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Version 6.70
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2010-12-24
← 6.69c Version 6.69c(Full list) Bug fixes. Release Date DotA:2010-11-05  ← 6.69b6.70 →  Fixed a couple of important bugs. See also edit] Versions Patches v • d • e SystemIn-game Patches Versions Cosmetic Items (Rarity · Quality) Item drop system (Drop 6.70b → Version 6.70b(Full list) Nerfed Tusk. Release Date Dota 2:- DotA:2010-12-28  ← 6.706.70c →  Added support for Turkish language Fixed Essence Shift interaction with Tuskar and Phoenix Fixed some bugs with All Int/Agi/Str and SDSD cards use flash memory to provide nonvolatile storage modes


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Balance changes

Blade Mail   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Blade MailBL A razor-sharp coat of mail, it is the choice of selfless martyrs in combat. Cost2200 Bought FromArmor Active Damage Return Bonus +10 Intelligence+6 Armor+22 dota2
  • Cooldown from 25 to 22
Bloodstone See the in-game item. For the Beta memorial gems, see Bloodstone of the Ancestor, Bloodstone of the Precursor, and Bloodstone of the Founder.   Item   Changelogs     Bloodstone The Bloodstone s dota2
  • Mana regeneration increased from 150 to 200%
  • @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### regeneration increased from 6 to 8
Chainmail   Item   Changelogs     ChainmailBL A medium weave of metal chains. Cost550 Bought FromArmaments Bonus +5 Armor Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Chainmail is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, dota2
  • Added to sideshop
Cloak   Item   Changelogs     CloakBL A cloak made of a magical material that works to dispel any magic cast on it. Cost550 Bought FromArcane Bonus +15% Magic resistance Disassemble? No Alert allies? No dota2
  • Cost increased from 500 to 550 gold
Crystalys   Item   Changelogs     CrystalysB A blade forged from rare crystals, it seeks weak points in enemy armor. Cost2120 (500) Bought FromWeapons Passive Critical Strike Bonus +30 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? dota2
  • Chance to land a Critical Strike increased from 10 to 15%
Morbid Mask   Item   Changelogs     Morbid MaskBL A mask that drains the energy of those caught in its gaze. Cost1100 Bought FromArcane Passive Lifesteal Bonus +10 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe dota2
  • Lifesteal increased from 10 to 15%
Necronomicon   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     NecronomiconB Considered the ultimate in necromancy and demonology, a powerful malefic force is locked within its pages. Cost2650 (1200) Bought FromCaster Active Demonic Summoning Bonus +8/12/16 dota2
  • Bonus strength increased from 6/10/14 to 8/12/16
  • Manaburn cooldown reduced to 20 seconds
Orb of Venom   Item   Changelogs     Orb of VenomBL Envenoms your veapon with the venom of a venomous viper. Cost275 Bought FromArmaments Passive Poison Attack Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Orb of Venom dota2
  • Cost reduced from 550 to 500
Orchid Malevolence   Item   Changelogs     Orchid MalevolenceB A garnet rod constructed from the essence of a fire demon. Cost4075 (775) Bought FromCaster Active Soul Burn Bonus +25 Intelligence+30 Attack speed+150% Mana regeneration+30 Attack damage dota2
  • Cooldown reduced from 25 to 18
Pipe of Insight   Item   Changelogs     Pipe of InsightB A powerful artifact of mysterious origin, it creates barriers against magical forces. Cost3200 (800) Bought FromSupport Active Barrier Passive Insight Aura Bonus +8 Health regeneration+30% Magic dota2
  • Recipe cost reduced from 1000 to 900
Quelling Blade   Item   Changelogs     Quelling BladeBL The axe of a fallen gnome, it allows you to effectively maneuver the forest. Cost200 Bought FromArmaments Active Chop Tree or Ward Passive Quell Disassemble? No Alert dota2
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 5 seconds
Soul Booster   Item   Changelogs     Soul BoosterS Regain lost courage. Cost3200 Bought FromArmor Bonus +425 Health+425 Mana Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe Soul Booster is an item listed at the Main Shop, under dota2
  • Mana increased regeneration from 50 to 100%
  • HPTechnology company increased regeneration from 2 to 4

General

  • Added a new loadscreen by Kunkka
  • Reworked Tavern Layout
  • Added a 4 minute cooldown to Buyback
  • Updated hero icon representation on the minimap (364977)
  • Creep vision decreased from 1100 to 850
  • Consumable Items no longer automatically fuse with ones you don`t own (except for wards)
    • You can now have a courier carry 2 separate TP scrolls for different players
  • Added Gyro, Weaver, Clinkz and Ancient Apparition to CM
  • Fixed default selection order for Necronomicon (Manaburn unit first)
  • Fixed default selection order for Panda`s Split Earth units (Earth -> Storm -> Fire)
  • Added a new model for Furion
  • Restored Lina`s old projectile
  • Added various Christmas themed visuals
  • Added Santa hats for couriers, roshan and aegis holder
  • Replaced Cheese with candy cane (appears on your hero visually as well)
  • Ironwood branch model to christmas present
  • Secret Shop is now Santa
  • Added some other misc christmas doodads
  • Added a visual effect for Furion`s Aghanim`s Scepter
  • Added an Aghanim visual effect for Chen
  • Minor increase to Metamorphosis model size
  • Removed Courier Upgrade button from courier
  • Fixed Flying shadow for Obsidian Destroyer, Visage and Viper (182678)
  • Improved Double Edge visual effect (323845)
  • Added an ally only visual effect for a hero carrying Gem (371567)
  • Added a -bounty command to see the total gold gain by Track
  • Improved the quality of the following item icons: Mjollnir, Platemail, Chainmail, Helm of the Dominator, Boots of Travel, Blade Mail, Assault Cuirass, Monkey King Bar, Sentry Wards, Diffusal Blade, Guinsoo and Desolator (280720)
  • Added a new icon for level 2 Diffusal Blade (366531)
  • Added a new icon for Skeleton King`s Critical Strike (146417)
  • Improved the quality of the following ability icons: Surge and Naga Siren`s Mirror Image (280720)
  • Added a new icon for Empower (206290)
  • Added a new icon for Skewer (206290)
  • Added a new icon for Reverse Polarity (206290)

Bugs

  • Fixed Armlet triggering Last Word
  • Fixed Deafening Blast status icon
  • Fixed Rupture status buff icon sometimes lingering on you after you respawn (visual only)
  • Fixed a recent bug that caused Death Prophet`s Ghosts to behave incorrectly with Stout Shield based items.
  • Fixed rare cases where omnislash wouldn`t ministun the target
  • Fixed a bug with the interaction of Call Down and Nether Blast
  • Fixed The Swarm units sometimes falling off the target
  • Fixed multiple Quelling Blade stacking bug
  • Fixed some silences not properly disabling Silencer`s Last Word
  • Fixed a bug with Frostmourne bonus being given to attack attempts by the enemy heroes
  • Fixed Split Shot dispelling Curse of the Silent
  • Fixed a possible fatal error with Static Link when targeting ground in some areas
  • Fixed Aghanim Echoslam cooldown not appearing on scoreboard

New Heroes

  • Added a new hero (Tusk)

Ymir, the Tusk

  • Main Attribute: Strength
  • Alliance: Sentinel
  • Agility: 23 + 2.1
  • Intelligence: 18 + 1.7
  • Strength: 23 + 2.3
  • Starting Armor: 3
  • Movement Speed: 305
  • Attack Range: Melee
Ice Shards
Ability: Point Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
Tusk compresses 5 shards of ice into a ball of frozen energy that damages all enemies in comes in contact with. If the ball comes in contact with an enemy hero or reaches its maximum range the shards are released, it creates a barrier that lasts for 5 seconds.
Q E
120
18 / 16 / 14 / 12
Damage:
Duration:
Radius:
Cast Range:
₠70 / 140 / 210 / 280
₠5
₠200
₠1500
  • Note: Shards block paths.
Snowball
Ability: Unit Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
Tusk and any nearby allied heroes roll in a quickly growing snowball towards the target enemy unit. Any victims caught in the snowball`s path take damage and are briefly stunned; the final target takes 40 extra damage and 0.25 extra stun duration. The snowball moves at the combined move speed of the heroes within.
W W
75
40
Cast Range:
Radius:
Stun Duration:
Damage Secondary Target:
₠1250
₠200 + 40 per Second
₠0.25 / 0.5 / 0.75 / 1
₠40 / 80 / 120 / 160
  • Note: Stops traveling after 4 seconds.
Frozen Sigil
Ability: No Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Tusk summons a Frozen Sigil by calling upon the deepest cold of winter. The Sigil creates a snowstorm which slows all enemy units within 600 range.
E F
75
50
Radius:
Duration:
Movement Speed Slow:
Attack Speed Slow:
Sigil Health:
Kill Bounty:
₠600
₠30
₠10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
₠30% / 40% / 50% / 60%
₠300
₠90 / 100 / 110 / 120 gold
  • Note: Spawns in front of him.
Walrus PUNCH!
Ability: No Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Physical
Tusk prepares his mighty Walrus Punch. His next attack will do a critical strike and launch the victim into the air. The victim will be slowed upon landing and take damage.
R R
50 / 75 / 100
18 / 16 / 14
Landing Damage:
Landing Slow Duration:
Landing Slow:
Critical Damage:
Threshold Damage:
₠100 / 200 / 300
₠2 / 3 / 4
₠40%
₠2.5x
₠4x if target below 50% hp


  • Added a new hero (Phoenix)

Icarus, the Phoenix

  • Main Attribute: Strength
  • Alliance: Sentinel
  • Agility: 12 + 1.3
  • Intelligence: 18 + 1.8
  • Strength: 22 + 2.9
  • Starting Armor: 0
  • Movement Speed: 290
  • Attack Range: 500
Icarus Dive
Ability: Point Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Phoenix dives forward in an arc with a fixed distance in the targeted direction, dealing damage and disarming any units he comes into contact with, and then orbiting back to his original position. If during the 2 second duration of this spell Phoenix casts another spell, the dive ends. Phoenix gains magic immunity for this brief dive period as well. Costs 10% of current HP to cast.
Q D
100
40
Damage:
Disarm Duration:
Travel Range:
Travel Width:
Duration:
HP Cost:
₠100 / 150 / 200 / 250
₠2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5
₠1400
₠500
₠2
₠10% of Current HP
  • Note: You can also press the same hotkey anytime to end the dive.
Fire Spirits
Ability: No Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
Born out of his own life force, Icarus creates 4 fire spirits to fly alongside him. Each spirit slowly grows in power and can be used to damage his enemies or heal his allies. Costs 10% of your current HP to cast.
W F
75
35
Spirit Minimum Damage/Heal:
Spirit Maximum Damage/Heal:
Spirit Radius:
Maximum Growth Time:
Fire Spirits Duration:
HP Cost:
₠10 / 15 / 20 / 25
₠40 / 60 / 80 / 100
₠400
₠10
₠16
₠10% of Current HP
  • Note: The target subability fires off each spirit one at a time. It has no cooldown. If you let them expire without ordering them, they sacrifice themselves where they are.
Target Fire Spirits
Ability: Point Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Target a fire spirit towards a location.
W F
Cast Range:
₠1200


Sun Ray
Ability: Point Target
Affects: Units
Damage: Pure
Drawing from his own inner fire, Icarus expels a huge beam of light at the cost of his own life energy. The beam slows and damages enemies for a percentage of their life. Costs 25% of current HP to activate. Upon casting, you lose the ability to attack or move directly. Ray extends out to the first hero it finds and burns it and a very small area around it. Can be toggled on and off. You have another sub ability that you can toggle to allow you to drift towards the direction of the ray.
E R
10
20
Damage Per Second:
Slow:
Slow Duration:
Cast Range:
Radius:
Activation HP Cost:
Overtime Mana Cost:
₠10 / 20 / 30 / 40 + 5%
₠14% / 20% / 26% / 32%
₠2
₠1300
₠130
₠25% of Current HP
₠4% of Max Mana
  • Note: You control the direction of the ray using right click and the beam will move towards that angle.
  • Note 2: Automatically shuts off if you are silenced or stunned.
Supernova
Ability: No Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
The Phoenix willingly ends his current life for the chance to be reborn. Transforms into a burning sun that scorches enemies within 1000 range. The sun can be attacked by enemy heroes; if it is destroyed, the Phoenix dies as well. However, if the sun survives for 6 seconds all enemies in range will be stunned and the Phoenix will return to life fully regenerated.
R V
200
110
Damage Per Second:
Stun Duration:
Burn Radius:
Duration:
Hero Attacks To Kill Sun:
₠60 / 80 / 100
₠1.5 / 2 / 2.5
₠1000
₠6
₠5 / 7 / 9


Abaddon

  • Frostmourne bonus movement speed increased from 10% to 15%

Anti-Mage

  • Spell Shield magic reduction from 15%/25%/35%/45% to 26%/34%/42%/50%

Axe

  • Berserker`s Call bonus armor from 5/10/15/20 to a constant 30

Bane

  • Reduced Fiend`s Grip cooldown from 120 to 100

Bounty Hunter

  • Increased Track`s movement bonus aoe from 800 to 900
  • Increased armor by 2

Brewmaster

  • Drunken Brawler Crit chance increased from 5%/10%/15%/20% to 10%/15%/20%/25%
  • Drunken Brawler Evasion chance increased from 6%/12%/18%/24% to 10%/15%/20%/25%

Centaur Warrunner

  • Hoof Stomp stun duration from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75 to 2/2.25/2.5/2.75

Chen

  • Holy Persuasion cooldown from 30 to 30/26/22/18

Dazzle

  • Shadow Wave damage aoe increased from 155 to 170

Death Prophet

  • Increased base damage by 5
  • Removed healing cap (was 1000) on Exorcism
  • Strength gain from 1.8 to 2.2

Disruptor

  • Thunder Strike manacost increased from 100/110/120/130 to 130

Doom

  • Scorched Earth damage and health regeneration reduced from 15/20/25/30 to 12/16/20/24

Invoker

  • Sun Strike kills now give XP to Invoker

Jakiro

  • Rebalanced base damage from 42-54 to 46-54

Juggernaut

  • Healing Ward movement speed increased from 150 to 300
  • Banished units are no longer immune to Blade Fury

Keeper of the Light

  • Blinding Light`s cast range increased from 600 to 900

Leshrac

  • Split Earth damage increased from 70/140/210/290 to 120/180/240/300
  • Lightning Storm cooldown reduced from 6 to 5.5
  • Diabolic Edict no longer uses cast point

Lich

  • Dark Ritual cooldown reduced from 55/50/45/40 to 30/27/24/21
  • Frost Armor manacost increased from 25 to 50
  • Frost Armor armor reduced from 3/6/9/12 to 3/5/7/9
  • Frost Nova primary target damage increased from 50/100/125/175 to 50/100/150/200

Lifestealer


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