Version 5.53


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Version 5.53
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Release Date
DotA:
2004-06-06
← 5.52 Version 5.52(Full list) Balance changes. Release Date DotA:Date Needed  ← 5.515.53 →  *Added cost to Shadow Strike, FoK and Sonic Wave: changed Flame Lord ult, reduced dmg on Wrath of Zeus, reduced movement on Rampage, 5.54 → Version 5.54(Full list) Bug fixes. Release Date DotA:Date Needed  ← 5.535.55 →  *Fixed "blah", Lightning Bolt, Wraith of Zeus, Omnislash, Eclipse, Poison Nova, Dagon, Freezing Field, Chaos Bolt, Void, turned down Conjurer Golems, fixed all


 *in one word: NERF NERF NERF. *Nerfed Razor, QoP, Zeus, Rhasta, Traxex, Faceless Void, Visage, and Skeleton Fletcher. Someof them were big nerfs. *Added Fire Bush back in, fixed a few bugs: Roshan soloing, blah, Dagger/Nether Swap. Aegis, changed back towers to Siege, Roshan is now harder and gives more plunder, reduced bonuses on Energy Booster, Vitality Booster, and Soul Booster, and added a new hero for the Sentinel. Rewrote a bunch of triggers and deleted a bunch of custom objects, hopefully decreasing loading time and in-game lag.