Patch 7.36a has been released for Dota 2, bringing buffs to Tinker and nerfs to Axe

In Dota 2, patch 7.36a has been released, aimed at balancing and fixing bugs that emerged with the more comprehensive patch 7.36. Many heroes received buffs, while some deservedly received nerfs. The impact on their win rates will only be seen after some time. Support items were hardly affected; only ETERNAL SHROUD received a minor nerf that shouldn't significantly affect the item's strength.

General Changes

Force Staff and similar abilities can no longer be applied to tethered targets (e.g., Slark's Pounce, Puck's Dream Coil).

Fixed crashes related to various hero abilities, including Lich's Chain Frost, Lycan's Shapeshift, Mars' Arena of Blood, Morphling's Replicate, Silencer's Glaive of Wisdom, Venomancer's Plague Ward, among others.

Corrected bugs where certain items and abilities were not functioning as intended, such as Light Collector losing incorrect bonuses, Quelling Blade applying bonuses to the wrong hero types, and Yasha and Kaya's ability haste stacking.

Addressed issues with Eye of Skadi's slow bonuses, Disperser's dispel effects, and Radiance and Eye of Skadi not updating correctly.

Fixed descriptions for Witch Doctor's Gris-Gris, ensuring accurate information.

Resolved discrepancies with Aghanim’s Shard, Axe's One Man Army, Abaddon's Curse of Avernus, and other hero-specific abilities not functioning properly.

Corrected errors in hero talents, including those for Lone Druid, Phantom Assassin, and Venomancer.

Fixed bugs related to hero interactions, such as Meepo's Moon Shard usage, Huskar's attacks with Revenant’s Brooch, and Lion's Finger of Death charges.

Adjusted hero aspects, such as Unbearable, to ensure they function correctly.

Addressed issues with hero abilities like Leshrac's movement speed and Lich's Frost Shield during Sinister Gaze.

Corrected errors with hero items and abilities, such as Blink Dagger for Templar Assassin and Shadow Word for Warlock.

Fixed interactions with hero abilities like Windranger's Whirlwind and Spectral Blade for Wraith King.

Implemented improvements for game modes, such as Gris-Gris passive gold accumulation in Turbo mode.

Resolved issues with Ability Draft mode, ensuring correct ability bindings and aspects.

Various other bug fixes and adjustments to improve overall gameplay experience.

Item Changes

ETERNAL SHROUD

• Base magic resistance reduced from 25% to 20%.

Hero Changes

ABADDON

• Aphotic Shield strength under the effect of Mephitic Shroud changed from 180/225/270/315 to 170/210/250/290.
• Enemies now take 75% of the shield's damage, instead of 80%.

Abilities

CURSE OF AVERNUS

• Attack speed bonus reduced from 15/30/45/60 to 10/20/30/40.

MIST COIL

• Damage counter for Aghanim’s Scepter now resets upon casting Mist Coil.

ANCIENT APPARITION

Abilities

CHILLING TOUCH

• Number of Death Rime stacks applied reduced from 2 to 1 when cast.

ARC WARDEN

Abilities

TEMPEST DOUBLE

• Damage bonus to the clone that moves too far from the original reduced from +75% to +60%.

AXE

Abilities

COAT OF BLOOD

• Now levels up alongside Culling Blade.
• Armor bonus upon kill reduced from 1 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.

ONE MAN ARMY

• Strength bonus now increases by 50% of Axe's armor, instead of 60%.

Talents

• Level 10 talent: "Movement speed bonus for active Battle Hunger" reduced from 12% to 10%.
• Level 10 talent: "Battle Hunger slow" reduced from 12% to 10%.

BATRIDER

Abilities

SMOLDERING RESIN

• No longer affects wards and couriers.

STOKED

• Now levels up simultaneously with Flaming Lasso.
• Ability damage bonus changed from 8% to 2/4/6/8%.
• Movement speed bonus changed from 10% to 4/6/8/10%.

STICKY NAPALM

• No longer grants vision.

CHEN

Abilities

SUMMON CONVERT

• Creep health increased from 200+80 x Chen's level to 220+80 x Chen's level.

CRYSTAL MAIDEN

• Frozen Expanse is now linked to Freezing Field, not Arcane Aura.
• Range bonus from Frozen Expanse changed from 50/75/100/125 to 75/100/125.
• Area of effect bonus changed from 7/8/9/10% to 6/8/10%.
• Area of effect bonus now only applies to Crystal Maiden herself.

DARK WILLOW

• Thorny Thicket aspect no longer increases ability damage.

DEATH PROPHET

• Silence under Suppress aspect now slows by 15/20/25/30%, instead of 10/15/20/25%.

Abilities

SPIRIT COLLECTOR

• Now triggered by hero deaths anywhere on the map, not just within a 2,000 radius.

DISRUPTOR

Abilities

KINETIC FENCE

• Delay before appearing reduced from 0.75 to 0.4 seconds.

GLIMPSE

• Can now be cast on Lone Druid's bear.

DRAGON KNIGHT

Abilities

WYRM'S WRATH

• Damage per second for Corrosive Dragon reduced from 10/15/20/25 to 5/10/15/20.
• Piercing damage for Fire Dragon increased from 20/30/40/50% to 25/35/45/55%.

EARTH SPIRIT

• After using Rolling Boulder under the Stepping Stones aspect, a stone copy now automatically appears in front of the hero.
• Mana cost to create a stone copy under the Stepping Stones aspect reduced from 15 to 0.

ELDER TITAN

Abilities

MOMENTUM

• Attack speed bonus from movement speed now 30%, not 20%.

ENCHANTRESS

Abilities

NATURE'S ATTENDANTS

• Duration increased from 9/10/11/12 to 10/11/12/13.

GYROCOPTER

• With Afterburner aspect, movement speed now only increases from hits of Rocket Barrage on heroes.

HUSKAR

• Base armor reduced by 1.

Abilities

BERSERKER'S BLOOD

• Maximum attack speed increased from 160/210/260/310 to 170/220/270/320.

JUGGERNAUT

Abilities

OMNISLASH

• Damage bonus reduced from 30/35/40 to 25/30/35.

BLADE FURY

• Damage reduced from 45/50/55/60 to 40/45/50/55.

SWIFTSLASH

• Mana cost increased from 125 to 150.
• Cast range reduced from 550 to 450.

BLADEFORM

• Bladerform stacks now reset after 2 seconds of taking damage, not 3.
• Agility bonus per stack reduced from 3% to 2%.

Talents

• Level 20 talent: "Blade Dance lifesteal bonus" reduced from 60% to 50%.

LEGION COMMANDER

• The barrier from the Stonehall Plate aspect now equals 50% of the damage dealt by Overwhelming Odds (previously 100%).
• Stonehall Plate no longer creates a barrier for damage against illusions.

Abilities

OVERWHELMING ODDS

• Bonus area when used during Duel with Aghanim’s Shard reduced from 250 to 200.

DUEL

• Cooldown reduction upon purchasing Aghanim’s Scepter reduced from -20 seconds to -10 seconds.

LESHRAC

Abilities

CHRONOPTIC NOURISHMENT

• Now restores half as much mana for attacks on creeps.

LIFESTEALER

Abilities

UNFETTERED

• Magic resistance bonus from the aspect increased from 50% to 60%.
• Status resistance bonus from the aspect increased from 50% to 60%.

LINA

• New level 25 talent now triggers on Dragon Slave, Light Strike Array, and Laguna Blade. Lasts 3 seconds.

Talents

• Level 25 talent: "+150% Dragon Slave Damage" replaced with "+150% Spell Damage".

LONE DRUID

• Cooldown reduction for Entangling Claws in bear form with Unbearable aspect increased from -50% to -75%.
• Entangling Claws proc chance in bear form with Unbearable aspect increased from 20 to 30%.

MAGNUS

• Radius of Reverse Reverse Polarity increased from 600 to 700.
• Maximum knockback distance of Reverse Reverse Polarity increased from 700 to 850.
• Cooldown of Reverse Reverse Polarity reduced from 120 to 100 seconds.

MEEPO

• Base movement speed reduced from 330 to 320.

MIRANA

Abilities

SOLAR FLARE

• Duration increased from 14 to 18 seconds.

MORPHLING

Abilities

WAVEFORM

• Mana cost reduced from 130 to 115.
• Now deals 50% of hero damage to all targets Morphling passes through with Waveform, without applying additional effects (like Eye of Skadi).

Talents

• Level 20 talent: "Waveform Attacks Targets" replaced with "+50% Waveform Damage and Applies Additional Effects".

NATURE'S PROPHET

• Treant health with Ironwood Treant aspect increased from 550/750/950/1150 to 750/950/1150/1350.
• Maximum damage of Treant with Ironwood Treant aspect increased from 22/34/46/58 to 30/46/62/78.

Abilities

SPROUT

• Damage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/140/210/280.

NECROPHOS

• Spell radius bonus per kill with Prophane Potency aspect reduced from 50 to 40.

NIGHT STALKER

• Base health regen reduced by 0.5.

Talents

• Level 15 talent: "+30 Dark Ascension Damage" reduced to "+25".

OMNIKNIGHT

Abilities

HAMMER OF PURITY

• Damage increased from 50/75/100/125% to 55/80/105/130%.
• Bonus base damage changed from 60/80/100/120% to 55/80/105/130%.

OUTWORLD DESTROYER

• Base armor reduced by 1.

PANGOLIER

• Maximum damage from Double Jump increased from 30 to 50%.
• Maximum barrier strength from Double Jump increased from 30 to 50%.

Abilities

SHIELD CRASH

• Damage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/130/190/250.

PHANTOM ASSASSIN

• When using Methodical aspect, a Stifling Dagger throw counts as two attacks for the crit counter.

PUDGE

• Strength bonus per tick of damage when using Fresh Meat aspect of Dismember reduced from 3/5/7 to 1/3/5.
• Damage bonus from Flayer’s Hook aspect of Meat Hook changed from 10/15/20/25% per distance traveled to 12/18/24/30%.

SAND KING

• Sand Storm with Dust Devil aspect no longer dissipates when Sand King leaves the area and continues to follow the hero.

SHADOW SHAMAN

Abilities

SHACKLES

• Damage reduced from 75/150/225/300 to 70/140/210/280.

FOWL PLAY

• Cooldown increased from 90 to 120 seconds.

SLARK

Abilities

BARRACUDA

• Movement speed bonus increased from 4/24/36/48% to 6/24/36/48%.
• Health regeneration bonus increased from 8/60/90/120 to 10/60/90/120.

SNAPFIRE

• Base damage increased from 48-54 to 51-57.

Abilities

LIL' SHREDDER

• Base damage increased from 15/30/45/60 to 20/35/50/65.

SPECTRE

• With the Forsaken aspect, Desolate now deals 50% damage instead of 40% when there are nearby non-hero allies.

STORM SPIRIT

• Base mana regeneration reduced from 0.6 to 0.2.
• Overload debuff duration when using Shock Collar reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.

SVEN

• Base strength increased by 4.

Abilities

GOD'S STRENGTH

• Damage bonus increased from 100/140/180% to 110/150/190%.

TECHIES

• Health regeneration rate increased from 0.25 to 1.

TEMPLAR ASSASSIN

Abilities

REFRACTION

• Shield strength per charge reduced from 30/40/50/60 to 20/30/40/50.

PSI BLADES

• Range reduced from 550/600/650/700/750 to 350/550/600/650/700.

MELD

• Damage reduced from 80/140/200/260 to 70/125/180/235.

TERRORBLADE

• With the Soul Fragment aspect, creating an illusion with Conjure Image now costs 15% of health instead of 20%.

TINKER

• The Translocator aspect now applies strong dispel on Tinker before blinking.
• Translocator aspect now selects a point for random hero blink in a 90-degree cone instead of 120.
• Blink range with Translocator aspect increased from 300 to 350.

Abilities

EUREKA!

• +1% cooldown reduction per intelligence point now occurs every 3 points instead of 4.

MARCH OF THE MACHINES

• Mana cost reduced from 110/130/150/170 to 90/110/130/150.
• Damage increased from 16/24/32/40 to 17/26/35/44.

KEEN CONVEYANCE

• Activation time reduced from 4/3.5/3 seconds to 3 seconds.

WARP FLARE

• Mana cost reduced from 100 to 80.

REARM

• Mana cost reduced from 125/175/225 to 100/150/200.

TINY

Abilities

AVALANCHE

• Mana cost increased from 90/100/110/120 to 95/110/125/140.

TOSS

• Mana cost increased from 110/120/130/140 to 110/125/140/155.

INSURMOUNTABLE

• Slow resistance increased by 20% of strength instead of 25%.

VISAGE

• If a player toggles Stone Form on familiars with alt-cast, they don't need to toggle it again after resummoning familiars.

Abilities

STONE FORM

• The hero can now use Stone Form even when stunned or silenced (if the familiars can't move at the time, the effect won't trigger).
• Initially set to hero and familiar landing together. Can be toggled to alt-cast, allowing point selection.

VOID SPIRIT

• Base barrier strength from Resonant Pulse with the Sanctuary aspect reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120.

WARLOCK

Abilities

ELDRITCH SUMMONING

• Damage from small golem explosion reduced from 25/75/125/175/225 to 25/70/115/160/205.

WINTER WYVERN

Abilities

DRAGON SIGHT

• Damage per range attack modified from 0.4/0.5/0.66/1 to 0.25/0.33/0.5/1.

SPLINTER BLAST

• Damage reduced from 100/180/260/340 to 80/160/240/320.

WRAITH KING

• Aghanim's Spirit Wraith Duration rescaled from 4/5/6/7 to 4.5/5/5.5/6.
• Cursed Blade Curse damage reduced from 70% to 50%.

Abilities

VAMPIRIC SPIRIT

• Spirit rage duration from Aghanim’s Scepter changed from 4/5/6/7 to 4.5/5/5/6 seconds.

SPECTRAL BLADE

• Damage from Curse Blade debuff reduced from 70 to 50%.