The next Dota 2 Major Championship is just over the horizon, and we are pleased to announce which teams will be invited to Kiev in April for a chance to claim the Mystic Staff trophy and stand triumphant in the vanguard of Dota's elite.

Eight teams have earned direct invites to The Kiev Major, and starting at 7AM PST, these top squads will be revealed one at a time every five minutes inside the Battle Pass Compendium. Head over to the Compendium section for the countdown timer.

The final eight teams will be determined in the crucible of the Qualifiers. While China and SEA each retain two Qualifier slots as in the past, the European Qualifiers have been split into EU and CIS Qualifiers, and the Americas Qualifiers have similarly changed to NA and SA Qualifiers, with one tournament spot up for grabs in each eligible region.

Open Qualifiers for The Kiev Major will be held on March 6 – 9, and the Regional Qualifiers will follow on March 10 – 13. Once the dust has settled, the winning eight teams will have earned the right to face off against the direct invites at The Kiev Major on April 27 – April 30 at the National Palace of Arts Ukraine. We look forward to seeing them there.

The next Dota 2 Major Championship is just over the horizon, and we are pleased to announce which teams will be invited to Kiev in April for a chance to claim the Mystic Staff trophy and stand triumphant in the vanguard of Dota's elite.

Eight teams have earned direct invites to The Kiev Major, and starting at 7AM PST, these top squads will be revealed one at a time every five minutes inside the Battle Pass Compendium. Head over to the Compendium section for the countdown timer.

The final eight teams will be determined in the crucible of the Qualifiers. While China and SEA each retain two Qualifier slots as in the past, the European Qualifiers have been split into EU and CIS Qualifiers, and the Americas Qualifiers have similarly changed to NA and SA Qualifiers, with one tournament spot up for grabs in each eligible region.

Open Qualifiers for The Kiev Major will be held on March 6 – 9, and the Regional Qualifiers will follow on March 10 – 13. Once the dust has settled, the winning eight teams will have earned the right to face off against the direct invites at The Kiev Major on April 27 – April 30 at the National Palace of Arts Ukraine. We look forward to seeing them there.

- Boots of Travel now works like a teleport scroll when teleporting to a tower. If the tower dies during the teleport, this will no longer cancel a boots of travel teleport to the tower. Teleporting to other units is unchanged.
- Added a new teleport destination selection effect.

- Fixed a bug where observer wards that were purchased and combined with sentry wards during strategy time were not decrementing the team ™s stock count.

* Fixed a bug where purchasing and selling items many times during strategy time could prevent item purchases later in the game.
* Fixed Reverse CM hero selection
* Fixed Astral Spirit blocking Hookshot
* Added like button to effigy panel
* Fixed Precision Aura malfunctioning when illusions arepresent
* Fixed some UI visual glitches on heroes with 5+ abilities
* Fixed a bug with previewing items with multiple styles.

- Fixed a bug where the achievement rewards for tipping other players were not being granted. All rewards have been retroactively granted.
- Fixed disassembling an item not considering the original item slot for the components.
- Fixed the display of talents for spectators.

Winter Treasure II is now available, featuring Underlord's item set debut, as well as new sets for Silencer, Lifestealer, Lina, Death Prophet, Broodmother, Batrider, and Keeper of the Light. Each treasure also offers the chance to unlock a Very Rare Sniper set or Extremely Rare Disruptor set.

Today's update also introduces a new feature that allows you to request item suggestions from your teammates. Click the Request Suggestion button in the top left of your shop window to try it out.

In Workshop and Armory news, we're continuing our improvements to Keeper of the Light with a change to the item slots used by his faithful mounts. From now on, rather than dedicating item slots to both his mount and that mount's armor, Ezalor will have a single slot for his mount, and any armor will be included in the mount's model itself. This should allow for higher quality single-asset mounts, and help support the release of more Keeper of the Light sets in the future.

As a side effect of this upgrade, older Keeper of the Light mounts and their armor will be converted from two separate items into one in order to fit the hero's new item slot requirements. Owners of these older sets can find the new combined versions in their Armory.

Winter Treasure II is now available, featuring Underlord's item set debut, as well as new sets for Silencer, Lifestealer, Lina, Death Prophet, Broodmother, Batrider, and Keeper of the Light. Each treasure also offers the chance to unlock a Very Rare Sniper set or Extremely Rare Disruptor set.

Today's update also introduces a new feature that allows you to request item suggestions from your teammates. Click the Request Suggestion button in the top left of your shop window to try it out.

In Workshop and Armory news, we're continuing our improvements to Keeper of the Light with a change to the item slots used by his faithful mounts. From now on, rather than dedicating item slots to both his mount and that mount's armor, Ezalor will have a single slot for his mount, and any armor will be included in the mount's model itself. This should allow for higher quality single-asset mounts, and help support the release of more Keeper of the Light sets in the future.

As a side effect of this upgrade, older Keeper of the Light mounts and their armor will be converted from two separate items into one in order to fit the hero's new item slot requirements. Owners of these older sets can find the new combined versions in their Armory.

- Fixed a bug preventing item combines from building the item into the inventory slot that contained a recipe used in the combine.
- Added a new feature in the Shop UI that allows players to request item suggestions from teammates during the game.
- Fixed a number of bugs with the query panel.

* Fixed Necrophos Ghost Shroud not preventing Physical damage from spells
* Fixed Shadow Dance lasting 0.5 seconds longer than intended when he doesn't have Scepter
* Fixed Berserker's Blood attack speed bonus not affecting illusions