Dota 2 News

Dota 2 has just got a brand-new gameplay patch, which ushers in a bunch of item changes, hero updates, and a key bug fix to Valve's flagship MOBA game. While it's not the biggest set of tweaks the game's seen, gameplay update 7.29d brings six key adjustments to items, and Dota 2 heroes Axe, Bristleback, Broodmother, Invoker, and - well - a whole bunch, so read on to see what's what.

First up, those item changes. Sadly, if you're a fan of Vanguard, Sange, Heaven's Halberd, Solar Chest or combos of Sange and Yasha, or Kaya and Sange, there's some bad news, as they're all getting nerfed this patch. Vanguard's damage block is getting dialled down, Solar Chest's bonus attack speed and slow effects have been reduced, and the other four are seeing their life-steal and health regeneration amplification nerfed.

As for the hero roster, there are 14 getting nerfs, buffs, and changes this patch, which range across their stats, abilities, and talents. We've got them laid out for you below so you can check these out in detail for yourself.

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Dota 2 has got a couple of updates this week that bring some handy fixes - including for a couple of noise quirks the MOBA game's been seeing of late - and a new batch of content for its recent Supporters' Clubs feature.

This week, Valve dropped a patch that, at face value, seems small but is pretty significant if you've encountered a pesky issue around random noises erupting when looking for a specific time stamp in your replays. The latest game update notes explain that the patch has "fixed a bug where seeking to a time in replays would cause bursts of noise". Additionally, a noise quirk around the ranged ability hero Medusa's Stone Gaze ability has been solved, in that it'll "no longer play a sound effect when applied to non-heroes". So, it sounds like there'll less, er, superfluous noises in-game to worry about with going forward.

Elsewhere in the latest game update, Valve has "fixed a hang when backgrounding Dota with Alt+Tab during startup when using the DX11 rendering system". Sweet.

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