[Update]: Dota 2's truly excellent Crownfall event has been extended for a few more weeks.

A fair bit of time has gone by since the last major, gameplay-focused update, so unsurprisingly Dota 2 is currently in a bit of a stale place given that everyone knows which heroes are the best at which role and why. In order to get everyone out of this routine the game will need a little shakeup, which is exactly what the freshly released Patch 7.37e is hoping to achieve.

With that in mind, it's worth noting that Patch 7.37e doesn't bring with it any sort of massive changes, but rather a variety of minor buffs and nerfs that will nudge a hero's winrate only by a percentage or two. This way the meta will hopefully get its much-needed shake up while Valve will get a bit more time to work on the traditionally chunky update that tends to launch a few months after The International tournament.

The future aside, what does Patch 7.37e even bring to the table? The most important changes, at least in my eyes, include a sizable nerf to Khanda, as well as small to medium sized nerfs to heroes like Luna, Enchantress, Kez, Sand King and Shadow Fiend. As far as I can tell all of the nerfed heroes are still perfectly viable, especially in a normal ranked setting, but there will now hopefully be a smaller difference between the really powerful cores and the rest of the field.

The buffs are similarly small and I don't expect them to change much for the affected heroes, but a little bit of a stat boost is sometimes all a hero needs to shine so I'm not going to be too down on them. But enough of my babbling! You can check out the full patch notes over at the Dota 2 website. It's a fairly short list this time around, so no need to schedule an entire lunch break around it!

Good luck with your Act 4 progress, and I'll make sure to let you know once the Dota 2 team cooks up a brand new update - most likely early next year.