July 10, 2013 Patch (Test)

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Sources

Source: Update Notes - July 10, 2013, Update 2, Update 3, Update 4

Patch Notes

Added Abaddon!

GAMEPLAY

• Death Prophet: Fixed AI on Exorcism spirits that caused them to sometimes be less efficient and linger on units far from you
• Doom: Fixed Doom not disabling Flak Cannon
• Huskar: Fixed being able to attack while he is leaping in Life Break
• Jakiro: Fixed Liquid Fire debuff being removed by Manta/BKB
• Lich: Fixed the order of damage instances on Frost Blast
• Omniknight: Fixed his spells not working on Mechanical units
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Stifling Dagger projectile speed traveling a little too slow
• Sven: Fixed Storm Hammer AoE not hitting invisible units
• Fixed Siege not getting increased damage when the Ranged Barracks dies
• Fixed Buckler and Mekansm +2 active armor buff stacking
• Fixed Vladmir's Offering not working on Siege units

TRAINING

• Added match making option to opt out of Limited Hero mode
• Fixed some players not receiving item rewards after completing training tasks
• Play Tab will now remember your previous selection
• Fixed various progression bugs in Mechanics II
• Fixed disabled skill assignment using CTRL+Ability when in tutorial

COMPENDIUM

• Added Player Card rewards. Unlock the Smeevil Crab mount by stamping complete teams
• Added the International Fantasy Challenge.

UI

• Added a hotkey to Select All Units
• Added a hotkey to activate Speed Burst on your flying courier
• Minor reorganization to control settings page
• Fixed Replay Speed Decrease hotkey missing from the configuration panel
• Increased the maximum number of total spectator slots from 14 to 22
• Removed Favorite hero count limit
• Moved Solo Only Matchmaking to a setting on the main Find Match tab.
• New Tournament Drops:
  • When a player reaches a Godlike streak
  • When a Courier is killed
  • When a player buys a Divine Rapier
  • When Earthshaker Echo Slam's 5 heroes
• Fixed Quick Cast bug preventing use on neutrals/couriers

VISUAL

• Fixed Global Silence not showing the visual effect on Familiars even though they are silenced
• Updated ability icons for Dark Seer and Dragon Knight
• Added new disarmed effect
• Fixes for a few portrait based effects, such as Enigma's vortex

AUDIO

• Updated Mekansm SFX.

PLATFORM

• Added support for Mac OS X
  

Minimum Mac OS X Requirements:
OS X Lion 10.7 4GB RAM, 4GB Hard drive space. nVidia 320M or higher, or Radeon 7000 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher

• Added support for Linux

Minimum Linux System Requirements:
Ubuntu 12.04, dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz, 4GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1, 4GB Hard Drive Space, OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
Mac and Linux support is early and experimental. They will be remain in Dota 2 Test until the testing phase is complete. For reporting bugs, please see the Dota 2 GitHub at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues For community discussion of the Mac and Linux versions head to the Dota 2 Dev forums at http://dev.dota2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=447

WORKSHOP

• Added Mok mandrill courier
• Added Defense Grid announcer
• Fixed orientation on Bounty Hunter's Jinada Glows on workshop items
• Fixed Nether Ward effect orientation for workshop items
• Added support for workshop authored effects on Kunkka's weapon

BOTS

• Bots will no longer stare at a dropped gem, futilely trying to destroy it.

Update 2

• Fixed a couple missing control groups.
• Fixed Aphotic Shield not always dealing its full damage when it explodes.
• Fixed Curse of Avernus not giving you the speed bonus when attacking buildings.
• Fixed Borrowed Time interaction with debuffs/stuns.
• Fixed Borrowed Time not removing Doom.
• Clarified Aphotic Shield tooltip.
• Added Legacy keys for Abaddon.
• Fixed Abaddon base armor.
• Fixed Abaddon illusions not dropping below 1 hp.
• Fixed Borrowed Time not working properly in -wtf mode.
• Fixed Curse of Avernus not slowing attack speed on enemies.
• Made a number of tweaks to Abaddon effects.
• Added Solo Championship Voting.
• Over the next couple of days existing players who participated in the beta will be granted the Gunslinger’s Rifle (the reward item for playing match-made Limited Hero Pool games)
• Increased number of item drops when a Tournament Event occurs.

Update 3

• Added bot info for Abaddon.
• Fixed high damage not killing Borrowed Time before automatic activation.
• Fixed Life Break not moving Huskar properly.
• Fixed Aphotic Shield and Mist Coil not being castable on Siege units.
• Fixed Borrowed Time being purgeable.
• Fixed the timing of when Curse of Avernus debuff is added.
• Fixed Curse of Avernus not affecting Magic Immune.
• Fixed recasting Aphotic Shield on the same unit not causing the old one to explode and do its damage.
• Fixed being able to cast Aphotic Shield and Mist Coild on magic immune allies.
• Fixed the Select All option not putting your hero in the first selection slot.
• Fixed Aphotic Shield damage hurting FoW/Invis units.
• Fixed Siege units getting the every 7:30 minute upgrade.

Update 4

• Changed death coil to be instant rather than a projectile.
• Tweaks to Aphotic Shield visual.