* Restored Ranked All Pick to normal state
* Fixed a case where channeling would not be interrupted correctly with a non-stun interruption on the very last tick of the channeling duration.

Today marks the release of the exclusive 'Prize of the Saltworn Mariner' Kunkka Prestige item and Quest Path, available to all Battle Pass owners with a Battle Level of 225 or higher. Players who complete the Quest Path will also receive an alternate style unlock for the Prestige item.

Featuring new animations and sounds for Kunkka's ultimate ability, this item can only be obtained by increasing your Battle Pass to level 225 before the conclusion of The International, and—like the Io Arcana available at level 245—will not be available to market or trade in the future. Battle Pass owners who have already sailed past level 225 need but claim their prize from the rewards line to reel the item into Admiral Kunkka's collection.

Today marks the release of the exclusive 'Prize of the Saltworn Mariner' Kunkka Prestige item and Quest Path, available to all Battle Pass owners with a Battle Level of 225 or higher. Players who complete the Quest Path will also receive an alternate style unlock for the Prestige item.

Featuring new animations and sounds for Kunkka's ultimate ability, this item can only be obtained by increasing your Battle Pass to level 225 before the conclusion of The International, and—like the Io Arcana available at level 245—will not be available to market or trade in the future. Battle Pass owners who have already sailed past level 225 need but claim their prize from the rewards line to reel the item into Admiral Kunkka's collection.

Submissions for the 2017 Dota 2 Short Film Contest are now open, and this year we've extended the allowed length of each short film from 60 seconds to 90 seconds. Filmmakers have until the morning of July 25, 2017 to submit their short film creations to the Dota 2 Steam Workshop to be eligible for consideration.

As always, we invite all fans to visit the Workshop to participate in the voting and discussion process to help us select the best entries to be showcased as part of The International 2017 broadcast. Upon review of the Workshop ratings and discussions, Valve will nominate the top entries to be featured in The International 2017 Battle Pass for a final voting process by the community to determine the winners.

Each finalist that places in the top ten will be guaranteed to win $500, and the top three selections will be awarded prizes of $25,000, $10,000, and $5,000 in recognition of their efforts.

More information and guidelines on the submission process can be found on the Dota 2 Short Film Contest site. Be sure to check in on the Workshop page regularly to help review the submissions you would like to see showcased at The International 2017.

Submissions for the 2017 Dota 2 Short Film Contest are now open, and this year we've extended the allowed length of each short film from 60 seconds to 90 seconds. Filmmakers have until the morning of July 25, 2017 to submit their short film creations to the Dota 2 Steam Workshop to be eligible for consideration.

As always, we invite all fans to visit the Workshop to participate in the voting and discussion process to help us select the best entries to be showcased as part of The International 2017 broadcast. Upon review of the Workshop ratings and discussions, Valve will nominate the top entries to be featured in The International 2017 Battle Pass for a final voting process by the community to determine the winners.

Each finalist that places in the top ten will be guaranteed to win $500, and the top three selections will be awarded prizes of $25,000, $10,000, and $5,000 in recognition of their efforts.

More information and guidelines on the submission process can be found on the Dota 2 Short Film Contest site. Be sure to check in on the Workshop page regularly to help review the submissions you would like to see showcased at The International 2017.

* As an experimental change for a few days, All Pick will now have 25 heroes randomly removed from the hero pool at the start of the draft before the ban phase. This change only affects Ranked Matchmaking.


* In today ™s update we are changing how commands are processed in Dota to address some user input contention and improve responsiveness. Previously if you cast a spell and before it finished casting, you cast two spells afterwards, only the last spell would be cast. The order queue was only 1 deep effectively. This usually has no practical impact, except for things with really fast/instant cast time done in sequence. Here are a few examples of how the behavior would be different:



Example 1:
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Axe casts battle hunger. While the cast animation is playing, Axe quickly uses a Blink Dagger and then Berserker ™s Call.

Old Rules: Only Berserker ™s Call is cast. The blink dagger order is ignored.
New Rules: Axe will use the Blink Dagger, then cast Berserker ™s Call.


Example 2:
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Puck casts Illusory Orb. Puck then casts Dream Coil. While the cast animation of Dream Coil is playing, Puck quickly casts Ethereal Jaunt and Waning Rift.

Old Rules: Only Waning Rift would have triggered and Puck would not have teleported with Ethereal Jaunt.
New Rules: Puck teleports with Ethereal Jaunt and then casts Waning Rift in the new location.


This change applies generally to all orders that are issued when your hero is in another action (like during a cast animation or while stunned), and the order needs to enter the queue. Issuing a movement command or stop will still empty the queue same as before, if you decide you no longer want to issue the orders in the queue.

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* Blademail: Damage return is no longer increased by Spell Amplification
* Solar Crest: Evasion reduced from 25% to 20%
* Solar Crest: Chance for true strike mechanic is now renamed to Accuracy
* Solar Crest: Accuracy increased from 25% to 35%
* Ancient Apparition: Cold Feet stun duration rescaled from 1.25/2/2.75/3.5 to 2/2.5/3/3.5
* Bloodseeker: Base damage increased by 4
* Clinkz: Skeleton Walk movement speed increased from 11/22/33/44 to 15/25/35/45%
* Clinkz: Death Pact health gain increased from 50/65/80% to 50/70/90%
* Clinkz: Death Pact damage gain increased from 5/6.5/8% to 5/7/9%
* Crystal Maiden: Base movement speed reduced from 280 to 275
* Doom: Infernal Blade stun duration increased from 0.4 to 0.6
* Ember Spirit: Level 10 Spell Amplification reduced from 10% to 8%
* Ember Spirit: Level 10 Attack Damage increased from +25 to +30
* Gyrocopter: Flak Cannon radius increased from 1000 to 1250
* Gyrocopter: Homing Missile stun duration from 2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8 to 2.25/2.5/2.75/3.0
* Io: Overcharge Health/Mana drain from 4.5% to 6%
* Lich: Sacrifice cooldown reduced from 60/48/36/24 to 60/46/32/18
* Lone Druid: Spirit Bear base attack time improved from 1.75/1.65/1.55/1.45 to 1.65/1.55/1.45/1.35
* Mirana: Leap movement speed from 4/8/12/16% to 8/12/16/20%
* Monkey King: Tree Dance cooldown reduced from 1.4 to 1.2
* Monkey King: Base HP regen increased from 0.75 to 1.5
* Monkey King: Level 10 Talent from +5 Armor to +10% Evasion
* Necrophos: Ghost Shroud AoE increased from 600 to 750
* Nyx Assassin: Impale cooldown increased from 13 to 14 (Scepter is unaffected, still 7)
* Oracle: False Promise duration increased from 7/8/9 to 8/9/10
* Pugna: Life Drain break range from 900 to 1000
* Pugna: Level 20 Talent from +0.5 Netherward Damage to +0.75
* Shadow Demon: Level 10 Talent from +10 MS to +20
* Shadow Demon: Level 10 Talent from +6 Strength to +10
* Shadow Demon: Level 15 Talent from +6% Spell Amp to +8%
* Shadow Demon: Level 20 Talent from +10% Magic Resistance to +15%
* Shadow Demon: Shadow Poison cast point improved from 0.3 to 0.25
* Skywrath Mage: Arcane Bolt cast range increased from 800 to 875
* Skywrath Mage: Level 20 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +40
* Skywrath Mage: Level 20 Talent from +15% Magic Resistance to +20%
* Treant Protector: Movement Speed reduced from 290 to 280
* Troll Warlord: Battle Trance cooldown increased from 30 to 35
* Underlord: Firestorm Max Health damage from 0.75/1.5/2.25/3% to 0.8/1.6/2.4/3.2%
* Venomancer: Poison Sting damage per second increased from 6/12/18/24 to 6/14/22/30
* Venomancer: Agility gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8
* Viper: Level 15 Talent from +10 Strength to +15
* Warlock: Chaotic Offering manacost increased from 250/350/450 to 250/375/500
* Warlock: Chaotic Offering cooldown increased from 165 to 170
* Winter Wyvern: Arctic Burn flight duration from 6 to 8 seconds
* Zeus: Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300

Available exclusively to Battle Pass owners for $1.99, The International 2017 Collector's Cache has arrived, brimming with 20 aquatic-themed item sets—and three rare sets—designed to hook a full spread of heroes into the spirit of this year's event.

Unboxing ten of these treasures automatically grants a token redeemable for any of the non-rare sets contained within, and opening 20 will instantly net you 20 Battle Levels. As usual, the chances for a rare drop increase with each treasure you open, and each purchase contributes directly to The International prize pool.

This treasure is only available for sale until The International concludes. As with last year’s International Collector’s Cache, the items in this treasure are exclusive and cannot be purchased elsewhere. Each set can, however, be gifted once or recycled for 2,000 Battle Points, and the Ultra Rare is marketable.

Available exclusively to Battle Pass owners for $1.99, The International 2017 Collector's Cache has arrived, brimming with 20 aquatic-themed item sets—and three rare sets—designed to hook a full spread of heroes into the spirit of this year's event.

Unboxing ten of these treasures automatically grants a token redeemable for any of the non-rare sets contained within, and opening 20 will instantly net you 20 Battle Levels. As usual, the chances for a rare drop increase with each treasure you open, and each purchase contributes directly to The International prize pool.

This treasure is only available for sale until The International concludes. As with last year’s International Collector’s Cache, the items in this treasure are exclusive and cannot be purchased elsewhere. Each set can, however, be gifted once or recycled for 2,000 Battle Points, and the Ultra Rare is marketable.

* Updated cursor images to better support high resolution displays.
* Improved the accuracy of the preview of wards blocking spawn boxes.
* Fixed the caption on Io's first talent.
* Fixed the interaction of Rubick's Spell Steal and Io's Spirits.
* Fixed a bug with Monkey King's Primal Spring and Ironwood Branches.