Dota 2 patch 7.33c details: Medusa, Alchemist, Underlord nerfed, Invoker, Earthshaker, Chaos Knight buffed, and other changes

Valve released patch 7.33c for Dota 2 ahead of DPC 2023 Summer Tour. The developers buffed some heroes who fell out of meta, and nerfed outliers such as Medusa, Doom, Phantom Lancer, Alchemist, Keeper of the Light, along with many others. There's also a change to the way matchmaking works. The complete list of the adjustments is available on the official Dota 2 website.

Some changes of patch 7.33c

Ranked matchmaking

• Raised the minimum MMR to be eligible for Immortal Draft from 5620 to 6500.*
• Modified the MMR gained and lost from matches when teams have varying skill to better approximate the expected chance each team has of winning. Games where the teams aren't equal in rating now credit the lower-rated team with a better chance of victory and the results for players with high rank confidence will be closer to +/-25 MMR.

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HEROES

ALCHEMIST

• Base Movement Speed decreased from 300 to 295

UNSTABLE CONCOCTION

• Cooldown increased from 13s to 15s

GREEVIL'S GREED

• Base Bonus Gold decreased from +3 to +2
• Extra Bonus Gold decreased from +3 to +2

CHEMICAL RAGE

• Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 40/50/60 to 20/40/60

TALENTS

• Level 15 Talent Damage per Greevil's Greed stack decreased from +3 to +2

INVOKER

• Base Strength increased from 18 to 19

COLD SNAP

• Duration decreased from 3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.5s to 3/3.4/3.8/4.2/4.6/5.0/5.4/5.8s
• Freeze Duration increased from 0.3s to 0.4s

TORNADO

• Travel Distance increased from 800/1200/1600/2000/2400/2800/3200/3600 to 1500/1800/2100/2400/2700/3000/3300/3600

E.M.P.

• Aghanim's Shard Pull Speed increased from 100 to 175

CHAOS METEOR

• Contact Damage increased from 52/71/90/109/128/147/166/185 to 55/80/105/130/155/180/205/220
• Burn Damage per second increased from 10/14/18/22/26/30/34/38 to 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45

KEEPER OF THE LIGHT

BLINDING LIGHT

• Damage decreased from 100/140/180/220 to 85/130/175/220
• Radius decreased from 500 to 425/450/475/500
• Cast Range rescaled from 500/550/600/650 to 400/500/600/700
• Cooldown increased from 22/20/18/16s to 25/22/19/16s

TALENTS

• Level 15 Talent Chakra Magic Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s

MEDUSA

MYSTIC SNAKE

• Cooldown increased from 10s to 13/12/11/10s

MANA SHIELD

• Level 2 now can be learned on level 1 instead of level 3
• Damage per Mana decreased from 2/2.5/3/3.5/4 to 2/2.4/2.8/3.2/3.6
• Bonus Mana decreased from 200/225/250/275/300 to 0/50/100/150/200

UNDERLORD

FIEND'S GATE

• Mana Cost increased from 100 to 200

TALENTS

• Level 10 Talent Firestorm Radius decreased from +100 to +75
• Level 15 Talent Firestorm Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s

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ITEMS

CRIMSON GUARD

• Recipe cost increased from 925 to 1050. Total cost increased from 3600 to 3725
• Guard now costs 75 mana to activate

PIPE OF INSIGHT

• Health Regen bonus decreased from 8.5 to 6
• Magic Resistance bonus decreased from 25% to 20%
• Barrier Mana Cost increased from 100 to 150

VANGUARD

• Health Regen bonus decreased from +5.5 to +4.75
• Damage Block (Melee heroes) decreased from 64 to 56
• Damage Block (Ranged heroes) decreased from 32 to 28

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