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7.37b Gameplay Patch

Patch 7.37b is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here.

Additionally, a few bugs were fixed over the last several days:

  • Fixed Iron Talon being affected by spell amp and damage resistance
  • Fixed Khanda working on illusions (now has the same behavior as Phylactery)
  • Fixed true sight not working correctly with Bristleback's Seeing Red
  • Fixed Crystal Maiden's Arcane Aura not having a range indicator for the 1200 proximity bonus
  • Fixed Dark Willow being unable to be targeted by teammates while in Shadow Realm
  • Fixed Doom's Devil's Bargain not working if he sells items via the Courier
  • Fixed Drow Ranger's Sidestep being cancellable by issuing an attack order
  • Fixed Earthshaker's Slugger applying the push to enemies that are alive in some rare circumstances
  • Fixed a crash related to Enchantress' Little Friends and Tormentor
  • Fixed Juggernaut's Level 10 Talent not applying Duelist Damage until Juggernaut dies
  • Fixed a crash with Lone Druid when passing Neutral Items to the Spirit Bear
  • Fixed Lone Druid's Gift Bearer rerolls not working correctly
  • Fixed Mars' Spear of Mars sometimes failing to impale one of the targets if multiple are speared with Aghanim's Shard
  • Fixed Medusa's Gorgon's Grasp damage being reduced by physical damage block
  • Fixed Medusa's Gorgon's Grasp turn restriction piercing debuff immunity
  • Fixed Morphling's Morph proccing Phylactery/Khanda on the actual hero when it is cast on an illusion
  • Fixed Morphling's Morph proccing spell block on the actual hero when it is casted on an illusion
  • Fixed Nyx Assassin's Mind Flare sometimes applying to multiple enemies if they are too close together, even without Level 25 Talent
  • Fixed Pugna getting a spooky stacking buff that didn't do anything when killing an enemy with Life Drain
  • Fixed Sniper's Take Aim self-buffs being dispellable by ally dispels
  • Fixed Visage not gaining the damage bonus or armor reduction from Level 10/20 Talents along with the Familiars
  • Fixed Visage's Gravekeeper's Cloak sometimes not gaining new stacks when Visage was no longer affected by Break
  • Fixed Weaver leveling Geminate Attack after damaging enemies with a Shard upgraded Shukuchi proccing multiple attacks
  • Fixed Windranger's Easy Breezy movement speed not working correctly when using Force Boots

Dota 2 Update - 8/2/2024

Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused input lag for a number of seconds
  • Fixed auras not applying correctly if the match duration goes for too long (applies to multiple damage instances of Doom, etc.)
  • Fixed cooldown reduction sometimes not working properly when decrementing by very small values (Staff of the Scion, etc.)
  • Fixed melee damage block sometimes not blocking any damage
  • Fixed Bloodstone's tooltip not showing the provided Mana Regeneration
  • Fixed Ironwood Tree not being purchasable in demo mode
  • Fixed Mirror Shield blocking spells while on cooldown when Lotus Orb is active.
  • Fixed Unwavering Condition causing a crash
  • Fixed Alchemist Unstable Concoction not being usable on Spirit Bear
  • Fixed Bane's overlap of Nightmare and Fiend's Grip having a brief window where abilities without cast points were castable
  • Fixed Beastmaster Drums of Slom not working correctly when Beastmaster illusions are present
  • Fixed Bloodseeker's Bloodrush facet crediting Bloodseeker with erroneous assists
  • Fixed Bristleback's Seeing Red facet causing the visual effect to stack indefinitely
  • Fixed Clockwerk's Cog having an erroneous Leash tooltip
  • Fixed Death Prophet exorcism targeting outposts
  • Fixed Drow Ranger casting Glacier interrupting Multishot with the Sidestep facet
  • Fixed Elder Titan's Tip the Scales effect not working on towers that were invulnerable due to the corresponding previous tier tower still being alive
  • Fixed Elder Titan's Tip the Scales effect not working while Elder Titan was dead
  • Fixed Ember Spirit not being able to level all talents
  • Fixed Hoodwink's Acorn Shot not being reflectable from heroes with no projectile
  • Fixed Jakiro's Liquid Frost occasionally dealing extra damage from Blood Grenade damage over time
  • Fixed Kunkka's Ghostship not using the "Prize of the Saltworn Mariner" immortal effect when Kunkka has an Aghanim's Scepter
  • Fixed Lifestealer's Ghoul Frenzy not being fully breakable
  • Fixed Lina not being able to level all talents
  • Fixed Leshrac's Diabolic Edict sometimes dealing less damage than expected
  • Fixed Lone Druid able to receive more destruction gold from Philosopher's Stone
  • Fixed Lone Druid's Spirit Bear values not matching the tooltip values
  • Fixed Lone Druid's Demolish and Entangling Claws abilities not displaying their levels accurately
  • Fixed Luna's Lunar Blessing tooltip sometimes causing a client crash
  • Fixed Mars Dauntless working against (or with) Illusions
  • Fixed Nature's Prophet Curse of the Oldgrowth damage over time being inconsistent with Ironwood Treants facet
  • Fixed Nature Prophet's Spirit of the Forest tooltip not displaying the 5th level
  • Fixed Ogre Magi multicasting 3x and 4x before getting the second and third level of the skill
  • Fixed Omniknight's Repel missing Voice Responses
  • Fixed Phantom Lancer's Illusory Armaments Innate giving infinite damage
  • Fixed Phantom Lancer's Illusory Armaments Innate giving zero damage
  • Fixed Razor's Dynamo sometimes granting the wrong amount of spell amplification
  • Fixed Rubick not applying Death Rime damage when stealing Ancient Apparition's spells
  • Fixed Rubick crash that occurred when a stolen Ghost Ship spell expired right before reaching its destination
  • Fixed Sand King Stinger not being stealable
  • Fixed Skywrath Mage level 15 talent not being updated to Concussive Shot slow
  • Fixed Snapfire Lil' Shredder dealing less damage than intended with critical strikes
  • Fixed Sniper's Headshot tooltip incorrectly stating that it works on allied creeps
  • Fixed Spectre Reality sound being inaudible to the enemy if she teleports to a location hidden in fog of war
  • Fixed Spirit Breaker's Planar Pocket spell redirection for abilities that sought new targets during redirection, causing unintended extra damage in the whole area
  • Fixed Techies' Blast Off! Self Damage tooltip not reflecting the correct damage type
  • Fixed Tiny's Toss not triggering Phylactery when the tossed target is the same as the primary target
  • Fixed Troll Warlord's Berserker's Rage dealing damage to himself
  • Fixed Venomancer Plague carrier not respecting Disable Help
  • Fixed Visage's Lurker tooltip using the term 'Cooldown Reduction' instead of 'Cooldown Acceleration'

Update 7.37 Is Here



Since patch 7.36 affected basically every hero in the game, it's no surprise that 7.37 is mostly focused on getting the playing field leveled again. A bunch of heroes are getting new innates and facets, and there's even a rework of Medusa. 7.37 also includes more informative tooltips, which should give you a better moment-to-moment understanding of all the variables that go into murdering someone in a forest. Check out the patch notes here!

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