New Patch update 7.02
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New Patch update 7.02

February 9th, 2017 Industry 0 comments

Valve has released the new patch update 7.02 mid way through DAC 2017 qualifier playoffs. Gearing up for the rest of the season filled with some big LAN tournaments, the new patch will bring about changes in the meta with hero and item updates, changes to the map and adding Lycan into Captain’s Mode.

The new patch update 7.02 that was just released by Valve is all inclusive. Aside from item updates, changes to the maps and adding Lycan into Captain’s Mode, every hero has received updates.

The changes are expected to throw a monkey wrench into the meta and teams will be scrambling to adjust and adapt quickly.

DAC 2017 qualifiers playoffs are currently underway with matches scheduled for later today.

At least three big LANs are encroaching – StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 February 23-26, Dota 2 Asia Championships 2017 March 28-April 4, Kiev Major April 20-23.

Update 7.02 General Changes

  • Shrines are now vulnerable after a T3 tower dies (same as the Shrines inside the base), rather than after all T2 towers die
  • Sentry Wards now come in packs of 1 for 100 gold (instead of 2 for 200)
  • Added Lycan to CM

Update 7.02 Item Changes

  • Satyr Trickster Purge slow from 100/80/60/40/20% over 5 seconds to 50/40/30/20/10%
  • Helm of the Dominator All Stats from 6 to 4
  • Helm of the Dominator creeps now give a constant 125 gold bounty
  • Shadow Walk damage for Silver Edge from 225 to 200
  • Tome of Knowledge additional XP per used Tome from 100 to 135
  • Blademail damage return no longer spell lifesteals off of returned damage
  • Dragon Lance agility from 14 to 13
  • Battle Fury Radius from 280 to 300
  • Battle Fury Distance from 520 to 570
  • Bloodthorn cooldown from 11 to 13
  • Solar Crest Armor from 10 to 12 (same for transferring to Ally/Enemy)
  • Sange maim chance from 24% to 30%
  • Sange and Yasha Greater Maim chance from 30% to 35%
  • Heaven’s Halberd maim chance from 24% to 35%
  • Heaven’s Halberd cooldown from 30 to 22
  • Regen Rune now has the same damage dispel rules as Healing Salve
  • Aegis expiration regen now has the same damage dispel rules as Healing Salve

Update 7.02 Map Changes

  • Observer Wards now have a Fog of War simulator to show you the area the ward will reveal (taking into account trees and terrain height)
  • Towers no longer attack neutral team units
  • The following abilities cause neutrals to temporarily not draw aggro: Meat Hook, Telekinesis and Toss
  • Added more trees for TP cover around the dire towers
  • Swapped the dire secondary jungle ancients and medium camp spots (and improved spawn boxes/stackability)
  • The Dire ward spot to the left of the Ancients no longer gives vision over the rune area infront of Roshan
  • Slightly adjusted the dire secondary jungle bounty rune further back
  • Reduced spawnbox size for both Dire hard camps
  • Shifted down the spawnbox for the ancient camp (formerly medium camp) in the Dire secondary jungle (so a high ground ward does not block the camp)
  • Fixed a rare case where Dire ancients could be stuck between trees when spawning

    • Update 7.02 Hero Changes

    Every single hero received a change to some extent. With over 100 heroes, the effects can easily alter the meta and hero selection.

    A full recount of the hero changes can be found HERE.

    Featured image by Łukasz Tobiasz courtesy of rlraid facebook

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