Dota 2 20th June Patch – Mini Content Analysis

Contents

1. Front End Changes
1. UI Updates
2. Hero Animation Updates
1. Rubick’s Animations Update
3. Dota 2 Store Update
1. New Bundles
2. New Announcers
2. Back End Changes
1. Item Schema Updates
1. Strange Modifiers
2. Treasure Chests

The Dota 2 test patch I covered earlier in the week has now made its way onto the main client. There are a couple of extra additions and updates from the previous analysis.

Front End Changes

UI Updates

We’re now aware of some extra functionality the announcer selection UI provides. If a player inside of your current match has a custom announcer pack equipped, then all of the players inside of that game will be allowed to use that pack for the duration of the match.

Hero Animation Updates

More progress has been made on Rubick’s model before adding to the live client.

Rubick’s Animations Update

Rubick has gotten some new animations, which includes more custom stolen spell animations.
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Beastmaster’s stolen primal roar animation GIF:

Dota 2 Store Update

As well as the items covered in the previous analysis, we’ve a couple more additions and some icon updates.

New Bundles

We’ve two new bundles in the store.

Collection of Couriers Pack
http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/61578568?appid=570

Includes the following cute and cuddly couriers:

• Enduring War Dog
• Trusty Mountain Yak
• Fearless Badger
• Stumpy – Nature’s Attendant
• Mighty Boar
• Morok’s Mechanical Mediary
• Speed Demon
• Skip the Delivery Frog

Assembly of Announcers Pack
http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/61578567?appid=570

Includes the following often ostentatious and always amusing announcers:

• Announcer: Dr. Kleiner
• Announcer: Juggernaut
• Mega-Kills: Juggernaut
• Announcer: Nature’s Prophet
• Mega-Kills: Nature’s Prophet

New Announcers

The announcer packs now have proper icons.
Announcer: Dr. Kleiner

Announcer: Juggernaut

Mega-Kills: Juggernaut

Announcer: Nature’s Prophet

Mega-Kills: Nature’s Prophet

Back End Changes

Item Schema Updates

We’ve some more updates to the item schema, revealing more details on the strange essences and the latest series of chests.

Strange Modifiers

The “strange essences” have now been renamed to “strange modifiers”, we also have a list of what modifiers will be available and how they work. They will basically give an extra tracking attribute to an already existing strange item.
Strange Modifier: Godlikes
“Adding this Strange Modifier to a strange item of your choice will allow it to also track the number of godlike killing sprees you obtain while wearing it.”

Strange Modifier: First Blood
“Adding this Strange Modifier to a strange item of your choice will allow it to also track the number of first bloods you obtain while wearing it.”

Strange Modifier: Wards Placed
“Adding this Strange Modifier to a strange item of your choice will allow it to also track the number of wards you place while wearing it.”

Strange Modifier: Gold Earned
“Adding this Strange Modifier to a strange item of your choice will allow it to also track the number of gold you earn while wearing it. The gold earned stat will update at the end of a match.”

Strange Modifier: Gold Spent
“Adding this Strange Modifier to a strange item of your choice will allow it to also track the number of gold you spend while wearing it. The gold spent stat will update at the end of a match.”

Strange Modifier: Towers Destroyed
“Adding this Strange Modifier to a strange item of your choice will allow it to also track the number of gold you earn while wearing it. The gold earned stat will update at the end of a match.”

Treasure Chests

It appears that there are now three new sets of chests, two new series of the older (Juggernaut and Nature’s Prophet) chests and a new chest for Axe.
Bonus Item
In the prior content analysis I listed a string update referencing to chests potentially awarding an extra bonus item:

      "Econ_Additional_Crate_Drop" "In addition, this crate has a chance of containing an extra bonus item:"
         

The latest item schema update gives us an idea about what this bonus item maybe. The three new sets of chests now have an extra set of attributes attached to them.

      {
        "chance"    "0.150000"
        "premium_only"    "0"
        "loot_list"    "crate_bonus_a"
      }
         

The loot list for “crate_bonus_a” is:

    "crate_bonus_a"
    {
      "75 Battle Bonus (3 Days)"    "1"
    }
         

Which means that any chest coming with an “extra bonus item”, will most likely be a Battle Bonus.
Juggernaut’s Chest – Chest Series #3

Juggernaut now has a new chest with a different loot list than his previous one.

    "treasure_chest_loot_list_3"
    {
      "juggernaut_kill_eater_b"    "1"
      "strange_modifiers_a"    "1"
      "additional_drop"
      {
        "chance"    "0.150000"
        "premium_only"    "0"
        "loot_list"    "crate_bonus_a"
      }
    }
         

The loot list for this chest:

    "juggernaut_kill_eater_b"
    {
      "Four-Fangs the Swordbreaker"    "1"
      "100-Proof Jug"    "1"
      "Relic Blade of the Kuur-Ishiminari"    "1"
      "Prey-Tracker's Aspect Mask"    "1"
      "Stoic Mask of the High Plains"    "1"
    }
         

You’ll notice that there’s also a ”strange_modifiers_a” in his loot list, it’s most likely referring to the fact that the strange modifiers I mentioned above will come from chests.

    "strange_modifiers_a"
    {
      "Strange Modifier: Godlikes"    "1"
      "Strange Modifier: Towers Destroyed"    "1"
    }
         

Nature’s Prophet’s Chest - Chest Series #4

Nature’s Prophet also has a new chest with a different loot list than his previous one.

    "treasure_chest_loot_list_4"
    {
      "furion_kill_eater_b"    "1"
      "strange_modifiers_b"    "1"
      "additional_drop"
      {
        "chance"    "0.150000"
        "premium_only"    "0"
        "loot_list"    "crate_bonus_a"
      }
    }

Loot List:

    "furion_kill_eater_b"
    {
      "Diadem of the Goddess Enthroned"    "1"
      "Beard of Cycles"    "1"
      "Flared Wooden Crest"    "1"
      "Luxuriant Chin-Foliage"    "1"
      "Cape of Verdant Dreaming"    "1"
    }

Strange Modifiers:

    "strange_modifiers_b"
    {
      "Strange Modifier: Gold Earned"    "1"
      "Strange Modifier: Gold Spent"    "1"
    }
         

Axe’s Chest - Chest Series #5

The first new addition since the two original hero treasure chest series.

    "treasure_chest_loot_list_5"
    {
      "axe_kill_eater_a"    "1"
      "strange_modifiers_c"    "1"
      "additional_drop"
      {
        "chance"    "0.150000"
        "premium_only"    "0"
        "loot_list"    "crate_bonus_a"
      }
    }

Loot List:

    "axe_kill_eater_a"
    {
      "Berserker's Pauldron"    "1"
      "Berserker's Helm"    "1"
      "Berserker's Belt"    "1"
      "Demon Blood Armor"    "1"
      "Demon Blood Guard"    "1"
    }

Strange Modifiers:

    "strange_modifiers_c"
    {
      "Strange Modifier: First Blood"    "1"
      "Strange Modifier: Wards Placed"    "1"
    }
         

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