Valve removed facets from Dota 2 in patch 7.41

On the night of March 25, Valve released the global patch 7.41 for Dota 2. In this update, the developers removed the facets mechanic for heroes entirely. It has now been eliminated for all characters in the game.

Facets were introduced in patch 7.36 and allowed players to choose a unique gameplay feature for each hero. After the previous major update, some reworked heroes had already lost this system. Now, the mechanic has been fully removed.

In addition, patch 7.41 also reworked innate abilities. Valve also implemented numerous balance changes affecting heroes, items, neutral creeps, and various other gameplay elements.