Dota 6.88

Getdota 6.88 map update and changelog – 6.88 Gameplay Update

Items

Armlet of Mordiggian

Recipe cost increased from 500 to 550

Bloodthorn

Critical Strike multiplier increased from 1.35 to 1.45

Butterfly

Agility increased from 30 to 35

Crimson Guard

Cooldown reduced from 50 to 46

Dragon Lance

Strength and Agility reduced from 15 to 14
Attack Range bonus increased from 130 to 140

Hurricane Pike

Attack Range bonus increased from 130 to 140
Active now grants 100 Attack Speed for the 4 attacks it provides on the target

Rod of Atos

Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10

Smoke of Deceit

Now has a 1 second cooldown on use (to prevent accidental usage)

Shortly after OG took their second Major victory, Valve has released the 6.88 patch, featuring limited nerfs and multiple buffs for the under utilized heroes.
Smaller in scale compared to the previous patches, the 6.88 patch has brought about some nerfs to popular heroes and multiple buffs to the lesser picked ones. Item changes in this patch center around cooldown reductions and a redistribution of stats, most notably the extra five agility points granted by a Butterfly (35 agility given, up from 30).
Unsurprisingly, popular heroes leading up to the Manila Major and at the Major itself received either nerfs or no changes. Death Prophet, with a 60% win rate at the Manila Major, has had her Spirit Siphon – a popular first skill to max – base drain damage reduced by nine points, from 25 to 16. Bounty Hunter, holding a 59% win rate and the most banned record at the Manila Major, also faced a similar fate, having the self-gold given by Track reduced from 170/260/350 to 150/250/350.
On the other end of the spectrum, under-utilized heroes such as Phantom Assassin and Outworld Devourer have received buffs. Phantom Strike is now able to target spell immune heroes and Essence Aura’s mana bonus increased from 75/150/225/300 to 125/200/275/350.
With the patch notes in mind, the current meta is not expected to shift too much, therefore, it is unlikely that the patch heavily favors any team.

Heroes

Abaddon

Mist Coil cast point reduced from 0.452 to 0.35

Anti-Mage

Mana Void ministun duration increased from 0.15 to 0.3

Arc Warden

Flux cooldown reduced from 20 to 18
Tempest Double duration increased from 12/13/14 to 12/14/16
Tempest Double cooldown reduced from 50/40/30 to 40/35/30

Bane

Brain Sap cooldown reduced from 14 to 14/13/12/11

Beastmaster

Primal Roar damage reduced from 200/250/300 to 150/225/300

Bloodseeker

Rupture damage increased from 20/40/60% to 26/42/60%
Blood Rite cooldown reduced from 30/25/20/15 to 25/21/17/13

Bounty Hunter

Track self gold reduced from 170/260/350 to 150/250/350

Brewmaster

Brewmaster’s Earth attack range increased from 128 to 150
Brewmaster’s Fire attack increased range from 128 to 150
Brewmaster’s Fire armor increased from 0 to 0/3/6
Primal Split duration increased from 15/17/19 to 16/18/20

Centaur Warrunner

Double Edge cooldown reduced from 6 to 5
Strength gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0

Chaos Knight

Phantasm cooldown reduced from 140 to 130

Clinkz

Attack range increased from 630 to 640

Clockwerk

Rocket Flare radius increased from 575 to 600
Power Cogs cast point improved from 0.3 to 0.2
Power Cogs radius increased from 200 to 215

Crystal Maiden

Crystal Nova radius increased from 400 to 425
Frostbite cast range increased from 500 to 525

Death Prophet

Spirit Siphon base health drain reduced from 25 to 16

Disruptor

Static Storm silence no longer lingers for 0.5 seconds after the duration is over

Doom

Doom cooldown increased from 140 to 145

Drow Ranger

Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.7
Frost Arrows slow increased from 15/30/45/60% to 16/32/48/64%

Earthshaker

Echo Slam radius increased from 575 to 600

Enigma

Black Hole damage type from Magical to Pure and pierces Spell Immunity
Black Hole damage reduced from 55/110/165 to 50/100/150

Earth Spirit

Magnetize cooldown increased from 80 to 100/90/80

Gyrocopter

Aghanim’s Scepter Side Gunner attack interval improved from 1.4 to 1.2

Invoker

Forge Spirit damage decreased from 29/38/47/56/65/74/83 to 22/32/42/52/62/72/82

Tether movement speed bonus reduced from 14/15/16/17% to 13/14/15/16%

Jakiro

Ice Path duration increased from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2 to 1/1.5/2/2.5

Keeper of the Light

Chakra Magic cooldown reduced from 19/18/17/16 to 17/16/15/14
Intelligence increased from 22 to 25

Kunkka

Torrent slow duration increased from 1/2/3/4 to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4
Tidebringer bonus damage increased from 25/40/55/70 to 25/45/65/85

Legion Commander

Overwhelming Odds damage per hero increased from 20/35/50/65 to 20/40/60/80
Moment of Courage cooldown reduced from 2.6/2/1.4/0.8 to 2.3/1.8/1.3/0.8

Lich

Aghanim’s Scepter now improves Chain Frost slow from 30 to 50%
Ice Armor attack speed slow from 20 to 30 (matches movement slow)

Lifestealer

Base attack time increased from 1.7 to 1.85

Lina

Dragon Slave cooldown reduced from 8.5 to 8

Luna

Lucent Beam stun duration increased from 0.6 to 0.8
Movement speed increased from 330 to 335

Magnus

Empower cleave radius increased from 200 to 225
Strength gain increased from 2.75 to 2.9

Medusa

Intelligence gain increased from 1.85 to 2.1

Meepo

Geostrike damage per second increased from 8/16/24/32 to 10/20/30/40

Morphling

Hybrid cooldown reduced from 70 to 60
Agility gain increased from 3.4 to 3.7

Naga Siren

Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.5

Necrophos

Heartstopper Aura range reduced from 1200 to 900
Heartstopper Aura HP drain increased from 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5 to 0.6/1/1.4/1.8%

Nyx Assassin

Movement speed increased from 300 to 305

Ogre Magi

Ignite manacost reduced from 95/105/115/125 to 90
Multicast interval increased from 0.4 to 0.5

Omniknight

Strength increased from 20 + 2.65 to 22 + 2.8

Outworld Devourer

Essence Aura mana bonus increased from 75/150/225/300 to 125/200/275/350
Arcane Orb Intelligence steal duration increased from 50 to 60

Oracle

Purifying Flames cast range increased from 750 to 800

Phantom Assassin

Phantom Strike can now target Spell Immune heroes

Phoenix

Sun Ray base damage reduced from 15/20/25/30 to 10/15/20/25

Pudge

Rot slow increased from 27% to 30%
Dismember cooldown reduced from 30 to 30/25/20

Pugna

Intelligence growth increased from 4 to 4.5
Nether Blast cooldown reduced from 5.5 to 5

Razor

Eye of the Storm damage per strike increased from 37/50/63 to 40/55/70

Riki

Smoke Screen manacost increased from 75/80/85/90 to 90

Sand King

Epicenter cooldown reduced from 140/120/100 to 120/110/100
Strength increased from 21 to 22

Shadow Demon

Disruption illusion duration increased from 6/8/10/12 to 8/10/12/14

Shadow Fiend

Movement speed increased from 305 to 310
Necromastery Max Souls increased from 15/22/29/36 to 18/24/30/36

Shadow Shaman

Mass Serpent Ward splash radius increased from 75% to 100%
Mass Serpent Ward attack damage increased from 40-45/55-60/70-75 to 40-45/60-65/80-85

Silencer

Agility increased from 16 to 22

Skywrath Mage

Concussive Shot impact AoE increased from 200 to 250

Slardar

Movement speed reduced from 295 to 290

Slark

Pounce damage reduced from 50/100/150/200 to 40/80/120/160

Sniper

Shrapnel damage increased from 15/30/45/60 to 15/35/55/75

Spirit Breaker

Greater Bash increased damage from 22/28/34/40% to 22/30/38/46%

Storm Spirit

Overload damage increased from 30/50/70/90 to 40/60/80/100
Overload AoE increased from 275 to 300

Templar Assassin

Psi Blades Spill Width increased from 68 to 75
Psionic Trap max movement slow increased from 50% to 60%

Terrorblade

Conjure Image manacost reduced from 80 to 70
Conjure Image duration increased from 32 to 34

Tiny

Toss cooldown reduced from 9 to 8

Treant Protector

Base damage increased by 6

Troll Warlord

Strength increased from 17 to 20
Berserker’s Rage no longer provides 100 Health Bonus
Berserker’s Rage armor bonus increased from 3 to 6
Berserker’s Rage base attack time improved from 1.55 to 1.5
Ranged Whirling Axes travel distance increased from 945 to 1000

Undying

Intelligence gain increased from 2.5 to 2.8
Decay cast range increased from 625 to 650
Decay duration increased from 40 to 45

Ursa

Fury Swipes debuff duration increased from 15 to 20
Base HP Regen increased from 0.25 to 0.75

Venomancer

Intelligence increased from 15 + 1.75 to 17 + 1.8
Plague Ward damage increased from 10/19/29/38 to 13/22/31/40

Viper

Viper Strike Scepter cooldown reduced from 12 to 10
Strength gain increased from 1.9 to 2.1

Visage

Gravekeeper’s Cloak armor bonus per layer increased from 1/2/3/5 to 1.5/3/4.5/6
Gravekeeper’s Cloak magic resistance bonus per layer increased from 3/6/12/16% to 5/10/15/20%