New Bloom Festival 2015

Info

New Bloom Festival 2015 is an event In-game Events are held annually, and for one-time promotional purposes. Events often come with special game modes, as well as limited trophies, cosmetic items and more. Contents 1 Annual Events 1.1 Diretide 1.2 Frostivus 1.3 that lasted from Feb. 12th to Mar. 2nd, 2015. It celebrates the year of the Ram. This event featuresSpecial attraction a new game mode, in which two teams battle it out with their respective Year Beasts.

Tips

• Bloodseeker can increase the Year Beast`s damage and damage taken with Bloodrage. This also heals the Year Beast when it gets kills/last hits.
• Dazzle can greatly increase the Year Beast`s armor with Weave and save Year Beast with Shallow Grave.
• Invoker can use Alacrity to give Year Beast more attack speed and damage.
• Io can increase the Year Beast`s attack speed and survivability with Tether and Overcharge.
• Lich can use Ice Armor to increase the Year Beast`s armor and slow enemies attacking it.
• Magnus can make the Year Beast attacks do cleave damage with Empower.
• Necrophos can kill the Year Beast quickly with Reaper`s Scythe.
• Ogre Magi can use Bloodlust to increase Year Beast`s attack speed and movement speed.
• Omniknight can make the Year Beast magic immune with Repel.
• Razor can steal the Year Beast`s attack damage with Static Link.
• Techies can kill the Year Beast quickly with Land Mines.
• Warlock, Zeus, and Lich can benefit greatly the from Year Beast`s level 3 Speed Aura, allowing them cast multiple abilities in a short amount of time.
• Ursa can kill the Year Beast quickly by attacking it with its passive Fury Swipes.

Videos

Currency

Ability Points are the currency for this event. It is used to upgrade the Year Beast and cast abilities in-game.

• Players are given a set maximum amount of Ability Points at the start of each Year Beast Brawl.
• The maximum amount of points possible (Ability Points Pool) can be increased by various items.

100 Year Beast Ability Points 100 Year Beast Ability Points Tool Rarity: Common Buy Now on Market 100 Ability Points to upgrade your team s Year Beast in the Year Beast Brawl! Created By Released12 Feb 2015 OriginNew Bloom Festival 2015

1000 Year Beast Ability Points 1000 Year Beast Ability Points Tool Rarity: Mythical Buy Now on Market 1000 Ability Points to upgrade your team s Year Beast in the Year Beast Brawl! This item will expire on Mar 06, 2015 (0:00:00).

2400 Year Beast Ability Points 2400 Year Beast Ability Points Tool Rarity: Mythical Buy Now on Market 2400 Ability Points to upgrade your team s Year Beast in the Year Beast Brawl! This item will expire on Mar 06, 2015 (0:00:00).

Acquisition

Method	Points
Frost Avalanche Bundle Frost Avalanche Bundle Bundle Rarity: ArcanaSlot: Pack Buy Now in Store Buy Now on Market This bundle can be opened when the New Bloom update is released. Contains the Frost Avalanche arcana for Crystal Maiden. (Purchase)	4800
Dota 2 Store The Dota 2 Store “ Play Thank you, thank you for your business. Click to listen— The Shopkeeper ” The Dota 2 Store is a micropayment service that allows players to purchase in-game cosmetic items such as	2400
	1000
Playing Event Matches (Win or lose)	100
Winning Regular The matchmaking screen Matchmaking is the process through which the system groups players into opposing teams for public games. With the exception of bot games, matchmaking is mostly determined by matchmaking ratings (MMR). Contents 1 Matches*	100 (Owner)
	25 (Teammates)
Item Recycling (Per round)	50

*At least one player on the team must own a Frost Avalanche Frost Avalanche Wearable Crystal MaidenRarity: ArcanaSlot: Back Buy Now on Market Some say the garment began as the wedding gown of an ancient queen. Others say it was once a battle cloak of a frost in order to earn points from regular matches.

Daily Bonus

A bonus amount of Ability Points is added to the players` total each day.

• Feb. 13: 3500 → 8000 → 1500
• Feb. 14: 2100 → 4500
• Feb. 15: 4500 → 7200
• Feb. 16: 3200
• Feb. 17: 5500
• Feb. 18: 2900
• Feb. 19: 6600
• Feb. 20: 5100
• Feb. 21: 3200
• Feb. 22: 4800
• Feb. 23: 2600
• Feb. 24: 7700
• Feb. 25: 3400
• Feb. 26: 1700
• Feb. 27: 5700
• Feb. 28: 9500
• Mar. 1: 12200
• Mar. 2: 6400

Year Beast Brawl

Year Beast (2015)
Ancient Creep-Hero
Level 1 Health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life 2000 Health regeneration “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life 5 Mana Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a 500 Mana regeneration Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a 1 Armor Armor is an attribute shared by all units. Armor is used to determine the amount of damage reduction (or amplification if an armor value is negative) a unit takes from physical damage sources. Higher armor 4 Magic resistance Magic resistance is an attribute of heroes, similar to armor. Instead of reducing physical damage, it reduces magical damage. All heroes, except for Meepo and Visage, possess 25% magic resistance from their armor type. This 0⃂% Attack damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of 85 Acquisition range Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by 800 Attack range Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by 120 Base attack time The frequency with which units attack is measured in attack speed. A unit s attack speed can be modified by items, agility, abilities, and auras. Contents 1 Base attack time 2 Attack speed representation 3 Attack 1 Attack animation Every unit in Dota 2 has an attack animation. In mechanical terms, this is a delay between when an attack command is issued, and damage is dealt (in the case of melee units) or a 0.3+0.3 Movement speed DPS multiplier when chasing Minimum (pursuer MS / target MS) Ratio for Maximum Chase DPS Movement speed (sometimes abbreviated as move speed or MS) is the speed at which a unit can move. Movement speed 250 Follow range DPS multiplier when chasing Minimum (pursuer MS / target MS) Ratio for Maximum Chase DPS Movement speed (sometimes abbreviated as move speed or MS) is the speed at which a unit can move. Movement speed 100 Turn rate Turn rate is the speed at which a unit can turn. When moving to a location, a unit first turns to face that location, then begins walking. Similarly, when targeting another unit with an attack 0.5 Vision range Vision changes around while the hero moves. Vision describes what a unit can and cannot see from its current location and state. Places a unit cannot see are filled with the Fog of War, a 50 ⃢₀⋘ 50 (G) Bounty “ Play Now that s how you make gold. Click to listen— Alchemist ” Gold is the currency used to buy items or instantly revive your hero. Gold can be earned from killing heroes, creeps, or buildings. Contents 250 Experience   Main   Changelogs     “ Play I grow stronger! Click to listen— Storm Spirit ” Experience allows heroes to level up, which makes them stronger and allows them to learn new abilities. Experience is earned 250 Notes Radiant Radiant Associated with Heroes Arc Warden Factions Dire Places Mad Moon Cosmetics Radiant Ore Other Lore Radiant OreNemesis Stones The Radiant is a faction in Dota 2. It is characterized by a bright, natural theme. icon: Dire Dire Associated with Heroes Arc Warden Factions Radiant Places Mad Moon Other Lore DirestoneNemesis Stones The Dire is a faction in Dota 2. It is characterized by a dark, gloomy theme. The top right half icon:

Year Beast Brawl is a standard match with the addition of a semi-controllable Year Beast bot For the in-game item sometimes abbreviated as "BoT", see Boots of Travel. Bots are computer controlled heroes in Dota 2. They can be found in practice matches, lobbies and co-op bot matches. Contents 1 Difficulties for both teams. Players select their heroes in the same way as Ranked All Pick. The Year Beast appears every five minutes, and selects a lane to attack. Matchmaking Rating A player s match history, showing changes in MMR after each game. Matchmaking Rating, or MMR is a value that determines the skill level of each player. This value is used in matchmaking. Winning increases a is not affected by Year Beast Brawls.

Access

• The Year Beast Brawl can only be joined during 20-minute windows that occur every 2-3 hours each day.
• A countdown timer tells how much time is left before the game mode becomes available.

Levels

The Year Beast gets stronger, gaining the following stats with each level:

• 350 Health
• 35 Attack damage
• 1 Armor
• 5% Magic resistance
• 5 Movement speed
• 50 Gold bounty
• 50 Experience bounty

Controlling the Year Beast

For more details on abilities, see the Year Beast Year Beast (2015) Ancient Creep-Hero Level 1 Health 2000 Health regeneration 5 Mana 500 Mana regeneration 1 Armor 4 Magic resistance 0% Attack damage 85 Acquisition range 800 Attack range 120 Base attack time 1 article.

Commands

The Year Beast can be commanded to take certain actions by spending Ability Points. Active Abilities are automatically upgraded at the 10 and 20 minute marks, and can be used even when the Year Beast is dead.

Command	Ability Points	Cooldown	Description
Teleport	50	30	Teleport to a friendly building or creep. Similar to Boots of Travel   Item   Changelogs     Boots of TravelB Winged boots that grant omnipresence. Cost2400 (2000) Bought FromCommon Active Teleport Bonus +100 Movement speed Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Boots of Travel are . 4.5 second channel time. Can be silenced.
Attack Target	50	20	Targets a single enemy unit or building for 5 seconds, gains phase and haste. Alerts allies in chat when used.
Double Damage	50	10	Increase base damage by 100%. Functions in the same way as a Double Damage Rune   Double Damage   Haste   Illusion   Invisibility   Regeneration   Bounty   Arcane     See more: Runes#List Buff icon Double Damage Play AbilityNo Target AffectsSelf Increases base damage by 100%. Attack Damage . Lasts 5 seconds.
Heal	50	50	Heals the Year Beast by 20% of its health.
Thunderwrath	750	240	Casts Thundergod`s Wrath. Deals 125/250/375 damage to all enemies.
Global Silence	750	300	Casts Global Silence. Silences all enemies for 4/5/6 seconds.
Hand Of God	750	160	Casts Hand of God. Restores 200/300/400 health to all team members.
Global Chakra	750	90	Casts global Chakra Magic. Restores 60%/80%/100% mana to all team members.
Tower Flak Cannon	250	60	Causes towers to hit and slow all enemy units within 1000 range each time they attack. Similar to Flak Cannon. Slow effect functions in the same way as Eye of Skadi   Item   Changelogs     Eye of Skadi Extremely rare artifact, guarded by the azure dragons. Cost5775 Bought FromArtifacts Passive Cold Attack Bonus +25 Strength+25 Agility+25 Intelligence+225 Health+250 Mana Disassemble? No Alert allies? No . Lasts 10 seconds.
Glyph of Fortification Tower under the effects of Glyph The Glyph of Fortification, or Glyph, is an ability usable by any player that causes all friendly buildings to become impervious to damage for a short duration. Glyph lasts	250	360	Causes buildings to become invulnerable for 5 seconds. Functions in the same way as the Glyph of Fortification Tower under the effects of Glyph The Glyph of Fortification, or Glyph, is an ability usable by any player that causes all friendly buildings to become impervious to damage for a short duration. Glyph lasts .

Upgradedable Paths

• The Year Beast can be upgraded at the 10 and 20 minutes mark with Ability Points.
• There are three upgrade paths available.
• Each player selects their own upgrade path for a total of five upgrades.
• Multiple instances of the same upgrade path come with independent proc chances and cooldowns.
• Players cannot control upgraded abilities. The Year Beast will use them automatically.

Match Rewards

Achievement Rewards

Achievement	Reward
Win one Year Beast Brawl	Ancient Rhythm Loading Screen
Win three Year Beast Brawls	Redhorn
Win ten Year Beast Brawls	Jadehorn
Earn 8,000 Ability Points	Goldhorn

Trophies

Name	Description	Trophy
Year Beast Brawl Victories	Awarded for your victories during the Year Beast Brawl event.
		1 Win	5 Wins	10 Wins	25+ Wins

Item Recycling

During the event, cosmetic items can be recycled in the Armory. Recycling ten items will grant 50 ability points and a Charm of the Crucible Jewel. The charm can be used to predict victories. Three victory predictions will award a Treasure of the Crucible Jewel, as well as a small chance of receiving an Arcana item. Making two incorrect predictions will grant one to three Charm Fragments.

Unreleased/Removed Features

Trophies

• These trophies were originally intended to reward the number of "New Bloom Levels" earned, but the featureSpecial attraction was never implemented.

Name	Description	Trophy
Year Beast Readiness	Awarded for gaining New Bloom Levels during the Year Beast Brawl event.
		Level 1	Level 30	Level 95	Level 150+

History

External Links

• Part 1 - Teaser Video
• Part 2 - The New Neighbors