Dota 2 Patch 7.36b Fixes Facets, Nerfs Eternal Shroud

Dota 2
June 6, 2024
Michael Hassall

With The International 2024 Open Qualifiers in full swing, Dota 2 is in a crucial part of its competitive season, but that won’t stop Valve dropping a new patch, with 7.36b being released today. Unveiled in the small hours of the morning for most on June 6 (although at the end of the day for Seattle-based Valve), this patch tweaked newly added Facets and Innates.

But beyond this, the 7.36b patch came after some of the most maligned items of the recent patch, such as Eternal Shroud. The item, which had become a must-buy in the wake of the 7.36 update, took some much needed nerfs to its raw numbers. 

Dota 2 Patch 7.36b Changes

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Credit: Valve

Items Changes

But Eternal Shroud wasn’t the only item taking a nerf, as several major defensive items such as Blade Mail, Crimson Guard, and Octarine Core all received some hits. For Blade Mail this was a big increase to its recipe cost, which should definitely slow down some of its more frequent buyers such as Axe and Legion Commander.

Meanwhile, Neutral Items took big hits to their defensive stats as well, with tank favorites like Ascetic’s Cap and Rattlecage getting some serious ‘balancing’ as their raw numbers were cut down. The only two Neutral Items to receive a buff as Martyr’s Plate which saw its health regen bonus increase from +5 to +7, and Lace of Pursuit, which received a small damage buff.

Hero Changes – Facets and Innates Adjusted

Dragon Knight

Dragon Knight was hit by some nerfs to his Facets. Credit: Valve

The biggest portion of this patch was dedicated to tweaking and changes to the newly-added Facets and Innates of most heroes. The biggest victim of the nerfs appear to be Dragon Knight, whose dragon form facets took some major adjustments. 

Elsewhere, it was a case of just making other options more appealing, with the likes of Shadow Fiend and Spirit Breaker having one Facet nerfed, and the other buffed, to maybe encourage some different playstyles.

And finally, some heroes received straight buffs across the board, or more power shifted to their Facets. Marci was a good example of this, where both of her Facets were buffed, and her abilities increased, to bring the popular support back into the meta.

Dota 2 Patch 7.36b Bug Fixes

Of course, beyond tweaks to the in-game stats, a bunch of bugs were also fixed. Some of these the community had raised concerns, but others are kind of niche cases we’re glad many didn’t pick up on and abuse. The full list of bugs fixes, as per the Steam Community page, is listed below:

  • Fixed various hotkey issues
  • Fixed Shield Rune buff not having an icon
  • Roshan’s attacks no longer instantly kill Shadow Shaman’s Mass Serpent Wards and Massive Serpent Ward. Instead, Roshan’s attacks are treated as Hero attacks
  • Fixed Arc Warden’s Tempest Double taking more damage than intended
  • Fixed Beastmaster’s Level 20 Talent Max Health Aura to Beastmaster and his units applying to couriers in certain circumstances
  • Fixed Broodmother’s Spin Web having less cast range than intended if it touches another web
  • Fixed Death Prophet’s Silence having some unintended interactions
  • Fixed Dragon Knight’s Frost Dragon Wyrm’s Wrath unintentionally applying its effect to buildings
  • Fixed Drow Ranger’s Multishot being canceled by casting Glacier
  • Fixed Faceless Void’s Time Zone crediting assists incorrectly
  • Fixed Huskar’s Life Break in combination with Parting Shot occasionally causing players to be unable to issue commands
  • Fixed Invoker’s Elitist passively granting spell amp without applying the debuff first
  • Fixed Invoker’s Mastermind not granting experience
  • Fixed Leshrac’s Nihilism not getting affected by Defilement & other AoE increases
  • Fixed Lina’s Flame Cloak not refreshing Fiery Soul’s duration if cast while at max Fiery Soul stacks
  • Fixed Lina’s Laguna Blade with Level 25 Talent Laguna Blade Damage into barrier not granting barrier from Slow Burn damage
  • Fixed Lycan’s Spirit Wolves sometimes being controllable
  • Fixed Morphling’s Attribute Shift bar being misaligned
  • Fixed Muerta’s Ofrenda being stealable
  • Fixed Shadow Demon with Shadow Servant being able to create infinite duration illusions if Reins of Chaos procced upon casting Disruption on a Chaos Knight
  • Fixed Techies’ Spleen’s Secret Sauce not dealing the correct amount of damage
  • Fixed Undying’s Ceaseless Dirge sometimes causing Undying to be unable to issue commands
  • Fixed Venomancer’s Patient Zero dealing more damage than intended
  • Fixed Warlock’s Black Grimoire not swapping when players swapped heroes in game
  • Fixed Witch Doctor’s Gris-Gris not swapping when players swapped heroes in game

For full patch notes check out the dedicated page on Valve’s Dota 2 website. And for more info on bug fixed check the Steam Community Page.

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