Official 6.12 out! Download Here Dota 6.12

Changelog:
========
-Mac issue improved a bit
-Increased mana cost per level on leo reincarnation
-Removed many rocks that stopped certain spells from working and caused unit blocking
-Doom less damage/duration but alot less cooldown also
-Fun hero Tavern created (invoker and techies moved there) use "-fun"
-Invoker's Reagents small mana cost removed
-Invoke cooldown decreased from 15 to 12
-Fixed deathmatch win condition error
-Feast percentage reduced, but feast no longer orb effect (like he used to be)
-Poison sting duration decreased from 3 to 2
-Tweaked bount hunter's ww
-Tweaked all of clinkz abilities a bit
-TB meta attack range from 575->500
-Nerfed str per lvl from 2.4->1.9 on tb
-Improved loading a little bit (like it was in 6.09b)
-Improved lag issues on enchantress heal
-Changed backtrack animation (helps with lag issues also)
-Stout shield cost is now 300
-BKB related fatal error issue fixed
-Shroud of flames reworked
-TDA Rules updated
-Buffed damage on sand storm a little
-Some misc typos
-Tweaked leoric skills a bit

Notes:
Old heroes may make appearances in the fun tavern
Invoker will be in the fun tavern for a version or so
This release is geared towards being the tournament version


In response to questions/comments about Fun Tavern:

I'm not prepared to have invoker participate in a competitive tournament at this point, so its either remove him or make him availablle via 1 extra command. About techies, a large portion of this community wanted him removed. Instead of removing him, i allow him to be used as normal via 1 command. This tavern allows for alot more fun things in the future too.

Just because a heroes moved to this tavern doesn't not mean in any way that he won't make it back.

Download Here

DotA Allstars v6.12b


Changelog:
========

--I appologize for the frequent releases, but i needed to release this to address
some issues and make this map stable as i did not feel 6.12 was better then 6.09b
in ANY way, 6.12b will be though. There is also a very abusable bug with
chronosphere that was reported and needed to be fixed asap.

--Tweaked clinkz, leo, tb and naix. Better balance between 6.12 and 6.09b
--Stout shield removed, may be reintroduced as a recipe item in the future
--Improved necronomicon and its abilities as it levels
--Recipes sell for 80% of the cost, helps with misclicks
--Few misc typos and bugs


Notes:
======

--I've decided to restore techies. Not because i don't think the reasons
for his issues are valid, but because i think the concept of that tavern
for a hero like techies is flawed. He was in DotA for a very long time.
If someone has an idea to make him a better overall hero, suggest it,
but i won't outright remove him from normal play. I'd rather get a better
solution for him, and i intend to, in the very near future.

--The New hero tavern "-new" will be used mainly for future heroes as a buffer
location, which will further improve map stability. Invoker is in that tavern
now but he will be moved to normal in a version or so after he becomes stable.

--I do not want to see posts complaining about anything until you guys actually
TRY the new changes in a few games, as they are more or less all for the better.

--I will be implementing a strict balance forum system in the near future to help filter between noob complaining and real issues.

Have fun

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DotA Allstars v6.13
Download here

Changelog:
=======
-New hero: Strygwyr, the Bloodseeker
-Much faster game loading
-Viper gains new ability
-Darkterror gains new ability
-Reduced hero selection lag
-Recoded Avalanche to remove the channel requirement bug
-New command, -matchup, Displays the opponents hereos (incase you missed them
at start)

-Tweaked Ursa a bit
-Improved Multicast
-Slightly increased enchantress str per lvl
-Decreased decryp cooldown by 2 seconds
-Increased pugna attack range from 575 to 600 and int per lvl from 3.75 to 4.00
-Tweaked midlane neutral creeps to help against creep redirection
-Fixed issue of seeing scourge ss from midlane
-Increased KOTL attack range by 50
-Reduced cooldown/manacost on enchant totem
-Tweaked around some greater bash values
-Slight manacost reduction on doom
-Increased duration of Sprint on slardar
-Morphling's Morph costs mana once again
-Nerfed weaver str gain slightly
-Fixed the movement of various heroes in the tavern when a hero gets taken
-Necronomicon and Maelstrom price tweaks

-Fixed Unstuck to work off map limits
-Fixed game end to only trigger off the first victory (incase two are close to winning same time)
-Maelstrom tooltip typo
-Fixed shroud of flames bug where the flames would damage structures
-Fixed some faulty animations on charge of darkness stun
-Old Vengeful Spirit soundset restored
-Tweaked Mana Leak slightly
-Fixed issues with unstuck hotkey
-Fixed typo on Naix's Poison Sting
-Fixed a typo on Centaur's Return
-Changed Dragon's Blood and Unholy Fervor tooltips to reflect actual hp regen
-Mana leak buff typo
-Fixed Sange recipe typo
-Fixed Buriza sell cost
-Added Pacifism hotkey
-Added nonconflicting reveal hotkey
-Fixed some Dark Ritual issues
-Improved the text on many buffs
-Fixed MANY other misc typos and glitches



Notes:
====
A few hero remakes (silencer, chen and visage) were made in 6.13 but disabled near end of the beta cycle due to some reconsiderations. They will most likely appear in the near future.

DotA Allstars v6.14

Download Here

Changelog:
=======

Many many bug fixes that were introduced last version have been resolved.
Extremely Inaccurate rupture tooltip fixed + Given visible indicator.
Delay spawn on neutral creeps as suggested by 'esby' on forums.
Reduced creep spawn lag.
Various minor balances changes (Thats right, i didn't list them!)

Don't use old rupture tooltip to compare the damage, the old one was VERY off. It was much more then it listed.

here's the link for 6.15

6.15 download

Changelog:
========

Chen Remake.
Silencer Remake.
Rune colors changed based on the type of rune. (suggestion from Mlock)

Pushed back the neutral spawn lag to before the creeps fight.
Buffed Insatiable Hunger.
Added some code to help random be a bit more random.
Fixed some issues with unstuck and added a message to warn not to move.
Fixed Radiance so it doesn't make roshan and ancients attack you.
Fixed Tinker attack range typo.

This post has been edited by moon*: Sep 13 2005, 01:45 PM

DotA Allstars v6.16
Download here
http://fasterfiles.com/files.php?cat=16
Changelog:
========

-Balanced many aspects of silencer abilities
-Recoded fissure
-Fixed bug that caused chen's units to die if chen image died
-Necronomicon recipe price increased by 100
-Put a dmg check on impetus to prevent it doing unintended extra damage by tp
-Fixed bug that caused kotl to be stuck when his priests were combined with smokescreen.
-Fixed various dupe hero bugs
-Fixed bug that sometimes caused Reverse Polarity to stun but not pull
-Fixed bug that allowed morphling to use morph without any mana
-Made mana costs on higher level reincarnation less insane
-Fixed bane elemental being able to cast enfeeble on himself
-Fixed buff issue with omnislash and other abilities that created rare unwanted effects on target
-Fixed bug that caused -unstuck to remove curse of the silent effect
-Fixed lag issues with penitence animations
-Disabled some buggy game modes, will restore them in working order in near -future.
-Added modes quest menu
-Fixed Creep Ogre Magi Frost typo
-Fixed Creep Troll Inner Fire typo
-Unstabled power typo
-Dagon recipe typos
-Various small typos fixed

Notes:
======
The next few versions will be focused on cleaning up the current versions of any bugs and imbalances that exist as well as fixing some broken modes.

DotA Allstars v6.17
Download here

In case u can't dl from the server due to heavy traffic. i have uploaded the map. pls search at bottom of this post.

Changelog:
========

-Recoded sandstorm, lag issues improved a lot now.
-Fixed CK's Critical Strike bugged green icon when disabled.
-Fixed invulnerable well/zigg bug.
-Fixed various bugs with the Bristleback ability.
-Fixed bug that caused Aftershock to not trigger after Fissure.
-Fixed bug that resulted in Earthshaker having 200% dmg for 45 seconds.
-Fixed issue with omnislash on Roshan causing Roshan to be unable to attack.
-Fixed some issues with old tavern, now only activated and created after -ap -old.
-Fixed bug that allowed only one Enchantress to learn Impetus.
-Fixed temporary control loss when using Hand of God and Test of Faith.
-Fixed bug that caused Clarity Potion to break Curse of the Silent.
-Fixed Buff issues with Amphotic Field.
-Fixed the Scourge and Worldtree towers being the same lvl as the second tower.
-Fixed Take Aim to work with multiple Snipers.
-Fixed Glaives of Wisdom so it can be researched by multiple Silencers.
-Fixed rare issue of Freezing Field caster units giving gold to enemy.
-Freezing Field recoded to allow for multiple instances.
-Illuminate recoded to allow for multiple instances.
-Fixed a bug that caused only the first Luna to get lvl 4 Moonglaive to have the tech.
-Fixed blackhole bugging heavily with multiple Engima heroes.
-Fixed Eclipse with multiple Luna.
-Fixed many glitches with Omnislash.
-Fixed some Illuminate timing issues.
-Fixed Satyr Hellcaller buff issue.
-Neutral creeps now spawn at the 2 minutes mark rather then 3 minutes.
-Fixed a bug with Enrage that caused allies to take damage before being Hexed back.
-Fixed fatal error bug with Finger of Death on wards.
-Fixed fatal error bug with controlling spiderlings.
-Fixed permanent invulnerable Juggernaut with multiple Juggernauts in game.
-Fixed issue with Global Silence causing your abilities to disappear shortly.
-Fixed bug with Backtracking heal.
-Fixed bug that allowed you to convert panda after Primal Split.
-Fixed various lag issues.

-Impetus now displays the extra damage in blue not the total damage.
-Restored Morphling's much loved auto color changing.
-Listed splash values of Netherward in tooltip.
-Changed Techies' Remote Wards to the blue model based on firahs' suggestions.
-Techies' Stasis duration on creeps reduced to the duration on heroes.
-Reworked abilities on Satyr Hellcaller.
-Reworked how Necronomicon levels, some buffs and some nerfs.
-Improved creep pathing at bottom lane as well as middle necromancer creep timing.

-Balance tweaks done to the following heroes:
(Don't panic, these are mostly VERY minor, but you guys like to know, so here)
Broodmother, Sven, SA, Enigma, Ursa, Tinker, Tiny, Sniper, Troll, Rhasta, Bristleback,
Dragon Knight, Venomancer, Viper, Spiritbreaker, Bounty Hunter, Jugg, VS, Zeus,
Weaver, Tide Hunter, Enchantress and Silencer.

-Various Item Tweaks:
Maelstrom, Necronomicon, Mask of madness, Ring of Basilius.

-Fixed bugs and/or memory leaks with the following:
Multiboard, Mana Void, Headshot, Animate Dead buff.

-Fixed various tooltip issues with the following:
Items: Soul Booster, Linken's sphere, Perseverance.
Abilities: Omnislash, Lone Druid, Sandstorm, Conversion, Tinker, Last Word buff,
Nightmare buff, Scattershot, Headshot, Battlecry, Penitence, Sonic Wave.


Hero Descriptions from Fan-Fiction:
----------------------------------------
-Magnus, by LordInsidious
-Nevermore, by Cottontop
-Morphling, by Malle
-Tiny, by UnderSeaCave
-Viper, by Serados
-Rhasta, by Aki Esu
-Luna, by The Clam I Am
-Lucifer, by alterecho
-Sandking, by Lord-Insidious


Notes:
-------
-A lot of work was done on -mm and -du this version and game mode order logic.
However, for the sake of map stability, it needs more work and testing. Expect more
fixes relating to the other modes in the future. DM included. CTF will be the last one I
spend the time to fix.

-The map should be a lot more balanced and bug free now, pending any 1.19 issues,
to better prepare it for real competitive and overall public use. There will probably be a
minor update in the near future to clean up any remaining issues that come up.

Have fun!

Attached File(s)
 DotA_Allstars_v6.17.zip ( 1.79mb ) Number of downloads: 196

DotA Allstars v6.18
Download Here

In case u can't dl from the server due to heavy traffic. i have uploaded the map. pls search at bottom of this post.

Changelog:
=======

-Completely fixed the multiple hero exploit without having to constantly detect and remove extra heroes.
-Fixed the unlimited persuaded units bug.
-Fixed bug with spiderlings giving way more xp than normal
-Fixed Illuminate damage bug.
-Fixed many tooltip issues.
-Better Holy Persuation hotkey assignment.
-Temporarily disabled old tavern for now (i will look into invoker for a near future version, no worries).
-Improved many recipe tooltips.
-Fixed some bugs with Morphling's color change and Adapt.
-Fixed a bug that allowed extra neutral creeps to spawn by using certain exploit.
-Changed Yasha recipe a bit.
-Fixed a bug with split earth and various spells cast near it.
-Roshan now returns to his spawn point instantly if he attacks a structure, to prevent certain abuses out there.
-Various typos fixed.
-Reduced str per lvl on Lich from 1.75 to 1.55
-Removed the 50% spell resistance on Chen's Persuaded creeps.


Notes:
=====
These frequent releases are geared towards fixing all issues before the end of the month, for some upcoming events.[url]

Attached File(s)
 DotA_Allstars_v6.18.zip ( 1.79mb ) Number of downloads: 192

Dota-Allstars 6.19

Changelog:
========

-Last Word effect now only happens after a spell is finished casting, not starting to cast. Now channeling abilities will be able to work without getting silenced first

-Changed Sange and S&Y similar to how Yasha was changed

-Fixed delay in bristleback ability execution that caused a display glitch

-Increased pugna starting str from 14->17

-Removed splash from netherward but increased hp/manadrain per level

-Reduced casting delay on nether blast by 50%

-Increased cost of necronomicon, it has slightly more str

-Fixed bug with being able to buy heroes if -ar is typed quickly at start

-Fixed a minor omnislash bug

-Tiny is no longer allowed to toss a unit to a chicken (abuses with this happen)

-Changed Dagon to a number display of 1/2/3/4/5 from 0/1/2/3/4

-Did something that may help in the picking and randoming of a same hero to get duplicates bug

-Fixed a bug that causes the Grow learn icon to move

-Fixed a rare chainfrost bug that created a global casting nova unit

-Fixed Chakra Magic, Kraken Shell and Dragon Blood learn hotkeys

-Clarified Gravechill and Enrage tooltips

-Reduced lich starting int from 20->18

-Goo 30 mana cost all levels, from 10/15/20/25

-Stasis, Remote, Observer and Sentry wards have no collision size, no more creep blocking

-Buffed spiritbreaker's str/lvl from 2.0->2.5 and base str by 1

-Increased model size of spiritbreaker slightly

-Buffed level 1 untouchable

-Scythe nerfed to 3.25 seconds

-Spin Web typo on movement speed increase

-Fixed Unstable Power icon moving

-Various minor tooltip fixes

-Fixed various lycan typos fixed

-Fixed old bug that caused morphling to continue stat changing while he was dead

-Removed the small movespeed buff on overpower

-Fixed Grave Bind on the revenants to work on non-hero units as well

-Updated TDA Rules


Notes:
======

Thanks to everyone that submits bugs and typos.

If you guys ever have a fatal error and everyone else on the team had it, please upload it to the stickied thread in bugs forum.

For serious games, i recommend only using regular pick if you want more control over the balance.

There is a fully intended ~1 sec delay to recipe creation put in. It is to monitor it and see if it has any relationship with item based fatal errors.

Expect 6.20 to have the other modes restored and fixed along with a bunch of other new things.

Download here


Edit: 6.19 actually is 6.18b. They rename it. Link is updated.


This post has been edited by TheNameX: Oct 2 2005, 01:27 AM

Changelog:
========

Fixed a bug with Mana Leak that caused it to not work if you move quickly after cast.
Fixed the buggy Penitence damage amplification.
Fixed some minor Omnislash timing issues.
Fixed old 1.18 bugs: Fiend's Grip and Dismember animations.
Fixed some Sprout issues.
Fixed a potential problem with Time Walk.
Added -disablehelp/-enablehelp for use in case Chen abuses Test of Faith.
Fixed an old permanent night exploit.
Fixed some rare bugs with Blackhole and Freezing Field.
Lycan's wolves collision size reduced to fix bugs in certain locations of the map.
Fixed a bug with Lycan's wolves being unable to attack air.
Removed delay on recipe creation.
Added a fix to help reduce the odds of picking and randoming the same hero at once while maintaining the no multiple hero fix.
Removed the damage over time bug that happens with Breath of Fire and Drunken Haze.
Increased the cooldown on the neutral creeps' Warstomp.

Necronomicon recipe price increased by 50.
Made casting range on Nerubian Assassin's Impale similar to that of Lion's Impale
Pugna's Life Drain buffed from 7 to 9 seconds.
Slight mana cost increase to Rearm.
Slightly decreased the price on Heart of Tarrasque recipe.
Reduced charges of Cyclone on Eul's Scepter from 7 to 6 and cooldown to match its duration.
Restored bounce on Maelstrom from 2 back to 3.
Eaglehorn's price reduced by 50.
Sapphire Water and Clarity Potion prices increased by 5 respectively.
Tweaked Sange and Yasha (damage and orb effect stats) and fixed faulty animation.
Various tree location tweaks to make Sentinel and Scourge more even.
Removed corpse creation from Scourge's Graveyard.
Changed hotkey on Satyr's manaburn to R like all the other mana burns.

Fixed Enfeeble's learn hotkey.
Morph tooltip typos.
Fixed Penitence and Persuasion tooltips.
Fixed Death Prophet's Silence tooltip bugs.
Fixed Force of Nature treants' damage.
Increased Bounty Hunter's model slightly.
Clarified various ability tooltips.
Fixed various typos in Adapt.
Fixed typo on Aghanim's Scepter.
TDA Rules updated



Notes:
=====
This is being released because of two main reasons. To meet some requests by blizzard and to do a final patch before the longer release cycle, 6.20. Along with 6.19b there is an optional 6.19b no audio version, which is required for blizzcon and some other events that i cannot disclose at this time. The optional version will be linked in this section in the near future.

After a week or so of usage on this version, if no major issues come up, this will be the version for use in league and tournament play, as well as some other undisclosed events in the near future.

Thanks to everyone who has helped bring the map to where it is now, but most of all, thanks to the community for their support, we wouldn't be here without you.

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Dota-allstars 6.20

Download here


Changelog:
========

-New Terrain
-Game core code rewritten for optimizations and cleanliness
-Fixed the projectile vision through Fog of War bug
-New Hero
-Added a mode for league play, -lm (-leaguemode)
-Added Deathmatch, -dm (-deathmatch)
-Fixed pretty much all memory leaks in DotA
-Stout Shield returns
-Heartstopper (engine bugs with this) replaced with a new ability
-Anonymous Dead replaced with a new ability
-Dynamic Size multiboard based on the number of players in the game


-Fixed some abuse issues when blinking to a tavern
-Better panning and hero selection when you respawn, it's not as choppy now
-Fix a bug that allowed you to accidentally get multiple heroes
-When lone druid is repicked, his bear properly disappears
-Increased Hexed unit model slightly
-Fixed Coup de Gras' tooltip
-Chickens no longer block paths
-Fixed a bug that did not combine consumables on chickens
-sc randomness issues improved
-Fixed Enfeeble's tooltip
-Ignite missle speed improved a bit
-Shortmode is a bit shorter
-Building experience bugs fixed
-Fixed some multiboard issues
-Improved camera start location when -ar (allrandom) is used
-Fixed tooltips on neutral creeps
-Fixed some witchcraft typos
-If Dark Ritual, Nightmare, Conversion or Deathpact is cast on an allied chicken, it will not kill the chicken
-Fixed some Toss issues
-Cannot Toss chickens (only Toss to chicken was fixed before) nor any units Tiny owns (to prevent abuses)
-Fixed a bug with the souls kept after death on Nevermore
-Fixed Conversion, it should always automatically work now
-Added a skill icon for SA's Permanent Invisibility
-Fixed Craggy Exterior stun duration bug
-Fixed Bloodlust Multicast bug
-Made creeps converted by Chen unable to block other units
-Fixed some Poison Nova bugs
-PA's -refresh is removed, it will now automatically refresh.
-Shock tooltip error
-Changed multiboard display for missing players a bit
-Removed the red dots that appear briefly on minimap when you use ap
-Cannot Toss Dragon Knight in Elder Form
-Fixed a bug where if you do -unstuck then -recreate, -recreate takes no time
-Fixed a minor Necronomicon unit selection annoyance
-Fixed Jux-item dropping from Phantom Lancer
-movespeed now works by using -ms also
-matchup now works by using -ma also
-Changed Queen of Pain's Blink animation
-Fixed the crazy Crystal Maiden spam z/h bug with Freezing Field
-Helm of Dominator converted creeps cannot be used to block paths
-Improved the small area restriction where -recreate is castable
-Fountain healing ranged improved a bit, but smaller than the attack range obviously
-Fixed bug with Nightmare not canceling Flask
-Fixed various typos and updated tooltips
-Tweaked Necromonicon a bit, to fix a Warcraft III engine related bug
-Disallowed Blade Fury during Omnislash
-Fixed some Assassinate buff issues
-Hero Descriptions updated
-New Map Picture
-Fixed Manta Style + color change bug on Morphling
-Fixed Wolf Form multiboard display glitch
-Reduced delay on various morphing abilities (Elder Form, Shapeshift, etc). This helps reduce control loss risk
-Quest menu updated with league rules when -lm is used
-Fixed Phantom Lancer icon moving in tavern when another hero is taken
-Improved some display messages, like when someone leaves
-Add the proper buff icon for Mask of Madness


-Frostbite reduced from 2/2.5/3/3.5 to 1.5/2/2.5/3, damage per second increased to equal the same total damage as before
-Stormbolt damage reduced from 125/175/250/300 to 100/150/200/250
-Fissure nerfed
-Enchant Totem cooldown reduced
-Ignite slight buff, Bloodlust move nerf, Bloodlust mana cost decreased
-Avalanche AoE reduced by 50
-Dagger of Escape has a 90 mana cost now (here comes the hate mail)
-Reduce damage of Burrowstrike from 80/160/240/320(tooltip was wrong) to 100/160/220/280
-Buffed Caustic Finale area from 250 to 400
-Rupture duration from 7/10/13 to 5/7/9 but slight increase of initial dmg from 100/200/300 to 150/250/350
-Reduced Shapeshift hitpoints from 150/275/400 to 100/200/300
-Chaos Knight Critical Strike from 1.55/2.10/2.65/3.2 to 1.5/2/2.5/3
-Necrolyte movespeed reduced from 300 to 290
-Kraken Shell from 10/20/30/40 to 5/10/15/20 but reduces ranged as well now
-Anabolic Frenzy from 3/6/9/12% to 3/5/7/9% move speed
-Chakra from 100/200/300/400 to 90/180/270/360 but and mana cost from 75 to 50
-Elder Form does not grant bonus hp
-Breath of Fire reduced from 85/170/255/320 to 75/150/225/300
-Reduced Purification from 100/200/300/400 to 90/180/270/360 but damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/180/270/360
-Sprout duration decreased from 3/4/5/6 to 3/3.75/4.5/5.25
-Furion movespeed buffed from 280 to 295
-Hoofstomp .75/1.5/2.25/3 to 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75 with stun dmg from 50/100/150/200 to 100/150/200/250
-Shackle's duration from 3/4/5/6 to 2.5/3.25/4/4.75 and damage 40dmg/sec to Shackled target
-Max number of Eclipse per target reduced from 5 to 4 (6 to 5 on Scepter)
-Luna's attack range increased from 225 to 325
-Nasal Goo from 20+4/8/12/16 to 20+3/6/9/12
-Track now gives bonus speed to Bounty Hunter when cast, mana cost increased a bit.
-Bounty Hunter's Windwalk gives no speed bonus.
-Reduce Penitence damage amplification from 8/16/24/32 to 7/14/21/28
-Test of Faith damage from 50-75/100-150/150-225/200-300 to 50-100/100-200/150-300/200-400
-Chen's creeps do not die when he dies
-Persuasion from 1/2/3/4 to 1/1/2/3
-Slardars Warstomp changed, lower stun but added a secondary effect
-Aegis changed, uses stout instead of RoH, stats modified a bit as a result.
-Mekanism aura from 2 to 3hp/sec
-Waveform range reduced and mana cost increased
-Rampage movespeed from 7/14/21 to 7/9/11
-Satanic's Deathpact cooldown from 20 to 60 seconds.
-Lich movespeed buffed from 280 to 295
-Chain frost bounce from 7 to 6
-Blackhole damage from 40-80/75-120/100-160 per second to 30-60/50-100/70-140
-Enigma starting str from 17 to 16
-Enchantress movespeed from 300 to 285
-God Strength cooldown from 100/90/80 to 120/120/120
-Healing Ward cooldown from 50 to 75 and mana cost from 125 to 140
-Overgrowth mana cost from 100/150/200 to 200/250/300
-Phantom Lancer from str 19+2.0 to 18+1.5
-Sunder mana cost from 175 to 250
-Venomancer's attackrange from 490 to 450
-Shockwave mana cost from 100/120/140/160 to 110
-Empower from 20/40/60/80% to 15/30/45/60%
-Empower mana cost reduced to 30
-Insatiable Hunger duration from 30 to 20 seconds
-Purge duration from 6 to 5 seconds
-Splitshot from 40/50/60/70 to 45/55/65/75
-Queen of Pain's Blink mana cost from 60 to 80
-Gush mana cost from 100 to 120
-Nevermore's attack range from 500 to 450
-Nether Swap can only target heroes, not creeps
-Change Primal Split damage type from normal to pierce (weaker vs towers)
-Song of Siren Duration from 6/8/10 to 6/7/8 and invul duration from 4/5.5/7 to 6/7/8
-Rearm casting time from 3/2/1 to 4/3/2
-Morphling no longer gains +2 int from his Attribute Bonus ability
-Morph mana cost from 10/sec to 20/sec
-Crushing Wave damage buffed by 50
-Blademail recipe from 750 to 500
-Back angle on Bristleback slightly reduced
-Gravechill from 10/20/30/40 to 8/16/24/32
-Scattershot damage from 14-40 to 10-35
-Sniper's agility from 26/1.9 to 28/2.4


Notes:
--------
Some of you will complain regarding some of these balance changes. Generally AoE and Long disables saw some form of a nerf. Most Heroes that were nerfed saw a buff somewhere else. For the most part this is power redistribution. You'll just have to trust me that they are for the best. After a tweak or two, it will result in a considerably more balanced and enjoyable game. You shouldn't expect many other large scale tweaks like this, so you can now start focusing on perfecting builds and matchup strats for the leagues that are starting soon. After a version or two, to iron out any issues that come up, I recommend leagues use -lm for competitive gaming.

From a survey i did, at least 75% liked the new terrain and 25% liked the older, from that 25%, at least 3/4 of them changed their minds a few games, so give it a few tries before judging it.

Thanks to Plastic.Angel for his help on the new terrain, Naz for the Map Picture (and PitzerMike helping us convert it), Zetta for many suggestions, Terrorblaze for the base Aphotic Shield concept,.
Extra thanks for the Beta testers for extra testing in this version.


Hero Description Contest:
-----------------------------
Pudge-Xero)Saber
Lich-Serados
Nerubian Assassin-thumamaesrapida
Enchantress-Lord-Insidious
Weaver-Mavrik-
Enigma-Terrorblaze
Razor-Aconite_Viper
Medusa-TheClamIAm
Troll-Undead_Shoes
DP-Aconite_Viper


Enjoy


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Confusing new terrain though, but good to get new content and hero.

New DotA Allstars v6.21 Released!
Fixed many issues from previous version. Get it here

Dota Allstars V6.22
Download Here!


Fixed some bugs (some major) as well as some other issues (many abuseable, so won't disclose).

Sorry for the frequent releases, hopefully all the bugs will be done with in a version or two max.
After that, a version will be announced as the latest stable map for competitive use.
For now, all serious play should use the last stable version.

As far as future plans, after this version set has all its issues fixed, i'll work on a new sent and scourge tavern as well as a new recipe shop.
Probably something like 4-5 new heroes for each side to start off, then fill the rest as time goes.

Thanks for everyone that reports bugs, its a great way to contribute to the map.



Hero Description contest:
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Nortrom-ashhao
Akasha-Lord-Insidious
Syllabear-Ennoctven

This post has been edited by Hell Fire: Nov 8 2005, 12:58 PM

http://maps.dota-allstars.com/DotA%20Allstars%20v6.23.w3x

DotA Allstars v6.23


Fixed a major bug that caused many abilities to have a chance to stop functioning.

Normally i'd wait for more fixes, but this bug had such a huge impact on many abilities that it would single handedly cause many games to be ruined.


If anyone finds anymore bugs, please report them.

Have fun

DotA Allstars v6.24
Download here

Reworked Mark of the Abyss and tweaked some of his other abilities a little
Smokescreen aoe decreased
Enrage manacost removed, cooldown increased
Toss no longer damages towers
You don't lose a level in DM after dying
Enabled dm with ar, do -dm then -ar
Scorched earth regen decreased
Fixed broodmother web issue in dm
Fixed bug in troll melee mode leveling
Crushing Wave mana cost reduced a bit
Enchantress attack range reduced

Hopefully the bug that causes many triggered abilities to fail sometimes is fixed in this version.
However, i still recommend all serious games use 6.19b until it is clear.

There won't be anymore major balance changes after this (at least not nerfs), just bug fixes if any come up, then work begins on a new major version (which will take longer but will he heavily tested) while this version set gets sent for use in leagues and various other tournaments and secret events we have planned.

Dota Allstars v6.25
Download here

Fixed the norespawn bug
Removed Nature's Attendants lag
Fixed some DM bugs.
Fixed a timelapse bug.
Fixed Conversion on chicken abuse
Toss does partial damage to towers instead of no damage from last patch
Fixed a perm invulnerable Timewalk bug
Removed the restriction of buying HoM and Necronomicon on Tinker by implementing a more advanced Rearm so those specific items can't be abused but can still be used by him.
Fixed a bug with Impetus and Glaives of Wisdom that caused them to do extra damage sometimes
Fixed some -lm issues
Bloodrage can no longer kill chickens
Fixed an old DK leveling in dragon form bug

Dota All Stars v6.26

Link 1

Link 2


Changelog:

Greater bash major bug fixed
Chronosphere bug fixed
Viper's corrosive skin now gives slight magic damage reduction
Fixed a refresher orb bug/exploit with Hand of Midas on tinker.
Various minor tooltip issues fixed
Fixed some issues with neutral creeps
Fixed various other minor bugs

Thx to Daelin for the new Mana Void icon

Notes:

This version should cover all the bugs and issues that have been around. Once our server is up we will announce some special events we had planned. If you find any remaining bugs before the forums are up, send me the replay at IceFrogDota@gmail.com. After 6.26/6.27, work on 6.3 will begin which will take longer than normal but will have a lot of new content and will be very heavily tested. You won't have to worry about a patch heavy cycle like the one that happened in 6.2.



Have fun!

DotA Allstars 6.27 is out!
Download it here!

Changelog:

Vast improvements to CustomKeys.txt compatability (see link when forums return)
Fixed a Deathmatch Allrandom issue with getting more heroes than opponents
Mana Burn on necronomicon moved to the other unit
Fixed chaos bolt and crit using same learn hotkey
Fixed losing the items on spirit bear in DM
Fixed some issues with crushing wave causing a unit to be stuck in trees
Fixed mekansm tooltip issues
If a target is swapped into trees, those trees are destroyed (to help against some swap abuses)
Fixed berserker call affecting a shackled unit
Fixed a bug with -movespeed on tiny when he uses grow and morphling with adapt
Fixed some old issues with charge of darkness and netherstrike
Many typos fixed (Thanks to Ronan for his many reports)
Fixed some sleep issues with lightning bolt and chainfrost on a chronosphered unit
Spirit bear pathing issues fixed

Notes:
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When the forums return, I'll attach a link with all the files and info needed to make use of this improved custom keys functionality.

6.30 Development will now begin. It will take longer than usual, but will be very heavily tested.

This is the latest stable version. All leagues should now change to this in a week or so.

DotA Allstars 6.27b

Download

Changelog:

Due to an issue with the previous transfer, had to upload a 6.27b.


Vast improvements to CustomKeys.txt compatability (see link when forums return)
Fixed a Deathmatch Allrandom issue with getting more heroes than opponents
Mana Burn on necronomicon moved to the other unit
Fixed chaos bolt and crit using same learn hotkey
Fixed losing the items on spirit bear in DM
Fixed some issues with crushing wave causing a unit to be stuck in trees
Fixed mekansm tooltip issues
If a target is swapped into trees, those trees are destroyed (to help against some swap abuses)
Fixed berserker call affecting a shackled unit
Fixed a bug with -movespeed on tiny when he uses grow and morphling with adapt
Fixed some old issues with charge of darkness and netherstrike
Many typos fixed (Thanks to Ronan for his many reports)
Fixed some sleep issues with lightning bolt and chainfrost on a chronosphered unit
Spirit bear pathing issues fixed



Notes:
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When the forums return, I'll attach a link with all the files and info needed to make use of this improved custom keys functionality.

6.30 Development will now begin. It will take longer than usual, but will be very heavily tested.

This is the latest stable version. All leagues should now change to this in a week or so.

DotA Allstars 6.28

Download

6.28 Changelog:
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* Two new scourge heroes (Vol'Jin can use scepter)
* New loading screen art
* -creepstats(-cs) added for those who wish to track their creep killing/denying stats
* In regular pick, you get back 175 from the 250 hero gold cost (not -lm)
* Chaos Bolt reworked a bit
* Static Field reworked
* Fixed a range hero abuse against ancient creeps
* Tweaked Chakra a bit. It gives you the same as target now (was weaker).
The mana regen values and cooldowns are nerfed a bit. Manacost tweaked.
* Chaos Damage now does same as hero damage to structures, 50% instead of 100%
* -moderandom(-mr) randomly picks a mode from ar/ap/tr/regular
* The Circle of Power now has one inventory slot to use as a temp slot when creating items
(for those who have the unfortunate luck of dealing with item stealers)
* Headshot lvl4 from .25 to .2 and restored old sniper starting agi
* Assassinate and Rupture now have status buff icons
* Necronomicon: Decreased mana burn casting range from 500 to 250,
and removed spell immunity from lvl 3. Spell reduction from 33/33/100% to 40/40/40%.
Necronomicon cooldown from 70 to 90 seconds
* Change attribute bonus hotkey from B to U to help fix some hotkey conflicts
* Hellcaller tweaked a bit
* Necronomicon summons are no longer able to attack ancients
* Fixed a major abuseable DM bug (Thx to Drak and others that reported it discretely)
* If you cast necro and already own them on the field, the old ones get removed.
(i.e. no necro refresher, adapt, grow, etc)
* Necronomicon summons now give 100 gold on death (instead of 60)
* Necro aura from 4/8/12 to 3/6/9
* -allagi(-aa)/-allint(-ai)/-allstr(-as)
* Spirit Breaker starting str from 25 to 23. Netherstrike cooldown from 40 to 75 and casting
range from 700/800/900 to 400/550/700 (he may need another nerf, but i want to take it one
step at a time with him as he is easily made useless)

* Mana cost increase for level 2 and 3 of Guardian Angel (125/150/200 to 125/175/250)
* Sange and Yasha recipe from 900 to 1000
* Aphotic Shield range improved
* Aegis removed from -dm
* Fixed the LM mode to spawn the neutral creeps at the same time offset as the other modes
* Abaddon starting agility from 13 to 17
* Fixed wrong player number display on circle of power
* Neutral Ancients can no longer attack towers (abuse precaution)
* Cleaner game end dialog and somewhat smoother exit
* Fixed a bug with DMAR that allowed repicking and screwing up the hero count.
* Dagon upgrades give an extra 2 int per level
* Pugna's Scepter Life Drain improved
* Weaver starting str from 14 to 15
* Lina movespeed from 280 to 290
* Lycan Wolf Form has proper melee attack, not missle based
* Scythe changes unit to a sheep instead of a chicken, like it says. All stats still same
* TB base hp accidentally 50 lower due to a typo, so his base hp was increased by 50 but str
reduced by 2 to keep it similar
* Many typos fixed
* Test of Faith mana cost from 140 to 175
* The game now says random or repicked instead of just "chosen" when a hero enters.
* Fixed a bug with Bloodlust multicast where it wouldn't pick Ogre Magi as a potential target
* Smokescreen typo
* PA/SA blink stike bug where you could target yourself is fixed
* Dragon Slave AOE increased slightly
* Chen's movement speed from 300 to 295
* Fixed Naix's Poison Sting and Viper's Poison Attack buff icons
* Watchers are now spell immune
* Diffusion aura from 300->350
* Radiance AOE from 400 to 550
* Desolator recipe from 1580 to 1500
* Timewalk slow reduced a bit
* Fixed a bunch of learn hotkey conflicts
* TDA specific game rules updated
* Fixed a typo on the spirit bear's entangle



Notes:
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* This version was going to be released in 2 weeks but with recent abuses on morphling/necro,
i decided to just release it now. This doesn't have as much new content as i had planned,
however, you can expect new content to flow in at a steady rate.

* Lord of Avernus will be looked into in the next few versions to make him less boring.
Morphling adapt will probably get reworked in the near future as well.

* Thanks to the beta testers for their help; switch and minotaar for icons; Terrorblaze for hero
descriptions. Special thanks to mercurial for the new 100% hand drawn loading screen art. He
worked on it for over a month. We almost couldn't use it, we spent all of thursday evening trying
to properly compress it due to blizzard format issues. A desktop wallpaper version of it is
available at http://mercurialxen.deviantart.com

This post has been edited by HenryLow: Feb 24 2006, 05:21 PM