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Dota 2 patch released

In the early hours of November 13, Valve released an update for Dota 2 aimed at balancing the new hero, Kez. This patch marks the second adjustment in a few days; the previous one strengthened Kez, raising their win rate from 36% to 49%. The latest update includes several nerfs to balance the hero's power.

 Key Changes for Kez:

- Kazurai Katana: Damage per second reduced from 7/8/9/10% to 6/7/8/9%.

- Falcon Rush:

  - Base attack speed (Katana) increased from 1.3/1.2/1.1/1.0 to 1.4/1.3/1.2/1.1.

  - Duration decreased from 7 seconds to 3/4/5/6 seconds.

- Raptor Dance: Cooldown increased from 40/32/24 seconds to 40/35/30 seconds.

- Raven's Veil: Cooldown increased from 40/32/24 seconds to 40/35/30 seconds.

- Grappling Claw:

  - Fixed a bug where the chain did not break if the target was out of range.

  - Corrected interaction to not ignore evasion.

- Shodo Sai: Fixed interactions where the damage marker dealt more damage than intended.

- Echo Slash:

  - No longer ignores evasion.

  - Will no longer kill couriers.

  - Fixed a bug that allowed the hero to break free from movement-restricting abilities like Kinetic Field from Disruptor.

 Bug Fixes:

- Fixed client crash when using Moon Shard.

- Addressed a server crash linked to Ogre Seal Totem and Lone Druid.

- Various quick-buy issues fixed.

- Unlocked styles for arcana items Shen and Dragonus now properly provide special cursor sets.

- Fixed unlocking issues for the Primal Prowl set for Juggernaut.

- Resolved several crashes in Act IV of Crownfall.

- In Ability Draft, victory rewards changed from 3 tokens and 2 scrap to 2 tokens and 8 scrap.

 Additional Fixes in Game Modes:

- Spleen Sweeper:

  - Added a score information section to the main menu for match results.

  - Fixed the final stage, not granting a bonus for achieving 4,000 points.

- Castle Carnage:

  - Resolved missing particle model for Tunneler and grenade bounce issues.

  - Fixed an invisible barrier blocking certain shots.

- Spoon Man:

  - Addressed an issue where the cursor remained invisible after a pop-up window appeared.

  - Fixed a crash occurring when pressing a button before the game fully loaded.

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