Dota 2 Update – December 13th, 2012

  • Added Timbersaw!

GAMEPLAY

  • Ancient Apparition: Fixed status effect ignoring magic immune units (HP Freeze and Shatter).
  • Outworld Destroyer: Fixed some items not proccing Essence Aura properly.
  • Silencer: Fixed Last Word not being triggered by Invoke.
  • Slark: Fixed Pounce leashing illusions.
  • Undying: Fixed Decay providing too much healing to Undying.
  • Fixed Shadow Blade interaction with Critical Strike.
  • Fixed Cycloning yourself causing you to take damage from Orchid.

MATCHMAKING

  • Players who dodge a game will get a small matchmaking timeout
  • High ranked players will should enjoy faster queue times during less active times

Dota 2 Update – December 6th, 2012

GAMEPLAY

  • Fixed some bugs with Pounce movement restriction
  • Fixed being able to cast and attack while using Skewerr
  • Fixed Empower buff remaining after casting Black King Bar
  • Fixed Neutral creep chase time being too long
  • Added Pseudo Random chances for the following items: Daedalus, Crystalys, Abyssal Blade, Basher, Heaven’s Halbred, Maelstrom, Mjollnir, Static Charge, Monkey King Bar, Poor Man’s Shield, Sange, Sange and Yasha, Stout Shield, Vanguard
  • Fixed various ancient AI exploits

SOUND

  • Some voice gain fixes to improve quality
  • Updates on sound effects for Visage, Viper, Warlock, Tiny and Earthshaker

MISC

  • Fixed an issue where players would not be able to reconnect to a server and would get “You must be in a lobby to connect.”
  • Undying’s Tombstone now caps at 64 maximum zombies.