14 DAY TRIAL // Dota 2 has just received a brand new update on Steam for the PC platform, bringing to participants in the current closed beta an array of balancing fixes aimed at various heroes.
Dota 2 is a huge success even if the game hasn't been officially released. According to recent stats, Dota 2 is being played by over 3 million people each month, so you can bet that developer Valve wants to keep them happy.
As a result, Dota 2 receives brand new patches each month, which bring new heroes, fresh fixes and new mechanics.
The latest update that's just been released on Steam focuses on balancing issues and bugs, relating to certain heroes like the Gyrocopter, Nyx, or Timbersaw.
Some interface glitches are also eliminated by the patch, so check out the full changelog below, via Steam.
GAMEPLAY
- Gyrocopter: Fixed Rocket Barrage firing while under effects like Disruption/Chronosphere/Doom/Hex. - Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon hurting nightmared units without waking them up. - Naga Siren: Fixed being able to purge Song of the Siren aura off of Naga Siren. - Nyx: Fixed Spiked Carapace affecting Juggernaut during Omnislash. - Outworld Devourer: Fixed Astral Imprisonment not draining enough mana from enemy heroes. - Timbersaw: Fixed Whirling Death not doing enough damage against strength heroes. - Fixed Maelstrom and Mjollnir being unable to proc if the initial target is Magic Immune. - Tweaked Neutral Creep chase timings for the two small camps. - Fixed a number of bugs in Mechanics I, including all known showstoppers.
UI
- Fixed holding alt causing smoked hero names to be shown on minimap when near truesight. - Fixed your status showing as playing a local bot game if you were spectating a game - Hero performance page is now sorted by total number of games played. - Fixed Dire wins in the Team Game History tab showing up as losses. - Fixed bug where Team Game History wasn't refreshing properly. - The Teams List under Community now displays Teams in order of their most recently played match. - There's now a dialog asking the player to rate their currently-used hero build (if it's not yet been rated).
AUDIO
- Music now plays in spectator and replay modes.
ITEMS
- Added Fiery Soul of the Slayer item for Lina.
The new Dota 2 update will be automatically downloaded the next time you start up the Steam client.