After 13 Years The ‘Dota 2’ Spring Forward Patch Fixes Its Oldest Bugs

A major new Dota 2 patch, known as the Spring Forward update, has launched and it fixes some of the most annoying issues in the game, including one bug that has been around for 13 years.

The new update is mostly focused on fixing issues and adding major quality of life improvements, which players will no doubt be very tankful for given how long it has been since we had a patch like this that deals with some of the smaller but annoying issues in the client. However, the biggest talking point is the fact that a 13 year old bug with neutral creeps has been fixed.

The bug, which at this point many assumed was a feature, saw neutral camps replay their death animations if you gained vision a short time after they had been taken down. This indicated the camp had recently been farmed, meaning many thought it was extra information for players, but it has actually been a bug that hasn’t been fixed for 13 years, until now.

Elsewhere, the update adds some major quality of life changes such as improved performance, a new UI for settings, and more information about items and your team’s items being available easily. As far as quality of life patches go, this is one of the biggest we have seen in years, which is no doubt going to greatly improve Dota 2 as a whole.

Another area to get major changes is the Ability Draft game mode, which now gets heroes to draft as well as abilities, as well as major additions that have been missing such as facets and, of course, a ton of bug fixes.

Rounding out the update are the 7.39 patch notes, which bring a ton of balance changes to heroes and some new neutral items to play with. A big focus seems to have been tweaking or removing facets that have made some heroes very strong, while buffing ones that get little use. The biggest examples include Nature’s Prophet, Clockwerk and Monkey King, who all get brand new facets that will have a major impact on their pick rates.

Other changes in the patch notes include some tweaks to the Dota 2 map, that while not major will change the way it feels to move around, and a massive list of new neutral items, including one that is almost like a free Divine Rapier that gives you more damage but effectively disappears when you die holding it. The full patch notes contain all the info you could possibly need.