Base Damage increased by 2
Base attributes unchanged
Damage at level 1 unchanged (48–52)
Attribute gains unchanged
Damage gain per level decreased from +2.8 to +2.1
Damage at level 30 decreased by 27 (from 149–153 to 122–126)
Base Attack Time worsened from 1.7s to 1.8s
Base Attack Speed increased from 90 to 110
Removed Forsaken and Twist the Knife facets
Removed Spectral innate ability
Patch 7.40
Official gameplay notes, connected to the heroes and items you play.
Released 2025-12-15 · 998 changes · Official Valve notes ↗
Visual patch overview ↗Patch notes
998 recordsReworked into a basic ability
Thrusts an uncontrollable illusion, which follows the target and attacks it for 20/30/40/50% of Spectre's damage. The illusion exists for 3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds, and takes 200% damage. Cast Range: 700/850/1000/1150. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75. Cooldown: 32/28/24/20s
On cast the illusion moves at the speed of 900, then it has 135% of Spectre's movement speed after reaching the target
The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it
Can no longer be cast to no effect
Now has a distinct sound between casts on Shadow Step and Haunt illusions
Mana Cost decreased from 40 to 25
Now has a 0.2s travel time to reach the target. The illusion and Spectre are invulnerable during this time
Now disabled by roots
Now always destroys the target illusion
Now Spectre's ultimate ability
Mana Cost rescaled from 150 to 125/150/175
Duration rescaled from 6s to 5/6/7s
Cooldown rescaled from 160s to 180/160/140s
Haunt Outgoing Damage decreased from 80% to 30/55/80%
Each illusion now spawns from the direction closest to Spectre
Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Reduces Haunt cooldown by 20s. When Reality is used on Haunt illusion for the first time per Haunt cast, enemies are Feared away from Spectre for 1.5s with 50% reduced move speed in a 400 AoE around the targeted illusion





