The Dota Universe Expands with an All-New Anime Series

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General

Updated localization files for English, Korean, Russian, and Simplified Chinese

English Localization

dota_region_europe: ~~Luxembourg~~ › Europe West
DOTA_GameMode_AbilityDraft_ChangeLog: Latest Update • Fixed Take Aim active not providing bonus range to melee units. • Fixed Liquid Fire sometimes not working when drafted on Lich. • Fixed Poison Sting not applying to Plague Wards when both drafted. • Fixed Spirit Bear not counting as being owned when picked by Lone Druid. January 11, 2021 • Added Change Log to draft screen. • Fixed a crash when Stone Form used on Visage Familiars. January 9, 2021 • Fixed some drafts never ending, or ending too soon. • Fixed Echo Stomp not working if Astral Spirit not drafted. January 7, 2021 • Fixed Greater Bash not working when drafted. • Fixed Io Spirits In/Out ability replacing other drafted abilities. This should fix any 0 second cool-down exploits with other abilities. • Fixed Fire Spirits not working with Shard. • Fixed being unable to cast Reverse Timewalk with Timewalk Shard. • Fixed Holy Persuasion not converting ancient creeps with Scepter. • Fixed Grave Keeper's Cloak not working with Shard. • Fixed Epicenter not getting the Shard upgrade. • Fixed Fissure Shard upgrade not working. • Pulse Nova Scepter upgrade now grants Nihilism. • Mana Void Scepter upgrade now grants Blink Fragment. • Macropyre Shard upgrade now grants Liquid Ice. • Fixed Spirit Form not granting Recall and Blinding Light when active. • Fixed heroes getting Spirit Form if Illuminate was drafted and a Scepter was gained. • Fixed Ransack not getting the Geostrike upgrade with Shard. • Summon Familiars Scepter upgrade now grants Silent as the Grave. • Skeleton archers now have a minimum attack range of 500 even when Burning Army is cast by melee heroes. • Take Aim and the Shadow Realm active now provide bonus range to melee heroes. • Spirit Bear now displays on the left side of the screen as an owned unit as well as in the post-game scoreboard. It's inventory will also be included in the net worth calculations of the owner hero. • Swashbuckle now splinters the attacks if Marksmanship is drafted and Scepter is active. • Poison Sting now only applies to the primary target when used with multi-target attacks. • Poison Sting no longer applies to attacks coming from any wards other than Plague Wards (Serpent Wards, Death Ward) • Fixed Infernal Blade applying damage and burn to buildings if you switch targets before the projectile lands. • Stifling Dagger now applies Infernal Blade if it is set to auto-cast. • Fixed Bash of the Deep triggering multiple times when ranged units had high attack speed. • Fixed Sacred Arrow launching from different positions depending on the hero. Will now always launch from center point of the hero. • Fixed Acorn Shot missing bounce targets for melee heroes. • Fixed Echo Stomp doing double the damage if Astral Spirit was also drafted. Note: Echo Stomp will still do both physical and magical damage values regardless of Astral Spirit being drafted. • Fixed some heroes getting stuck in looping animations (Ember Spirit, Magnus, Pangolier, Void Spirit). • Fixed giving Scepters to teammates (with Greevil's greed) removing your Shard granted ability. • Fixed attack abilities with a cost, spending that cost on multi-target attacks that don't proc modifiers (Split Shot, Flak Cannon). • Fixed Lil' Shredder stacks being consumed too quickly when using Medusa's Split Shot. • Fixed Bash of the Deep counting up from Marksmanship Splintered attacks. • Fixed Walrus Punch FX sometimes getting stuck on targets for the duration of the game. • Fixed Duel ending early if Berserker's Call was on the target. • Fixed Invoker & Hoodwink not getting access to the talents when they drafted their own spells. • Fixed talents missing from Wraith King, Omniknight & Beastmaster. • Fixed being unable to click anything for the first few seconds of the game. • Fixed Coaches crashing during drafting stage. • Fixed private lobbies crashing after the draft if there wasn't 10 players. • Fixed various inaccurate scepter/shard markers on draft screen as well as missing or wrong Aghanim's tooltips. ›       Latest Update • Shadowraze now has 3 charges and has been updated to use mid-range distance. • Skull Basher now bashes, even if Timelock is drafted. • Blur Scepter upgrade now increments non-ultimate charge-based abilities by 1 when a kill occurs. • Fixed Overcharge ending early on owning hero if tether was owned by a teammate and broken. • Added custom effects for when Tree Grab used. • Fixed Io's model disappearing if Tree Grab was used. • Fixed Hero switching back to default model if Tree Grab used while in different form (Dragon Form, Metamorphosis, Flesh Golem etc.) • Increased talent tree bonus gold:    150→300    250→500    500→750    750→1250 January 13, 2021 • Fixed Take Aim active not providing bonus range to melee units. • Fixed Liquid Fire sometimes not working when drafted on Lich. • Fixed Poison Sting not applying to Plague Wards when both drafted. • Fixed Spirit Bear not counting as being owned when picked by Lone Druid. January 11, 2021 • Added Change Log to draft screen. • Fixed a crash when Stone Form used on Visage Familiars. January 9, 2021 • Fixed some drafts never ending, or ending too soon. • Fixed Echo Stomp not working if Astral Spirit not drafted. January 7, 2021 • Fixed Greater Bash not working when drafted. • Fixed Io Spirits In/Out ability replacing other drafted abilities. This should fix any 0 second cool-down exploits with other abilities. • Fixed Fire Spirits not working with Shard. • Fixed being unable to cast Reverse Timewalk with Timewalk Shard. • Fixed Holy Persuasion not converting ancient creeps with Scepter. • Fixed Grave Keeper's Cloak not working with Shard. • Fixed Epicenter not getting the Shard upgrade. • Fixed Fissure Shard upgrade not working. • Pulse Nova Scepter upgrade now grants Nihilism. • Mana Void Scepter upgrade now grants Blink Fragment. • Macropyre Shard upgrade now grants Liquid Ice. • Fixed Spirit Form not granting Recall and Blinding Light when active. • Fixed heroes getting Spirit Form if Illuminate was drafted and a Scepter was gained. • Fixed Ransack not getting the Geostrike upgrade with Shard. • Summon Familiars Scepter upgrade now grants Silent as the Grave. • Skeleton archers now have a minimum attack range of 500 even when Burning Army is cast by melee heroes. • Take Aim and the Shadow Realm active now provide bonus range to melee heroes. • Spirit Bear now displays on the left side of the screen as an owned unit as well as in the post-game scoreboard. It's inventory will also be included in the net worth calculations of the owner hero. • Swashbuckle now splinters the attacks if Marksmanship is drafted and Scepter is active. • Poison Sting now only applies to the primary target when used with multi-target attacks. • Poison Sting no longer applies to attacks coming from any wards other than Plague Wards (Serpent Wards, Death Ward) • Fixed Infernal Blade applying damage and burn to buildings if you switch targets before the projectile lands. • Stifling Dagger now applies Infernal Blade if it is set to auto-cast. • Fixed Bash of the Deep triggering multiple times when ranged units had high attack speed. • Fixed Sacred Arrow launching from different positions depending on the hero. Will now always launch from center point of the hero. • Fixed Acorn Shot missing bounce targets for melee heroes. • Fixed Echo Stomp doing double the damage if Astral Spirit was also drafted. Note: Echo Stomp will still do both physical and magical damage values regardless of Astral Spirit being drafted. • Fixed some heroes getting stuck in looping animations (Ember Spirit, Magnus, Pangolier, Void Spirit). • Fixed giving Scepters to teammates (with Greevil's greed) removing your Shard granted ability. • Fixed attack abilities with a cost, spending that cost on multi-target attacks that don't proc modifiers (Split Shot, Flak Cannon). • Fixed Lil' Shredder stacks being consumed too quickly when using Medusa's Split Shot. • Fixed Bash of the Deep counting up from Marksmanship Splintered attacks. • Fixed Walrus Punch FX sometimes getting stuck on targets for the duration of the game. • Fixed Duel ending early if Berserker's Call was on the target. • Fixed Invoker & Hoodwink not getting access to the talents when they drafted their own spells. • Fixed talents missing from Wraith King, Omniknight & Beastmaster. • Fixed being unable to click anything for the first few seconds of the game. • Fixed Coaches crashing during drafting stage. • Fixed private lobbies crashing after the draft if there wasn't 10 players. • Fixed various inaccurate scepter/shard markers on draft screen as well as missing or wrong Aghanim's tooltips.
UI_days_short: days
UI_hours_short: hrs
UI_minutes_short: mins
UI_seconds_short: secs
DOTA_DDB_Watch: Watch
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Announcement: Announcement
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Teaser: Teaser Trailer
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Trailer: Main Trailer
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Release: Series Premiere
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Call_Teaser: Watch Teaser Trailer
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Call_ComingSoon: Coming to Netflix MARCH 25, 2021
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Teaser_Date: February 19th, 2021
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Trailer_Date: March 1st, 2021
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Release_Date: March 25th, 2021
DOTA_DDB_Promo_Intro: Dragon Knight and Mirana face demons and gods with unexpected allies in this all-new anime series premiering on Netflix. Discover heroes both old and new as Dota 2 comes to life like never before.

Heroes

Shadow Fiend: Changed AbilityDraftAbilities/Ability1 from nevermore_shadowraze1 to nevermore_shadowraze2

Abilities

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+{s:value} Gold: New ad_special_bonus_gold_lvl25_l
+{s:value} Gold: New ad_special_bonus_gold_lvl10_r
+{s:value} Gold: New ad_special_bonus_gold_lvl15_r
+{s:value} Gold: New ad_special_bonus_gold_lvl20_r
+{s:value} Gold: New ad_special_bonus_gold_lvl25_r
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REMOVED ad_special_bonus_gold_250_l
REMOVED ad_special_bonus_gold_500_l
REMOVED ad_special_bonus_gold_750_l
REMOVED ad_special_bonus_gold_150_r
REMOVED ad_special_bonus_gold_250_r
REMOVED ad_special_bonus_gold_500_r
REMOVED ad_special_bonus_gold_750_r

Dota 2 update for 17 February 2021

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