Patches/7.28a
7.28aReleased December 21, 2020

Dota 2 Patch 7.28a Notes

Every change in Dota 2 patch 7.28a, straight from Valve's official notes: 46 heroes, 0 items and 0 neutral items changed. Hero and item names link to their current stats.

▲ Increased▼ Decreased / removed◆ Reworked+ New

Heroes46

Alchemist1 change

Greevil's Greed

  • Stack duration reduced from 40 to 36

Arc Warden3 changes

  • Base strength reduced from 25 to 23

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent reduced from +250 Flux Cast Range to +200
  • Level 20 Talent reduced from +150 Spark Wraith Damage to +125

Axe1 change

Counter Helix

  • Shard attack speed increased from 20 to 25

Batrider1 change

  • Base movement speed increased from 290 to 295

Clinkz2 changes

Death Pact

  • Damage reduced from 4/9/14% to 4/8/12%

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent reduced from -10s Skeleton Walk Cooldown to -7

Enigma1 change

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent reduced from +10% Cooldown Reduction to +8%

Invoker1 change

Ice Wall

  • Shard increases wall length by 320 distance

Juggernaut3 changes

Swiftslash

  • Cooldown increased from 15 to 20
  • Cast range reduced from 650 to 600

Blade Fury

  • Shard attack damage now deals 75% damage instead of 100%

Keeper of the Light4 changes

Illuminate

  • Max damage increased from 200/300/400/500 to 225/325/425/525

Chakra Magic

  • Mana restore increased from 80/160/240/320 to 100/180/260/340

Solar Bind

  • Cooldown rescaled from 22/20/18/16 to 23/20/17/14

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent increased from -6s Blinding Light Cooldown to -8

Kunkka2 changes

Tidal Wave

  • Manacost reduced from 150 to 75
  • Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14

Legion Commander2 changes

Duel

  • Shard Overwhelming Odds strike interval changed from 1.5 to 2
  • Shard Overwhelming Odds first strike now happens immediately

Leshrac1 change

Nihilism

  • Scepter no longer causes you to take increased damage

Lifestealer4 changes

  • Base damage increased by 3

Ghoul Frenzy

  • Slow increased from 6/12/18/24% to 10/15/20/25%

Rage

  • Movement speed increased from 15% to 15/16/17/18%

Open Wounds

  • Shard manacost reduced from 125 to 75

Lion1 change

Mana Drain

  • Shard attack speed reduction increased from 90 to 120

Lone Druid1 change

Savage Roar

  • Shard duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds

Luna1 change

Lucent Beam

  • Shard stun duration increased from 1.1 to 1.2 seconds

Lycan1 change

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent reduced from 10% Cooldown Reduction to 8%

Mirana2 changes

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent reduced from -3.5s Arrow Cooldown to -3s
  • Level 20 Talent reduced from +10% Spell Amplification to +8%

Monkey King1 change

  • Shadow Tree Dance shard cooldown increased from 0.3 to 0.4

Nature's Prophet1 change

Wrath of Nature

  • Scepter duration from 3 seconds max to 3.4 (1.2 to 1.6 min)

Nyx Assassin2 changes

Impale

  • Manacost rescaled from 95/115/135/155 to 105/120/135/150

Vendetta

  • Manacost increased from 140/200/260 to 160/220/280

Ogre Magi2 changes

  • Base damage reduced by 3

Ignite

  • Manacost increased from 100 to 110

Omniknight1 change

Hammer of Purity

  • Shard base damage increased from 25 to 50

Outworld Devourer6 changes

  • Base movement speed increased from 310 to 315

Arcane Orb

  • Damage increased from 14% to 16%
  • Cooldown reduced from 6/4/2/0 to 4/3/2/0

Sanity's Eclipse

  • Radius increased from 375/475/575 to 400/500/600

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent increased from +6 Armor to +8
  • Level 25 Talent increased from +20% Spell Lifesteal to +30%

Phantom Assassin1 change

Phantom Strike

  • Attack speed reduced from 100/125/150/175 to 75/100/125/150

Phantom Lancer1 change

Spirit Lance

  • Shard illusion damage increased from +20% to +30%

Pudge1 change

Dismember

  • Shard now reduces cooldown by 7 always, instead of by half when used on allies

Riki1 change

  • Sleeping Dart cooldown reduced from 20 to 15

Rubick1 change

Arcane Supremacy

  • Cast range increased from 75/125/175/225 to 100/150/200/250

Shadow Shaman1 change

Shackles

  • Shard wards duration reduced from 8 to 7

Slark3 changes

  • Fish Bait shard manacost reduced from 100 to 50
  • Fish Bait shard cooldown reduced from 20 to 12
  • Fish Bait shard duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds

Snapfire1 change

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent increased from +15 Movement Speed to +20

Sniper1 change

Concussive Grenade

  • Shard now deals 125 damage

Spirit Breaker2 changes

  • Netherstrike shard no longer changes cast behavior
  • Netherstrike shard now gives 2 seconds of Spell Immunity after cast is successful

Terrorblade2 changes

Demon Zeal

  • Shard movement bonus increased from 25 to 50
  • Shard duration increased from 6 to 7

Timbersaw2 changes

Flamethrower

  • Shard dps increased from 75 to 90
  • Slow increased from 20% to 25%

Tinker2 changes

  • Defense Matrix shard damage shield increased from 200 to 275
  • Defense Matrix duration increased from 10 to 12 seconds

Tusk2 changes

  • Frozen Sigil movement speed increased from 310 to 340
  • Frozen Sigil shard movement speed slow increased from -20 to -30

Vengeful Spirit4 changes

  • Strength gain increased from 2.4 to 2.6

Wave of Terror

  • Damage increased from 60/80/100/120 to 70/90/110/130

Vengeance Aura

  • Damage increased from 8/16/24/32% to 11/18/25/32%

Nether Swap

  • Cooldown reduced from 60/45/30 to 50/40/30

Viper1 change

Poison Attack

  • Shard max stack increase from +2 to +3

Visage1 change

Silent as the Grave

  • Scepter upgrade no longer provides flying vision

Wraith King1 change

Mortal Strike

  • Damage reduced from 150/190/230/270 to 140/180/220/260

Zeus1 change

Static Field

  • Damage reduced from 6/8/10/12% to 4/6/8/10%

Source: official Dota 2 patch notes (dota2.com).