Dota 2 19th December Patch - Content Analysis

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Front End Changes

Hero Animation Updates

Crystal Maiden's Animations

Crystal Maiden's old Freezing Field animation has been added alongside the new one to address the issue that caused people with old Heroic Effigies to shift to the wrong frame after the 6.83 changes.
Tusk's Animations

Tusk's animations have been updated to restore the Dizzying Punch animation along with the custom loadout and teleport animations for the Frostiron set. In addition he has also been provided a new loadout spawn animation.
Model Fixes

Luna's Models

The Luna mount reward from The Summit 2's stretch goals has been updated with a new, higher quality texture.
Mirana's Models

The Nightsilver Gryphon Mount for Mirana has been fixed and will now appear correctly in game once again.
Neutral Creep Updates

New Ability Icons

A new icon has been added for the Forest Troll High Priest's Mana Aura.
We also have a new icon for the Hellbear Smasher's Swiftness Aura.
Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015

The Dota 2 Asia Champion which was discussed in the previous content analysis feature has had more content added which includes the preparation images for their upcoming Compendium release along with more updates to their Immortal items.

"16 top teams compete for grand honor."

Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 Compendium

At the time of this post the Compendium hasn't been activated yet however the tournament itself will be free to watch in game on Dota TV and features a base prize pool of $250,000.
25% of the Compendium and Compendium Point sales will go directly towards the prize pool. The prize pool will freeze after Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT.
Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 - 25 Compendium Points

As seen with The International 2014 Compendium the point system is making a return with the point purchases boosting your Compendium level unlocking new goodies.
Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 - 100 Compendium Points

Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 - 500 Compendium Points

Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 - 2400 Compendium Points

Blessed Luckvessel

The Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 Treasure chest has also been updated with more particles effects for the Immortal items inside.
PLEASE NOTE:
It is not yet confirmed whether or not this chest will be available to both the Western and Eastern sides of the scene however with the Compendium and point leveling system seen above we may see a similar situation to The International 2014 event where items obtained at the event itself were Genuine and the items purchased through the store were standard.
Axe's Molten Claw

The Molten Claw has been updated with a new particle effect in addition to the custom Blade Mail icon it provides.
Nature's Prophet's Fluttering Staff

The Staff has been updated to add an animation to the staff itself along with an update to the particle effect which now sees the Butterflies flying away from it.
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Queen of Pain's Bloodfeather Wings

A full set of ambient particle effects have been added to the Bloodfeather Wings.
Slark's Barb of Skadi

The base ambient particle has been updated to add a glow around the blade.
Also includes a special ambient regeneration particle effect.
Phantom Assassin's Hell's Usher

The base ambient particle effect has been updated.
Slark's Golden Barb of Skadi (Random Additional Bonus Item)

Also includes a special ambient regeneration particle effect.
DAC 2015 Compendium Teleport

A custom teleport effect is already in the files tagged under the DAC 2015 Compendium. It will most likely be one of the rewards from leveling up your compendium.
DAC 2015 Cursor Packs

The Crystal Maiden cursor pack has been updated with the correct set of cursors.
Crystal Maiden Pack
Chaos Knight Pack
Mirana Pack
Other Changes

Other Items

Axe also has a new unreleased "Dragon Axe" that features a custom particle effect.
NPC Data File Updates

Beastmaster's Boar now has a tooltip to show the poison duration.
Tusk's Walrus Punch has been updated to now work correctly on the catapult creep.
Phoenix's Dive has been updated to actually have a cast point time now instead of being immediate.
Tutorial Bugs

The bugs stopping the progression in the tutorial have now been addressed.

+ "DOTA_Tutorial_M1_LastHitBracer" "Surely you'll need more before you face Razor though. I'd recommend some Bracers.\n\nBracers are an Upgraded Item, which requires one or more items and a Recipe. Return when you've earned 210 gold and I'll show you what you need to do."
+ "DOTA_Quest_EarnMoney2" "Earn 165 Gold and Buy a Circlet"
+ "DOTA_Quest_EarnMoney3" "Earn 210 Gold and Buy Bracers"

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