Dota 2

Magnus

Universal melee hero, often played as an initiator, disabler or nuker.

Magnus
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Shockwave reworked in 7.20

191 lines of changes across 51 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.

63 buffs and 35 nerfs in total: trending stronger.

Biggest ability changes

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    Shockwave Slow Duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.55/0.7/0.85/1.0sadjusted 16 times across 14 patches, net buff
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    Solid Core Slow Resistance rescaled from 20/30/40/50% to 24% + 1% per leveladjusted 4 times across 3 patches, roughly even
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    Reverse Polarity Cooldown decreased from 120s to 115sadjusted 9 times across 9 patches, net buff
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    Empower Now always affects Magnus with 30% increased values and can't be cast on himselfadjusted 18 times across 15 patches, roughly even
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    Horn Toss Damage increased from 300 to 325adjusted 7 times across 5 patches, net buff
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    Skewer Movement is now cancelled if Magnus is interruptedadjusted 26 times across 18 patches, net buff

Innate

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    Solid Core Magnus suffers 50% less forced movement from enemy's abilities/itemsadjusted 2 times across 1 patch, roughly even

Aghanim’s upgrades

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    Scepter Now granted by Aghanim's Scepterchanged 10 times, latest shown
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    Shard Aghanim's Shard bonus distance increased from +275 to +300changed 13 times, latest shown

Base stats

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    Base Damage increased by 1adjusted 4 times across 4 patches, roughly even
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    Agility gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2adjusted 3 times across 3 patches, net buff
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    Intelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 2.1adjusted 3 times across 3 patches, net buff
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    Damage at level 1 increased from 55–63 to 56–64adjusted 4 times across 4 patches, net buff
Talents changed
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    Lv10 talent +10s Empower Duration replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen
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    Lv15 talent All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +14
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    Lv20 talent Skewer Range decreased from +375 to +275
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    Lv25 talent +10% Empower Damage/Cleave replaced with Shockwave Returns to Magnus

Facets were part of the game from 7.36 and were removed in 7.41. Magnus had 12 facet changes in between.

Most recent change patch 7.41e, Jul 2026

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    Horn Toss Damage increased from 300 to 325
Current abilities
  • ShockwaveMagnus sends out a wave of force, damaging enemy units in a line, pulling them towards him, and slowing them for a brief period.
  • EmpowerWhen cast on an ally, grants them bonus damage and cleave on attack. Empower is always on Magnus with 30% larger bonus.
  • SkewerMagnus rushes forward, goring enemy units on his massive tusk. Heroes hit on the way will be dragged to the destination, then damaged and affected by slowed movement speed. The damage is increased based on distance traveled.
  • Horn TossMagnus tosses any enemies in front of him, launching them to his rear. Enemies take damage, spend 0.6 seconds in the air, and are stunned while in the air and an additional amount of time after landing.
  • Solid Core innateMagnus has increased slow resistance and suffers less knockback from enemy's abilities and items.
  • Reverse Polarity

What players buy on Magnus

Starting items

Early game

Mid game

Late game

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

Every Magnus change, patch by patch

All 191 changes Valve listed for Magnus since patch 7.10, newest first. Shockwave reworked in 7.20. Last changed in 7.41e (Jul 2026).

Patch 7.41e

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    Horn Toss Damage increased from 300 to 325

Patch 7.41c

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    Shockwave Slow Duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.55/0.7/0.85/1.0s
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +14

Patch 7.41b

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    Base stats Agility gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2
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    Base stats Damage gain per level increased from 3.2 to 3.3

Patch 7.41

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    Base stats Base Agility increased from 12 to 14
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    Base stats Damage at level 1 increased from 55–63 to 56–64
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    Solid Core No longer levels with Reverse Polarity
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    Solid Core Slow Resistance rescaled from 20/30/40/50% to 24% + 1% per level
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    Empower Now always affects Magnus with 30% increased values and can't be cast on himself
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    Skewer Aghanim's Shard bonus distance increased from +275 to +300
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent +10% Empower Damage/Cleave replaced with Shockwave Returns to Magnus

Patch 7.40

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    Base stats Base Damage increased by 1
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    Base stats Damage at level 1 increased from 54–62 to 55–63
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    Facet No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses
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    Reverse Polarity Cooldown decreased from 120s to 115s

Patch 7.39e

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    Skewer Movement is now cancelled if Magnus is interrupted
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    Skewer Info Stunned, hexed or out of world

Patch 7.39

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    Shockwave Slow Duration decreased from 0.7/0.8/0.9/1s to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1s
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    Skewer Aghanim's Shard Tree Hit Damage increased from 30 to 40
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    Skewer Aghanim's Shard Cliff Hit Damage increased from 125 to 150

Patch 7.38c

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    Base stats Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23
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    Base stats Damage at level 1 decreased from 55–63 to 54–62
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    Shockwave Damage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300
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    Empower Self bonus decreased from 50% to 30%

Patch 7.38b

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    Magnus: Eternal Empowerment: Empower: Max self bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%
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    Skewer Distance decreased from 900/975/1050/1125 to 800/900/1000/1100
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    Skewer Aghanim's Shard Distance decreased from 1175/1250/1325/1400 to 1075/1175/1275/1375

Patch 7.38

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    Base stats Base Damage increased by 21
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    Base stats Damage at level 1 increased by 7 (from 48-56 to 55-63)
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    Base stats Intelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 2.1
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    Base stats Damage gain per level decreased from +4.7 to +3.2
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    Base stats Damage at level 30 decreased by 46 (from 214-222 to 168-176)
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    Removed Reverse Polarity and Reverse Reverse Polarity Facets
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    Reverse Polarity remains as Magnus' default ultimate
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    Facet Increases the max level of Shockwave to 5
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    Facet Number of times +2 All Attributes can be skilled decreased from 7 to 6
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    Facet Level 5 makes the shockwave return once it reaches its max distance, traveling 200 units further and dealing 50% of ability damage on its way back
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    Facet Ability is always enabled on Magnus. Every one of his subsequent attacks increases his self bonus by 2/3/4/5% up to a max of 10/15/20/25%. Duration: 10s. Each stack refreshes the duration. Bonus per hit and Max bonus scale with the level of Empower
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    Shockwave No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
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    Shockwave Mana Cost increased from 75 to 85/90/95/100
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    Shockwave Info Effect moved to a new Facet
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    Skewer Now deals 6/9/12/15% of the distance traveled as damage
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    Skewer No longer deals damage per tree/cliff hit by default
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    Skewer Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
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    Skewer Increases Skewer range by 275 and deals and additional 30 damage per tree hit and 125 damage for cliff hit
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent +0.75s Shockwave Slow Duration replaced with +1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent +10s Empower Duration replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen

Patch 7.37c

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    Skewer Damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent Shockwave Slow Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.75s

Patch 7.37b

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    Base stats Base Agility increased by 3
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    Solid Core Now also provides 20/30/40/50% slow resistance, scales with Reverse Polarity
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity duration increased from 15s to 20s
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity now stacks instead of refreshing

Patch 7.37

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    Facet Renamed from Run Through to Reverse Polarity
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    Facet No longer deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs (moved to base ability)
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    Skewer Now deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs
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    Skewer Tree Hit Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30
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    Skewer Cliff Hit Damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 50/75/100/125

Patch 7.36b

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    Base stats Base Intelligence increased from 19 to 20
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    Solid Core Now reduces knockback effects instead of forced movement
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    Skewer Damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 75/150/225/300
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +10 to +12

Patch 7.36a

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    Facet Effect Radius increased from 600 to 700
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    Facet Max Knockback Distance increased from 700 to 850
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    Facet Cooldown decreased from 120s to 100s

Patch 7.36

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    Solid Core New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
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    Solid Core Magnus suffers 50% less forced movement from enemy's abilities/items
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    Facet Deals bonus damage when pushing enemies through trees and cliffs. Each tree deals 10/15/20/25 damage, and cliffs deal 40/60/80/100 damage
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    Facet Pushes enemies in a 600 AoE around Magnus away from him to a maximum distance of 700, stunning and damaging them. Enemies are pushed over 0.2s
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    Shockwave Slow Duration rescaled from 0.9s to 0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0s
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    Shockwave Projectile Speed increased from 900 to 1200
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    Shockwave Aghanim's Shard Projectile Speed Bonus increased from 300 to 400
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    Empower Duration rescaled from 35s to 30/33/36/39s
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    Skewer No longer slows enemy attack speed by 10/20/30/40
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    Skewer No longer deals 6/9/12/15% of the distance as damage
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    Reverse Polarity Damage increased from 75/150/225 to 100/200/300
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    Horn Toss Damage increased from 275 to 300
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    Horn Toss Mana Cost decreased from 125 to 100

Patch 7.35c

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    Skewer Fixed interactions between Skewer and other forced movement abilities (e.g: Primal Beast Pulverize) causing Skewer to deal damage relative to the distance between the target and the center of the map.
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent Skewer Cooldown Reduction decreased from 7s to 5s
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent Skewer Range decreased from +375 to +275

Patch 7.35

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    Skewer Now additionally deals 6/9/12/15% of distance traveled as damage
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    Skewer Damage decreased from 90/180/270/360 to 70/140/210/280
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +8 to +10

Patch 7.34d

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    Shockwave Mana Cost rescaled from 70/80/90/100 to 75

Patch 7.34c

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    Base stats Base Attack Range increased from 150 to 200
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    Reverse Polarity Pull Radius increased from 410 to 430

Patch 7.34b

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    Shockwave Aghanim's Shard Damage Multiplier on return increased from 50% to 75%
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    Empower Bonus Damage increased from 12/20/28/36% to 16/24/32/40%
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    Empower Cleave Damage increased from 10/20/30/40% to 16/24/32/40%

Patch 7.34

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    Horn Toss Now stuns enemies for the duration of the air time
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +6 to +8

Patch 7.33d

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    Base stats Base Agility decreased from 15 to 9
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    Empower Bonus effect on self-cast decreased from 75% to 50%

Patch 7.33c

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    Base stats Base Damage decreased by 8 (Level 1 damage decreased by 2)

Patch 7.33b

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    Base stats Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.1
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    Base stats Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.0
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +5 to +6

Patch 7.33

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    Now is a Universal Hero
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    Base stats Base Damage decreased from 32-40 to 17-25
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    Base stats Strength gain decreased from 3.5 to 3.0
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    Base stats Agility gain decreased from 2.5 to 1.9
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    Base stats Intelligence gain decreased from 2.1 to 1.6
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    Base stats Damage on level 1 decreased by 5 (from 57-65 to 52-60)
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    Base stats Damage gain per level increased from +3.5 to +3.9
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    Empower Mana Cost decreased from 45/60/75/90 to 45/55/65/75
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    Shockwave Mana Cost decreased from 80/90/100/110 to 70/80/90/110
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    Shockwave Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade removed
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    Shockwave Now upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
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    Shockwave Increases range by 400 and wave speed by 300. Causes Shockwave to return towards the caster's original cast location after reaching max length, hitting enemies a second time for 50% of the damage
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    Reverse Polarity Stun Duration decreased from 2.75/3.25/3.75s to 2.5/3.0/3.5s
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    Reverse Polarity Info Duration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
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    Horn Toss Now granted by Aghanim's Scepter
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    Horn Toss Now stuns for 0.75s instead of slowing
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    Horn Toss Damage increased from 200 to 275
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent +16 Strength per hero hit with Reverse Polarity replaced with +5 All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent Reverse Polarity Stun Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s

Patch 7.32c

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    Shockwave Damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent Strength per Hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +16

Patch 7.32

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    Base stats Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5
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    Reverse Polarity Cooldown decreased from 130s to 120s
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    Horn Toss Slow duration increased from 1.25s to 2s
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent +12 Strength replaced with +12 Strength per hero hit with Reverse Polarity (buff duration: 15 seconds)

Patch 7.31d

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    Skewer Slow increased from 10/20/30/40% to 20/30/40/50%
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    Shockwave Scepter Erupt Armor reduction increased from 50% to 75%
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    Shockwave Scepter Damage Percentage increased from 50% to 75%
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    Shockwave Scepter Move Speed Slow increased from 50% to 75%

Patch 7.31

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    Shockwave Reworked Scepter. Increases Shockwave range by 150 and radius by 50. Shockwaves now Erupt after 1.5 seconds, dealing an additional 50% of Shockwave's base damage and applying a debuff that slows and reduces base Armor by 50%. Affected units recover over 5 seconds.
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent +350 Health replaced with +125 Shockwave Damage

Patch 7.30e

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    Horn Toss Shard now applies a 100% MS and 100 AS slow to targets instead of a stun (duration from 0.75 to 1.25)
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    Horn Toss Shard damage is now done at the start rather than the end
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    Skewer Range reduced from 900/1000/1100/1200 to 900/975/1050/1125
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent reduced from +425 Skewer Range to +375

Patch 7.30

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    Skewer Damage increased from 70/150/220/310 to 80/170/260/350
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    Empower Duration reduced from 40 to 35
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent +20 Damage replaced with +10s Empower Duration

Patch 7.29c

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    Base stats Intelligence gain increased from 1.7 to 2.1

Patch 7.29b

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    Reverse Polarity Damage increased from 50/125/200 to 75/150/225

Patch 7.29

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    Empower Damage increased from 11/18/25/32% to 12/20/28/36%
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    Shockwave Mana cost reduced from 90/100/110/120 to 80/90/100/110
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    Skewer Damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 70/150/230/310
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    Skewer Speed reduced from 950 to 900
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    Reverse Polarity Mana cost reduced from 200/250/300 to 150/225/300
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    Horn Toss Shard landing stun duration increased from 0.25 to 0.75
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent increased from +0.3s Shockwave Slow Duration to +0.5s
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent increased from -5s Skewer Cooldown to -7s
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent increased from +10 Strength to +12

Patch 7.28b

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    Horn Toss Shard landing damage increased from 150 to 200

Patch 7.27d

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    Empower Self multiplier reduced from 100% to 75%
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent changed from +200 Health to +0.3s Shockwave Slow Duration
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent changed from +8 Armor to +350 Health

Patch 7.27b

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    Empower Damage rescaled from 10/15/20/25% to 11/18/25/32%
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    Shockwave Slow increased from 60% to 75%
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    Skewer Cooldown reduced from 26/24/22/20 to 22/20/18/16
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    Skewer Radius increased from 135 to 145
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent changed from +15 Attack speed to +20 Damage
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent increased from +100 Shockwave Damage to +140

Patch 7.26c

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    Shockwave Cooldown reduced from 14/13/12/11 to 13/12/11/10
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent increased from +400 Skewer Range to +425

Patch 7.25

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    Shockwave Slow duration increased from 0.75 to 0.9
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent increased from +200 Health to +250
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent increased from +75 Shockwave Damage to +100

Patch 7.24

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    Max damage reduced by 4
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    Empower Cleave reduced from 15/25/35/45 to 10/20/30/40
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    Lv10 talent Level 10 Talent reduced from +25 Attack Speed to +20

Patch 7.23c

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    Skewer Scepter reduces manacost by 50% rather than 100%
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    Skewer Scepter cooldown increased from 4 to 6 seconds

Patch 7.22

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    Starting strength increased by 2
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    Shockwave Scepter max range increased from 1725 to 2000
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    Shockwave Scepter speed increased from 1200 to 1500

Patch 7.21b

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    Skewer Slow reduced from 25/30/35/40% to 10/20/30/40%
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    Empower Manacost increased from 30/50/70/90 to 45/60/75/90
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    Base stats Strength gain reduced from 3.7 to 3.5

Patch 7.20e

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    Empower Bonus damage reduced from 20/30/40/50 to 10/20/30/40%
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    Empower Cleave reduced from 20/38/56/74% to 14/34/54/74%
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    Reverse Polarity Cooldown increased from 120 to 130

Patch 7.20d

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    Empower Cleave damage reduced from 30/45/60/75% to 20/38/56/74%
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    Lv15 talent Level 15 Talent reduced from +15 Strength to +12
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    Lv20 talent Level 20 Talent reduced from +12 Armor to +10

Patch 7.20 Shockwave reworked

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    Skewer Cooldown reduced from 25 to 26/24/22/20
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    Shockwave Has been reworked

Patch 7.17

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    Base stats Base strength increased by 1
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    Skewer Slow increased from 2.5/2.75/3/3.25 to 3.25
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    Shockwave Damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300

Patch 7.16

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    Empower Cleave distance increased from 460 to 625 (matching Battle Fury)
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    Empower Cleave end radius increased from 240 to 330 (matching Battle Fury)

Patch 7.12

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    Skewer AoE increased from 125 to 135
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    Reverse Polarity Stun duration increased from 2.25/3/3.75 to 2.75/3.25/3.75

Patch 7.10

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    Base stats Base strength increased by 1
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    Lv25 talent Level 25 Talent increased from +0.75s Reverse Polarity to +1s