{{Version infobox
| version = 6.61
| highlights = * Balanced heroes.
* Balanced items.
| dota = [http://www.playdota.com/changelogs/6.61 2009-07-07] ([https://web.archive.org/web/http://www.playdota.com/changelogs/6.61 Archive])
| previous = 6.60b
| next = 6.61b
}}

== Heroes ==
{{Hero label|Batrider}}
* Lowered Strength gain from 2.5 to 2

{{Hero label|Bloodseeker}}
* Bloodbath no longer regenerates from images

{{Hero label|Clinkz}}
* Improved Searing Arrows damage from 10/20/30/40 to 20/30/40/50
* Rebalanced Strafe from 20/40/60/80 IAS with 30 seconds cooldown to 50/60/70/80 IAS with 60/50/40/30 seconds cooldown

{{Hero label|Centaur Warrunner}}
* Reduced Double Edge cooldown (25->12 seconds)

{{Hero label|Faceless Void}}
* Improved base Strength (17->23)

{{Hero label|Nature's Prophet}}
* Lowered Sprout cooldown from 11 seconds to 11/10/9/8 seconds and mana cost from 115/140/165/205 to 100/120/140/160

{{Hero label|Magnus}}
* Reverse Polarity now pulls units slightly in front of you instead of all around you

{{Hero label|Medusa}}
* Lowered Stone Gaze cooldown (70->35 seconds)
* Minor improvements to Mystic Snake speed , cast range and cooldown
* Improved Mystic Snake's damage from 60/100/140/180 to 80/120/160/200

{{Hero label|Meepo}}
* Rescaled Geostrike from 4/8/12/16 to 5/10/15/20 damage per second

{{Hero label|Weaver}}
* Lowered Shukuchi cooldown from 13/11/9/7 to 12/10/8/6 seconds
* Reworked Watchers
:'''Old Watcher's:'''
::Cooldown 30/20/10/5 seconds
::Movement Speed 522
::HP 1
::Bounty 10-13
::Vision 1400/1400
::Invisible

:'''Urna Swarm:'''
:::Summons scarabs from corpses. The Scarab can burrow and become invisible.
:::While it is unburrowed, it is visible to the enemy and has an Infestation ability. Has collision when unburrowed.
:::Magic Immune.

::Cooldown 14/11/8/5
::Movement Speed 450
::HP 200
::Armor 6
::Bounty 26-38
::Burrowed Vision 400/400
::Normal Vision 1400/1400
::Infestation Can suicide to Silence enemy units 275 AoE around it for 3 seconds and deal 20 damage per second (non-stacking).

{{Hero label|Night Stalker}}
* Improved Intelligence growth from 1.25 to 1.6

{{Hero label|Ogre Magi}}
* Reduced Multicast from 30%2x/45%2x+22.5%3x/60%2x+30%3x+15%4x ->25%2x/40%2x+20%3x/50%2x+25%3x+12.5%4x

{{Hero label|Brewmaster}}
* Increased Drunken Brawler critical from 1.8x to 2.0x

{{Hero label|Queen of Pain}}
* Aghanim's Scepter: Restored original cooldown improvement

{{Hero label|Razor}}
* Lowered Intelligence gain from 2.2 to 1.8

{{Hero label|Treant Protector}}
* Casting Nature's Guise on an allied unit (or other spells) will no longer take you out if you have it on you

{{Hero label|Shadow Shaman}}
* Aghanim's Scepter: Undid part of the nerf on Mass Serpent Wards. It now gives +3 (up 1 from 6.60, down 1 from 6.59d)

{{Hero label|Silencer}}
* Transferred Glaive of Wisdom's secondary effect of +1/-1 Intelligence from hero kills to Last Word. If an enemy hero dies under the Last Word effect, that hero will lose 1 intelligence and you will gain 1 intelligence.
* Increased Last Word AoE from 700 to 900
* Rebalanced Curse of the Silent from 10/20/30/40 HP and 5/10/15/20 mana per second for 10 seconds to 50 HP and 25 mana for 2/4/6/8 seconds.

{{Hero label|Sniper}}
* Increased Take Aim range from 55/110/165/220 to 65/130/195/260

{{Hero label|Spectre}}
* Decreased Spectral Dagger cooldown from 25 to 16 seconds

{{Hero label|Elder Titan}}
* Lowered base damage by 10
* Lowered Strength gain from 2.7 to 2.3
* Decreased Natural Order percentages to 20/40/60/80%

{{Hero label|Vengeful Spirit}}
* Improved base Agility (22->27)

{{Hero label|Viper}}
* Nethertoxin now only works on enemy units

{{Hero label|Witch Doctor}}
* Increased base Intelligence from 19 to 24 (base damage adjust to remain the same though)

== Items ==
{{Item label|Daedalus}}
* Improved the critical value from 2.2x to 2.4x

{{Item label|Helm of the Dominator}}
* Converted creeps now gain the Resistant Skin ability, making spells duration on them the same as heroes or Spirit Bear.

{{Item label|Quelling Blade}}
* Minor reduction to bonus damage (36->32)

== General ==
* Removed the int/agi/str distribution in -CD. It is now like RD in its hero distribution.
* Bottle: Now autorefills at fountain if it isn't fully used (2975)
* Reduced FPS drops when using Shiva's Guard and Plasma Field with some custom import files (PGRu-Unexpect3D)
* Sound Effects: Removed the "Allied hero has fallen" (heavily requested for removal due to annoyances)

* Invoker: Added a new Icon for Sun Strike (5312)
* Juggernaut: You no longer lose control while using Omnislash. You can use items like Dagger while Omnislashing (4938)
* Slardar: Added a new icon for his Bash (3587)
* Tidehunter: Added a new Anchor Smash visual effect (4393)
* Gem of Truesight: Changed hotkey from T to I to help against some common misbuys
* Increased the transparency a little more for the Circle Of Powers that aren't yours.
* Fixed -SP moving your camera away from taverns
* Fixed various minor inconcistences between sentinel and scourge units/buildings
* Fixed some very minor inconsistencies with acquire ranges on some heroes
* Observer Board colors now alternate between white and grey to make it a little more readable

== Bugs ==
* Fixed natural regeneration on rax
* Fixed an area where you could get stuck using TP scroll on the minimap.
* Fixed -ns mode
* Fixed a chance for duplicate heroes in -CD

* Batrider: Fixed Radiance from triggering Sticky Napalm
* Medusa: Fixed Splitshot triggering Essense Aura
* Razor: Fixed an error in the damage calculation method for Plasma Field that caused it to be slightly off sometimes
* Rooftrellen: Slightly increased Eyes in the Forest cast range (+25) to fix some order issue bugs
* Rooftrellen: Fixed Living Armor not regenerating structures properly
* Tauren Chieftan: Fixed bug with Natural Order sometimes instantly killing Forged Spirit summoned units

* Aghanim's: Fixed minor incorrect sell value on some versions of the item
* Khadgar's Pipe of Insight: No longer places the buff on units that already have it
* Bottle: Usage no longer removes Curse of the Silent.
* Linken Sphere: Fixed to properly block Mana Void and Nasal Goo
* Poor Man's Shield: Fixed bug with -swap
* Quelling Blade: Fixed bug with -swap
* Quelling Blade: Fixed triggering Curse of the Silent
* Rune: Fixed Regeneration sometimes not being removed when you are full if you use bottle at the same time
* Rune: Fixed Double Damage visual effect to properly show when the user is using low graphics mode

== See also ==
* [[Versions]]
* [[Patches]]

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