- Changed Gods' Overweening Superiority cooldown reduction from -40%/-40%/-40% to -30%/-40%/-50% with 1/2/3 Gods.
- Optimized walking logic of the pieces to improve movement speed and remove delays when turning.
- Fixed incorrect calculation of number of pieces on board when kicking excess pieces back to bench at teh end of a preparation phase.
- Fixed a bug where DAC Pass owners can do extra votes but fails when they have already voted.
- Fixed minor bugs when sending player stats to third-party cooperators.

● Attention! Since we can't guarantee every team joining the 2x4 lobbies has even number of players, you may be automatically allocated to a different team from your friend's. In the case this happens, you can manually select the team slots to play with your friend in the team selection phase. We are currently looking for cooperation with matching platforms to solve this issue.
● Preparation phase in 2x4 games now lasts 5 seconds longer.
● Fixed text errors of Hunters' Aimed Shot indicator in some languages.
● Fixed issues with checking players' 2x4 game stats via third-party sites.
● Added the latest multi-language support.

● Updated Korean localization to support the upcoming OGN tournament. Check it out at https://www.twitch.tv/ogn

● Congratulations to Mirana for winning this week's least wins prize! She is temporarily removed from the piece pool and will be back after rework.
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● S1-Cancer (05/01 to 06/30) end of season rewards:
♕Top 20 Queens (on the leaderboard): S1 Winner Badge
♕Queen: 320 Candies + A shiny Crown (Effective for S2) + Hermes|Aegis (Couier)
♔King: 320 Candies + Hermes|Skadi (Courier)
♖Rook: 160 Candies + Hermes|Necronomicon (Courier)
♗Bishop: 80 Candies + Hermes|PoorMan (Courier)
♘Knight: 40 Candies
♙Pawn: 20 Candies
● S1 DAC Pass vote has ended. Congratulations to Pudge for winning the vote! He will be added to the game in the new season.
● As usual, the last day of the season (06/30) will be the off-season day to award the excellent players. Games played on this day will not affect your ranking. The new season, S2-Googie starts on 07/01!

● Changed Gods' Overweening Superiority cooldown reduction from -50%/-50% with 1/2 Gods to -40%/-40%/-40% with 1/2/3 Gods.
● Changed warlocks' Soul Leech lifesteal and spell lifesteal from 15%/25% with 3/6 warlocks to 10%/20%/30% with 2/4/6 warlocks.
● Improved Dwarves' Take Aim: +300 attack range and focuses on the lowest-health enemy.
● Increased Hunters' Aimed Shot bonus base damage from 30/40 to 30/50, chance to pierce through evasion from 30%/40% to 60%/100%.
● Decreased Mars' Bulwark physical damage reduction from 30%/50%/70% to 30%/45%/60%.
● Changed Mages' Magic Vulnerability magic resistance reduction from 35%/45% with 3/6 mages to 35%/35%/35% with 3/6/9 mages.
● Optimized the map layout and removed excess waters. Framerate is predictied to improved by 30%.
● Increased Axe's Berserker's Call duration by 0.5 sec.
● Beastmaster★★★ now summons a battle bear with taunt ability.
● Fixed the bug which assassins do not change targets when attacking a unit affected by Cold Embrace.

"A knowledgeable scholar never steals but borrows."
● New class added: Wizard. New synergies unlocked due to Wizards: (6) Beast, (6) Undead, (6) Mech, (4) Naga and (9) Mage!
● New pieces added: Rubick($2 God Wizard) and Grimstroke($4 Demon Wizard).
● New game modes and maps added. You can now choose from 3 maps to play: 1x8 Ranked (default), 1x8 Casual and 2x4 Casual. Casual game does not affect your ranking but rewards candies as usual(battle pass candies not available).
● In the 2x4 map you share Courier health with your teammate to fight against the other 3 teams. You can use your Courier's Post Piece ability to send pieces with items to back your teammate up, or receive support the other way.
● Non assassin pieces will now walk instead of leapping when travelling short distances in combat. Chess pieces are no longer invernerable when moving.
● Improved combination performance: ★★★ pieces will now be combined instantly from 3 ★★ pieces, instead of after a short delay.
● Reworked Mask of Madness: +10% Lifesteal. Active: Gives 80 attack speed but reduces the armor by 8 and silences the bearer. Lasts 8 sec.

- DOTA AUTO CHESS Pass owners can now participate piece rework voting in chess piece list panel.
- Replaced Beastmaster's Wild Axes with Call of the Wild: Beastmaster summons one of his companions to aid in the battlefield. Level 1: Summons a Boar. Level 2: Summons a Hawk. Level 3: Summons a Bear.
- Optimized Change of Target: Chess pieces will now leap to attack a non-physically-immune enemy regardless of attack range, if such enemy is present on the board.
- Increased Nature's Prophet's Nature's Call Treant health from 300/500/700 to 400/600/800.
- Decreased Treant Protector's base health from 750/1500/2900 to 700/1400/2700.
- Fixed a bug with Lina and Sniper which caused incorrect calculation of enemy magic resistance.
- Fixed a bug which damage done by secondary units being occasionally not included in damage list.
- Updated decorative items for Disruptor, Dragon Knight, Dazzle, Abaddon and others.
- Reworked animated portrait for pieces, Couriers and neutral creeps.
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- The International 2019 Battle Pass owners are invited to play DOTA UNDERLORDS, the auto chess game presented by Valve.

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