1st time I saw this thread… btw KaizenStrife in bnet…see you guys on bnet
Yep, one of the first things I tested out. I shoved a neutral from the cliff into the river. The neutral didn’t get frozen, but instead started walking back to the camp, so it doesn’t interrupt pathing instructions i’m guessing.
Does it destroy trees? Nothing in Dota is more entertaining than having 1% health left and just JUKING 2-3 would-be gankers through the forest… would be gay if that stick got rid of that…
BTW to the newcomers in this thread: I’m on USEAST - name: Galactic_Dude
I played with a few peeps from here already (popdogg, mkownsu) I started playing like a year ago. Holla!
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batrider should be a juke monster then with his firefly ability
Another DotA build leaked with a shitload of changes!
A LOT more details
Spoiler
Huskar has been hugely buffed now with indefinitely stacking Burning Spears, and Aghanim’s that increases damage done to enemy by his ultimate (65% of their HP) and a reduced cooldown (15 -> 8!!) Looks like Aghanim’s is the item of choice on him now.
Razor has been remade to be less of a point-and-click hero. Chain lightning has been replaced by ‘Plasma Field’ - a huge AoE nuke that hits twice if you micro, and his ultimate is now an active that attacks one unit at random. I’m unsure what ‘Static Link’ does, but presumably his ultimate has been coded to attack the linked enemy in particular.
All-in-all he seems harder to play, but I’m unsure if he’s stronger than his 6.59d counterpart. (He’s definitely weaker than his imba 6.60 beta 21 version)
Medusa now has an AoE Purge for her ultimate (‘Stony Gaze’ - fits her theme better)! But it only works on enemies that attack her (or are facing her? Unsure.) Which means its useless while chasing. Bit of a nerf there. Chain Lightning has been replaced by ‘Mystic Snake’ which just seems to be a slower version of Chain Lightning. There must be more to it, but I can’t tell.
Sniper’s changes really disappoint me. Scattershot has been replaced by ‘Shrapnel’ - a 30% AoE slow that does 40 dps over 10 seconds at level 4. Unfortunately such a skill would only slightly boost Sniper’s survivability, and the slow only affects units in the AoE to boot. Which means he’s still gank fodder.
Also now he can no longer one-hit creep waves, making him more of a sucky farmer.
Aghanim’s now reduces his ultimate’s casting time and increases range.
Items:
Monkey King Bar now has “True Strike” a passive ability that makes sure that your attacks **ALWAYS HIT, GG PHANTOM ASSASSIN. **
Manta Style is now an upgrade for Yasha (WAT) and it no longer has mana burn but you get the movement speed increase from the Yasha component.
Talisman of Evasion (1800g), gives you 25% evasion.
Quelling Blade (300g), cheap new item that gives +40% damage (20% for ranged) vs. non-hero units. Farming FTW.
The Leveller requires Quelling Blade, 2 wraith bands (wtf), blade of alac. Gives a lot of +stats (lots of +agi), plus 40% damage to non-hero units and 60% damage to buildings (20% and 30% for ranged).
Poor Man’s Shield, upgrade for Stout Shield that gives 100% chance to reduce hero damage by 25.
Diffusal Blade is now upgradable like Dagon! (Level 1 - +22 agi, +6 int, burns 20 mana, Level 2 - +36 agi, +10 int, burns 36 mana) Upgrading the recipe refills Purge charges (8)
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Sange and Yasha no longer needs a recipe, so it’s 500g cheaper overall.
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Reduced Radiance Recipe cost
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Vanguard now gives 70% block
Maelstrom’s recipe and stats have changed:
Mithril Hammer+Gloves of Haste+ Recipe= Maelstrom
Grants +24 damage, +15 attack speed, and a 20% ctc 150 damage Chain Lightning.
Having a flat 20% chance is great for the AGI heroes.
Butterfly now requires Talisman of Evasion but doesn’t have a recipe cost.
Oh and Agh’s Scepter is for everyone now. It gives +10 all stats,250 HP,150 MP, and Ult upgrade.
Some of the effects of Agh’s are ridiculous now, my favs:
Night Stalker:The ability to see over trees at night
Vengeful Spirit: 45 second cooldown => 10 second cooldown on Swap
Juggernaut: 3/5/6 slashes => 4/7/10 slashes
Pudge: 75/125/175 dmg => 1/2/3 x str as dmg (says absorbs hp… is it a drain?)
Gentlemen, this is a whole new day for DotA.
A few of the changes are down right insane, what’s your source?
To say the least.
It sounds completely made up.
SRKev will be the last person on Earth to make shit up and post it. Plz read teh Son them All thread
Last time SRKev posted “insane” changes, he sent me the beta map shortly after.
That shit sounds whack, but believable. The aghanims for all though… wtf is ice thinking. 
It’s legit, I played it.
Desi will vouch, he’ll be playing it shortly.
DotA is a whole new ball game now, folks.
That Talisman of Evasion could be a problem. The cost needs to be increased. 1800 gold for 25% evasion on any hero is the most unbalanced thing on that list by a clear mile.
The changes do sound like their trying to revamp the game entirely, which is cool in it’s own merit.
This though… Might as well say "any int / agi hero to wander anywhere near the opposing team gets killed."
Course being a leak everything is likely to change or at least be tweaked in some way before release.
Damn i hate when Ice makes this many changes in one version. I always hate (re)learning how to play games haha.
It’s gonna be a while til all this gets balanced out, especially with all heros getting upgrades on their ultis with aghanims.
Goddamn, those changes are harsh especially since I roll Holy Knight ;/
True Strike was a passive that was WAY too long in coming. PA and Troll are both donedoff now, even in scrubfests.
lol, why do some of you guys hold out on info from the other players? just post your sources.
http://dota-allstars-blog.blogspot.com/ for beta map/info/notes
Would be hard to post my sources since they’re people, not websites…
Quick dota question…I’ve always been playin dota on a old computer with a weak video card and I saw a highlights video on youtube with ppl playin dota with some cool ass graphics so I got a new Laptop… Once I got it I set everything on the best resolution but it didnt looks like what i saw on the videos…is there suppose to be a patch that makes the game more detailed???..more details on spells and terrain effects etc…
Do you think Ice frog will change the cleaving damage from battle fury stacks?
…no one seems to understand my question…lemme rephrase it
Is there a way to Improve the Visuals of Dota Im sure theres a more updated (graphics wise) version