What changed in Dota 2 in 2024

Over 65,000 smurf accounts and high-MMR griefers have been banned to improve game quality.

Players can start each game wearing a Frostivus hat, which can be stolen from enemies and allies.

Players can craft rewards by completing in-game tasks and collecting supplies.

The Frostivus event runs from now until January 15th, featuring festive gifts and new gameplay mechanics.

A new ability allows players to steal hats from enemy heroes and gain them as gifts from allies.

A new treasure featuring 17 item sets, new Immortal items, taunts, and a pet wolf.

Winter sale on Crownfall content running now through January 3rd, with discounts on various packs and items.

Spirits now ignore range modifiers and always spawn at a set distance away from the player.

The draft screen will show a random combination of Kez's Katana and Sai abilities.

The Reaper now spawns on difficulties 5 and above.

Heroes whose reward tokens associated with meta-progression upgrades now show up under the Crownfall Act IV filter in the Hero pick screen.

Fixed cases where Mark would not be applied properly if it was already applied.

Hero Bonus Heal reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 30/60/90/120.

Fixed secondary attack cancelling Kez's invisibility.

Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7.

Cooldown increased from 15/12/9/6 to 16/13/10/7.

Fixed Echo Slash hitting units slightly further than its range.

Echo Slash no longer applies cleave on units hit.

Falcon Rush range decreased from 650 to 575.

Fixed parry cancel sub-ability being affected by Faceless Void's Time Dilation.

Fixed particle effect not increasing when radius increased.

Replaced +50 Raptor Dance Radius talent with new talent: Raven's Veil Mark Applies Parry Bonus.

Fixed cooldown reduction not applying to alternate weapon abilities.

Added additional HUD styling to better communicate the current stance Kez is in.

Applied mark no longer applies parry bonus.

Reworded description to clarify bonus hero healing.

Fixed secondary attack sound effect not playing.

Fixed being able to get stuck inside a block

Fixed an issue where gold amount could fail to be saved

Fixed various crashes with Act IV encounters

Increased cooldown from 40/32/24 to 40/35/30

When winning an Ability Draft game, instead of granting 3 tokens and 2 scrap, grant 2 tokens and 8 scrap.

Katana base attack rate increased from 1.3/1.2/1.1/1.0 to 1.4/1.3/1.2/1.1

Fixed an issue where rewards could fail to be granted

Fixed it ignoring evasion

Fixed it killing couriers

Fixed last stage not granting a completion bonus of 4000 points

Added a scoring section on the main menu to show scoring information. Fixed score summary not showing after beating all 5 stages.

Fixed Shen and Dragonus arcana style unlocks not applying to respective cursor icon packs

Increased cooldown from 40/32/24 to 40/35/30

Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would stay invisible after a popup

Fixed Blind Queensguard (strange vendor) encounter not working

Fixed new Crownfall trophies not showing up

Fixed it allowing Kez to escape leashes and movement prevention abilities (i.e. Disruptor Kinetic Field)

Fixed a client crash with Moon Shard

Fixed a crash related to pressing a button before the game is loaded

Fixed a server crash involving Ogre Seal Totem and Lone Druid

Clicking on the tokens-received gift alert attached to the inventory now opens the associated encounter

Fixed phantom terrain blocking some shots

Duration decreased from 7 to 3/4/5/6

Fixed it ignoring evasion

Fixed Act IV sprays not showing up in Chat Wheel

Fixed chain not being broken when linked to a target out of range

Fixed Tunneler particle missing model and issues with grenade bouncing

Fixed some Mark interactions dealing more damage than intended

Damage Per Second reduced from 7/8/9/10% to 6/7/8/9%

Fixed various issues with Quick Buy

Fixed Juggernaut Primal Prowl style unlock

Fixed an issue where playing or replaying the Kez debut animation could result in a black screen

The final act of the Crownfall epic introduces a massive new overworld map with three questing paths and a final battle against Imperia.

All previous acts of Crownfall remain available until the event concludes.

Fixed bug where Falcon Rush ignored the attack speed cap.

Includes custom Crownfall Scree'Auk and Avilliva towers, and new Immortals.

Kez, the Skywrath exile, debuts as a new playable hero with unique abilities.

Falcon Rush attack rate for Sai decreased from 1.3/1.2/1.1/1.0 to 1.2/1.1/1.0/0.9.

Kez's base armor increased from 0 to 2.

Available for Pathfinder pack owners through Shen's questline in Act IV.

Fixed bug where Falcon Rush could target units out of range.

Kez's base move speed increased from 315 to 320.

Players can complete challenges and claim rewards in The International 2024 Compendium until October 15th.

Special Champion edition sticker capsules featuring Team Liquid members are now available for purchase.

Kez, leader of the flightless and sworn enemy of Queen Imperia, will join the roster in Crownfall Act IV.

The Secret Shop offers merchandise including mouse pads, jerseys, and a Toy Pudge plush.

Multiple streams available in four official broadcast languages across various platforms.

Ground-floor tickets sold out; attendees receive commemorative badges for potential treasure drops.

The Road to TI's Group Stage is officially underway with almost fifty games played in the first two days.

The annual Compendium featuring activities and rewards for The International tournament has been released.

The new hero Cogliostro Kettle, The Ringmaster, is now available to all players.

Not working correctly when using Force Boots

When cast on an illusion

When killing an enemy with Life Drain

Until Juggernaut dies

When cast on an illusion

Now has a range indicator for the 1200 proximity bonus

When Visage was no longer affected by Break

Along with the Familiars

By ally dispels

Sometimes fails if multiple are speared with Aghanim's Shard

Damage being reduced by physical damage block

Now has the same behavior as Phylactery

In some rare circumstances

Even without Level 25 Talent if they are too close together

With a Shard upgraded Shukuchi proccing multiple attacks

Fixed Hoodwink's Acorn Shot not being reflectable from heroes with no projectile

Fixed Mars Dauntless working against (or with) Illusions

Fixed Bane's overlap of Nightmare and Fiend's Grip having a brief window where abilities without cast points were castable

Fixed a bug that sometimes caused input lag for a number of seconds

Fixed Razor's Dynamo sometimes granting the wrong amount of spell amplification

Fixed Luna's Lunar Blessing tooltip sometimes causing a client crash

Fixed Mirror Shield blocking spells while on cooldown when Lotus Orb is active

Fixed Sand King Stinger not being stealable

Fixed Bloodstone's tooltip not showing the provided Mana Regeneration

Fixed cooldown reduction sometimes not working properly when decrementing by very small values

Fixed Phantom Lancer's Illusory Armaments Innate giving infinite damage

Fixed Nature's Prophet Curse of the Oldgrowth damage over time being inconsistent with Ironwood Treants facet

Fixed Bloodseeker's Bloodrush facet crediting Bloodseeker with erroneous assists

Fixed Bristleback's Seeing Red facet causing the visual effect to stack indefinitely

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 Phantom Lancer's Illusory Armaments Innate giving zero damage

Fixed Alchemist Unstable Concoction not being usable on Spirit Bear

Fixed Nature Prophet's Spirit of the Forest tooltip not displaying the 5th level

Fixed Ironwood Tree not being purchasable in demo mode

Fixed Jakiro's Liquid Frost occasionally dealing extra damage from Blood Grenade damage over time

Fixed Techies' Blast Off! Self Damage tooltip not reflecting the correct damage type

Fixed Clockwerk's Cog having an erroneous Leash tooltip

Fixed Spectre Reality sound being inaudible to the enemy if she teleports to a location hidden in fog of war

Fixed Elder Titan's Tip the Scales effect not working while Elder Titan was dead

Fixed Rubick not applying Death Rime damage when stealing Ancient Apparition's spells

Fixed Death Prophet exorcism targeting outposts

Fixed Rubick crash that occurred when a stolen Ghost Ship spell expired right before reaching its destination

Fixed Ogre Magi multicasting 3x and 4x before getting the second and third level of the skill

Fixed Ember Spirit not being able to level all talents

Fixed auras not applying correctly if the match duration goes for too long

Fixed Troll Warlord's Berserker's Rage dealing damage to himself

Fixed Tiny's Toss not triggering Phylactery when the tossed target is the same as the primary target

Fixed Lone Druid able to receive more destruction gold from Philosopher's Stone

Fixed Unwavering Condition causing a crash

Fixed Snapfire Lil' Shredder dealing less damage than intended with critical strikes

Fixed Beastmaster Drums of Slom not working correctly when Beastmaster illusions are present

Fixed Leshrac's Diabolic Edict sometimes dealing less damage than expected

Fixed Lifestealer's Ghoul Frenzy not being fully breakable

Fixed Drow Ranger casting Glacier interrupting Multishot with the Sidestep facet

Fixed Lone Druid's Spirit Bear values not matching the tooltip values

Fixed Sniper's Headshot tooltip incorrectly stating that it works on allied creeps

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 Venomancer Plague carrier not respecting Disable Help

Fixed melee damage block sometimes not blocking any damage

Fixed Omniknight's Repel missing Voice Responses

Fixed Lina not being able to level all talents

Fixed Skywrath Mage level 15 talent not being updated to Concussive Shot slow

Fixed Lone Druid's Demolish and Entangling Claws abilities not displaying their levels accurately

Fixed Visage's Lurker tooltip using the term 'Cooldown Reduction' instead of 'Cooldown Acceleration'

Fixed Kunkka's Ghostship not using the 'Prize of the Saltworn Mariner' immortal effect when Kunkka has an Aghanim's Scepter

More informative tooltips added for better understanding of game mechanics.

A bunch of heroes are getting new innates and facets.

Medusa has undergone a rework to improve her gameplay.

An entirely new overworld map located in the frigid north, featuring mysteries, monsters, and a barroom brawl.

The end date for the Crownfall event has been extended to October.

Features 16 of the highest-rated sets from the last community vote.

A new built-in Steam feature that allows players to record gameplay, add markers, and share clips easily.

Tooltip only change

Tickets for The International 2024 will go on sale June 10, 2024, for the event held in Copenhagen from September 13-15.

Attendees who bind their badge to their Steam account will be eligible for random Crimson Witness Treasure drops on the First Blood of each game.

Fixed in certain circumstances.

Having less cast range than intended if it touches another web.

Sometimes being controllable.

Dealing more damage than intended.

Not granting barrier from Slow Burn damage.

Not refreshing Fiery Soul's duration if cast while at max Fiery Soul stacks.

Roshan's attacks are treated as Hero attacks now.

Occasionally causing players to be unable to issue commands.

With Shadow Servant if Reins of Chaos procced upon casting Disruption on a Chaos Knight.

Sometimes causing Undying to be unable to issue commands.

Not dealing the correct amount of damage.

Unintentionally applying its effect to buildings.

Not swapping when players swapped heroes in game.

Passively granting spell amp without applying the debuff first.

Not swapping when players swapped heroes in game.

Details on the schedule and teams for the Regional Qualifiers from June 9th to June 23rd.

Announcement of six teams directly invited to The International 2024.

Open Qualifiers will take place from June 3rd to June 8th.

The main event will be held from September 13th to September 15th in Copenhagen.

A variety of new cosmetic items have been introduced in the latest update.

New minigames have been added as part of the Crownfall Act II update.

A massive new gameplay patch has been shipped with various changes.

The second part of Crownfall takes place in the deserts of Druud, featuring a new overworld map and story.

Players can still access Crownfall Act I even after the release of Act II.

New characters join the roster along with some familiar favorites in Crownfall Act II.

New data has been added to the pre-match analytics.

Additional controls for the overlay map have been introduced.

Players can now treat targeting modifier keys as toggles instead of holds.

Community voting for the next Collector's Cache items is now open until May 21st.

High-visibility hero health bars can now be enabled under Options -> Interface.

Fixed the Demo Hero mode Target Dummy being unintentionally killable.

Fixed voice chat indicators not appearing for some players.

Fixed missing visual effects for heroes with the Aviana's Feather neutral item.

Fixed some minor visual issues with the Drow Ranger The Finer Points taunt.

Fixed models shown in loadout or pregame screens not always using the highest quality rendering options.

Fixed the Crownfall Snake Charmer encounter to also grant credit when you play two Turbo games.

Fixed the Crownfall Snake Charmer encounter not greeting players the first time you open it.

Fixed the match history Dota Plus rank change column sometimes displaying zero change for matches where a Ranked Double Down token was used.

Fixed a bug allowing Shadow Demon to level up his ultimate outside of the correct level points.

Fixed the in-game Ranked Double Down button not appearing for some players.

Fixed a bug in the combat log that incorrectly showed no gold being given to all players when barracks were killed by creeps.

Fixed a bug in the combat log that caused barracks kills by creeps being attributed to a player.

Fixed a bug in the combat log that caused an additional tower killed message to be printed along with tower deny messages.

Fixed Crownfall Ranked Double Down tokens beyond the first not being correctly granted. Missing tokens have been granted to all affected accounts.

Dozens of new cosmetic sets, taunts, creeps, and emoticons have been added as part of the Crownfall event.

Two brand-new Arcana have been introduced for the main characters of Crownfall.

The Markets of Midgate, the first act of the Crownfall story event, is now available with new content.

Matchmade lobbies will no longer share the account information of any members until the lobby is accepted by all players.

Fixed certain cases where Revenant's Brooch would still allow critical hits.

Removed the start-of-match ban phase and replaced it with ban preferences stored with your account.

Introduced a feature for Dota Plus that presents information about how the matchmaker evaluated the match.

New Dota Plus quests and updated guild rewards including emoticons, sprays, and chat wheels.

Implemented a new network system to protect Dota game servers from DDoS attacks by routing traffic through secure relays.

The new SDR network optimizes routing, improving connectivity and lowering ping for Dota players.

Players can see optimized routing and ping times through the Steam overlay when using SDR.

New treasure featuring sets for Disruptor, Dark Willow, Spectre, Chaos Knight, Doom, Earth Spirit, Underlord, and Nyx Assassin.

Sets from Summer Treasure 2022 can now be purchased for 15,000 shards each in the Shard Shop.

New experimental features available to all players, including Overlay Map, Modifier Key Filter Bindings, and High-Visibility Local Hero Healthbar.

You can now High Five the Ancient Dragon King, featuring a custom high five effect.

Ancient Dragon King will now be usable permanently and not only during the Year of the Dragon.

Ancient Dragon King now performs a global celebratory roar every time your team makes a rampage.

17 new cosmetic sets available in Dragon's Gift and Dragon's Hoard treasures.

Doubloon now provides +2.5 mana regen instead of +2.

A number of previously unavailable Scepter/Shard abilities are now granted.

Alchemist had 4 basic abilities at draft, which pushed other abilities off by one.

Rain of Destiny being given by Scepter instead of Shard fixed.

Resolved server crash issue with Primal Beast's Uproar.

Ogre Magi getting Multicast instead of Dumb Luck as an innate fixed.

First cosmetic for the Ancient with unique Dire and Radiant styles.

Resolved issues with the effects on Shiva's Guard.

Cloak and Dagger Shard no longer grants Sleeping Dart.

Gunslinger was incorrectly purgeable.

Ravage Shard now grants Dead in the Water instead of Tendrils of the Deep.

Introduced red enveloped-themed Dragon's Gift treasures available until March 7th.

Eternal Shroud's magic resistance was incorrectly applying to illusions.

Aghanim's Shard still gave bonus armor and duration for Overwhelming Odds.

Increased performance when displaying many chat messages from global channels.

Blinding Light not appearing as a draftable ability fixed.

Death Seeker not being togglable with hotkey fixed.

Timbersaw getting Second Chakram with Scepter fixed.

Added spell icons for Windranger's Gale Force when using Compass of the Rising Gale.

Inactive illusions were blocking Neutral Camps.

Spirits working on illusions when you have a Scepter fixed.

Hairball appearing without a hotkey until toggled fixed.

Fixed interactions with Medusa's Mana Shield.

Proximity Mines now grants Minefield Sign as an additional ability.

Hunter's Boomerang and Decoy being given with either Shard or Scepter fixed.

Keybind not working to upgrade Multicast.

Neutral item picker would hide on key release under some Quick Cast modes.

Not being able to toggle Call of the Wild Hawk to switch between Hawk and Boar fixed.

Added magic resistance from Intelligence and increased damage for Universal heroes to expanded tooltips.

Fixed various abilities not granting stacks of Fiery Soul.

Roshan could go walkabout when Night Stalker cast Dark Ascension during channeling.

Column shop layout not displaying Khanda and Harpoon.

Chemical Rage Scepter not giving bonus damage and spell amplification fixed.

Show the 'was chosen by both teams!' message to everyone in Turbo mode.

Horn Toss being given by Shard instead of Scepter fixed.

Unleash procced upon Bloodstone pickup and drop.

Resolved issues preventing guides from loading in-game.

Fixed gold giving on cast not accounting for Turbo's creep bounty multiplier.

Talents not appearing for certain heroes when drafted fixed.

Spirit Bear not having any abilities fixed.

Tooltip now mentions that the barrier bypasses self-inflicted damage.

Updated tips shown during pause for the 7.35b Gameplay Patch.

Fixed Scepter attacks not working on melee heroes.

Resolved issue where already-captured Outposts could be channeled.

Invoker Ability Draft Shard updated to the new EMP Shard instead of the old Meteor Shard.

Items could appear floating before the rest of the hero loaded.

Neutral abilities would not scale at the time they should.

Pinging certain items in quickbuy could cause the game to lag for teammates.

This issue affected abilities like Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness.

Lina could gain stacks until she casts another spell if broken when using Laguna Blade.

Some items from the Frostivus 2023 Treasure Chest were missing unusual variants. Those have been added.