Dota 2

Lina

Intelligence ranged hero, often played as a support, carry or nuker.

Lina
Intelligence

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Heavily adjusted

154 lines of changes across 50 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.

45 buffs and 34 nerfs in total: roughly even.

Biggest ability changes

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    Dragon Slave Mana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120adjusted 15 times across 11 patches, net buff
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    Laguna Blade Damage increased from 380/565/750 to 400/580/760adjusted 12 times across 9 patches, net buff
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    Fiery Soul Duration decreased from 18s to 16sadjusted 18 times across 10 patches, net nerf
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    Light Strike Array Damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 80/125/170/215adjusted 15 times across 13 patches, net buff
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    Flame Cloak Duration decreased from 8s to 7sadjusted 4 times across 3 patches, net buff
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    Slow Burn Lina's abilities deal an additional 64% damage as undispellable burn damage over 4sadjusted 2 times across 1 patch, roughly even

Innate

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    Fiery Soul Move Speed Bonus per stack rescaled from 1/1.5/2/2.5% to 0.5/1/1.5/2/2.5%adjusted 3 times across 1 patch, roughly even

Aghanim’s upgrades

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    Shard Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworkedchanged 11 times, latest shown
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    Scepter Reworked Scepter. Grants new ability: Flame Cloak. Lina gets flying movement, increases her spell damage by 30% and magic resistance by 35%. Cooldown: 25s. Cannot be dispelled.

Base stats

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    Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.6
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    Attack point reduced from 0.75 to 0.65
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    Attack backswing reduced from 0.78 to 0.6
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    Base intelligence increased by 2adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net buff
Talents changed
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    Lv10 talent Dragon Slave Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3.5s to 3s
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    Lv15 talent Light Strike Array Damage decreased from +150 to +110
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    Lv20 talent Laguna Blade Cooldown Reduction decreased from 25s to 20s
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    Lv25 talent +60% Combustion Overheat Damage replaced with +1s Slow Burn Duration
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    Talent This increases additional damage from 64% to 80%

Facets were part of the game from 7.36 and were removed in 7.41. Lina had 6 facet changes in between.

Most recent change patch 7.41f, Sep 2026

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    Fiery Soul Attack Speed Bonus decreased from 8/16/24/32 to 7/14/21/28
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    Fiery Soul Duration decreased from 18s to 16s
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    Base stats Base Intelligence decreased from 30 to 28
Current abilities
  • Dragon SlaveLina channels the breath of a dragon, sending out a wave of fire that scorches every enemy in its path.
  • Light Strike ArraySummons a column of flames that damages and stuns enemies.
  • Fiery SoulGrants bonus attack and movement speed each time Lina hits an enemy with a spell. Stacks with itself. Lasts 16 seconds.
  • Flame CloakGrants Lina unobstructed movement and increases her spell damage and magic resistance. Grants max fiery soul stacks on activation.
  • SB
    Slow Burn innateLina's abilities deal an additional 64% damage as burn damage over 4s.
  • Laguna BladeFires off a bolt of lightning at a single enemy unit, dealing massive damage.

What players buy on Lina

Early game

Mid game

Late game

Most bought first, from item purchases in recent professional matches (OpenDota, Nov 2026). Public games can differ.

Every Lina change, patch by patch

All 154 changes Valve listed for Lina since patch 7.06e, newest first. Last changed in 7.41f (Sep 2026).

Patch 7.41f

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    Base stats Base Intelligence decreased from 30 to 28
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    Base stats Damage at level 1 decreased from 51-59 to 49-57
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    Fiery Soul Attack Speed Bonus decreased from 8/16/24/32 to 7/14/21/28
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    Fiery Soul Duration decreased from 18s to 16s

Patch 7.41e

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    Base stats Base Agility decreased from 23 to 21

Patch 7.41d

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    Dragon Slave Mana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120

Patch 7.41c

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    Light Strike Array Damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 80/125/170/215
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    Laguna Blade Damage increased from 380/565/750 to 400/580/760

Patch 7.41

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    Removed Combustion innate ability
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    Slow Burn New innate ability
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    Slow Burn Lina's abilities deal an additional 64% damage as undispellable burn damage over 4s
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    Dragon Slave Damage decreased from 85/165/245/325 to 65/125/185/245
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    Light Strike Array Damage decreased from 110/160/210/260 to 80/120/160/200
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    Laguna Blade Damage decreased from 500/750/1000 to 380/565/750
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    Laguna Blade Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked
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    Laguna Blade Casting Laguna Blade temporarily supercharges Lina, granting her 12 stacks of Fiery Soul. Supercharge duration: 5s
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent Light Strike Array Damage decreased from +150 to +110
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Spells replaced with 150% Attack Crit on Targets Affected by Slow Burn
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent +60% Combustion Overheat Damage replaced with +1s Slow Burn Duration
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    Talent This increases additional damage from 64% to 80%

Patch 7.40

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    Base stats Intelligence gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0
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    Laguna Blade Cast Range increased from 600 to 750

Patch 7.39e

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    Light Strike Array Stun Duration increased from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2s to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s

Patch 7.39b

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    Facet Spell Amplification now affects only the total spell damage before the burn damage is calculated
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    Facet It increases the total damage and then splits it into burn damage without further amplifying the burn damage

Patch 7.39

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    Combustion: Overheat Damage increased from 10/30/50/70 to 15/35/55/75
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    Laguna Blade Damage increased from 500/700/900 to 500/750/1000

Patch 7.38c

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    Light Strike Array Mana Cost decreased from 100/115/130/145 to 100/110/120/130

Patch 7.38b

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    Laguna Blade Aghanim's Shard damage converted increased from 75% to 100%

Patch 7.38

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    Fiery Soul Move Speed Bonus per stack decreased from 1.5/2/2.5/3% to 1/1.5/2/2.5%
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    Fiery Soul No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
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    Laguna Blade Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
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    Laguna Blade 75% of the damage dealt is converted to an all damage barrier for Lina. Barrier lasts for 10s
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    Flame Cloak Duration decreased from 8s to 7s
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent Dragon Slave Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3.5s to 3s
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent Laguna Blade Cooldown Reduction decreased from 25s to 20s
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent 125% Laguna Blade Damage into Barrier replaced with +60% Combustion Overheat Damage

Patch 7.37e

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    Fiery Soul Aghanim's Shard Spell Damage per charge increased from 20 to 25

Patch 7.37c

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    Combustion: Damage threshold increased from 150 to 175
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    Light Strike Array Stun Duration decreased from 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2s to 1/1.4/1.8/2.2s

Patch 7.37b

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    Facet Supercharge Stacks decreased from 12 to 10/11/12

Patch 7.37

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    Combustion: New Innate ability. Passive, scales with Laguna Blade
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    Every 150 damage Lina does to an enemy hero causes them to overheat, dealing 10/20/30/40 damage to their allies in a 400 radius. Deals 10 damage if the target is an illusion. Dealing over 150 damage can cause this effect to trigger multiple times
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    Fiery Soul No longer a levelable innate ability
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    Fiery Soul Move Speed Bonus per stack rescaled from 1/1.5/2/2.5/3% to 1.5/2/2.5/3%
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    Fiery Soul Attack Speed Bonus per stack rescaled from 4/8/16/24/32 to 8/16/24/32

Patch 7.36b

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    Fiery Soul Move Speed Bonus increased from 0.5/1/1.5/2/2.5% to 1/1.5/2/2.5/3%

Patch 7.36a

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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Dragon Slave replaced with +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Spells
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    Talent Applied by Dragon Slave, Light Strike Array, and Laguna Blade. Lasts 3s

Patch 7.36

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    Fiery Soul Now is an Innate ability. Passive, can be leveled up with skill points
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    Fiery Soul Attack Speed Bonus per stack rescaled from 8/16/24/32 to 4/8/16/24/32
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    Fiery Soul Move Speed Bonus per stack rescaled from 1/1.5/2/2.5% to 0.5/1/1.5/2/2.5%
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    Facet Supercharges Lina, giving her 12 Fiery Soul stacks for 5s
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    Facet Impact damage from Lina's abilities is decreased to 60%, but each ability applies a stackable 3s debuff that deals burn damage every second, which sums up into 65% of the original ability damage
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    Facet This effectively increases each ability damage by 25%, but deals it over time
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    Dragon Slave No longer applies damage over time by default
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    Dragon Slave Damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 85/165/245/325
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    Dragon Slave Mana Cost decreased from 100/115/130/145 to 100/110/120/130
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    Dragon Slave Cast Point improved from 0.45s to 0.35s
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    Laguna Blade No longer supercharges Lina by default
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    Laguna Blade Cast Point improved from 0.45s to 0.3s
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    Laguna Blade Cast backswing improved from 0.7s to 0.4s
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent +325 Health replaced with 5% Fiery Soul Magic Resist Per Stack
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent +5 Laguna Blade Supercharge Stacks replaced with -25s Laguna Blade Cooldown
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent -25s Laguna Blade Cooldown replaced with 125% Laguna Blade Damage into barrier
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    Talent Barrier blocks all types of damage. Barrier HP depends on the damage dealt. Duration: 15s

Patch 7.35

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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent +11% Spell Amplification replaced with +5 Laguna Blade Supercharge Stacks
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent Laguna Blade damage is Pure replaced with +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Dragon Slave (only affects Lina's attacks)

Patch 7.34b

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    Dragon Slave Burn Duration increased from 2s to 3s
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent Damage increased from +20 to +25
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent Health increased from + 275 to +325

Patch 7.34

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    Dragon Slave Damage decreased from 85/165/245/325 to 75/150/225/300
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    Dragon Slave Now also burns enemies, dealing 10/20/30/40 damage per second. Damage Interval: 1s; Burn Duration: 2s
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    Light Strike Array Mana Cost rescaled from 115 to 100/115/130/145
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    Laguna Blade Now Supercharges Lina, granting her 10 stacks of Fiery Soul for 5 seconds

Patch 7.33d

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    Dragon Slave Cooldown decreased from 12/11/10/9s to 11/10/9/8s
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    Fiery Soul Aghanim's Shard Spell Damage per stack increased from 15 to 20
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    Flame Cloak Spell Amplification increased from 30% to 35%
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    Flame Cloak Duration increased from 6s to 8s

Patch 7.33c

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    Dragon Slave Damage increased from 85/160/235/310 to 85/165/245/325
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    Light Strike Array Damage increased from 100/150/200/250 to 110/160/210/260
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent Light Strike Array Damage increased from +130 to +150
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent Health increased from +250 to +275

Patch 7.33

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    Base stats Base Armor increased by 1
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    Light Strike Array Stun Duration decreased from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5s to 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2s
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    Light Strike Array Cast Range increased from 625 to 700
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    Light Strike Array Info Duration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
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    Flame Cloak Now grants max Fiery Soul stacks on activation

Patch 7.32e

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    Dragon Slave Cooldown increased from 9s to 12/11/10/9s
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    Light Strike Array Mana Cost increased from 100/105/110/115 to 115
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    Fiery Soul Attack Speed Bonus per stack decreased from 10/20/30/40 to 8/16/24/32
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    Fiery Soul Move Speed Bonus per stack decreased from 1.5/2/2.5/3% to 1/1.5/2/2.5%
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +350 to +250
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent Fiery Soul Speed per stack decreased from +15/1% to +10/1%

Patch 7.32c

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    Base stats Base Armor decreased by 1
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent Damage decreased from +25 to +20

Patch 7.32

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    Flame Cloak Reworked Scepter. Grants new ability: Flame Cloak. Lina gets flying movement, increases her spell damage by 30% and magic resistance by 35%. Cooldown: 25s. Cannot be dispelled.
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent +125 Attack Range replaced with Laguna Blade Pure Damage And Pierces Spell Immunity

Patch 7.31d

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    Fiery Soul Stack duration increased from 15s to 18s
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    Fiery Soul Shard bonus damage increased from 10 to 15

Patch 7.31b

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    Base stats Agility Growth increased from 2.1 to 2.4
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    Base stats Intelligence Growth increased from 3.7 to 3.8
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    Light Strike Array Damage increased from 80/130/180/230 to 100/150/200/250
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    Laguna Blade Manacost reduced from 250/400/550 to 150/300/450

Patch 7.31

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    Fiery Soul Max charges increased from 3 to 7
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    Fiery Soul Stack duration increased from 12s to 15s
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    Fiery Soul Movement speed bonus per charge reduced from 4/5/6/7% to 1.5/2/2.5/3%
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    Fiery Soul Attack speed bonus per charge reduced from 30/50/70/90 to 10/20/30/40
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    Fiery Soul Now gains a charge whenever a spell damages an enemy
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    Aghanim's upgrade Reworked Shard: Lina's spells deal 10 more damage for each Fiery Soul charge
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent +30/2% Fiery Soul per stack reduced to +15/1%

Patch 7.30e

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    Dragon Slave Cooldown increased from 8 to 9
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    Fiery Soul Movement speed per stack reduced from 5/6/7/8% to 4/5/6/7%
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent increased from -2.5s Dragon Slave Cooldown to -3.5s
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent reduced from +30 Damage to +25

Patch 7.30c

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    Light Strike Array Cooldown increased from 10/9/8/7 to 13/11/9/7
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent +150 Attack Range reduced to 125
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    Laguna Blade Shard now also reduces mana cost by 100

Patch 7.30

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    Base stats Base Attack Damage increased by 2
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    Fiery Soul Attack Speed Bonus Per Stack reduced from 40/60/80/100 to 30/50/70/90

Patch 7.29b

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    Base stats Agility gain increased from 1.8 to 2.1
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    Light Strike Array Manacost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 100/105/110/115
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    Light Strike Array Radius increased from 225 to 250
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    Fiery Soul Stack duration increased from 10 to 12 seconds
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent increased from -2s Dragon Slave Cooldown to -2.5s

Patch 7.29

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    Light Strike Array Damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 80/130/180/230
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    Laguna Blade Shard now removes the delay before damage is dealt
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    Laguna Blade Shard cast range bonus increased from +150 to +250
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent changed from +75 Cast Range to -2s Dragon Slave Cooldown
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent changed from -5s Dragon Slave Cooldown to -25s Laguna Blade Cooldown

Patch 7.27b

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    Laguna Blade Damage increased from 450/650/850 to 500/700/900
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    Dragon Slave Backswing animation time reduced (from 0.53 to 0.38)
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent increased from 24/1.5% Fiery Soul Per Stack to 30/1.5%

Patch 7.26c

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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent increased from +275 Health to +300

Patch 7.25

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    Base stats Attack point reduced from 0.75 to 0.65
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    Base stats Attack backswing reduced from 0.78 to 0.6

Patch 7.23d

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    Base stats Base damage reduced by 2

Patch 7.22

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    Base stats Strength gain increased from 2 to 2.2
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    Base stats Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.6

Patch 7.21d

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    Base stats Agility increased from 16 + 1.5 to 23 + 1.8

Patch 7.21c

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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent increased from +25/2% Fiery Soul Per Stack to +30/2%
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent increased from +12% Spell Amplification to +14%

Patch 7.21b

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    Base stats Base intelligence increased by 2

Patch 7.21

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    Base stats Base damage increased by 3

Patch 7.20e

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    Base stats Base armor increased by 1

Patch 7.20c

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    Base stats Base armor increased by 1

Patch 7.10

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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent increased from +100 Cast Range to +125
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent increased from +25 Damage to +30
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent increased from +300 Health to +350
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent increased from +10% Spell Amplification to +12%

Patch 7.08

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    Base stats Base intelligence increased by 3
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    Base stats Base damage random variance reduced from 18 min/max damage spread to 12

Patch 7.06e

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    Dragon Slave Dragon Slave damage reduced from 110/180/250/320 to 85/160/235/310
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent from +40/4% Fiery Soul to +35/3%