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Dota 2 patch 7.38b changes: Lifestealer, Abaddon and Dragon Knight nerfed, neutral items rebalanced

2025-03-04 19:56:00

Dota 2 developers released patch 7.38b, the first update to Wandering Waters patch. They nerfed and buffed multiple characters and the new Neutral items.Lifestealer, Abaddon, and Dragon Knight were significantly nerfed. The full patch log is available on the official website of the game.

Patch 7.38b general updates

Item grace period for swapping into the main inventory without a cooldown increased from 3s to 5s
Tormentor: Gold to each team member on death decreased from 250 to 175
Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Damage absorb increased from 1900 to 2100
Tormentor: Unyielding Shield: Base Barrier regeneration increased from 30 to 40
Lotuses can no longer be picked up by Meepo clones, Arc Warden's Tempest Double or Dazzle's Nothl Projection
Moved the spawn box of the Radiant Safelane tier 1 hard pull camp a little bit down, removing an inaccessible camp block spot that could be created by chopping down a tree
Removed several trees around camps, making it easier for additional paths to be cut through:
To the right of Dire Ancient camp by Safelane Tier 1 Tower
To the right of Dire Medium camp between mid and top Tier 2 Towers
To the top of Dire Hard camp nearest to mid Tier 1 Tower
To the top of the Dire Jungle high-ground Medium camp
To the right of the Dire offlane Tier 2 Tower Medium camp
To the right of the Radiant Hard Camp by mid tier 1
To the right and left of the Radiant Hard Camp by offlane Tier 1 Tower
To the left of the Radiant Safelane Tier 2 Tower Medium water camp

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Patch 7.38b bugfixes

Fixed Clinkz Burning Army skeletons being able to auto-cast Tar Bomb
Fixed Templar Assassin Hidden Reach effects being visible to enemies
Fixed Sven Level 10 Talent +10% Vanquisher Bonus Damage not working properly
Fixed Ability Draft loading screen being stuck during draft phase when there are fewer than 10 players in the lobby.
Drow Ranger Precision Aura from illusions no longer overrides her own bonus agility
Fixed Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Shatter Threshold flickering when clicking on an enemy affected by ice blast
Ability Draft: Doom: Devour: fixed player losing ability in first slot for the rest of the game after casting Devour
Ability Draft: Doom: Devour: fixed permanently gaining passive aura from neutral creep
Fixed Roshan Timer being broken when Templar Assassin Third Eye innate is active.
Fixed Mark for Sell items not being collected by the courier if the courier did not start in the fountain when ordering it to deliver
Fixed Mark for Sell items being returned to the hero if they were in the courier's inventory when delivering other items.
Refined the alt-click chat messages on the Roshan Timer to match other alt-click messages.
Refined alt-click chat messages on the Madstone indicator to better match other alt-click chat messages.
Fixed Drow Ranger with the Sidestep Facet not triggering Silencer Last Word when Multishot finishes
Fixed Viper Nosedive, which caused the caster model orientation to enter a bad state, allowing Rubick or any hero in Ability Draft to exploit this with certain abilities, causing them to remain permanently in the world.
Fixed Jakiro Liquid Fire not working in Ability Draft
Fixed Spell Lifesteal Amplification from Kaya (and it's combined items) not working

Patch 7.38 Wandering Waters came out on February 18. The developers overhauled the map, removed one tormentor and moved the roshpits to the centre of the map. New evolving creeps and streams with movement boosts were added. The neutral item system was changed, letting players build the secondary artifacts on their own.