Don’t worry there are some increases too in those little stats that make the MOBA world go round. There’s barely a hero or item in DOTA 2 spared the butchering of programmers.
Below are the general changes with update 6.79, whereas the rest are available to view on the official DOTA 2 forums.
* Buyback prevents gaining unreliable gold (creeps, neutrals, etc) until your normal respawn time finishes
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When buying back, 25% of the remaining respawn time will be added to your next death
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Creeps now meet a bit closer to the tower in your offlane
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Ranged Heroes now get the same denied experience as melee heroes (instead of less)
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XP AoE increased from 1200 to 1300
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Non-Ancient Neutrals now split XP with all heroes in the AoE instead of just the team that killed them
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Swapped the medium pullable Neutral Camp with the small camp
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A neutral creeps camp will no longer spawn the same set of neutral creeps twice in a row
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Small reduction to the pull timing duration of the mid Radiant and mid-top Dire camp
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Satyr Mindstealer XP bounty reduced from 88 to 62
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Satyr Tormentor XP bounty reduced from 155 to 119
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Mud Golems XP bounty reduced from 119 to 88
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Mud Golems armor reduced from 4 to 2
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Dark Troll Summoner bounty XP reduced from 155 to 119
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Hellbear Smasher HP reduced from 1100 to 950
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Hellbear armor reduced from 5 to 3
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Satyr Trickster’s Purge cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.2
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Dragon Ancient Neutral Camp now have flying movement capability
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Fixed Neutral Envenomed Weapons debuff dispelling regen items
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Day/Night length decreased from 6 to 4 minutes
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The following heroes now have the standard 800 night vision: Drow Ranger, Mirana, Puck, Leshrac, Enchantress, Ancient Apparition, Meepo and Treant Protector
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Roshan will respawn at a random time between 8 and 11 minutes after death
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When Aegis expires unused, it heals the hero fully over 5 seconds (regen dispels on damage from players or buildings)
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Starting gold increased from 603 to 625
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Random Gold bonus reduced by 50
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Gold for ending a spree changed from 75->600 (3x->10x) to 125->1000
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Your gold income is now 1 per 0.6 seconds, up from 1 per 0.8 seconds
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Tower last hit bonus gold increased from 100-200 to 150-250
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Melee Barracks HP regen increased from 2.5 to 5
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Ranged Barracks HP regen decreased from 2.5 to 0
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Ranged Barracks HP reduced from 1500 to 1200 and armor increased from 5 to 10 (same EHP vs physical damage)
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Evasion now stacks diminishingly
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Can no longer orb-attack while attack restricted (such as Ethereal or Frostbite)
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The following abilities no longer automatically ignore backswing time by default: Rupture, Malefice, Venomous Gale, Stifling Dagger, Flamebreak, Wave of Terror, Shadow Word and Power Cogs
