New Dota 2 update - NathanKell:

Dota 2 Update - 11/12/2024

Kez:
- Kazurai Katana: Damage Per Second reduced from 7/8/9/10% to 6/7/8/9%
- Falcon Rush: Katana base attack rate increased from 1.3/1.2/1.1/1.0 to 1.4/1.3/1.2/1.1
- Falcon Rush: Duration decreased from 7 to 3/4/5/6
- Raptor Dance: Increased cooldown from 40/32/24 to 40/35/30
- Raven's Veil: Increased cooldown from 40/32/24 to 40/35/30
- Grappling Claw: Fixed chain not being broken when linked to a target out of range
Shodo Sai: Fixed some Mark interactions dealing more damage than intended
- Grappling Claw: Fixed it ignoring evasion
- Echo Slash: Fixed it ignoring evasion
- Echo Slash: Fixed it killing couriers
- Echo Slash: Fixed it allowing Kez to escape leashes and movement prevention abilities (i.e. Disruptor Kinetic Field )
Over the days since release of Crownfall Act IV and Kez, we've also fixed several issues:
- Fixed a client crash with Moon Shard
- Fixed a server crash involving Ogre Seal Totem and Lone Druid
- Fixed various issues with Quick Buy
- Fixed Shen and Dragonus arcana style unlocks not applying to respective cursor icon packs
- Fixed Juggernaut Primal Prowl style unlock
- Fixed various crashes with Act IV encounters
- When winning an Ability Draft game, instead of granting 3 tokens and 2 scrap, grant 2 tokens and 8 scrap.
- Spleen Sweeper: added a scoring section on the main menu to show scoring information. Fixed score summary not showing after beating all 5 stages.
- Spleen Sweeper: fixed last stage not granting a completion bonus of 4000 points
- Castle Carnage: fixed Tunneler particle missing model and issues with grenade bouncing
- Castle Carnage: fixed phantom terrain blocking some shots
- Spoon Man: fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would stay invisible after a popup
- Spoon Man: fixed a crash related to pressing a button before the game is loaded
- Spoon Man: fixed being able to get stuck inside a block
- Nes...

New Dota 2 update - Dota Workshop:

7.37e Gameplay Patch

Patch 7.37e is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here.

New Dota 2 update - eugenep:

Dota 2 Update - 12/3/2024

Gameplay Update
Kez:
- Echo Slash: No longer applies cleave on units hit.
- Falcon Rush: Rush Range decreased from 650 to 575
- Grappling Claw: Hero Bonus Heal reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120
- Grappling Claw: Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7
- Talon Toss: Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7
- Raven's Veil: Applied mark no longer applies parry bonus.
- Replaced +50 Raptor Dance Radius level 15 talent with new talent: Raven's Veil Mark Applies Parry Bonus
- Added additional HUD styling to better communicate the current stance Kez is in.
- Raptor Dance: Fixed particle effect not increasing when radius increased.
- Echo Slash: Fixed it hitting units slightly further than its range.
- Echo Slash: Fixed secondary attack cancelling Kez's invisibility.
- Falcon Rush: Fix secondary attack sound effect not playing.
- Shodo Sai: Fixed cases where Mark would not be applied properly if it was already applied.
- Shodo Sai: Fixed parry cancel sub-ability being affected by Faceless Void's Time Dilation.
- Fixed cooldown reduction not applying to alternate weapon abilities.
- Grappling Claw: Reworded description to clarify bonus hero healing.

New Dota 2 update - /u/wykrhm:

Kez Updates

Kez:
- Echo Slash: No longer applies cleave on units hit.
- Falcon Rush: Rush Range decreased from 650 to 575
- Grappling Claw: Hero Bonus Heal reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120
- Grappling Claw: Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7
- Talon Toss: Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7
- Raven's Veil: Applied mark no longer applies parry bonus.
- Replaced +50 Raptor Dance Radius level 15 talent with new talent: Raven's Veil Mark Applies Parry Bonus
- Added additional HUD styling to better communicate the current stance Kez is in.
- Raptor Dance: Fixed particle effect not increasing when radius increased.
- Echo Slash: Fixed it hitting units slightly further than its range.
- Echo Slash: Fixed secondary attack cancelling Kez's invisibility.
- Falcon Rush: Fix secondary attack sound effect not playing.
- Shodo Sai: Fixed cases where Mark would not be applied properly if it was already applied.
- Shodo Sai: Fixed parry cancel sub-ability being affected by Faceless Void's Time Dilation.
- Fixed cooldown reduction not applying to alternate weapon abilities.
- Grappling Claw: Reworded description to clarify bonus hero healing.

New Dota 2 update - Vatyx:

Dota 2 Update - 12/5/2024

Over the last few days we've made the following changes:
- Fixed being unable to configure Quickcast behavior on Observer and Sentry wards in the Settings menu.
- Fixed Razor's Voidstorm Asylum Arcana using the incorrect icon for Storm Surge.
- Fixed Shadow Fiend Presence of the Dark Lord not losing stacks correctly on death.
- Fixed lighting issue on seasonal winter terrain.
- Fixed loading spinners not spinning correctly.
- Fixed Force Staff's tooltip description ending with 2 periods.
- Fixed sprays from events which have ended not properly rendering.
- Fixed various client and server crashes.
- Fixed Watcher colors not matching their team under some circumstances.
- Enabled Kez's Sai abilities in Ability Draft. The draft screen will show a random combination of Kez's Katana and Sai abilities.
- Crownfall: Heroes whose reward tokens associated with meta-progression upgrades now show up under the Crownfall Act IV filter in the Hero pick screen.
- Crownfall: Fixed Nest of Thorns Loading Screen not being visible.
- Nest of Thorns: Voiceline rewards for difficulties 3, 5, and 7 are now permanent.
- Nest of Thorns: Improved visibility of the Reaper, which spawns on difficulties 5 and above.
- Nest of Thorns: Spirits now ignore range modifiers and always spawn at a set distance away from the player.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed score sometimes not updating properly.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed incorrect text being displayed if launching the client with an invalid language.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed Rot's Scepter obscuring various visual elements in the game.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed Echo Slash and Swashbuckle not working correctly on Linux

New Dota 2 update - /u/wykrhm:

Dec 5, 2024 Update
- Fixed being unable to configure Quickcast behavior on Observer and Sentry wards in the Settings menu.
- Fixed Razor's Voidstorm Asylum Arcana using the incorrect icon for Storm Surge.
- Fixed Shadow Fiend Presence of the Dark Lord not losing stacks correctly on death.
- Fixed lighting issue on seasonal winter terrain.
- Fixed loading spinners not spinning correctly.
- Fixed Force Staff's tooltip description ending with 2 periods.
- Fixed sprays from events which have ended not properly rendering.
- Fixed various client and server crashes.
- Fixed Watcher colors not matching their team under some circumstances.
- Enabled Kez's Sai abilities in Ability Draft. The draft screen will show a random combination of Kez's Katana and Sai abilities.
- Crownfall: Heroes whose reward tokens associated with meta-progression upgrades now show up under the Crownfall Act IV filter in the Hero pick screen.
- Crownfall: Fixed Nest of Thorns Loading Screen not being visible.
- Nest of Thorns: Voiceline rewards for difficulties 3, 5, and 7 are now permanent.
- Nest of Thorns: Improved visibility of the Reaper, which spawns on difficulties 5 and above.
- Nest of Thorns: Spirits now ignore range modifiers and always spawn at a set distance away from the player.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed score sometimes not updating properly.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed incorrect text being displayed if launching the client with an invalid language.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed Rot's Scepter obscuring various visual elements in the game.
- Nest of Thorns: Fixed Echo Slash and Swashbuckle not working correctly on Linux
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/4442333890575598739

New Dota 2 update - krAnk0r:

Frostivus is Upon Us

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It's been a busy year for Dota. We welcomed a new hero into our ranks (and a long-awaited one finally made his debut); we crowned another team of world champions at this year's TI in Copenhagen; we reworked every hero with new game-changing innates and facets; and we even managed to cram in a four-act multi-month narrative epic about talking birds.

And so, as the year winds to a close, we find ourselves filled once again to the absolute brim with the spirit of Frostivus. And that means a sackful of festive gifts for everyone for the duration of the Frostivus event, from now until January 15th.

The True Meaning of Frostivus Revealed (Hats)
“What kind of gifts?” one might festively wonder. Well, for starters: For the rest of the season, your hero will begin each game wearing a stylish Frostivus hat.

But don't think of it as a fashion statement. Think of it as a trophy case. Because you can also steal hats from enemy heroes and get them as gifts from your allies with the new Spirit of Frostivus ability. You can also get them the old fashioned way (murder/larceny), by stealing them off the skulls of heroes you've just killed, off the Tormentors, or if you really know what you're doing, even off Roshan's craggy dead head.

And every single hat you take, you can wear on top of all the others in a majestic, murderous hat-stack of glory. Plus since the post-game MVP screen now includes hat tallies, you'll have definitive proof of your hat superiority in the days to come.

A Frostivus Story
So now you've got a tower of Frostivus hats on your head. But can you truly enjoy them without knowing their exhaustive backstory? The answer, as we discovered, is yes. "They're just colored hats," you say. "Who cares where they cam...

New Dota 2 update - krAnk0r:

Crownfall's Final Bow

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Back in December, it seemed entirely reasonable to bring Crownfall to a close halfway through January. After all, we reasoned, who could possibly need more time than that to finish exploring four huge overworld maps filled with tons of characters to meet, comics to read, and minigames to conquer?

Well, if what we're hearing from friends, family, dedicated fans, coworkers, bus drivers, security guards, and even some cats on the internet is true, it turns out a lot of people could actually use more time to finish everything. So we're extending Crownfall's end date one last time (for real this time) to Thursday, February 6. If you've still got progress to make, get moving, because the curtains for this show are finally actually about to, we promise, close.

A Frosty Farewell
We hope everyone stuffed their bellies full of enough grunch heart to tide yourselves over for the rest of the year, because another season of Frostivus is in the books — and all of the wrappings, trappings, snowballs, and stolen hats have been lovingly packed up and crammed back into the seasonal treasure hutch.

Winter Sale Ends
Sadly, there were no people begging on behalf of their pets for more end-of-year savings from our winter sale, and since the year did in fact end, and in fact ended two weeks ago, everything in the Crownfall Store is now (finally actually) going back to its regular price.

You can still unlock new story nodes with the Midgate, Druud, and Icewrack Pathfinder Packs, deck your heroes out in the sets from Skywrath from Crownfall Treasures I-III, or complete the transformations of Shen and Dragonus with the Vengeful Spirit and Skywrath Mage Arcanas, but unless you've got Crownfall Coins to use, items are back to full price....

New Dota 2 update - krAnk0r:

The International 2025

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Banners, tattered but resolute, are unfurled. War trumpets, battered but resolute, are buffed with war trumpet polish until they gleam. Weapons, resolute but dull, are sharpened on whetstones in rhythmic strokes, until they are perhaps too sharp, and dulled up a little on nearby flagstones so no one cuts themselves. The banners (tattered, resolute and unfurled, see earlier) are hoisted high, their sigils stitched with sequins of the most defiant bedazzlement.

That's right. The stars have aligned and the stage is once again being set for cosmic battle. And this time, that battle has returned to where it all began: Germany, the site of The International's humble debut on the world stage, where it was watched in person by many tens of people. Now, fourteen years later, The International returns to Germany, to Hamburg's Barclays Arena September 11 - 14 — in front of, we trust, a slightly bigger crowd this time around.

The sixteen contending teams will once again consist of a mix of open qualifiers, regional qualifiers, and direct invitations, with more information on all of that to come. For now, there's still a ton of professional Dota to be played before we can get there. The January viewing calendar has already been packed, as teams around the world fight through qualifiers to earn spots in tournaments slated to kick off in the weeks and months ahead.

Stay tuned for more information on ticketing and scheduling for The International 2025. Until then, tune into some of the pro games to get an early edge on knowing who's who and clocking the teams to beat.

New Dota 2 update - krAnk0r:

Dota 2 Workshop Spring 2025 Call-to-Arms

Amidst all the TI announcements and Crownfall conclusions, you might not have noticed that the humble Dota 2 Workshop is busier than ever. With a community of talented artists contributing lots of new stuff that we shipped throughout the year, sales of community-generated Workshop content generated more revenue for contributors in 2024 than any year since 2015—and that community of talented artists could also include you!

That's right: We're once again inviting all workshop contributors to spin up some new sets for any of your favorite heroes—including two newcomers who have been waiting eagerly in the wings to join the cosmetic fun. Artists can also include submissions for both Ringmaster and Kez, who are now enabled in the workshop.

To be considered, we request that all submissions be on the Dota 2 Workshop by the end of day on April 6th, 2025 PDT. Please make sure to mark your work with the "Spring 2025" tag when tendering items to the Workshop to ensure they aren't overlooked. (As usual, please avoid concepts involving human skulls, blood, and gore.)

Dota fans everywhere are of course encouraged to regularly visit the Workshop and vote through the Queue to ensure your voices are heard in the hunt for the treasures of tomorrow.

New Dota 2 update - krAnk0r:

The Charms of the Snake

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Snakes, as any biologist will tell you, are fascinating creatures. They don't have skeletons. They don't have brains or organs. They just have one tube-like muscle that makes up their whole body, a mouth, two eyes, and a butt. That's it. An animal shouldn't be able to be alive with that few body parts, and yet somehow the snake surmounts all of those obstacles and manages it.

It's at this point in the blog post that we should admit that the biologist we contacted about all this never actually returned our calls, so we had to guess at a few of the details in the previous paragraph. But honestly, we don't need a stupid snake expert to tell us that snakes look cool. They look cool on armor, on weapons, on bodies, even on hats. If you've got something that's cool already, and you put a bunch of snakes on it, it might actually explode, so watch out.

As you may have guessed, we're proud to announce the all-new 'Charms of the Snake' treasure, stocked up with nine community-made item sets ready to slither around your favorite heroes and wrap them in some scaly styles, just in time for Lunar New Year to ring in the Year of the Snake.

Each treasure opened will grant a serpentine set for Snapfire, Medusa, Shadow Shaman, Naga Siren, Earth Spirit, or Templar Assassin. You'll also have a chance to unlock a Rare Lich set or Very Rare Necrophos set. You can purchase 'Charms of the Snake' treasures directly for $2.49 to get in the spirit of the Lunar New Year and join the slinky fashion fun.

New Dota 2 update - /u/wykrhm:

The Charms of the Snake

New Dota 2 update - Unicorn Princess:

The Crownfall Archive

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Well folks, you knew this was coming. We warned you it was coming. We even extended its coming. But now it's no longer coming, because it's here. No more last minute reprieves, no more entreaties from sad-eyed pets. We're doing it. Depending on when you read this, it's already done. Crownfall has been archived.

One consistent and recurring bit of feedback we got from the community over the course of Crownfall was what a bummer it would be not to be able to play their favorite minigame now that the event was ending. (No one agrees on what the best minigame is, but everyone has a favorite.) We agree — waiting in a matchmaking queue goes a lot faster with a game of Dragon Chess — and so we're happy to announce the Crownfall Archive, a collection of all the minigames and comics from all four acts, accessible from the main menu to everyone, regardless of whether you unlocked it while the event was active. (We've also preserved your progress through each of the Act I-IV maps for posterity.)

Additionally, if you're still sitting on any Crownfall rewards like candy or Crownfall Coins, you can continue to redeem them through the Archive.

We've really enjoyed getting to tell a story taking place in the realms of Skywrath, Druud and Icewrack. But there are so many more realms to explore. And so it's time for us to put the Ghastly Eyrie behind us, at least for now, and point our compasses at some new guiding stars. We'll see you there.

New Dota 2 update - /u/wykrhm:

The Crownfall Archive

New Dota 2 update - krAnk0r:

Explore Wandering Waters in the 7.38 Gameplay Update

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Much like the galactic water miners in the movie and possibly the book Dune Part 2, Dota has always been the only game in any genre that believes water is the most valuable resource in both the Dune-iverse and our universe, the universe. It's kind of crazy, then, that it's taken more than a decade for us to finally prove that bold claim by saying it out loud in print.

And if that was all we did, it would be enough. But we didn't stop there. We've re-made the river that runs through the Dota map. Not only is it wider, its current can speed your movement. Conversely, the new river's new evolving, amphibious creeps can drastically slow your movement by killing you.

And that's not all: How about a new resource! "Waterstone?" you say. In retrospect, that would have made sense. But it's actually called "Madstone" and you can use it to craft your own unique neutral items. Which is crazy, so the name actually fits pretty well.

We've also made some other map updates, replaced wisdom runes with much cooler wisdom shrines, and made a bunch of quality of life changes. It's all too much to detail in one blog post, which means you'd be out of luck unless we made a page dedicated to describing all the stuff in great detail. Which we did.

New Dota 2 update - Dota 2:

Gameplay patch 7.38

New Dota 2 update - /u/Kappa_Man:

Gameplay Update 7.38 ‒ Wandering Waters

New Dota 2 update - Dota Workshop:

Dota 2 Update - 2/21/2025

Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:
- Fixed heroes in Ability Draft not having innate abilities
- Fixed Lotus Pool timers showing regular Dota game mode timings in Turbo
- Fixed minimap icons not showing for live spectators in player view
- Fixed some camps' spawnboxes being taller than Kunkka's Torrent height
- Fixed Tormentor spawning in undesirable locations while in Demo Mode
- Neutral Tooltip is better at guessing enchantment level
- Fixed Ironwood trees not providing extended healing duration when consumed with Tango
- Fixed Ninja Gear usage while smoked allowing you to re-apply Smoke of Deceit to your allies
- Fixed Phylactery not slowing enemies on proc
- Fixed Pirate's Hat causing the Death Cost tooltip to display a slightly incorrect amount
- Fixed Pyrrhic Cloak reflecting reflected damage
- Fixed Revenant's Brooch on Illusions dealing more damage than intended
- Fixed an issue where Scurry and Death Pact would have more than the max number of charges if the corresponding talent was taken after the ability was skilled
- Fixed various issues with Morphling's Morph
- Fixed various issues with Winter Wyvern's Winter's Curse
- Fixed Anti-Mage Magebane's Mirror not reducing mana when the caster doesn't have enough mana to spend
- Fixed Arc Warden's Flux with Aghanim's Scepter occasionally still silencing even if Flux was dispelled
- Fixed Crystal Maiden's Blueheart Floe not leveling up with Freezing Field
- Fixed Dazzle not getting Desolator charges when killing heroes while a Nothl Voyager
- Fixed Dazzle not getting Urn of Shadows charges when killing heroes while a Nothl Voyager
- Fixed Dazzle's Aghanim's Shard not providing Healing Amplification while in the Nothl Realm
- Fixed Dazzle's Nothl Projection not benefitting from Poison Touch talent upgrades in certain situations
- Fixed Dazzle's Nothl Projection granti...

New Dota 2 update - Dota 2:

Gameplay patch 7.38b

New Dota 2 update - NathanKell:

7.38b Gameplay Patch

Patch 7.38b is out now, along with a new Dota Plus season. You can check out the 7.38b patchnotes here.

In addition, over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:
- Fixed Clinkz Burning Army skeletons being able to auto-cast Tar Bomb
- Fixed Templar Assassin Hidden Reach effects being visible to enemies
- Fixed Sven Level 10 Talent +10% Vanquisher Bonus Damage not working properly
- Fixed Ability Draft loading screen being stuck during draft phase when there are fewer than 10 players in the lobby.
- Drow Ranger Precision Aura from illusions no longer overrides her own bonus agility
- Fixed Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Shatter Threshold flickering when clicking on an enemy affected by ice blast
- Ability Draft: Doom: Devour: fixed player losing ability in first slot for the rest of the game after casting Devour
- Ability Draft: Doom: Devour: fixed permanently gaining passive aura from neutral creep
- Fixed Roshan Timer being broken when Templar Assassin Third Eye innate is active.
- Fixed Mark for Sell items not being collected by the courier if the courier did not start in the fountain when ordering it to deliver
- Fixed Mark for Sell items being returned to the hero if they were in the courier's inventory when delivering other items.
- Refined the alt-click chat messages on the Roshan Timer to match other alt-click messages.
- Refined alt-click chat messages on the Madstone indicator to better match other alt-click chat messages.
- Fixed Drow Ranger with the Sidestep Facet not triggering Silencer Last Word when Multishot finishes
- Fixed Viper Nosedive, which caused the caster model orientation to enter a bad state, allowing Rubick or any hero in Ability Draft to exploit this with certain abilities, causing them to remain permanently in the world.
- Fixed Jakiro Liquid Fire not working in Ability Dr...