14 DAY TRIAL // Another day, another batch of details about Dota 2's upcoming New Bloom Festival update, which now includes another new hero, the Phoenix, as well as a new mechanic called Replay Takeover, not to mention new items, costume sets made by the community, and fresh gameplay tweaks.
Dota 2 is Blizzard's most popular online game and the studio has made sure that new content is flowing into the game at rapid intervals.
The next themed content update is the New Bloom Festival one, which launches later this week and brings not just a new in-game event, but also new heroes, balancing tweaks, and other mechanics.
For the third day of the reveal, Valve has updated the website with new info about a fresh hero, the Phoenix, while detailing the Replay Takeover system, the Treasure of Vermilion case, and the new armor sets that were made by community members.
Check out all the details below.
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Phoenix
For aeons beyond count, the stars above coalesced their energy, each in time bursting forth the cataclysmic fires of supernova to mark the sky with stellar progeny. By this ageless crucible the star called Phoenix collapsed into being. Over long cycles this conscious light inquired and studied, and through chance learned of an enduring conflict of cosmic consequence. Thus an infant son of suns has taken terrestrial form, eager to shine its warmth wherever events seem their darkest.
Icarus Dive - Swoop forward in a fierce arc, slowing and damaging all enemies in your path. Fire Spirits - Spend health to summon spirits which can be launched at your foes to burn them over time. Sun Ray - Sacrifice vitality to blast your enemies, and heal your allies, with a beam of searing light. Supernova - Become a core of fusing energy that burns nearby enemies which, if allowed to detonate, will stun foes and renew your strength.
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Takeover
Grab your friends and rewrite history! Now you can take control in any replay created after the New Bloom update, then act out the rest of the match from that moment forward. During a replay, hit the Takeover button to create a lobby where everyone can choose which hero to portray. Resume the match, and become the one to turn the tide of a favorite pro play, discover a way to escape an impossible setup, or relive a cherished team fight again and again. Takeovers are considered a new match and have separate replays, which are recorded from the moment you assume control.
- Treasure of Vermilion Renewal - Ember Crane Set - Blessings of Lucentyr Set - Strength of the Demon Stone Set
- Items that have been purchased while dead can now be sold, if that item was bought during the same death. Previously, no items could be sold while dead. - Highlighting an allied Ward will now display its effective range. - Holding ALT and clicking on an ability will now issue a context-sensitive ping for that ability. This can be used to indicate whether the pinged ability is ready for use, if you do not have enough mana to use this ability, or to indicate the number of seconds remaining on that ability’s cooldown.
The new update is launching for Dota 2 soon.