Chen
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/6/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
4/7/2026
Holy Persuasion: Bonus Damage increased from 0/6/12/18% to 5/10/15/20%
Patch 7.41aNet Gain
3/27/2026Penitence: Damage increased from 50/75/100/125 to 50/100/150/200
Talents: Level 15 Talent Penitence Slow increased from +14% to +15%
Patch 7.41Net Gain
3/24/2026Removed Summon Convert innate ability
Zealot: New innate ability, has both passive and active components. Improves with game's time
Zealot: When Chen respawns, he is joined in battle by a Zealot, a melee creep warrior with the Martyrdom ability which allows him to sacrifice himself to deal damage or heal an ally. Zealot has the same stats as the current melee creeps on his team, including super or mega form, but has 125 attack range, base damage increased by 2 per Chen's level, base health regen increased from 0.5 to 2.5, and doesn't have Runty attack type. Zealot respawns after 60s dead
Zealot: Martyrdom ability: 500 range unit-targeted ability on the Zealot creep, targeting either an enemy or ally unit. When cast, the creep sacrifices itself, firing a projectile at 1000 speed at the target unit, dealing damage if it's an enemy or healing if it's an ally. Damage is 25 + 20% of the Zealot's health at the moment of the cast, and healing is 50% of these values
Zealot: This ability can be cast on a controlled unit to teleport it to Chen after a 6 second delay. Self-targeting will teleport all controlled units. Mana Cost: 50. Cooldown: 10s
Zealot: Mechanics moved from Divine Favor without any changes
Holy Persuasion: Zealots receive the benefits from Holy Persuasion
Holy Persuasion: Now may be cast on existing persuaded creeps that have not been damaged in the last 3 seconds to unsummon them
Holy Persuasion: Unsummoning a unit has a global cast range, costs no mana and sets ability to a 3s cooldown
Holy Persuasion: Now increases all of creature's outgoing damage by 0/6/12/18% instead of only increasing attack damage by 4/8/12/16
Divine Favor: Self-casting no longer teleports Chen's creeps to him
Talents: Level 10 Talent +150 Convert Attack Speed replaced with +25% Zealot Health/Damage
Talents: Level 15 Talent +14 Holy Persuasion Damage replaced with +12% Holy Persuasion Damage
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/16/2025
Penitence: Mana Cost increased from 70/75/80/85 to 80/90/100/110
Penitence: Cooldown increased from 14/13/12/11s to 20/17/14/11s
Penitence: No longer grants bonus attack range
Penitence: Now deals 50/75/100/125 pure damage by default
Talents: Level 10 Talent Penitence Deals 175 Damage replaced with +75 Penitence Damage
Talents: Level 20 Talent Divine Favor Heal Amplification decreased from +20% to +15%
10/2/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
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.
Patch 7.39Net Gain
6/12/2026Base damage increased by 2
Damage at level 1 increased from 46–56 to 48–58
Holy Persuasion: Bonus Damage increased from 2/7/11/15 to 4/8/12/16
Holy Persuasion: Existing units now receive the benefits of Chen leveling up or improving Holy Persuasion (normal ability points or talents) immediately; creeps maintain their percentage of health
Holy Persuasion: No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Divine Favor: Now Chen's teleporting units also receive the buff when this ability is cast on Chen himself
Hand of God: Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Hand of God: Reduces cooldown by 40s. Hand of God becomes a channeled spell. After the initial heal, Chen can keep channeling the ability for up to 6 seconds to grant Debuff Immunity with 60% Magic Resistance to all allied units within 800 radius with the exception of himself. This effect also triples the Hand of God's heal over time for all units within the Debuff Immunity radius
Talents: Level 15 Talent Holy Persuasion Damage increased from +12 to +14
Talents: Level 20 Talent Holy Persuasion Minimum Health increased from +1200 to +1300
Talents: Level 20 Talent -30s Hand of God Cooldown replaced with +20% Divine Favor Heal Amplification
3/27/2025
Summon Convert: Convert is now considered a creep-hero
Patch 7.38bNet Gain
3/4/2025Summon Convert: Convert's abilities now also level up with Holy Persuasion
2/19/2025
Is now an Intelligence Hero
Base Damage increased by 18-21
Damage at level 1 rescaled from 48-55 to 46-56
Damage gain per level decreased from +5.1 to +3.2
Damage at level 30 decreased from 226-233 to 152-162
Removed Wolf Convert Facet
Divine Favor: No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom Cooldown decreased from 8s to 4s
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom Cast Range decreased from Global to 1200
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom can no longer be cast on enemies to damage them
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom healing changed from current level of Hand of God to instant heal equal to 30% of the Martyr's current health
Talents: Level 10 Talent -2s Divine Favor Teleport Delay replaced with +150 Convert Attack Speed
Talents: Level 25 Talent +200/+10 Hand of God Heal/Heal Over Time replaced with Hand of God Fully Heals Chen and His Creeps
11/20/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.37dNet Gain
10/3/2024Holy Persuasion: Sacrificing creeps with Martyrdom (Aghanim's Scepter) now triggers On Death effects
8/28/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/14/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
7/31/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/25/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.36bNet Gain
6/6/2024Divine Favor: Regen per sec increased from 1/2/3/4 to 1.5/3/4.5/6
Hand of God: Initial Heal increased from 150/250/350 to 200/300/400
5/27/2024
Summon Convert: Creep maximum health increased from 200+80 per Chen level to 220+80 per Chen level
5/23/2024
Holy Persuasion: No longer has a minimum health threshold
Holy Persuasion: Now dominated creep's health is set to 400 + 50 x Chen's Level
Holy Persuasion: Bonus Damage decreased from 4/10/16/22 to 2/7/11/15
Holy Persuasion: Move Speed Bonus decreased from 10/20/30/40 to 5/10/20/30
Holy Persuasion: Gold bounty for dominating a creep decreased from 100% to 25/50/75/100%
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Scepter's Martyrdom ability now has a global cast range
Divine Favor: Armor Bonus rescaled from 9/12/15/18 to 5/10/15/20
Divine Favor: Active Heal Amplification now also affects Health Regen
Divine Favor: Healing and Regen Amplification decreased from 20% to 5/10/15/20%
Divine Favor: Now upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Makes Health Regen Aura global and affects all allied units
Hand of God: Heal over time duration increased from 8s to 10s
3/21/2024
Penitence: Movement Slow decreased from 12/20/28/36% to 12/18/24/30%
Divine Favor: Bonus Armor decreased from 12/16/20/24 to 9/12/15/18
2/22/2024
Divine Favor: Now has a mana cost of 75
Talents: Level 10 Talent Penitence Damage decreased from 225 to 175
12/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Penitence: Attack Range bonus is now applied to all ranged units under Chen's control
Holy Persuasion: Can no longer be used to teleport controlled units to Chen
Divine Favor: Ability reworked
Divine Favor: Passively provides an aura that increases Health Regen by 1/2/3/4 to all allied units within 1200 range. Can be cast on any ally within aura to provide them with 12/16/20/24 armor and increase any healing they receive by 20%. Effect duration: 6s. Self-casting also teleports any units under Chen's control to him after a 6 second delay. If a controlled unit takes damage from an enemy hero, its teleportation is canceled. Cooldown: 20/18/16/14s
Hand of God: Initial Heal reduced from 200/300/400 to 150/250/350
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/5/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
9/9/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/8/2023
Penitence: Now grants Chen 50/150/250/350 bonus attack range on the target
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Scepter Martyrdom Cast Range decreased from global to 1200
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Scepter Martyrdom can now be cast on enemies to damage them for the current values of Hand of God
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
Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23
Penitence: Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 25/50/75/100 to 20/40/60/80
6/13/2026
Now is a Universal Hero
Base Damage decreased from 27-37 to 14-21
Damage on level 1 increased from 46-56 to 49-56
Damage gain per level increased from +3.2 to +4.38
Holy Persuasion: Now grants Chen gold equal to creep's bounty when dominating it
Holy Persuasion: Aghanim's Shard now also adds one level to upgradable abilities of persuaded creeps
Talents: Level 15 Talent Penitence Slow increased from +12% to +14%