Recently, Dota 2 lead developer Icefrog announced that the game would be moving from a handful of major patches a few times a year, to a new system. For the next six months, Valve will be trialling a bi-weekly system, meaning you’ll get two Dota 2 patches every month.
With all that out of the way, here’s what you can find in Dota 2 patch 7.10:
Here are the best Dota 2 heroes for beginners.
Dota 2 patch 7.10 Herochanges
Abaddon-changed
- Level 15 talent increased from +50 mist coil heal/damage to +60
- Level 20 talent increased from +15% cooldown reduction to +20%
- Level 25 talent reduced from +250 aphotic shield health to +225
Alchemist – buffed
- Level 20 talent increased from +25% cleave to +30%
Ancient Apparition – changed
- Level 15 talent increased from -1.5s ice vortex cooldown to -2.5s
- Level 25 talent changed from 4 charges of cold feet to 900 aoe cold feet
Anti-Mage – changed
- Level 10 talent changed from +175 health to +10 strength
- Level 15 talent changed from -2s blink cooldown to +400 blink cast range
- Level 20 talent increased from +300 blink cast range to -2.5s blink cooldown
Arc Warden – buffed
- Level 10 talent changed from +5 armor to 8% cooldown reduction
- Level 15 talent increased from +2s flux duration to +3s
- Level 20 talent increased from +100 attack range to +125
- Level 20 talent changed from +10% cooldown reduction to -1.5s spark wraith cooldown
Axe – buffed
- Level 15 talent increased from +30 movement speed to +40
Bloodseeker – changed
- Bloodrage now heals you for 50% of its value if you do not get the last hit but are within 300 aoe of a dying hero.
Centaur Warrunner – buffed
- Level 20 talent increased from +250 double edge damage to +300
Clinkz – buffed
- Strafe projectile dodge count increased from 3 to 4
- Level 15 talent increased from +15% evasion to +20%
Crystal Maiden – buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +200 health to +250
- Level 15 talent increased from +90 gold/min to +120
Dark Seer – buffed
- Level 20 talent increased from +300 aoe surge to +400
Dazzle – buffed
- Base movement speed increased from 305 to 310
- Level 20 talent increased from +30 poison touch dps to +45
Doom – changed
- Base intelligence increased by 2
- Level 10 talent changed from +25 movement speed to +16% scorched earth movement speed
Dragon Knight – nerfed
- Agility gain reduced from 2.2 to 2.0
- Level 10 talent changed from +30 attack speed to -20% breathe fire damage reduction
Drow Ranger – buffed
- Level 15 talent increased from +400 gust distance/knockback to +550
- Level 20 talent increased from +2s gust duration to +3s
Ember Spirit– buffed
- Sleight of fist bonus hero damage increased from 25/50/75/100 to 30/60/90/120
Enchantress – nerfed
- Nature’s attendants manacost increased from 125 to 140
Gyrocopter– buffed
- Improved visual effect for flak cannon projectiles
- Homing missile bounty increased from 25 to 50
- Homing missile cooldown increased from 20/17/14/11 to 26/21/16/11
Invoker– buffed
- Level 10 talent from +0.3s tornado lift time to +0.5s
- Level 15 talent from +1.5s cold snap duration to +2.5s
- Cataclysm sunstrikes spawn distance is now slightly closer to each target (from 175-250 distance away to 160-220)
Io– buffed
- Tether duration increased from 12 to 14
Jakiro– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +25% xp to +30%
- Level 15 talent increased from +250 attack range to +300
Kunkka– buffed
- Tidebringer damage increased from 25/45/65/85 to 25/50/75/100
Leshrac-changed
- Lightning storm manacost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 75/90/105/120
Lich – changed
- Level 25 talent from attacks apply 30% ms and as slow to 40%
Lina– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +100 cast range to +125
- Level 10 talent increased from +25 damage to +30
- Level 15 talent increased from +300 health to +350
- Level 20 talent increased from +10% spell amplification to +12%
Lion– buffed
- Mana drain slow increased from 14/16/18/20 to 16/19/22/25%
- Level 10 talent increased from +75 damage to +90
- Level 15 talent increased from +90 gold/min to +120
Lone Druid– buffed
- Spirit bear health regeneration increased from 4/5/6/7 to 5/6/7/8
- Level 15 talent increased from -8s savage roar cooldown to -12s
Luna– buffed
- Level 15 talent from -3s lucent beam cooldown to -4s
Lycan –nerfed
- Base damage reduced by 3
Magnus– buffed
- Base strength increased by 1
- Level 25 talent increased from +0.75s reverse polarity to +1s
Mirana– buffed
- Starfall manacost from 100/120/140/160 to 80/105/130/155
- Level 25 talent increased from -70 moonlight shadow cooldown to -80
Monkey King– buffed
- Base damage increased by 2
- Fixed mischief not showing the right particles for the first bounty rune
- Level 10 talent increased from +150 tree dance vision aoe to +300
- Level 15 talent increased from +300 tree dance cast range to +600
- Level 20 talent increased from +300 primal spring damage to +400
Morphling – changed
- Morph can now be toggled to go back and forth from the original target until the duration runs out. Has a 1 second toggle cooldown.
Naga Siren – nerfed
- Sleep buff linger time reduced from 0.5 to 0.4
- Song of the siren manacost increased from 100 to 100/150/200
Nature’s Prophet– buffed
- Wraith of nature cooldown reduced from 70/65/60 to 60
- Level 10 talent increased from +30 movement speed to +40
- Level 15 talent increased from +8 armor to +10
Necrophos – changed
- Level 15 talent changed from +30 movement speed to +16% ghost shroud slow
- Level 15 talent changed from +300 health to +40 death pulse heal
Ogre Magi– buffed
- Level 20 talent increased from +30 strength to +40
Omniknight – nerfed
- Purification cooldown increased from 11/10/9/8 to 11
Oracle– buffed
- Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.7
- Intelligence growth increased from 2.9 to 3.2
Outworld Devourer – changed
- Astral imprisonment manacost increased from 120/140/160/180 to 140/160/180/200
- Level 10 talent increased from +200 health to +250
Phantom Assassin – changed
- Stifiling dagger talent now has a 300 cast range buffer for the secondary target
Phantom Lancer– buffed
- Level 25 talent increased from -5s doppelganger cooldown to -7s
Phoenix – changed
- Level 15 talent changed from +40% xp gain to +500 health
- Level 20 talent increased from +1s supernova stun duration to +1.25s
Pudge – nerfed
- Rot slow reduced from 20/24/28/32% to 17/22/27/32%
Razor – nerfed
- Static link manacost increased from 50 to 65
Riki– buffed
- Level 15 talent increased from -5s smokescreen cooldown to -7s
Rubick– buffed
- Level 15 talent increased from -35 fade bolt hero attack to -45
Shadow Fiend– nerfed
- Shadow raze damage increase per stack reduced from 80 to 50/60/70/80
Shadow Demon– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +25% xp gain to 30%
- Level 25 talent changed from +5s disruption banish duration to 2 charges of disruption
Skywrath Mage– buffed
- Level 15 talent increased from -6s ancient seal cooldown to -8s
Slardar– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +20 to +25 damage
Slark– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +8 strength to +10
Spectre– buffed
- Level 25 talent increased from +20% haunt illusion damage to +40%
Sven – changed
- Level 15 talent changed from +30 damage to storm hammer dispels enemies
- Level 20 talent changed from storm hammer dispels enemies to -5s storm hammer cooldown
- Level 25 talent changed from -9s storm hammer cooldown to +0.75s storm hammer stun duration
Terrorblade – nerfed
- Base hp regen reduced from 3.25 to 3.0
- Reflection no longer reduces attack speed
Tinker – changed
- Laser scepter bounce radius reduced from 650 to 400
- Laser manacost increased from 95/120/145/170 to 110/130/150/170
- Level 20 talent from +100 damage to +10 armor
Tiny– buffed
- Tree grab cooldown increased from 18/16/14/12 to 24/20/16/12
Treant Protector– buffed
- Level 10 talent changed from +35% xp gain to +2 living armor block instances
- Level 15 talent improved from 3s tree respawn time to 2s
- Level 25 talent changed from +6 living armor block instances to 700 aoe living armor (heroes and buildings)
Troll Warlord– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +200 health to +250
- Level 15 talent increased from +50 whirling axes damage to +75
Undying– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +100 cast range to +150
- Level 15 talent increased from +20 decay duration to +30
- Level 20 talent increased from +3 tombstone attacks to +4
Ursa– buffed
- Fury swipes roshan duration increased from 6 to 10
Venomancer– buffed
- Level 15 talent increased from +150 cast range to +200
- Level 20 talent increased from +6s poison nova duration to +7s
- Level 25 talent increased from +600 poison nova aoe to +800
Visage – changed
- Soul assumption talent now has a 300 cast range buffer for the secondary targets
- Added secondary ability on visage to make the nearest familiar land each time it is clicked.
Warlock– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +125 cast range to +150
- Level 15 talent increased from +40% xp gain to +60%
- Level 20 talent increased from +250 shadow word aoe to +300
Weaver– buffed
- Level 10 talent increased from +25% xp gain to +35%
Windranger– buffed
- Shackleshot manacost reduced from 90/100/110/120 to 70/85/100/115
- Level 20 talent increased from +0.5s shackleshot duration to +1s
Winter Wyvern– buffed
- Arctic burn manacost reduced from 120/110/100/90 to 90
- Level 10 talent increased from +50 damage to +60
Wraith King– changed
- Level 15 talent changed from +5 max skeletons to +25 skeletons attack damage
- Level 20 talent changed from +30 skeletons attack damage to 2x skeletons spawned
Zeus– buffed
- Level 25 talent increased from +200 cast range to +275
Dota 2 patch 7.10 item changes
Aeon Disk– buffed
- Cooldown reduced to 90 seconds from 100 seconds.
Animal Courier– buffed
- Movement speed increased to 460 from 450.
Boots of Speed – changed
- Cost increased to 500 from 400.
- Movement bonus increased to 50 from 40.
Monkey King Bar – changed
- Added a sound effect for successful procs
Phase Boots – buffed
- Movement bonus increased to 50 from 45.
Power Treads – buffed
- Movement bonus increased to 50 from 45.
Soul Ring – buffed
- Health cost increased to 170 from 150.
Tome of Knowledge – buffed
- XP bonus increased to 700 from 500.
Dota 2 patch 7.10 other changes
- Bounty Rune base gold bounty increased from 50 to 60 (affects runes after the first one)
- Bounty Rune no longer gives XP. Previously gave 0 at the start and increased by 7 per minute.
- Melee Creeps gold bounty reduced by 1 (reduced from 41 to 40)
- Randoming now gives a Faerie Fire instead of a branch
- Bonus hero count increased from 10 to 12