Staying alive got harder
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lifesteal, healing and regen lowered
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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 21 Oct 2026
Patch 7.41f127 heroesChecked 16 Sept
Dota 2: The patch that took away your second health bar
What the patch did, who is played in your position, and every number with its source.
This patch
7.41f
- Released
- 15 Sept 2026
- Heroes the patch names
- 35 of 127
- Items moved
- 16 items
A sustain patch: lifesteal, healing and mana regeneration were cut across heroes and items at once, and five core recipes got more expensive.
Pick your position
Every position →Pick a position — the 5 heroes most played there this patch open here, with games and win rate.
Safe Lane
The five heroes played most in this position in league matches this patch — games and win rate.
1,629gamesPatch 7.41
Mid Lane
The five heroes played most in this position in league matches this patch — games and win rate.
2,198gamesPatch 7.41
Off Lane
The five heroes played most in this position in league matches this patch — games and win rate.
1,697gamesPatch 7.41
Soft Support
The five heroes played most in this position in league matches this patch — games and win rate.
2,446gamesPatch 7.41
Hard Support
The five heroes played most in this position in league matches this patch — games and win rate.
1,693gamesPatch 7.41
What this patch does to your game
What a draft still has to cover
- Carry11/17 weaker
- Frontline11/16 weaker
- Initiation8/13 weaker
- Lockdown17/26 weaker
- Tower damage3/5 weaker
- Carry
- Someone who turns farm into a win condition.
- Frontline
- Someone who can stand in the fight and still be there after it.
- Initiation
- Someone who can start a fight on your terms.
- Lockdown
- Reliable disable — the capability players name first.
- Tower damage
- A way to end, rather than to keep winning fights.
5 of 5 pressed by this patch.
What changed for me?
- Carry · 17 namedWeaker
The lifesteal cushion is thinner: Satanic and Mask of Madness both return less, and Spectre’s flat scaling moved off the early game.
Mana Burned as Damage increased from 60% to 65%
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- Support · 14 namedWeaker
Track pays a support far less gold, Illuminate heals for less, and Leech Seed now costs mana it did not cost before.
Base Armor decreased by 1
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- Initiator · 13 namedWeaker
Cheaper Dark Portal and a costlier Power Cogs pull the same role in two directions, so this one is a rewrite rather than a nerf.
Intelligence gain increased from 2.9 to 3.2
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- Durable · 16 namedWeaker
Heart costs a hundred more and two heroes lost a quarter of a health regen — the frontline is the same size and takes longer to build.
Base Armor decreased by 1
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Play right now
Underlord
Support · Strength · Melee
- Win
- 50.1%
- Pick
- 1.1%
- Tier
- B
- Trend
- Above Ancient
- 48.4%
- Sample
- 525,648 picks
Why Valve moved it
- No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
- Aghanim's Scepter Cooldown decreased from 100/95/90s to 90/85/80s
Build snapshot
- Mid
Optimal Complexity 2/3
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Disruptor
Support · Intelligence · Ranged
- Win
- 50.0%
- Pick
- 0.8%
- Tier
- B
- Trend
- Above Ancient
- 50.7%
- Sample
- 348,334 picks
Why Valve moved it
- Base Intelligence increased from 20 to 21
- Damage at level 1 increased from 47-51 to 48-52
Build snapshot
- Mid
Complexity 2/3
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Anti-Mage
Carry · Agility · Melee
- Win
- 49.8%
- Pick
- 1.1%
- Tier
- C
- Trend
- Above Ancient
- 49.4%
- Sample
- 494,134 picks
Why Valve moved it
- Mana Burned as Damage increased from 60% to 65%
Build snapshot
- Mid
Learnable Complexity 1/3
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Broodmother
Carry · Agility · Melee
- Win
- 49.8%
- Pick
- 0.2%
- Tier
- C
- Trend
- Above Ancient
- 50.9%
- Sample
- 92,019 picks
Why Valve moved it
- Mana Cost decreased from 80 to 70
Build snapshot
- Mid
Complexity 2/3
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Ban rate counts professional matches only — Valve publishes bans nowhere else, and a ladder ban rate does not exist to be read. Win rate, pick rate and sample are counted over public matches and carry their own figures. What we do read.
Movers this patch
- 1SpectreDamage decreased from 23 + 2 per level to 23.5 + 1.5 per level54.0%Weaker
- 2Bounty HunterSelf bonus gold decreased from 130/225/320 to 80/160/24053.4%Weaker
- 3LifestealerCooldown increased from 20/19/18/17s to 21/20/19/18s53.0%Weaker
- 4MiranaBase Charge Restore Time increased from 6s to 7s51.7%Weaker
- 5EnigmaEidolon Attack Range decreased from 425/450/475/500 to 380/420/460/50050.8%Weaker
How this patch line got here
What the shop did
DaedalusWeakerRecipe cost increased from 900 to 1000. Total cost increased from 5100g to 5200g
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Dragon LanceWeakerRecipe cost increased from 450 to 550. Total cost increased from 1900g to 2000g
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Heart of TarrasqueWeakerRecipe cost increased from 700 to 800. Total cost increased from 5200g to 5300g
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Heaven's HalberdStrongerRecipe cost decreased from 450 to 350. Total cost decreased from 3400g to 3300g
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Hurricane PikeWeakerTotal cost increased from 4450g to 4550g (due to Dragon Lance cost increase)
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Hydra's BreathStrongerRecipe cost decreased from 1100 to 1000. Total cost unchanged at 5900g (due to Dragon Lance cost increase)
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Octarine CoreWeakerRecipe cost increased from 200 to 400. Total cost increased from 4900g to 5100g
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Watch
- This Is Dota — Dota 2dota2 on YouTube · plays here
- Dota 2 Reborn: Custom Games Are Here (English) — Dota 2dota2 on YouTube · plays here
- Dota 2 Gamescom Trailer — Dota 2dota2 on YouTube · plays here
- Dota 2 – Snapfire — Dota 2dota2 on YouTube · plays here
- Dota 2 - Like a Game of Chess - The International TI4 Trailer (SFM) — Dota 2Lawrence on YouTube · plays here
- Dota 2 - Gameplay Trailer — Dota 2IGDBcom on YouTube · plays here
Official images
Everything else in Dota 2
Sources and evidence
- Patch 7.41f · structured notesread 16 Sept 2026
Valve's own feed, the one dota2.com reads: 35 heroes, 16 items and 2 neutral sections, line by line. Every row on this page is one of them.
read against 7.41f with the patch
- Which patch is liveread 16 Sept 2026
Read from Valve’s patch list rather than typed. The page was a patch behind for a day because this was once a hand-written string.
read against 7.41f with the patch
- Win rate, pick rate and sampleread 15 Sept 2026
Counted over 4,610,063 public matches, per hero, with the same figures again above Ancient. The tier letter is derived from the win rate and labelled so wherever it appears.
read against 7.41f with the patch
- Complexity 1–3read 16 Sept 2026
Valve’s own difficulty rating for each hero, which is what the “learnable” half of every recommendation stands on. We do not score difficulty ourselves.
read against 7.41f with the patch
- What players buildread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items on each hero in each of Valve’s four game stages, counted over public matches. Each icon carries its own pick count.
read against 7.41f with the patch
- Portraits, icons and ability artread 16 Sept 2026
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read against 7.41f with the patch
This page is frozen to patch 7.41f and was last checked on 16 Sept 2026. It reads stored rows, not a live feed — change nothing and the page cannot change either.
Dota 2 on GamGem — common questions
What does GamGem cover for Dota 2?
- 14 sections: Heroes, Items, Neutral Items, Upgrades, Tier List and Counters, and 8 more. Each one is a database rather than an article — you can filter it, compare rows inside it, and see whether each figure is sourced or a sample.
Which patch is this Dota 2 data from?
- Everything on this hub describes patch 7.41f. The version is printed on the page rather than assumed, because a figure from a previous one is not a slightly old figure — it describes a different game.
Are the Dota 2 win rates measured or estimated?
- Measured. These figures are counted over real public matches, and the page says so rather than leaving you to assume it.
When was Dota 2 released?
- 9 July 2013. That is the date the studio itself published; where a game has no announced date, this site prints no date at all rather than an estimate.