Sven
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
Storm Hammer: Stun Duration increased from 1/1.2/1.4/1.6s to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75s
God's Strength: Slow Resistance increased from 30% to 40%
5/6/2026
Storm Hammer: Mana Cost decreased from 110/115/120/125 to 110
Patch 7.41bNet Gain
4/7/2026No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.41Net Gain
3/24/2026Base strength increased from 23 to 24
Damage at level 1 increased from 60–62 to 61–63
Removed Vanquisher innate ability
Wrath of God: New innate ability
Wrath of God: Increases attack damage Sven gains per point of Strength by 0.08 + 0.02 per level. Disabled by Break
Warcry: Aghanim's Shard reworked
Warcry: Makes Warcry undispellable and increases radius from 700 to 900. Warcry provides a 300 physical damage barrier and an additional +3% movespeed bonus when active
Talents: Level 10 Talent +10% Vanquisher Bonus Damage replaced with +20% God's Strength Slow Resistance
Talents: Level 20 Talent +20% God's Strength Slow Resistance replaced with -25% Storm Hammer Cooldown and Mana Cost
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.40Net Gain
12/16/2025Storm Hammer: Aghanim's Scepter no longer allows targeting invulnerable units, but still affects invulnerable units in the radius
Storm Hammer: Aghanim's Scepter cast range bonus changed from +350 to +25%
Storm Hammer: Aghanim's Scepter now also increases projectile speed by 25%
Great Cleave: Cleave damage rescaled from 50/65/80/95% to 60/70/80/90%
Warcry: Cooldown decreased from 40/35/30/25 to 36/32/28/24
10/2/2025
Wrath of God: Bonus Damage per STR decreased from 0/0.3/0.4/0.5 to 0/0.2/0.3/0.4
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/24/2025
God's Strength: Duration decreased from 35s to 30s
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/27/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/4/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/19/2025
Base Armor increased by 1
Base Strength decreased from 25 to 23
Base Agility decreased from 21 to 18
Strength gain increased from 3.2 to 3.5
Wrath of God: No longer decreases Sven's base damage
Wrath of God: Bonus Damage per STR decreased from 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 to 0/0.3/0.4/0.5
Storm Hammer: Radius rescaled from 270 to 250/270/290/310
Great Cleave: Cleave Distance decreased from 700 to 400/500/600/700
Great Cleave: Cleave End Width decreased from 360 to 270/300/330/360
Great Cleave: Cleave Damage rescaled from 40/60/80/100% to 50/65/80/95%
Warcry: Bonus Speed decreased from 10/14/18/22% to 6/9/12/15%
Warcry: Bonus Armor rescaled from 6/8/10/12 to 5/8/11/14
Talents: Level 10 Talent +20 Attack Speed replaced with +10% Vanquisher Bonus Damage
Patch 7.37eNet Gain
11/20/2024Vanquisher: Bonus damage increased from 17% to 20%
God's Strength: Mana Cost decreased from 100/150/200 to 100/125/150
10/3/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.37cNet Gain
8/28/2024Warcry: Duration decreased from 10s to 8s
Patch 7.37bNet Gain
8/14/2024Warcry: Cooldown increased from 35/30/25/20s to 40/35/30/25s
7/31/2024
Warcry: Bonus Armor decreased from 6/9/12/15 to 6/8/10/12
Warcry: Aghanim's Shard no longer passively grants allies movement speed bonus
Warcry: Aghanim's Shard now increases active movement speed bonus by additional 3%
Talents: Level 15 Talent God's Strength Cooldown Reduction decreased from 15s to 12s
Talents: Level 20 Talent Warcry Armor decreased from +10 to +8
Patch 7.36cNet Gain
6/25/2024Wrath of God: Base Damage Reduction decreased from 25 to 20
Patch 7.36bNet Gain
6/6/2024Vanquisher: Bonus Damage to stunned targets increased from 15% to 17%
Talents: Level 10 Talent Attack Speed increased from +15 to +20
Talents: Level 10 Talent Warcry Duration increased from +4s to +5s
5/27/2024
Base Strength increased by 4
God's Strength: Bonus Damage increased from 100/140/180% to 110/150/190%
5/23/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.35dNet Gain
3/21/2024Base Armor decreased by 1
Patch 7.35cNet Gain
2/22/2024No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.35bNet Gain
12/21/2023Great Cleave: Strength Bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12
6/12/2026
Intelligence gain increased from 1.3 to 1.5
Storm Hammer: Aghanim's Scepter now increases damage by 180 if Sven travels with the Storm Hammer
Warcry: Aghanim's Shard passive aura now also provides a +3% movement speed
Talents: Level 10 Talent Warcry Duration increased from +3s to +4s
Talents: Level 20 Talent +8% Warcry Movement Speed replaced with +20% God's Strength Slow Resistance
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/5/2023
Base Damage decreased by 4
God's Strength: Bonus Damage decreased from 120/160/200% to 100/140/180%
9/9/2023
Storm Hammer: Cooldown increased from 18/16/14/12s to 21/18/15/12s
God's Strength: Slow Resistance decreased from 30/35/40% to 30%
God's Strength: Cooldown increased from 105/100/95s to 110/105/100s
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.34Net Gain
8/8/2023Storm Hammer: Radius increased from 255 to 270
God's Strength: Now also grants 30/35/40% slow resistance for the duration
Patch 7.33eNet Gain
7/13/2023No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/14/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
4/26/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.33Net Gain
6/13/2026Storm Hammer: Damage decreased from 95/170/245/320 to 80/160/240/320
Storm Hammer: Duration decreased from 1.4/1.6/1.8/2s to 1/1.2/1.4/1.6s
Great Cleave: Cleave Damage increased from 25/50/75/100% to 40/60/80/100%
Great Cleave: Now provides 2/4/6/8 Strength Bonus
Warcry: Cooldown increased from 32/28/24/20s to 35/30/25/20s
Warcry: Duration increased from 9s to 10s
Talents: Level 25 Talent Storm Hammer Stun Duration decreased from +1.25s to +1s