Valve made some big announcements at The Invitational, the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year. Now these changes will hit the game in the new Outlanders update. The patch is huge and includes a new neutral building type called Outpost, two new heroes, and a ton of minor balance changes to existing items and heroes.
Empty mind
The first new hero is Void Spirit, who joins his brothers Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit and Earth Spirit. The fans got a look at him in a short trailer that included an Augmented Reality debut on The International’s Shanghai stage. He showed some skills there, but we now know his complete kit.
ether rest
The spirit of emptiness sends out a rest to stand guard over a small area. The rest peeks in one direction, waiting to attack and hurt opponents who cross his gaze.
Dissimilieren
The mind of Void temporarily disappears into the ether, creating a series of portals that allow it to reassemble itself and cause harm to enemies in the area where it reappears.
Resonate pulse
The mind of the void wraps itself in a shield that absorbs bodily harm and sends out a single damaging impulse around it. The shield receives increased damage absorption for each enemy hero the pulse hits.
Astral step
An empty mind consumes a charge to enter reality through the Astral Plane, damaging all enemies along the Crack Path, creating a void that slows down and detonates for significant damage.
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Meet Snapfire
If Void Spirit is too threatening for your taste, you may prefer Snapfire: a little old lady with a shotgun on the back of a fire-breathing lizard. Snapfire was also unveiled at The International, where she murdered Batrider and her nephew Timbersaw in a most satisfying performance.
scattered beam
Snapfire is unloaded with a big explosion from its reliable scattergun that damages and slows enemies. Especially effective at close range.
Firesnap Cookies
Snapfire feeds Mortimer or an ally with a powerful biscuit, causing them to jump a short distance. The hopping unit stuns and damages enemies in the landing zone.
Little shredder
Snapfire uses its lizard-mounted fighter guns to unleash a volley of solid damage attacks that will gain fast fire and bonus attack range while decreasing the attack speed of enemies it hits.
Mortimer kisses
Snapfire rears up on Mortimer and steers his target as he fires burning fire spits, dealing damage on impact and lingering on the ground to slow down enemies and inflict more damage over time.
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Courier Express
There are many changes to couriers – especially that every player now has their own courier, who ascends with them. Couriers are scaled as the game progresses, increasing the speed of movement, health, and the amount of gold per minute they contribute to their hero.
Each player now automatically has its own courier
Courier now wins level as your hero level wins
Speed of the courier movement reduced from 380 to 275
Courier health decreased from 75 to 70
Courier now offers 85 GPM during runtime (replacing the previous base 91 GPM).
Courier receives passive +10 movement speed, +10 health and +2 GPM per level
Courier receives flight movements at level 5
Courier receives active Speed Burst ability at level 10 (duration 6 seconds + 50% MS, 120 CD)
Courier gets the ability to use wards at level 15
Courier receives shield ability from level 20 (2s duration, 200 CD)
Courier receives the ability to use items generally from level 25 onwards
Visibility of the courier reduced from 350 to 200
The bounty of the courier team is now 25 + 5 * levels, xp 35 + 20 * levels
The respawn’s respawn time has been changed from 120/180 soil / flies to 50 + 7 * levels
The ability to “return courier” now causes the courier to return home, even if he has no items
These changes for couriers are accompanied by some major changes for the economy. Observer wards do not cost gold, players start with three city portal scrolls, and there are changes to the way gold is dealt by assists on hero’s thrillers.
The overall picture changes
The hero-fighting card sees some big changes. The layout has been redesigned and the sideboards removed. The objects of the secret shop are now only available in secret shops, ie the Ring of Health and the Leerenstein can only be bought there.
Secret stores were replaced by outposts, which are activated after 10 minutes. Players can gain control of an outpost after completing a 6-second channel. (By channeling more players, a team can conquer an outpost faster.) If you have control of an outpost, you will receive bonus XP on the first capture and again at 5-minute intervals on the clock. Outposts provide visibility in an area and players can teleport to friendly outposts.
The XP bonus is 25 * Min XP for each player
Provides 500 AoE accuracy
You will only receive an XP bonus once per period, regardless of whether you control one or two outposts
It takes 6 seconds to teleport to it (divides the mechanics with delayed TP duration with T1 towers)
Heroes have also experienced a great change. Heroes now have a level of 30; By reaching level 30, the entire talent tree is unlocked. Maximum respawn time and XP rewards are reached at level 25.
Visit the official Dota 2 website for more information on the rest of the patch, including important changes to Couriers, the new Outpost mechanics, and a complete list of changes to heroes and items associated with the Outlanders patch.
