The patch 7.08: Spring Cleaning 2018 was released

REDESIGNED PLAYER PROFILE

We’ve redesigned the player profile to include many common feature requests, as well as some new features. Check out your latest match performance, show off the uniquely combined cosmetics you’ve chosen for your favorite heroes and personalize your profile by choosing any background from the catalog of loading screens you own.

GAMEPLAY CHANGELOG NOTIFICATIONS

Dota constantly evolves, and keeping track of changes can be daunting. Now you can see which heroes have updates by looking at the top-bar portrait of a selected hero on the drafting screen. Hover over the icon to see any changes made since the last time you looked. In addition, there is now a section in the Learn tab with the full changelog. During a game you can hover over an ability or item tooltip to see if and how they've changed.

LAST HIT TRAINER

Make the most of every creep and push your GPM to the next level with the Last Hit Trainer, a new tool in the Learn tab. You can take the time to practice this vital mechanic anytime you want—even while queuing for a game.

IMPROVED BUYBACK NOTIFICATIONS

Keep your battle plans up-to-date with more prominent buyback notifications on the top bar portraits and in the kill feed. You can even hold ALT to see recent buybacks in the top bar after the initial notification has faded. Notifications in the kill feed will be sticky in that area for 45 seconds.

LIVE PRO CIRCUIT TOURNAMENT TAB

As the Dota Pro Circuit progresses towards The International, it should be easy to tune in for a stream without a scavenger hunt. Now when a Major or Minor is live, you'll see a dedicated front-page cell in the client. Clicking that button will launch your web browser to watch the stream.

STRATEGY PHASE ITEM POOLING

The time before the battle horn blows is precious for early-game reconnaissance. Get to the business at hand before the game even begins by pooling tangos and wards to other players during the strategy phase.

TEAM TELEPORT STATUS

As part of this update, we are now automatically issuing 6 month matchmaking bans for players that show an extreme frequency of negative behavior (feeding, abandoning, player abuse, etc).

LANGUAGE-BASED MATCHMAKING

Communication plays a vital role in destroying an Ancient. To help improve the lines of communication between teammates, your selected language is now a much greater factor when determining matchmaking.

REDELIVER COURIER ITEMS

Good teammates help ensure the courier always gets where it needs to go, and with new hero-delivery icons that appear on the courier interface when it's carrying someone else's items, it's easier than ever to be a good teammate.

CUSTOM GAME ARCADE REVAMP

The Arcade tab has been revamped to help you find open Custom Game lobbies with greater ease. Peruse open lobbies from around the world, or use the list of the most recent lobbies in nearby regions to join a server with a good ping.

CUSTOM GAME MATCHMAKING PENALTIES

Custom Game developers can now opt their games into a penalty-enforcement mode. Players who abandon or fail to ready up for these custom games will receive matchmaking cooldowns in the Arcade.

DEDICATED SERVERS FOR CUSTOM GAMES

To help improve the overall user experience when playing in the Arcade, dedicated server support is now enabled by default for all custom games.

MINIMAP NEUTRAL DIFFICULTY ICONS

The jungle is home to all manner of creeps, and for some heroes, knowing where each type lives is essential. To help keep track of these natural resources, the minimap has been updated to show the difficulty level of each creep camp.

READY CHECK

Want to see if your party is prepared to queue before you push Play and risk a failure to ready up? Just click the Ready Check button in your chat window to give everyone the chance to report for duty.

ACTIVE FRIEND FILTER

When you're looking for players to fill out your party, it can be tough to know which friends on your list are prepared for battle. You can use this new filter to show you the list of friends that have been playing recently to ensure that everyone you see is ready to join the fight.

COLOR-CODED TELEPORT

In addition to the visible hero outline on incoming teleportation effects, heroes will have a color-coded ring around them that corresponds to the player's top-bar color when they use Teleport.

VISUAL TOWER DAMAGE

As you chip away at your enemy's towers—or watch from afar as they do the same to yours—the visual condition of the structures will begin to deteriorate, before crumbling down altogether.

USER INTERFACE

• Hero loadout pages now show what scepter upgrades that hero has
• Talents can now show tooltips by pressing Alt
• Anyone in a party can now invite other players directly
• Commends now provide a notification to the player that includes your name
• Runes can now be pinged via the Minimap
• Ability icons now show a progress overlay for cast points once the button is pressed
• Buildings now show an effect when getting hit under backdoor protection
• Added spectating view for Scan and Glyph
• Fixed various disconnection issues that affected Custom Games
• Improved input latency for low end machines
• Unit tooltip now shows Status resistance
• Lifetime and Recent game stats are no longer shown to non-friends
• Added an option to bring Dota 2 forward when match starts and when picking phase starts
• Added an option to bring Dota 2 forward when a game is unpaused
• Added Alt-click support to the sun/moon to indicate how much time left on day/night
• Added the following new average stats to the profile: Networth / Avg Win Rate / Avg Damage Dealt / Avg Heals
• Holding Alt now shows Sentry Ward AoE
• Disassembling is now allowed while dead
• Unit tooltip now shows Movement Speed (Base + Bonus)
• Consumed Tomes now show up on the post game screen
• Skills can now be leveled up during a pause
• Skills can now be Alt-clicked during a pause
• Buying items while dead will now go to your inventory directly, rather than the stash
• Added a new backend feature to be able to immediately disable a hero (in the case of exploits while a fix is being processed)
• Added charge counts to item alerts (e.g. bottle, wand)
• Alt-click on Observer/Sentry combos now lists the amounts of each
• Alt-click on temporary buffs (like Rubick's Spell Steal) now says how much time remains
• Upgrade courier button's active states have now been replaced with the auto upgrade time
• The highlighted player on the Watch tab will always be the highest leaderboard rank pro, if one exists in the match
• Pro players now have an indicator next to their name in the game details panel of the Watch screen
• Accept/Refuse party dialog now supports enter/escape
• Improved UI performance
• When returning to base with your items after failing to deliver due to death, the
• Courier will now put them back in your stash
• Wards will no longer combine from two different player sources (previously happened when there was an observer/sentry combination in one slot)
• Fixed Alt-clicking an item on the courier saying ready instead of on courier
• Fixed Alt-clicking an item in the stash saying backpack
• Alt-clicking Dagon/Necro now says what level it is
• Disassembling is now allowed when an item is in the stash
• Alt-clicking items and abilities now works for Allied heroes
• Alt-clicking buffs now works on heroes, units, and buildings for both Allies and Enemies
• Added Color Blind support for Power Treads (including the color of the Agility icon to match)
• Taskbar icon now flashes on pregame and when game starts
• Taskbar icon now flashes on receiving a Party invite
• Added extra cosmetic slots for the following heroes: Arc Warden, Monkey King, Troll Warlord, and Viper
• Fixed various inconsistencies with AFK and Abandon behaviors
• Fixed being unable to sell items for leavers
• Added support for Alt-clicking on the courier while dead to display the respawn time
• Reduced AFK time from 6 minutes to 5 minutes
• Fixed a bug where summoned units of abandoned/AFK'd players were not able to be controlled by teammates
• Fixed Coach pings and map drawings not being seen by their party
• Fixed Coach chat icon
• Fixed Coaches having broken hero selection screen
• Items now combine out of your stash immediately when you die (and not reincarnating), rather than waiting until you respawn
• Fixed minor minimap inaccuracies
• Alt-clicking items with charge counts now prints number of charges (e.g. Urn of Shadows, Bottle, Wand)
• Alt-clicking stackable items now prints stack quantity (e.g. Wards, Tangoes, Teleport Scrolls)
• Fixed being unable to see party invitations from friend's you've muted
• Fixed First Blood kill tracker being incorrect
• Fixed the top bar ultimate status showing no mana if you died without mana (but would have enough after respawn)
• Ability Draft: Fixed a bug causing ability pings to not work reliably
• Ability Draft: Fixed issues with Infernal Blade causing multiple procs from abilities with trigger attacks such as Swashbuckle
• New hero list now allows all heroes that don't have a 3-diamond complexity rating
• Observer and Sentries are now in separate item slots during the strategy phase
• Updated default hero builds
• Fixed a bug where sometimes unranked games were showing ranked medals in the post-game screen
• Fixed Oracle not working on the Workshop
• The Attributes help tooltip now displays the extra bonuses heroes receive from their primary attributes
• Updated missing buff icons on tower auras
• Fixed a bug where summoned units weren't speaking
• Fixed a bug where the friend's list was sorted by persona name and not nickname
• Added a convar to allow the microphone to not be muted when tabbed out
• Fixed a case where the mouse cursor could be stuck after alt + tabbing
• Increased mesh density and small textures updates on QoP and WR
• Fixed a broadcasting bug where holding select to follow the hero did not work properly
• Added VO to Terrorblade's hero loadout
• Fixed being unable to jump to a hero quickly while dragging during broadcasting

GAMEPLAY

• Walking into shop range now clears backpack item move cooldowns
• Fixed Linken's Sphere providing 5 HP regen instead of the displayed 5.5 amount
• Fixed Soul Catcher talent reducing cooldown by 5 seconds instead of the displayed 6
• Fixed many out-of-date tooltips
• Fixed Elder Titan Echo Stomp damage threshold not working properly
• Fixed Spiked Carapace damage return talent not working properly
• Fixed Homing Missile taking one extra hit than intended to kill
• Improved visual effect accuracy for Shrapnel
• Added allied visual effect to indicate which unit is the target for Tusk's Snowball
• Added visual effect for the Death Pact buff
• Fixed Test of Faith being unable to target Ancients
• Fixed Lycan Wolves placement when upgraded with the talent
• Fixed Power Cogs damage source
• Fixed Gust giving neutral creeps permanent phased movement
• Fixed Marksmanship Scepter projectile being undodgeable
• Fixed Fear not affecting Primal Split units properly
• Added a Psionic Trap buff counter
• Fixed various vision projectiles from blocking neutral creep spawns when moving over the spawn box
• Fixed some rare cases where items wouldn't combine when arriving from the courier
• Fixed Spirit Vessel healing through Ice Blast
• Fixed Spirit Vessel piercing various damage blocking abilities
• Fixed Familiars not gaining Grave Chill buff if cast while in Stone Form
• Vengeful Spirit untargetable illusion no longer appears on minimap
• Fixed a Dream Coil refresher orb regression
• Fixed Shackleshot with Status Resistance
• Fixed Nature's Prophet Greater Treants not getting the proper bonus from the talent
• Fixed Shiva's Guard interaction with Status Resistance
• Fixed Strafe disjointing allied projectiles
• Fixed Strafe disjoint not working with Bedlam and Marksmanship Scepter
• Penitence now functions as a proper projectile
• Fixed Netherstrike issues with Status Resistance
• Fixed visual bug with Holy Persuasion buff being dispellable
• Fixed Focus Fire damage working incorrectly on the first hit after changing targets
• Fixed Focus Fire bash talent working on non-primary targets
• Fixed rare cases where Javelin would sometimes proc on buildings
• Fixed Troll Warlord Fervor legacy keys
• Fixed Morphling legacy keys
• Ability Draft: Added support for Vengeful Spirit's Nether Swap
• Fixed a visual bug when attempting to place a ward
• Fixed incorrect stat tooltips on Necronomicon
• Fixed Tusk's Warlus Punch effects not being destroyed reliable when Rubick steals the spell
• Fixed fake projectiles (like Phantom Lancer or Naga Siren's) causing Strafe charges to be consumed
• Fixed Illuminate channel not working correctly with the Channel Requires Stop option
• Fixed Courier Shield legacy key
• Fixed Spirit Vessel visual effects sticking around after dispel
• Fixed Stampede not working properly with Monkey King
• Fixed various attack range modifier related bugs
• Fixed some courier bugs while carrying bottle
• Fixed Storm Spirit Level 25 Talent creating extra Remnants when skilled during Ball Lightning
• Fixed Tempest Aura with Status Resistance
• Fixed Tether pull range breaking prematurely when using cast range bonuses
• Fixed Null Field toggle interrupting channeling
• Fixed Adaptive Strike talent ignoring cast range bonuses
• Fixed Rubick using Strafe causing him to dodge his own Spell Steal
• Fixed Null Field talent not taking effect until toggled
• Fixed Treant Overgrowth Scepter upgrade still applying scepter effect after dropping the item
• Fixed Linken's Sphere going into cooldown if Homing Missile hits you while you are cycloned
• Fixed the delay between Pit of Malice intervals being affected by Status Resistance
• Fixed Flak Cannon visual bug showing non-primary projectiles as carrying proc effects like Skadi and Desolator
• Fixed Stifling Dagger talent ignoring cast range bonuses
• Fixed Chemical Rage talent malfunctioning when refreshing the Chemical Rage buff
• Fixed Rubick Illusion copying the incorrect state of Null Field
• Fixed Snowball vision duration being affected by Status Resistance
• Improved bot behavior for choosing lanes
• Improved logic for bots choosing to walk past towers for runes
• Fixed Hunter in the Night vs mines
• Fixed certain items like Ripper's Reel for Pudge being visible while hexed
• Fixed Status Resistance reducing Rolling Thunder's timeout debuff
• Custom Games: Add-ons can check for AFK / Fountain idling players by setting "CheckAFKPlayers" "1" in their addoninfo.txt
• Custom Games: Add-ons can add the "PenaltiesEnabled" key to enabled penalties in their custom games
• Custom Games: Added Lua function GetDedicatedServerKey(version) which allows authors to get access to a private key string on dedicated servers that players cannot see, but that the server can include in HTTP requests for verifying the request is secure.
• Disabled the ability to use the Panorama JavaScript Console to change protected settings while playing normal games of Dota.
• Turbo: Items will continue to deliver if the inventory is full but the items would stack
• Turbo: Fixed courier buffs being purgeable
• ARDM: Fixed consumed Aghanim's Scepter giving older values of health and mana
• ARDM: Fixed consumed Moon Shard night vision component not working properly for respawning heroes, Tempest Double and Spirit Bear

GENERAL CHANGES

• Wards now require a constant 2 hits to kill (both Observer and Sentry Wards)
• Tier 1 Tower armor aura increased from 1 to 2
• Bounty Runes: Base XP reduced from 25 to 0
• Bounty Runes: Gold Growth increased from 2/min to 4/min
• Roshan now has 25% Status Resistance
• All Pick: Drafting time per hero selection reduced from 30 to 25 seconds

ITEM CHANGES

AEON DISK:

• Health threshold reduced from 80% to 70%

BATTLE FURY:

• Creep Bonus damage reduced from 60% to 50%
• Creep Bonus no longer works with illusions

BLACK KING BAR:

• Cooldown rescaled from 80/75/70/65/60/55 to 70

BLINK DAGGER:

• Cooldown increased from 12 to 14

ENCHANTED MANGO:

• Mana restore increased from 150 to 175

FAERIE FIRE:

• Heal increased from 75 to 85

FORCE STAFF:

• Time it takes for the full distance to be traveled increased from 0.4 to 0.5

HURRICANE PIKE:

• Time it takes for the full distance to be traveled increased from 0.4 to 0.5
• Cooldown increased from 18 to 23

METEOR HAMMER:

• Cooldown reduced from 40 to 28

SOUL RING:

• Recipe increased from 185 to 200

SPIRIT VESSEL:

• Recipe cost increased from 600 to 750

HERO CHANGES

ALCHEMIST:

• Chemical Rage base attack time improved from 1.4/1.2/1.0 to 1.3/1.15/1.0
• Level 10 Talent increased from -5s Unstable Concoction Cooldown to -8s
• Level 15 Talent increased from +350 Health to +400
• Level 20 Talent increased from +360 Unstable Concoction to +400

EMBER SPIRIT:

• Sleight of Fist Hero Damage increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/50/75/100

ENCHANTRESS:

• Base damage reduced by 3

JAKIRO:

• Reduced attack backswing from 0.5 to 0.3

JUGGERNAUT:

• Blade Dance damage reduced from 200% to 180%

LESHRAC:

• Split Earth manacost reduced from 100/125/140/160 to 80/100/120/140

LINA:

• Base intelligence increased by 3
• Base damage random variance reduced from 18 min/max damage spread to 12

LION:

• Mana Drain now slows the target by 14/16/18/20%

LYCAN:

• Shapeshift cooldown increased from 120/90/60 to 130/105/80
• Base armor reduced by 1

MEDUSA:

• Medusa: Mystic Snake cast range reduced from 800 to 700
• Medusa: Level 10 Talent increased from 12% Evasion to 15%
• Medusa: Level 15 Talent increased from +15% Mystic Snake Mana Steal to +20%
• Medusa: Level 20 Talent reduced from +800 Mana to +700

MORPHLING:

• Morph cast range increased from 600 to 1000
• Morph manacost reduced from 75/100/125 to 50
• Morph Replicate cast point removed

NATURE'S PROPHET:

• Wrath of Nature cooldown reduced from 90/75/60 to 70/65/60

OMNIKNIGHT:

• Degen Aura range reduced from 300 to 275
• Purification cast range reduced from 450 to 400

ORACLE:

• Fortune's End manacost reduced from 110 to 75

PANGOLIER:

• Rolling Thunder cooldown increased from 50/45/40 to 70/65/60

PUDGE:

• Rot slow rescaled from 30% to 20/24/28/32%

PUGNA:

• Level 15 Talent increased from +1 Nether Ward Health to +2
• Life Drain damage increased from 150/200/250 to 150/225/300 (Scepter now only removes cooldown)

SHADOW FIEND:

• Necromastry max souls reduced from 18/24/30/36 to 12/20/28/36

SHADOW SHAMAN:

• Ether Shock cooldown increased from 8 to 14/12/10/8
• Shackles total damage reduced from 120/200/280/360 to 60/160/260/360

TINKER:

• Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 290

TINY:

• Toss cooldown increased from 8 to 11

TUSK:

• Snowball can no longer be cast while rooted

WINDRANGER:

• Windrun manacost reduced from 60 to 50
• Level 20 Talent changed from +1 Shackleshot Target to +0.5s Shackleshot Duration
• Level 25 Talent from +30% Ministun Focus Fire to +35%