What changed in Dota 2 in 2025

The holiday event featuring snowball fights has returned.

The Dota 2 x Monster Hunter Expedition Pack is on sale for the holidays.

Players logging in over the holidays will receive a free bundle of crafting materials.

Dota's newest hero, Largo, the bard, joins the game with unique abilities.

A new Hero Atlas feature to track progress, explore hero lore, and gather dispatches.

Collect six new item sets inspired by classic Monster Hunter armor, each with three craftable alternate versions.

Introducing a new Palico courier with craftable costumes and a pet Poogie that provides companionship in your base.

The Expedition Pack includes usable Monster Hunter monsters, a music pack, seasonal sprays, and crafting materials.

A massive crossover featuring new sets, pets, an in-game hunt and crafting system, and monsters.

Expedition Pack holders can craft exclusive Poogie, Palico, and hero set variants with custom effects.

The hunt event will run for the next three months, allowing players to vanquish enemies and earn new items.

No longer spawns illusions from clones created with Wukong's Command.

Kez's Falcon Rush no longer removes Parry.

Visual issues fixed for Pudge's 'Pudgette', Arc Warden's 'Splinter of the Primordial Origin', and Centaur Warrunner's 'Knight of the Lilies'.

The number of charges for an ability no longer displays as '...'.

The Market Cooldown timer is no longer relevant and has been removed.

No longer passively creates spirits around clones created with Wukong's Command.

Kez's base agility was unintentionally decreased and has been fixed.

Players can no longer find the server id of non-friends playing matches.

Various fixes applied to Ability Draft.

Special Champion edition sticker capsules are now available for purchase, featuring stickers of Team Falcons players.

Players can claim Fantasy Rewards based on their performance in the tournament.

17 all-new special-themed item sets featuring Immortals, Personas, and more for various heroes.

The International 2025 tournament starts on September 11 with a double elimination bracket featuring eight teams.

Exclusive TI 2025 merchandise available at the Secret Shop inside the Barclays Arena for event attendees.

A Secret Side Shop at MOUZ Esports HQ opens from September 9 to September 12, offering exclusive merchandise.

Four all-new seasonal chat wheel voice lines available for players during The International event.

New bundle available for purchase, contributing to The International prize pool.

Buying Team Bundles now correctly grants users sticker capsules for Fantasy & Predictions.

Client now shows correct armor reduction amount when reflecting Nasal Goo from Bristleback.

Invoker's Ice Floe now correctly slows enemies previously affected by Ghost Walk with shard upgrade.

Resolved issues where heroes could hide undetected in both Roshan pits.

Gyrocopter's Sidegunner attacks are no longer blocked by allied Mars' Arena of Blood.

New supporter bundles featuring team and talent content, with proceeds contributing to the prize pool.

Popular features from The International Compendium are now available for free to all Dota players, including leaderboards.

Exclusive account-locked items for top-ranked predictors and fantasy managers, not available for purchase.

To ensure fair competition, a significant number of accounts engaged in win trading and smurfing have been banned.

Fixed Queen of Pain Bondage visual effects pointing towards enemies if they are invisible

Fixed an issue where Quartero rewards could not be claimed

Fixed Morphling being able to retain Necrophos Sadist stacks when morph ends

Fixed Shodo Sai Cancel sub-ability granting magic stick charges

Fixed Grappling Claw being able to escape Kinetic Field

Fixed Raptor Dance giving inconsistent amounts of invulnerability with cast speed bonuses

Fixed Invoker's Tornado cast range being different than its travel range

Ctrl+Alt pinging enemy abilities or items will now display that the ability or item could be on cooldown

Fixed a crash in Shadow Demon Demonic Purge

Fixed Falcon Rush gaining rush speed incorrectly in some scenarios

Fixed Ember Spirit not getting remnant charges from allied hero kills when having the Aghanim's Shard

Fixed a parry interaction that could cause Kez to Echo Slash into the 3rd dimension

Fixed Alchemist losing bonus damage gained from granting scepter when dying

Fixed Lycan's Wolf Bite casting on allies that have disabled help

Fixed a bug where Bristleback's Seeing Red facet caused enemies in vision to disappear when the buff expired

Fixed Snapfire being unable to target ethereal units during Mortimer Kisses

Fixed Weaver's bug where Hivemind XP was granted when a Swarm beetle attacked an allied hero

Fixed Zeus +1 Heavenly Jump Target talent giving +2 attack speed slow

Fixed green range indicator appearing briefly when casting abilities with quickcast on press

Fixed Kazurai Katana impale causing its non-damage effects to debuff immune targets

Fixed an issue with quickbuy where, if a stackable item existed in inventory and another was marked for buy in quickbuy, the item would keep being bought as long as gold and stock were available

Fixed Pugna being unable to use Magic Stick or Magic Wand while channeling

Fixed Mjollnir description stating that Chain Lightning deals bonus damage to illusions

Fixed Tusk shards disappearing for all players when Tusk goes into snowball

Fixed Grappling Claw attacking targets outside of the melee buffer range when landing

Fixed allies being able to target Dark Willow while she has Shadow Realm active

Fixed Kazurai Katana overhead damage numbers not representing spell amplification

Fixed Dark Willow's Cursed Crown and Silencer's Last Word debuffs sometimes expiring without triggering

Fixed crash with Kez Katana bleed

Fixed workshop tools not loading due to XML/CSS issues

Fixed Kazurai Katana shard lifesteal applying to triggered attacks

Fixed Invoker's twister interval not matching twister radius

A new character named Quartero introduced to the main menu, providing free cosmetics.

The dashboard now shows free cosmetics rewards instead of just the last match results.

Fixed Queen of Pain's Sonic Wave dealing infinite damage and healing when cast on a unit with very high status resistance

Fixed a bug where changing styles while previewing an item in demo mode would not update the large preview in the armory

Fixed a bug where items could not be dragged from a courier's inventory to the stash

Fixed Undying level 20 talent not spawning Tombstone on death

Fixed units forever being stuck at 1hp as a knock on effect of something doing infinite healing

Fixed not showing an error message when requesting delivery and the courier is dead

Fixed 'Owned By:' tag showing up on items used while in fog of war on dire side only

Allow items which are locked for combining to be delivered by the courier

Fixed Abaddon's Mist Coil not dealing self damage when cast on enemies with The Quickening facet

Added a new hero specific setting for Rubick to allow players to configure what quickcast mode should be used by stolen spells

Fixed being able to activate a watcher when two allies decapture the same watcher

Fixed Elder Titan being able to repeatedly get the same Damage and Debuff Immunity buffs by alt casting stomp without casting Astral Spirit

Fixed Ghost Walk's duration being refreshed every time Aghanim's Scepter was dropped or picked up

Fixed Lich's Level 25 'Frost Shield Provides +50 HP Regen' working on units with pip-based health

Fixed courier preserving its orders through death and respawn

Fixed several bugs where changing styles in the armory didn't update your model's appearance in demo mode

Fixed Exorcism spirits not respecting the equipped cosmetic

Fixed being unable to bind TP Scroll and Neutral Item with Direct Cast Binds.

Fixed Monkey King's Changing of the Guard sub-ability being stealable.

Fixed Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls not fearing enemies if Shadow Fiend died right after the cast was complete.

Fixed a number of miscellaneous client and server crashes.

Fixed Show Team Items toggle state in the shop not persisting.

Fixed 'Select Hero' during Dazzle's Nothl Projection selecting Dazzle instead of the Projection.

Fixed Muerta playing incorrect VO when hitting with Deadshot enhanced with Aghanim's Scepter.

Oracle's Prognosticate in-world rune timers are now alt-pingable.

Fixed Muerta's Quick Draw sometimes causing Gunslinger to proc more often than intended.

Fixed Monkey King Demon Trickster cosmetic issues when casting Changing of the Guard.

Fixed Sand King Aghanim's Scepter Stinger attacks radius being lower than intended.

Fixed Elder Titan's spirit not automatically returning if using Echo Stomp when Titan has the shard.

Fixed crashing the game client when an item from your inventory is dragged into your current item Guide when it's set to edit mode.

Fixed the MMR Recalibration button not functioning.

Fixed Lone Druid's Spirit Bear not being able to purchase secret shop items from quickbuy.

Fixed Serrated Shiv's hit particle effect playing when the attack starts rather than lands.

Fixed an issue where units other than the hero, Spirit Bear, or courier could purchase items in quickbuy.

Fixed Disruptor's Electromagnetic Repulsion with Transferrence not being affected by cooldown reduction when manually cast.

Fixed Void Spirit's Sanctuary not increasing the barrier amount.

Readded missing settings such as enabling the Query Panel, enabling Queued Orders on the HUD, and enabling ability videos within tooltips.

Fixed many cases of missing or incorrectly added talents.

Fixed Fullscreen Brightness slider being inverted.

Fixed stash not showing up when Lone Druid's Spirit Bear is selected.

Fixed the Settings keybinder blocking input if the Settings is closed while in the middle of binding a key.

Fixed Hoodwink and Ogre Magi's ultimate abilities not being levelable via hotkey.

Fixed Magnus' Reverse Polarity not playing stun animations on enemies.

Now courier will continue to execute its last order when switching to Auto-Deliver mode.

Fixed toggling autocast on Quill Spray in Ability Draft won't do the Hairball swap until you have shard.

Fixed Kez' Flutter Katana dealing less damage than intended and damage being consumed for no effect in some scenarios.

Renamed 'Structures Require Hold/Stop to Cancel' to 'Capturing Structures Require Hold/Stop to Cancel'.

Fixed Necrophos' Ghost Shroud not increased incoming healing.

Fixed Helm of the Undying counting near lethal damage as a hero kill, resulting in granting too much additional time.

Fixed courier not grabbing stash when ordered to transfer items when leaving the fountain.

Fixed Ogre Magi's Learning Curve Facet to work with all abilities (requires Ogre Magi hero model drafted).

Fixed quick-buying Dota+ suggested items to not buy multiples when clicking quickly.

Fixed courier not respecting queued orders after transfer.

Fixed Kez' Grappling Claw slow still being removed when the attack landed and not slowing long enough.

Fixed an issue where heroes could sometimes be permanently stuck in a death transition state if death occurred while affected by Vhoul Assassin's Envenomed Weapon debuff.

Fixed Timbersaw's Whirling Death healing more on Strength and Universal heroes than expected.

'Capturing Structures Require Hold/Stop to Cancel' now only affects capturing Watchers and Outposts.

Fixed an issue where courier could grab from stash when at the secret shop.

Fixed being unable to bind various abilities for multiple heroes.

Fixed the Quickcast Dropdown not showing if in Direct Cast Bindings and in the quickcast selection.

Fixed units tethered to IO appearing in Fog of War if they had a cosmetic with ambient particles equipped.

Fixed Helm of the Undying applying its duration bonus multiple times if more attacks landed on an already dead target.

Courier HUD panel now has distinct states for waiting at Secret Shop and for generic moving.

Made it less likely that the Dota+ item suggestor would run out of late-game items to suggest.

Fixed keys being bound to the Alt Modifier triggering other unintentional actions.

Fixed Kez' Raven's Veil going on cooldown if Raptor Dance was interrupted.

Introduced a new setting to disable per unit hotkeys while in custom games.

Fixed Bloodseeker's Bloodrage bypassing Linken's Sphere and silence piercing debuff immunity on enemies.

Fixed the Spring 2025 Heroes' Hoard initially having incorrect trading and gifting settings.

Fixed Invoker's Vector Targeted Ice Wall not casting directly perpendicular to Invoker when the vector end point distance was below a certain threshold.

Fixed Book of the Dead not playing a sound on cast.

Open Qualifiers will run from May 31st–June 3rd worldwide, with specific dates for China.

Regional Qualifiers will take place from June 4th to June 17th, with specific slots for various regions.

Details on the Regional Qualifiers and Open Qualifiers leading to The International 2025.

Eight teams have received direct invitations to compete in The International 2025 in Hamburg, Germany.

The tournament will feature a three-day Swiss bracket followed by elimination rounds.

Difficulty scaling has been adjusted to ensure a challenging yet engaging experience throughout the game.

A new boss battle against Queen Imperia has been added as part of the Crownfall event.

Hero builds have been diversified to allow for unique gameplay experiences based on hero selection.

Gameplay mechanics were adjusted to include constant pressure and a shared clock for player engagement.

Several new minigames including Sleet Fighter, Dragon Chess, and Zaug's Lair were introduced in Acts II and III.

Resolved issue with Tormentor spawning incorrectly during terrain demos.

The MMR gain/loss system in Immortal Draft games has been changed to better reflect player draft choices.

Immortal Draft games will not appear in public match history, and replay access is restricted to game participants.

Players above 8500 MMR cannot queue for ranked matches as a party; unranked matches remain unchanged.

Immortal Draft rules will now apply to players above 8500 MMR, changing the previous cutoff from 6500 MMR.

Players above 8500 MMR must register an official name to queue for ranked matches, which cannot be changed.

New resource called Madstone introduced for crafting unique neutral items.

The river has been widened and its current can speed up player movement.

Wisdom runes have been replaced with new wisdom shrines.

New evolving creeps that can slow player movement by killing them.

A number of quality of life improvements have been made.

A collection of all minigames and comics from the Crownfall event, accessible from the main menu.

Players can continue to redeem Crownfall rewards like candy or Crownfall Coins through the Archive.

Introducing the 'Charms of the Snake' treasure with nine community-made item sets for various heroes.

The 'Charms of the Snake' treasures are available for purchase at $2.49.

The International returns to Germany, scheduled for September 11 - 14, 2025.

A new credits sequence featuring new music and surprises has been added to celebrate the end of Crownfall.

The Frostivus seasonal event has ended, with all related items packed away.

The winter sale has ended, and items in the Crownfall Store have returned to regular prices.

Crownfall's end date has been extended to February 6, allowing players more time to explore content.