Bristleback enters DOTA 2

Bristleback enters DOTA 2

Bristleback enters DOTA 2

In this week’s DOTA 2 weekly patch update, we saw the major addition of Bristleback into the test server. In the South-East Asian region, this hero is very well-known, especially in the Philippines, where it is used as part of a “wombo combo” strategy that also features Lord of Avernus, a hero that has not been released for DOTA 2.        

Aside from this update, the patch also includes changes to Vengeful Spirit’s appearance as well as a minor image change on dropped Observer/Sentry Wards and Gem of True Sight.

For more of this patch’s changelog, you can refer to the official announcement released on the DOTA 2 developer’s website:

– Added Bristleback! GAMEPLAY – Broodmother: Fixed Insatiable Hunger cooldown on level 1 and 3. – Dragon Knight: Fixed Dragon Blood armor bonus not carrying over to Illusions. – Dragon Knight: Fixed Elder Dragon Form frost slow getting dispelled when target initially becomes Magic Immune. – Doom: Fixed Doom damage being blocked by Pipe. – Enchantress: Fixed Nature’s Attendants lasting 1 second less than intended. – Huskar: Fixed Life Break leap moving too fast. – Magnus: Fixed Shockwave hitting units behind you. – Mirana: Fixed Mirana’s Leap range being slightly too short. – Nyx Assassin: Fixed Impale traveling too far. – Phantom Lancer: Fixed being able to have 1 juxtapose illusion too many – Razor: Fixed Static Link break range being 25 too short. – Shadow Shaman: Fixed Shackles doing a little less damage than intended. – Slark: Fixed Pounce not initiating an attack order on the leashed target. – Templar Assassin: Fixed Meld buff getting dispelled. – Visage: Fixed Familiars not getting affected by Chronosphere. – Weaver: Fixed being The Swarm units being unable to Latch onto sleeping units. – Weaver: Fixed The Swarm getting permanently dispelled if the enemy is invulnerable . – Weaver: Fixed the Swarm units not doing their initial attack immediately upon latching. – Added Psuedo Random chance for Roshan’s Bash. – Fixed Eye of Skadi frost slow getting dispelled when target initially becomes Magic Immune. – Fixed Diffusal Blade proccing multiple damage instances. – Fixed heroes flickering on the minimap when walking by Sentry Wards while under Smoke of Deceit. UI – Pausing in a practice or tournament game now prevents the team that paused from querying units, moving the camera or accessing the shop. – Added ability and item notes, detailed tooltips that will display only if ALT is pressed. – Adjusted Replay Highlight scene leadin time a bit. – Arcane Boots now has ‘mana’ as a shop alias. – Wisp name change to Io. – Added 10 second rewind button to replay controls. – Spectator Items panel now takes up less space and shows items ordered by value. – Steam friends can be added, removed, and friendship requests confirmed/ignored from within Dota 2. VISUALS – New Vengeful Spirit model. – Added in-game models for when the following items are dropped from inventory into the world: Gem of True Sight, Observer Wards, and Sentry Wards. BOTS – Added Bounty Hunter bot. – Significantly revised how Roam mode works. AUDIO – Revised Beastmaster’s voice. DOTA 2 STORE – Added the Treasure Key of the Cursed Wood and the Treasure Key of the Shaper Divine. – Several old keys have returned to the store along with a very low drop rate for some older community chests. – The current set of community crates will no longer expire, but their drop rate will be decreased over time and their rarity increased over time. – Added new sets for Brewmaster, Lich, Riki, Juggernaut, Beastmaster, and Spectre.

– Added a couple new couriers!