Brewmaster
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
Patch 7.41dNet Gain
6/22/2026Liquid Courage: Aghanim's Shard max HP regen per second increased from 2.5% to 3%
Thunder Clap: Slow duration increased from 4s to 4/4.25/4.5/4.75s
Talents: Level 10 Talent Brewlings Base Damage decreased from +14 to +13
Talents: Level 20 Talent Primal Split Cooldown Reduction decreased from 15s to 12s
5/6/2026
Primal Split: Cancel Split now has a 3s initial cooldown
4/7/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/24/2026
Liquid Courage: Max Status Resist changed from 10.5% + 0.5% per level up to 10% + 0.5% per level
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Hurl Boulder Stun Duration decreased from 1.6/1.6/1.6/2s to 1.6/1.6/1.6/1.8s
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's Cyclone Duration decreased from 3/4/5/6s to 3/3.75/4.5/5.25s
Talents: Level 10 Talent +1s Drunken Brawler Brewed Up / Extend Duration replaced with +2/1s Drunken Brawler Brewed Up / Extend Duration
Patch 7.40cNet Gain
1/22/2026Liquid Courage: Aghanim's Shard Max HP Regen per second increased from 2% to 2.5%
Drunken Brawler: Earth Brawler Armor increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/5/7/9
Patch 7.40bNet Gain
12/23/2025Base Strength increased from 23 to 24
Damage at level 1 increased from 52–59 to 53–60
Liquid Courage: Max Speed Increase increased from 25% to 30%
Thunder Clap: Radius increased from 375 to 400
Drunken Brawler: Brewed Up extend duration increased from 1s to 2s
Drunken Brawler: Toggling is no longer disabled by silence
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Earth Element now also provides 80% Slow Resistance
12/16/2025
Strength gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.2
Intelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 1.9
Removed Roll Out The Barrel and Drunken Master facets
Removed Primal Companion ability
Removed Belligerent innate ability
Liquid Courage: New innate ability. Passive, improves with Brewmaster's level
Liquid Courage: When Brewmaster drops below 50% Health he gains a Status Resistance buff and his movement speed alternates every 1 second between being faster and being slower. The effect becomes stronger at lower health, scaling from 0 up to max values at 20% Health. Max Status Resistance is 10.5% + 0.5% per Brewmaster's level up, Max Speed Increase is 25%, Max Speed Slow is 10%
Liquid Courage: Upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Liquid Courage: Brewmaster may activate the ability to toss a strong drink to himself or a teammate, granting the max effects of his innate for 5 seconds, and also providing 2% Max HP Regen per second. Cast Range: 800. Mana Cost: 50. Cooldown: 20s
Thunder Clap: Cast point improved from 0.35s to 0.3s
Thunder Clap: Mana Cost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 100
Thunder Clap: Radius rescaled from 325/350/375/400 to 375
Cinder Brew: Now rolls a barrel of ale that deals 40/70/100/130 physical damage to enemies in its path and drenches enemies along the way and around the target location
Drunken Brawler: Moved Brewed Up effect from Cinder Brew to Drunken Brawler
Drunken Brawler: When Brewmaster casts any ability, he becomes Brewed Up for 5 seconds, gaining +150% to his stance bonuses. If he is already Brewed Up, the duration is extended by 1s. After Brewed Up ends, Brewmaster is hungover and cannot become Brewed Up again for 9 seconds
Drunken Brawler: Earth Stance Magic Resistance increased from 5/10/15/20% to 8/12/16/20%
Drunken Brawler: Fire Stance Attack Speed increased from 10/15/20/25 to 10/20/30/40
Drunken Brawler: Void Stance removed
Drunken Brawler: Stance visual indicator is now always present around Brewmaster
Drunken Brawler: Stances can now be switched without cancelling channeling or invisibility
Primal Split: Void Brewling removed
Primal Split: Duration increased from 16/18/20s to 16/20/24s
Primal Split: All Brewlings now receive their respective Drunken Brawler stances
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity ability renamed to Earth Element as it no longer grants Debuff Immunity. Now it provides 80% Status Resistance and 60% Magic Resistance instead
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Demolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from 50/100/150 to 40/80/120
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's movement speed increased from 330/350/370 to 330/355/380
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's damage increased from 25/60/95 to 35/70/105
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's damage increased from 20/40/60 to 30/50/70
Primal Split: No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Primal Split: Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Primal Split: Allows Brewmaster to cancel the ability early and provides Brewed Up bonus to all Brewlings on cast. Also increases ability's level to 4, improving Brewlings' stats and abilities
Primal Split: Earth: 4100 Health, 8 Health Regen, 135–145 Damage, 9 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged
Primal Split: Hurl Boulder: 200 Damage and 2s Stun Duration
Primal Split: Demolish: 160 Bonus Building Damage
Primal Split: Storm: 2500 Health, 8 Health Regen, 85–95 Damage. Other base stats are unchanged
Primal Split: Wind Walk: 320 Bonus Damage and 55% Bonus Movement Speed
Primal Split: Cyclone: 6s Hero Duration and 100 Damage on Landing
Primal Split: Fire: 1750 Health, 8 Health Regen, 215–225 Damage, 24 Armor. Other base stats are unchanged
Primal Split: Permanent Immolation: 100 Damage per second
Talents: Level 10 Talent +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration replaced with +1s Drunken Brawler Brew Up / Extend Duration
Talents: Level 10 Talent +10 Brewlings Damage replaced with +14 Brewlings Base Damage
Talents: Level 15 Talent Cinder Brew Damage/Duration increased from +30% to 40%
Talents: Level 15 Talent +1x Brewed Up multiplier for Drunken Brawler replaced with +600 Brewlings Health
Talents: Level 20 Talent +1200 Brewlings Health replaced with -15s Primal Split Cooldown
Talents: Level 25 Talent Brewlings Gain Drunken Brawler Passive replaced with 1.5x Drunken Brawler Stance Bonuses
Patch 7.39eNet Gain
10/2/2025Base armor increased by 1
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/24/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Thunder Clap: Cast Point improved from 0.4s to 0.35s
Thunder Clap: Cooldown rescaled from 16/15/14/13s to 18/16/14/12s
Thunder Clap: Damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320
Cinder Brew: Cooldown decreased from 22/19/16/13s to 19/17/15/13s
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's attack damage increased by 5/10/15
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Demolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from 80/140/200 to 50/100/150
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's Cyclone now deals 75 damage when the target unit lands
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's Wind Walk Bonus Movement Speed increased from 20/30/40% to 25/35/45%
Primal Split: Fire Brewling's Permanent Immolation radius increased from 220 to 250
Talents: Level 20 Talent Attack Speed increased from +100 to +110
Patch 7.38cNet Gain
3/27/2025Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Debuff Immunity magic resistance increased from 50% to 80%
Primal Split: Void Brewling's Astral Pull Damage increased from 50/100/150 to 75/150/225
Primal Split: Void Brewling's Astral Pull Distance increased from 300/500/700 to 450/575/700
Patch 7.38bNet Gain
3/4/2025Belligerent: Duration on respawn increased from 30s to 45s
Talents: Level 10 Talent +200 Thunder Clap AoE replaced with +1.5s Thunder Clap Duration
2/19/2025
Base Damage increased by 17
Damage at level 1 increased by 2 (from 50-57 to 52-59)
Damage gain per level decreased from +5.1 to +3.3
Damage at level 30 decreased by 61 (from 227-234 to 166-173)
Belligerent: Bonus Attack Damage increased from 20% to 25%
Drunken Brawler: Storm Brawler Bonus Move Speed decreased from 5/7/9/11% to 4/6/8/10%
Talents: Level 20 Talent Attack Speed increased from +90 to +100
Patch 7.37eNet Gain
11/20/2024Base Intelligence increased from 15 to 17
Drunken Brawler: Earth Brawler stance armor increased from 1/3/5/7 to 2/4/6/8
10/3/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/28/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/14/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
7/31/2024
Belligerent: New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
Whenever Brewmaster respawns or comes out of Primal Split, he gains 20% attack damage bonus. Duration when respawning: 30s. Duration after coming out of Primal Split: 15s
Thunder Clap: Cooldown increased from 13s to 16/15/14/13s
Thunder Clap: Radius decreased from 400 to 325/350/375/400
Drunken Brawler: No longer an innate ability
Drunken Brawler: Earth Brawler bonus armor rescaled from 1/3/5/7/9 to 1/3/5/7
Drunken Brawler: Earth Brawler bonus magic resistance rescaled from 4/8/12/16/20% to 5/10/15/20%
Drunken Brawler: Storm Brawler bonus evasion rescaled from 10/15/20/25/30% to 15/20/25/30%
Drunken Brawler: Storm Brawler bonus movement speed rescaled from 4/6/8/10/12% to 5/7/9/11%
Drunken Brawler: Fire Brawler crit multiplier rescaled from 120/135/150/165/180% to 120/140/160/180%
Drunken Brawler: Fire Brawler bonus attack speed rescaled from 10/15/20/25/30 to 10/15/20/25
Drunken Brawler: Void Brawler bonus status resistance now stacks with other sources of status resistance
Drunken Brawler: Void Brawler bonus status resistance rescaled from 4/8/12/16/20% to 5/10/15/20%
Drunken Brawler: Void Brawler slow on attack rescaled from 5/10/15/20/25% to 10/15/20/25%
6/25/2024
Primal Split: Aghanim's Shard bonus duration decreased from +12s to +8s
6/6/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/27/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/23/2024
Primal Companion: Brewlings no longer have any movement, cooldown or casting penalties
Thunder Clap: Damage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300
Thunder Clap: Movement Speed Slow rescaled from 25/35/45/55% to 15/30/45/60%
Thunder Clap: Attack Speed Slow rescaled from 25/35/45/55 to 15/30/45/60
Cinder Brew: Can now be ignited only from magical and pure damage. Physical damage spells will not ignite the target
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Demolish Damage decreased from 90/170/250 to 80/140/200
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's Cyclone Hero Duration decreased from 5s to 3/4/5s
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's Wind Walk Cooldown increased from 5s to 20/14/8s
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's Wind Walk Bonus Speed decreased from 50% to 20/30/40%
3/21/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/22/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Demolish Bonus Building Damage decreased from 90/180/270 to 90/170/250
Talents: Level 20 Talent Attack Speed increased from +80 to +90
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/5/2023
Drunken Brawler: Brewed Up Multiplier decreased from 3x to 2.5x
Primal Split: Mana Cost increased from 125/150/175 to 150/200/250
Primal Split: Aghanim's Shard Cancel now always make Brewmaster reappear according to regular Brewling priority, regardless of which Brewling activated it
9/9/2023
Cinder Brew: Cooldown increased from 20/17/14/11s to 22/19/16/13s
8/15/2023
Drunken Brawler: Fire Stance Critical Damage decreased from 145/160/175/190% to 120/140/160/180%
8/8/2023
Base Armor increased by 1
Primal Companion Fixed an issue when Brewlings did not get increased health from level 20 talent
Cinder Brew: Dealing or receiving magic damage also extends Brewmaster's own Brewed Up duration
Drunken Brawler: Fire Stance now additionally grants 10/15/20/25 attack speed. Bonus triples when Brewed Up
Drunken Brawler: Fire Stance Crit Chance decreased from 24% to 20%
7/13/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/14/2023
Base Damage decreased by 5 (Level 1 damage unchanged)
4/26/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/13/2026
Now is a Universal Hero
Base Damage decreased from 29-36 to 14-21
Damage on level 1 decreased by 4 (from 52-59 to 48-55)
Damage gain per level increased from +3.7 to +4.38
Drunken Brawler: Void Stance is now part of the basic ability
Drunken Brawler: Void Stance Status Resistance decreased from 20% to 5/10/15/20%
Drunken Brawler: Void Stance Slow on attack decreased from 25% to 10/15/20/25%
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Spell Immunity replaced with Debuff Immunity with 50% Magic Resistance
Primal Split: Earth Brewling Damage decreased from 30/60/90 to 20/50/80
Primal Split: Earth Brewling's Hurl Boulder Stun Duration decreased from 2s to 1.6s
Primal Split: Storm Brewling Damage decreased from 30/50/70 to 20/40/60
Primal Split: Storm Brewling's Cyclone Hero Duration decreased from 6s to 5s (Non-Hero Duration from 20s to 16s)
Primal Split: Fire Brewling Damage rescaled from 80/120/160 to 70/120/170
Primal Split: Void Brewling is now part of the basic ability
Primal Split: Aghanim's Shard now extends Primal Split duration by 12s and grants Brewlings the Primal Split Cancel ability
Primal Split: Void Brewling Astral Pulse ability replaced with Astral Pull. Can target allies and enemies. Pulls the target and the Void Brewling in the target direction. Enemies receive 50/100/150 damage upon arrival. Distance: 300/500/700. Cast Range: 150. Cooldown: 8s
Talents: Level 10 Talent +15 Damage replaced with +10 Brewlings Damage