March 28, 2013 Patch

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Source: Update Notes - March 28, 2013

Patch Notes

• Added Bristleback!

Gameplay

• Broodmother: Fixed Insatiable Hunger cooldown on level 1 and 3.
• Dragon Knight:
  • Fixed Dragon Blood armor bonus not carrying over to Illusions.
  • Fixed Elder Dragon Form frost slow getting dispelled when target initially becomes Magic Immune.
• Doom: Fixed Doom damage being blocked by Pipe.
• Enchantress: Fixed Nature's Attendants lasting 1 second less than intended.
• Huskar: Fixed Life Break leap moving too fast.
• Magnus: Fixed Shockwave hitting units behind you.
• Mirana: Fixed Mirana's Leap range being slightly too short.
• Nyx Assassin: Fixed Impale traveling too far.
• Phantom Lancer: Fixed being able to have 1 juxtapose illusion too many.
• Razor: Fixed Static Link break range being 25 too short.
• Shadow Shaman: Fixed Shackles doing a little less damage than intended.
• Slark: Fixed Pounce not initiating an attack order on the leashed target.
• Spectre: Fixed a case where leaving and rejoining the Spectral Dagger path could cause Spectre to temporarily lose no-collision.
• Templar Assassin: Fixed Meld buff getting dispelled.
• Visage: Fixed Familiars not getting affected by Chronosphere.
• Weaver:
  • Fixed being The Swarm units being unable to Latch onto sleeping units.
  • Fixed The Swarm getting permanently dispelled if the enemy is invulnerable.
  • Fixed The Swarm units not doing their initial attack immediately upon latching.
• Added Pseudo Random chance for Roshan's Bash.
• Fixed Eye of Skadi frost slow getting dispelled when target initially becomes Magic Immune.
• Fixed Diffusal Blade proccing multiple damage instances.
• Fixed heroes flickering on the minimap when walking by Sentry Wards while under Smoke of Deceit.
• Fixed Shiva's Guard negative attack speed aura not working on Magic Immune units.

UI

• Pausing in a practice or tournament game now prevents the team that paused from querying units, moving the camera or accessing the shop.
• Added ability and item notes, detailed tooltips that will display only if ALT is pressed.
• Adjusted Replay Highlight scene leadin time a bit.
• Arcane Boots now has 'mana' as a shop alias.
• Wisp name change to Io.
• Added 10 second rewind button to replay controls.
• Spectator Items panel now takes up less space and shows items ordered by value.
• Steam friends can be added, removed, and friendship requests confirmed/ignored from within Dota 2.
• Added "Select unit under mouse" keybind for Spectators.
• Fixed drag-selection being broken sometimes.

Visuals

• New Vengeful Spirit model.
• Added in-game models for when the following items are dropped from inventory into the world: Gem of True Sight, Observer Wards, and Sentry Wards.

Bots

• Added Bounty Hunter bot.
• Significantly revised how Roam mode works.

Audio

• Revised Beastmaster's voice.

Dota 2 Store

• Added the Treasure Key of the Cursed Wood and the Treasure Key of the Shaper Divine.
• Several old keys have returned to the store along with a very low drop rate for some older community chests.
• The current set of community crates will no longer expire, but their drop rate will be decreased over time and their rarity increased over time.
• Added new sets for Brewmaster, Lich, Riki, Juggernaut, Beastmaster, and Spectre.
• Added a couple new couriers!
• Io changed back to blue from teal.
• Added in-game models for when the following items are dropped from inventory into the world: Iron Branch, Recipe, Magic Stick, Magic Wand (uses Magic Stick model).

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