update · February 22, 2025

Dota 2 Update Fixes Ability Draft, Dazzle Interactions, and Hero Bugs

Valve deployed a series of targeted fixes for Dota 2, addressing hero ability interactions, item bugs, and map issues. The patch resolves unintended charge counts, Dazzle interaction flaws, and Dragon Knight facet errors.

Valve rolled out a patch for Dota 2 addressing a wide range of bugs involving hero interactions, neutral items, and match mechanics.

Hero Ability and Facet Fixes

Ability Draft heroes now correctly receive innate abilities. Dazzle receives fixes preventing Nothl Projection from improperly putting Aeon Disk and Refresher Orb on cooldown, granting unintended town portal scrolls, or skipping soul item restrictions. Dragon Knight's Fire Dragon facet no longer applies debuffs to teammates on denies, double-procs per hit in Elder Dragon Form, or hits towers unintentionally. Morphling, Winter Wyvern, Arc Warden, and Invoker also receive corrections to spell interactions and level scaling.

Items and Map Adjustments

Ninja Gear usage while smoked no longer lets players re-apply smoke to allies. Phylactery correctly slows enemies on proc, and Ironwood trees consumed with Tango provide proper healing durations. Map adjustments fix tall spawnboxes near Kunkka's Torrent and prevent Tormentor from spawning in demo mode locations.

Why this patch matters

This maintenance patch clears up mechanical edge cases for heroes like Dazzle and Dragon Knight while restoring expected item behaviors.