Some of the most significant changes are the hero reworks and of course the balance changes. These include a movement speed decrease on Dragon Knight's level two and three Elder Dragon Form and various nerfs on the newly implemented Goblin Clockwerk.
Another aim of this version is to encourage the use of 'forgotten' heroes, such as Abaddon and Phantom Lancer, with a rebalanced Aphotic Shield and Borrowed Time as well as a reworked Spirit Lance.
In addition to that there are a lot of bug fixes and visual improvements to the previous version.
The newest version is availabe here here.
You can view the entire changelog here.
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DotA Allstars 6.54 released

IceFrog today released the new DotA version 6.54. The new map contains several balance changes and fixes. Furthermore, heroes like Invoker and Shadowpriest got reworked a bit.
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The new replay features look great, i'm curious.
However, it's a great way to start play, and maybe to test some new builds.
btw 10x
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