Gyrocopter
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
Night Vision increased from 800 to 1000
Flak Cannon: No longer provides 200 Bonus Night Vision
Call Down: Missile Slow increased from 50% to 60%
Side Gunner: No longer attacks 2 units at a time while Flak Cannon is active
Talents: Level 25 Talent Flak Cannon Cooldown Reduction increased from 4s to 6s
5/6/2026
Afterburner: Duration increased from 4s to 5s
4/7/2026
Flak Cannon: Cooldown rescaled from 26/24/22/20s to 25s
Call Down: Cooldown decreased from 90/75/60s to 75/65/55s
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/24/2026
Base Movement Speed decreased from 320 to 315
Removed Chop Shop innate ability
Afterburner: New innate ability
Afterburner: Whenever Gyrocopter damages an enemy with attacks or abilities, he gains + 1 movement speed per hero and + 0.5 per creep. Duration is 3.9s + 0.1s per level. Effects stack independently
Flak Cannon: Aghanim's Scepter upgrade moved into a separate ability
Side Gunner: New ability granted by Aghanim's Scepter, effect is unchanged
1/22/2026
Base Attack Speed decreased from 125 to 115
Agility gain increased from 3.2 to 3.4
Talents: Level 25 Talent Call Down Cooldown Reduction increased from 30s to 40s
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/16/2025
Call Down: Missile Damage decreased from 250/425/600 to 200/350/500
10/2/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/24/2025
Talents: Level 10 Talent Health decreased from +175 to +150
Talents: Level 25 Talent Flak Cannon Cooldown Reduction decreased from 5s to 4s
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Base Armor decreased by 1
3/27/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/4/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/19/2025
Base Agility decreased from 26 to 25
Agility gain increased from 3.1 to 3.2
Flak Cannon: Mana Cost increased from 40/50/60/70 to 50/60/70/80
Flak Cannon: Aghanim's Scepter Side Gunner now has a visual model representing the side gunner
11/20/2024
Rocket Barrage: Mana Cost rescaled from 75/80/85/90 to 85
Patch 7.37dNet Gain
10/3/2024Base Damage increased by 2
8/28/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/14/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
7/31/2024
Call Down: Missile Damage increased from 250/400/550 to 250/425/600
6/25/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/6/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/27/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/23/2024
Rocket Barrage: No longer grants Slow Resistance
Talents: Level 10 Talent +30 Movement Speed during Rocket Barrage replaced with +25% Homing Missile Damage
Talents: Level 25 Talent -30s Call Down Cooldown no longer grants global cast range
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
Call Down: Ability reworked
Call Down: Now always shoots 3 missile strikes in the vector targeted direction, but with a single missile per strike
Call Down: Each missile deals 250/400/550 damage and slows enemy movement by 50% for 4s
Call Down: Delay between strikes increased from 0.75s to 1s
Call Down: Strike Radius decreased from 600 to 400
Call Down: Mana Cost increased from 125 to 150/200/250
Talents: Level 25 Talent 3x Call Down replaced with -30s Call Down Cooldown and Global Range
Patch 7.34eNet Gain
11/21/2023Rocket Barrage: Rocket Damage increased from 6/12/18/24 to 8/14/20/26
10/5/2023
Flak Cannon: Aghanim's Scepter Side Gunner Attack Interval increased from 1.2s to 1.3s
9/9/2023
Agility gain decreased from 3.3 to 3.1
Homing Missile: Stun Duration decreased from 1.55/1.9/2.25/2.6s to 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5s
Flak Cannon: Cooldown increased from 18s to 26/24/22/20s
Talents: Level 10 Talent Health decreased from +200 to +175
Talents: Level 15 Talent +3 Flak Cannon Attacks replaced with +25 Flak Cannon Damage
Talents: Level 20 Talent +40 Flak Cannon Damage replaced with +3 Flak Cannon Attacks
Talents: Level 25 Talent Flak Cannon Cooldown Reduction decreased from 6s to 5s
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/8/2023
Rocket Barrage: Now grants Gyrocopter 20/30/40/50% slow resistance for the duration
Flak Cannon: Radius increased from 1000 to 1250
Flak Cannon: Now additionally grants 200 bonus night vision
Flak Cannon: Aghanim's Scepter Side Gunner now attacks an additional target when Flak Cannon is active (2 targets at the same time)
7/13/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
Call Down: Missile Two Damage increased from 200/275/350 to 250/325/400
5/14/2023
Base Movement Speed increased from 315 to 320
4/26/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/13/2026
Homing Missile: Stun Duration decreased from 1.8/2.2/2.6/3s to 1.55/1.9/2.25/2.6s
Homing Missile: Cooldown increased from 26/21/16/11s to 30/24/18/12s
Homing Missile: Aghanim's Shard Area of Effect decreased from 725 to 700
Flak Cannon: Duration increased from 10s to 12s
Flak Cannon: Max Attacks increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/5/6/7
Talents: Level 15 Talent Homing Missile Stun Duration decreased from +0.4s to +0.3s
Talents: Level 20 Talent Rocket Barrage damage decreased from +16 to +14