# Dota 2 Dota 2 Update - 08/08/2025

- Product: Dota 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dota-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2025-08-07
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/536609788663955891
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dota-2/releases/2025-08-07-dota-2-update-08-08-2025

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- **added** — Ctrl+Alt pinging enemy abilities or items will now display that the ability or item could be on cooldown
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue with quickbuy where stackable items in inventory would keep being bought if another was marked for buy in quickbuy
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where Quartero rewards could not be claimed
- **fixed** — Fixed green range indicator appearing briefly when casting abilities with quickcast on press
- **fixed** — Fixed Mjollnir description stating that Chain Lightning deals bonus damage to illusions
- **fixed** — Fixed Alchemist losing bonus damage gained from granting scepter when dying
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where Bristleback's Seeing Red facet caused enemies in vision to disappear when the buff expired
- **fixed** — Fixed Dark Willow's Cursed Crown and Silencer's Last Word debuffs sometimes expiring without triggering
- **fixed** — Fixed allies being able to target Dark Willow while she has Shadow Realm active
- **fixed** — Fixed Ember Spirit not getting remnant charges from allied hero kills when having the Aghanim's Shard
- **fixed** — Fixed Invoker's twister interval not matching twister radius
- **fixed** — Fixed Invoker's Tornado cast range being different than its travel range
- **fixed** — Fixed crash with Kez Katana bleed
- **fixed** — Fixed Kazurai Katana overhead damage numbers not representing spell amplification
- **fixed** — Fixed Kazurai Katana impale causing its non-damage effects to debuff immune targets
- **fixed** — Fixed Kazurai Katana shard lifesteal applying to triggered attacks
- **fixed** — Fixed Grappling Claw attacking targets outside of the melee buffer range when landing
- **fixed** — Fixed Grappling Claw being able to escape Kinetic Field
- **fixed** — Fixed Raptor Dance giving inconsistent amounts of invulnerability with cast speed bonuses
- **fixed** — Fixed Falcon Rush gaining rush speed incorrectly in some scenarios

Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:

- Ctrl+Alt pinging enemy abilities or items will now display that the ability or item could be on cooldown

- Fixed an issue with quickbuy where, if a stackable item existed in inventory and another was marked for buy in quickbuy, the item would keep being bought as long as gold and stock were available

- Fixed an issue where Quartero rewards could not be claimed

- Fixed green range indicator appearing briefly when casting abilities with quickcast on press

- Fixed Mjollnir description stating that Chain Lightning deals bonus damage to illusions

- Fixed Alchemist losing bonus damage gained from granting scepter when dying

- Fixed a bug where Bristleback's Seeing Red facet caused enemies in vision to disappear when the buff expired

- Fixed Dark Willow's Cursed Crown and Silencer's Last Word debuffs sometimes expiring without triggering

- Fixed allies being able to target Dark Willow while she has Shadow Realm active

- Fixed Ember Spirit not getting remnant charges from allied hero kills when having the Aghanim's Shard

- Fixed Invoker's twister interval not matching twister radius

- Fixed Invoker's Tornado cast range being different than it's travel range

- Fixed crash with Kez Katana bleed

- Fixed Kazurai Katana overhead damage numbers not representing spell amplification

- Fixed Kazurai Katana impale causing its non-damage effects to debuff immune targets

- Fixed Kazurai Katana shard lifesteal applying to triggered attacks

- Fixed Grappling Claw attacking targets outside of the melee buffer range when landing

- Fixed Grappling Claw being able to escape Kinetic Field

- Fixed Raptor Dance giving inconsistent amounts of invulnerability with cast speed bonuses

- Fixed Falcon Rush gaining rush speed incorrectly in some scenarios

- Fixed Shodo Sai Cancel sub-ability granting magic stick charges

- Fixed a parry interaction that could cause Kez to Echo Slash into the 3rd dimension

- Fixed Lycan's Wolf Bite casting on allies that have disabled help

- Fixed Morphling being able to retain Necrophos Sadist stacks when morph ends

- Fixed Pugna being unable to use Magic Stick or Magic Wand while channeling

- Fixed Queen of Pain Bondage visual effects pointing towards enemies if they are invisible

- Fixed a crash in Shadow Demon Demonic Purge

- Fixed Snapfire being unable to target ethereal units during Mortimer Kisses

- Fixed Tusk shards disappearing for all players when Tusk goes into snowball

- Fixed Weaver's bug bug where Hivemind XP was granted when a Swarm beetle attacked an allied hero

- Fixed Zeus +1 Heavenly Jump Target talent giving +2 attack speed slow

- Fixed workshop tools not loading due to XML/CSS issues