Ability Arena 2.0 update brings 22 new spells and reworks

Sunsfan's creation has received its first huge patch, and has evolved to a new stage. Ability Arena is now in its 2.0 phase. And with the update are 22 brand new spells and reworks of old spells and more.The update is live right now, so all you need to do is update your game in the Arcade tab of Dota's main menu.

In addition to the new gods of Ability Arena , there are also 22 new spells that have been added to the game. The total spell count now reaches 170 which is quite the feat for a Dota 2 arcade game. Although you don't need to worry, as there are only 100 spells total per match of Ability Arena. Regardless, here is the full list of the new spell additions to Ability Arena 2.0.

All the new spells of Ability Arena 2.0 have some great potential just by looking at the names. The possibilities truly become endless with their Super and Gaben level upgrades. Although you'll have to hop into your very own lobbies to find out all of the new super and Gaben abilities. However, thanks to the blog post on Ability Arena 2.0, we have a bit of a taste.

The last notable update about the patch of Ability Arena is some spell nerfs. There are a total of seven spells that have all been nerfed to a degree in Ability Arena 2.0. For the sake of brevity, there isn't a in depth explanation of each, just that they were all a little too powerful. Hence the small nerfs. The nerfs of which are:

These changes in the 2.0 update of Ability Arena aren't world shattering, or revolutionary. But that was the goal with the nerfs. All the spells have a unique balance to them in this game mode unlike normal Dota. We'll just have to see how they play out.

You can check out a guide on the best spells of Ability Arena here. For more Dota 2 content, stick around on Esports.gg!