February 06, 2013 Patch (Test)

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Sources

Source: Update Notes - February 6, 2013, Update 2

Patch Notes

• Added Team Matchmaking! Teams have a public rating based on their performance against other Teams.
• Added Language setting for Matchmaking!

Gameplay

• Alchemist: Fixed Unstable Concoction AoE and Self impact behavior when there is a Magic Immune target.
• Batrider:
  • Sticky Napalm:
    • Fixed being applied to Magic Immune units.
    • Fixed being removed by Magic Immunity.
• Bloodseeker:
  • Rupture:
    • Fixed damage interval.
    • Fixed being able to use potions during Rupture.
• Dark Seer: Fixed Ion Shell being castable on creep heroes.
• Doom: Fixed Doom's interaction with MKB and True Strike.
• Dragon Knight:
  • Breathe Fire:
    • Fixed sometimes missing at very close range in Elder Dragon Form.
    • Fixed travel time being too slow.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Call Down first and second impact slow values being swapped
• Keeper of the Light: Fixed Recall going off if Keeper died during the delay.
• Lone Druid: Fixed Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws working against Ancients and Creep Heroes like Familiars and Warlock Golem.
• Medusa:
  • Fixed Split Shot hitting Nightmared units.
  • Fixed Mana Shield not blocking damage from Death Ward, Plague Wards, Serpent Wards and Wildkin's Tornado.
• Morphling: Fixed Morph transformation stopping if Morphling gets purged or cycloned.
• Shadow Fiend:
  • Fixed Shadow Fiend gaining souls while dead
  • Fixed Shadow Fiend gaining souls from killing illusions.
• Spectre: Fixed Spectral Dagger sometimes creating invisible paths of targets it hit.
• Troll Warlord:
  • Added Pseudo Random support for his Bash.
  • Fixed Whirling Axes (Melee) / Whirling Axes (Ranged) interaction with Roshan.
• Visage: Fixed Cleave hitting Familiars.
• Warlock: Fixed Flaming Fists hitting ethereal units.
• Weaver: Fixed various buffs Time Lapse did not remove.
• Witch Doctor: Fixed Paralyzing Casks bouncing off of couriers.
• Courier:
  • Fixed courier not responding to deliver orders after having received a hold or stop order.
  • Reduced stash interaction ranges to fix the courier not filling a bottle when entering and exiting the fountain area in a short time.
  • Fixed the Deliver Items breaking if you used speed burst on the way to the stash.
• Fixed direct unit target spells having 24 less effective range.
• Fixed Dark Pact and Kraken Shell not removing Sticky Napalm, Shadow Strike, Venomous Gale, Poison Nova and Viper Strike.
• Fixed Day/Night cycle duration as well as initial state being a bit off.
• Fixed some ability Backswing timing issues ( Kunkka, Clockwerk, Timbersaw, Meepo, Pudge, Spirit Breaker, Sand King, Riki, Nyx Assassin, Lion, Pugna, Shadow Demon, Batrider).
• Orb of Venom now has the same stacking behavior with Lifesteal that Eye of Skadi does.
• Veil of Discord:
  • Fixed not getting applied to Magic Immune units.
  • Fixed getting dispelled by Purge/BKB/Cyclone/etc.
• Fixed Bloodstone charges incrementing while you are dead.
• Dropped, non-sharable items can no longer be destroyed by teammates.
• Fixed dominated units continuing their previous channeling spell.
• Enabled Silencer in Captain's Mode for Latest Version (will be enabled in Tournament Version the following week).

UI

• Added Language option for Matchmaking. You will find players when matchmaking that have selected the same language(s).
• Fixed buff refreshes not showing the correct swipe.
• Made Keeper's two Spirit Form abilities always visible but just disabled until he uses Spirit Form.
• The dota:// URL handler now supports lobbyid=<lobbyid> and accountid=<accountid> for creating game spectating links.
• Fixed autocast ability border not hiding when moving from a friendly unit to querying an enemy.
• When using smart tab switching, fixed not being able to cycle to controllable units if your currently selected using is dead.
• Players that play on a league game will now have access to that league pass.
• Fixed being able to pick or random an already repicked hero.
• Added an error message when pressing the courier deliver button and there are no items to be delivered.

WEBAPI

• Added Team query to WebAPI. Query is GetTeamInfoByTeamID, params are start_at_team_id and teams_requested.

LEAGUES

• Players that participate in Leagues will now have access to watch all games for said league in the tournament tab.

Bots

• Made Necrophos bot more likely to use Death Pulse to heal himself.
• When considering purchasing an item and determining whether there's room in their inventory, bots will now consider whether the item will stack with an existing item.
• Bots will no longer sell a situational item in order to retrieve a situational item from their stash (fixes purchase thrashing).
• Witch Doctor will no longer use Maledict on non-hero units.
• Slightly lowered the maximum desire to attack a non-hero unit.

Update 2

• Fixed missing UI audio.
• Removed large Team Matchmaking Find Match panel.
• Fixed Unstable Concoction AoE effect not dealing its physical damage to magic immune units.
• Fixed graphical bug in the HUD.
• Fixed bug with courier and order queuing.
• Fixed HUD skin not resetting properly.