- Front End Changes
- Back End Changes
- Updated Strings
- Unreleased Announcer Packs
- Unreleased Cosmetic Items
- Axe’s Cosmetic Items
- Bounty Hunter’s Cosmetic Items
- Dragon Knight’s Cosmetic Items
- Lone Druid’s Cosmetic Items
- Outworld Destroyer’s Cosmetic Items
- Nature’s Prophet’s Cosmetic Items
- Omniknight’s Cosmetic Items
- Phantom Assassin’s Cosmetic Items
- Phantom Lancer’s Cosmetic Items
- Pudge’s Cosmetic Items
- Skeleton King’s Cosmetic Items
- Sven’s Cosmetic Items
- Ursa’s Cosmetic Items
- Windrunner’s Cosmetic Items
- Store Ready Cosmetic Items
- Axe’s Items
- Bloodseeker’s Items
- Bounty Hunter’s Items
- Clinkz’s Items
- Faceless Void’s Items
- Morphling’s Items
- Other Changes
- Materials Update
- Particles Update
- Predictions For The Next Hero
As I predicted this week’s patch brings us five new heroes (as long as you’ve a scepter) which means that Meepo has finally arrived into the world of Dota 2. You can view the full changelog here.
Front End Changes
New Hero
Five heroes in one patch, a new record for Valve.
Meepo
Meepo, the Geomancer.
“If you ask me, life is all about who you know and what you can find. When you live up in the Riftshadow Ruins, just finding food can be tough. So you need to cut corners, you need to scrounge, you need to know your strengths. Some of the beasts up there can kill you, so you need a way to trap the weak and duck the strong. On the upside, the ruins have history, and history is worth a lot to some people. There used to be a palace there, where they had all these dark rituals. Bad stuff. If you survived the ceremony, they would shatter a crystal and split your soul into pieces. They made great art though! Sculptures and such. Let me tell you: sometimes you stumble onto some of those old carvings. Take a pack full of those to town and sell them, then get yourself food for a few weeks. If luck is really on your side, you might find a Riftshadow crystal. Get it appraised and start asking around. Someone always knows some crazy fool looking for this kind of thing. If all else fails, sell it to a Magus the next time one’s in town. They love that stuff. Still, whatever you do, be careful handling those crystals. You do not want one to go off on you. It really hurts.”
Model Viewer Shots
In Game Shots
Hero Texture Updates
We’ve another set of minor texture updates in this patch.
Enchantress` Updates
Enchantress` textures have once again been revisited after last week’s update. The new updated textures give more detail and colour which a lot of the community thought she was lacking in her new texture set.
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New Textures
Old Textures
Pudge’s Updates
Pudge also had some minor texture updates.
Comparison Slider
New Textures
Old Textures
Hero Models Broken Down
We’ve an update to one of the existing broken down models and a new arrival.
Crystal Maiden’s Model
Crystal Maiden’s break down has been adjusted with her cape and headdress now being separated.
New Part:
Crystal Maiden’s Headdress
New Base Model:
Meepo’s Model
Meepo’s Model has arrived already broken down and ready for cosmetic items.
Default Parts:
Meepo’s Hood
Meepo’s Backpack
Meepo’s Shoulderpads
Meepo’s Bracers
Meepo’s Tail
Base Model:
UI Updates
This week’s patch brings us a new notification system as well as updates to the hero display and broadcaster selector UIs.
In Game UI
This patch brings another new UI feature, killstreak notifications that are displayed on killstreak events such as first blood and killing sprees.
The first blood notifcation has blood smeared across it:
Examples of the other killstreak notifcations:
Hero Display UI
The finished version of the new hero display UI is now in place and ready for the arrival for Meepo, it’s made specifically for heroes with multiple primary units eg: Meepo and Lone Druid.
You can see an explanation of the new UI’s functionality below:
Broadcaster UI
The broadcaster selector UI has been updated with a new look:
Dashboard UI
The live games list on the watch tab has been updated with a filter, the filter is done based on what hero you specify and the games will be listed in an order of average skill, highest to lowest:
League Passes
This week’s patch has brought a couple of new Dota TV League Passes, one for the RaidCall Dota 2 tournament and another for Starladder’s Season 3 tournament.
Back End Changes
Updated Strings
The strings for the tutorial system have been updated, suggesting that the tutorial system made be being currently worked on again:
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// Last Hit / Deny Training
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"DOTA_TutorialTitle_LastHit" "Last Hit / Deny Practice"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_LastHit" "Try to get as many last hits and denies as possible in the time limit. Your score is a combination of last hits, denies, and how much damage you take."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_RoundOne" "Round One - Sniper"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_RoundOne" "Sniper has a ranged attack with no projectile, so the hit occurs very quickly. However, he has low base damage, so timing is important."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_Sniper" "Last hit as Sniper."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_RoundTwo" "Round Two - Anti-Mage"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_RoundTwo" "Anti-Mage has a very quick attack animation and fast attack rate - melee heroes are generally easier to last hit with."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_Antimage" "Last hit as Anti-Mage."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_RoundThree" "Round Three - Mirana"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_RoundThree" "Mirana has a good attack animation and projectile speed but lower damage, making her of moderate difficulty."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_Mirana" "Last hit as Mirana."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_RoundFour" "Round Four - Crystal Maiden"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_RoundFour" "Crystal Maiden's attack animation has a wind-up time and a slow moving projectile, making it difficult to predict when the hit will occur, making her difficult to last hit with."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_CrystalMaiden" "Last hit as Crystal Maiden."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_RoundFive" "Round Five - Shadow Fiend"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_RoundFive" "Shadow Fiend is great at farming creeps rapidly with his good attack animation, high damage, and ability Shadowraze - see how quickly you can farm this lane."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_ShadowFiend" "Farm as fast as you can!"
We’ve some new strings for a item training on support icons:
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// Item Training - Support
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"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems" "Support Item Training"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems" "Learn in-depth mechanics of Support items!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_RingOfBasilius" "Ring of Basilius"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_RingOfBasilius" "Ring of Basilius is a powerful early game item for junglers and support heroes. It gives a flat 0.6 mana regeneration, as well as 2 armor to all heroes and creeps in the radius, as well as providing the carrier with extra armor and damage."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_RingOfBasilius2" "Ring of Basilius"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_RingOfBasilius2" "The item is toggable. When turned off, the aura won't give your friendly creeps the bonus armor. Turn it on when you want to make summoned units more powerful or push a lane. The ring's aura will still affect allied heroes."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_RingOfBasilius2" "Toggle Ring of Basilius!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Headdress" "Headdress"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Headdress" "Headdress is useful early on to help you, your creeps and your lane mates to regenerate health. The aura radius is only 500, so stay near an ally if they need some health."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Buckler" "Buckler"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Buckler" "Buckler is a useful defensive item. It passively grants some armor and stats, while it's active ability will give friendly units around you +2 bonus armor. This can be helpful when attacking or defending towers, or in teamfights."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_Buckler" "Give your friendly heroes the armor bonus!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Urn" "Urn of Shadows"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Urn" "Urn of Shadows is a dynamic item that can be used in many ways. Passively, it grants some strength and mana regeneration, but the Soul Release ability is more important. Whenever an enemy hero dies around an Urn carrier, that Urn will gain 2 Soul Release charges."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Urn2" "Soul Release - Heal"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Urn2" "When Soul Release is used, it drains a charge from Urn of Shadows. If it is used on an ally, it will heal them for 400 HP over the course of 8 seconds. If the unit takes tower damage or damage from a player-controlled unit, the heal is lost, so be careful to use the heal only in situations when this won't happen."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_Urn2" "Heal your injured ally!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Urn3" "Soul Release - Damage Over Time"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Urn3" "If Soul Release is used on an enemy hero, it will deal 150 damage over the course of 8 seconds. Unlike the heal, this effect can't be removed except by purge effects. The low amount of damage is useful to finish off running enemies that have low health, due to the long range of Soul Release."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_Urn3" "Finish off the enemy hero!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_TranquilBoots" "Tranquil Boots"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_TranquilBoots" "Tranquil Boots are the most defensive type of boots. The Heal ability will restore 170 HP over 10 seconds, as long as you don't take tower or player-controlled damage. Tranquil Boots also add a bit of passive regeneration and armor, as well as having higher than average movement speed for boots."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_TranquilBoots2" "Tranquil Boots - Break"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_TranquilBoots2" "Tranquil Boots do have a downside - their Break ability. If a player takes 4 instances of player-controlled damage in the course of 10 seconds, the Tranquil Boots will temporarily become Boots of Speed, meaning that they lose all their passive stats and the Heal ability. Once the player hasn't taken 4 instances of damage in the last 10 seconds, the Tranquil Boots will reform."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_TranquilBoots2" "Use the Heal ability!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Medallion" "Medallion of Courage"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Medallion" "Medallion of Courage is a double-edged sword of an item. Passively, it gives you some armor and mana regeneration. However, the Valor ability makes this item what it is. When used on an enemy, both the item holder and the target enemy lose 6 armor (which is the same amount gained passively). Medallion of Courage gives you an armor advantage over your enemies, but it's up to you how to use it!"
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_Medallion" "Use Valor on Roshan!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Drum" "Drum of Endurance"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Drum" "Drum of Endurance is an item that provides a lot of different benefits. Passively, it gives nice stats, and Swiftness Aura, which grants a small movement and attack speed bonus to surrounding units."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Drum2" "Drum of Endurance"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Drum2" "The active ability Endurance adds another small movement and attack speed bonus to surrounding units, effectively doubling the speed from Swiftness Aura. This is very helpful for moments when you need just a bit more speed to catch or run. It only has 4 charges, so use wisely."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_Drum2" "Catch the flying courier!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Vlads" "Vladmir's Offering"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Vlads" "Vladmir's Offering provides a wide number of bonuses to surrounding teammates, such as armor, regeneration, and bonus damage. It also gives friendly melee units lifesteal on their attacks."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItem_Vlads2" "Vladmir's Offering"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItem_Vlads2" "The lifesteal aura is useful for melee carries that have other Unique Attack Effects, as other Lifesteal items won't work for them. A support with Vladmir's can provide this benefit to his melee carry."
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Mekansm" "Mekansm"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Mekansm" "Mekansm is a powerful midgame item. Passively, it gives some nice armor and stats, as well as giving passive regneration to yourself and surrounding friendly units. The most powerful part of the item is the active Restore, which heals 250 HP and grants bonus armor for a limited time."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItems_Mekansm" "Heal your allies!"
"DOTA_TutorialTitle_SupportItems_Pipe" "Pipe of Insight"
"DOTA_TutorialBody_SupportItems_Pipe" "Pipe of Insight is the go-to item when it comes to preventing magical damage. Building from a Hood of Defiance, it passively increases spell resistance as well as providing a lot of HP regeneration. The Barrier active ability gives a protective field on all nearby units, preventing 400 magic damage from being dealt to them."
"DOTA_TutorialTask_SupportItem_Pipe" "Prevent the magic damage!"
New tooltip strings for unreleased heroes (Medusa, Troll Warlord and Magnataur):
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_medusa_mana_shield" "Mana Shield"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_medusa_mana_shield_Description" "Some of the damage taken by Medusa is dealt to her mana pool."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_medusa_stone_gaze" "Stone Gaze"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_medusa_stone_gaze_Description" "Speed reduced by 100%%; slowing regaining speed over time."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_troll_warlord_whirling_axes_slow" "Whirling Axes Slow"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_troll_warlord_whirling_axes_slow_Description" "Slowed by %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE%%%."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_troll_warlord_fervor" "Fervor"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_troll_warlord_fervor_Description" "Attack speed increased by %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT_SECONDARY%."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_troll_warlord_battle_trance" "Battle Trance"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_troll_warlord_battle_trance_Description" "Attack speed increased by %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT_SECONDARY%."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_magnataur_empower" "Empower"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_magnataur_empower_Description" "Base damage increased by %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASEDAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGE%%%, gaining %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP%%% cleave damage on hit."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_magnataur_skewer_slow" "Skewered"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_magnataur_skewer_slow_Description" "Slowed by %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE%%%."
We’ve a few new cosmetic item sets:
"DOTA_Set_Axe_Oryx" "Armor of the Oryx"
"DOTA_Set_Axe_Heavy_Steel" "Heavy Steel Armor"
"DOTA_Set_Faceless_Clas" "The Dials of Claszureme"
"DOTA_Set_Clinkz_Vandal" "Demonic Vandal's Garb"
Unreleased Announcer Packs
The Axe announcer pack and mega kills pack now have artwork, subtitles and response rules which means the new Axe announcer should be arriving soon.
Unreleased Cosmetic Items
The cosmetic items keep on coming, after last weeks addition of around 250 new cosmetic item references we have another batch of new item references.
Axe’s Cosmetic Items
superior’s axe - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=88957121
Bounty Hunter’s Cosmetic Items
darksteel_backpack
darksteel_bandana
darksteel_knife
darksteel_lg
darksteel_pads
darksteel_shuriken
Darksteel Set - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=79159646
Dragon Knight’s Cosmetic Items
armor_of_the_drake
bracers_of_the_drake
cape_of_the_drake
crimson_wyvern_shield
helmet_of_the_drake
shield_of_the_drake
shoulder_slain_dragon
sword_of_the_drake
Armor of the Drake Set - http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=92669302
Lone Druid’s Cosmetic Items
tribe_hunter_sicle - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=95650545
Outworld Destroyer’s Cosmetic Items
diadem_dark_destroyer - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94646969
Nature’s Prophet’s Cosmetic Items
shoulder_sprout - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=95953760
Omniknight’s Cosmetic Items
head_hood_hierophant - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=83630999
brother_omni_arm
brother_omni_body_head
brother_omni_shoulder
brother_omni_weapon
Brother Omni Set - http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=87285732
Phantom Assassin’s Cosmetic Items
the_evildoer - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=96477664
Phantom Lancer’s Cosmetic Items
feathered_naginata - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94015235
sun_forged_spear - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=89761058
Pudge’s Cosmetic Items
slaughterhouse_chains - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=96345815
Skeleton King’s Cosmetic Items
khan_cape - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=95491453
Sven’s Cosmetic Items
mask_of_madness - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94491062
Ursa’s Cosmetic Items
skulltar_claws - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=91420602
Windrunner’s Cosmetic Items
zarukina_protector_hair - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=88360186
sparrowhawk_cape
sparrowhawk_hood2
sparrowhawk_quiver
sparrowhawk_shoulder
wr_sparrow_bowab
Sparrowhawk Set - http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=96693370
Store Ready Cosmetic Items
There are a number of unreleased cosmetic items that I now suspect will be making their way into the store shortly (which includes a few new bundles/sets).
Axe’s Items
Axe has two new item sets/bundles and a number of other items that are store ready.
Heavy Steel Armor
The Items
Armor of the Oryx
The Items
Other Items
Corpsemaker
“While the edge has cracked and chipped on the lives of hundreds, it has never failed to finish the job.”
Bloodseeker’s Items
Bounty Hunter’s Items
Qaldin Assassin’s Glaive
Poniard of the Crimson Cut-throat
Clinkz’s Items
Clinkz also has an item set ready.
Demonic Vandal’s Garb
The Items
Faceless Void’s Items
Faceless Void has a new item set.
The Dials of Claszureme
The Items
Morphling’s Items
Morphling has a number of new items that are store ready but none of these are classed as sets or bundles yet.
Falling Comet
Birot’s
Shifting Forms
Direstone
Frost Shard
Other Changes
There’s a new Anvil model that has been added to the files.
Materials Update
No updates to the unreleased heroes materials in this patch.
Particles Update
This week’s patch gives us two new sets of particles for the unreleased heroes, Centaur Warchief and Magnataur.
Centaur Warchief’s Particles
Magnataur’s Particles
Predictions For The Next Hero
At this moment in time I’m expecting Magnus the Magnataur to make an appearance as the next hero in Dota 2.
