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Dota 2 Update - June 7th, 2018
- Zeus’s Nimbus particle effect now always shows properly if you can see parts of the affected area, rather than needing to see the center of it.
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New Ranked Season
The new Ranked Season of Dota will go live with tomorrow’s update. As we kick off the season, your new Ranked Medal will be calculated through a calibration period of ten games. This season's calibration will allow for…
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Dota 2 Update - June 1st, 2018
* Using Control + Alt in Quick Buy area now tells you how much gold you need for both the item and buyback
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Dota 2 Update - May 31st, 2018
- Added Beta support for Vulkan on macOS (requires installing Vulkan DLC). Vulkan for macOS DLC provides improved performance and reduced stutters on macOS 10.13+ with a Metal-capable GPU. Vulkan support on macOS still…
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The International 2018 Collector's Cache
The International 2018 Collector’s Cache has arrived. Available exclusively to Battle Pass owners for $1.99, and brimming with 14 subterranean-themed item sets—and three rare sets—the Collector's Cache is ready to unear…
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Dota 2 Short Film Contest
We are pleased to announce that submissions for the 2018 Dota 2 Short Film Contest are now open. Filmmakers have until the morning of August 7, 2018 to submit their short film creations of 90 seconds or less to the Dota…
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Dota 2 Update - May 29th, 2018
In today’s update we’ve fixed an issue with the MMR awarded by team challenges. The intended behavior of team challenge tokens is to allow a party to play against a significantly more difficult opponent, and…
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Dota 2 Update - May 27th, 2018
7.16: === The upcoming patches will be mostly focused on balance tweaks in preparation for The International. There are a few more biweekly patches planned, with the primary ones scheduled around the final Major and the…
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Lion Prestige Item with Unlockable Style
With today's update, the all-new 'Hell-Spar Anathema ' Lion Prestige item is at last unearthed. Available to all Battle Pass owners who climb to Battle Level 255, this exclusive replacement for Lion's demonic left arm a…
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Dota 2 Update - May 23rd, 2018
* Fixed Dispersion tooltip incorrectly stating its Spell Immunity Interaction (was a previous change that wasn't documented correctly)
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Dota 2 Update - May 18th 2018
* Fixed an exploit with Phantom Lancer
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Dota 2 Update - May 15th, 2018
We’ve recently had some bugs with the Cavern Crawl not counting wins correctly. There are two classes of bugs that have caused this. The first is a more general rare case that has happened intermittently where the…
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Dota 2 Update - May 11th, 2018
- Added a daily and weekly challenge to the Battle Pass.
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Dota 2 Update - May 10th 2018
7.15: === * Bounty Runes now spawn every 5 minutes * Bounty Runes now grants gold to each player (40 + 3/min) * Bounty Runes now fully fills bottles * Bottles heal rate increased from 80/40 HP/MP to 100/50 * Melee Creep…
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Dota 2 Update - May 9th, 2018
- Cavern Crawl is now active during Mutation mode games. - Fixed Ranked Role Selection to now require all players in a party to select a role. - Fixed a bug with a party switching between Ranked Role Selection and regul…
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The International 2018 Battle Pass
The International Battle Pass has arrived. Prepare to dig into the heart of the Dota summer season and unearth a rich vein of new and classic features, new game modes, and heaps of exclusive rewards. As is tradition, 25…

