Dota 2 Gets New Hero, Largo, Alongside Update 7.40 Patch Notes So Long Valve Made a Whole Website Just to Hold Them

Valve has outlined what's caller successful Dota 2 spot 7.40 and provided a rundown of its latest hero, Largo.

"Dota is an ensemble cast, but keen observers looking done the postulation of rogues, wizards, druids, and knights (not to notation 2 characters named 'ranger') whitethorn person noticed the lack of that astir maligned of leader classes: the bard. At least, up until now," Valve teased, earlier introducing Largo himself.

Largo is the shamanic caput of the bardmonk order, and dissimilar bards that "sing astir existent events and chord changes," helium "tailors each opus to his nonstop circumstances, raising his allies' spirits or, if necessary, their ft velocity arsenic they tally toward conflict (or away). As a frog, his prehensile lingua has, shall we say, each kinds of tricks."

One specified instrumentality is his Catchy Lick, successful which helium targets someone, licks them, pulls them backmost a abbreviated distance, and applies a basal dispel. If they're an ally, helium pulls them retired of harm's way, and if they're an enemy, his lingua deals damage. By dispelling an effect from a target, Largo gets a little wellness regen, too. He tin besides occurrence froglings that stomp the crushed each second, dealing harm and ministuns, and minimize state mana costs with his Croak of Genius skill.

His eventual accomplishment is Amphibian Rhapsody. To beryllium honest, with a sanction arsenic unthinkable arsenic that, I don't adjacent care what it does, but for those wondering, it's fundamentally a mini-rhythm game.

"Largo gets acceptable to groove," Valve explains. "He is disarmed and his quality barroom switches to 3 opus abilities, each with antithetic effects. Songs are lone effectual if strummed connected the beat.

"Every clip helium strums successfully, helium gains a stack of Groovin'. Each stack gives him bonus armor and reduces the mana outgo of each song, but helium loses a stack if helium misses a beat. Stacks linger for a abbreviated duration erstwhile Largo's opus ends."

As is tradition, the afloat spot notes are truthful huuuge they're excessively large to people connected Steam itself, but you tin find them connected the Dota 2 website close here.

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