In case you didn’t get the memo; Blizzard DoTA for SC2

http://www.sc2mapster.com/

While there isn’t much info being released on the link, a simple google or look on the playdota.com or heroes of newerth forums about this have a lot of comments and links going around.  I’m too lazy and it’s late to have a lot of links being thrown around

Basically there’s a DoTA map being in Alpha Phase with the SC2 map editor coming into play, however there’s already a dota-esque map already out under the alias of SoITS, whatever it stands for

http://kotaku.com/5671157/blizzard-dota-gallery//gallery/1 – First look at SC2 DoTA Map

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/sc2mapster/large/25.jpg — A look at Pudge/Devourer in SC2 hahaha

DoTA 6.69 changelog

Will some of the changes make it’s way over to Heroes of Newerth? Probably, S2 does lack originality

Alchemist
- Unstable Concoction stun duration rescaled from 2.5/3/3.5/4 to 1.75/2.5/3.25/4
- Added an AoE effect indicator for the Alchemist player while he is charging his Unstable Concoction

Axe
- Battle Hunger slow increased to 10%
- Cooldown on Aghanim’s Culling Blade reduced from 15 to 10 seconds

Bane Elemental
- Brainsap damage rebalanced from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300
- Enfeeble damage rebalanced from 30/60/90/120% to 40/60/80/100% (above 100% didn’t work properly)
- Added -disablehelp for Nightmare, to stop direct casting on allies (3123839)
- Nightmare fixed so it properly stops enemy potions (3123839)

Batrider
- Fixed a bug with Sticky Napalm overhead text (+1, +2, etc) that was recently added from being visible to the enemy

Beastmaster
- Hawk’s HP reduced from 100/200 to 50/100
- Invisibility on Hawk reworked. It now fades out automatically whenever it hasn’t moved for 8 seconds.

Bone Fletcher
- Death Pact attack damage rebalanced from 6/7/8% to 4/6/8% of targets HP

Bounty Hunter
- Jinada critical strike increased from 1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0 to 1.5/1.75/2/2.25
- Track cast range increased from 750/950/1150 to 900/1050/1200

Broodmother
- Increased XP given for killing Broodmother’s Spiderlings

Clockwerk
- Movement speed increased from 310 to 315

Crystal Maiden
- Crystal Nova slow duration reduced from 5 to 3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds.
- Crystal Nova damage increased from 80/130/180/230 to 100/150/200/250.

Dazzle
- Shallow Grave now has a duration indicator for allies

Dirge
- Fixed over-sized click boundaries for Tombstone

Doom Bringer
- Base armor reduced by 2
- Doom cast range reduced from 650 to 550

Enchantress
- Aghanim’s Scepter added to Enchantress (Increases her attack and Impetus range by 150)

Enigma
- Eidolons HP reduced from 200/225/225/275 to 180/200/220/240

Faceless Void
-Strength growth increased from 1.4 to 1.6

Furion
- Wrath of Nature (Aghanim’s version) max chain increased from 12/14/16 to 14/16/18
- Force of Nature Treants can now attack air units (275356)
- Sprout code improved to reduce the chances of heroes sometimes popping out of it
- Sprout targeting change from 6.67 removed
- Wrath of Nature can now be cast through the minimap and it will select the closest unit as the initial target (275356)

Gyrocopter
- Homing Missile now adds an ally only visual effect on targeted enemies
- Homing Missile cast range increased by 150
- Homing Missile cooldown from 20/18/16/14 to 20/17/14/11
- Rocket Barrage damage improved from 10/12/14/16 to 10/13/16/19

Huskar
- Berserker’s Blood attack speed bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12

Invoker
- Invoker now gains attribute points for each orb he levels

Jakiro
- Increased Macropyre (Aghanim’s version) travel distance

Juggernaut
- Omnislash no longer wastes a strike by considering banished units in its search

Keeper of the Light
- Recall is now targetable through the minimap

Lone Druid
- Leash range increased to 1100
- True Form movement speed from 270 to 280
- The “-ms” command now shows the movement speed of your Spirit Bear as well (298418)
- Spirit Bear attack point improved
- Fixed common scenarios where Spirit Bear would miss its attack as the target was moving
- Casting Summon Spirit Bear while the bear is still alive will restore that bear’s health instead of not allowing you to cast.

Leoric
- Hellfire Blast damage redistributed to some on impact and some dps (312517)
- Scoreboard now displays Skeleton King’s ultimate cooldown time
- Skeleton King will be automatically selected for you after he reincarnates

Leshrac
- Pulse Nova AoE increased from 300/350/400 to a constant 400

Lina Inverse
- Laguna Blade (Aghanim’s version) damage increased from 600/875/1150 to 600/925/1250

Luna
- Eclipse (Aghanim’s version) target limit increased from 5 to 6
- Strength growth increased from 1.75 to 1.9
- Movement speed increased from 320 to 330

Lycanthrope
- Shapeshift duration increased from 14/15/16 to a constant 18 seconds

Meepo
- Strength gain increased from 1.3 to 1.6
- Improved Geomancer’s base damage by 5
- Fixed some targeting issues with casting poof (300996)

Magnataur
- Skewer damage rescaled to 70/140/210/280

Morphling
- Adaptive Strike damage type changed from Physical to Magical (248693)
- Replicate cannot target Morphling’s own illusions anymore

Necrolyte
- Attack range reduced from 600 to 550

Pandarean Brewmaster
- Cooldown on the Boulder ability on Primal Split’s Earth Panda decreased from 10 to 7 seconds

Phantom Assassin
- Base Strength increased from 17 to 20
- Strength growth decreased from 2.05 to 1.85
- Phantom Strike cooldown from 30/20/10/5 to 20/15/10/5

Phantom Lancer
- Strength growth reduced from 2.0 to 1.7

Pit Lord
- Dark Rift AoE increased from 375 to 450

Priestess of the Moon
- Leap cooldown improved from 40/35/30/20 to 30/26/22/18

Queen of Pain
- Sonic Wave (Agahnim’s version) cooldown improved from 120/100/80 to 100/70/40
- Shadow Strike cooldown rescaled from 20/17/14/11 to 20/16/12/8

Razor
- Static Link drains damage over 8 seconds instead of 10.
- Static Link damage per second rescaled from 5/10/15/20 to 7/14/21/28
- Plasma Field cooldown from 16 to 14

Sand King
- Epicenter (Aghanim’s version) now gives one more pulse
- Fixed some lag with Epicenter
- Fixed a bug with Sand Storm if you recast it very quickly while still invisible

Shadow Fiend
- Added a new command (-souls) to see the number of souls you have collected

Slark
- Decreased base Agility from 21 to 15 and increased starting damage by the same amount
- Pounce damage rescaled from 50/75/100/125 to 40/80/120/160
- Dark Pact cooldown reduced from 10 to 10/9/8/7

Spirit Breaker
- Greater Bash no longer messes up the target’s command
- Nether Strike mana cost from 200/250/300 to 125/150/175
- Nether Strike (Aghanim’s version) now Greater Bashes everyone in 250 area around you when you teleport to the primary target (306008)

Storm Spirit
- Intelligence base and growth reduced from 26 + 2.6 to 23 + 2.2
- Electric Vortex mana cost increased from 100 to 100/110/120/130

Techies
- Base damage increased by 5
- Remote Mine autoselection removed
- Remote Mines cast time reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
- Added a new sub ability Focused Detonate that you can use on the minimap or in an area to detonate all nearby remote mines (AoE of 700) (297625)

Tinker
- Laser’s miss mechanic reworked.

Tiny
- War Club hit count and AoE increased

Terrorblade
- Base Intelligence increased from 15 to 19
- Fixed melee/range item to update properly for Metamorphosis transformation
- Fixed Manta Style interaction with Metamorphosis (so he can use it properly now)

Thrall
- Static Storm cooldown increased from 60 to 75

Troll Warlord
- Battle Trance self duration increased from 8 to 10 seconds
- Fixed melee/range item to update properly for Berserker Rage transformation

Vengeful Spirit
- Magic Missile stun duration rescaled from 1.75 to 1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75

Venomancer
- Plague Ward’s bounty increased from 3-9 to 14-17

Viper
- Viper Strike (Aghanim’s version) mana cost reduced from 125/175/250 to 125

Guardian Wisp
- Tether Stun duration reduced from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75
- Relocate cooldown increased from 80/60/40 to 90/75/60

Warlock
- Increased Infernal movement speed from 320/330/340 to 320/340/360
- Immolation from multiple Infernals now stack (281065)

Wind Runner
- Night vision reduced to that of normal heroes (1200->800)
- Shackleshot’s search angle reduced from 30 to 26 degrees

Witch Doctor
- Casks first bounce no longer stuns for additional duration, it now lasts the same as all the bounces
- Voodoo Restoration mana cost per second from 6/9/12/15 to 8/14/20/26

Animal Courier
- Automatically upgraded to Flying Courier when you put the recipe on it (148581)

Aghanim’s Scepter
- Now requires all three +10 attribute items instead of 2 and a 1100 gold recipe

Armlet of Mordiggian
- HP regen and lifedrain increased by 2 (overall +2 regen while inactive, no effective change while active)
- Recipe cost decreased from 900 to 700

Boots of Speed
- Movement speed from 50 to 55

Bracer, Null Talisman & Wraith Band
- Added +3 bonus damage to Bracer/Null/Wraith
- Increased Bracer/Null/Wraith recipe costs from 175/150/125 to 190/170/150

Buriza Do Kyanon
- Critical strike factor from 2.4 to 2.5

Clarity Potion
- Double clicking on Clarity Potion causes it to be used on your hero

Dagon
- Now requires a Null Talisman instead of a Blades of Attack

Ethereal Blade
- Slow on Ether Blast increased from 30 to 45%
- Cooldown on Ether Blast from 35 to 30

Eul’s Scepter of Divinity
- Mana regeneration increased from 125% to 150% to match its components

Ghost Scepter
- Cooldown increased from 25 to 30
- Cost increased from 1500 to 1600

Eye of Skadi
- No longer requires the 300 gold recipe

Hand of Midas
- Transmute now gives 2.5 XP when used on a unit (2744725)

Healing Salve
- Double clicking on Healing Salve causes it to be used on your hero

Hood of Defiance
- Recipe changed from 2x RoR + Cloak + Helm to 2x RoR + Cloak + RoH (297602)

Magic Stick & Magic Wand
- AoE for gaining charges reduced from 1600 to 1200
- No longer give you charges if a spell was cast from the fog of war

Manta Style
- Increased recipe cost by 50 (Yasha recipe cost was reduced by 50)
- Rebalanced Manta Style for melee and ranged heroes

Mjollnir
- Static Charge changed from a chance on attacks to a chance on any damage
- Double click now activates Static Charge on yourself

Monkey King Bar
- Damage increased by 8 to be equal to the total damage from its components

Necronomicon
- Base attack time improved on Necronomicon Warriors from 1.0 to 0.75

Orb of Venom
- Duration increased to 4 seconds
- Price from 600 to 550

Phase Boots
- Readjusted bonuses:

Power Treads
- Attribute reduced bonus from +10 to all attributes to +8 to all attributes

Ring of Basilius
- Armor bonuses rebalanced.

Sange
- Added a 20% Attack Speed reduction to the slow on Maim
- Reduced recipe cost from 750 to 700

Sange and Yasha
- Increased the Attack Speed reduction on Maim’s slow from 15% to 30%

Soul Booster
- Mana regen from 10% to 50%
- Health regen from 1hp to 2hp

Stygian Desolator
- Buff duration from 5 to 7 seconds

Urn of Shadows
- Soul Release now causes HP loss instead of magical damage when used on enemies (same overall dps as before, no longer disables dagger)

Yasha
- Reduced recipe cost from 750 to 700

* Added a new loading screen

* Rebalanced the assist Gold & XP system

* Added a couple of new juke spots

* Couriers can now carry Gem of Truesight (it loses its truesight while on courier)
* Reduced Glyph cooldown from 6 minutes to 5 minutes
* XP AoE increased from 1000 to 1200
* Added Slark, Chaos Knight and Magnus to CM

* Added a new Ancient creep camp (Thunder Lizards, has Frenzy & Slam)
* Satyr’s Purge no longer autocasts

* Added a sound effect that notifies allies near the location you are teleporting to
* Added 4 more options to -music (other6/7/8/9)
* Added a new soundset for King Leoric (279632)
* Added a rabbit courier
* Improved Shadow Raze visual effect to match the AoE a little more
* Added a new effect when you get a last hit with Necromastery on Nevermore (266930)
* Lich now has his icy hands effect only when he gets Aghanim’s Scepter
* Sven now transforms into a red version when he casts his ultimate (Ability Code: A1WH)
* Added various small doodads around the map
* Changed Bristleback’s model and hero icon (210183)

* Added sound effect for Meepo’s attack
* Added sound effect for Troll Warlord’s melee attack
* Added Scepter visual effect for Enchantress
* Various misc improvements on Phantom Lancer’s model
* Added -disablehelp for Bloodrage (233159)
* Added a new icon for Call Down (295122)
* Added a new visual effect while casting Curse of the Silent
* Hand of Midas bounty text is now easier to see (258830)
* Added a ground effect when the water is gushing out from Torrent (146694)
* New ability icon for Spirits (296349)
* Changed the illusion creation visual effect on Terrorblade’s Conjure Image
* Added new hero icon for Io (296349)
* Added new icon for Haunt (240283)
* Added new icon for Reality (240283)
* Added new icon for Flaming Fists (263836)
* Improved Greater Bash Icon (280720)
* Improved Track Icon (280720)
* Improved Amplify Damage Icon (280720)
* Improved Slardar’s Bash Icon (280720)
* Improved Plague Wards Icon (280720)
* Improved Greater Bash Icon (280720)
* Improved Soul Rip Icon (280720)
* Improved Grow Icon (280720)
* Improved Lion Hero Icon (280720)

* Fixed Charge of Darkness showing a dummy unit with HP bar
* Fixed some issues with Shackleshot calculation where it could sometimes hit weird angles.
* Fixed visible caster units during Light Strike Array and Split Earth
* Fixed converted creeps from sometimes being slowed by Enchant

* Fixed Healing Ward to indicate the level to your allies instead of just for you
* Fixed Roshan’s interaction with Familiars
* Fixed some issues with a small number of spells not properly detecting Meld and Ghostwalk as invisible
* Fixed Sonic Wave targeting mechanism when casting towards a location with an allied unit (298969)
* Fixed using Conjure Image while magic immune (298995)
* Fixed Roshan not dispelling Urn of Shadows
* Fixed some cast mechanism issues with Techie’s Suicide (242147)
* Fixed Liquid Fire interaction with Siege units (263667)
* Fixed a rare situation where Relocate would fail to teleport you
* Fixed a bug with freezing a leaver Spirit Breaker
* Fixed Tango dispelling Urn of Shadows healing effect
* Fixed Static Storm scoreboard cooldown being a little off
* Fixed a bug with Scepter Dismember and Linken’s Sphere
* Fixed some AI issues with Firefly
* Fixed lag on first cast of Adaptive Strike
* Fixed a couple of abilities with slightly incorrect cooldowns on scoreboard
* Fixed some courier tooltips
* Fixed Dragon Slave targeting mechanism when casting towards a location with an allied unit
* Fixed interaction between Level 3 Rupture and Force Staff
* Fixed the scourge Glyph not showing the new icon (Ability Code: A1WH)
* Fixed some inconsistencies in the visual AoE of some abilities (no balance changes here, just making the cursors more consistent for: Avalanche, Storm Bolt, Rocket Flare, Pit of Malice, Expulsion, Chronosphere, Earthbind, Spin Web, Dream Coil, Weave, Maledict, Vacuum, Sanity’s Eclipse)
* Fixed damage AoE on Waning Rift being slightly less than the silence AoE
* Fixed a very minor visual glitch when attempting to buy a recipe for power treads
* Fixed very minor inconsistency between the armor reduction and the damage AoE on Acid Spray
* Fixed AoE on Strygwyr’s thirst being off by 25
* Fixed Sticky Napalm triggering Linken Sphere
* Fixed interaction bugs with Soul Rip and Ethereal state
* Fixed AoE on Song of the Siren being off by 25
* Fixed a rare bug with Spirit Bear losing track of his items
* Fixed some minor duration inconsistencies with God’s Strength
* Fixed some triggered spells from bypassing Last Will (on Necronomicon Warrior) damage return
* Fixed Sticky Napalm compatibility problems with Shiva’s Guard
* Fixed some possible lag scenarios with Soul Catcher
* Fixed a very rare cause where you could Soul Ring usage could be lethal
* Courier can no longer use Ghost Scepter (to prevent some abuses)
* Fixed some minor incorrect behaviors when using burning spears at very low hp
* Fixed some rare damage cap issues with Dragon Slave and Sonic Wave
* Fixed some minor duration inconsistencies with Insatiable Hunger
* Fixed Sticky Napalm malfunctioning when cast on units in Fog of War
* Fixed a fatal error possible with Skewer
* Fixed a minor visual bug when Unstable Concoction explodes in midair

DoTA 6.68 Beta66 map fun

First off : HOLY JESUS FUCK A DOTA POST

As per request

http://www.filefront.com/17301417/6.68_Beta66.w3x

Now one might ask why we would release this map when 6.68c is already out, needless to say that there are TWO heroes that were not released in 6.68 that are in the beta map.  Whether or not there are vast changes to the heroes is yet to be seen

The first is the widely speculated Icarus the Phoenix – Strength Sentinel

1st spell : Basically waveform multiple times dealing damage

2nd spell : Basically reincarnation assuming your egg lives

3rd spell : think torrent but your hero flies up and it does DoT

Ultimate : Stuns everything on the map, I shit you not.  The closer to the unit that is spawned the longer the stun

and another hero  that was scheduled for release was Ymir the Tuskar – Agility Neutral

1st spell : Think of Spectres dagger except it grows and does more damage the more units it hits

2nd spell : Passive, increases regeneration and IAS for how many attacks are done on YOU

3rd spell : Any damage that would be done to you that is over 50 damage, the unit dealing damage would get stunned and also damages them goodbye leshrac anyone?

Ultimate : Basically a crit strike with a slow added on top, FALCON PUNCH anyone?

Flint Beastwood aka Dota’s Dwarven Sniper coming to HoN next

First of all, nice fucking name.  Good to see S2 following up Doctor Repulsor with another homerun.  Judging by those squints this Orc is straight outa Hong Kong.  He’s packing what looks to be like a pair of twin-barreled muskets (shotties don’t have that clicky thing up top, notice I’m a gun expert), and from the leak at pcgamer.com looks to be a direct port of Dota’s Dwarven Sniper.  I hate boring Agility heroes, but frankly this will keep the EM nerds happy and add to WaC’s arsenal of shit to carry me with.  Hopefully a fun hero like Pugna is coming next, though apparently Gyrocopter is all the rage right now.

Abilities Overview

• Flare: Fire a flare at a position, dealing damage and leaving a slow-burning glow that slows enemies and provides sight.
• Sharpshooter: Passively deal extra damage and a mini-stun on occasion.
• Long Barrel: Passively increases attack range.
• Focused Fire: After taking time to line a shot, Flint fires at a faraway enemy, dealing critical damage.

DotA Gyrocopter Hero Guide

Gyrocopter

Starting Attributes

Range: 375

Movement Speed: 305

Strength: 18 + 1.8

Agility: 24 + 2.4 (primary attribute)

Intelligence: 23 + 2.1

Damage: 41-51

Armor: 2

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Spells

Rocket Barrage

Releases a stream of rockets at nearby enemy units.

Rocket Interval: 0.1

Damage per Rocket: 6/8/10/12

Barrage Duration: 3

AOE: 400

Cooldown: 6.5

Manacost: 90

Video to come

Randomly shoots rockets like a sperm donor doing his best at targets inside the AoE.

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Seeking Missile

Fires a slow moving missle at target enemy unit. It starts off slow and then accelerates a little over time. Starts off startionary and inactive for the first three seconds then moves at 280 MS and increases by 20 each second. Can be killed by physical attacks.

The longer it takes to reach the target the more damage it does.

Delay before becoming active: 3 seconds

Initial movement speed: 280

Acceleration: 20 per second

Minimum Damage: 50

Maximum Damage: 100/200/300/400

Maximum Distance Threshold: 2000

Stun: 2.5 seconds

Missle HP: 4 hits

Cast range: 900

Cooldown: 20/18/16/14

Manacost: 120/130/140/150

Video to come

Great initiation tool while used in the forest hiding or just to finish killing those enemies that are running away without the need to chase them down.

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Flak Cannon

Causes a limited number of attacks to hit enemy units within 800 AOE.

Attacks: 3/4/5/6
Duration: 12 seconds (ends once you use your limited attacks)
Cooldown: 20
Manacost: 20/30/40/50

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Call Down

Fires two missles up in the air. The first missle lands at target area, dealing damage and slowing units in it. After a brief period, the second missle lands there as well.

Primary Missle Damage: 250/300/350

Primary Missle Slow: 20%

Primary Missle Slow Duration: 2

Primary Missle Impact Delay: 2 seconds

Primary Missle Impact AOE: 400

Secondary Missle Damage: 100/150/200

Secondary Missle Slow: 50%

Secondary Missle Slow Duration: 3

Secondary Missle Impact Delay: 4 seconds

Secondary Missle Impact AOE: 400

Cast Range: 1300

Cooldown: 55/50/45

Manacost: 125

Video to come

inb4 nuke spam. Works astounding well with team disabling abilities like Black Hole, Reverse Polarity etc.

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Skill Build

1. Seeking Missile

2. Rocket Barrage

3. Seeking Missile

4. Rocket Barrage

5. Seeking Missile

6. Call Down

7. Seeking Missile

8/9. Rocket Barrage

10. Flak Cannon

11. Call Down

12-14. Flak Cannon

15. Attribute Bonus

16. Call Down

17-25. Attribute Bonus

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Item Recommendations

As the norm with any … DPS hero, manta style is a great item to get. Gives damage, attack speed, movespeed and images.

You may question why but it increases Gyro’s farming capability a lot as well as his DPS potential.  Rocket Barrage & Flak Cannon & Radiance immolation is a huge amount of AoE damage.

Purge to help keep units in range as well as mana burn, very useful item indeed.

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Early Game

From what I’ve tested and done in beta Gyro is geared more toward ganking with carry potential.  Use seeking missiles where the enemies cannot see the missile itself (in trees, uphill etc.) so they are not aware of the missile and therefore are more vulnerable to the gank.  Early in the game try to focus on last hits as hard as it may be due to range, once you hit 6 you should start looking for ganks more and more with calldown, the combination of Call Down, Rocket Barrage & Seeking Missile alone is very devastating.

Middle Game

You should keep gank-farming or if your team lacks a hard carry and is keeping down the other team’s carry well enough you can start to farm a bit.  Utilize Flak Cannons well in team fights putting yourself in an area that would allow you to hit multiple enemy heroes if possible.  Carry a TP scroll as always to find a free farm spot or just to help out your hard carry if he is being ganked.

Late Game

You should keep ganking or farm a bit if you are not that hugely farmed.  Gyro late game is a HUGE DPS tank, so if you are having trouble surviving grab a BKB for those pesky casters as well as a heart or even Satanic if you lack an orb effect.  Eventually even if you haven’t geared Gyro in a carry aspect you will be doing enough damage with Flak Cannon/Rocket Barrage alone to potentially be a carry hero.