increased to 3.5s

Windrunner Focusfire

Cooldown decreased from 70/50/30s to 50/40/30s

Techies

PR 8.9% WR 52.8% WR Δ -0.2%

4

Talent

Level 10 Talent Proximity Mines Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2s

Techies Land Mines 3

Damage decreased from 450/575/750 to 400/550/700

Portion of damage dealt on the edge of AoE decreased from 60% to 50%

Minimum Damage decreased from 240/345/450 to 200/225/350

Alchemist

PR 17.9% WR 51.0% WR Δ -1.4%

3

Base stats

Base movement speed decreased from 295 to 290

Alchemist Goblins Greed 2

Max Bonus Gold Per Kill decreased from 18 to 16

Bonus Damage per Scepter decreased from +25 to +15

Anti-Mage

PR 6.8% WR 48.3% WR Δ +3.1%

3

Base stats 2

Base Movement Speed increased from 310 to 315

Base Health Regen increased by 0.5

Antimage Mana Break

Mana Burned As Damage increased from 50% to 60%

Clockwerk

PR 3.1% WR 48.7% WR Δ +1.1%

3

Talent 2

Level 15 Talent Battery Assault Damage increased from +24 to +25

Level 20 Talent Power Cogs Mana Burn increased from +70 to +80

Rattletrap Power Cogs

Mana Burn increased from 35/75/115/155 to 40/80/120/160

Invoker

PR 18.6% WR 47.2% WR Δ -0.6%

3

Base stats 2

Base Intelligence increased from 20 to 22

Damage on level 1 increased from 39–45 to 41–47

Talent

Level 10 Talent Tornado Cooldown Reduction increased from 4s to 5s

Legion Commander

Legion Commander

PR 10.9% WR 49.5% WR Δ -2.6%

3

Talent 2

Level 20 Talent Duel Duration decreased from +1s to +0.75s

Level 25 Talent Moment of Courage Lifesteal increased from +75% to +100%

Legion Commander Outfight Them

No longer grants a passive armor bonus before casting abilities

Slark

PR 17.5% WR 53.9% WR Δ -0.7%

3

Talent 2

Level 20 Talent +1 Agility gain/stolen per Essence Shift Stack replaced with +25s Essence Shift Duration

Level 25 Talent +35s Essence Shift Duration replaced with +1 Agility gain/stolen per Essence Shift Stack

Slark Shadow Dance

Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 24/36/48% to 20/30/40%

Spectre

PR 4.9% WR 52.9% WR Δ +2.0%

3

Talent 2

Level 20 Talent Health decreased from +325 to +300

Level 25 Talent Dispersion decreased from +5% to +4%

Spectre Spectral Dagger

Damage rescaled from 70/120/170/220 to 80/120/160/200

Timbersaw

PR 4.1% WR 43.0% WR Δ +3.3%

3

Shredder Exposure Therapy

Mana Restore increased from 3.75 + 0.25 per level to 4 + 0.5 per level

Shredder Chakram 2

Mana Cost decreased from 100/140/180 to 90/120/150

Mana Cost per second decreased from 14/22/30 to 10/15/20

Tiny

PR 12.3% WR 46.6% WR Δ +2.9%

3

Tiny Tree Grab

Number of Attacks increased from 4/5/6/7 to 5/6/7/8

Tiny Grow 2

Bonus Damage increased from 55/110/165 to 60/120/180

Movement Speed Bonus increased from 10/15/20 to 10/20/30

Bloodseeker

PR 3.0% WR 51.9% WR Δ -3.7%

2

Bloodseeker Bloodrage 2

Attack Speed decreased from 60/90/120/150 to 55/80/105/130

Aghanim's Shard target's max health as damage decreased from 2% to 1.5%

Chaos Knight

PR 1.7% WR 48.1% WR Δ +2.0%

2

Base stats 2

Base Damage increased by 3

Damage on level 1 increased from 53–73 to 56–76

Chen

PR 1.1% WR 47.0% WR Δ +1.6%

2

Talent

Level 15 Talent Penitence Slow increased from +14% to +15%

Chen Penitence

Damage increased from 50/75/100/125 to 50/100/150/200

Doom

PR 18.0% WR 52.8% WR Δ -2.1%

2

Base stats

Base Armor decreased by 1

Doom Bringer Lvl Pain

Curse Damage decreased from 15% to 10%

PR 4.0% WR 51.6% WR Δ -1.0%

2

Talent

Level 25 Talent Attack Tethered Ally's Target Damage decreased from 75% to 50%

Wisp Equilibrium

Max Damage Amp and Max Heal Amplification decreased from 5 + 0.5% per level to 4 + 0.4% per level

Juggernaut

PR 7.0% WR 48.4% WR Δ +3.2%

2

Juggernaut Blade Fury

Cooldown decreased from 36/30/24/18s to 30/26/22/18s

Juggernaut Blade Dance

Critical Damage increased from 130/150/170/190% to 140/160/180/200%

Kez

PR 5.4% WR 48.3% WR Δ +3.6%

2

Kez Raptor Dance

Base Damage increased from 30/60/90 to 40/70/100

Kez Ravens Veil

Buff Duration increased from 7/8/9s to 8/10/12s

Leshrac

PR 7.0% WR 47.8% WR Δ -8.4%

2

Base stats

Strength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.5

Leshrac Diabolic Edict

Damage per explosion decreased from 10/18/26/34 to 9/16/23/30

Meepo

PR 6.5% WR 59.4% WR Δ +4.7%

2

Meepo Divided We Stand 2

Evasion no longer diminishes when shared between Meepos and has full strength on each

Clones can no longer copy Bottle

Mirana

PR 6.1% WR 48.0% WR Δ +0.9%

2

Talent

Level 20 Talent Celestial Quiver Damage increased from +35 to +40

Mirana Celestial Quiver

Bonus Damage changed from 3 per level to 5 + 3 per level

Muerta

PR 7.2% WR 47.7% WR Δ +1.8%

2

Muerta The Calling

Cooldown decreased from 30s to 30/28/26/24s

Muerta Pierce The Veil

Base Damage Bonus rescaled from 75% to 70/85/100%

Phantom Lancer

PR 5.7% WR 52.6% WR Δ -3.8%

2

Talent

Level 10 Talent Spirit Lance Slow Duration decreased from +1.25s to +1s

Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance

Slow Duration decreased from 3.75s to 3s

Ancient Apparition

Ancient Apparition

PR 6.3% WR 48.8% WR Δ +0.8%

1

Ancient Apparition Bone Chill

Base Strength Reduction increased from 0.1 to 0.2

Centaur Warrunner

Centaur Warrunner

PR 3.7% WR 47.5% WR Δ +0.6%

1

Centaur Horsepower

Strength as Bonus Movement Speed increased from 30% to 40%

Death Prophet

PR 4.0% WR 47.9% WR Δ +1.8%

1

Death Prophet Spirit Siphon

Mana Cost decreased from 80 to 60

Morphling

PR 6.8% WR 46.7% WR Δ +5.1%

1

Base stats

Agility gain increased from 3.9 to 4.2

Oracle

PR 4.8% WR 51.5% WR Δ -0.9%

1

Oracle Fortunes End

Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 80

Pangolier

PR 14.8% WR 51.1% WR Δ -0.7%

1

Pangolier Gyroshell

Cooldown increased from 90/85/80s to 100/90/80s

Primal Beast

PR 5.3% WR 52.5% WR Δ +1.0%

1

Primal Beast Colossal

Now slightly grows in size when crossing an HP threshold

Puck

PR 7.3% WR 48.0% WR Δ -3.5%

1

Puck Illusory Orb

Impact Damage decreased from 75/150/225/300 to 70/140/210/280

Spirit Breaker

PR 20.3% WR 50.1% WR Δ -1.0%

1

Spirit Breaker Greater Bash

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade unit collision radius no longer affected by Area of Effect bonuses

Tidehunter

PR 17.4% WR 53.0% WR Δ +1.7%

1

Base stats

Fish spawn launch distance decreased from 400 to 200

Tinker

PR 3.5% WR 44.6% WR Δ +4.4%

1

Tinker Deploy Turrets

Tinker Knockback increased from 350 to 400

Void Spirit

PR 11.8% WR 49.3% WR Δ -1.5%

1

Base stats

Base Mana Regen decreased by 0.6

Items and neutrals

2 changed

Consecrated Wraps

Consecrated Wraps

Item

3

Magic Resistance bonus decreased from +15% to +12%

Hallowed movement speed on stack gain decreased from 20% to 15%

Hallowed barrier and movement speed duration decreased from 7s to 5s

Crude

Crude

Neutral item

1

Base Attack Time Reduction bonus worsened from 8/12/16% to 6/9/12%