Dota 2 News

• [p]Allow items which are locked for combining to be delivered by the courier[/p]
• [p]Fixed Abaddon's Mist Coil not dealing self damage when cast on enemies with The Quickening facet[/p]
• [p]Fixed several bugs where changing styles in the armory didn't update your model's appearance in demo mode.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where changing styles while previewing an item in demo mode would not update the large preview in the armory.[/p]
• [p]Added a new setting hero specific setting for Rubick to allow players to configure what quickcast mode should be used by stolen spells.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Ghost Walk's duration being refreshed every time Aghanim's Scepter was dropped or picked up.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Elder Titan being able to repeatedly get the same Damage and Debuff Immunity buffs by alt casting stomp without casting Astral Spirit[/p]
• [p]Fixed Lich's Level 25 "Frost Shield Provides +50 HP Regen" working on units with pip-based health (Undying Tombstone, Shadow Shaman Mass Serpent Wards, etc)[/p]
• [p]Fixed Exorcism spirits not respecting the equipped cosmetic[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where items could not be dragged from a courier's inventory to the stash, but could instead only be put in the stash via the Return Items ability[/p]
• [p]Fixed not showing an error message when requesting delivery and the courier is dead[/p]
• [p]Fixed courier preserving its orders through death and respawn[/p]
• [p]Fixed Queen of Pain's Sonic Wave dealing infinite damage and healing when cast on a unit with very high status resistance[/p]
• [p]Fixed units forever being stuck at 1hp as a knock on effect of something doing infinite healing[/p]
• [p]Fixed "Owned By:" tag showing up on items used while in fog of war on dire side only[/p]
• [p]Fixed Undying level 20 talent not spawning Tombstone on death[/p]
• [p]Fixed being able to activate a watcher when two allies decapture the same watcher[/p][p][/p]

• Fixed a number of miscellaneous client and server crashes
  
• Fixed various crashes related to the new Settings menu
  
• Fixed an issue with moving whole items in quickbuy
  
• Fixed the Quickcast Dropdown not showing if in Direct Cast Bindings and in the quickcast selection
  
• Fixed an issue where units other than the hero, Spirit Bear, or courier could purchase items in quickbuy
  
• Fixed an issue where courier could grab from stash when at the secret shop
  
• Fixed keys being bound to the Alt Modifier triggering other unintentional actions
  
• Fixed setting of Network Quality not applying
  
• Readded missing settings such as enabling the Query Panel, enabling Queued Orders on the HUD, and enabling ability videos within tooltips
  
• Introduced a new setting to disable per unit hotkeys while in custom games
  
• Fixed being unable to bind TP Scroll and Neutral Item with Direct Cast Binds
  
• Fixed an issue where the Transfer Items courier ability would grab from stash if the courier was in shop range
  
• Fixed courier not respecting queued orders after transfer
  
• 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 Fullscreen Brightness slider being inverted
  
• Fixed the MMR Recalibration button not functioning
  
• Fixed an issue where heroes could sometimes be permanently stuck in a death transition state if death occured while affected by Vhoul Assassin's Envenomed Weapon debuff and other sources of negative health restoration
  
• Fixed the Settings keybinder blocking input if the Settings is closed while in the middle of binding a key.
  
• Fixed courier not grabbing stash when ordered to transfer items when leaving the fountain
  
• Renamed "Structures Require Hold/Stop to Cancel" to "Capturing Structures Require Hold/Stop to Cancel"
  
• "Capturing Structures Require Hold/Stop to Cancel" now only affect capturing Watchers and Outposts. Channel cancel behavior of Twin Gates and Underlord's Fiend's Gate has moved back to "Teleports Require Hold/Stop to Cancel"
  
• Now courier will continue to execute its last order when switching to Auto-Deliver mode
  
• Courier HUD panel now has distinct states for waiting at Secret Shop and for generic moving (vs. going to a shop or delivering to a hero). Fixed a ? showing up when the courier is moving without a hero destination.
  
• Fixed custom games crashing if a team had more than 7 players
  
• Fixed Show Team Items toggle state in the shop not persisting
  
• Fixed being unable to bind the following abilities
  
  • Centaur Warrunner's Work Horse
    
  • Disruptor's Electromagnetic Repulsion
    
  • Dawnbreaker's Solar Guardian
    
  • Timbersaw's Twisted Chakram
    
  • Elder Titan's Move Astral Spirit
    
  • Io's Spirits in and out abilities
    
  • Pangolier's Roll Up
    
  • Tinker's Keen Conveyance
    
  • Keeper of the Light's Solar Bind/Recall
    
• Fixed Roshan's Roar not playing the fx/animation
  
• Fixed Helm of the Undying applying it's duration bonus multiple times if more attacks landed on an already dead target
  
• Fixed Helm of the Undying counting near lethal damage as a hero kill, resulting in granting too much additional time
  
• Fixed Serrated Shiv's hit particle effect playing when the attack starts rather than lands
  
• Fixed Book of the Dead not playing a sound on cast
  
• Fixed Bloodseeker's Bloodrage bypassing Linken's Sphere when cast on enemies
  
• Fixed Bloodseeker's Bloodrage silence piercing debuff immunity on enemies
  
• Fixed "Select Hero" during Dazzle's Nothl Projection selecting Dazzle instead of the Projection
  
• Fixed Disruptor's Electromagnetic Repulsion with Transferrence not being affected by cooldown reduction when manually cast
  
• Fixed Elder Titan's spirit not automatically returning if using Echo Stomp when Titan has the shard
  
• Fixed Hoodwink and Ogre Magi's ultimate abilities not being levelable via hotkey
  
• 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 units tethered to IO appearing in Fog of War if they had a cosmetic with ambient particles equipped
  
• Fixed Kez' Flutter Katana dealing less damage than intended
  
• Fixed Kez' Flutter Katana damage being consumed for no effect in some scenarios
  
• Fixed Kez' Raven's Veil going on cooldown if Raptor Dance was interrupted
  
• Fixed Kez' Grappling Claw slow still being removed when the attack landed
  
• Fixed Kez' Grappling Claw not slowing long enough
  
• Fixed Kez' Raven's Veil going on cooldown if Raptor Dance was interrupted
  
• Fixed Kez Flutter being consumed by Talon Toss, Falcon Rush, and Katana Impale's fake attack
  
• Fixed Lone Druid's Spirit Bear not being able to purchase secret shop items from quickbuy
  
• Fixed stash not showing up when Lone Druid's Spirit Bear is selected
  
• Fixed Magnus' Reverse Polarity not playing stun animations on enemies
  
• Fixed Monkey King's Changing of the Guard sub-ability being stealable
  
• Fixed Monkey King Demon Trickster cosmetic issues when casting Changing of the Guard
  
• Fixed Muerta's Quick Draw sometimes causing Gunslinger to proc more often than intended
  
• Fixed Muerta playing incorrect VO when hitting with Deadshot enhanced with Aghanim's Scepter
  
• Fixed Necrophos' Ghost Shroud not increased incoming healing
  
• Oracle's Prognosticate in-world rune timers are now alt-pingable.
  
• Fixed Sand King Aghanim's Scepter Stinger attacks radius being lower than intended
  
• Fixed Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls not fearing enemies if Shadow Fiend died right after the cast was complete
  
• Fixed Timbersaw's Whirling Death healing more on Strength and Universal heroes than expected
  
• Fixed Void Spirit's Sanctuary not increasing the barrier amount
  
• Ability Draft: Fixed toggling autocast on Quill Spray in Ability Draft won't do the Hairball swap until you have shard.
  
• Ability Draft: Fixed Ogre Magi's Learning Curve Facet to work with all abilities (requires Ogre Magi hero model drafted)
  
• Ability Draft: Fixed many cases of missing or incorrectly added talents
  
• Fixed the Spring 2025 Heroes' Hoard initially having incorrect trading and gifting settings.
  
• Made it less likely that the Dota+ item suggestor would run out of late-game items to suggest
  
• Fixed quick-buying Dota+ suggested items to not buy multiples when clicking quickly
  

The Dota 2 Spring Forward update is here, as Valve's second-largest free Steam game gets a fresh look courtesy of a major gameplay overhaul, hero reworks, new cosmetics, and a large chunk of quality-of-life improvements. While long-time MOBA heads will immediately be drawn to all the balance changes in the Dota 2 7.39 patch notes, there's also some great news for people who've always wanted to try the game, but have been wary of its notorious complexity.

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