Dota 2 4th July Patch – Content Analysis

Contents

1. Front End Changes
1. New Heroes
1. Disruptor
2. Undying
2. UI Updates
1. Featured Hero
2. Replay Skill Level
3. Apply Team
4. Buy Back Notification
5. Unusual Paint
3. Visual Updates
1. Pause Effect
2. Wisp’s Tether
3. Rubick’s Static Remnant Skin
4. Hero Model Updates
1. Skeleton King’s Model Updates
5. Hero Animation Updates
1. Death Prophet’s Animations
2. Doom’s Animations
3. Dragon Knight’s Animations
4. Rubick’s Animations
6. Custom Courier Updates
1. Enduring War Dog Courier
2. Back End Changes
1. Updated Strings
2. Unreleased Hero’s Ability Icons Updates
1. Templar Assassin’s Ability Icons
3. Unreleased Cosmetic Items
1. Custom Announcers
2. Axe’s Cosmetic Items
3. Bounty Hunter’s Cosmetic Items
4. Crystal Maiden’s Cosmetic Items
5. Dragon Knight’s Cosmetic Items
6. Faceless Void’s Cosmetic Items
7. Juggernaut’s Cosmetic Items
8. Omniknight’s Cosmetic Items
9. Phantom Assassin’s Cosmetic Items
10. Phantom Lancer’s Cosmetic Items
11. Sven’s Cosmetic Items
12. Tidehunter’s Cosmetic Items
13. Tiny’s Cosmetic Items
14. Witch Doctor’s Cosmetic Items
4. Unreleased Custom Couriers
1. Turtle Rider Courier
2. Tegu Courier
3. Materials Update
1. Templar Assassin’s Materials
4. Particles Update
1. Naga Siren’s Particles
2. Templar Assassin’s Particles
5. Predictions For The Next Hero
6. Shoutouts
1. Valve
2. Megan

The hero release spree continues with this week’s Dota 2 test patch giving us Disruptor and Undying. You can view the full changelog here.

Front End Changes

New Heroes

Another double hero patch this week bringing the arrival of Disruptor and Undying. 

Disruptor

“High on the wind-ravaged steppes of Druud, a gifted young stormcrafter called Disruptor was the first to unlock the secrets of the summer squalls. Constantly under assault from both seasonal storms and encroachment from civilized kingdoms to the South, the upland Oglodi have for centuries struggled to subsist atop the endless tablelands. They are the fractured remnant of a once-great civilization—a fallen tribe, their stormcraft strange and inscrutable, cobbled together from scraps of lost knowledge which even they no longer fully understand. For those on the high plain, weather has become a kind of religion, worshiped as both the giver and taker of life. But the electrical storms that bring life-sustaining rains arrive at a cost, and many are the charred and smoking

Patch [V2.6.8] on 4th Jul 2012

Dear Heroes,

There will be a Game Client Patch v2.6.8 on 4th July 2012, 0700 hrs - 0959 hrs (GMT +8).
Game Service will be unavailable during this time. Players are advised to logout before this time.
*Downtime may be extended without prior notice due to unforeseen circumstances.*

New Limited Edition Avatar: 

 Uncle Sam Engineer
(Available for 7 DAYS only) 

New Honey Badger Bundle: 

(Only available from 6th July 2012)

- New Courier:

Honey Badger Courier

- New Taunt:

Honey Badger Taunt

Instructions to Update:

- Players who have patched through Garena Messenger may continue to do so to update their client.
- Players who have patched through the game client will be prompted with a message to update client upon log-in. Click Yes and the game will be updated automatically.
* In case the update message does not appear, hit Ctrl+F8 and type enter Upd_checkforupdates 1

Troubleshooting:

 - Changing Windows Compatibility Mode.* Select Windows 95 compatibility mode in order to update (de-select it after the updating process has finished):
1. Right-click the icon for the program
2. Click Properties
3. Click the Compatibility tab.
4. Set Compatibility mode to "Windows 95"
5. Click Apply and OK. Open the task manager and make sure no other instance of HoN is running. If there is, kill it by selecting hon.exe and click on "End Process". Run HoN as an Administrator and install it directly into your HDD's root (e.g. C:\).

- Changing your Graphic Driver temporarily.
Upon launching the game, go to Settings Graphics, select·"OpenGL"and try patching again. Revert it back to "DirectX" when the patch is complete.

Version 2.6.8

== New Content ==

Sacrificial Stone Reworked
- Old:
* Icon of the Goddess (3300) + Sustainer (1750) = 5050 Total
* +450 Max Health

A Glimpse of Death

The Higgs Boson announcement might be the ground breaking news for today but all the excitement over that can wait for tomorrow because we have a zombie problem on our hand at the moment. Making their way to the pool of Dota 2 this week are none other than the Illusion of Death – Dirge, the Undying and the Disruptor.

You will have all the time enjoying these two new amazing heroes but the competitive scenario gets even

Prophet Spotlight