Official changelog
NEW TEAM MATCHMAKING
1.-Team matchmaking is now merged into ranked matchmaking
2.-To play as a team, prepare a party of five for ranked matchmaking. Then select the option to play using the team identity.
3.-Max team roster size increased from 5 to 7. Any team roster change will reset the team MMR.
4.-You may not create a team or be a member of a team until you reach level 13. (Existing teams with players lower than level 13 are not removed from the roster, but will be prevented from matchmaking.)
5.-Abandonment rules and available game modes are now the same as ordinary ranked matchmaking.
6.-You may not participate in team matchmaking while in the low priority matchmaking pool.
7.-Teams will only be matched against other ranked parties of five, preferably against other parties playing using a team identity, but potentially against ordinary parties not using a team identity
STRETCH GOALS
Compendium Reward Released: Added Favorite Hero Challenge | Select a Favorite Hero in the compendium, and try out the new in-game performance analysis tool
Compendium Reward Released: Added 1v1 Practice Mode | Practice solo midlane against one other player
INTERFACE
Visual update to the Hero Picker and Loadout Browser.
Combined co-op and normal bot match tabs.
Several ability and item tooltip adjustments.
Updated controls when watching replays, it now auto-hides at the bottom of the screen.
Team profiles for pro teams now only display official player names, and have limited right-click options.
Game end scoreboard now shows rank changes and fantasy points in ranked and league matches, respectively.
Added a Player Score details popup to the Fantasy Roster and Matchup pages.
Spectators can now see item tooltips on purchase announcements.
CAMERA
While in game, changing the camera zoom level is now smooth.
Double tapping Select All will now center the camera on your hero.
Fixed bug where panning the camera or clicking on the minimap did not immediately update the camera's height.
Spectators can now zoom out while using the Directed Camera, Free Camera, and Hero Chase
Camera.
Fixed a bug in Showcase View where if you clicked on another unit to begin dragging the camera, you would move to that hero.
Increased the click radius for selecting another unit in Showcase View.
Showcase View no longer defaults to the front of the selected unit, unless it’s the first time, or unless the player is in another player’s perspective (including broadcasters).
Fixed a bug where the camera’s transition into Showcase View would rotate in an awkward way.
MISC
Improved effectiveness of language matching in the matchmaking algorithm.
BOTS
Added bot for Bristleback.
GAMEPLAY BUGS
Fixed a bug where Tether could sometimes move Io towards the previously Tethered unit instead
Fixed large stacks of Thirst sometimes letting you run through Kinetic Field and Pounce's Leash
Fixed Cleave not hurting units that are currently being teleported to
Fixed an issue with Sleight of Fist and Disarm not interacting properly
Fixed Huskar's Burning Spears malfunctioning on rare occasions
Fixed Ember Spirit sometimes being affected by damage reflection while invulnerable in Sleight of Fist
Daedalus now plays the crit sound on an attack connecting, rather than on attack start
Patch Information
ESL One Frankfurt 2014 rewards have been added to the ticket. Mostly dispatched to previous buyers too.
New Treasure Chests
Treasure of the Shattered Hourglass | Store Link | Preview
Eul's Scepter of the Magus
Rigwarl's Spiny Demeanor
Defiled Stinger
Tentacles of Nether Reach
Heretic Enclave
Thunder Rogue's Braid
Scrapper's Helm
Flail of the Drunken Cask
Aged Spirit of Tide - Rare Bonus
Snapjaw - Super Rare Bonus
Treasure of the Sunken Maiden | Store Link | Preview
Tormentor's Diadem
Luscious Locks
Berserker's Nethersteel Barbute
Crown of the Merciless
Malefic Nether Focus
Soothsayer's Spectral Strands
Moonrider's Lucent Headdress
Thorned Mane
Scientific Curiousity - Rare Bonus
Scribbins the Scarab - Super Rare Bonus
Economy Updates
New Dota TV Tickets
Brazilian Dota League
KUL Gaming Cup
The International 2014 Couriers
Mechjaw has been renamed to Mechjaw the Boxhound
Octopus has been renamed to Oculopus
Brands
Funn1k brand now has images and banners.
Fnatic brand now has images and banners
LGD brand now has images and banners.
Empire brand now has images and banners.
Unreleased Chests'
Treasure of the Meticulous Sculptor - Currently has the contents defined as the Sunken Maiden but that is work in progress.
Unreleased Cosmetics
Beaverknight Courier
Cicatrix Reglia Set - ARS-ART
The Divine Anchor Set - Kunkka Set by Kunkka
Demihero Courier
Dragonfire Set Lina
Everlastingheat Set Lina - LGD.DD
Forge Warrior Nipper - Clockwerk
Goldenfly Hook - Pudge
Great Calamity - Lycan Ultimate
NoName Bounty Hunter Set - Funn1k
Jadeserpent - Juggernaut
Crystal Scavenger - Meepo - Fnatic
Highplains Mentor - Ember Spirit Weapons
Sunwarrior Set - Phantom Lancer - Alliance
The Timberthaw Set - Timbersaw
The Tink Ward
The Treasure of the Deep Set
And a few more sets. I'll update them later. Gotta go out.
Others
Relic Sword is now Mythical from Rare.
New attribute: "tooltip event icon"
Frull Courier added to the schema last patch now has particle effects.
Fixes to the Vici Gaming and Empire pennant.
Torneo Tecnobar De Dota 2 - Dota TV ticket fixed to work correctly.
Helm of the Stormlands added to the GEST Ticket. Fixed bug.
Particle System added for some new cosmetic items: Primeval Set for Nature's Prophet, Scouring Dunes Set for Sand King, Divine Anchor Set for Kunkka and the new couriers.
Updated Icons
Updated icons for Gold and Sterling Gems
Updated icons for Na`Vi.US to show their new team logo.
A few more icon updates but insignificant. You can check them out here.
Item Drop List Updates
Removed
Clergy Ascetic Set
Silent Guardian Set
Despite Set
Eki Bukaw Set
Compendium
Pudgling has been added to the schema.
DD, DDC and DDZ, Forev, Heen, Johnny, Jotm, Mozun, NS, Pegasus, QO, have their profile pictures updated
String Updates
Some new strings for the Fantasy League.
New announcement to let people know that they need to be above Level 13 to participate in Team Matchmaking.
Updated strings at team creation screen to let them know they can participate in ranked team matchmaking.
Strings to let people know that they can't participate in ranked MM if they are in low priority.
Updated Strings for the new loadout and hero selection screen.
Strings to let team members know that in team MM if a player from their team leaves, they will be awarded a loss and that they will lose MMR.
Environmental Effects Compendium reward is in the works. Three new Weather types are now listed - Moonbeam, Rain and Snow.
Spectator Tooltips
New strings to work with the replay system changes: Auto-Speed, Live and Go Live.
Option to jump ahead of the draft in replays.
Combat log now shows items and abilities separately.
Tooltip Updates
There are far too many tiny changes. So I'll just mention the heroes that the tweaks have been made to.
Pulse Nova, Pudge Hook, Rupture, Culling Blade, Meld, Ice Vortex, Acid Spray, Unstable Concoction, Cold Snap, Ghost Walk, Tornado, Chaos Meteor, Forge Spirits, Ice Wall, Defeaning Blast, Soul Assumption Tether, Shadow Dance, Ancient Seal, Natural Order have had their tooltips updated.
Etheral Blade, Ghost Scepter, Orb of Venom, Veil of Discord have had their tooltips updated.
Pro-Playe Set Strings
Ars-Art
Solo
YYF
ZSMJ
NS
Funn1k
Compendium Strings
Updates to the Dreamleague and ESL One Frankfurt Compendium content.
When a compendium game goes live, there is now a LIVE GAME seal to show that.
New Player Strings
The string have been refined again to ask them even more nicely which game they are from and how they would find themselves comfortable playing Dota.
Custom Game Updates
New lobby strings for Custom Games for unpublished mods.
"To test your unpublished game mode with other people, all participants must manually install the game mode in their dota_addons folder."
Strings for custom lobbies by Friends so you can join them quickly.
You can subscribe to custom game modes and search by them accordingly.
Dota 2 Workshop Tools are going to be released before custom games are added. You need to have them installed before trying out custom games. They are currently in beta.
Unreleased Content Strings
"Unlock Emoticons" for the TI4 Emoticon Pack. Opening an emoticon pack will consume the pack and add the emoticons to your account.
Workshop Updates
Phantom Assassin weapon particles have been split to have ambient effects separately now.
Audio Updates
Base pitch of Midnight Pulse has been increased from 95 to 100.
Some fine tuning to Axe's sound set.
Compendium Level Up and Point Usage now have sound effects.
A LOT of hanges are being made to make audio mods a thing. All custom sound packs are being separated. The default Valve pack is being called "valve_dota_001". This is being done for the Compendium reward and any audio packs for the future.
Terrorblade Arcana sounds are now separated from the default file pack.
The announcer packs now have a new string called "speakonce" for most of the basic announcement dialogs like "All Pick, All Random, Choose a Hero and etc etc."
New music effect entries for worldmap, death music, ganked music and etc.
Hero Updates
Heroes have now been added a new tag that defines whether or not they are enabled for All Random Death Match.
All heroes now have tags that define their hero selection sound effect and loadout scaling to work with the new loadout.
Spell Updates
Phoenix
Fixes to the Launch Fire Spirit of Phoenix: HP cost percentage fixed from 15 to 20 and DPS at max level from 75 to 70.
Sunray damage type is now fixed to be Pure.
Fire Spirits damage type is now fixed to be Magical.
Icarus Dive damage type fixed to be magical.
Portrait Updates
Fullbody Portrait updates to pretty much every hero to suit the new loadout.
Venomancer Centipede Ward now has a portrait.
Frull Courier that was added to the schema now has a portrait.
Fixes to Lt. Squawkins TI4 Compendium Courier portrait.
Fixes to teh Iron Claw Bear Form Portrait.
Fixes to the Venomancer Death Bringer ward.
New Portraits
Some of these items are unreleased.
Warlocks Golem Ahmhedoq
Cadenza Forge Spirit
Tentacles of Nether Reach Pugna Ward
Heretic Enclave Exorcism Units
Scribbin the Scarab Courier
Tink Ward, Snapjaw Courier
Geoedesic Eidolon Enigma
Enchanted Vision Ward
Stonebound Ward
Tangki Serpent Shadow Shaman Ward
