Dota 2 News

As a lot of you know, there’s a big update coming. As we’ve been going through the patch notes for it, we figured it might be fun to tease some of them ahead of time, without spoiling the surprise. We’ve assembled a handful of genuine notes for the upcoming patch, provided without context, to whet your appetite while we put the finishing touches on the update.

Anyway, get ready for your first hint:

• The next big Dota Update is going to release on a date that rhymes with Smaypril Twemmieth and comes between April 19th and April 21st.
  

OK, that one was advanced level. We should have put that at the end. Here’s some easier ones to build up your riddle skills:

• [UNIT] is now controllable by the player that dug it up
  
• [HERO]: Always has 0 Intelligence. Always.
  
• [ITEM]: Now has an initial and max stock of 4 and a restock time of 120s
  
• After this effect the soul is forcefully returned to the body
  
• [HERO]: Base armor increased by 1
  
• [UNIT TYPE] now gain 15 movement speed during the night.
  
• Mana cost reduction effects only apply to mana cost
  
• [ITEM]: Requires Echo Sabre (2500), Diadem (1000), Recipe (1000). Total cost: 4500
  
• Any player can use a [NOUN] to [VERB] to the other one after channeling for 3 seconds.
  

In the wake of Muerta's arrival with the Dead Reckoning update, it's time to aim our sights at updates to come. To that end, the Dota team would like to invite all workshop contributors to conjure up some new sets for any of your favorite heroes. Submissions are already open, and we're looking forward to seeing your full craft on display.

This round of submissions also welcomes designs for the Toy Butcher Pudge Persona and the Disciple's Path Anti-Mage Persona, which have both blinked into the workshop just in time to join the fun.

We request that all submissions be on the Dota 2 Workshop by the end of the day on May 29, 2023 PDT. Please make sure to mark your work with the "Spring 2023" tag when tendering items to the Workshop to ensure they aren't overlooked. As always, please avoid concepts involving human skulls, blood, and gore. We'd like to remind all Dota fans to regularly visit the Workshop and vote through the Queue to ensure your voices are heard in the selection process.

We'll also be launching a second Workshop Call-to-Arms later this year — with a late-August deadline — so even if you've got new ideas at the ready, there's plenty of time to brainstorm on your designs.

Muerta:

• Base Attack Time improved from 1.7s to 1.6s
  
• Dead Shot Ricochet Fear Duration decreased from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0s to 1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6s
  
• Pierce the Veil Duration increased by 0.35s to account for Transform Duration
  
• Pierce the Veil Bonus Attack Damage increased from 50/75/100 to 50/100/150
  
• Level 25 Talent +20% Gunslinger Chance replaced with The Calling Summons 2 additional revenants
  
• Level 20 Talent The Calling Summons 2 additional revenants replaced with Talent +20% Gunslinger Chance
  
• Level 15 Talent +25 Damage increased to +35 Damage
  

46 players have been banned from Dota 2 Esports events, seemingly resulting from an investigation following allegations of cheating in January's Chinese regional Winter Tour of the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC). The list includes the entirety of the team Knights, which was accused of using a vision hack to cheat their way to a third-place finish in the DPC matches...
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