Patch 7.31: New hero, Techies rework and balance changes
On the night of February 24, the Dota 2 client received the long-awaited patch 7.31. The update includes a new hero Primal Beast, Techies rework, balance changes and more. We will highlight the key points in this article.
New hero — Primal Beast
Rushing savagely through enemies and allies alike, Primal Beast pounds into battle as one born to raise a ruckus. An unavoidable threat amidst any fray, the Beast can punish attackers and relishes grabbing prey to repeatedly slam them against the ground until nothing but mush remains.
Techies Rework
As the developer promised, in patch 7.31, he completely reworked Techies. After the update, the hero got 2 new abilities — Sticky Bomb and Reactive Tazer.
General updates
- Cooldown reduction now stacks diminishingly
- Moved the bounty runes from the triangle to the primary jungle
- Moved the Dire and Radiant offlane towers 320 units further away from base
- When a hero respawns in the fountain, they are invulnerable as long as there's at least one enemy hero in the base until they issue a command
- Neutral creeps now increase their HP by 30, armor by 0.5, base damage by 3, attack speed by 5, gold bounty by 1 and XP bounty by 5 every 7.5 minutes, up to 30 times. (Last upgrade at 225 mins, same intervals as lane creeps)
New items
Key changes to the old items
It is what the key points of the new patch look like. You can find a complete list of changes on the official Dota 2 website — Patch 7.31.