Visage
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
Grave Chill: Attack Speed Drain rescaled from 25/40/55/70 to 35/45/55/65
5/6/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
4/7/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/24/2026
Removed Lurker innate ability
Silent as the Grave: Now innate ability. Active
Silent as the Grave: Visage gains flying movement and 12% bonus movement speed for 20s. Upon attacking or casting, he loses both effects, but he and his familiars gain 10% attack damage bonus for 2 seconds
Silent as the Grave: Mana Cost decreased from 115 to 50
Silent as the Grave: Cooldown changed from 45s to 45.75s - 0.75s per level
Silent as the Grave: Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Silent as the Grave: Increases bonus movement speed by 12%, bonus damage by 10%, bonus damage duration by 2s, and flight duration by 10s. While flight is active, Silent as the Grave grants invisibility to Visage and his familiars
Silent as the Grave: Invisibility for Visage and each familiar are not connected
Summon Familiars: Cooldown decreased from 130/120/110s to 120/110/100s
Summon Familiars: Familiar Health rescaled from 500/600/700 to 450/600/750
Talents: Level 10 Talent +6 Visage and Familiars Attack Damage replaced with +6 Visage and Familiars Base Damage
Talents: Level 10 Talent +4 Lurker Max Stacks replaced with -1s Soul Assumption Cooldown
Talents: Level 20 Talent Soul Assumption Damage Per Charge increased from +25 to +30
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/16/2025
Grave Chill: Move Speed Drain increased from 12/16/20/24% to 12/18/24/30%
Gravekeeper's Cloak: Familiars now have their own copy of Gravekeeper's Cloak ability (visual change only)
Summon Familiars: Familiars now have their own ability to independently recall it to Visage
Summon Familiars: The alt cast behavior on Visage is unchanged
Summon Familiars: The 3rd Familiar gained by Level 25 Talent is now automatically added to an existing control group when created
Talents: Level 25 Talent +15 Gravekeeper's Cloak Armor replaced with -2s Gravekeeper's Cloak Recovery Time
Patch 7.39eNet Gain
10/2/2025Grave Chill: Mana Cost decreased from 90 to 75
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.39cNet Gain
6/24/2025Summon Familiars: Familiar Armor increased from 0/2/4 to 2/3/4
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Talents: Level 25 Talent Gravekeeper's Cloak Armor increased from 10 to 15
3/27/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/4/2025
Grave Chill: Duration decreased from 6s to 5s
Grave Chill: Move Speed Drain decreased from 15/20/25/30% to 12/16/20/24%
2/19/2025
Base Damage increased by 17
Damage at level 1 increased by 3 (from 42-52 to 45-55)
Strength gain increased from 2.4 to 2.8
Agility gain increased from 1.0 to 1.3
Intelligence gain increased from 2.4 to 2.9
Damage gain per level decreased from +4.1 to +3.2
Damage at level 30 decreased by 33 (from 189-199 to 156-166)
Talents: Level 10 Talent -3s Grave Chill Cooldown replaced with +4 Lurker Max Stacks
11/20/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/3/2024
Summon Familiars: Recalling is now canceled if Familiars are in stone form
8/28/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/14/2024
Lurker: Max stacks decreased from 10 to 8
7/31/2024
Lurker: New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
Visage's ability cooldown durations are reduced as long as he's not taking damage. Grants a stack every 2s that Visage does not take damage. Each stack grants 2% cooldown speed with a max of 10 stacks. Stacks fade after 2s upon taking any damage
Gravekeeper's Cloak: No longer an innate ability
Gravekeeper's Cloak: Damage Reduction per layer rescaled from 4/8/12/16/20% to 8/12/16/20%
Gravekeeper's Cloak: Layer Recovery Time rescaled from 7/6/5/4/3s to 7/6/5/4s
Silent as the Grave: Mana Cost increased from 100 to 115
Silent as the Grave: Duration decreased from 35s to 30s
Silent as the Grave: Bonus Damage decreased from 25% to 20%
6/25/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/6/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/27/2024
Familiars now preserve their stone form alt-cast mode when re-summoned
Unknown Ability (7116): Now can be cast on Visage even when silenced or stunned (will not have effect if Familiars are silenced or stunned)
Unknown Ability (7116): Now has immediate cast behavior by default on self and Familiars. Can be put in alt-cast mode to become point targeted
5/23/2024
Base Armor increased by 1
Summon Familiars: Familiars now upgrade if they were already summoned when leveling up the ability
Summon Familiars: Now can be alt-cast to recall Familiars, teleporting them to Visage after 4s preparation. Familiars can't act during this preparation and it won't start if they're currently in a Stone Form
Unknown Ability (7116): Familiars' version is now point-targeted. Will instruct the Familiar to cast Stone Form in the selected location. Can be either self-cast or alt-cast to use it at the current location
Unknown Ability (7116): Visage's version is now point-targeted. Will instruct the Familiar closest to the cast location to travel there and cast Stone Form. Can be either self-cast or alt-cast to instruct the Familiar closest to Visage to cast Stone Form at its current location
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
Soul Assumption: Damage is now calculated before reductions
Talents: Level 15 Talent Soul Assumption Targets increased from 2 to 3
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.34dNet Gain
10/5/2023Unknown Ability (7116): Cooldown for Familiars decreased from 14s to 11s
9/9/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/8/2023
Talents: Level 15 Talent +1 Armor Corruption to Visage and Familiars replaced with +2s Grave Chill Duration
Talents: Level 20 Talent +20 Visage and Familiars Movement Speed replaced with +1 Armor Corruption to Visage and Familiars
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 3 (Level 1 damage increased by 2)
Patch 7.33bNet Gain
4/26/2023Soul Assumption: Mana Cost decreased from 125 to 110
Talents: Level 20 Talent Soul Assumption Damage Per Charge increased from +20 to +25
6/13/2026
Now is a Universal Hero
Base damage decreased from 23-33 to 7-17
Strength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.4
Agility gain decreased from 1.3 to 1.0
Intelligence gain decreased from 2.9 to 2.4
Damage on level 1 decreased by 5 (from 45-55 to 40-50)
Damage gain per level increased from +2.9 to +3.48
Grave Chill: Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
Soul Assumption: Mana Cost decreased from 135 to 125
Unknown Ability (7116): Stun Duration decreased from 1/1.25/1.5s to 0.8/1/1.2s