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Updated item guides for Earth Spirit, OD and Pugna (credits to Frost).
Updated item guide for Rubick (credits to Sythrus).


Small seasonal map tweaks

Moved around trees on alternate map

Darkonius special balance - part 2 (#3740)

Fixed player-owned creeps and creep heroes abilities and items not refreshing in duels.
Boss' level now increases with their tier. (30/30/30/30/60 -> 30/35/40/45/50) -> Important for Legion Commander innate for example.
Infused Staff passive attack dmg block while the shield is active will now work like other attack damage block sources.
Infused Staff passive spell dmg block while the shield is active will now work at least for the dmg instances below the shield threshold.
Refresher Orb mana cost increased from 350 to 500.

Bristleback: Fixed Quill Spray debuffs not being removed with Super Strong Dispel or when Duel starts/ends.
Chen Divine Favor regen rescaled from 4/6/8/10/20/30 to 3/6/9/12/18/27.
Clockwerk Battery Assault dmg reduced at OAA lvls from 195/295 to 190/285.
Clockwerk Level 15 Talent +48 Battery Assault Damage reduced to +36.
Clockwerk Level 20 Talent +75 Rocket Flare Damage increased to +100.
Clockwerk Power Cogs cd increased at early lvls from 15 to 18/17/16/15 seconds.
Clockwerk Rocket Flare dmg reduced from 90/160/230/300/600/900 to 70/140/210/280/560/840.
Dazzle: Fixed Weave buffs and debuffs not being removed with Super Strong Dispel or when Duel starts/ends.
Earth Spirit: Fixed Magnetize debuff not being removed with Super Strong Dispel or when Duel starts/ends if level 25 talent is taken.
Gyrocopter Flak Cannon cd reduced by 1s at all lvls.
Gyrocopter Level 15 Talent +30% Lifesteal reduced to +25%.
Gyrocopter scepter side gunner radius reduced from 800 to 700.
Hoodwink Level 15 Talent +180 Bushwack Damage reduced to +100.
Hoodwink Scurry bonus move speed reduced by 5 at all lvls.
Invoker Cold Snap dmg reduced at OAA lvls from 112/134.4/156.8/179.2/201.6/224/246.4 to 80/96/112/128/144/160/192.
Invoker Cold Snap duration reduced at OAA lvls from 6.2/6.5/7/7.4/7.8/8.2/8.6 to 6/6.2/6.4/6.6/6.8/7/7.4 seconds.
Invoker Deafening Blast dmg rescaled from 60/120/200/260/320/380/440/500/560/620/680/740/800/860/920 to 70/120/170/220/270/320/370/420/520/620/720/820/920/1020/1220.
Invoker EMP dmg per mana burned increased from 60% to 65%.
Invoker EMP mana burn rescaled at OAA lvls from 1100/1210/1320/1430/1540/1650/1760 to 775/925/1075/1225/1375/1525/1825.
Invoker EMP shard pull speed increased from 125 to 150.
Invoker Forged Spirit attack range reduced at last 2 lvls from 825/850 to 815/825.
Invoker Forged Spirit dmg rescaled at OAA lvls from 102/120/138/170/190/220/250 to 112/132/152/172/192/212/252.
Invoker Forged Spirit hp increased by 100 at all lvls.
Invoker Ice Wall dps rescaled from 6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48/84/100.8/117.6/134.4/161.2/168/184.8 to 18/24/30/36/42/48/54/60/72/84/96/108/120/132/156.
Invoker Level 20 Talent +45 Alacrity Damage/Attack Speed reduced to +30.
Invoker Quas flat lifesteal reduced at OAA lvls from 16/18/20/20/24/26/28 to 15/16/17/18/19/20/21.
Invoker Tornado cd reduced from 27s to 24s.
Invoker Tornado dmg from wex rescaled from 45/90/135/180/225/270/315/360/630/756/882/1008/1134/1260/1386 to 50/100/150/200/250/300/350/400/500/600/700/800/900/1000/1200.
Jakiro Dual Breath dps reduced at max lvl from 320 to 240.
Jakiro Ice Path dmg increased at OAA lvls from 50 to 100/150.
KOTL Recall cd reduced from 21/18/15/12/9 to 17/16/15/12/9.
KOTL Spirit Form bonus cast range rescaled from 125/225/325/425/525 to 125/250/375/425/475.
KOTL Spirit Form cd reduced at max lvl from 70s to 65s.
Legion Commander Overwhelming Odds with Stonehall Plate facet shield duration increased from 6s to 8s.
Lich Level 25 Talent +50 Frost Shield Regen increased to +75.
Lifestealer Infest dmg increased from 150/300/450/900/1350 to 150/350/550/950/1350.
Lion Finger of Death base dmg reduced from 600/850/1100/1850/2600 to 600/800/1000/1600/2200.
Lion Finger of Death cd increased at early lvls from 60/50/40 to 70/55/40 seconds.
Lion Finger of Death scepter bonus dmg reduced at lvl 4 from 350 to 300.
Lone Druid True Form duration with Unbearable facet increased from 25s to 40s.
Luna : Fixed Level 15 Talent tooltip having a %.
Luna Eclipse cd increased from 100s to 110s.
Luna Eclipse night duration reduced from 12 to 4/6/8/10/12 seconds.
Luna: Fixed Moonstorm dmg stacks and Lunar Orbit buff not being removed when Duel starts/ends.
Lycan Alpha Wolves facet: Wolves BAT improved at lvls 7-8 from 0.7 to 0.6/0.5
Lycan Feral Movement (shard ability) now provides 10% bonus attack speed instead of flat 50.
Lycan Howl mana cost increased from 40 to 40/45/50/55/60/65.
Lycan Level 10 Talent +20 Wolves Damage reduced to +10.
Lycan Wolves dmg reduced at OAA lvls from 180/280/380/480 to 160/240/320/400.
Lycan Wolves hp rescaled at OAA lvls from 1625/2625/2625/2625 to 1250/1875/2500/3125.
Magnus Shockwave dmg reduced at max lvl from 1200 to 900.
Magnus Skewer mana cost increased from 40/45/50/55/60/65 to 65/70/75/80/85/90.
Marci Unleash cd reduced at OAA lvls from 60 to 55/50 seconds.
Mars God's Rebuke bonus dmg against heroes reduced at max lvl from 100 to 75.
Mars Spear shard dps rescaled from 15/30/45/60/90/120 to 15/25/35/45/90/135.
Medusa Gorgon's Grasp cd increased from 24/22/20/18/17/16 to 24/23/22/21/20/19 seconds.
Medusa Mystic Snake base dmg reduced at max lvl from 1080 to 810.
Medusa Mystic Snake mana cost increased at OAA lvls from 150/160 to 160/180.
Mirana Bullseye innate now also increases Sacred Arrow cast range to match the arrow travel distance. (QoL change)
Mirana Level 15 Talent +100 Leap Attack Speed reduced to +90.
Mirana Level 15 Talent +25% Moonlight Shadow/Solar Flare Evasion reduced to +20%.
Mirana Sacred Arrow: Piercing arrow will have reduced stun duration by 20% every time it pierces.
Monkey King Boundless Strike cd reduced at early lvls from 24/21/18/15 to 21/19/17/15 seconds.
Morphling Adaptive Strike (AGI) cd increased from 10/9/8/7/6/5 to 13/12/11/10/9/8 seconds (same as Adaptive Strike (STR))
Nature's Prophet Level 20 Talent +170 Sprout Damage increased to +200.
Nightstalker Dark Ascension bonus dmg reduced at max lvl from 650 to 500.
Nightstalker Level 15 Talent +50 Dark Ascension Damage reduced to +25.
Nightstalker Void dmg reduced at max lvl from 1280 to 960.
Nyx Assassin Level 20 Talent +100 Impale Damage increased to +150.
OD: Fixed Astral Imprisonment buffs and debuffs not being removed with Super Strong Dispel or when Duel starts/ends.
OD: Fixed Essence Flux scepter shield not being removed when Duel starts/ends.
Ogre Magi Bloodlust cd increased at OAA lvls from 12/10 to 13/12 seconds.
Omniknight Hammer of Purity base dmg reduced from 55/80/105/130/260/390 to 50/75/100/125/250/375.
Oracle Field Medic innate linger duration from 0.5s to 1s.
Phantom Assassin Coup De Grace dagger proc chance reduced from 25% to 24%.
Phantom Assassin Immaterial evasion per lvl increased from 0.5 to 0.7
Phantom Assassin Phantom Strike cd reduced from 8/6 to 7/5 seconds.
Phantom Assassin Stiffling Dagger base dmg increased at OAA lvls from 90/110 to 160/240.
Phoenix Supernova dps reduced at max lvl from 660 to 540.
Puck Dream Coil initial dmg reduced at OAA lvls from 950/1425 to 925/1375.
Puck Level 15 Talent +75 Waning Rift Damage reduced to +70.
Queen of Pain Sonic Wave cd reduced at early lvls from 100/90/80 to 90/85/80 seconds.
Rubick Might and Magus innate bonus dmg and magic resist per spell amp reduced from 0.75% to 0.5%
Slardar Seaborn Sentinel water regen reduced at OAA lvls from 16/32 to 12/18.

"really good design" -Darko V. Onius

translations and moved some trees around
Darkonius special balance - Part 1 (#3737)

Darkonius wrote 10,267 characters worth of patch notes but unfortunately dota only supports 8,000 characters so you'll have to go to the github to see them.

Bingus Updatus.

some balance (#3735)

Jakiro Liquid frost damage nerfed
temporary chatterjee nerfs (waiting for electric shield rework)
Huskar good facet spear burn duration nerfed
Luna moon glaives dmg nerfed at oaa lvls
Phoenix Sun ray dmg nerfed at oaa lvls
Blood core active spell lifesteal nerfed
Broodmother level 10 talent reduced from +12 all stats to +5
Hoodwink aghs buffed from 60% sharpshooter dmg to 100%

Spell lifesteal stacking fixes (#3736)

Fixed spell lifesteal stacking from multiple Blood Cores and multiple Dagons.

Update alchemist_corrosive_weaponry.txt (#3734)

the great universal hero nerf (#3733)

Base damage per stat for Universal heroes changed from 0.7 to 0.6 (maybe)
Dark Seer wall of replica damage scaling nerfed at all levels
Dragon Knight innate scaling + multiplier nerf
Elder Titan ult cd nerf + small oaa level damage nerf
Huskar burning spear duration talent nerf
Sand King epicenter aoe nerfs
Weaver geminate max level damage unbuffed
Weaver level 10 str talent reduced from 20 to 12

the great universal hero nerf (#3733)

Base damage per stat for Universal heroes changed from 0.7 to 0.6 (maybe)
Dark Seer wall of replica damage scaling nerfed at all levels
Dragon Knight innate scaling + multiplier nerf
Elder Titan ult cd nerf + small oaa level damage nerf
Huskar burning spear duration talent nerf
Sand King epicenter aoe nerfs
Weaver geminate max level damage unbuffed
Weaver level 10 str talent reduced from 20 to 12


Alternate map fixes (#3732)

Fixed shop
Zone control no longer teleports... titan soul still allows players to traverse beyond map borders, though.
Fixed some shit
Ziczac's fixes

Translations and end screen changes, icons coming soon(tm)

compile new map

Disabled some maps

Disabled legacy map, 1v1 map and 10v10 map. For 1v1 use oaa_seasonal or tinymode instead.

7.35d (#3730)
Some item guides updates (#3729)

Beastmaster, Broodmother, Chaos Knight, Nature's Prophet, Grimstroke, Lycan, Oracle, Shadow Shaman
(Credits to Frost and his brick for Beastmaster, Grimstroke, Lycan, Oracle and Shadow Shaman).
Fixed Blood Core tooltip

Some tweaks (#3728)

Max amount of Grendel respawns set to 5.
Only the losing team can now call Grendel with the Extension Shrine.
Extension Shrine starting cooldown and cooldown increase per use reduced from 10 to 8 minutes.

mirnana (#3727)

All Pick bans (#3725)

Bans now have 100% chance (applied immediately, rather than being voted and randomly chosen).

Extension shrine and wandering bosses changes (#3726)

Extension shrines now share cooldown. (e.g. If radiant shrine is used the dire shrine will go on cooldown)
Grendel base attack damage reduced from 1000 to 900.
Grendel death will now increase the score limit only if the team that killed it is losing.
Grendel first spawn time changed from 12 to 16 minutes.
Grendel kill reward is now the same as tier 1 boss (2 core points and 1 score/kill point.)
Grendel now has Point Aversion ability (like Wanderer deals more damage to the winning team).
Grendel now takes less damage from the winning team. Damage reduction is based on point difference.
Grendel will no longer stop respawning after its 4th death. Capped the XP reward to 10k.
Max point difference needed for Offside Protection to be disabled while Wanderer is there reduced from 25 to 20.
Point Aversion dmg per point diff increased from 110 to 130.
Wanderer Cleanse bonus base damage now scales with Wanderer lvl. Changed from 1500 to 500/1000/1500.
Wanderer Sticky Blood damage per stack now scales with Wanderer lvl. Changed from 90 to 70/80/90.
Wanderer base armor increased from 25 to 32/37/43.
Wanderer base attack damage reduced from 3000/6000/10000 to 2500/5000/10000.
Wanderer health reduced from 17000/35000/50000 to 15000/25000/45000.
Wanderer lvl 3 core point reward increased from 16 to 24.
Wanderer lvl 3 xp bounty increased from 6000 to 7000.
Wanderer mana increased from 2500 to 5000/10000/20000.
Wanderer mana regen increased from 5 to 10/20/40.
Wanderer's Spirit buff now also provides 20% spell amp.
Some new Icons for Items (#3719)

fix numbers below 1000 and also kda width

Custom dmg tracker + End Screen score improvements (#3718)

random balance patch (#3723)

Bristleback undoing some buffs to reduce his damage
Dark Willow fixed shadow realm damage scaling, increase manacost at oaa levels
Kunkka nerfed damage reduction from boat/x-mark
Lone druid nerfed spirit link lifesteal, attack speed etc.
Mirana tune down solar flare (probably still very good)
Naga Siren deluge nerf, ensnare cd nerfed, mirror image nerfed damage dealt at max lvl, fixed illusion damage taken
Treant living armor and leech seed nerfs
Silencer Glaives temp int steal is now 1 at all lvls, Glaives temp int steal duration nerfed, Last Word dmg per silence nerfed at max lvl, Reduced Silencer's INT gain per lvl.

Bubble Orb less aoe, uptime and duration
Sacred Skull nerfed armor and hp
Bloodthorn pop dmg now scales
Gleipnir damage nerfs
Midas xp reduced from 3 to 2.5
Khanda small stat nerfs and slow duration nerf
Radiance damage buffs
Windwaker undo move speed nerf
Greater Power Treads bonus magic resist increased.
Greater Phase Boots aoe for melee heroes is now equal to the owner's attack range or 175 (whichever is higher).

Blood Core changes (#3722)

Blood Core now needs Ultimate Orb instead of Reaver.
Blood Core now provides 20/25/30/35/40 to the primary attribute instead of 25/30/40/55/75 strength. (7/8/10/12/13 all stats for universal heroes)

Damage Block items (#3720)

Infused Staff when cast on an ally now applies a shield that blocks only 1 instance of damage that is over 50 after reductions. Shield lasts 12 seconds. Shield goes away after blocking 1 instance of damage. Shield is dispellable.
Infused Staff passive damage block chance against spells increased from 25% to 30%.
Infused Staff passive damage block for ranged heroes against attacks increased from 30/60/90/120/150 to 35/70/105/140/175.
Abyssal Blade passive damage block for melee heroes against attacks increased from 120/170/220/270 to 120/180/240/300.
Crimson Guard passive block chance reduced from 75% to 60%.

Ghost King Bar changes (#3721)

GKB active no longer dispels the owner.
GKB active bonus move speed and status resist for healed units increased from 15/17/19/21/23% to 18/20/22/24/26%.