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Tuned 13 times34 lines of changes across 13 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.
12 buffs and 6 nerfs in total: trending stronger.
Cost and recipe
- ◆No longer requires a 1050 gold recipe. Total Cost increased from 5300 to 5900changed 7 times across 3 patches, roughly even
Biggest changes
- ◆Slow amount increased from 35% to 45% when used against ranged heroesadjusted 2 times across 1 patch, roughly even
- ◆Attack Speed reduction rescaled from 30/60 to 10%/20%
- ▲As a result, attack slow against melee units increased from 10% to 20%
- ▲All Attributes bonus increased from +22 to +35
- ▼Cold Attack no longer has a separate value for incoming heal reductionadjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net nerf
- ▲Cold Attack Movement Speed Slow vs ranged heroes increased from 40% to 50%
- ▲Cold Attack Melee Movement Slow increased from 20% to 25%
- ▲Cold Attack health restoration reduction increased from 40% to 50%
- ▲Cold Attack attack speed slow increased from 20% to 25%
- ◆Slow duration changed from 5/2.5 for melee/range attackers to 3 seconds
- ◆Movement/Attack Speed slow against melee heroes rescaled from 25/25% to 20/30%
- ◆Movement/Attack Speed slow against ranged heroes rescaled from 50/50% to 40/60%
- ▲Heal reduction increased from 35% to 40%
- ▼Bonus stats reduced from 25 to 22
- ▲Health bonus increased from +220 to +250
- ▲Mana bonus increased from +220 to +250
- ◆Slow from 20/45 to 25/50
- ▲Bonus health increased from 200 to 220
- ▲Bonus mana increased from 200 to 220
- ◆Attack speed slow now matches the movement slow values above
- ◆Reduces all regen, heals and lifesteal by 35%
- ▼No longer provides +250 Health and +250 Mana
- ◆Cold Attack instead of reducing Healing, Health Regen, Lifesteal, and Spell Lifesteal by 40%, now reduces Health Restoration and Heal Amplification by 40%
- ▼Cold Attack's slow and health restoration reduction no longer stack with Orb of Frost and Orb of Corrosion
- ◆Still reduces incoming heals due to Health Restoration changes
Most recent change patch 7.41e, Jul 2026
- ▲Cold Attack attack speed slow increased from 20% to 25%
What it does now
- + 35 All Attributes
- Cold Attack PassiveAttacks lower enemy movement by -25% if they are melee and -50% if they are ranged. Attacks also lower enemy attack speed by -25% and Health Restoration by 50%. Lasts for 3 seconds.
Built from Ultimate Orb, Ultimate Orb, Orb of Frost.
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