The Fall 2016 Battle Pass is now available for $7.99. Undertake Quests that expand and challenge your Dota skills, win Wagers to add extra Battle Points to your victory haul, and earn Achievements as you complete your objectives, all while increasing your Battle Level to unlock a stream of rewards and treasures throughout the Battle Pass season. You can preview the Fall 2016 Battle Pass in the Dota 2 client.

Also here for the fall season, Weekend Battle Cup returns for another series of weekly tournaments. Party up to compete in an eight-team, single-elimination playoff bracket every Saturday for a chance to win treasures, levels and other exclusive rewards. We've added a new party builder tool to help you stack up a team of five willing challengers, and Battle Pass owners can now earn Achievements as they raise their Battle Cup scores.

Perform well enough in the Battle Cup tournaments, and you can earn an invite to play in the exclusive Champions Cup at the end of the season. Tier-8 Champions Cup winners will even be eligible to form a team with other tier-8 winners to compete in one of four Spring Major Battle Cup Qualifiers, with the winners receiving invites to play in the Spring Major Regional Qualifiers. Check out the Battle Cup FAQ inside the client to learn more.

Today's update also includes the addition of the Items section in the Learn menu. Now the descriptions, stats, and recipes of every item in the fountain, secret, and side shops are available to view inside of the Dota 2 client.

Our next update will come at the tail end of fall, on December 12, 2016.

After the brief annual respite in the wake of The International, established veterans and rising stars alike have locked in to tournament rosters and set their sights on the battle for the next Dota 2 Major Championship.

The Boston Major, presented by PGL, will take place December 7 - 10, 2016 at Wang Theatre in Boston, USA.

Sixteen teams will battle through a single-elimination playoff bracket in best-of-three matches, with a best-of-five Grand Finals to determine the winner of the $3,000,000 prize pool. Seeding for the Main Event bracket will be determined by the results of Group Stage play on December 3 - 4.

Tickets for attending the Main Event will be available starting Friday, October 14. Open Qualifiers will run October 23 - 26, and the Regional Qualifiers will follow on October 27 - 30.

After the brief annual respite in the wake of The International, established veterans and rising stars alike have locked in to tournament rosters and set their sights on the battle for the next Dota 2 Major Championship.

The Boston Major, presented by PGL, will take place December 7 - 10, 2016 at Wang Theatre in Boston, USA.

Sixteen teams will battle through a single-elimination playoff bracket in best-of-three matches, with a best-of-five Grand Finals to determine the winner of the $3,000,000 prize pool. Seeding for the Main Event bracket will be determined by the results of Group Stage play on December 3 - 4.

Tickets for attending the Main Event will be available starting Friday, October 14. Open Qualifiers will run October 23 - 26, and the Regional Qualifiers will follow on October 27 - 30.

- Fixed a crash with emoticons.

6.88e:
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* Dragon Lance strength reduced from 14 to 13
* Infused Raindrop cooldown increased from 4 to 6
* Illusions attack damage reduction against buildings increased from 25% to 30%
* Diffusal Blade cooldown increased from 2 to 4
* Outworld Devourer base armor reduced by 1.5
* Shadow Poison initial damage reduced from 50 to 26/34/42/50
* Flamebreak cooldown increased from 14 to 17
* Drow base damage reduced by 4
* Torrent damage reduced from 120/180/240/300 to 75/150/225/300
* Echo Stomp channel time increased from 1.2 to 1.3
* Oracle base damage reduced by 6
* Morphling intelligence gain reduced from 1.5 to 1.1
* Starstorm Scepter cooldown increased from 8 to 9
* Time Dilation now only freezes abilities that are on cooldown, rather than also affecting abilities cast afterwards
* Time Dilation slow per frozen ability increased from 8% to 10%
* Tempest Double gold and XP bounty increased from 140 to 160
* Juggernaut base damage reduced by 2
* Counter Helix damage reduced from 90/120/150/180 to 75/110/145/180
* Repel cast point improved from 0.5 to 0.35
* Repel duration reduced from 6/8/10/12 to 4/6/8/10
* Relocate delay increased from 2.5/2.25/2 to 2.7/2.35/2
* Inner Vitality bonus regeneration threshhold reduced from 40% to 35%
* Stifling Dagger cast range reduced from 1200 to 825/950/1075/1200
* Smokescreen slow reduced from 25% to 19/21/23/25%
* Track manacost increased from 50 to 65
* Mana Leak manacost increased from 75 to 150
* Illuminate radius increased from 350 to 375
* Blinding Light knockback distance increased from 400 to 525
* Sand King movement speed reduced by 5
* Timbersaw base strength reduced by 1

- Fixed a crash when leaving hero showcase view.
- Fixed the interaction of Rubick's Spell Steal with Aghanim's Scepter, Vengeful Spirit's Swap and Arc Warden's Tempest Double.

- Fixed a few remaining low-end performance issues.
- Fixed performance degrading over multiple games in the same session.
- Fixed flying heroes being able to leave the intended play area by using directional move orders.
- Fixed a recently introduced crash on exit from some custom games.

- Reworked tree selection hitboxes.
- Phantom Assassin's Stifling Dagger no longer counts against Phantom Strike.
- Added Wings Gaming to the Shopkeeper's Aegis of Champions.

Post Game screen changes:
- Post Game screen now shows after Local Bot Matches.
- Added a column for Permanent Buffs. This currently tracks Pudge’s Flesh Heap, Legion Commander’s Duel Damage, Silencer’s Intelligence Stolen, Consumed Moon Shard and Consumed Aghanim’s Scepter.
- Fixed changing heroes with the comparison slider mid-way not showing the correct values.
- Comparison slider now changes KDA and Hero Level.
- Fixed level up graph for Arc Warden.
- Fixed hero level graph for time before the horn.
- Improved hero model loading.
- Fixed “leave match” button not showing up.
- Open the hero comparison mode by default in 1v1 mode.
- Improved display of team logos.

* Improved low end performance when rendering glow effects

- Fixed a performance problem with some particles, including Tinker's March of the Machines, which would gradually degrade frame rate.
- Fixed a bug where creep and neutrals would spawn slightly later than expected in longer matches.