sikle speculated on the release date of the new in-game event in Dota 2
Team Spirit analyst Mark “sikle” Lerman discussed a bug with Tidehunter—related to the talent not functioning correctly at level 20—on his personal Telegram channel and shared his thoughts on the release timeline for the next event in Dota.
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About the Tidehunter bug
Remember the Tidehunter bug back in December 2025? Back then, Nyx could kill him in a 1v1 using Spiked Carapace. At the time, they cleverly fixed it by releasing 7.40b, which changed the mechanics of the problematic talent (the damage was now counted as reflected).
It has returned in a different form: now, if Tidehunter has the talent “Kraken Shell’s activation triggers Anchor Smash,” and enemies have a Centaur with the talent “Retaliate is now an aura,” the watermelon-headed hero can kill himself in a second because Retaliate triggers repeatedly in a loop. <...>
About Axe’s Removal
...> Here’s what I foresee: tomorrow they’ll release another micro-teaser where Axe returns to the hero pool and has this second buff, and then a few hours later (or again in a day) they’ll release the event itself. A three-step teaser.
Should we expect a mechanical Axe after he returns from the box?
Earlier on the night of June 23, Valve released several minor updates for Dota 2, updating localization and server files, as well as removing the ability to select Axe in all game modes except Captain’s Mode.
Photo: Team Spirit.
