Dota 2 New Bloom Event Adds Phoenix Hero, Takeover Mode

Dota 2's New Bloom Festival will bring new enemies, heroes, rewards and now, a new mode.

The Phoenix uses fire attacks to slow, damage and burn enemies over time. In a health vs. damage tradeoff, many of the Phoenix's abilities drain vitality at the expense of high-powered attacks.

Players can also relive battles with the Phoenix, or any other hero for that matter, with the new Takeover Mode. In these matches, players can take control of characters at any point during any replay created after the new Bloom update. From that point on, the game progresses as normal. As Takeovers are considered new matches, replays can be created from these as well, spawning a web of replay possibilities.

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