The long awaited DotA 6.78 is now officially unleashed by the developer IceFrog. The v6.78 adds 2 new heroes, Oracle and Earth Spirit to the Sentinel pool and brings tons of balance/nerfs to heroes such as Phantom Lancer, Lone Druid and Necrolyte. Aghanim Scepter is now supported by 3 more heroes. Also, Items and gameplay mechanics are significantly changed.
This map has some really interesting changes which will change a lot of strategies during the game. Anyway, download the map below and do read its changelog before you play.



DotA 6.78 Map Download

DotA 6.78b map, the sub-version as well as the second map of  v6.78 series is now officially released. The v6.78b fixes dozens of bugs that appeared in the previous patch. Now, players can no longer use exploit to control two heroes, Attacking allied ward with quelling blade has been fixed along with other miscellaneous bugs.
You can download the stable DotA 6.78b map and read it's changelogs below.


DotA 6.78 Map Download:

• DotA v6.78b.w3x (7.88 MB)

Download the map file (with .w3x extension) and place it in (Warcraft III\Maps\Download) directory. You must have Warcraft 3 TFT v1.24e or above to play this map.

DotA 6.78b Changelogs (Patch Notes)

• Fixed a bug that allowed some players to control two heroes
• Fixed being unable to easily tell when Tombstone was Decrepified
• Fixed False Promise interaction with Shallow Grave
• Fixed Quelling Blade doing damage to allied wards
• Fixed the passive regen missing on Spirit Bear's Armlet
• Fixed Empty Bottle courier slow lasting a couple extra seconds after it is filled
• Fixed Buyback cooldown display not always being accurate
• Fixed Rupture hurting couriers
• Fixed some issues with targeting near units with Stone Caller
• Fixed Flak Cannon vs Gem
• Fixed Panda with Bloodstone being unable to revive
• Fixed swapping costing you an extra 100 gold if you swap after repicking a new hero
• Fixed multiple swaps costing you more gold
• Fixed Bloodrage removing Doom and stuns from allies
• Fixed Bloodrage removing Elder Dragon Form
• Fixed various tooltips
• Fixed a bug with Courier haste speed when interacting with slows
• Fixed Bloodstone charges being slightly inaccurate when activating the item manually
• Fixed Rupture piercing Shallow Grave
• Fixed False Promise interaction with Armlet and Power Treads
• Fixed Shadow Demon base int
• Fixed Mortal Strike interaction with Linken's Sphere
• Fixed an Aghnaim's Scepter droppability issue
• Fixed aoe XP/Gold with deny/neutral/suicide
• Fixed Aghanim Reaper buyback not being prevented properly if someone else gets the last hit
• Fixed some minor issues with the values on Eye of the Storm
• Fixed Geomagnetic Grip being wasted if targeting ground and no nearby Rock is found to pull

• DotA v6.78c.w3x (7.88 MB)

Download the map file (with .w3x extension) and place it in (Warcraft III\Maps\Download) directory. You must have Warcraft 3 TFT v1.24e or above to play this map.

DotA 6.78c Changelogs (Patch Notes)

• Rage cooldown increased from 15 to 17 seconds
• Flamebreak cooldown increased from 11 to 14
• Tether movement bonus decreased from 20% to 17%
• Living Armor damage block instances from 7 to 4/5/6/7
• Chemical Rage bonus HP reduced from 300/600/900 to 250/500/750
• Gyrocopter attack range reduced from 375 to 365
• Team 2 now bans second instead of first in Ban Phase #2. (All other phases and orders are the same)
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Ban Phase #1 No Changes [Team A/B/A/B]
Pick Phase #1 No Changes [Team A/B/B/A]
Ban Phase #2: Changed [From Team B/A/B/A to Team A/B/A/B]
Pick Phase #2: No Changes [Team B/A/B/A]
Ban Phase #3: No Changes [Team B/A]
Pick Phase #3: No Changes [Team B/A]

Notes:

• DotA 6.78c AI will take a few weeks to release
• DotA 6.79 will be the next map if everything goes smooth (no 6.78d/e/f version). It is likely to be released after the month of August.
• If you encounter any bugs or glitches in this map, report it to the author.

DotA 6.78c LoD Map is now released. Legends of DotA is a modified version of IceFrog's DotA in which you play any hero with your desired skills combination or optionally you can go random. Currently, this map is only compatible with AP, AR SD and MD mode. However, you can enter additional modes for more restrictions/balance. The current version is v6.78c LoD v2g which brings tons of improvements and balance to the skills to avoid misuse.

DotA v6.78c LoD v2g Map Download:  

• DotA v6.78c LoD v2g.w3x (7.6 MB) 

• DotA v6.78c LoD v2g.w3x (mirror) 

Download the map file (.w3x) put it in 'Warcraft 3\Maps\Download' sub-directory.

Tip: You can use AucT Hotkey Tools to avoid hotkey conflicts with other skills during the game. It allows you to change the default hotkeys of spells.


Enter any of the game modes listed below to start Legends of DotA

-AP (No hero and skill limitaion)
-AR (Random hero/skills)
-SD (Few heroes/limited skills)
-MD (Mirrored heroes/spells)

Additional Modes:

-bo Balance Off-d2 Provides a choice of 20 heroes.
-d3 Provides a choice of 30 heroes.
-d4 Provides a choice of 40 heroes.
-d5 Provides a choice of 50 heroes.
-s5 allows you to pick 5 skills.
-s6 allows you to pick 6 skills (1 extra ultimate and 1 extra normal ability).
-ra Random Abilities, the extra abilities from s5 & s6 are chosen randomly.
-fn Fast Neutrals, first neutrals spawn already after drafting, then 30 seconds after, then the normal 1 minute spawn
-ss See Skills, allows you to see the enemy skills while drafting as well
-ab Anti-backdoor
-ul Unlimted levles
-os One Skill, skills can't be picked twice on each side
-ls Limit Skills, you cannot have more than 2 passive skills and more than 2 skills from a single hero.

Screenshots:

In-game commands:

Here's a list of in-game commands that can be used.
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-AI  displays your teams spells in the scoreboard
-FF only works if mode -ff is entered
-WFF to see who voted to finish fast
-SP # Toggle passive skill display, # is the skill's place number while drafting
-SDDON/-SDDOFF System Display Damage
-ADDTIME Adds 1 minute to the clock when picking skills, can be entered once by every team, 2 extra minutes possible as max
-READY During the skill picking phase, chooses your remaining skills randomly
-RANDOM MELEE / -RANDOM RANGE During the hero pick phase, chooses a random melee/range hero from your pool

DotA IMBA v1.0 AI EN Map is one more addition in the huge database of DotA based fun-mode maps. The term imba is derived from "Imbalance" word which is often used as online gaming slang. DotA IMBA is certainly an imbalance map, It has IMBA-fied abilities of every hero in DotA. Imagine meat hook with 3500 range and POTM's Elune arrow going through the whole map.

DotA IMBA Features:

• Imba Hero Spells/Abilities
• More powerful items.
• Obtain a free random item (from Ancient of Wonders shop)
• Achievement Points
• Improved visual effects for spells, items and auras.
• Computer controlled players (AI)
• Ported to latest version of DotA.
• New Heroes including Ice Phoenix
• Unlimited Levels mode (-ul command must be entered at start, 255 max level)
• Powerful Team buffs with attributes bonuses (must be selected from the Fountain by team captain).
• Special Events (extra magical damage buffs, healing buffs etc.)

Screenshots:

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v1.0 AI (English)

• Mimya_IMBA_v1.0_en.w3x (7.59 MB)