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Released 2026-03-24 · 1652 changes · Official Valve notes ↗
Visual patch overview ↗The medium flooded camp near the safe lane tier 2 towers can now only evolve once into a hard camp, rather than into an Ancient Camp
The medium flooded camp near the bounty runes can now evolve twice into an Ancient Camp
Removed several trees from Dire Safelane easy pull camp and Radiant Safelane hard pull camp
Health Restoration
Health Restoration now applies to all forms of life gain
Previously, it did not apply to incoming heals
Incoming Heal Amplification now stacks diminishingly with Health Restoration instead of additively with Outgoing Heal Amplification
Spells that previously had a separate value for incoming heal reduction now only modify Health Restoration
* Eye of Skadi's Cold Attack * Spirit Vessel's Soul Release * Omniknight's Guardian Angel with Aghanim's Scepter * Pudge's Rot with Aghanim's Scepter
As a result of the changes, spells that only modified Health Restoration will now additionally affect incoming heals
* Sange * Kaya and Sange * Sange and Yasha * Abyssal Blade * Orb of Frost's Frost * Orb of Corrosion's Corrosion * Crippling Crossbow's Hobble * Jidi Pollen Bag's Pollinate * Item bonus from Crude enchantment * Abaddon’s Withering Mist * Drow Ranger’s Frost Arrows with Aghanim’s Scepter * Slark's Saltwater Shiv
Lifesteal and Damage Manipulations
Physical and Magical Lifesteal will now take into account overall damage reductions/amplifications when computing how much to lifesteal
This affects the following: * Aeon Disk * Bloodstone * Consecrated Wraps * Veil of Discord * Prophet's Pendulum * Audacious Enchantment * Abaddon's Borrowed Time with Aghanim's Scepter * Beastmaster's Wild Axes * Bounty Hunter's Shadow Walk with talent * Bristleback's Bristleback * Centaur Warrunner's Stampede * Grimstroke's Ink Trail * Grimstroke's Soulbind with talent * Hoodwink's Hunter's Boomerang * Leshrac's Pulse Nova with talent * Lich's Frost Shield * Luna's Lunar Orbit * Kunkka's Admiral's Rum * Mars' Bulwark * Nyx Assassin's Burrow * Ogre Magi's Fire Shield * Oracle's False Promise * Pudge's Flesh Heap * Shadow Demon's Menace * Spectre's Dispersion * Treant Protector's Living Armor * Underlord's Invading Force * Undying's Flesh Golem * Ursa's Enrage * Visage's Gravekeeper's Cloak * Warlock's Golem with talent
Historically, Lifesteal was calculated before some damage reductions or amplifications were applied. As a result, you could gain health from attacks that dealt no damage (like attacks against a hero affected by Aeon Disk's Combo Breaker). This will not happen anymore
The only amplification that is not taken into account is increased damage against illusions
Miscellaneous
All sources of reflection damage now have an ALT-note detailing mechanics of reflected damage
The following items and abilities deal reflected damage: * Tormentor's Reflect ability * Blade Mail (both active and passive) * Chipped Vest * Rattlecage * Axe's Counter Helix * Bristleback's Quill Spray triggered by Bristleback passive * Centaur Warrunner's Retaliate * Nyx Assassin's Spiked Carapace * Queen of Pain's Scream of Pain * Razor's Storm Surge * Shadow Demon's Disseminate * Spectre's Dispersion * Tidehunter's Anchor Smash triggered by Kraken Shell passive * Viper's Corrosive Skin * Warlock's Fatal Bonds
Reflected damage cannot be reflected back
Lifesteal and Spell Lifesteal don't apply to reflected damage
Reflected damage doesn't affect Debuff Immune units
Units with free movement now can miss their attacks when attacking uphill targets
Affected units: * Batrider during Firefly * Dragon Knight during Elder Dragon Form with Aghanim's Scepter * Lina during Flame Cloak * Terrorblade's Reflection illusions
Requires Vitality Booster (1000), Shawl (450), Crown (450), and a recipe (700). Total cost: 2600g
Provides +15% Magic Resistance, +250 Health, and +6 All Attributes
Passive: Hallowed. Gain a stack every 3s, up to a maximum of 3 stacks. Whenever the wearer takes damage from a player-controlled unit or Roshan, all stacks are removed to create an all-damage barrier for 7s that absorbs 120 damage per removed stack (up to 360). If the wearer reached a max amount of stacks at least once in a game, regaining a stack provides a non-stacking buff that increases movespeed by 20% for 7s
Has no damage threshold, but doesn't proc from Health Loss damage (like Heartstopper Aura)
Can't gain stacks for 3s after taking damage from Roshan or player-controlled sources
Requires Ghost Scepter (1500), Soul Booster (3000), and a recipe (300). Total cost: 4800g
Provides +6 All Attributes, +450 Health, +450 Mana
Active: Rite of Rumusque. The wearer enters ghost form for 4 seconds, becoming immune to physical damage, but is unable to attack and 30% more vulnerable to magic damage. Steals 5% movement speed from enemy heroes in a 900 radius every second. Movement speed steal lasts 1.5s. Bonuses stack and have duration refreshed on gaining new stacks. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 20s
The ghost form and stolen speed can be dispelled off the wearer, but the stealing debuff that provides new stacks can't
Passive: Putrefaction Aura. Reduces health restoration of nearby enemy heroes by 30%. While Rite of Rumusque is active, the effect is increased to 75% and all of the lost Health Restoration is redirected to the wearer every second. Radius: 900
