Dota 2

Orb of Venom

Shop item, 350 gold.

Orb of Venom
350g

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Tuned 6 times

12 lines of changes across 6 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.

4 buffs and 5 nerfs in total: roughly even.

Cost and recipe

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    Cost increased from 250 to 350changed 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even

Biggest changes

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    Poison Attack damage per second increased from 10 to 12adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net buff
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    Damage per second reduced from 5 to 2adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net nerf
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    Poison Attack no longer has True Strike on the attackadjusted 3 times across 2 patches, net nerf
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    Slow duration reduced from 3 to 2
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    Poison Attack duration increased from 2s to 3s
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    Melee slow increased from 12% to 15%

Most recent change patch 7.41e, Jul 2026

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    Poison Attack damage per second increased from 10 to 12
What it does now

Cooldown: 9s

  • Poison Attack PassivePoisons the target, dealing 12 magical damage per second. Lasts for 3 seconds.

Every Orb of Venom change, patch by patch

All 12 changes Valve listed for Orb of Venom since patch 7.18, newest first. Last changed in 7.41e (Jul 2026).

Patch 7.41e

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    Poison Attack damage per second increased from 10 to 12

Patch 7.39c

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    Poison Attack no longer has True Strike on the attack

Patch 7.38

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    Cost increased from 250 to 350
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    Poison Attack now has a 9s cooldown
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    Poison Attack no longer slows movement speed
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    Poison Attack damage per second increased from 2 to 10
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    Poison Attack duration increased from 2s to 3s

Patch 7.35c

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    Cost decreased from 275 to 250

Patch 7.25

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    Damage per second reduced from 5 to 2
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    Melee slow increased from 12% to 15%
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    Slow duration reduced from 3 to 2

Patch 7.18

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    Damage per second reduced from 5 to 3 on ranged heroes