Vave released a major update 7.36 for DOTA 2, which added additional innate abilities for absolutely all heroes. Essentially, these are “passives” available from the very beginning of the game. They can either provide permanent unique effects or add an extra level to ordinary skills and make them available from the very beginning.
In addition, all heroes now have so-called aspects – additional passive abilities that are selected at the beginning of the match. Each character has two aspects at his disposal, but only one can be specified. According to the developers, they allow you to choose exactly the style of play that best suits the players or a particular situation.
Here are some of the innate abilities and aspects of heroes:
- Pudge — Innate ability: Permanently increases the owner’s strength by 1.4 for each enemy hero killed. Aspects of: Dismember increases the user’s power when it hits heroes / Reduces the base damage of Meat Hook, but it deals additional damage based on the distance covered by the hook.
- Vengeful Spirit — Innate ability: An enemy hero who kills the owner of this ability takes 10% more damage from him until his next death. Aspects of: The damage of the Magic Missile ability increases by 0.75 for each creep finished off by the target / The hero’s attacks have all the advantages of both ranged and melee combat.
- Drow Ranger — Innate ability: Increases the agility of the wearer and nearby ranged allies. The bonus depends on the dexterity and level of the ability owner. Aspects of: When attacking from an elevated position, the hero deals 20% more damage / While Multishot is active, you can use items and move slowly.
- Ax – Innate ability: The hero permanently receives +1 armor for each hero he kills. Killing with Culling Blade grants 2x more armor. Aspects of: When there are no allies near the hero, his strength increases by a fraction of his armor / Berserker’s Call ability gives more armor and increases the attack speed of victims.
You can get acquainted with all innate abilities and aspects at heroes page.
The full list of changes in update 7.36 for DOTA 2 in Russian is available at official website.
