After an eventful and competitive wintertide season, Dota 2 welcomes the advance of spring's renewal as this week's patch brings the release of the 6.87 gameplay update. With changes to Ranked All Pick, the addition of a minimap Scan ability, new items, and a host of other balance adjustments, there's a lot to explore in the 6.87 change log.



After reading through the patch notes, head over to the Test client to try the changes out before it hits the main client in a day or two.

Along with the update, this week will also see the start of The Manila Major Qualifiers, with Chinese Open Qualifiers hosted by ESL and the Americas, Southeast Asia and Europe Open Qualifiers hosted by Faceit running April 29th - May 2nd and Regional Qualifiers following May 3rd - 6th.

After an eventful and competitive wintertide season, Dota 2 welcomes the advance of spring's renewal as this week's patch brings the release of the 6.87 gameplay update. With changes to Ranked All Pick, the addition of a minimap Scan ability, new items, and a host of other balance adjustments, there's a lot to explore in the 6.87 change log.



After reading through the patch notes, head over to the Test client to try the changes out before it hits the main client in a day or two.

Along with the update, this week will also see the start of The Manila Major Qualifiers, with Chinese Open Qualifiers hosted by ESL and the Americas, Southeast Asia and Europe Open Qualifiers hosted by Faceit running April 29th - May 2nd and Regional Qualifiers following May 3rd - 6th.

- Fixed the interaction between Lone Druid's Roar and Silencer's Last Word.
- Fixed a model problem that affected the animation of Juggernaut's Dashing Swordsman legs.
- Workshop: Fixed a bug where additional models could not be selected for some item slots when importing items for Death Prophet or Leshrac.
- Custom Games: SetCustomXPRequiredToReachNextLevel will now work with hero levels beyond 99.
- Custom Games: SetCustomHeroMaxLevel is no longer required as the maximum hero level is defined by SetCustomXPRequiredToReachNextLevel.

- Alt+clicking on upgradeable items owned by enemy players will show the item level in chat.
- Fixed Techies Arcana particle counter that appears after Suicide Squad, Attack! kills or fizzles
- Custom Games: script_reload now works more reliably with Lua abilities and items.

Enabled display of Leshrac staff animations in loadout and game preview when submitting a Leshrac weapon.

Fixed demo mode preview for hero ability models.
Added alternate UI Main track for Music Packs.

- Restored normal Ranked Matchmaking modes

Returning to Seattle’s KeyArena, The International Dota 2 Championship once again brings the world’s top Dota teams together to battle for the Aegis of Champions, with the main event set to run for 6 days from Monday August 8th through Saturday August 13th.

Tickets will go on sale April 7th at 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM Seattle Time, and this year’s competition will offer two ticket options. The Midweek ticket—available for $75—will grant attendance to the first four days of the event August 8th – 11th, and includes access to the opening ceremony and the All-Star match. The Finals ticket—available for $100—will grant access to the last two days of the main event, August 12th and 13th. Both ticket options can be purchased in a single order.

As a special bonus to fans attending the event, we will be dropping unique in-game items to audience members inside of the arena. At First Blood in each individual game, 500 exclusive Attendee Treasures will drop, each containing visually-unique versions of this year’s Secret Shop Immortals. To be eligible, you must have a badge linked to a Steam account and be in the arena when First Blood occurs.

For fans with only the Midweek ticket, we’re also providing a free large outdoor viewing area on the KeyArena grounds where you’ll be able to watch the final two days.

You can check out the Ticketing FAQ here.

Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster. We recommend that you prepare your Ticketmaster account and log in before tickets go on sale to help ensure a smooth purchasing experience. If you are unsure when tickets will go on sale in your time zone, please use this handy time zone converter.

• Seattle: April 7th at 10AM and 10PM
  
• Rio de Janeiro: April 7th at 2PM and April 8th at 2AM
  
• London: April 7th at 6PM and April 8th at 6AM
  
• Berlin: April 7th at 7PM and April 8th at 7AM
  
• Moscow: April 7th at 8PM and April 8th at 8AM
  
• Beijing: April 8th at 1AM and 1PM
  
• Singapore: April 8th at 1AM and 1PM
  
• Seoul: April 8th at 2AM and 2PM
  
• Sydney: April 8th at 3AM and 3PM
  

The International Qualifiers will be held after completion of The Manila Major, with Open Qualifiers kicking off June 21st and the Regional Qualifiers following on June 25th.

Returning to Seattle’s KeyArena, The International Dota 2 Championship once again brings the world’s top Dota teams together to battle for the Aegis of Champions, with the main event set to run for 6 days from Monday August 8th through Saturday August 13th.

Tickets will go on sale April 7th at 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM Seattle Time, and this year’s competition will offer two ticket options. The Midweek ticket—available for $75—will grant attendance to the first four days of the event August 8th – 11th, and includes access to the opening ceremony and the All-Star match. The Finals ticket—available for $100—will grant access to the last two days of the main event, August 12th and 13th. Both ticket options can be purchased in a single order.

As a special bonus to fans attending the event, we will be dropping unique in-game items to audience members inside of the arena. At First Blood in each individual game, 500 exclusive Attendee Treasures will drop, each containing visually-unique versions of this year’s Secret Shop Immortals. To be eligible, you must have a badge linked to a Steam account and be in the arena when First Blood occurs.

For fans with only the Midweek ticket, we’re also providing a free large outdoor viewing area on the KeyArena grounds where you’ll be able to watch the final two days.

You can check out the Ticketing FAQ here.

Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster. We recommend that you prepare your Ticketmaster account and log in before tickets go on sale to help ensure a smooth purchasing experience. If you are unsure when tickets will go on sale in your time zone, please use this handy time zone converter.

• Seattle: April 7th at 10AM and 10PM
  
• Rio de Janeiro: April 7th at 2PM and April 8th at 2AM
  
• London: April 7th at 6PM and April 8th at 6AM
  
• Berlin: April 7th at 7PM and April 8th at 7AM
  
• Moscow: April 7th at 8PM and April 8th at 8AM
  
• Beijing: April 8th at 1AM and 1PM
  
• Singapore: April 8th at 1AM and 1PM
  
• Seoul: April 8th at 2AM and 2PM
  
• Sydney: April 8th at 3AM and 3PM
  

The International Qualifiers will be held after completion of The Manila Major, with Open Qualifiers kicking off June 21st and the Regional Qualifiers following on June 25th.

* Ranked Captain's Mode now selects the highest ranked player of each team to be captain.
* If a captain disconnects in Captain's Mode, another player is chosen to be team captain.
* Fixed a bug where quickcast on release would trigger untargetted items twice.
* Upgrading boots of travel while teleporting no longer interrupts the teleport.
* Fixed a number of controlled units not respecting the Summoned Units Auto-attack setting.
* Fixed the sharing of tangos with some non-hero units.
* Centaur Warrunner's Stampede now affects hidden units as well, for example during Outworld Devourer's Astral Imprison.