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Front End Changes

New Hero Animations

Vengeful Spirit's Animations

Vengeful Spirit now has a standard loadout animation.

　　She also has a new running animation for her Banished Princess set in order to prevent the hair from clipping with the cape.

　　

Immortal Item Updates

Crystal Maiden's Yulsaria's Glacier

Tweaks have been made to the model of Crystal Maiden's Yulsaria's Glacier to add more hair onto the front and back along with some updates to the actual texture of the item.

　　

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Dragon Knight's Kindred of the Iron Dragon

Dragon Knight's Immortal item now applies a custom icon for his Dragon Form ability.

　　

New Treasure Chests

Treasure of the Silver Storm

Resentment of the Banished Princess

Acolyte of Vengeance

The helmet also has an alternative style available.

　　

Dragonterror

Garb of the Consuming Tides

Treasure of the Trapper's Pelt

Crescent

This set also includes a custom Sacred Arrow. The effect is attached to the Bow.

　　

Rightful Heir

Alternative style for the main Blade weapon.

　　

Tribal Terror

Vestments of the Infinite Waves

Alternative style for the Staff weapon.

　　

Additional Bonus Items

Venomous Deathbringer (From The Silver Storm Chest)

The Iron Claw (From The Trapper's Pelt Chest)

Jin and Yin Fox Spirits

The Fox Spirits courier comes with two styles, either a white or black fox (Radiant vs Dire). It is also possible to unbox an unusual version of this courier which will come with one of the previous added unusual effects.

　　

New League Passes

MSI BeatIT RGN League SEA Qualifier

"South East Asia Qualifiers of the MSI Beat IT where teams compete for $5,000 total cash prizes plus travel and accommodation for the winner to the Global Finals in Taiwan in November."

　　

HSL: Summer Academic Showdown

"High school teams from US/Canada will compete to earn one of 13 qualifying spots in the Summer Academic Showdown. These teams will be pitted against 3 collegiate teams with the top four teams earning cash prizes."

　　

Vietnam eSports Champions League 2014

"eSportsviet.vn presents the Vietnam eSports Champions League 2014! The top four teams from Vietnam and Southeast Asia will be battlings for $1400 and more!"

　　

Copa Sand King Peru

"64 teams will compete for the Sand King Cup and over 2000 Soles in prizes!"

　　

Brazilian Dota League

"20 teams will compete in the first season of the Brazilian Dota League for a total prize pool of R$350!"

　　

SELF Entertainment League Season 1

"The top 16 teams in Latin America will compete in the first season of the SELF Entertainment League for $150!"

　　

Intercollegiate Dota 2 Online Tournament

"This is a competitive Esports league to all university students across the Philippines with an over-all prize pool of around 15,000 Pesos."

　　

Lima Five Peru Dota 2 Tournament

"32 South American amateur teams compete in a tournament for a cash prize"

　　

GEMplay Challenge Season 1

"GEMplay Challenge Season 1 pits teams from around the world against each other for 200 Euros!"

　　

SLTVTour Season 4

"SLTV Tour returns with teams competing in a round-robin format for a cash prize!"

　　

Dota Legends

"This is an international league for our top teams where they compete for a prize pool starting at $500 per region. "

　　

Dota 2 Store - Courier Pricing Change

The Dota 2 store has been updated and now contains a revised pricing structure for the custom couriers. The updated price depending on the item's rarity can be seen below.

　　

New Revised Pricing

$14.99/£8.99/€10.79 -> $6.99/£3.99/€4.99 (Legendary Couriers)$11.99/£7.19/€8.59 -> $4.99/£2.99/€3.59 (Mythical Couriers)

Compendium Updates

The Daily Hero challenge now uses a 22 hour timer instead of the previous 24 hours.

　　The team/player section will now display a tick on the players who you have stamped into your Compendium via the player card system.

　　

Back End Changes

Updated Strings

Tooltip update.

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_ancient_apparition_ice_blast_Note4" "The frozen debuff cannot be purged."

　　New loadout slot, most likely for the base customisation stretch goal.

　　"LoadoutSlot_HeroicStatue" "Heroic Statue"

　　New store banner strings.

　　"StoreBanner_Header_TreasureOfTheTrappersPelt" "Treasure of the Trapper's Pelt"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_TreasureOfTheTrappersPelt" "Wealth from the wild!"

　　"StoreBanner_Header_TreasureOfTheSilverStorm" "Treasure of the Silver Storm"

　　"StoreBanner_Text_TreasureOfTheSilverStorm" "Claim a bolt of fortune!"

　　Alternative item style strings.

　　"DOTA_Item_Acolyte_of_Vengeance_Mask_Style0" "Mask"

　　"DOTA_Item_Acolyte_of_Vengeance_Mask_Style1" "Hood"

　　"DOTA_Item_Acolyte_of_Vengeance_Mask_Style2" "Hooded Mask"

　　"DOTA_Item_Golden_Siblings_Dagger_Style0" "Dagger"

　　"DOTA_Item_Golden_Siblings_Dagger_Style1" "Broken Childhood"

　　"DOTA_Item_Staff_of_the_Infinite_Waves_Style0" "Sea Serpent"

　　"DOTA_Item_Staff_of_the_Infinite_Waves_Style1" "Trident"

　　

Unreleased Cosmetic Items

Doom's Hell's Glare

"A once divine weapon, now corrupted by the devouring darkness of its new master."

　　A new Genuine item is in the files for Doom that will be obtained from an item code for a new unreleased product.

　　

Other Changes

Armoury Icon Updates

The armoury icon for the Storm Spirit hat made by Anuxi has been updated to match the new Storm Spirit model.

　　The armoury icon for Dragon Knight's Bones of the Slain dragon set now contains the correct shield.

　　The armoury icon for the Cabeca league pass has been updated.

　　

Player Brands

A number of player branding banners have been added in the files in preparation for new pro player gear bundles.

　　

Sound Updates

We now have a sound effect for when the Skull Basher item procs its bash.

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Imbued Lockless Luckvessel

A new unreleased Lockless box is now referenced to in the files. This Lockbox will most likely be this year's International merchandise box similar to the Lockless Luckbox from the International 2013.

　　lockless_treasure_placeholder -> Imbued Lockless Luckvessel

Portrait Updates

The unreleased alternative style for Lieutenant Squawkins now has an entry in the portrait data file.

　　References to a TI4 Lycan ultimate form know as the Great Calamity are also in the files. May possibly be one of the items for this year's Lockless Luckvessel.

　　We also have portrait data for the unreleased Primeval Treant from the pro player set made for Ohaiyo.

　　

Expired Treasure Chests

A large batch of old treasure chests have now been expired. The old keys from these chests have been automatically been converted into keyless treasure chests. The expired chests will disappear from your inventory.

　　Expired Chests

　　Treasure of Dark Implements -> Expired Treasure of Dark ImplementsTreasure of the Forbidden Lotus -> Expired Treasure of the Forbidden LotusTreasure of Crystalline Chaos -> Expired Treasure of Crystalline ChaosTreasure of the Cursed Wood -> Expired Treasure of the Cursed WoodTreasure of the Shaper Divine -> Expired Treasure of the Shaper DivineTreasure of the Malignant Amanita -> Expired Treasure of the Malignant AmanitaTreasure of Incandescent Wax -> Expired Treasure of Incandescent WaxTreasure of Rubiline Sheen -> Expired Treasure of Rubiline SheenEmerald Polycount Collection -> Expired Emerald Polycount CollectionTreasure of Earth Essence -> Expired Treasure of Earth EssenceTreasure of Ember Essence -> Expired Treasure of Ember EssenceTreasure of Vermilion Renewal -> Expired Treasure of Vermilion RenewalTreasure of Dire Arms -> Expired Treasure of Dire ArmsTreasure of Radiant Arms -> Expired Treasure of Radiant ArmsTreasure of the Shaper's Legacy -> Expired Treasure of the Shaper's LegacyConverted Keys

　　Dark Treasure Key -> Treasure of Dark ImplementsPetals of the Forbidden Lotus -> Treasure of the Forbidden LotusOrb of Crystalline Chaos -> Treasure of Crystalline ChaosSeed of the Cursed Wood -> Treasure of the Cursed WoodEmblem of the Shaper Divine -> Treasure of the Shaper DivineTreasure Key of the Malignant Amanita -> Treasure of the Malignant AmanitaCandle of Incandescent Wax -> Treasure of Incandescent WaxTreasure Key of Rubiline Sheen -> Treasure of Rubiline SheenEmerald Polycount Key -> Treasure of the Emerald PolycountTreasure Key of Earth Essence -> Treasure of Earth EssenceTreasure Key of Ember Essence -> Treasure of Ember EssenceSeal of Vermilion Renewal -> Treasure of Vermilion RenewalShard of Direstone -> Treasure of Dire ArmsFragment of Radiant Ore -> Treasure of Radiant ArmsSeal of the Shaper's Legacy -> Treasure of the Shaper's Legacy

Predictions For The Next Hero

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