What changed in Dota 2 in 2023

Dead Shot no longer interrupts movement abilities on units that are debuff immune.

Inconsistencies in Spell Amplification and Damage tooltips have been resolved.

Hitch A Ride ability is now in the correct slot when applying Aghanim's Blessing.

Levelling Divided We Stand on a clone now gives Meepo the correct stats.

Break particles for Viper now display correctly.

Attack Range when using Overloaded talent now works correctly with Aghanim's Shard.

Centaur Warrunner no longer keeps the Work Horse ability after selling Aghanim's Scepter.

Parasma no longer goes on cooldown when denying.

Tabbing through selections was corrected to follow reverse creation order.

Medusa's damage shield no longer makes Dagger items unmuteable.

Combat log now correctly displays instances of damage occurring on the same frame from the same source to the same target.

Block of Cheese now enters cooldown correctly when receiving damage.

Earthbind talent now gives the intended 2.5s cooldown reduction.

Enemies can no longer see Slardar's Bash of the Deep modifier stack count changing when he's hidden.

Nether Swap barrier is now refreshable.

Skeletons now do not follow invisible units.

Sticky Napalm now correctly applies damage from Mage Slayer.

Granite Aura now correctly adjusts health when removed.

Made the danger threshold vary based on player hero level

Resolved an issue where casting an ability with Alt held down would also ping.

Resolved a bug where it could bounce to invisible enemies immune to True Sight.

Resolved an issue where pro players' Steam persona names were shown instead of correct names.

Resolved an issue where ticking Show All Modes could make the section unusable.

Resolved an issue where the cast reticule highlighted trees outside the area of effect.

Resolved an issue where the Gem's cooldown would remain frozen if a hero killed in Chronosphere dropped it.

Added a notification for authors who have not updated their custom models away from the deprecated format.

Updated to show the correct particles for the new style and to delete particles on expiration.

The Tormentor and Roshan will have new abilities.

The Frostivus 2023 Update introduces new and returning cosmetics, gameplay patch 7.35, and quality-of-life features.

Continued crackdown on smurf accounts with tens of thousands banned as part of player behavior monitoring.

Items such as Orb of Corrosion, Arcane Boots, and Bloodthorn have been altered.

Resolved an issue where switching abilities wouldn't update the cast range circle if already displayed.

Resolved highlighting to only occur when there is at least one free token in the stash.

Resolved an issue where stickers showed as available even if the capsule was not available.

Resolved an issue where Tower denies appeared as chat messages rather than combat events.

Resolved an issue where ended event sticker capsules showed as purchasable.

Resolved an issue where Starbreaker provided pure damage immunity without Aghanim's Shard.

Items including Ring of Aquila, Titan Sliver, Quicken Charm, and Quarterstaff have been removed.

New items including The Nemesis Curse, The Whisper of Dread, and The Moonlight Tiara introduced.

Each chest contains one of 30 items split across 4 Tiers or a Cosmically Rare Baby Roshan courier.

Resolved an issue where abilities with intrinsic buffs could fail to apply when purchasing Aghanim's Shard.

Resolved an issue where an ability with a frozen cooldown could unfreeze too early if frozen again.

Resolved an issue where the Item Received popup did not show global items properly.

New sticker capsules featuring Team Spirit players available for purchase.

Compendium challenges can be completed until November 16.

Team Spirit crowned as Grand Champions of The International 2023.

Updated Immortal items for several heroes included in the Crimson Witness treasure for The International.

New bundles for talent and additional voice lines for existing talent introduced due to a backup submission window.

Invoker was not restoring his own mana from EMP as intended.

Techies Mines would trigger but not damage flying units.

Resolved an issue where Roshan could wander off unexpectedly.

Resolved the issue of being unable to assign neutral slot and TP quickcast when using Advanced Quickcast Hotkeys.

Addressed cases where players were unable to watch matches via DotaTV.

Resolved an issue where Earth Spirit would become stuck in Rolling Boulder if Centaur Warrunner casts Work Horse during transformation.

Resolved an issue where retrieving neutral items from stash could return another player's item.

Resolved the issue of Bingo square progress not being visible on client.

Settings including 'Use Extra Large Minimap' and 'Quick Attack' will now be saved in Steam Cloud.

Resolved a server crash when using Muerta Parting Shot on a hero leashed to Lone Druid Spirit Bear with Grimstroke Soulbind.

Voice lines from the bundles are now permanent and will not expire.

Four types of talent sticker bundles released with proceeds supporting the talent.

Buff icon now only displays when talent is acquired, with tooltip.

If she swaps places with her Aghanim's Scepter illusion outside of the Fountain.

If cast on a target affected by Pulverize.

Not working when Fur Army is off cooldown.

Added a debuff icon when receiving damage from an enemy Giant's Ring.

After Focus Fire with Aghanim's Scepter.

If the attack target was destroyed.

Incorrectly rounding when duration affected by Status Resistance.

If an enemy was affected by two separate dream coils.

Particularly with Level 25 +1 Geminate Attack talent.

Now behaves like when walking in trees.

If Warlock moves his scepter into the backpack mid-cast.

A new feature allowing players to showcase their Dota experiences.

Rewards include an International 2023 HUD, permanent chatwheel lines, and team/player stickers.

New activities including Bingo and The Road to the International Challenge introduced.

A new Compendium featuring challenges and rewards focused on The International 2023.

All submissions must be on the Dota 2 Workshop by November 26th, 2023 PDT.

The International event will take place from October 27-29, with tickets mostly sold out.

Invitation for workshop contributors to submit new sets for heroes, including designs for Muerta and new personas.

Sign-ups for the cosplay contest are open until midnight CST on 10/1.

For the first time, pubstomps will be included live in the TI broadcast.

Voting for the top twenty films will be available in the client from 9/29 through 10/9.

A new International Compendium will be released next week.

Submissions now welcome for Muerta, Crystal Maiden's Conduit of the Blueheart Persona, and Exile Unveiled Phantom Assassin Persona.

Plans for The International 2024 are underway, with discussions on invitation criteria to follow.

The Dota Pro Circuit will conclude, with 2023 being the final season.

The previous experiment of eliminating booths for noise-canceling headphones was deemed insufficient for sound-dampening.

The classic TI5 soundproof booths will be used again at The International 2023.

The boothless setup allowed for a streamlined process for players to warm up with their own equipment.

The end date of the 10th Anniversary event has been extended to September 18th.

90,000 smurf accounts have been permanently banned to improve match quality.

Main accounts associated with smurf accounts may face temporary or permanent bans.

Fixed Windranger's Agh's upgrade invisibility effect not visually applying for allies.

The armory has been completely rebuilt for easier management of cosmetic items.

Fixed Overwhelming Blink doing 100 damage over six seconds instead of 100% of the caster's strength over 6 seconds.

Fixed Spirit Breaker having an infinite shield when taking the level 25 talent.

Fixed Riki's Level 25 Right Talent not displaying the proper cooldown reduction.

Added an option to rebind the Alternative Cast Ability switch key under the Advanced Hotkeys Interface tab.

Bounty rune spawn locations now show on the minimap before the horn using desaturated icons.

Dota will now use less bandwidth all the time, and significantly less in illusion-heavy gameplay.

New Dota Plus quests offering up to 115,200 shards and updated guild rewards.

Fixed Invoker Wex sometimes granting the wrong amount of mana regeneration.

Fixed being able to blink to one specific location off the top left corner of the map.

Fixed Wraith King skeletons sometimes ignoring Wraithfire Blast when selecting their target.

Fixed universal heroes not showing up correctly in Ability draft UI tooltips.

New seasonal quests and guild rewards starting September 1st.

Includes shadows of clouds passing overhead and other rendering improvements.

Fixed various tooltip issues with Invoker's Ghost Walk.

Fixed Allied Heroes being able to refresh a Hand of Midas that doesn't belong to them.

A new system built from the ground up to enable better judging and improved games.

Attendees who bind their Steam account to their pass will receive a Treasure of the Crimson Witness 2023.

Tickets for the Road to the International - Playoffs will be available starting August 28th, 2023, priced at $99 USD per day.

Tickets for The International 2023 go on sale August 25th, 2023, with a three-day pass priced at $699 USD.

Both The International and Playoffs will be General Admission events, allowing attendees to sit in available seats.

Celebrate Dota 2's 10-year anniversary with a special event where winning games grants commemorative treasures.

Winning games until September 7 will reward players with a treasure containing one of thirteen special items from Dota's history.

Fixed Anti-Mage Counterspell Ally being castable on enemies

Fixed Weaver shard Geminate attacks not applying on-attack modifiers

Fixed Warlock imps being spawned inside of each other/impassable terrain

Fixed Morphling Morph Scepter not properly using Lil' Shredder charges when replicating Snapfire

Fixed Crystal Maiden Crystal Clone Frostbite not lasting for creep duration on creeps

Fixed Centaur Hoof Stomp not being interrupted when stunned/silenced/hexed/etc.

Fixed Ogre Magi's multicast of Midas consuming multiple charges

Fixed Spirit Bear illusions triggering backlash damage on Lone Druid

Fixed Brewmaster illusions always being in Earth Stance

Fixed Beastmaster level 15 movespeed aura talent not working properly

Fixed Dark Ascension resetting itself and other ultimate abilities when stolen by Rubick

Fixed Juggernaut Level 20 talent lifesteal not working properly

Fixed Meepo Earthbind having infinite range

Fixed Beastmaster Call Of The Wild Hawk not behaving properly when dominated

Fixed Witch Doctor Death Ward Scepter bounce shots not being pure damage

Fixed an issue with Ninja Gear where it could apply smoke to allies while Phase Boots was active

Fixed various issues in glossary, tooltip, and patch note text

Fixed an issue where issuing an alt-cast order while out of range and then changing alt-cast mode could result in the wrong variant of the ability being cast

Fixed Tusk still displaying Frozen Sigil in the ability list in some places

Fixed Puck's Aghanims Scepter Dream Coil not hitting units that have invisibility, even if they are visible to Puck

Fixed Doom level 25 talent (Doom now mutes) not working

Fixed Phantom Assassin Deadly Focus buff being purgable

Fixed Invoker Wex cooldown reduction being multiplicative instead of additive

Fixed some joint issues with Tidehunter's Dead in the Water chain

Fixed Smoke of Deceit modifier not showing speed bonus and visibility radius on the client

Fixed an issue where Drow Multishot ceased firing too early

Fixed Revenant's Brooch not showing passive attack speed bonus in the item description

Fixed a crash when Morphling replicates Slark

Fixed Rubick being able to steal Reality and getting Haunt as a result

Fixed Centaur Hoof Stomp proccing magic stick on spell cast, rather than stomp being applied

Fixed Midas cooldowns being independent of each other

Fixed Morphling Morph illusion taking and giving and extra 100% damage

Fixed Phantom Assassin Deadly Focus buff being sometimes lost on missed or canceled attacks

Fixed Elder Titan not being able to toggle the Alt Cast ability on Echo Stomp after cast

Fixed missing Spirit Link visuals with Lone Druid Scepter

Fixed Holy Locket + Midas not working with Bad Juju

Resolved an issue where Wards could move after spawning.

Corrected damage calculation when casting a second Illuminate while the first is still traveling.

Fresh new flow for upcoming tournament drafts.

Beastmaster Wild Axes now correctly provide vision of the center of the map.

Watchers now correctly show as disabled when they become capturable in fog of war.

Fixed a number of particle/FX issues, including missing feet FX for Terrorblade arcana and Lina Immortal Laguna Blade FX.

Silencer's Glaives of Wisdom now correctly steals temporary Intelligence from Meepo clones or Arc Warden Tempest Double.

Resolved another way to cause the Earth Spirit Stone Remnants crash.

Resolved an issue where Techies' Sticky Bombs didn't expire and could be controlled by the player, leading to unintended gameplay advantages.

Fixed Oracle's 'Fate's Edict Magic Damage Prevented' relic to properly count all damage that is prevented with the spell.

Fixed rare crash when Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness is interrupted.

Kobolds dug up from Trusty Shovel now follow their owner, similar to Juggernaut's Healing Ward.

Fixed Lich Sinister Gaze duration ignoring status resistance.

Fixed a bug in the treasure UI causing rarity text to be clipped when an item is hovered.

Fixed newly spawned enemy units in Fog of War flashing on the minimap for a frame before becoming hidden.

Fixed hero stats tooltip for Evasion not correctly rounding to the nearest integer value.

Fixed Phantom Lancer's Phantom Rush toggling off after dying.

Fixed Tormentor treating creep heroes as summons that should be killed instantly when no valid hero units are within range.

Fixed spells not being able to target invisible units revealed by a sentry ward.

Fixed hero relics not progressing in Turbo mode.

Fantasy has been adjusted for the Bali Major format, with Player Card packs containing only Major-qualified players and daily updates.

Supporters Club for teams is now 75% off until the end of the Summer Tour, with 50% of sales going to the teams.

The order of the Regional Qualifier regions and dates was corrected in the announcement.

The Bali Major will take place from June 29th to July 9th, featuring the top eighteen teams in Indonesia.

Details on the regional qualifiers for The International following the Bali Major, scheduled throughout August.

The first major update focusing on diverse features and content, moving away from Battle Pass-centric development.

A significant update focused on The International, shifting away from cosmetic rewards.

Commitment to deliver a variety of features and content throughout the year, not just during Battle Pass season.

Fixed various interactions with Phylactery when targeting low-health units.

Infused Raindrop initial availability time reduced from 3:30 to 1:30.

No longer a restriction against selecting a random hero for the last 10 seconds of the picking phase.

Players who select a random hero no longer receive a free Mango and Faerie Fire.

Experience amount from Wisdom Rune increased by 100%.

You can now add and remove 'Pinned Items' when editing them rather than just replacing the existing ones.

Fixed Dota Plus neutral item suggestions showing NaN.

Fixed Universal heroes having incorrect attack damage displayed during picking phase.

Feast of Abscession Arcana will now count wins against Rubick in Turbo for half credit.

Random hero selection is no longer revealed to the enemy team.

Updated to show how many players have selected a hero on each team.

Fixed Stormcrafter proccing immediately if dropped and picked up again.

Fixed a bug where issuing an attack order while using quick attack against an invulnerable target would cause the cursor to remain in attack mode after failing to issue the order.

Aghanim's Shard initial availability time reduced from 9:45 to 7:30.

Lotus Pool lotus spawn interval decreased from 3 minutes to 90 seconds.

Manifold Paradox Arcana will now count wins in Turbo for half credit.

Message displayed when killing tormentor changed to be a combat event message that will display who received the shard or how much gold and experience is awarded to the team in the event all available shard upgrades have already been acquired.

Hero Relics are now purple for universal heroes.

New treasure featuring sets for Axe, Ember Spirit, Troll Warlord, Zeus, Oracle, Queen of Pain, Sand King, and Treant Protector.

Sets from Spring Treasure 2022 can now be purchased for 15,000 shards each.

New emoticons, sprays, and chat wheels available for high-scoring guilds.

Updated quests offering up to 115,200 shards over the season.

Including a popular voice line as a platinum-tier guild reward.

Fixed Alchemist's Unstable Concoction Throw not triggering Phylactery.

Watchers are now colored based on team control matching minimap coloration.

Fixed inconsistency where Dark Willow's Shadow Realm did not behave as invisible for certain abilities.

Fixed Charge of Darkness occasionally continuing past death, causing indefinite cooldown.

Fixed Gyrocopter's Flak Cannon modifier not updating attacks remaining when refreshed.

Fixed Ogre Magi lvl25 talent for Fireblast on Attack not applying after buying and selling Aghanim's Scepter.

Tormentor no longer considers players who abandoned when finding a player to grant shard.

Auto-selected summoned units no longer close the shop UI.

Fixed Hoodwink's Acorn Shot and others not applying correctly with Phylactery.

Fixed a bug with Astral Imprisonment where mana might be restored incorrectly.

Fixed a bug that caused Tormentors to not play their idle or flinch animations.

Fixed various relics.

Fixed Eimer Hillburrow courier not being selectable.

Fixed Shadow Fiend's Necromastery tooltip incorrectly stating 40% loss of souls on death.

Fixed Earthshaker leap being interrupted if he is debuff immune and gets a stun applied.

Fixed a bug where a hero needed a second Dust for the damage or movement speed penalty to apply.

Tormentor no longer considers heroes with no shard upgrades/abilities when finding a player to grant shard.

Wisdom Runes no longer consider players who abandoned when finding a second player to grant XP.

Fixed Legion Commander's Overwhelming Odds radius indicator showing incorrect radius.

Fixed various tooltip issues.

Fixed a crash when Earth Spirit creates many Stone Remnants and casts Magnetize affecting at least one enemy unit.

Meepo's clones no longer create boots when picking up Healing Lotuses.

Resolved issue where Neutral Tokens were inaccessible when sent to stash by hero clones.

Corrected the incorrect range for Earthshaker's Fissure ability.

Casting certain targeted spells on units affected by Grimstroke's Soulbind no longer disables portions of that ability's effects.

Resolved issue where Eye of the Vizier provided no Mana Regen.

Illusions created by Grimstroke's Dark Portrait now have the correct amount of magic resistance.

Lightning Hands no longer triggers spell absorb/reflection effects.

Summon Spirit Bear now respects damage blocking instead of going on cooldown due to damage.

Spear of Mars no longer interrupts debuff immune targets.

Specialist's Array was providing constant bonus damage for melee heroes; this has been fixed.

Corrected an incorrect value in tooltips for Universal heroes' damage per level.

Improved clarity of multiple ability and item tooltips and 7.33c patch notes in the client.

Weaver's Level 10 Talent +50 Shukuchi Damage no longer applies twice.

Corrected the incorrect Dash Range for Pangolier's Swashbuckle ability.

Abilities with no legacy hotkeys defined now have one auto-assigned.

Charge of Darkness Mana Cost has been corrected from 90 back to 100.

Specialist's Array not providing the base bonus damage when ready to proc has been fixed.

Fixed crash occurring when Dazzle attacked Void Spirit with Poison Touch debuff.

Hoodwink's Bushwhack no longer interrupts debuff immune targets.

Glimmer Cape's barrier now correctly blocks damage for items and abilities that go on cooldown on damage.

Updated tooltips to show correct reflection, damage barrier, and regen values.

The 2023 DPC Season continues May 15th with the Summer Tour, leading to the Bali Major and The International.

Modified the MMR gained and lost from matches when teams have varying skill to better approximate the expected chance each team has of winning.

Raised the minimum MMR to be eligible for Immortal Draft from 5620 to 6500.

All players receive 10 starter packs claimable on the DPC menu under the Watch tab.

Introduction to DPC Fantasy, including roster setup and scoring based on player performance in matches.

Join your favorite teams' Supporters Clubs with three tiers offering various perks including badges, player packs, and in-game items.

Any player can use a to to the other one after channeling for 3 seconds.

Now has an initial and max stock of 4 and a restock time of 120s.

Now gain 15 movement speed during the night.

After this effect the soul is forcefully returned to the body.

Entity is now controllable by the player that dug it up.

Base armor increased by 1.

Mana cost reduction effects only apply to mana cost.

Requires Echo Sabre (2500), Diadem (1000), Recipe (1000). Total cost: 4500.

Always has 0 Intelligence. Always.

The Calling Summons 2 additional revenants replaced with Talent +20% Gunslinger Chance

Duration increased by 0.35s to account for Transform Duration

Talent +25 Damage increased to +35 Damage

Fear Duration decreased from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0s to 1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6s

Talent +20% Gunslinger Chance replaced with The Calling Summons 2 additional revenants

Base Attack Time improved from 1.7s to 1.6s

Bonus Attack Damage increased from 50/75/100 to 50/100/150

Granted 2 Fantasy Levels to all players affected by the Fantasy Card Pack issue.

Resolved an issue where players could not open claimed Fantasy Card Packs.

Initial set of supporters clubs launched, allowing fans to support their favorite teams with various tiers of rewards.

Introduction of regional fantasy leagues with unique player cards and lineups.

All players granted 10 starter player card packs claimable under the DPC menu.

Introduction of DPC Fantasy, allowing fans to create rosters and earn points based on player performance.

Updating models to a new format and deprecating old APIs.

Revamped real-time gameplay analytics for Dota Plus members.

Death’s right hand joins the battle with unique abilities.

Earn chests through the Dead Reckoning mini-game.

Includes Advanced Battle Stats, Seasonal Treasure, and updated quests.

New quests offer up to 115,200 shards; updated guild rewards.

Future upgrade from SSE2 to SSE4.1 for improved performance.

Autumnal 2021 and Wintry 2021 treasure content available for purchase.

Updated system requirements for macOS and Linux users.

Players can track down souls and earn rewards in the new mini-game.

Announcement of upcoming gameplay patch.

Player profiles can no longer be accessed during the pregame phase in matchmaking.

The 'record' command used for realtime demo recording in matchmaking has been disabled.

A large number of console commands that introspect client state have been disabled in matchmaking games.

A patch was released to fix the underlying issues that allowed cheats to access internal game data.

A large ban wave targeting accounts using third-party software to cheat in Dota.

A honeypot was created to detect and ban accounts accessing secret data within the game client.

Supporters Club now 75% off until the end of the Winter Tour, with 50% of sales going to the teams.

Fantasy has been adjusted for the Major format, with Player Card packs containing only players from Major-qualified teams.

The Lima Major will take place from February 22 to March 5, featuring the top 18 teams in the world.

New macOS requirement of 10.13+ introduced for Dota.

Players can now filter heroes based on roles to better fit game needs.

Fantasy play is now available for the Winter Tour, allowing fans to create rosters and earn points based on player performance.

All players receive 10 starter packs claimable on the DPC menu under the Watch tab.

The Winter Tour of the 2023 DPC Season begins with regional play starting in China.

New Supporters Club Bundles available for fans to support their favorite teams with various tiers offering unique rewards.