Version
Description
7.07d
Increased base attack damage from 22-32 to 27-37 (total attack damage is now 48-58).
Increased movement speed from 300 to 310.
7.07c
Reduced Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion mana cost from 100/110/120/130 to 70/90/110/130.
Level 10 right talent: Increased experience gain bonus from 20% to 35%.
Level 10 left talent: Increased cast range bonus from 125 to 200.
7.07
Increased attack range from 600 to 650.
Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
Removed Test of Faith (Teleport) icon.png Test of Faith (Teleport).
Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith
Can now be cast on allies to heal them for half the damage values. Always heals for max values when cast on self.
Reduced mana cost from 90/100/110/120 to 60/80/100/120.
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion
Can now be cast on allied units to teleport them home after a 6/5/4/3 second delay. When cast on self, all of Chen's creeps are teleported to him after the delay. [?]
[U] Changed legecy key from R to F.
Increased mana cost from 100 on each level to 100/110/120/130.
Reworked talents:
Old:
Level 10: +125 cast range or +30 movement speed
Level 15: 10s Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith cooldown reduction or +250 health
Level 20: 1000 Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion minimum creep health or +120 gold per minute
Level 25: +200 Hand of God icon.png Hand of God heal or +2 Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion max units
New:
Level 10: +125 cast range or +20% experience bonus
Level 15: 10s Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith cooldown reduction or +7 armor
Level 20: +1000 Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion minimum creep health or +180 gold per minute
Level 25: +400 Hand of God icon.png Hand of God heal or +4 Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion max units
7.06f
Increased Hand of God icon.png Hand of God heal from 225/350/475 to 250/375/500.
7.06e
Increased Hand of God icon.png Hand of God heal from 225/325/425 to 225/350/475.
Level 20 right talent: Increased gold per minute bonus from 90 to 120.
7.06d
Increased Hand of God icon.png Hand of God heal from 200/300/400 to 225/325/425.
7.06
Increased Strength attribute symbol.png strength gain from 1.5 to 1.8.
Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
Reduced Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion cooldown from 30/26/22/18 to 10 on each level.
Level 20 left talent: Replaced 45 seconds respawn time reduction with 1000 Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion minimum creep health bonus.
7.05
Level 10 right talent: Increased movement speed bonus from 25 to 30.
Level 20 left talent: Increased respawn time reduction from 40 to 45.
7.02
Level 10 right talent: Increased movement speed bonus from 15 to 25.
Level 15 left talent: Replaced 25% spell damage amplification bonus with 10 seconds Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith cooldown reduction. [?]
Level 15 right talent: Increased health bonus from 200 to 250.
7.00
Increased Penitence icon.png Penitence slow and damage amplification from 15%/20%/25%/30% to 18%/24%/30%/36%.
Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith now displays how much damage it dealt above the target.
Test of Faith (Teleport) icon.png Test of Faith (Teleport) now disjoints projectiles upon teleporting.
Added talents:
Level 10: +125 cast range or +15 movement speed
Level 15: +25% spell damage amplification or +200 health
Level 20: -40s respawn time or +90 gold per minute
Level 25: +200 Hand of God icon.png Hand of God heal or +2 Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion max units
6.87
Hand of God icon.png Hand of God no longer fully heals all units under Chen's control [?]
6.86d
Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces Hand of God icon.png Hand of God's cooldown from 160/140/120 to 30.
6.86
Increased base Strength attribute symbol.png strength from 20 to 23.
Penitence icon.png Penitence
Reduced mana cost from 100 to 70.
Increased duration from 5/6/7/8 to 8 on each level.
6.85
Increased Penitence icon.png Penitence slow and damage amplification from 14%/18%/22%/26% to 15%/20%/25%/30%.
Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith
Reduced mana cost from 175 on each level to 90/100/110/120.
Reduced cooldown from 24 to 16.
6.84c
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion now provides a base health minimum of 700/800/900/1000 instead of a raw 75/150/225/300 health bonus.
6.83
Test of Faith (Teleport) icon.png Test of Faith (Teleport) now teleports all of Chen's units towards him cast on self.
Uses the same delay as when cast on allied heroes.
Increased Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion max units from 1/1/2/3 to 1/2/3/4.
6.82
Penitence icon.png Penitence
Now directly amplifies damage, instead of attempting to re-deal a percentage of the damage taken as physical damage.
Increased cast range from 600 to 800.
Increased slow and damage amplification from 8%/16%/24%/32% to 14%/18%/22%/26%
Rescaled duration from 7 on each level to 5/6/7/8.
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion now pierces spell immunity (can convert spell immune units).
Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter now also allows Holy Persuasion to be cast on ancient creeps (maximum 1 ancient creep per level of Hand of God).
6.81
Reduced Penitence icon.png Penitence cooldown from 14 to 14/13/12/11.
6.79
Test of Faith (Teleport) icon.png Test of Faith (Teleport) is now dispellable.
Increased Hand of God icon.png Hand of God cooldown from 140/130/120 to 160/140/120.
6.76
Increased Penitence icon.png Penitence damage amplification from 7%/14%/21%/28% to 8%/16%/24%/32%.
Increased Hand of God icon.png Hand of God cooldown from 120 on each level to 140/130/120.
6.75
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion no longer has the ability to teleport allied units.
Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith now grants a secondary ability to teleport allied units.
Test of Faith (Teleport) icon.png Test of Faith (Teleport):
Teleports heroes to fountain after a delay. Instant teleport for persuaded creeps.
Cast range: 600
Teleport delay: 6/5/4/3
Mana cost: 200
Cooldown: 24
6.72
Moved the teleportation part of Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith to Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion.
6.71
Reduced Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith cooldown rescaled from 30/28/26/24 to 24.
6.70
Reduced Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion cooldown from 30 to 30/26/22/18.
6.67
Reduced Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith cooldown from 30 to 30/28/26/24.
6.60
Added Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Chen: Reduces Hand of God icon.png Hand of God cooldown from 120 to 30.
6.49
Increased movement speed from 295 to 300.
6.44
Increased movement speed from 290 to 295.
6.40
Reduced movement speed from 295 to 290.
6.31
Hand of God icon.png Hand of God
Increased mana cost from 150/200/250 to 200/300/400.
Increased cooldown from 70 to 120.
6.28
Reduced movement speed from 300 to 295.
Increased Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith mana cost from 140 to 175.
6.25
Reduced movement speed from 310 to 300.
6.20
Reduced Penitence icon.png Penitence damage amplification from 8%/16%/24%/32% to 7%/14%/21%/28%.
Increased Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith max damage from 75/150/225/300 to 100/200/300/400.
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion
Persuaded creeps now have 0 collision size.
Persuaded creeps no longer die when Chen dies.
Reduced max units from 1/2/3/4 to 1/1/2/3
6.19b
Fixed some bugs with Penitence icon.png Penitence damage amplification.
Added disablehelp support for Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith.
6.18
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion
No longer grants persuaded creeps 50% magic resistance.
Changed legacy hotkey from U to R.
6.17
Fixed Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith and Hand of God icon.png Hand of God disabling Chen during their cast time and being not interruptable.
6.16
Fixed a lag issue with Penitence icon.png Penitence.
Fixed persuaded creeps dying when an illusion of chen dies.
6.15
Re-added and reworked Chen.
Changed primary attribute from Strength attribute symbol.png strength to Intelligence attribute symbol.png intelligence.
Reduced base Strength attribute symbol.png strength and gain from 22 + 2.6 to 20 + 1.5.
Increased base Agility attribute symbol.png agility and gain from 13 + 1.4 to 15 + 2.1.
Increased base Intelligence attribute symbol.png intelligence from 17 + 2.2 to 21 + 2.8.
Rescaled base attack damage from 26-28 to 22-32 (total attack damage is now 43-53).
Reduced base armor from 0 to -1 (total armor is now 1.1).
Increased attack range from 500 to 600.
Increased movement speed from [ Info Needed ] to 310.
Replaced Battle Purge with Penitence icon.png Penitence
Penitence icon.png Penitence:
Forces a unit to accept punishment for their sins, causing them to move slower and accept more damage from attacks or spells.
Cast range: 600
Movement speed slow: 8%/16%/24%/32%
Damage amplification: 8%/16%/24%/32%
Duration: 7
Mana cost: 100
Cooldown: 14
Notes: Amplifies damage by re-dealing the amount as physical damage.
Replaced Holy Light with Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith
Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith:
If cast on enemy, will deal variable damage based on the unit's faith. If cast on allied hero, it will teleport him to safety. Instantly teleports Chen's persuaded units to safety.
Cast range: 600
Minimum damage: 50/100/150/200
Maximum damage: 75/150/225/300
Teleport delay: 6/5/4/3
Mana cost: 140
Cooldown: 30
Notes: The damage is randomly chosen between the minimum and maximum damage. Can only teleport allied heroes or own units. Cannot target self.
Replaced Perdition with Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion:
Takes control of a target enemy unit. Unit gains 50% magic resistance. If Chen dies, all his persuaded units also die.
Cast range: 800
Max units: 1/2/3/4
Health bonus: 75/150/225/300
Mana cost: 100
Cooldown: 30
Notes: Cannot be cast on heroes, ancient creeps, roshan and creep-heroes.
Replaced Divine Intervention with Hand of God icon.png Hand of God
Hand of God icon.png Hand of God:
Fully regenerates your converted creeps. Heals all allied heroes on the map.
Radius: Global
Heal: 200/300/400
Mana cost: 150/200/250
Cooldown: 70
6.04
Removed Chen.
6.03
Increased Divine Intervention cooldown from 300/240/180 to 600/480/360.
6.02
Perdition can no longer be cast on buildings.
6.01
Perdition
Increased mana cost from 60 to 120.
Increased cooldown from 0 to 2.5.
6.00
Reworked Chen.
Changed primary attribute from Intelligence attribute symbol.png intelligence to Strength attribute symbol.png strength.
Increased base Strength attribute symbol.png strength and gain from 20 + 1.5 to 22 + 2.6.
Reduced base Agility attribute symbol.png agility and gain from 15 + 2 to 13 + 1.4.
Reduced base Intelligence attribute symbol.png intelligence and gain from 21 + 2.6 to 17 + 2.2.
Rescaled base attack damage from 22-29 to 26-28 (total attack damage is now 48-50).
Increased base armor from -1 to 0 (total armor is now 1.82).
Reduced attack range from 550 to 500.
Purge
Renamed to Battle Purge
Reduced movement speed slow from 100% to 10%/20%/30%/40%
Now also slows attack speed by 10/20/30/40.
Increased duration from 6 to 7.
No longer deals 1000 damage to summoned units.
Replaced Critical Strike with Perdition
Perdition:
Chen's ranged attacks are punishing when he reinforces them with a holy wrath. While active, adds damage based on Chen's maximum health.
Cast range: 600
Max health as damage: 3%/5%/7%/9%
Mana cost: 60
Cooldown: 0
Notes: Is an active unique attack modifier. Can be used against buildings as well.
Replaced Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion with Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention:
Calls upon the mercy and wrath of Hextar, the god of war. The next friendly hero to die will be resurrected with half hit points and mana soon thereafter. The target also becomes invulnerable for a short duration.
Reincarnation delay: 3
Invulnerability duration: 5
Mana cost: 200/300/400
Cooldown: 300/240/180
Notes: When cast, all allied heroes and Chen himself get. The first one of them who dies gets resurrected. Does not trigger when aegis reincarnates the hero already.
Patch history[edit]
Patch
Description
20 Jan 2016
Fixed a bug with Chen Chen's Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion and Lifestealer Lifestealer's Infest icon.png Infest that would break Chen Chen's selection state.
11 Mar 2015
Fixed Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith's target sound not playing.
12 Feb 2015
[U] Added a cast Play sound to Test of Faith (Teleport) icon.png Test of Faith (Teleport).
December 17, 2014 Patch Update 2
Added extra buffer space to creeps teleporting to Chen with Test of Faith (Teleport) icon.png Test of Faith (Teleport).
11 Jun 2012
Fixed the following spells being castable on magic immune allies: The ability does not exist., The ability does not exist., The ability does not exist., Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion, Decrepify icon.png Decrepify, Astral Imprisonment icon.png Astral Imprisonment, Shadow Word icon.png Shadow Word and The ability does not exist..
24 May 2012
Updated Chen Chen's texture.
17 May 2012
Fixed Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion working on Spirit Bear.
Added healing overhead messages for Mekansm icon.png Mekansm, Chen Chen, Lifestealer Lifestealer, Necrophos Necrophos, and Witch Doctor Witch Doctor.
10 May 2012
Fixed turn rates for the following heroes: Lifestealer Lifestealer, Alchemist Alchemist, Clockwerk Clockwerk, Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter, Dark Seer Dark Seer, Dazzle Dazzle, Ancient Apparition Ancient Apparition, Brewmaster Brewmaster, Chen Chen, Silencer Silencer, Lone Druid Lone Druid, Spectre Spectre and Spirit Breaker Spirit Breaker.
03 May 2012
Fixed unit conversion spells (Enchant icon.png Enchant, Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion, etc) not removing existing debuffs properly.
26 Apr 2012
Fixed a case where casting an ability to control a unit (ie. Chen Chen's Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion), then querying the unit before the ability fired would not end up with the unit in a selected state and the abilities would not be usable.
12 Apr 2012
Fixed DisableHelp not working for Chen Chen's Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion.
08 Mar 2012
Fixed Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion interrupting allied channeling spells on cast (rather than upon tping).
01 Dec 2011
Fixed Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion allowing Wildkin's channeled Tornado (Wildwing Ripper) icon.png Tornado to go uninterrupted.
17 Nov 2011
Fixed the following ability interactions with Repel icon.png Repel/Purge: The ability does not exist., Weave icon.png Weave, The ability does not exist., The ability does not exist., Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion, The ability does not exist., Shadow Word icon.png Shadow Word, Focus Fire icon.png Focus Fire, Shukuchi icon.png Shukuchi, Berserker's Call icon.png Berserker's Call, The ability does not exist..
03 Nov 2011
Fixed Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion not removing buffs from the converted creep
Fixed Hand of God icon.png Hand of God working on dead heroes
07 Aug 2011
Fixed Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion not restoring converted unit's mana.
04 Aug 2011
New Chen Chen spell icons.
Added in missing Chen Chen Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter tooltip.
Updated Chen Chen's visuals.
Chen Chen will only immediately teleport units he controls.
Fixed Neutrals not spawning correctly after one of the pack had been dominated away. This happened constantly while playing Chen Chen and prevented the camp from coming back until my poor unit got killed.
Dominated units no longer have phased collision. Affects Chen Chen, Enchantress Enchantress, and Helm of the Dominator icon.png Helm of the Dominator.
03 Aug 2011
Abilities that dominate creeps clear out the players that used to be able to control them. This prevents Chen Chen and Enchantress Enchantress from being able to control the same creeps.
02 Aug 2011
Fixed Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion to break channels on its target.
22 Jul 2011
Fixed double-kill credit due to Chen Chen's Penitence.
16 Jul 2011
Fixed Penitence icon.png Penitence effect being delayed.
Fixed Penitence icon.png Penitence projectile speed.
Fixed Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith working on ancients.
Fixed Test of Faith icon.png Test of Faith's teleporation not interrupting a unit.
Fixed Hand of God icon.png Hand of God working on illusions.
08 Jul 2011
Dominating another creep and he's already pushed it to the limit, the oldest dominated creep will now be killed.
Fixed Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion to not be self-castable.
Holy Persuasion icon.png Holy Persuasion-dominated creeps and Enchantress Enchantress' Enchant icon.png Enchant-dominated creeps now have phased collision, just like units dominated with Helm of the Dominator icon.png Helm of the Dominator.
Hand of God icon.png Hand of God to work on all of his controlled units.
He will only kill his own units when trying to dominate more only if he is currently the Owner of the unit
01 Jul 2011
New Hero: Chen Chen
