Spring 2020 Call to Arms
January 10, 2020
As another year creeps up on the heroes of the Dota universe, and yesterday's wardrobe begins to look slightly more threadbare, we'd like to invite all Dota 2 Workshop creators to dream up some new fashions and assorted finery to help your favorite heroes look their best as they head into battle in the new year.
To that end, we are now officially accepting any and all submissions that you feel inspired to create -- without any seasonal or thematic restrictions.
Make sure to mark your submissions with the "Spring 2020" tag when tendering items to the Workshop. We request that all submissions be on the Dota 2 Workshop by Monday, March 2, 2020. As usual, we would like to ask artists to avoid the use of any concepts that involve human skulls, blood, and gore.
Additionally, all Dota fans should remember to regularly visit the Workshop and vote through the Queue to ensure your voices are heard in the selection process.
To that end, we are now officially accepting any and all submissions that you feel inspired to create -- without any seasonal or thematic restrictions.
Make sure to mark your submissions with the "Spring 2020" tag when tendering items to the Workshop. We request that all submissions be on the Dota 2 Workshop by Monday, March 2, 2020. As usual, we would like to ask artists to avoid the use of any concepts that involve human skulls, blood, and gore.
Additionally, all Dota fans should remember to regularly visit the Workshop and vote through the Queue to ensure your voices are heard in the selection process.
Dota 2 Update - January 7th, 2020
January 07, 2020
* Fixed Mango Tree being placeable in areas like the Roshan walls
Dota 2 Update - January 3rd, 2020
January 04, 2020
- Fixed a bug that caused Frostivus chat wheels and consumable items to not be usable.
- Fixed a bug where some neutral creeps would not correctly de-aggro.
- Fixed a bug where the armory UI would not scroll to a typed hero name.
- Mouse clicks are now lower priority on friendly wards than enemy wards.
- Labels for items on the ground now appear after a short delay when holding Alt.
- Add an alias “Inai” for Void Spirit so that you can search for that on the hero grid.
- Turbo: The neutral item drop schedule is now 7 minutes earlier in Turbo games.
- Fixed a bug where some neutral creeps would not correctly de-aggro.
- Fixed a bug where the armory UI would not scroll to a typed hero name.
- Mouse clicks are now lower priority on friendly wards than enemy wards.
- Labels for items on the ground now appear after a short delay when holding Alt.
- Add an alias “Inai” for Void Spirit so that you can search for that on the hero grid.
- Turbo: The neutral item drop schedule is now 7 minutes earlier in Turbo games.
Dota 2 Update - December 26th 2019
December 27, 2019
* Visage: Restored previous Stone Form helper ability
* Fixed Sange and upgrades amps stacking with themselves
* Fixed Holy Locket stacking with itself
* Fixed Sange and upgrades amps stacking with themselves
* Fixed Holy Locket stacking with itself
Dota 2 Update - December 19th, 2019
December 19, 2019
- Role selection has been disabled for very high-rank games, to improve match quality and matchmaking time.
Ogre Magi Arcana & Frostivus Reward Line
December 19, 2019

In today's update, two heads are better than one, and three heads are better than that, as the all-new Flockheart's Gamble Arcana item for Ogre Magi makes its grand debut.
Featuring all-new custom animations and effects—including a new Firelark mount, Multicast streak counter, enhanced ability effects, and more—the Flockheart's Gamble Arcana ushers in a new era of Ogre supremacy and bestows even more blessings from the Goddess of Luck. With three heads available to plan cunning new battle tactics, Ogre Magi might just be the most advanced hero Dota has ever seen.
Not content to arrive without fanfare, Flockheart's Gamble also brings with it a special Frostivus rewards line, filled with a hoard of seasonal delights like gifts, penguin-inclusive celebrations, chat wheel sounds—and even a Winter Treasure.
Win normal matchmaking games to progress along the rewards line and collect your haul. Additional Winter Treasures are available for $2.49, and feature new item sets for Ancient Apparition, Death Prophet, Treant Protector, Alchemist, Bane, Leshrac, Sven, Dark Willow, and Mirana—as well as a very rare Ursa set and extremely rare Tiny set.
Dota 2 Update - December 17th 2019
December 17, 2019
* Added the Strict Solo Matchmaking option back for fast queue games
* For players with large spreads between their core and support MMRs, there is now a one medal (5 stars) max delta clamp. When the ranks for these players are maximally apart, the two ranks will fall and rise together.
* Increased the variety of party combinations that are valid, to help improve matchmaking quality and queue times in some cases, in part as a result of the strict solo queue addition (for example this means that makeups like 2-2-1 will valid)
* For players with large spreads between their core and support MMRs, there is now a one medal (5 stars) max delta clamp. When the ranks for these players are maximally apart, the two ranks will fall and rise together.
* Increased the variety of party combinations that are valid, to help improve matchmaking quality and queue times in some cases, in part as a result of the strict solo queue addition (for example this means that makeups like 2-2-1 will valid)
Dota 2 Update - December 9th 2019
December 09, 2019
* Bounty Runes are now locked to 5 minute intervals in terms of their gold values (so getting a 6 minute bounty isn't higher than a 5 minute one).
Dota 2 Update - December 6th, 2019
December 06, 2019
Void Spirit
* Aether Remnant damage reduced from 90/150/210/270 to 80/130/180/230
* Dissimilate damage reduced from 120/200/280/360 to 100/180/260/340
* Resonant Pulse base shield absorption reduced from 50/100/150/200 to 40/80/120/160
* Resonant Pulse damage reduced from 70/130/190/250 to 70/120/170/220
Snapfire
* Firesnap Cookie now works on rooted targets
* Aether Remnant damage reduced from 90/150/210/270 to 80/130/180/230
* Dissimilate damage reduced from 120/200/280/360 to 100/180/260/340
* Resonant Pulse base shield absorption reduced from 50/100/150/200 to 40/80/120/160
* Resonant Pulse damage reduced from 70/130/190/250 to 70/120/170/220
Snapfire
* Firesnap Cookie now works on rooted targets
Dota 2 Update - December 3rd, 2019
December 04, 2019
Snapfire
- Lil' Shredder mana cost increased from 75 to 90
- Lil' Shredder damage reduced from 45/60/75/90 to 40/55/70/85
- Lil' Shredder attack speed slow per stack reduced from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30
- Firesnap Cookie cooldown reduced from 24/22/20/18 to 24/21/18/15
- Firesnap Cookie projectile speed increased from 800 to 1000
- Firesnap Cookie cast point reduced when used on self from 0.4 to 0.3
- fixed Rubick Arcana cape not changing color when stealing spells from Void Spirit or Snapfire
- Lil' Shredder mana cost increased from 75 to 90
- Lil' Shredder damage reduced from 45/60/75/90 to 40/55/70/85
- Lil' Shredder attack speed slow per stack reduced from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30
- Firesnap Cookie cooldown reduced from 24/22/20/18 to 24/21/18/15
- Firesnap Cookie projectile speed increased from 800 to 1000
- Firesnap Cookie cast point reduced when used on self from 0.4 to 0.3
- fixed Rubick Arcana cape not changing color when stealing spells from Void Spirit or Snapfire