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Skywrath Mage added, Tusk and Drow to be in CM

After two weeks, Valve has added yet another patch. The patience pays off as Skywrath Mage will be added to the game. In addition, Drow and Tusk make it to the Captain's Mode.


Credits to reddit user iMaester
Dota 2 fans all over the world will be rewarded for their patience and Skywrath Mage will be implemented into the game. On top of that, Tusk and Drow Ranger will be added to the Captain's Mode pool, the tournament version will however be - as always - updated next week.

In addition, Valve is taking measures for the abuse of the report function, limiting the weekly reports to four and disabling spectators from being able to report players.

Of course these changes will be updated on the test client first, but will be expected to be up in the main client this Friday.

- Added Skywrath Mage!

COMMUNITY
- Added stricter system implementing communication (voice and text) bans for abusive players.
- Combined voice and text reports into a single 'communication' report.
- Reduced reports per week to 4.
- Removed ability for spectators to report players in-game.
- Reports now allow single selection of behavior type only.

GAMEPLAY
- Beastmaster: Fixed Wild Axes losing vision after the second cast.
- Doom: Scorched Earth now shows its duration on the buff icon.
- Lich: Fixed Frost Armor auto-casting while Lich is channeling.
- Magnus: Fixed a rare crash involving Skewer.
- Slardar: Fixed Slithereen Crush not slowing attack speed.
- Spectre: Fixed Haunt illusions moving while out of the game.
- Timbersaw: Fixed Timberchain travelling too fast.
- Timbersaw: Fixed Timberchain not latching quite far enough.
- Tusk: Fixed Tusk not issuing an attack order on the snowballed unit after the snowball crashes.
- Enabled Drow and Tusk to Captain's Mode (Tournament Version next week)

UI
- Added tab to the Watch section showing downloaded replay files.

VISUALS
- Riki: Added Smoke Screen and Blink Strike animations.
- Sniper: Added victory animations and more aggressive posing of idle, run and attack when enemy is in range.

BOTS
- Bots now know to avoid standing in Macropyre and Ice Path.

WORKSHOP
- Added a button to the preview that allows you to test your imported model in-game, in a local server.


Source: Dota 2 Dev Forum
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