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Dota 2 - Aghanim's Labyrinth Update - July 20, 2020

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed being able to use abilities and items in the Rolling In Riches Bonus Room.
- Flight is now disabled upon entering Trap rooms.
- Fixed Voodoo Restoration's Mana Cost upgrade increasing the mana cost.
- Fixed a case where players could die to Astral Step after The Shadow of Inai was defeated.
- Fixed players being able to die in the Aghanim victory sequence by dodging the invulnerability period with Eul's Scepter.
- The Tusk Walrus Wallop upgrade can no longer move Rizzrick.
- Fixed Witch Doctor's Death Ward being killable in some cases.
- Fixed Witch Doctor's Max Health Voodoo Restoration talent affecting Aghanim with Hocus Pocus.
- Fixed a case where Aghanim could be instantly killed by Winter's Curse.
- Fixed a server crash with Raisin Firesnaps.

Map Changes:
- Nav fixes for A Mind-Tingling Offer, Arrows Of The Moon, The Pugilist Pixies of Plague Wood, Manipulators of Time and Space, Mister Cleaver, The Soothing Sound of Sirens, They Speak in Spectral Tongues, Bogdugg the Bad-Bringer, The Fowl Feast, Al, the Chemist, My Rock Collection, Storegga The Ample, and Angry stuff with wings.

Aghanims Labyrinth General Update

[h2]General[/h2]

Damage and Health scaling of enemies in Apprentice and Magician has been adjusted down.
Gold per gold bag increased by 25% in the Penguin, Morty, and Pangolier bonus rooms.
All Trap Rooms now provide Elite Rewards (2x)
Increased the rate at which players earn Battle Points by 30%
The following encounters have had their difficulty adjusted down:
- Blind Bombardiers and their Brethren
- The Demonic Dozens
- A Strange Morphology
- The Silent Killer
- Al, The Chemist
- The Apex Mage

[h2]Map Changes[/h2]
Fixed issues with players getting stuck in The Tomato Men from an Alternate Dimension, Some Grouchy Dogs, Blind Bombardiers and their Brethren, Jungle Hijinx, The Scarabs of Scuttletown, The Beastly Babies, A Strange Morphology, Hoppy Bats, The Demonic Dozens, The Malorkian Hammers

Majority of Dota 2's heroes nerfed in controversial Aghanim's Labyrinth patch

Just two days into Dota 2's Aghanim's Labyrinth Summer Event, Valve has dropped a huge patch that sees changes made to the majority of the game's heroes - and it's mostly nerfs.

While the reception to the Summer Event has been largely positive, many Dota 2 fans are not happy with Patch 7.27b, which has tweaked over 100 of the game's 119 heroes as well as five items. Fans on the Dota 2 subreddit have rallied to express their disappointment at the patch, saying that the Summer Event should be about having fun and not "struggling to the point of frustration."

With Aghanim's Labyrinth only being live for just a couple of days, fans were surprised to see Valve make such drastic changes so soon into the event. Many believe the changes were made to make it harder for players to try and earn the free weekly Battle Points on offer during the event to level up their The International 10 Battle Passes, which have so far made close to $30,000,000 for the tournament's prize pool.

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Aghanims Labyrinth Gameplay Update

[h2]General[/h2]

Fixed a number of places where players could get stuck in terrain
Fixed an exploit with Aghanim and summoned units
Chance to randomly drop a mana potion from an enemy reduced from 3% to 2%

[h2]Encounters[/h2]

Fixed issues with players getting stuck in Your Friend Grunch, Urn Your Keep, Jungle Hijinx, Chippy Conifers, Rizzrick the Razorsaw, A Bad Trading Post and The Briney Boys encounters
Added lower level arena to Rizzrick the Razorsaw Encounter
Fixed a case where Storegga would not throw the last remaining player
Fixed a case where Badland Bandits encounter did not spawn the last two portals
Fixed issues of multiple splits with ascension modifiers in Splitsville
Fixed an issue with Doom not casting Doom in Urn Your Keep

[h2]Items[/h2]

Bogdugg's Lucky Femur
- When Lucky Femur procs, it is placed on cooldown for the duration of the refreshed ability's cooldown.
Heart of Tarrasque
- Recipe cost increased from 650 to 1400
- Cooldown increased 5 to 10
- Now has a max item stock of 4 that does not replenish
Black King Bar
- Cooldown decreased from 70 to 60
Bottle
- Mana Restore per charge decreased from 12 to 8
Stonework Pendant
- Health Spell Cost multiplier increased from 2x to 3x
Bloodthorn
- Recipe cost increased from 1000 to 2000
- Cooldown increased from 15s to 30s
- Debuff duration increased from 5s to 3s
- Debuff damage increased from 30% to 15%
Orchid Malevolence
- Cooldown increased from 15s to 30s
- Debuff duration decreased from 5s to 3s
- Debuff damage decreased from 30% to 15%
Force Boots
- Gold Cost / Reward Value increased from 4500 to 5500
Slippers of the Abyss
- Gold cost / Reward Value increased from 5000 to 5500

[h2]Heroes[/h2]
Tusk

Ice Shards
- Cooldown decreased from 20/18/14/12 to 18/16/14/12
- Manacost increased 100/105/110/115 to 100/110/120/130
- Damage increased from 80/160/240/320 to 100/160/240/300
- Duration decreased from 4/4.5/5/5.5 to 3
- Decreased duration from common upgrade from 1s to 0.5s
- Icebreaker damage percentage increased from 15% to 30%
Tag Team
- Cool Party lifesteal decreased from 10% to 8%
Walrus Punch
- Walrus Punch can no longer be used on Aghanim's Spell Swap crystals
- Walrus Punch Crit Multiplier upgrade decreased from +100 to +75

Omniknight

Guardian Angel
- Base Duration decreased from 4/5.5/7 to 4/5/6
- Base Mana cost increased from 125/175/250 to 150/200/250
- Base Health Regen increased from 8/12/16 to 10/14/18
- Angelic Flight now grants 30% magic resistance instead of magic immunity
- Heal Life Angel trigger chance reduced from 25% to 12%
- Heal Life Angel cooldown increased from 0.75 to 1.25
- Guardian angel duration upgrade decreased from 1.5s to 0.75s
Purification
- Added Purification cast range upgrade +100
- Stalwart reduction upgrade increased from 0.3s to 0.4s
Degen Aura
- Righteous Path affect allies for 50% of attack and movement speed values
- Absolution restoration increased from 3% to 3.5%
Heavenly Grace
- Judgement damage increased from 100% of Omniknights attack to 150%

Disruptor

Kinetic Field
- Base duration rescaled from 2.6/3.2/3.8/4.4 to 2.8/3.2/3.6/4
- Base mana cost increased from 70 to 70/80/90/100
- Base cooldown rescaled from 20/17/14/11 to 18/16/14/12
- Area of Bliss reworked from healing 4% of max HP to 50% of Disruptor's Intelligence
Glimpse
- Blast In The Past reworked damage from Base attack damage to 150% of Disruptor's Intelligence
- Shocking Travel reworked from 30% Base Attack damage to 50% of Disruptor's Intelligence
- Glimpse Bonus Damage minor upgrade 20->30
Static Storm
- Field of Dreams reworked from 100% chance to do a 140% critical strike to 30% chance to do a 150% critical strike
- Pacific Storm damage reduction decreased from 50% to 30%

Viper

Level 10 talent decreased 8% spell lifesteal to 6% spell lifesteal
Corrosive skin
- +8% magic resist minor upgrade reduced to +5%

Weaver

Shukuchi
- Removed Greater Shukuchi upgrade

Witch Doctor

Death Ward
- Death Ward's primary attack can now damage Aghanim's Spell Swap crystals
- Death Ward attacks no longer bounces to Aghanim's Spell Swap crystals
Maledict
- Blighted Area of effect increased from 250 to 300
- Mumbo Jumbo Heal of Damage Dealt increased from 50% to 60%

Winter Wyvern

Arctic Burn
- Base attack range bonus decreased from 350/425/500/575 to 300/350/400/450
- Split shot no longer affects Aghanim's Crystals
- Split shot secondary target damage decreased from -25% to -35%
- Minor Duration upgrade decreased from +4s to +1s
- Second Degree Burn cooldown increased from 2 to 3.5
- Arctic Splash radius decreased from 200 to 175
Cold embrace
- Base Heal percentage decreased from 2.5/3.75/5/6.25 to 2.5/3.5/4.5/5.5

Mars

Spear
- Shish Kebab upgrade increased from 5 enemies to 7 enemies
Bulwark
- Bulwark Return upgrade increased from 25% attack damage to 35% attack damage
Arena of Blood
- Coliseum attack speed decreased from 50 Damage, 50 attack speed to 25 damage, 35 attack speed

Ursa

Earthshock
- Cannonball now stuns enemies for 1.5 seconds
- Cannonball decreased knockback distance to 125
- Earthshock movement slow upgrade increased from 15% to 20%
- Blunt Their Claws miss chance increased from 30% to 40%
Enrage
- Protect the Cubs now provides allies with all the benefits of Enrage, instead of magic immunity

Sniper

Take Aim
- Range upgrade decreased from 75 to 50
Headshot
- Decreased headshot damage upgrade from 35 to 30

Magnus

Empower
- Damage upgrade decreased from 10% to 5%
- Cleave upgrade reduced from 15% to 10%
Skewer
- Fixed level 2 skewer having 9000 range
- Skewer Slow Minor upgrade increased from 20% to 25%
- Spit Take heal percentage increased from 50% to 60%

Snapfire

Firesnaps
- Raisin Cookies deals 2x damage to cookie eater
- Baker's Dozen radius increased from 250 to 300
- Impact radius upgrade increased from +75 to +85
- Freshly Baked duration increased from 5 to 6.5
Mortimer Kisses
- Movement slow upgrade increased from +15% to +20%

Dota 2 ranked: Ranks, MMR, and more explained

Despite being released nearly ten years ago, Dota 2 still manages to pull in an impressive amount of players day in, day out. While some play a few casual games here and there and log off, the majority of the playerbase are there to prove their worth in ranked.

But as in any online competitive game, there's a high skill ceiling in Dota 2, and with dozens of heroes to wrap your head around, it's not easy working your way to the dizzying heights of Immortal. But it can be done if you're smart and prepared to work hard on your tactical ability.

If you're a new player to Dota 2, don't worry. It can be a pretty daunting task to take to the ranked queue, so to help you out we've put together some answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Dota 2 ranking system, including the different tiers, how MMR is calculated, and more, right here.

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