Dota 2 Update - February 19th 2015
February 19, 2015
- Released the first New Bloom Treasure along with a Charm version.
Year Beast Brawl:
-Global Active Abilities now scale based on game time, similar to the Beast Passive Upgrades:
-Thundergod's Wrath:
350 damage to 0-10 minutes: 125 damage, 10-20 minutes: 250 damage, 20+ minutes: 375 damage
-Global Chakra :
100% mana to 0-10 minutes: 60% mana, 10-20 minutes: 80% mana, 20+ minutes: 100% mana
-Hand of God:
300 health to 0-10 minutes: 200 health, 10-20 minutes: 300 health, 20+ minutes: 400 health
-Global Silence
5 seconds to 0-10 minutes: 4 seconds, 10-20 minutes: 5 seconds, 20+ minutes: 6 seconds.
-Fixed using beast actives while the game is paused
General:
-Fixed KOTL Illuminate, custom spirit models now appear when custom Illuminate is used with Spirit Form
- Support for High-DPI (4k) displays has been added. This requires Windows 8.1 or later. Dota 2 will now use the native resolution of High-DPI displays and will use larger mouse cursor sizes when available.
Year Beast Brawl:
-Global Active Abilities now scale based on game time, similar to the Beast Passive Upgrades:
-Thundergod's Wrath:
350 damage to 0-10 minutes: 125 damage, 10-20 minutes: 250 damage, 20+ minutes: 375 damage
-Global Chakra :
100% mana to 0-10 minutes: 60% mana, 10-20 minutes: 80% mana, 20+ minutes: 100% mana
-Hand of God:
300 health to 0-10 minutes: 200 health, 10-20 minutes: 300 health, 20+ minutes: 400 health
-Global Silence
5 seconds to 0-10 minutes: 4 seconds, 10-20 minutes: 5 seconds, 20+ minutes: 6 seconds.
-Fixed using beast actives while the game is paused
General:
-Fixed KOTL Illuminate, custom spirit models now appear when custom Illuminate is used with Spirit Form
- Support for High-DPI (4k) displays has been added. This requires Windows 8.1 or later. Dota 2 will now use the native resolution of High-DPI displays and will use larger mouse cursor sizes when available.
Dota 2 Update - February 18th 2015
February 19, 2015
Year Beast Brawl:
-The active abilities can now be used independent of the Year Beast being alive.
-Added on-hover tooltips for the active abilities in the Year Beast panel.
-Added two new active abilities: Tower Flak Cannon, and Glyph
--Tower Flak Cannon - 250 Ability Points
For 10 seconds, friendly towers will attack all enemy units within 1000 range each time they attack.
60 second cooldown.
--Glyph - 250 Ability Points
Your buildings become invulnerable for the next 5 seconds.
360 second cooldown.
-Global Chakra cooldown reduced from 120 seconds to 90 seconds.
-Hand of God cooldown reduced from 240 seconds to 160 seconds.
Pathing
- Alt-Right Click move commands now stop on a collision.
- Added an experimental feature, dota_player_auto_repeat_right_mouse which will quickly repeat right clicks so long as the button is held.
- Fixed some pathfinding cases.
General
-Couriers no longer morph when they move
-Fixed rendering of Crystal Maiden Arcana on OSX and Linux
-The active abilities can now be used independent of the Year Beast being alive.
-Added on-hover tooltips for the active abilities in the Year Beast panel.
-Added two new active abilities: Tower Flak Cannon, and Glyph
--Tower Flak Cannon - 250 Ability Points
For 10 seconds, friendly towers will attack all enemy units within 1000 range each time they attack.
60 second cooldown.
--Glyph - 250 Ability Points
Your buildings become invulnerable for the next 5 seconds.
360 second cooldown.
-Global Chakra cooldown reduced from 120 seconds to 90 seconds.
-Hand of God cooldown reduced from 240 seconds to 160 seconds.
Pathing
- Alt-Right Click move commands now stop on a collision.
- Added an experimental feature, dota_player_auto_repeat_right_mouse which will quickly repeat right clicks so long as the button is held.
- Fixed some pathfinding cases.
General
-Couriers no longer morph when they move
-Fixed rendering of Crystal Maiden Arcana on OSX and Linux
Dota 2 Update - February 16th 2015
February 17, 2015
Year Beast Brawl
Normal and Ranked Matchmaking games can now be found while the Year Beast Brawl is active.
Increased the Year Beast Brawl matchmaking window from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
The time of the next Year Beast Brawl event is always shown.
Fixed a rare issue causing Refresher, Resurrection, and True Sight auras to not always work correctly.
Fixed double-spending bug that would occur in the Year Beast Brawl if the Upgrade button was pressed multiple times in quick succession.
Fixed Year Beast icon being sometimes missing on the minimap.
Pathfinding
Added an experimental directional move command on Alt+Right Click which moves with pathfinding disabled. This is enabled with the dota_unit_allow_moveto_direction convar.
Chasing around towers and turning to face a target will no longer cause stutter-stepping.
Fixed some cases where paths would contain excessive turning or would get stuck during movement.
Miscellaneous
Improved login and matchmaking servers to sustain higher concurrent player counts and bursts of match formation.
Fixed Crystal Maiden's arcana pet incorrectly interacting with bots.
Custom cursor images are now allowed in matchmaking.
Recipes and Previous TI Compendium Points will expire on May 1st.
Fixed Phantom Assassin's missing cape.
Fixed Lina's belt texture.
Normal and Ranked Matchmaking games can now be found while the Year Beast Brawl is active.
Increased the Year Beast Brawl matchmaking window from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
The time of the next Year Beast Brawl event is always shown.
Fixed a rare issue causing Refresher, Resurrection, and True Sight auras to not always work correctly.
Fixed double-spending bug that would occur in the Year Beast Brawl if the Upgrade button was pressed multiple times in quick succession.
Fixed Year Beast icon being sometimes missing on the minimap.
Pathfinding
Added an experimental directional move command on Alt+Right Click which moves with pathfinding disabled. This is enabled with the dota_unit_allow_moveto_direction convar.
Chasing around towers and turning to face a target will no longer cause stutter-stepping.
Fixed some cases where paths would contain excessive turning or would get stuck during movement.
Miscellaneous
Improved login and matchmaking servers to sustain higher concurrent player counts and bursts of match formation.
Fixed Crystal Maiden's arcana pet incorrectly interacting with bots.
Custom cursor images are now allowed in matchmaking.
Recipes and Previous TI Compendium Points will expire on May 1st.
Fixed Phantom Assassin's missing cape.
Fixed Lina's belt texture.
Dota 2 Update - February 14th, 2015
February 15, 2015
The 1000 Ability Point pack price has been reduced from 3.99 to 2.49. Anyone who purchased this previously will get an additional 1000 pack.
The 2400 Ability Point pack price has been reduced from 7.99 to 4.99. Anyone who purchased this previously will get an additional 2400 pack.
Arcana Ability Points increased from 2400 to 4800. Anyone who opened this previously will get an additional 2400 pack.
Recycling Ability Points increased from 25 to 50 Ability Points. These will be retroactively added to everyone who recycled items.
The 2400 Ability Point pack price has been reduced from 7.99 to 4.99. Anyone who purchased this previously will get an additional 2400 pack.
Arcana Ability Points increased from 2400 to 4800. Anyone who opened this previously will get an additional 2400 pack.
Recycling Ability Points increased from 25 to 50 Ability Points. These will be retroactively added to everyone who recycled items.
Dota 2 Update - February 13th, 2015
February 14, 2015
- Fixed being unable to open gifts that had no dedication text
- Fixed a rare, yet extremely common, embarrassing hair problem for Crystal Maiden
- Reworked the gold/buyback status panel near the shop button
- Fixed a rare, yet extremely common, embarrassing hair problem for Crystal Maiden
- Reworked the gold/buyback status panel near the shop button
Dota 2 Update - February 13th, 2015
February 14, 2015
Fixed a server crash related to the Year Beast Brawl. For the next Brawl, starting in an hour, we will temporarily replace the Daily Bonus with a significantly larger Ability Point bonus for everyone.
Dota 2 Update - February 12th, 2015
February 13, 2015
- The Unopened CM Arcana Bundles now counts as having the Arcana for purposes of accruing Ability Points
- Clarified Low Priority rules requiring All Random
- Clarified Low Priority rules requiring All Random
The Year Beast Brawl Event
February 13, 2015

The Year Beast Brawl Event
February 13, 2015

The Chill of New Bloom
February 11, 2015
