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Here’s what the new colors mean for Watchers in Dota 2
The 7.33 Dota 2 Gameplay update brought about significant changes to the map earlier this year. One such change is the introduction of Watchers spread all across the map. The team that controls the watchers gains vision over a small nearby area. In the latest Dota 2 update on May 30, Valve has added a small but very useful change amidst a lot of bug fixes.
What do the Watchers' colors mean?
Watchers areobelisksthat act as static permanent wards in Dota 2. They can be captured by clicking on them and channeling for 1.5 seconds. You can cancel the channel at any point by moving away or using an ability, similar to Outposts.
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What are Watchers in Dota 2?
The mysterious Watchers, a structure linked to the ancients that grant vision of a short area were recently added to Dota 2. Worse than wards, or automatic objectives?
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Previously, Watchers turned Red for Dire and Green for Radiant control. There’s strong logic behind the color choices, but it was also confusing for players. Your team could be controlling the Watcher but because you are on Dire, you will see it Red in color. For most players, Red signifies the color of the opponent and hence the confusion.
Dota 2 players had been demanding a change in this UI to make it easier to understand the control on the map. In the latest update, Valve has implemented Green for friendly control and Red for enemy control.
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Bug Fixes
There are several other bug fixes in the latest update as well. Here’s a list of all that’s new in the May 30 Dota 2 update.
The other big changes include updates to Tormentor and Wisdom Runes. Wisdom Runes grant XP while Tormentors will drop an Aghanim Shard to a random player on the team. However, they also used to consider Abandoned players which meant the waste of XP or a Shard. In the new update, these buildings will only consider players who are still in the game.
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