Dota 2 update detailed, no Diretide this year

Dota 2 has received a rekindling today, but in reality – it's so much more than that!

The long awaited update has finally come to Dota 2, dubbed The Rekindling Soul update, it is bringing rebalancing, an overhaul on Shadow Fiend, and a bunch of other things.

There's one thing it's not bringing though. It's not bringing Diretide. Valve is really hard at work on bringing some 'monumental changes' to Dota 2 next year and they just don't have the time to work in Roshan's taffy fiending escape. While that has caused a major upset in the community – at least they gave us fair warning.

Here are a couple specifics on just what The Rekindling Soul update will be bringing:

• New sets for Mirana, Naga Siren, Magnus, and more.
• Couriers can be seen now. .
• Fantasy Team Season 2
• Fight Recap is available study the statistics behind your favorite battles.
• Map Change
• Bounty Rune: Enhance wealth and speed the accumulation of abilities
• Crimson Guard armor
• Bloodseeker reworked; Two new abilities
• Phantom Lancer reworked; two new abilities

Changelog and details here.

Shadow Fiend was also overhauled in this patch, he got a brand new look and an Arcana item set that can be purchased. The item set, Demon Eater, brings a new base skin special ambient effects, new animations (spell effects and attacks), a special 'Raze' effect, it's socketed with a gem that tracks the number of heroes hit by a 'Triple Raze.'

Shadow Fiends Abilities:

Shadowraze: Shadow Fiend razes the area in front of him, dealing damage to enemy units in an area.