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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Dota Allstars 6.56

Never thought that Dota Allstars 6.56 to be released this quick, just less than a week after IceFrog release the "major" patch 6.55. This map was released this morning if I'm not mistaken, and looking the changelog tells me that there is not much change that can affect the current gameplay brought by 6.55 era.
as usual, get the map at getdota.

Lets see....the exact changelog that get my attention:
* Fixed a very old exploit that was recently discovered with Roshan [Hurl Boulder - 800 range, 100 damage, 2 seconds stun duration, 100 mana, 10 seconds cooldown --> Bash - 15% chance to trigger, 100 damage, 2 seconds stun duration]
so Roshan will not hurl his stun anymore when Leshrac cast Edict near the juke spot at the jungle near roshan. Instead when fighting him, he now can stun you with his passive. ok I suppose.

* Tweaked Sentinel and Scourge tower bounty sharing mechanism slightly
[200/250/300/350 gold bounty to everyone in team (not to killer, halved if denied). 450/500/550/600+Random(2-20) split if Sentinel/Scourge gets kill --> 200/240/280/320 gold bounty to everyone in team (not to killer, halved if denied). 315/350/385/420+Random(1.4-14) split if Sentinel/Scourge gets kill]
-okay, "slight" change.

* Improved Magic Stick a little [12 charges max, 12 HP and 12 mana/charge --> 10 charges max, 15 HP and 15 mana/charge (Don't stack with ally anymore)]
-so uh...now a fully charged Stick will heal 150hp/mana instead of the old 144hp/mana (oh wow...). I still have a mixed feeling about this item... since it is only charged when enemies cast spell, then in a way it can be used as "gank detector", but the usage is pretty much limited.

* Moved the Tavern locations. It's back to the old location, though now the four taverns are arranged in a straight line. So now it does not looks weird anymore, having Scourge tavern on northwest and Sentinel tavern on southeast.

* Various tweaks/nerf to Admiral. Starting strength lowered from 24 to 21, Torrent got a slight mana increase (105 to 120) plus reduced slow (2/3/4/5 to 1/2/3/4). Understandable though, he was deemed to be too powerful when 6.55 was released.

* Added some new juke spots. Haven't try the map yet, so I don't know where exactly are the new juke spots. Juking is always a good thing :)

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