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Ice Vortex slow decreased from 18/22/26/30% to 15/20/25/30%Batrider
Sticky Napalm bonus damage is now halved against non-hero unitsBounty Hunter
Shadow Walk duration increased from 15/20/25/30 to 20/25/30/35Doom
Devour manacost rescaled from 60/50/40/30 to 60Drow Ranger
Gust knockback duration increased from 0.5 to 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9Earthshaker
Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.9Echo Slam's Initial Damage, Echo Search, Echo Damage AOE increased from 525, 550, 500 to 575, 575, 575Elder Titan
Echo Stomp damage increased from 80/85/90/95 to 80/90/100/110Enigma
Midnight Pulse duration increased from 8 to 11Invoker
Forged Spirits 33% magic resistance removedCold Snap damage reworked from the initial and secondary proc damage of 60/30 to 7xQuasLevel per procDeafening Blast's Disarm is now dispelled when Magic Immunity is appliedJuggernaut
Omnislash damage per slash rescaled from 175-250 to 200-225Base Attack Time improved from 1.5 to 1.4Leshrac
Pulse Nova damage increased from 66/100/144 to 80/120/160 (Scepter from 100/150/200 to 100/160/220)Lina
Light Strike Array stun duration increased from 1.6 to 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9Lycan
Howl duration decreased from 12 to 10Howl bonus damage reduced from 20/30/40/50 to 14/26/38/50Mirana
Sacred Arrow minimum stun duration decreased from 0.5 to 0.01 (maximum duration is still 5 seconds growing linearly)Sacred Arrow minimum damage reduced by 40 (maximum damage is still 190/280/370/460 growing linearly)Ogre Magi
Multicast's passive manacost penalty on Fireblast reduced from 30/70/110 to 20/40/60Bloodlust can now be cast on Magic Immune alliesOmniknight
Degen Aura slow increased from 7/14/21/28% to 10/18/26/34%Phantom Assassin
Phantom Strike bonus attack speed increased from 100 to 130Queen of Pain
Shadow Strike cast range increased from 435 to 450/475/500/525Riki
Smoke Screen cooldown reduced from 13 to 11Skywrath Mage
Ancient Seal damage amplification increased from 18/24/30/36% to 30/35/40/45%Slardar
Bash bonus damage increased from 40/60/80/100 to 60/80/100/120Treant Protector
Leech Seed damage per pulse decreased from 24/36/48/60 to 15/30/45/60Tusk
Snowball cooldown reduced from 21 to 21/20/19/18Walrus Punch cooldown reduced from 30/24/18 to 25/20/15Undying
Intelligence growth increased from 2.0 to 2.5Windranger
Focus Fire manacost decreased from 150 to 75/100/125Zeus
Lightning Bolt vision and truesight duration increased from 3 to 4.5Lightning Bolt search area of effect increased from 250 to 325
Recipe cost increased from 600 to 900Static Charge duration decreased from 20 to 15
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The Daily Hero Challenge allows you to reroll your hero every 24 hours.
The voting for the alternative hero voice is done in a similar fashion to the Arcana vote.
The voting for the model update is done in a similar fashion to the Arcana vote. Shadow Fiend is exempt from this vote as he is already getting a model rework.
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_juggernaut_omni_slash_Description" "Juggernaut leaps towards the target enemy unit with a damaging attack, and then slashes other nearby enemy units, dealing between 200-225 damage per slash. Juggernaut is invulnerable for the duration.nnUpgradable by Aghanim's Scepter."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_zuus_lightning_bolt_Description" "Calls down a bolt of lightning to strike an enemy unit, causing damage and a mini-stun. When cast, Lightning Bolt briefly provides unobstructed vision and True Sight around the target in a 750 radius. Can be cast on the ground, affecting the closest enemy hero in %spread_aoe% range."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_batrider_sticky_napalm_Description" "Drenches an area in sticky oil, amplifying damage from Batrider's attacks and abilities and slowing the movement speed and turn rate of enemies in the area. Additional casts of Sticky Napalm continue to increase damage, up to 10 stacks. The extra damage is halved against creeps."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_invoker_cold_snap_freeze_damage" "FREEZE DAMAGE:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_ogre_magi_bloodlust_Note2" "Can be cast on magic immune allies."
Strings for the hero challenge reward.
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_AdvFilter_MyHero_HeroQuest" "Hero Challenge"
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_TT_DailyHeroQuest_Title" "Daily Hero Challenge"
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_TT_DailyHeroQuest_Text" "This hero is part of your Daily Hero Challenge."
"Compendium_dailyhero_challenge" "DAILY HERO CHALLENGE"
"DOTA_Compendium_DailyHero_TimeRemaining" "TIME UNTIL NEXT ROLL"
"DOTA_Compendium_DailyHero_RollAvailable" "ROLL FOR A NEW HERO"
Stretch goal strings.
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal14" "Daily Hero Challenge"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal15" "Alternate Voice Vote"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal16" "Favorite Hero Challenge"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal17" "Model Update Vote"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal18" "Multi-Kill Banner"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal19" "Afterparty Broadcast"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal20" "New Upgraded Creeps"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal21" "A-Z Challenge Support"
"DOTA_Compendium_StretchGoal22" "Victory Prediction Taunt"
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The gems for the Team Empire and Vici Gaming Pennants have been fixed and now point to the correct team. The Vici Gaming pennant is still missing some strings though.
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