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S2 Games have released version 2.0.5 of Heroes of Newerth, their DoTA-inspired strategy game. Changes include:

• Added new Alt Avatar for Arachna
• Added new Flags, Icons, and Bundles
• Fixed up Chipper recommended items
• “Ownage” now only plays on the fifth team kill streak, not all kills five or greater
• Fixed weather effects stopping when joining a new game
• Fied Alt Avatars being selected during hero loading
• Fixed a crash when someone selected an invalid Alt Avatar
• The Wards stat is now Wards Places instead of Wards Bought
• Players attempting to join matchmaking groups that are already queued for a match will now be stopped from doing so with an appropriate message and popup
• The chat server should now throttle repeated matchmaking invites sent from players trying to spam invites
• Disjointing improvements:
• All orders can now be disjointed (e.g. right clicking to attack a hero that then blinks will cancel your attack order)
• Attacks will now get canceled mid-attack if the target disjoints
• Spells will now get canceled mid-cast if the target disjoints
• Channeled spells will now get canceled if the target disjoints
• Striders:
  • Now begins to lose charges when you are within 900 units of a visible enemy hero
  • The max number of charges is lowered by 1 for every 100 units closer you are to an enemy hero
• Dampeer:
  • Fixed some abilities playing through fog
  • No longer invulnerable when charging at someone
• Legionnaire:
  • Fixed the no damage charge bug
• Keeper of the Forest:
  • Stealth is now removed when the attack completes, not when it starts

As with previous patches, the client will auto-update.

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