- Front End Changes
- Back End Changes
- Updated Strings
- Unreleased Hero Portraits
- Ogre Magi’s Portrait
- Chaos Knight’s Portrait
- Phantom Assassin’s Portrait
- Luna’s Portrait
- Meepo’s Portrait
- Treant Protector’s Portrait
- Unreleased Custom Couriers
- Flying Tegu The Custom Courier
- Sithil Update
- Updated Sound Files
- Materials Update
- Particles Update
- Predictions For The Next Hero
This week’s Dota 2 test patch has arrived bringing us an expected and predicted arrival, Phantom Lancer. The full changelog can be found here. 
Front End Changes
Pretty minor on the front end changes this week, we’ve some tweaks the new UI and a new look for Brewmaster.
UI Updates
The health bar on the UI has now been extended similar to the previous version of the HUD.
Spectators can now directly draw onto the map.
Voice Emotes
This patch brings us the first two voice emotes, laugh and thanks, these can be trigger either by saying the commands: /laugh or /thanks but they can also trigger by saying other aliases such as “Lol” and “Thanks, Thx” etc.
Depending on whether you use these triggers in team or all chat will dictate who can hear your taunt (team chat for your team, all chat for a global taunt).
Updated Models
We’ve some updates to Brewmaster’s models, specifically the textures.
Brewmaster’s Model Updates
Brewmaster has had himself and his spirits re-textured and his icon was also updated in this patch.
New Icon:
Old Icon:
New Brewmaster:
Old Brewmaster:
Brewmaster’s New Earth Spirit:
Brewmaster’s Old Earth Spirit:
Brewmaster’s New Fire Spirit:
Brewmaster’s Old Fire Spirit:
Brewmaster’s New Wind Spirit:
Brewmaster’s Old Wind Spirit:
Updated Item Icons
We’ve more updates to the new item icons that were introduced last week.
| Item Name | New Icon | Old Icon |
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| Abyssal Blade |  |
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| Aegis |  |
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| Ancient Janggo |  |
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| Arcane Boots |  |
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| Armlet |  |
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| Armlet Active |  |
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| Assault |  |
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| Basher |  |
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| Belt Of Strength |  |
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| Bfury |  |
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| Black King Bar |  |
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| Blades Of Attack |  |
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| Blade Mail |  |
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| Blade Of Alacrity |  |
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| Blink |  |
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| Bloodstone |  |
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| Boots |  |
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| Boots Of Elves |  |
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| Bottle |  |
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| Bottle Doubledamage |  |
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| Bottle Empty |  |
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| Bottle Haste |  |
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| Bottle Illusion |  |
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| Bottle Invisibility |  |
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| Bottle Medium |  |
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| Bottle Regeneration |  |
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| Bottle Small |  |
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| Bracer |  |
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| Branches |  |
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| Broadsword |  |
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| Buckler |  |
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| Butterfly |  |
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| Chainmail |  |
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| Cheese |  |
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| Circlet |  |
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| Clarity |  |
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| Claymore |  |
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| Cloak |  |
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| Courier |  |
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| Cyclone |  |
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| Dagon |  |
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| Dagon 2 |  |
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| Dagon 3 |  |
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| Dagon 4 |  |
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| Dagon 5 |  |
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| Demon Edge |  |
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| Desolator |  |
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| Diffusal Blade |  |
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| Diffusal Blade 2 |  |
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| Dust |  |
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| Eagle |  |
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| Emptyitembg |  |
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| Energy Booster |  |
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| Ethereal Blade |  |
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| Flask |  |
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| Flying Courier |  |
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| Force Staff |  |
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| Gauntlets |  |
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| Gem |  |
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| Ghost |  |
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| Gloves |  |
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| Greater Crit |  |
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| Hand Of Midas |  |
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| Headdress |  |
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| Heart |  |
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| Heavens Halberd |  |
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| Helm Of Iron Will |  |
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| Helm Of The Dominator |  |
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| Hood Of Defiance |  |
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| Hyperstone |  |
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| Invis Sword |  |
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| Javelin |  |
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| Lesser Crit |  |
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| Lifesteal |  |
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| Maelstrom |  |
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| Magic Stick |  |
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| Magic Wand |  |
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| Manta |  |
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| Mantle |  |
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| Mask Of Madness |  |
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| Medallion Of Courage |  |
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| Mekansm |  |
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| Mithril Hammer |  |
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| Mjollnir |  |
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| Monkey King Bar |  |
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| Mystic Staff |  |
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| Necronomicon |  |
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| Necronomicon 2 |  |
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| Necronomicon 3 |  |
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| Null Talisman |  |
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| Oblivion Staff |  |
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| Ogre Axe |  |
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| Orb Of Venom |  |
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| Orchid |  |
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| Pers |  |
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| Phase Boots |  |
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| Pipe |  |
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| Platemail |  |
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| Point Booster |  |
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| Poor Mans Shield |  |
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| Power treads |  |
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| Power treads Agi |  |
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| Power treads Int |  |
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| Power treads Str |  |
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| Quarterstaff |  |
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| Quelling Blade |  |
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| Radiance |  |
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| Radiance Inactive |  |
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| Rapier |  |
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| Reaver |  |
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| Recipe |  |
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| Recipe Scroll |  |
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| Refresher |  |
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| Relic |  |
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| Ring Of Aquila |  |
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| Ring Of Aquila Active |  |
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| Ring Of Basilius |  |
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| Ring Of Basilius Active |  |
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| Ring Of Health |  |
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| Ring Of Protection |  |
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| Ring Of Regen |  |
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| Robe |  |
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| Rod Of Atos |  |
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| Sange |  |
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| Sange And Yasha |  |
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| Satanic |  |
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| Sheepstick |  |
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| Shivas Guard |  |
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| Skadi |  |
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| Slippers |  |
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| Smoke Of Deceit |  |
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| Sobi Mask |  |
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| Soul Booster |  |
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| Soul Ring |  |
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| Sphere |  |
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| Staff Of Wizardry |  |
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| Stout Shield |  |
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| Talisman Of Evasion |  |
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| Tango |  |
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| Tpscroll |  |
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| tranquil Boots |  |
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| tranquil Boots Active |  |
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| travel Boots |  |
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| Ultimate Orb |  |
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| Ultimate Scepter |  |
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| Urn Of Shadows |  |
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| Vanguard |  |
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| Veil Of Discord |  |
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| Vitality Booster |  |
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| Vladmir |  |
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| Void Stone |  |
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| Ward Observer |  |
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| Ward Sentry |  |
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| Yasha |  |
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| Wraith Band |  |
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Updated Portraits
If you remember the updated portraits from the last patch, many of them were very low quality and were rendered incorrect, this patch has amended that issue by re-rendering all of the Scaleform video portraits that are seen on the learn tab.
Back End Changes
We’ve a number of back end changes this week, another new courier and more updates to the unreleased hero portraits.
Updated Strings
The GC’s strings have been updated with new status messages, which includes a queue system along with a estimated wait time before you can enter the client.
//Connection
"GC_connecting" "Connecting to the Dota 2 network..."
"GC_Network_Full" "Dota 2 network currently full."
"GC_Queue_Position" "Queue position: %s1"
"GC_Wait_Time" "Estimated wait time: %s1"
"GC_Wait_Time_Unknown" "Unknown"
There are now strings which will notify the user when the matchmaking and private lobby systems are under-going maintenance.
"DOTA_Matchmaking_Header" "Matchmaking"
"DOTA_Matchmaking_Message" "Matchmaking and practice lobbies are currently unavailable due to maintenance."
There are more references to the unreleased card based hero selection system, the new system now has support for favouriting heroes (10 maximum) as well as team suggestion features.
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_Msg_Desc_Favorites" "You haven't chosen any favorite heroes yet. To mark a hero as a favorite, click on the Add Hero To Favorites button. You can mark up to 10 heroes as your favorites at any time. It's a great tool for marking down a set of heroes that you'd like to improve with."
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_Msg_Desc_Suggestions" "Here you would be able to see heroes that other players on your team suggest you play, if any had been suggested. To suggest a hero to the other members of your team, click on the Suggest Hero To Team button. You can suggest up to two heroes at a time."
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_Btn_Favorite_On" "Add Hero To Favorites (%s1 left)"
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_Btn_Favorite_Off" "Remove Hero From Favorites (%s1 left)"
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_Btn_Suggest_On" "Suggest Hero To Team (%s1 left)"
"DOTA_Hero_Selection_Btn_Suggest_Off" "Remove Suggestion of Hero (%s1 left)"
We now have the first references to another unreleased hero being worked on: Rubick.
"npc_dota_hero_rubick" "Rubick"
Rubick’s ability strings.
// RUBICK
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis" "Telekinesis"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_Description" "Rubick uses his telekinetic powers to lift the enemy into the air briefly and then hurls them back at the ground. The unit lands on the ground with such force that it stuns nearby enemies."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_Lore" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_lift_duration" "LIFT DURATION:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_stun_duration" "STUN DURATION:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_radius" "RADIUS:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_land" "Telekinesis Land"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_land_Description" "Chooses the location the target will land when Telekinesis finishes."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_telekinesis_land_Lore" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_fade_bolt" "Fade Bolt"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_fade_bolt_Description" "Rubick creates a powerful stream of arcane energy that travels between enemy units, dealing damage and reducing their attack damage."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_fade_bolt_Lore" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_fade_bolt_damage" "DAMAGE:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_fade_bolt_duration" "DEBUFF DURATION:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_fade_bolt_hero_attack_damage_reduction" "HERO AD REDUCTION:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_fade_bolt_creep_attack_damage_reduction" "CREEEP AD REDUCTION:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_null_field" "Null Field"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_null_field_Description" "Rubick's mastery of the arcane protects his allies against weaker magics, granting them magic resistance."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_null_field_Lore" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_null_field_magic_damage_reduction_pct" "%MAGIC RESISTANCE:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_spell_steal" "Spell Steal"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_spell_steal_Description" "Rubick studies the trace magical essence of one enemy hero, learning the secrets of the last spell the hero cast. Rubick can use this spell as his own for several minutes or until he dies."
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_spell_steal_Lore" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_spell_steal_duration" "DURATION:"
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_empty1" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_empty1_Description" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_empty2" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_ability_rubick_empty2_Description" ""
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_telekinesis" "Telekinesis"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_telekinesis_Description" "Stunned in the air."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_fade_bolt_debuff" "Fade Bolt"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_fade_bolt_debuff_Description" "Attack Damage reduced by %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE%."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_null_field_effect" "Null Field"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_null_field_effect_Description" "Magic Resistance increased by %dMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_ARMOR_BONUS%."
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_spell_steal" "Spell Steal"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_rubick_spell_steal_Description" "Has stolen a spell."
A new UI notification string for when the user can’t “steal the spell”, most likely for Rubick.
"dota_hud_error_cant_steal_spell" "Cannot steal this spell"
Unreleased Hero Portraits
We’ve a number of unreleased hero portrait updates this week, including new/unused minimaps icons for each of them as well.
(Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin, Treant Protector, Luna, Ogre Magi)
Ogre Magi’s Portrait
Ogre Magi has his ability icons and Scaleform video portrait in game now as well.
Chaos Knight’s Portrait
Phantom Assassin’s Portrait
Luna’s Portrait
Meepo’s Portrait
Treant Protector’s Portrait
Unreleased Custom Couriers
This week’s patch sees the arrival of another new courier.
Tegu The Custom Courier
Tegu has both a standard and flying form and is already animated.
Death Animation:
Flying Tegu The Custom Courier
Running animation:
Sithil Update
Sithil has an idle animation now but only consists of a single pose, all the frames in the animation are the same.
Updated Sound Files
We’ve some updates to a couple of the existing heroes ability sounds this week.
Lich’s Ability Sounds
Lich’s Chain Frost has a new set of sound effects.
chain_frost_cast.wav:
chain_frost_impact.wav:
chain_frost_impact_hero01.wav:
chain_frost_impact_hero02.wav:
chain_frost_impact_hero03.wav:
chain_frost_impact_lf.wav:
chain_frost_loop.wav:
Tinker’s Ability Sounds
Tinker also has a couple updated sounds for his abilities.
march_of_machines.wav:
missile_dud.wav:
missile_launch.wav:
Materials Update
We’ve a few material updates this week for some of the unreleased heroes and some comedy icons for Rubick.
Chaos Knight’s Materials
Meepo’s Materials
Rubick’s Materials
No materials for Rubick yet but we do have some comedy icons.
Undying’s Materails
Undying’s icons have return and we also have some more material updates for him.
Particles Update
We’ve a number of unreleased hero particle updates in this patch.
Chaos Knight’s Particles
Luna’s Particles
Ogre Magi’s Particles
Treant Protector’s Particles
Undying’s Particles
Predictions For The Next Hero
At this current stage the prediction for the next hero is a pretty tough call, we’ve a number of heroes on the verge of release but I think for my next hero prediction I’m going to go with the double headed baboon, Ogre Magi. (But his friend Chaos Knight shouldn’t be forgotten, I believe there’s an equal chance of it being either one of those two).
PS: You have have noticed there is now a “Live Stream” tab on the site, I’ll probably be streaming more stuff in the future and possibly the entire blog post process (similar to how I did with this one).
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