DOTA 2 Patch Notes (5th July, 2012)

HIGHLIGHTS
- Added Disruptor and Undying!
- Enabled Rubick, Wisp, and Luna in Captain’s Mode.
- Fixed a number of issues that caused effects to be delayed and in some cases not show up while watching Tournament games.
- You can now select your favorite hero and gear to showcase in your profile.
- Tournaments you have passes for are now shown in your profile.

GAMEPLAY
- Bloodseeker: Fixed Bloodbath not properly healing from enemy heroes dying in an AoE.
- Invoker: Fixed DPS burn from Chaos Meteor not stacking per tick.
- Luna: Fixed Eclipse ending if you get Cycloned.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed astral indicator to only show for hero and allied team.
- Rubick: Fixed stolen Persuasion not killing stolen creeps when lost.
- Rubick: Fixed stolen Relocate not teleporting teammates who are linked with a stolen Tether.
- Rubick: Fixed Toggleable spells not being stealable.
- Rubick: Fixed not getting flying vision or flying height when stealing Firefly.
- Rubick: Fixed Fade Bolt stopping when Rubick dies.
- Rubick: Fixed stealing Morph Replicate and Replicate not working correctly.
- Rubick: Fixed Invoker’s Spell Stolen abilities having broken hotkeys sometimes when using Legacy Mode.
- Rubick: Fixed Telekinesis land AoE triggering Linken’s Sphere.
- Wisp: Fixed Magic Stick interaction with Tether.
- Wisp: Overcharge and the two spirit control sub abilities no longer proc magic stick.
- Wisp: Spirits no longer don’t retain their vision after they explode.
- Wisp: Fixed Relocate’s return not interrupting other channeling spells (like TP Scroll).
- Wisp: Fixed heroes continuing old movement orders after returning with Relocate.
- Wisp: Fixed Soul Ring not working with Tether.
- Warlock: Fixed the burn aura from Warlock’s Golems so it stacks correctly.
- Small fix to creep aggro reaction time.

VISUALS
- Fixes for guardian spirits rendering with pops and such when entering/leaving FoW.
- Added ‘Telekinesis Land’ effect marker for Rubick.
- Added new screen effect while the game is paused.
- Fixed Wisp’s voice lipsync getting stuck on with random noise.
- Fixed ranged display stomping on ambient effects, including Wisp’s.
- Fixed Unusual Flying Couriers losing some of their effects when transitioning fom walking to flying.
- Fixed Wisp’s Tether being left behind when an enemy teleported into the fog of war.
- Changed Guardian Wisp Explosion Effects.
- Added a more obvious Wisp’s Tether Boundary Effect.

UI
- When someone buys back, an icon is now displayed on the top bar for 5 seconds.
- Wisp’s Tether now shows the amount that it heals it’s target.
- Wisp’s spirits no longer show up on the minimap.
- Wisp and his tethered unit move their camera when they Relocate and Relocate back.
- Right clicking an upgradable item in the shop will attempt to upgrade any (fully combined) version of that item that the player already owns. (Right click on necro 1 will actually buy a necro recipe if the player has a necro 1 or 2, etc)
- Fixed shop closing when other players’ selections change.
- We now show the upgraded info in the ability itself if you’re holding an Aghanim’s Scepter.
- You can now select your favorite hero and gear to showcase in your profile.
- Tournaments you have passes for are now shown in your profile.

NETWORK
- Fixed a number of issues that caused effects to be delayed and in some cases not show up while watching Tournament games.

AUDIO
- The Relocate sound stops correctly now.

BOTS
- Fixed a bug were all bots would disable themselves if a human on the other team disconnected before picking a hero.
- Changed how bots use Glyph, they should no longer use it when their buildings aren’t being attacked.
- Made Crystal Maiden bot even more timid.
- Made bots go to the lane front when defending in-base rather than cowering behind the innermost towers.
- Fixed bug where bots weren’t correctly parsing their roles, which would lead to bad hero picking/randoming.
- Fixed case were bots could “cheat” and have knowlege of where their target was when blinking.