Changes in version W3League_DotA_1.6
December 17, 2025Korneeey
Hero Changes
Doom Bringer
Devour:
- You can now learn a higher level of the ability while digesting a creep.
- Added sound effects when devouring a creep and upon finishing digestion.
- Improved visual effects. The devoured unit now shrinks and is absorbed by the hero.
Earth Spirit
Boulder Smash:
- Added cast animation – Attack Slam.
- Targeting
Stone Remnants is now more convenient, both directly on the unit and on the ground. The knockback trajectory is more predictable, making it significantly easier to aim at enemies. - Units affected by Boulder Smash can no longer use jump or movement abilities, nor items such as
Kelen's Dagger,
Force Staff,
Eul's Scepter of Divinity. - Cannot be cast on heroes currently using
Omnislash or engaged in
Duel.
Rolling Boulder:
- Changed ability icon.
- Changed animation; the hero now curls into a ball and rolls.
- Rolling over a
Stone Remnant pulls the statue along, doubles speed, and increases travel distance to 1600. - Rolling over an
Enchanted Remnant doubles speed and increases travel distance to 1600, while the enchanted hero statue remains in place. - Upon collision with an enemy hero, Earth Spirit now appears 100 units away on the opposite side of the collision.
- Added visual effect and debuff icon for
Boulder Smash Slow. - Earth Spirit can no longer use
Kelen's Dagger,
Force Staff, or
Eul's Scepter of Divinity while rolling.
Geomagnetic Grip:
- Added a new icon for the
Pandaren’s Silence debuff. - Cannot be cast on heroes currently using
Omnislash or engaged in
Duel. - Units affected by Geomagnetic Grip can no longer use jump or movement abilities, nor items such as
Kelen's Dagger,
Force Staff,
Eul's Scepter of Divinity.
- Added a new icon for the
Magnetize:
- Checks for nearby
Stone Remnants or
Enchanted Remnants every 0.5 seconds, starting 0.5 seconds after cast. - If a statue is found near an affected unit, Magnetize spreads to enemies within 600 radius of the statue.
- If Magnetize is already active on an enemy, its duration is refreshed.
- After spreading Magnetize, Earth Spirit can use
Stone Remnants for another 8 seconds before they are destroyed. - Magnetize can spread from invisible and invulnerable units, but not from (or onto) hidden units and couriers.
- Enchanted heroes in
Enchanted Remnant form cannot receive
Magnetize,
Pandaren's Silence, or
Boulder Smash Slow, but they spread and refresh these debuffs like a
Stone Remnant.
Pandaren's Silence and
Boulder Smash Slow spread to all units affected by
Magnetize.
- Checks for nearby
Stone Remnant:
- Changed ability icon.
- Added a charge counter.
- Now has a stone statue model with its own animations.
- Using
Refresher Orb now restores all 6 charges. - Stone Remnants are visible to all players through the fog of war.
- Upon casting
Magnetize, Stone Remnants persist for 8 seconds before being destroyed.
Enchanted Remnant:
- Changed ability icon.
Item Changes
Crimson Guard
- The active ability Guard now stacks correctly with
Stout Shield,
Poor Man's Shield,
Vanguard, and
Kraken Shell.
