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Dota 2's new Hero Hoodwink has arrived along with the massive Mistwoods Update
Earlier in the week, Dota 2 developer Valve announced its flagship MOBA game was in for a shiny new update on December 17 - so, this very day. The studio revealed practically nothing about the patch's content, other than its name - "the Mistwood update" - and previously that the multiplayer game's newest Hero would be dropping with 7.28. Now, however, we know what's in store - the patch notes have dropped, and we've laid it all out for you below.
As detailed in the Dota 2 7.28 update notes, the newest addition to the character roster is Hoodwink. She's a creature of the forest, looking like a kind of fox with a hint of red panda, and Valve lists her as a ranged nuker who specialises in escapes and disables.
Her abilities include Acorn Shot, which is a ricocheting ranged attack that deals bonus damage to secondary targets while slowing them. If Hoodwink targets a point with her acorns, a tree will appear at that spot and the acorn will bounce to nearby targets.
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The Mistwoods Update
Deep in the outlands, beyond the deserts of Nanarak and north of the coal fires of Krimwohl, a treacherous expanse of woodland awaits -- where a stash of precious Aghanim's shards has been discovered and a cunning new hero runs wild.
Head over to The Mistwoods Update page to learn all about this new warrior in the battle for the Ancients and the trove of all-new powers that Aghanim's magnanimity has bestowed upon us all.