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Base attack cooldown changed to 1.7s (from .5s).
Can no longer be hit by the vast majority of single target ultimate abilities.
Can no longer be hooked and can attack buildings and other gadgets again.
Now upgrades in level as the skill upgrades.
Has a new skill, Target Selection, allows it to switch between targeting its normal targets (units and buildings) and heroes only.
Shutdown sequence now restores its mana over the full duration of the shut down.
Now fires a 3 shot burst and damage is reduced by 66% (same total damage in one 'shot'). The two extra shots of the burst cannot proc anything and are just damage.
Burst fire consumes its mana on the initial attack, not on the additional bursts.
Now does a distance check for the burst shots, so it won't fire at targets across the map should someone teleport.
Can now fire 7/10/13/16 total volleys, regardless of its mana pool.

Changed Tinker on the Steam Turret to increase damage by 33/44/55/66% for the duration instead of attack speed.
Casting Tinker on Steam Turret now heals 25% of its health every 1 second.
- Steam Turret cannot be healed if it's taken damage in the past 2 seconds.

- Gadgets from Energy Field will no longer appear on the minimap.

Decreased speed of attack animation's visuals to better match the actual attack time.
- Note that the actual timing of her attack has not changed

Damage per arrow reduced by 10% at all levels.
- Fixed tool tip not displaying correctly when toggled on.

Can now spawn Skeletal Minions from allied creep denies.
Skeletal Minions are no longer disabled for the first second they spawn. Instead, they can instantly move/attack.
Skeletal Minions move speed increased to 420, from 320.
Skeletal Minions now apply a damage over time effect to targets when they attack, dealing 5/10/15/20 Magic damage per second over 4 seconds.
Skeletal Minions will not attack targets unless the Forsaken Archer is attacking them.
- They will hold ground when she holds ground, will attack when she attacks, and will follow when she moves.
- Note that they will not attack a target outside her attack range and will finish their current attack before retreating.
- When channeling Piercing Arrows, they will automatically attack targets in a 600 radius around her.

Bonus damage reduced to 8/16/24/32 from 12/24/36/50.
Area of effect reduced to 225 from 350.
- Area of Effect now occurs 225 units in front of Jeraziah, rather than around the target, meaning that it will no longer hit units behind him, similar to other Cleave mechanics.
Cleave damage now deals 50% of attack damage, reduced from 70%.
Slow increased to last 5 seconds (from 2) with a flat 30% slow for the duration (changed from 50% tapering off to 0% over 3 seconds).

Couriers now have a custom minimap icon
Puzzlebox's recipe cost reduced to 900 (from 1300)
Barbed Armor will now return damage from a Pseudo Pet or Gadget to the owner of the pet instead
- This will stop issues such as Barbed Armor instantly killing Engineer's Energy Field
Moved a few recipes around in the shops due to the following changes

Nome's Wisdom components and bonuses changed

Old:
- Bonuses: +10 Int, +21 damage, +10 attack speed, +75% Mana Regeneration, Heal-on-cast/armor/mana regen Aura
- Components: Ring of the Teacher (500) + Great Arcana (1675) + Nome's Wisdom Recipe (325) = 2500 (Total)
New:
- Bonuses: +6 Strength, +6 Agility, +16 Intelligence, +10 Damage, +100% Mana Regeneration, Heal-on-cast/armor/mana regen Aura
- Components: Ring of the Teacher (500) + Major Totem (540) + Neophyte's Book (1000) + Nome's Wisdom Recipe (260) = 2300 (Total)

Frostwolf's Skull recipe changed and is now upgradable

Old:
- Components: Blessed Orb (2100) + Blessed Orb (2100) + Glowstone (1200) + Frostwolf's Skull Recipe (750) = 6150 (Total)
New
- Components: Major Totem (540) + Blessed Orb (2100) + Glowstone (1200) + Frostwolf's Skull Recipe (1200) = 5040/6240 (Total)
- Bonuses: +16/25 Strength, +16/25 Agility, +16/25 Intelligence, +200 Max Health, +150 Max Mana, reduces attack speed by 13/20 and slows movement by 20/30% for 3 seconds on attack.

Tablet of Command components and bonuses changed, total cost reduced to 2040

Old
- Bonuses: +10 Intelligence, +10 Damage, +10 Attack Speed, Activated Push.
- Components: Steamstaff (900) + Neophyte's Book (1000) + Tablet of Command Recipe (300) = 2200 (Total)
New
- Bonuses: +6 Strength, +6 Agility, +16 Intelligence, Activated Push.
- Components: Major Totem (540) + Neophyte's Book (1000) + Tablet of Command Recipe (500) = 2040 (Total)

Up and down arrows now properly scroll through sent chat history when in game (Hit Enter to type then hit the up arrow key).
Fixed the targeting cursor to revert back to the standard cursor when targetting a dual target ability out of range.
Added a /matchup or /ma for short command.
- This command lists the current players team/name/color/hero in game.
Vulture Lords will no longer use their Cyclone ability.
Fixed a spot on Caldavar that would let you cut over the cliff near the bottom rune
Fixed players getting stuck in the bottom right corner of the map
Fixed Shield of the Five playing a sound with every unit its cast on, now just plays one sound

Improvements to the Mac and Linux clients
Fixed ALL chat not having colon inserted
Added confirmation boxes when Leave Clan, Remove Buddy, Remove from Clan, Ignore, or Add to Banlist are clicked, giving the user the option to cancel their action

Updated hero selection interface to display "Points at stake" to each players hero icon
Added new functionality to allow hosts to cancel the match countdown
- After clicking "Start Game" the button label changes to "Cancel"
Fixed allowing players to correctly leave their team to cancel the match countdown
Added a lobby message indicating when either of these occur and the countdown is halted
Added a "Europe-All" filter
Chat mode now changes to "All" whenever the player joins the lobby, and changes to "Team" upon entering the hero select screen
Changed the Team/All chat listbox to a toggleable button
- Credit to the player MaxGhost for introducing this in mod form many months back

Changed significantly (in preparation for the arrival of Deadwood).
- Attributes, Armor, Damage, and Movement Speed were tweaked.
- Camouflage on the Keeper of the Forest no longer breaks stealth when his own abilities are used.
- Removed Nature's Vengeance and replaced it with Nature's Protection.
- Tree Sight no longer grants regeneration, but now has true sight.