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Dota 2 Update - December 19th, 2019
- Role selection has been disabled for very high-rank games, to improve match quality and matchmaking time.
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Ogre Magi Arcana & Frostivus Reward Line
In today's update, two heads are better than one, and three heads are better than that, as the all-new Flockheart's Gamble Arcana item for Ogre Magi makes its grand debut. Featuring all-new custom animations and effects…
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Dota 2 Update - December 17th 2019
* Added the Strict Solo Matchmaking option back for fast queue games * For players with large spreads between their core and support MMRs, there is now a one medal (5 stars) max delta clamp. When the ranks for these pla…
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Dota 2 Update - December 9th 2019
* Bounty Runes are now locked to 5 minute intervals in terms of their gold values (so getting a 6 minute bounty isn't higher than a 5 minute one).
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Dota 2 Update - December 6th, 2019
Void Spirit * Aether Remnant damage reduced from 90/150/210/270 to 80/130/180/230 * Dissimilate damage reduced from 120/200/280/360 to 100/180/260/340 * Resonant Pulse base shield absorption reduced from 50/100/150/200…
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Dota 2 Update - December 3rd, 2019
Snapfire - Lil' Shredder mana cost increased from 75 to 90 - Lil' Shredder damage reduced from 45/60/75/90 to 40/55/70/85 - Lil' Shredder attack speed slow per stack reduced from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30 - Firesnap Co…
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Dota 2 Update - December 2nd, 2019
Void Spirit * Dissimilate damage reduced from 140/220/300/380 to 120/200/280/360 * Resonant Pulse cooldown increased from 14 to 16 * Resonant Pulse mana cost increased from 90/100/110/120 to 100/110/120/130 * Level 15 T…
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Dota 2 Update - November 29th, 2019
* Fixed various cases where Cooldown Reduction was not stacking multiplicatively * Fixed a case where Outposts could give XP to a team twice
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Dota 2 Update - November 26th 2019
* Fixed couriers giving xp (was supposed to be reverted before)
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Dota 2 Update - November 26th, 2019
- Fixed XPM display being incorrect
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The Outlanders Update
Today's update unleashes two new heroes — Snapfire and Void Spirit — and unveils the 7.23 Gameplay Update, featuring a host of changes, all-new features, and multiple reworked items and abilities. Head over to The Outla…
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Dota 2 Update - November 15th, 2019
* Fixed an issue that allowed players to have more available reports than intended. This also had the unintended side effect of some people getting low priority more easily than intended. We have adjusted some players l…
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Dota 2 Update - November 11th, 2019
Matchmaking Update: * As a result of the recent changes to legal party combinations, we sometimes have scenarios where three person parties have a lot of trouble finding compatible players. This is because 3 person part…
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Fast Queue
We know that queue times have increased across the board recently, and the most significant factor contributing to this has been the stricter requirements that Ranked Roles imposes on the formation of matches. Prior to…
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Dota 2 Update - October 18th, 2019
Matchmaking Update: == - Immortal players can now only party with Immortal or Divine players in Ranked. - Immortal players will only ever be matched with other Immortal or Divine players in Ranked. This means, for examp…
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Dota 2 Update - October 16th, 2019
- The match quality survey we mentioned in our recent blog post is now enabled. Let's hear your feedback! - On Friday we reverted the change that reduced the hard limit for MMR party spread in ranked matchmaking. We wil…
