Patch 7.40

Changed order of the first and the third ban phases

First Ban Phase (First = team with the first pick, Second = team with the second pick)

OLD: First - Second - Second - First - Second - Second - First

NEW: First - First - Second - Second - First - Second - Second

Third Ban Phase

OLD: First - Second - Second - First

NEW: First - Second - First - Second

Talents no longer require a skill point to level

Now talents are learned by using their own talent points available at levels 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30

This results in all +2 All Attributes bonuses skilled by level 22

All Facets that used to have 6 All Attributes bonuses now have 7 bonuses again

Batrider's Arsonist, Magnus' Diminishing Return, Meepo's More Meepo, Monkey King's Simian Stride, Night Stalker's Voidbringer, and Silencer's Synaptic Split

Tier 4 Towers now have a Barracks Reinforcement buff. Each allied barracks that has not been destroyed provides +4 armor to both Tier 4 towers

Bonus is for each individual building, totaling in +24 Armor for 6 Barracks

Assist Gold Formula Reworked

OLD: 60 + ( ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) / NumHeroes )

NEW: 15 + ( ( 50 + ( VictimNetworth * 0.037 ) ) / NumHeroes )

Melee Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval (every 7:30)

Flagbearer Creep: Gold Bounty now increases by 1 per lane creep upgrade interval

Flagbearer Creep: AoE Bounty Radius increased from 1200 to 1500

Flagbearer Creep: When killed by a player controlled unit, the Flagbearer Creep always grants Bonus Bounty to the killer's hero regardless of the hero's proximity to the Flagbearer Creep

Flagbearer Creep: Bonus Gold from killing Flagbearers is now classified as creep gold instead of ability gold

Has no gameplay effect, but makes a post game gold breakdown more accurate

Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura no longer affects heroes

Flagbearer Creep: Inspiration Aura now also provides a magic resistance bonus to affected creeps starting with 0% and improving by 4% with every lane creep upgrade interval, up to a maximum of 15 upgrades

Courier respawn time decreased from (60s + 6s per Hero Level) to (45s + 5s per Hero Level)

Courier no longer has a 15% movement speed penalty while carrying a Clarity, Enchanted Mango, Faerie Fire, Healing Salve, or Tango

Flying Courier will now go to a more obscure shopping area within range of the Secret Shop when using Go To Secret Shop

All illusions now have 800 daytime vision and 400 nighttime vision

Roshan

Roshan is no longer considered a hero for Lifesteal mechanics. As a result, Physical Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 40%, and Spell Lifesteal from damage to Roshan is reduced by 80%

Roar of Retribution: Disarm debuff is no longer dispellable

Slam: No longer has double duration against creeps

Slam: Now deals double damage to creeps

Tormentor

Added a Tormentor Timer near the minimap. Functions similarly to the Roshan Timer. Can be pinged to communicate the current state of Tormentor

Pinging Tormentor's location in world will trigger the same ping as the timer (same behavior the Roshan Timer has)

The minimap now only has one Tormentor icon and reflects where Tormentor is or will spawn

The Shining: Now only starts dealing damage to the surrounding enemies when attacked/damaged

Runes

Bounty Rune: Now grants gold based on when it was created, not when it was activated

Haste Rune: Duration no longer increases by 3s per rune cycle, and is always 22s now

Invisibility Rune: No longer grants incoming damage reduction

Extended the streams into both Radiant and Dire bases and added defender's gate to the outside of the respective safe lanes where the stream flows

Removed some trees inside the base near the new safelane defender's gate positions

The Hard camp nearest to Tier 3 towers where the streams used to start has been demoted to a 'medium' camp

Moved the safelane medium amphibian neutral camp closest to the Tier 2 tower up the stream, slightly closer to the respective bases

Lowered the Wisdom Shrine areas to low ground, compared to the respective offlanes, filled them with water and connected to the water areas by the Tier 1 towers

Moved Wisdom Shrines and Watchers to the low ground and slightly closer to the Tier 1 towers. These Watchers now have vision over the shrines at night

Hard camps nearest to Wisdom Shrines have been moved slightly back towards the bases

Changed the 'bridges' to actual bridges

Slightly expanded the entrance to the bridge by the Lotus pools and adjusted the area within the nearby water areas