USER INTERFACE
Hero loadout pages now show what scepter upgrades that hero has
Talents can now show tooltips by pressing Alt
Anyone in a party can now invite other players directly
Commends now provide a notification to the player that includes your name
Runes can now be pinged via the Minimap
Ability icons now show a progress overlay for cast points once the button is pressed
Buildings now show an effect when getting hit under backdoor protection
Added spectating view for Scan and Glyph
Fixed various disconnection issues that affected Custom Games
Improved input latency for low end machines
Unit tooltip now shows Status resistance
Lifetime and Recent game stats are no longer shown to non-friends

Added an option to bring Dota 2 forward when match starts and when picking phase starts
Added an option to bring Dota 2 forward when a game is unpaused
Added Alt-click support to the sun/moon to indicate how much time left on day/night
Added the following new average stats to the profile: Networth / Avg Win Rate / Avg Damage Dealt / Avg Heals
Holding Alt now shows Sentry Ward AoE
Disassembling is now allowed while dead
Unit tooltip now shows Movement Speed (Base + Bonus)
Consumed Tomes now show up on the post game screen
Skills can now be leveled up during a pause
Skills can now be Alt-clicked during a pause
Buying items while dead will now go to your inventory directly, rather than the stash
Added a new backend feature to be able to immediately disable a hero (in the case of exploits while a fix is being processed)
Added charge counts to item alerts (e.g. bottle, wand)
Alt-click on Observer/Sentry combos now lists the amounts of each
Alt-click on temporary buffs (like Rubick's Spell Steal) now says how much time remains
Upgrade courier button's active states have now been replaced with the auto upgrade time
The highlighted player on the Watch tab will always be the highest leaderboard rank pro, if one exists in the match
Pro players now have an indicator next to their name in the game details panel of the Watch screen
Accept/Refuse party dialog now supports enter/escape
Improved UI performance
When returning to base with your items after failing to deliver due to death, the Courier will now put them back in your stash
Wards will no longer combine from two different player sources (previously happened when there was an observer/sentry combination in one slot)
Fixed Alt-clicking an item on the courier saying ready instead of on courier
Fixed Alt-clicking an item in the stash saying backpack
Alt-clicking Dagon/Necro now says what level it is
Disassembling is now allowed when an item is in the stash
Alt-clicking items and abilities now works for Allied heroes
Alt-clicking buffs now works on heroes, units, and buildings for both Allies and Enemies
Added Color Blind support for Power Treads (including the color of the Agility icon to match)
Taskbar icon now flashes on pregame and when game starts
Taskbar icon now flashes on receiving a Party invite
Added extra cosmetic slots for the following heroes: Arc Warden, Monkey King, Troll Warlord, and Viper
Fixed various inconsistencies with AFK and Abandon behaviors
Fixed being unable to sell items for leavers
Added support for Alt-clicking on the courier while dead to display the respawn time
Reduced AFK time from 6 minutes to 5 minutes
Fixed a bug where summoned units of abandoned/AFK'd players were not able to be controlled by teammates
Fixed Coach pings and map drawings not being seen by their party
Fixed Coach chat icon
Fixed Coaches having broken hero selection screen
Items now combine out of your stash immediately when you die (and not reincarnating), rather than waiting until you respawn
Fixed minor minimap inaccuracies

Alt-clicking items with charge counts now prints number of charges (e.g. Urn of Shadows, Bottle, Wand)
Alt-clicking stackable items now prints stack quantity (e.g. Wards, Tangoes, Teleport Scrolls)
Fixed being unable to see party invitations from friend's you've muted
Fixed First Blood kill tracker being incorrect
Fixed the top bar ultimate status showing no mana if you died without mana (but would have enough after respawn)
Ability Draft: Fixed a bug causing ability pings to not work reliably
Ability Draft: Fixed issues with Infernal Blade causing multiple procs from abilities with trigger attacks such as Swashbuckle
New hero list now allows all heroes that don't have a 3-diamond complexity rating
Observer and Sentries are now in separate item slots during the strategy phase
Updated default hero builds
Fixed a bug where sometimes unranked games were showing ranked medals in the post-game screen
Fixed Oracle not working on the Workshop
The Attributes help tooltip now displays the extra bonuses heroes receive from their primary attributes
Updated missing buff icons on tower auras
Fixed a bug where summoned units weren't speaking
Fixed a bug where the friend's list was sorted by persona name and not nickname
Added a convar to allow the microphone to not be muted when tabbed out
Fixed a case where the mouse cursor could be stuck after alt + tabbing
Increased mesh density and small textures updates on QoP and WR
Fixed a broadcasting bug where holding select to follow the hero did not work properly
Added VO to Terrorblade's hero loadout
Fixed being unable to jump to a hero quickly while dragging during broadcasting
GAMEPLAY
Walking into shop range now clears backpack item move cooldowns
Fixed Linken's Sphere providing 5 HP regen instead of the displayed 5.5 amount
Fixed Soul Catcher talent reducing cooldown by 5 seconds instead of the displayed 6
Fixed many out-of-date tooltips
Fixed Elder Titan Echo Stomp damage threshold not working properly
Fixed Spiked Carapace damage return talent not working properly
Fixed Homing Missile taking one extra hit than intended to kill
Improved visual effect accuracy for Shrapnel
Added allied visual effect to indicate which unit is the target for Tusk's Snowball
Added visual effect for the Death Pact buff

Fixed Test of Faith being unable to target Ancients
Fixed Lycan Wolves placement when upgraded with the talent
Fixed Power Cogs damage source
Fixed Gust giving neutral creeps permanent phased movement
Fixed Marksmanship Scepter projectile being undodgeable
Fixed Fear not affecting Primal Split units properly
Added a Psionic Trap buff counter
Fixed various vision projectiles from blocking neutral creep spawns when moving over the spawn box
Fixed some rare cases where items wouldn't combine when arriving from the courier
Fixed Spirit Vessel healing through Ice Blast
Fixed Spirit Vessel piercing various damage blocking abilities

Fixed Familiars not gaining Grave Chill buff if cast while in Stone Form
Vengeful Spirit untargetable illusion no longer appears on minimap
Fixed a Dream Coil refresher orb regression
Fixed Shackleshot with Status Resistance
Fixed Nature's Prophet Greater Treants not getting the proper bonus from the talent
Fixed Shiva's Guard interaction with Status Resistance
Fixed Strafe disjointing allied projectiles
Fixed Strafe disjoint not working with Bedlam and Marksmanship Scepter
Penitence now functions as a proper projectile
Fixed Netherstrike issues with Status Resistance
Fixed visual bug with Holy Persuasion buff being dispellable
Fixed Focus Fire damage working incorrectly on the first hit after changing targets
Fixed Focus Fire bash talent working on non-primary targets
Fixed rare cases where Javelin would sometimes proc on buildings
Fixed Troll Warlord Fervor legacy keys
Fixed Morphling legacy keys
Ability Draft: Added support for Vengeful Spirit's Nether Swap
Fixed a visual bug when attempting to place a ward
Fixed incorrect stat tooltips on Necronomicon
Fixed Tusk's Warlus Punch effects not being destroyed reliable when Rubick steals the spell
Fixed fake projectiles (like Phantom Lancer or Naga Siren's) causing Strafe charges to be consumed
Fixed Illuminate channel not working correctly with the Channel Requires Stop option
Fixed Courier Shield legacy key
Fixed Spirit Vessel visual effects sticking around after dispel
Fixed Stampede not working properly with Monkey King
Fixed various attack range modifier related bugs
Fixed some courier bugs while carrying bottle
Fixed Storm Spirit Level 25 Talent creating extra Remnants when skilled during Ball Lightning
Fixed Tempest Aura with Status Resistance
Fixed Tether pull range breaking prematurely when using cast range bonuses
Fixed Null Field toggle interrupting channeling
Fixed Adaptive Strike talent ignoring cast range bonuses
Fixed Rubick using Strafe causing him to dodge his own Spell Steal
Fixed Null Field talent not taking effect until toggled
Fixed Treant Overgrowth Scepter upgrade still applying scepter effect after dropping the item
Fixed Linken's Sphere going into cooldown if Homing Missile hits you while you are cycloned
Fixed the delay between Pit of Malice intervals being affected by Status Resistance
Fixed Flak Cannon visual bug showing non-primary projectiles as carrying proc effects like Skadi and Desolator
Fixed Stifling Dagger talent ignoring cast range bonuses
Fixed Chemical Rage talent malfunctioning when refreshing the Chemical Rage buff
Fixed Rubick Illusion copying the incorrect state of Null Field
Fixed Snowball vision duration being affected by Status Resistance
Improved bot behavior for choosing lanes
Improved logic for bots choosing to walk past towers for runes
Fixed Hunter in the Night vs mines
Fixed certain items like Ripper's Reel for Pudge being visible while hexed
Fixed Status Resistance reducing Rolling Thunder's timeout debuff
Custom Games: Add-ons can check for AFK / Fountain idling players by setting "CheckAFKPlayers" "1" in their addoninfo.txt
Custom Games: Add-ons can add the "PenaltiesEnabled" key to enabled penalties in their custom games
Custom Games: Added Lua function GetDedicatedServerKey(version) which allows authors to get access to a private key string on dedicated servers that players cannot see, but that the server can include in HTTP requests for verifying the request is secure.
Disabled the ability to use the Panorama JavaScript Console to change protected settings while playing normal games of Dota.
Turbo: Items will continue to deliver if the inventory is full but the items would stack
Turbo: Fixed courier buffs being purgeable
ARDM: Fixed consumed Aghanim's Scepter giving older values of health and mana
ARDM: Fixed consumed Moon Shard night vision component not working properly for respawning heroes, Tempest Double and Spirit Bear
GAMEPLAY PATCH 7.08
GENERAL CHANGES
Wards now require a constant 2 hits to kill (both Observer and Sentry Wards)
Tier 1 Tower armor aura increased from 1 to 2
Bounty Runes: Base XP reduced from 25 to 0
Bounty Runes: Gold Growth increased from 2/min to 4/min
Roshan now has 25% Status Resistance
All Pick: Drafting time per hero selection reduced from 30 to 25 seconds
ITEM CHANGES

AEON DISK:
Health threshold reduced from 80% to 70%

BATTLE FURY:
Creep Bonus damage reduced from 60% to 50%
Creep Bonus no longer works with illusions

BLACK KING BAR:
Cooldown rescaled from 80/75/70/65/60/55 to 70

BLINK DAGGER:
Cooldown increased from 12 to 14

ENCHANTED MANGO:
Mana restore increased from 150 to 175

FAERIE FIRE:
Heal increased from 75 to 85

FORCE STAFF:
Time it takes for the full distance to be traveled increased from 0.4 to 0.5

HURRICANE PIKE:
Time it takes for the full distance to be traveled increased from 0.4 to 0.5
Cooldown increased from 18 to 23

METEOR HAMMER:
Cooldown reduced from 40 to 28

SOUL RING:
Recipe increased from 185 to 200

SPIRIT VESSEL:
Recipe cost increased from 600 to 750
HERO CHANGES

ALCHEMIST:
Chemical Rage base attack time improved from 1.4/1.2/1.0 to 1.3/1.15/1.0
Level 10 Talent increased from -5s Unstable Concoction Cooldown to -8s
Level 15 Talent increased from +350 Health to +400
Level 20 Talent increased from +360 Unstable Concoction to +400

EMBER SPIRIT:
Sleight of Fist Hero Damage increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/50/75/100

ENCHANTRESS:
Base damage reduced by 3

JAKIRO:
Reduced attack backswing from 0.5 to 0.3

JUGGERNAUT:
Blade Dance damage reduced from 200% to 180%

LESHRAC:
Split Earth manacost reduced from 100/125/140/160 to 80/100/120/140

LINA:
Base intelligence increased by 3
Base damage random variance reduced from 18 min/max damage spread to 12

LION:
Mana Drain now slows the target by 14/16/18/20%

LYCAN:
Shapeshift cooldown increased from 120/90/60 to 130/105/80
Base armor reduced by 1

MEDUSA:
Medusa: Mystic Snake cast range reduced from 800 to 700
Medusa: Level 10 Talent increased from 12% Evasion to 15%
Medusa: Level 15 Talent increased from +15% Mystic Snake Mana Steal to +20%
Medusa: Level 20 Talent reduced from +800 Mana to +700

MORPHLING:
Morph cast range increased from 600 to 1000
Morph manacost reduced from 75/100/125 to 50
Morph Replicate cast point removed

NATURE'S PROPHET:
Wrath of Nature cooldown reduced from 90/75/60 to 70/65/60

OMNIKNIGHT:
Degen Aura range reduced from 300 to 275
Purification cast range reduced from 450 to 400

ORACLE:
Fortune's End manacost reduced from 110 to 75

PANGOLIER:
Rolling Thunder cooldown increased from 50/45/40 to 70/65/60

PUDGE:
Rot slow rescaled from 30% to 20/24/28/32%

PUGNA:
Level 15 Talent increased from +1 Nether Ward Health to +2
Life Drain damage increased from 150/200/250 to 150/225/300 (Scepter now only removes cooldown)

SHADOW FIEND:
Necromastry max souls reduced from 18/24/30/36 to 12/20/28/36

SHADOW SHAMAN:
Ether Shock cooldown increased from 8 to 14/12/10/8
Shackles total damage reduced from 120/200/280/360 to 60/160/260/360

TINKER:
Base movement speed reduced from 305 to 290

TINY:
Toss cooldown increased from 8 to 11

TUSK:
Snowball can no longer be cast while rooted

WINDRANGER:
Windrun manacost reduced from 60 to 50
Level 20 Talent changed from +1 Shackleshot Target to +0.5s Shackleshot Duration
Level 25 Talent from +30% Ministun Focus Fire to +35%