Update 7.24b for Dota 2 Released, Nerfing Tiny and Slardar

Valve have released a new balance update for Dota 2. Patch 7.24b is focused on nerfing some of the over performing items and heroes, such as Slardar, Tiny and Snapfire. The full list of changes is below.

Items

BRACER

• Magic resistance reduced from 5% to 4%

DESOLATOR

• Armor reduction reduced from 7 to 6
• Damage increased from 50 to 60

DIFFUSAL BLADE

• Mana burnt per attack reduced from 50 to 40

MAELSTROM

• Chain lightning bounce distance reduced from 900 to 650

MJOLLNIR

• Chain lightning bounce distance reduced from 900 to 650

HEROES

BATRIDER

FLAMEBREAK

• Flamebreak burn duration reduced from 4/5/6/7 to 2/4/6/8

ENCHANTRESS

IMPETUS

• Impetus manacost increased from 40/45/50/55 to 65

HUSKAR

• Strength gain reduced from 3.4 to 3.2

IO

OVERCHARGE

• Overcharge regen from 0.55/0.7/0.85/1% to 0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8%

LIFESTEALER

• Base attack speed reduced from 140 to 130
• Base damage reduced by 3

NYX ASSASSIN

IMPALE

• Impale duration reduced from 1.6/2/2.4/2.8 to 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6

PUCK

WANING RIFT

• Waning Rift cast range reduced from 350 to 275

SLARDAR

BASH OF THE DEEP

• Bash of the Deep damage reduced from 60/115/170/225 to 50/100/150/200

GUARDIAN SPRINT

• Guardian Sprint now has a 25 manacost

CORROSIVE HAZE

• Corrosive Haze reduced from 10/15/20 to 8/13/18

SNAPFIRE

FIRESNAP COOKIE

• Firesnap Cookie stun duration reduced from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 to 1.6/1.8/2/2.2

MORTIMER KISSES

• Mortimer Kisses damage reduced from 200/300/400 to 160/240/320

TIMBERSAW

REACTIVE ARMOR

• Reactive Armor bonus armor per stack reduced from 1/1.1/1.2/1.3 to 0.9/1/1.1/1.2

TINY

GROW

• Grow armor reduced from 10/18/26 to 10/16/22

TOSS

• Toss cast range reduced from 1000/1100/1200/1300 to 850/1000/1150/1300

VOID SPIRIT

• Movement speed reduced from 305 to 300