Icefrog continue de faire évoluer DotA 1 avec la sortie de la version 6.77 de Defense of the Ancients, la carte sur Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne dont DotA 2 est directement issu. Contrairement aux mises à jours précédentes, il n'y a pas de nouveau contenu au programme mais seulement des changements qui touchent à l'équilibrage. Ces changements devraient débarquer très vite sur DotA 2, sûrement dans le prochain patch.
Voici quelques points à noter sur les changements :
Drow Ranger et Centaur sont nerfés sans surprise, ces deux héros étant considérés comme trop puissants par l'immense majorité de la communauté. À voir s'ils seront ajouté au Captain's Mode après ces changements.
Attendu également, le sort Skewer de Magnus est désormais beaucoup moins puissant, ce qui devrait le rendre moins fort au mid et en hard lane. Son ultimate dure également moins longtemps.
Batrider, Undying, Templar Assassin, Jakiro et Bounty Hunter, des héros très populaires sur la scène compétitive ces derniers temps, subissent un léger nerf, mais ce qui ne devrait pas les faire disparaitre pour autant chez les équipes professionnelles.
Un nerf de Sven était également attendu par beaucoup (Na'Vi les premiers). Cependant Warcry et Greater Cleve n'ont été que très légèrement revus à la baisse. Mais il faut noter que les objets Crystalis et Buriza (Daedalus sur DotA 2) ont également été nerfés, ce qui handicapera Sven.
Quelques buffs de héros sont également au programme. Des héros qui sont sortis de la scène comme Lycanthrope ou Morphling sont légèrement plus forts et des héros quasiment jamais choisis comme Zeus, Earthshaker, Treant ou Clockwerk ont été buffés.
Le changelog complet :
6.77 Changelog (source)
Heroes:
Ancient Apparition
- Chilling Touch manacost rescaled from 140 to 110/120/130/140
Batrider
- Batrider can no longer attack while using Flaming Lasso
Bounty Hunter
- Track no longer reduces armor
Centaur
- Movement speed decreased from 305 to 300
- Double Edge no longer interrupts channeling
- Stampede now applies a 100% slow instead of a stun (as always, units cannot be slowed below 100 movement speed)
Clockwerk
- Agility growth increased from 1.2 to 2.3
Dazzle
- Shallow Grave cast range rescaled from 400/600/800/1000 to 550/700/850/1000
Doom Bringer
- Scorched Earth now also affects other units you control
- Doom now has too much armor! (+1)
Drow Ranger
- Trueshot Aura now only affects non-hero units within 900 range of Drow
Earthshaker
- Aftershock stun duration rescaled from 0.3/0.7/1.2/1.5 to 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5
- Aftershock damage increased from 25/45/75/115 to 50/75/100/125
- Enchant Totem cooldown decreased from 6 to 5
Enchantress
- Untouchable AS reduction increased from 20/40/60/80 to 20/50/80/110
Jakiro
- Ice Path damage from 100 to 25/50/75/100
Lycanthrope
- Base Int increased from 15 to 17
- Spirit Wolves armor increased by 1
Magnus
- Skewer no longer affects magic immune units
- Skewer cast range rescaled from 1200 to 600/800/1000/1200
- Reverse Polarity duration decreased from 2.5/3.25/4 to 2.25/3/3.75
Medusa
- Stone Gaze cooldown decreased from 140/110/80 to 140/100/60
Mirana
- Moonlight Shadow duration increased from 11 to 15 seconds
Morphling
- Cast animation time decreased from 0.4 to 0.25
Necrolyte
- Reaper's Scythe stun/delay increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
Omniknight
- Purification cast range rescaled from 400/500/600/700 to 700
Phoenix
- Sun Ray max range decreased from 1600 to 1300
- Sun Ray base damage decreased from 16/24/32/40 to 15/20/25/30
- Sun Ray now ends if you are stunned or silenced
- Fixed some Sunray lag issues
Puck
- Illusory Orb cooldown decreased from 13 to 12
Pugna
- Decrepify cooldown decreased from 13/11/9/7 to 12/10/8/6
Shadow Demon
- Shadow Poison cooldown decreased from 3 to 2.75
Slark
- Base agility increased by 6
Spectre
- Haunt no longer ends when you use reality (the targeted illusion is still replaced by you though)
Sven
- Great Cleave damage decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65
- Warcry duration decreased from 8 to 7 seconds
Templar Assassin
- Refraction manacost increased from 75 to 100
Terrorblade
- Movement speed increased by 5
Treant Protector
- Damage increased by 10
- Leech Seed cooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12 to 16/14/12/10
- Overgrowth cooldown decreased from 80 to 70
- Living Armor damage instances increased from 6 to 7
- Living Armor can be cast through the minimap (only considers heroes and towers/rax in this mode)
Undying
- Decay damage reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 20/60/100/140
Vengeful Spirit
- Wave of Terror damage increased from 18.75/37.5/56.25/75 to 30/50/70/90
Viper
- Base strength increased by 3
Warlock
- Shadow Word cooldown decreased from 20 to 16
Weaver
- Shukuchi damage increased from 90/100/110/120 to 90/110/130/150
Winter Wyvern
- Arctic Burn cooldown decreased from 60/50/40/30 to 50/40/30/20
- Splinter Blast cooldown decreased from 8 to 7
- Fixed Arctic Burn vs Roshan
Zeus
- Strength growth increased from 1.8 to 2.3
Items:
Buriza-do Kyanon
- Crit multiplier decreased from 2.7 to 2.4
- Recipe cost decreased from 1200 to 1000
Crystalys
- Damage decreased from 35 to 30
Eye of Skadi
- HP bonus increased from 200 to 250
- MP bonus increase from 150 to 250
Shiva's Guard
- Freezing Aura's attack speed reduction increased from 25 to 30
Misc:
* Harpy's Chain Lightning manacost reduced from 90 to 50
