Dota 2 News

• Echo Slash: No longer applies cleave on units hit.
  
• Falcon Rush: Rush Range decreased from 650 to 575
  
• Grappling Claw: Hero Bonus Heal reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120
  
• Grappling Claw: Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7
  
• Talon Toss: Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7
  
• Raven's Veil: Applied mark no longer applies parry bonus.
  
• Replaced +50 Raptor Dance Radius level 15 talent with new talent: Raven's Veil Mark Applies Parry Bonus
  
  
• Added additional HUD styling to better communicate the current stance Kez is in.
  
• Raptor Dance: Fixed particle effect not increasing when radius increased.
  
• Echo Slash: Fixed it hitting units slightly further than its range.
  
• Echo Slash: Fixed secondary attack cancelling Kez's invisibility.
  
• Falcon Rush: Fix secondary attack sound effect not playing.
  
• Shodo Sai: Fixed cases where Mark would not be applied properly if it was already applied.
  
• Shodo Sai: Fixed parry cancel sub-ability being affected by Faceless Void's Time Dilation.
  
• Fixed cooldown reduction not applying to alternate weapon abilities.
  
• Grappling Claw: Reworded description to clarify bonus hero healing.
  

• Kazurai Katana: Damage Per Second reduced from 7/8/9/10% to 6/7/8/9%
  
• Falcon Rush: Katana base attack rate increased from 1.3/1.2/1.1/1.0 to 1.4/1.3/1.2/1.1
  
• Falcon Rush: Duration decreased from 7 to 3/4/5/6
  
• Raptor Dance: Increased cooldown from 40/32/24 to 40/35/30
  
• Raven's Veil: Increased cooldown from 40/32/24 to 40/35/30
  
• Grappling Claw: Fixed chain not being broken when linked to a target out of range
  
• Shodo Sai: Fixed some Mark interactions dealing more damage than intended
  
• Grappling Claw: Fixed it ignoring evasion
  
• Echo Slash: Fixed it ignoring evasion
  
• Echo Slash: Fixed it killing couriers
  
• Echo Slash: Fixed it allowing Kez to escape leashes and movement prevention abilities (i.e. Disruptor Kinetic Field )
  

• Fixed a client crash with Moon Shard
  
• Fixed a server crash involving Ogre Seal Totem and Lone Druid
  
• Fixed various issues with Quick Buy
  
• Fixed Shen and Dragonus arcana style unlocks not applying to respective cursor icon packs
  
• Fixed Juggernaut Primal Prowl style unlock
  
• Fixed various crashes with Act IV encounters
  
• When winning an Ability Draft game, instead of granting 3 tokens and 2 scrap, grant 2 tokens and 8 scrap.
  
• Spleen Sweeper: added a scoring section on the main menu to show scoring information. Fixed score summary not showing after beating all 5 stages.
  
• Spleen Sweeper: fixed last stage not granting a completion bonus of 4000 points
  
• Castle Carnage: fixed Tunneler particle missing model and issues with grenade bouncing
  
• Castle Carnage: fixed phantom terrain blocking some shots
  
• Spoon Man: fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would stay invisible after a popup
  
• Spoon Man: fixed a crash related to pressing a button before the game is loaded
  
• Spoon Man: fixed being able to get stuck inside a block
  
• Nest of Thorns: fixed an issue where rewards could fail to be granted
  
• Nest of Thorns: fixed an issue where gold amount could fail to be saved
  
• Fixed Blind Queensguard (strange vendor) encounter not working
  
• Fixed Act IV sprays not showing up in Chat Wheel
  
• Crownfall map: clicking on the tokens-received gift alert attached to the inventory now opens the associated encounter
  
• Fixed an issue where playing or replaying the Kez debut animation could result in a black screen
  
• Fixed new Crownfall trophies not showing up
  
  

• Base Armor increased from 0 to 2
  
• Base move speed increased from 315 to 320
  
• Falcon Rush attack rate for Sai decreased from 1.3/1.2/1.1/1.0 to 1.2/1.1/1.0/0.9
  
• Fixed bug where Falcon Rush could target units out of range
  
• Fixed bug where Falcon Rush ignored the attack speed cap
  

A new Dota 2 hero has arrived in an update that developer Valve says "is as big as it gets." The new patch for Steam's second most-popular free game adds the fourth and final act of the Dota 2 Crownfall story mode, and in doing so sees the debut of Kez, the mysterious Skywrath exile first seen during act three. With two weapons each offering unique abilities, he promises to be a very versatile addition to the roster.

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