Dota 2 7.37 patch notes revealed: General, creep, and item updates explored

Dota 2 7.37 patch notes reveal several changes, tweaks, and buffs/nerfs that arrive with the latest update. In the General Updates section, the devs shed light on teleport classification, the nature of breakability, and ability blocking and reflection. Iron Talon and Ironwood Tree make their return as Neutral items while Fairy's Trinket and Martyr's Plate have been cycled out.

Philosopher's Stone has been completely reworked, sporting 750 charges and depleting "depletes a charge every time it grants gold to the owner." Once all charges are spent, the item gets destroyed and provides the owner with 375 gold.

Check out the entire Dota 2 7.37 patch notes for General Updates, creeps, and item changes below.

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Dota 2 7.37 patch notes

The official Dota 2 7.37 patch notes are as follows:

Dota 2 7.37 patch notes (Image via Valve)

General Updates

• An Area of Effect icon has been added to all tooltip values that are affected by Bloodstone and other AoE increases
• The Mines map aura: Mighty Mines health regen aura decreased from +7 to +5
• The Well map aura: Well Wishes mana regen aura decreased from +1.5 to 1.2
• Starting from his second death, Roshan now always drops Roshan's Banner
• Starting from his third death Roshan now drops Refresher Shard and Cheese during daytime or Aghanim's Blessing during night
• Teleport time to Roshan's outposts decreased from 6s to 4s

Teleport Classification

• The following are considered a Teleport:
• Town Portal Scroll
• Boots of Travel
• Boots of Travel 2
• Twin Gates
• Chen: Divine Favor
• Io: Relocate
• Keeper of the Light: Recall
• Lone Druid: Spirit Bear's Return
• Nature's Prophet: Teleportation
• Templar Assassin: Psionic Projection
• Tinker: Keen Conveyance
• Underlord: Fiend's Gate
• Visage: Summon Familiars recall (Faithful Followers)

Breakability Update

• The breakability rules of facets, innates, and abilities have been updated
• "Breakable: Yes" has been added to all abilities that are partially or fully disabled by Break
• All abilities that are partially disabled by Break have an alt+tooltip line detailing Break interactions
• The following are now Fully Disabled by Break:
• Alchemist: Greevil's Greed (including bounty rune multiplier)
• Batrider: Smoldering Resin
• Bloodseeker: Thirst (including removal of movement speed cap)
• Bounty Hunter: Cutpurse
• Bounty Hunter: Jinada (including Shuriken Toss applying Jinada on hit)
• Chaos Knight: Reins of Chaos
• Clockwerk: Armor Power
• Crystal Maiden: Cold Comfort
• Dark Seer: Heart of Battle
• Dark Willow: Pixie Dust
• Death Prophet: Witchcraft
• Enigma: Gravity Well
• Enigma: Event Horizon
• Faceless Void: Distortion Field
• Grimstroke: Ink Trail
• Lycan: Apex Predator
• Magnus: Solid Core
• Mars: Dauntless
• Naga Siren: Eelskin
• Nature's Prophet: Spirit of the Forest
• Nyx Assassin: Mana Burn
• Nyx Assassin: Nyxth Sense
• Omniknight: Degen Aura
• Oracle: Clairvoyant Curse
• Oracle: Clairvoyant Cure
• Pangolier: Fortune Favors the Bold
• Phantom Assassin: Immaterial
• Phoenix: Blinding Sun
• Puck: Puckish
• Queen of Pain: Bondage
• Queen of Pain: Succubus
• Razor: Dynamo
• Rubick: Might and Magus
• Shadow Demon: Menace
• Silencer: Irrepressible
• Shadow Shaman: Fowl Play
• Skywrath Mage: Ruin and Restoration
• Slardar: Seaborn Sentinel
• Sven: Vanquisher
• Techies: Squee's Scope
• Timbersaw: Exposure Therapy
• Tinker: Eureka!
• Tiny: Insurmountable
• Ursa: Maul
• Winter Wyvern: Dragon Sight
• The following are now Partially Disabled by Break:
• Chaos Knight: Phantasmagoria (Break disables the passive damage reduction aura)
• Ember Spirit: Immolation (Immolation is not disabled for Fire Remnants when upgraded with Aghanim's Shard)
• Juggernaut: Bladeform (Break disables the gaining of new stacks. Break does not disable the passive bonuses from existing stacks)
• Lifestealer: Feast (including the ability to deny creeps at 75%. Break disables the gaining of new stacks. Break does not disable the passives bonuses from existing stacks)
• Monkey King: Jingu Mastery (Break disables the gaining of new stacks. Break does not disable the bonuses from existing stacks)
• Primal Beast: Uproar (Break disables the passive attack damage bonus. Break disables the gaining of new stacks)
• Storm Spirit: Galvanized (Break disables the gaining of new stacks from kills)
• Tidehunter: Kraken Shell (Break disables the gaining of new stacks. Break does not disable the bonuses from existing stacks)
• Troll Warlord: Fervor (Break disables the gaining of new stacks. Break disables the proc chance granted by Aghanim's Shard. Break no longer disables the attack speed buff from existing stacks)
• Visage: Gravekeeper's Cloak (Break disables the gaining of new stacks. Break does not disable the bonuses from existing stacks)
• Wraith King: Bone Guard (Break disables the gaining of new stacks)
• The following are no longer Disabled by Break:
• Lich: Death Charge

Ability blocking and reflection

• Abilities that are applied with attacks can no longer be blocked or reflected. The following abilities have had their behavior changed:
• Beastmaster: Call of the Wild Hawk Dive Bomb
• Omniknight: Hammer of Purity
• Tusk: Walrus Punch!
• Ogre Magi: Fireblast when applied by attacking with the Level 25 Talent (including any Multicasts from the attack)
• Abilities that can be unit or point targeted, but do not track their target when unit targeted can no longer be blocked or reflected. The following abilities have had their behavior changed:
• Lion: Earth Spike
• Sand King: Burrowstrike
• Abilities that track their target when unit targeted can be blocked or reflected. The following abilities have had their behavior changed:
• Dark Seer: Ion Shell
• Abilities that can be unit targeted and displaces the caster are now blocked on ability cast instead of after displacement. The following abilities have had their behavior changed:
• Huskar: Life Break
• Marci: Rebound
• Meepo: MegaMeepo Fling
• Sven: Storm Hammer with Aghanim's Scepter
• Tiny: Toss
• Tusk: Snowball
• Abilities that fire a projectile at a primary target and affect an area around them now only trigger spell block and reflection on the primary target. The following abilities have had their behavior changed:
• Alchemist: Unstable Concoction
• Bristleback: Viscous Nasal Goo
• Venomancer: Noxious Plague
• Abilities that fire individual tracking projectiles at targets to apply the same effect to all units hit now trigger spell block and reflection independently. The following abilities have had their behavior changed:
• Bane: Brain Sap with Aghanim's Shard
• Dazzle: Poison Touch
• Lion: Finger of Death with Aghanim's Scepter
• Nyx Assassin: Mind Flare with Level 25 Talent
• Skywrath Mage: Ancient Seal with Aghanim's Scepter
• Visage: Soul Assumption with Level 15 Talent
• Gleipnir: Eternal Chains
• Unit target abilities that bounce between multiple targets will only trigger spell block and reflection on the primary target. The ability continues but subsequent targets do not trigger block/reflection. The following abilities have had their behavior changed:
• Dazzle: Shadow Wave
• Hoodwink: Acorn Shot
• Medusa: Mystic Snake. When casted by Cold Blooded, no longer trigger block/reflection
• Nature's Prophet: Wrath of Nature, regardless if it was Unit or Point targeted
• Phantom Lancer: Spirit Lance
• Rubick: Fade Bolt
• Tinker: Laser with Aghanim's Scepter
• Vengeful Spirit: Magic Missile with Aghanim's Shard
• Witch Doctor: Paralyzing Cask
• Zeus: Arc Lightning. When casted by auto-attacks with Aghanim's Shard, it does not trigger block/reflection
• Neutral item active effects can no longer be blocked or reflected. The following items have had their behavior changed:
• Book of Shadows
• Force Boots

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Neutral Creep Updates

Harpy Stormcrafter

• No longer always cast Chain Lightning if attacked by lane creeps when pulled

Giant Wolf

• Intimidate: Total Attack Damage Reduction increased from 50% to 60%

Hellbear Smasher

• Death Throe: Power: Base Attack Damage Bonus increased from 50% to 60%

Hellbear

• Death Throe: Rush: Attack Speed increased from 100 to 120

Ancient Granite Golem

• Granite Aura: Bonus HP Percentage increased from 15/16/17/19% to 16/17/18/19%

Ancient Rock Golem

• Weakening Aura: Armor Reduction increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6

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Item Updates

Roshan's Banner

• Effect radius increased from 600 to 650

Bracer

• No longer provides +3/6 Damage
• Now provides +50/100 Health

Bloodstone

• Spell Lifesteal bonus decreased from 30% to 20%
• Bloodpact spell lifesteal multiplier increased from 2.5x to 4x
• Bloodpact duration decreased from 6s to 5s

Bloodthorn

• Soul Rend bonus damage on silenced targets from non-heroes attacks decreased from 50 to 25

Crimson Guard

• Guard cooldown increased from 35s to 40s
• Guard additional damage block based on caster’s max health decreased from 2.5% to 2.2%

Dagon

• Spell Lifesteal bonus rescaled from 15% to 15/16/17/18/19%

Eternal Shroud

• Eternal Endurance magic resistance per stack decreased from 4% to 3.5%

Ethereal Blade

• Ether Blast projectile speed increased from 1275 to 1400

Guardian Greaves

• Mend cooldown increased from 40s to 45s

Heart of Tarrasque

• Max Health Regen bonus decreased from 1.6% to 1.4%

Heaven's Halberd

• Slow Resistance bonus increased from 20% to 25%
• Disarm mana cost decreased from 100 to 75

Lotus Orb

• Echo Shell duration decreased from 6s to 5s

Manta Style

• Mirror Image illusion duration decreased from 20s to 18s

Pavise

• Health bonus increased from 150 to 175

Pipe of Insight

• Barrier duration decreased from 12s to 10s
• Insight Aura magic resistance decreased from 10% to 8%

Solar Crest

• Recipe cost decreased from 600 to 500. Total cost decreased from 2700 to 2600

Shadow Amulet

• Fade no longer requires the target to remain still
• Fade no longer refreshes its cooldown if cast on self
• Fade now slows the target by 35% while invisible
• Fade can now be dispelled
• Fade cooldown increased from 7s to 18s
• Fade duration decreased from 15s to 3.5s

Spirit Vessel

• Recipe changed. Now requires Urn of Shadows, Vitality Booster and a 900g recipe. (Total cost unchanged)
• No longer provides +6 All Attributes. Now provides +375 Health
• Soul Release cooldown increased from 7s to 10s
• Soul Release damage per second decreased from 35 to 25
• Soul Release health gain reduction increased from 45% to 50%

Urn of Shadows

• Recipe changed. Now requires Sage's Mask, Ring of Protection, Fluffy Hat and a 280g Recipe (Total cost unchanged)
• No longer provides +2 All Attributes. Now provides +125 Health
• Soul Release cooldown increased from 7s to 10s

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Neutral Item Updates

Trusty Shovel

• Dig cooldown no longer ticks down if the Shovel is not in the neutral slot
• Always digs up a Water Rune when used in the river

Fairy's Trinket

• Item cycled out

Ironwood Tree

• Returning as a Tier 1 Neutral item
• Provides +5 to All Attributes. Use: Plant Tree. Plants a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds. Cooldown: 15s

Pig Pole

• All Attributes bonus decreased from 5 to 4
• Pig, Out! bonus movement speed increased from 10% to 15%

Iron Talon

• Returning as a Tier 2 Neutral item
• Provides +20 Attack Speed and +4 Armor. Active: Chop. Targets a non-player enemy unit to remove 80% of its current HP. If cast on a tree, instantly destroys it. Cooldown: 20s. Tree Cooldown: 4s

Philosopher's Stone

• Now has 750 charges, and depletes a charge every time it grants gold to the owner. When all charges are depleted, the item is destroyed and the owner receives additional 375 gold

Pupil's Gift

• Attribute bonus for Universal heroes increased from +7 to +8

Vambrace

• Now is a Tier 3 Neutral item
• Main Attribute bonus increased from +8 to +10
• Other Attributes bonus increased from +2 to +4
• Strength Magic Resistance bonus increased from +8% to +10%
• Agility Attack Speed bonus increased from +10 to +15
• Intelligence Spell Amp bonus increased from +6% to +8%

Ogre Seal Totem

• Now is a Tier 4 Neutral item
• Strength bonus increased from +10 to +12
• Ogre Seal Flop cooldown decreased from 40s to 35s
• Ogre Seal Flop damage increased from 150 to 250
• Ogre Seal Flop can now change direction while flopping with a reduced turn rate

Martyr's Plate

• Item cycled out

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The hero changes introduced in Dota 2 7.37 can be found here.