Dota 2 Beta Update Released

Valve has patched up Dota 2 beta again and posted a new blog post explaining the additional UI customization options that are now available. The update adds the three heroes introduced in the Test Build last week and brings a load of fixes and other improvements.

See full patch notes below.

GAMEPLAY

• Added Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin and Gyrocopter to Captain's Mode
• Alchemist: Fixed Acid Spray killing couriers.
• Chaos Knight: Fixed some bugs with the Illusion spawn positions with Phantasm.
• Chaos Knight: Fixed Reality Rift ignoring Linken's Sphere.
• Chaos Knight: Fixed getting stuck with your illusions sometimes
• Clockwerk: Fixed units not always getting sucked into Power Cogs properly.
• Clockwerk: Fixed Hookshot stunning dead units.
• Dark Seer: Fixed Ion Shell showing the visual connecting effect on invisible targets.
• Doom Bringer: Fixed sometimes not gaining passive bonuses when devouring a neutral.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon not attacking magic immune units.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Rocket Barrage not hitting Roshan.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Homing Missle portrait name.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon not hitting ancients.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Homing Missle ignoring Linken's Sphere.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Call Down not providing vision over its area.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Homing Missile not keeping vision around the area when it impacts a unit.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Rocket Barrage not hurting mechanical units.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon not hurting Mechanical units.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon having cast time.
• Gyrocopter: Fixed creeps hurting Homing Missile.
• Mirana: Fixed Leap buff being dispelled by BKB/Repel.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike landing position.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Coup de Grace visual effect to play only when the critical strike attack lands.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Coup de Grace working on denies and wards.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike facing direction after landing.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Blur showing hero name on minimap when it should be hidden.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Blink Strike not being blocked by Linken's Sphere.
• Phantom Assassin: Phantom Strike now shows you a buff icon while you are attacking fast.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Stifling Dagger being dodgeable.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike visual and sound effect sometimes playing on targets it can't hit.
• Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike attacks sometimes being delayed.
• Pugna: Fixed Nether Ward not draining mana from enemies.
• Venomancer: Fixed Aghanim's Scepter not upgrading Poison Nova duration.
• Fixed Hand of Midas giving too little XP when there are nearby allies around.
• Fixed Hand of Midas XP bounty being halved against dominated units.
• Fixed a case where a courier trying to deliver a Divine Rapier to someone without sufficient item slots could result in the Rapier disappearing.
• UI
• Added click and drag to rotate the Hero Model in the loadout panel.
• Hero-like units now draw a larger distinct icon on the minimap.
• Team Names now show up on the recent games panel.
• Added an "Inspect Hero" option to the right-click menu for player names in the scoreboard. This will show what items they have equipped.
• Buying Aghanim's Scepter now upgrades the ability tooltip with the new information. If you find anything missing or incorrect, please report it to the tooltip forum.
• The store/inventory Aghanim's Scepter tooltip will now show a preview of what it does for your hero.
• Fixed glitchiness in the End Game cinematic camera.
• HERO SELECTOR
• Added an edit mode to the in-game full deck layout.
• Added a concept of selection to the Grid View, and used it to implement a pick button.
• Added the ability to import and export custom full deck layouts
• Leaving the loadout will return you to Grid View if you were in it.
• Fixed a bug where you could not see the right hero in your loadout after you picked.
• Fixed legacy mode heroes being sorted differently than the learn tab/Dota 1.
• Legacy full deck cards are now simply the portrait, without the card treatment.
• Added Back to Browsing & Back to Loadout buttons. After you pick, you can now return to browsing to suggest / learn heroes.
• Fixed suggest button not being visible in grid view, and implemented suggestion there.
• Fixed grid view selection outline not updating when you clicked on a suggested hero.
• No longer force the selector to switch to the turntable if you're at grid view and want to select a hero for any reason.
• Having no heroes matching the filters/search bar no longer kicks you out of grid view, instead showing you the same "No Heroes" message box as turntable mode.
• Fixed the grid view crashing if there were no matching heroes.
• Fixed the "No Heroes" message not being centered in widescreen.

DOTA 2 BOTS

• Added Chaos Knight bot.
• Made bots more likely to unify around a Roshan attempt.
• Added bot role/laning info for all heroes, which should make for better hero and lane picks.
• On Easy and Easier, bots will no longer consider whether a target is currently slowed when determining whether to slow/stun.
• Bots are now more likely to push late-game when they are feeling indecisive.