July 11, 2018 Patch

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Sources

Source: Dota Plus Summer Update, Dota 2 Update - July 11th, 2018

Patch Notes

Dota Plus

Seasonal Terrain - Summer

Dota Plus Victory Shout

• Added a new Plus in-game prediction charm, grants you increasing amounts of Shards for correct predictions in a row (10/20/30/40/50 for 1/2/3/4/5x, 50 for subsequent)
• Added a new feature to let Plus members spectate their friends' games live, seeing only what their friend's team can see. You can join in any time the game is ongoing.
• Playing Turbo games now grants half the normal hero xp for wins/losses, rather than none.
• Added a new global Hero Trends page
• You can now purchase Artificer's Hammer, Artificer's Chisel and Master Artificer's Hammer with Shards in the Plus Rewards store.
• Added dozens of new Hero Quests
  • crimson guard active damage blocked.
  • pipe active damage blocked
  • deal damage on silver edge as hero
  • kills while using nullifier as hero
  • linken spell absorbs as hero
  • main duration as hero
  • meteor hammer leading to kills
  • mjollnir / maelstrom damage
  • purge debuffs with euls
  • purge debuffs with manta in ranked
  • abaddon damage with aphotic shield
  • abaddon deal damage while borrowed time
  • axe battle hunger duration
  • axe kills with culling blade
  • broodmother kills with hunger active
  • clockwerk push enemies with cogs
  • clockwerk two hookshots within 20 secs
  • void time dilation slow
  • void time walk damage avoided
  • huskar deal damage while under inner vitality
  • huskar two life breaks within 10 seconds
  • life stealer damage with infest
  • life strealer kills after infest
  • lone druid bear building damage
  • night stalker void slow
  • spirit breaker bashes on three during charge
  • tidehunter kills on anchor smash
  • tidehunter two ravage enemies
  • tusk frozen sigil slow duration
  • tusk kick enemy heroes
  • tusk kick punch combo
  • viper strike damage

• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause Plus guides to get stuck and not work.
• Improved the item/ability/lane suggestions
• Plus item suggestions now default to the first suggestion, with a button to examine alternatives.
• The full popular items list is now shown even when you have a specific sequence selected.
• Suggested items that have already been purchased are now greyed out, to improve readbility.

• Added the Plus Hero Badge to the Post Game screen.
• The Profile screen now shows your Plus Hero Badge and Relics

General Changes

• Ranked Roles: Added a new type of report function that can be used during the picking phase for players that don't adhere to the selection they queued for. Does not consume normal reports.
• Trivia: Added a button that lets you disable playing trivia sounds automatically.

• Turbo: Added an ability that lets you toggle the couriers auto deliver behavior.
• Turbo: Courier will deliver gems and other shareable items picked up from your teammates.
• Ctrl-alt clicking HP bars now correctly messages raw HP/Mana values of the target to the rest of your team.
• Fixed a variety of consistency issues with alt-click modifier messages not being worded from the point of view of the person sending them.
• Fixed a bug that caused AFK abandons to be assesed earlier than intended in cases where the player was AFK during the pick phase and was forced to a random hero.
• Monkey King's Mischief now uses the correct Bounty Rune model for 5 minute runes.
• Minimap icons for Viper and Slardar have been updated to their remodeled version.
• Enabled custom minimap icons for Primal Split Brewlings.
• Added a custom minimap icon for Arc Warden's Tempest Double.
• Refresher cast sound effect now audible to nearby teammates and enemies.

Custom Games

• Custom Games: Fixed the lobby list connection sort not working correctly
• Custom Games addoninfo.txt: "HeroGuidesSupported" setting is now defaulted to truebv
• Custom Games addoninfo.txt: Added a new setting "ShouldForceDefaultGuide" which will cause default_* files to be utilized (if none is defined it will use the default from the base game)
• Custom Games Lua API: Linked several missing modifier properties
• Custom Games Lua API: Added function "SetUseDefaultDOTARuneSpawnLogic" to let custom games opt into the current set of rune spawning rules (previously it was forcing usage of an older rule set )
• Custom Games Lua API: Added "SetPowerRuneSpawnInterval" and "SetBountyRuneSpawnInterval" functions to customize rune spawn intervals (works with either the current or backwards compatible ruleset of rune spawning)
• Custom Games Lua API: Added several functions for asking for basic stats on units on the server "GetBaseAttackRange", "GetStatusResistance", "GetEvasion", "GetSpellAmplification( bool bBaseOnly)"

Economy

• Added Name Tag and Description Tag to the Dota 2 Store.
• Inscribed Gems: Blade Fury Time display interval has been changed from 100 to 50000.
• Seasonal Terrain - Winter will now be rewarded automatically for Dota Plus members from December 1, 2018 to March 1, 2019.
• Seasonal Terrain - Autumn will now be rewarded automatically for Dota Plus members from September 1, 2018 to December 1, 2018.

Others

• Updated tooltips for Wraith Fire Blast, Fatal Bonds, Homing Missile, and Aghanim's Scepter upgrades for Doom and Invoker.
• Added notification for the Battle Log when you earn points from the Victory Prediction Reward.
• Pangolier hero tags renamed from "armadillo" to "pangolier".
• Dark Willow hero tags renamed from "fairy" to "dark_willow".
• Zeus hero tags renamed from "zuus" to "zeus".
• Updated Skeleton Warrior model.
• Updated icons:
  • Bramble Maze
  • Savage Roar (Bear)
  • Arcane Rune Bottle
  • Dragon Lance
  • Faerie Fire
  • Power Treads Agility (Colorblind)
  • Spell Immune modifier
  • Tower Armor aura
  • Custom Reaper's Scythe for Sullen Harvest
  • Custom Stifling Dagger for Codicil of the Veiled Ones