Patch 7.28 Mistwoods released in Dota 2
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Dota 2 has a major update called «Mistwoods». Valve has announced the full changelog on its website.
With the release of the update, a new hero appeared in the game - Hoodwink.
Always at hand when trouble's afoot, Hoodwink lives to tangle with the threats that fill the haunted forest she has adopted as her home. Toting a massive crossbow while still able to scurry through the woodland with the greatest of ease, Hoodwink is nearly impossible to keep tabs on in battle. Lose track for even a moment and she'll pop out behind you -- your stunned carcass already dangling helplessly in one of her nets.
Hoodwink Abilities:
Acorn Shot. Hoodwink fires an acorn at her target which can bounce to nearby enemies, slowing them and dealing bonus damage. Can be ground targeted to create a tree, but the added bounce will be lost.
Bushwhack. Tosses a net trap that stuns enemy heroes if they are near a tree in the area. Enemies are pulled towards the tree and have their vision reduced to 0 for the duration of the stun.
Scurry. Hoodwink passively has a chance to evade physical attacks while near trees. When activated, Hoodwink gains bonus movement speed, phased collision, and tree-walking for a brief time.
Sharpshooter. Hoodwink charges up and fires a deadly bolt from her crossbow, dealing heavy damage, slow, and Break to an enemy Hero. The damage and debuff duration scale up in time with her charge.
Valve removed 14 neutral artifacts and the Ring of Tarrasque from the game.
Removed Poor Man's Shield, Iron Talon and Mango Tree from the first tier of neutral items, from the second - Vampire Fangs and Clumsy Net, from the third - Greater Faerie Fire, Craggy Coat, Repair Kit. In the fourth tier Prince's Knife, Havoc Hammer, Witless Shako and Magic Lamp, in the fifth - Trident, Woodland Striders.
The deleted items have been replaced with new ones:
The deleted items have been replaced with new ones:
Tier 1 Items
Fairy`s Trinket
+100 Health, +5% Spell Amp. Reduces manacosts by 5%
Chipped Vest
Grants +3.5 HP Regen and passively returns 26 damage to hero attackers and 13 to creeps.
Possessed Mask
+7 Primary Attribute, +7% Lifesteal
Tier 2 Items
Quicksilver Amulet
+30% Attack Animation and Projectile Speed. +5% MS and +10 Attack Speed. If any of your abilities are on cooldown, you gain an additional +5% MS and +15 Attack Speed.
Bullwhip
+3 HP Regen and +3 Mana Regen. Can be cast on allies to grant them +16% Movement Speed for 5 seconds, or on enemies to slow them by 16% for 5 seconds. Cast Range: 850. Cooldown: 12
Tier 3 Items
Elven Tunic
Grants +26 Attack Speed, +16% Evasion, +8% Movement Speed
Cloak of Flames
Grants +5 Armor, +10% Magic Resistance and a passive immolation aura dealing 45 damage per second in a 400 AoE
Ceremonial Robe
Grants +350 Mana. Enemies in 1200 AoE have -10% Status Resistance and -10% Magic Resistance.
Psychic Headband
Grants +12% Intelligence and +100 Cast Range. Activate to push the target enemy 400 distance away from you. Cast Range: 800. Cooldown: 30.
Tier 4 Items
Penta-Edged Sword
Provides +45 Damage, +80 Melee Attack Range and 20% chance to Maim enemies, reducing their movement speed by 20% and attack speed by 60 for 3 seconds.
Stormcrafter
Grants 4 Mana Regen. Zaps an enemy within 700 range of you every 3 seconds, dealing 200 damage and slowing by 40% for 0.3 seconds. Can be activated to cyclone yourself for 0.75 seconds. Cooldown: 25 Manacost: 50
Trickster Cloak
Grants +20% Evasion, +20% Magic Resistance. Activate to become invisible for 6 seconds. Cooldown: 25
Tier 5 Items
Giant`s Ring
+40 Strength, +60 Movement Speed, +60% Model Size and can walk over any terrain. When standing on top of an enemy (100 AoE), deals 100% of your strength per second.
Book of Shadows
+12 All Stats, +400 Night Vision. Target an enemy, ally or self. Causes the target to become untargetable but also silenced, muted and disarmed for 4 seconds. Applies a Basic Dispel. Cast Range: 700 Cooldown: 25
Also, with the release of the update, Valve was added Aghanim's Shard with new mechanics to the game. Item cost 1400 gold:
- All heroes have their own custom shard upgrade as part of this update which permanently adds a new ability or improves an existing one. Can be purchased starting at 20 minutes and gets consumed immediately when it's given to your hero (like Aghanim's Blessing).
- You can now check what Scepter and Shard upgrades do for the selected hero directly in the Hero UI, next to their abilities, as well as which ones are active. Consumed Scepter buffs no longer shows up as a buff icon mixed in with other buffs. Alt-Clicking on the Scepter and Shard UI will notify your allies whether the selected hero owns that upgrade.
General
- Game now starts at night time and turns to day once creeps spawn
- Neutral creeps no longer increase their bounty over the course of the game
- Neutral stacked gold bonus reduced from 40% to 30%
- Roshan armor growth increased from 0.325 to 0.375
- Radiant Ancient camp is now easier to stack
- Added lore to all items
- Rearranged some items in the shop (mostly ordering based on cost changes in recent years, but also in some cases moving from one category to another. Consumables are unchanged.)
- When combining, items will attempt to be placed into the slot of their component that has the most similar active effect. For example, Magic Wand will combine onto Magic Stick, Bloodthorn will combine onto Orchid Malevolence, etc.
Neutral units balance
- Neutral ancients magic resistance reduced from 70% to 50%
- Ancient Thunderhide's Frenzy ability no longer interrupts movement when cast by a neutral
- Ancient Thunderhide's Slam ability no longer interrupts movement when cast by a neutral
- Ancient Thunderhide's Slam damage increased from 70 to 250
- Ancient Thunderhide's Slam slow increased from 25% to 60%
- Ancient Thunderhide's Slam radius increased from 250 to 350
- Ancient Thunderhide's Accuracy Aura ability has now been moved to Ancient Rumblehide
- Fixed Thunderhide Accuracy Aura not working properly
- Ancient Granite Golem model size increased
- Black Dragon Fireball cooldown increased from 10 to 15
- Alpha Wolf unit level increased from 4 to 5
- Ghost Base attack time increased from 1 to 1.2
All heroes were also rebalanced, new skills and abilities from Aghanim's Shard were added, and abilities from Aghanim's Scepter were reworked.
