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[I]Small changes to hero selection[/I] [I]Small changes to hero selection[/I]

[B]Update:[/B] The client will be updated as normal but the heroes will be auto banned for DreamHack.There are no new heroes this week but a lot of bug fixes with the heroes released in the last patch, you can check out the full changelog below:GAMEPLAY- Added Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin and Gyrocoptor to Captain's Mode- Alchemist: Fixed Acid Spray killing couriers.- Chaos Knight: Fixed some bugs with the Illusion spawn positions with Phantasm.- Chaos Knight: Fixed Reality Rift ignoring Linken's Sphere.- Chaos Knight: Fixed getting stuck with your illusions sometimes- Clockwerk: Fixed units not always getting sucked into Power Cogs properly.- Clockwerk: Fixed Hookshot stunning dead units.- Dark Seer: Fixed Ion Shell showing the visual connecting effect on invisible targets.- Doom Bringer: Fixed sometimes not gaining passive bonuses when devouring a neutral.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon not attacking magic immune units.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Rocket Barrage not hitting Roshan.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Homing Missle portrait name.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon not hitting ancients.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Homing Missle ignoring Linken's Sphere.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Call Down not providing vision over its area.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Homing Missile not keeping vision around the area when it impacts a unit.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Rocket Barrage not hurting mechanical units.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon not hurting Mechanical units.- Gyrocopter: Fixed Flak Cannon having cast time.- Gyrocopter: Fixed creeps hurting Homing Missile.- Mirana: Fixed Leap buff being dispelled by BKB/Repel.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike landing position.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Coup de Grace visual effect to play only when the critical strike attack lands.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Coup de Grace working on denies and wards.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike facing direction after landing.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Blur showing hero name on minimap when it should be hidden.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Blink Strike not being blocked by Linken's Sphere.- Phantom Assassin: Phantom Strike now shows you a buff icon while you are attacking fast.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Stifling Dagger being dodgeable.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike visual and sound effect sometimes playing on targets it can't hit.- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Phantom Strike attacks sometimes being delayed.- Pugna: Fixed Nether Ward not draining mana from enemies.- Venomancer: Fixed Aghanim's Scepter not upgrading Poison Nova duration.- Fixed Hand of Midas giving too little XP when there are nearby allies around.- Fixed Hand of Midas XP bounty being halved against dominated units.- Fixed a case where a courier trying to deliver a Divine Rapier to someone without sufficient item slots could result in the Rapier disappearing.UI- Added click and drag to rotate the Hero Model in the loadout panel.- Hero-like units now draw a larger distinct icon on the minimap.- Team Names now show up on the recent games panel.- Added an "Inspect Hero" option to the right-click menu for player names in the scoreboard. This will show what items they have equipped.- Buying Aghanim's Scepter now upgrades the ability tooltip with the new information. If you find anything missing or incorrect, please report it to the tooltip forum - The store/inventory Aghanim's Scepter tooltip will now show a preview of what it does for your hero.- Fixed glitchiness in the End Game cinematic camera.HERO SELECTOR- Added an edit mode to the in-game full deck layout.- Added a concept of selection to the Grid View, and used it to implement a pick button.- Added the ability to import and export custom full deck layouts- Leaving the loadout will return you to Grid View if you were in it.- Fixed a bug where you could not see the right hero in your loadout after you picked.- Fixed legacy mode heroes being sorted differently than the learn tab/Dota 1.- Legacy full deck cards are now simply the portrait, without the card treatment.- Added Back to Browsing & Back to Loadout buttons. After you pick, you can now return to browsing to suggest / learn heroes.- Fixed suggest button not being visible in grid view, and implemented suggestion there.- Fixed grid view selection outline not updating when you clicked on a suggested hero.- No longer force the selector to switch to the turntable if you're at grid view and want to select a hero for any reason.- Having no heroes matching the filters/search bar no longer kicks you out of grid view, instead showing you the same "No Heroes" message box as turntable mode.- Fixed the grid view crashing if there were no matching heroes.- Fixed the "No Heroes" message not being centered in widescreen.DOTA 2 BOTS- Added Chaos Knight bot.- Made bots more likely to unify around a Roshan attempt.- Added bot role/laning info for all heroes, which should make for better hero and lane picks.- On Easy and Easier, bots will no longer consider whether a target is currently slowed when determining whether to slow/stun.- Bots are now more likely to push late-game when they are feeling indecisive.