6.86b:

* Enabled Doom, Faceless Void, Death Prophet, Lone Druid and Winter Wyvern in Captain's Mode
* Arcane Rune mana reduction reduced from 50 to 40%
* Spirit Siphon duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
* Arcane Orb Int steal increased from 0/1/2/3 to 1/2/3/4
* Astral Imprisonment cooldown rescaled from 20/17/14/11 to 22/18/14/10
* Cloak and Dagger backstab damage multiplier increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 to 0.5/0.75/1.0/1.25
* Tricks of the Trade now only affects heroes
* Tricks of the Trade AoE increased from 450 to 475
* Tricks of the Trade cooldown rescaled from 90/80/70 to 70
* Time Dilation AoE increased from 650 to 725
* Time Dilation slow rescaled from 4/6/8/10 to 7/8/9/10%
* Time Dilation duration rescaled from 6/7/8/9 to 5.5/7/8.5/10 seconds
* Meat Hook Scepter damage reduced from 175/275/375/475 to 180/270/360/450

* Improved Ward placement indicator.
* Adjusted Fog of War visibility size for particle effects on Hand of Midas, Sand King's Sandstorm, Tidehunter's Ravage, Vengeful Spirit's Wave of Terror and Tusk's Ice Shards.
* Fixed a general underlying issue that could cause various types of visual effects to appear through FoW (this fixes a certain class of visual effect bugs, but there are still a few edge cases we are working on).
* Fixed an old bug where creeps would sometimes shortcut the lane if many trees were removed.
* Fixed Illusions not benefiting from Scepter upgraded Marksmanship.

* SFM: Fixed dota_685 and dota_desert maps not loading.
* SFM: Fixed the game's current map pack from overriding the requested map in SFM.
* SFM: Fixed bug where some bones weren't editable in the SFM (Axe, Omniknight, etc).

An update just in time for the holidays, featuring the new hero Arc Warden, an Arcana for Zeus, the Desert Terrain pack, several UI improvements and the 6.86 gameplay update. Get to know Zeus better in a new comic about his unexpected run-in with Arc Warden. Check it all out by visiting The Balance of Power Update page.

An update just in time for the holidays, featuring the new hero Arc Warden, an Arcana for Zeus, the Desert Terrain pack, several UI improvements and the 6.86 gameplay update. Get to know Zeus better in a new comic about his unexpected run-in with Arc Warden. Check it all out by visiting The Balance of Power Update page.

- Fixed a bug where the All Hero Challenge panel wouldn't load on certain accounts.
- Fixed a bug when alt-clicking on your health and mana when your max mana is 0.
- Fixed a bug where quickly buying back on Terrorblade during Metamorphosis would cause Metamorphosis to fail on the hero.
- Fixed a bug which caused incorrect results when loading gridnav data in some cases.
- Fixed a server crash in the Attack on Hero custom game and the Horde Mode custom game.

- Illusions now use the correct cosmetic items in cases where the controller is different than the source unit, for example with Morphling's Hybrid ability.
- Fixed a bug with selecting the courier when it is dead.
- Fixed a number of server crashes in the Attack on Hero custom game.
- Revised Popular Tournament Matches under Watch Replays to better display the most popular recent matches.

As announced during the Grand Finals in Frankfurt, the next Dota Major will be held in Shanghai, China from March 2nd - 6th, 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The event will be produced by Perfect World and the prize pool will be $3,000,000. The Open Qualifiers will be held from January 3rd - 6th with the Regional Qualifiers directly following from the 7th - 10th. Team registration for the Open Qualifiers will begin on December 18th. For those interested in attending the event in person, information about ticketing will be available soon.

As announced during the Grand Finals in Frankfurt, the next Dota Major will be held in Shanghai, China from March 2nd - 6th, 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The event will be produced by Perfect World and the prize pool will be $3,000,000. The Open Qualifiers will be held from January 3rd - 6th with the Regional Qualifiers directly following from the 7th - 10th. Team registration for the Open Qualifiers will begin on December 18th. For those interested in attending the event in person, information about ticketing will be available soon.

- Fixed Earthshaker's Fissure not blocking magic immune creeps.
- Added ability to transfer Team admins to another member on the Team.

- Fixed missing courier particles.
- Fixed missing courier portraits.
- Fixed the Polycount Ward appearing as an error model.
- Fixed Greevil courier appearance in hero demo mode.
- Improved performance in cases with many particle effects.
- Fixed a bug with Crystal Maiden's death animation where her body would stick around too long.
- Fixed a problem where Earth Spirit's Magnetize would sometimes not refresh from Stone Remnants in Hero Demo mode.