The Ability Draft Patch!

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DOTA+ WEEKEND SPOTLIGHT
ROTATING GAME MODES The first mode in the Weekend Spotlight is Ability Draft, available June 8-13. If you've never dabbled in Ability Draft or haven't tried recently, now is the perfect time to join the thriving AD community and create some monster new ability combos using the mode's easy-to-use draft screen!

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NEW Features
Strategy Map & Starting Items now visible during Strategy Time.

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Updates and Fixes

  • Draft order is random again for parties in match-made games, they are no longer grouped.
  • Updated Invoker ability values to closer match gameplay patch 7.31.
  • Scepter on Rupture now grants Blood Mist.
  • Scepter on False Promise now grants Rain of Destiny.
  • Shard on Mystic Flare now grants Shield of the Scion.
  • Shard on Rearm now grants Warp Flare.
  • Shard on Demonic Purge now grants Demonic Cleanse.
  • Fixed cosmetic items only displaying for the local player during VS screen.
  • Fixed Gobble Up sometimes not being castable for the whole game.
  • Fixed Vengeance Aura illusion spawning with 0 Shadow Raze charges.
  • Fixed Vengeance Aura illusion having infinite Unleash attacks.
  • Fixed Spirit Bear not dying when the player dies without Scepter.
  • Fixed Burning Barrage being cancelled if a target was hit by Greater Bash.
  • Fixed Timelock not working on ranged heroes if attack speed too high. (i.e. Focus Fire)
  • Added particle effects for Starbreaker ability when not Dawnbreaker.
  • Fixed Metamorphosis demon model size being too small.
  • Fixed Essense Flux mana not transferring through Tether.
  • Fixed passive abilities triggering Fiery Soul. (i.e. Moon Glaives)
  • Level 25 passive Talent for Brewmaster will only show if both Drunken Brawler and Primal Split are drafted.
  • Fixed Heavenly Jump Talent missing when drafted.
  • Fixed Voodoo Restoration Talent missing when drafted.
  • Fixed Luminosity Talent missing when drafted.
  • Fixed some cases of non-drafted spells showing up on the Aghanim's tooltip.
  • Fixed some cases of Aghanim's granted hotkey order being broken.
  • Removed panel that covered part of the draft when coaching.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/v84dmb/the_ability_draft_patch/

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