Magnus
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/6/2026
Shockwave: Slow Duration increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0s to 0.55/0.7/0.85/1.0s
Talents: Level 15 Talent All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +12 to +14
4/7/2026
Agility gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2
Damage gain per level increased from 3.2 to 3.3
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/24/2026
Base Agility increased from 12 to 14
Damage at level 1 increased from 55–63 to 56–64
Solid Core: No longer levels with Reverse Polarity
Solid Core: Slow Resistance rescaled from 20/30/40/50% to 24% + 1% per level
Empower: Now always affects Magnus with 30% increased values and can't be cast on himself
Skewer: Aghanim's Shard bonus distance increased from +275 to +300
Talents: Level 25 Talent +10% Empower Damage/Cleave replaced with Shockwave Returns to Magnus
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/16/2025
Base Damage increased by 1
Damage at level 1 increased from 54–62 to 55–63
Reverse Polarity: Cooldown decreased from 120s to 115s
10/2/2025
Skewer: Movement is now cancelled if Magnus is interrupted
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
Shockwave: Slow Duration decreased from 0.7/0.8/0.9/1s to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1s
Skewer: Aghanim's Shard Tree Hit Damage increased from 30 to 40
Skewer: Aghanim's Shard Cliff Hit Damage increased from 125 to 150
3/27/2025
Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23
Damage at level 1 decreased from 55–63 to 54–62
Shockwave: Damage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 75/150/225/300
Empower: Self bonus decreased from 50% to 30%
3/4/2025
Magnus: Eternal Empowerment: Empower: Max self bonus decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%
Skewer: Distance decreased from 900/975/1050/1125 to 800/900/1000/1100
Skewer: Aghanim's Shard Distance decreased from 1175/1250/1325/1400 to 1075/1175/1275/1375
2/19/2025
Base Damage increased by 21
Damage at level 1 increased by 7 (from 48-56 to 55-63)
Intelligence gain increased from 1.6 to 2.1
Damage gain per level decreased from +4.7 to +3.2
Damage at level 30 decreased by 46 (from 214-222 to 168-176)
Removed Reverse Polarity and Reverse Reverse Polarity Facets
Shockwave: No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Shockwave: Mana Cost increased from 75 to 85/90/95/100
Skewer: Now deals 6/9/12/15% of the distance traveled as damage
Skewer: No longer deals damage per tree/cliff hit by default
Skewer: Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Skewer: Increases Skewer range by 275 and deals and additional 30 damage per tree hit and 125 damage for cliff hit
Talents: Level 10 Talent +0.75s Shockwave Slow Duration replaced with +1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
Talents: Level 10 Talent +10s Empower Duration replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen
11/20/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/3/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.37cNet Gain
8/28/2024Skewer: Damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 80/160/240/320
Talents: Level 10 Talent Shockwave Slow Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.75s
Patch 7.37bNet Gain
8/14/2024Base Agility increased by 3
Solid Core: Now also provides 20/30/40/50% slow resistance, scales with Reverse Polarity
Talents: Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity duration increased from 15s to 20s
Talents: Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity now stacks instead of refreshing
Patch 7.37Net Gain
7/31/2024Skewer: Now deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs
Skewer: Tree Hit Damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30
Skewer: Cliff Hit Damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 50/75/100/125
6/25/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.36bNet Gain
6/6/2024Base Intelligence increased from 19 to 20
Solid Core: Now reduces knockback effects instead of forced movement
Skewer: Damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 75/150/225/300
Talents: Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +10 to +12
5/27/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/23/2024
Shockwave: Slow Duration rescaled from 0.9s to 0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0s
Shockwave: Projectile Speed increased from 900 to 1200
Shockwave: Aghanim's Shard Projectile Speed Bonus increased from 300 to 400
Empower: Duration rescaled from 35s to 30/33/36/39s
Skewer: No longer slows enemy attack speed by 10/20/30/40
Skewer: No longer deals 6/9/12/15% of the distance as damage
Reverse Polarity: Damage increased from 75/150/225 to 100/200/300
Horn Toss: Damage increased from 275 to 300
Horn Toss: Mana Cost decreased from 125 to 100
3/21/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/22/2024
Skewer: Fixed interactions between Skewer and other forced movement abilities (e.g: Primal Beast Pulverize) causing Skewer to deal damage relative to the distance between the target and the center of the map
Talents: Level 15 Talent Skewer Cooldown Reduction decreased from 7s to 5s
Talents: Level 20 Talent Skewer Range decreased from +375 to +275
12/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Skewer: Now additionally deals 6/9/12/15% of distance traveled as damage
Skewer: Damage decreased from 90/180/270/360 to 70/140/210/280
Talents: Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +8 to +10
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/5/2023
Shockwave: Mana Cost rescaled from 70/80/90/100 to 75
Patch 7.34cNet Gain
9/9/2023Base Attack Range increased from 150 to 200
Reverse Polarity: Pull Radius increased from 410 to 430
Patch 7.34bNet Gain
8/15/2023Shockwave: Aghanim's Shard Damage Multiplier on return increased from 50% to 75%
Empower: Bonus Damage increased from 12/20/28/36% to 16/24/32/40%
Empower: Cleave Damage increased from 10/20/30/40% to 16/24/32/40%
8/8/2023
Horn Toss: Now stuns enemies for the duration of the air time
Talents: Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +6 to +8
Patch 7.33eNet Gain
7/13/2023No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
Base Agility decreased from 15 to 9
Empower: Bonus effect on self-cast decreased from 75% to 50%
5/14/2023
Base Damage decreased by 8 (Level 1 damage decreased by 2)
4/26/2023
Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.1
Agility gain increased from 1.9 to 2.0
Talents: Level 15 Talent All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity increased from +5 to +6
6/13/2026
Now is a Universal Hero
Base Damage decreased from 32-40 to 17-25
Strength gain decreased from 3.5 to 3.0
Agility gain decreased from 2.5 to 1.9
Intelligence gain decreased from 2.1 to 1.6
Damage on level 1 decreased by 5 (from 57-65 to 52-60)
Damage gain per level increased from +3.5 to +3.9
Empower: Mana Cost decreased from 45/60/75/90 to 45/55/65/75
Shockwave: Mana Cost decreased from 80/90/100/110 to 70/80/90/110
Shockwave: Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade removed
Shockwave: Now upgradable by Aghanim's Shard
Shockwave: Increases range by 400 and wave speed by 300. Causes Shockwave to return towards the caster's original cast location after reaching max length, hitting enemies a second time for 50% of the damage
Reverse Polarity: Stun Duration decreased from 2.75/3.25/3.75s to 2.5/3.0/3.5s
Horn Toss: Now granted by Aghanim's Scepter
Horn Toss: Now stuns for 0.75s instead of slowing
Horn Toss: Damage increased from 200 to 275
Talents: Level 15 Talent +16 Strength per hero hit with Reverse Polarity replaced with +5 All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity
Talents: Level 25 Talent Reverse Polarity Stun Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s