Dota 2 - Removed Abilities Showcase

Showcase of some of the removed abilities from Dota 2.
If you would like to know more about removed, replaced, reworked, merged or old abilities, check out the Dota 2 Wiki! Every hero page has a dedicated section (which can be accessed by using the tabs at the top of the page) called "Old Abilities" which have heaps of information on heroes' previous abilities with a lot of the hero hero pages even having information about abilities which existed way before Dota 2 was even released.
As an example, here is the link to Huskar's Old Abilities page on the Dota 2 Wiki:
liquipedia.net/dota2game/Husk...
Timestamps/Chapters:
0:00 Dazzle - Weave
0:19 Lich - Sacrifice
0:35 Tinker - March of the Machines
0:57 Keeper of the Light - Mana Leak
1:19 Pangolier - Heartpiercer
1:46 Tiny - Craggy Exterior
2:04 Tusk - Frozen Sigil
2:27 Techies - Stasis Trap & Remote Mines
2:53 Huskar - Inner Vitality
3:11 Omniknight - Degen Aura
3:29 Zeus - Static Field
3:54 Clinkz - Searing Arrows
4:12 Chen - Test of Faith (Teleport)
4:34 Doom - LVL? Death
4:52 Meepo - Geostrike
5:11 Arc Warden - Rune Forge
5:27 Drow Ranger - Silence
5:44 Grimstroke - Ink Over
6:04 Nyx - Mana Burn
6:17 Rubick - Null Field
6:46 Underlord - Dark Rift
7:15 Tidehunter - Tendrils of the Deep
7:29 Shadow Demon - Soul Catcher
7:48 Morphling - Hybrid
8:09 Spirit Breaker - Empowering Haste
8:24 Spirit Bear - Defender
8:41 Techies
8:56 Chen - Test of Faith
9:13 Slark - Fish Bait
9:29 Broodmother - Incapacitating Bite
9:51 Riki - Sleeping Dart
10:06 Drow Ranger - Precision Aura
10:23 Lifestealer - Assimilate
10:42 Lone Druid - Battle Cry
11:02 Troll Warlord - Rampage
11:21 Lone Druid - Synergy
11:29 Death Prophet - Witchcraft
11:37 Outro
Thanks for watching.
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[@DigitalImmortality]

The feel of your skin turning into sand as you realize you've witnessed it all with your own eyes

[@ultimatesmemeadventures3847]

Ik man is crazy I remember every single one I miss that old blood seeker silence heck was op 13 seconds haha and unable to take it off haha

[@akshayy_xd]

Haha yep

[@juanmarcos8987]

Yees. Sniper headshot microstuning

[@Hankblue]

Don't worry, unless you remember when Aegis of the Immortal was an item you're not that old

[@skyofflaneonly5799]

0:45 the sound of pure terror for sure...

[@kei_desu]

also pure terror for potato PCs

[@tharindushakya5329]

When randomly go to the enemy jungle and see those tobots are running every where😂

[@manilaeson6311]

​@@kei_desuThe nostalgia on my potato PC that my party have to pause the game because it takes a minute for me to load in the game

[@hypocritelife8018]

man... i as a tinker spammer i missed tho good old days..where ethereal blade is instant like dagon (not a slow ass ball like now) when we have march.. whenthe OG aghs bounce to hero 5 times (once I laser someone in T3 tower and killed someone in front of the fountain) now... only a masochist still plays tinker with his 400 range laser...

[@Ryan-mp5mk]

i remember it can damage building ☠

[@thesadweez]

LVL? Death being gone for almost 10 years makes me feel nostalgic

[@Prizkov99]

But the infernal blade with shard is almost same right?

[@DragN_H3art]

​@@Prizkov99they removed that too

[@BloodlessRMZ]

10 years? Nah it was still there in 2015+

[@thesadweez]

@@BloodlessRMZ bro, we’re halfway to 2025…. That’s 10 years

[@tortilla6960]

@@thesadweez i dont think he have a brain, lmao

[@vasyavasilich7659]

who also misses lich sacrifice skill?

[@takainof]

pos 5 enjoyers making offlaners cry

[@basti.9022]

I'm a carry and I don't miss it.

[@Hellrider_145]

Came here just to say how much I miss old lich E

[@deezballs8011]

lich gonna have your mama

[@mirael1248]

Free xp + free mana with less than a minute cooldown. Yeah it's so busted that I miss harassing pos 1 and pos 3.

[@Prizkov99]

Holy fuck that Huskar Q Sound gushed in so much nostalgia suddenly.

[@glmrgloam]

draw upon your strength

[@MesserschmittReaver]

@@glmrgloamwell...worth it

[@GammaRayLP]

same here

[@miasma529]

Void's Backtrack passive, Ancient Apparition Chilling Touch, Alchemist Greevil's Greed (now passive/trait), Necrophos Sadist, Nightstalker Darkness, Venomancer Poison Nova

[@arch6490]

Ursa's old ulty

[@arch6490]

Slark's old ulty (invis)

[@carlhagelin4734]

Sadist just got rolled into heartstopper though, same with bloodbath getting merged with thirst.

[@arrogantsavant2960]

Troll's teamwide attack speed ult.

[@auliaahsan5736]

Terrorblade soul steal

[@PinkMonkeyBird]

It's funny how I haven't played Dota in so long I can still vividly remember most of these and can't even think what they would have possibly been replaced with

[@ikito1981]

duuuuuuuuude same here

[@BlueFlash215]

I'm glad I came back into the game last summer. All of my IRL friends decided we should try out Dota again. Soon after the biggest and best patch ever dropped, making the game just awesome

[@imfinishedgrinding638]

​@@BlueFlash215 Was it 7.33? I remember being very stoked about it last year and Valve delivered. Shit was nuts, pubs were fun trying out new shit and I remember it being played on the final few days of a tournament and having a blast watching it.

[@abhishekfarande9672]

Me too

[@juanmarcos8987]

Now in dota You have an event. You can have luky and claim one arcane (untradeable)

[@paulosilva3284]

I Miss this one : AA - Old Chilling Touch (Pre 7.20) A frigid gust enchants allied heroes, granting them bonus magical damage for a given number of physical attacks. Each attack slows the enemy movement speed. Ancient Apparition always receives the buff.

[@tymofiikatyshev378]

Damn, I am playing dota since 2015, but I've completely forgot about this one, thank you for reminding me. As far as I can remember it was something like 3 attacks on lvl 1 and 9 on lvl 4. Good old days..

[@giem5417]

I remember the dota 1 days that i go mid with my life stealer as a core.. we always kill sf, invo, arc etc. Heroes that doesnt have escape abilities.. First ill cold feet then naix will use open wounds and then ill 3rd use then naix will use rage to negate the minus slow attack speed but the added damage is still there and the enemy mid lane will always frost and die .. ❤

[@IgorSalaj3578]

Same.

[@Gabrielbarsch]

You forgot lone Druid’s “rabid” removed in patch 7.20 A speed buff that lone Druid can give to himself or the bear, lasts 10 secs

[@Star_boy_ahhhhh]

They just gave him rabies T_T

[@Mayhamsdead]

Eat dirt, Barsch!

[@takumifujiwara300]

bro that fcking lich sacrifice spell is the most broken sht in dota.

[@brunoguimaraes6100]

Broken and stupid at the same time

[@zywoousedtobesosimple7584]

I want to see lich enigma at offlane again Most broken shit

[@takumifujiwara300]

@@brunoguimaraes6100 imagine laning and every wave range creep is denied xd

[@brunoguimaraes6100]

@@takumifujiwara300 I WAS THERE. Laning against enigma lich was like having lvl 3 7min as a carry without dying

[@brunoguimaraes6100]

@@takumifujiwara300 and they used to trilane aaaaaaaaaaaa

[@practic4l349]

0:37 Do you have any idea how happy I am that this is gone? The nightmares of my lanes pushing to my base is finally over.

[@VeryBadPlayerTV]

I'm honestly sad they took this out. Even as a new player i think hes new spells are so shit and just honestly useless for what he does. When are you going within 700 range to actively shield your allies its just weird and plays bad.

[@user-hu1nl2vs2d]

​@@VeryBadPlayerTV it's because that skill is for shielding yourself, and at first it made tinker near impossible to kill, because of 60% status reduction. If not for constant nerfs over 5-6 patches he would be a nightmare to play against. Actually, they need to just redo him. Like Teches, because now he either too weak or too insufferable to play against

[@yohella]

that is the thing that made me quit dota xD

[@wythaaof6650]

i think tinker "blink damage cooldown not refreshable" and "interrupting rearm putting it into cooldown" is just so good nerfs with those up I m okay with any spell they put to tinker. because back then tinker is able to blink away from 0.1 sec inerval damage over time with just rearming. and there is nothing you could do about it. either kill him in stunlock which requires a lot of resources and since he can rocket miles away which was really hard to do. i wouldn't mind if they bring back march even as an extra spell for tinker as long as damage values are balanced. because now you can actually do something to fight tinker.

[@manilaeson6311]

And the fact that most of the time it's an enemy and when it's finally on your team a noob plays it

[@alialibeyoglu7532]

7:29 The most underrated move in entire Dota 2 history.

[@fifofuko1864]

a hero of infinite utility

[@user-ts6to6hb6v]

New skill looks better but i havent witnessed old one

[@alialibeyoglu7532]

​@@user-ts6to6hb6v imagine two teams will fight with full health. Magnus uses RP and Shadow Demon uses soul catcher, he will take half of the enemies health instantly. İmagine you are playing Medusa and nobody hits you when you have mana. This guy doesn't give a shit and take your half hp. No matter how many HP you have, this guy doesn't care.

[@dimensionseven8032]

​@@alialibeyoglu7532it wouldn't do anything to medusa

[@alialibeyoglu7532]

@@dimensionseven8032 it takes half of her HP instant without having any issues with mana shield. Dusa needs to make a bkb to avoid it.

[@bearmanjon_bmj]

Well edited, great demonstration setup. You've earned yourself a sub.

[@miasma1718]

people who miss old techies need to be studied in a lab. cannot imagine missing games lasting an hour longer because of one hero

[@anonymous_FoX]

It depends on who's using the Techies and the opposing team if they can handle techies then it will be more than hour but if the Techies is so Pro they would probably winning

[@aljohnbacolod1674]

K dude, but still as a previous techies main I do enjoy the torment i give to both enemies and allies.

[@anggorameowmeow]

well, i climbed 2k mmr just using techies in a short time💀 why u hate techies so much

[@arkaua]

You missed Techies' Land Mines, they work completely different to Proximity Mines and were treated as a wholly different spell.

[@pomurain]

Thank you, Ryo

[@arkaua]

@@pomurain You're welcome, Walter White with Pomu's headband

[@nithinsid9547]

proximity mines are not removed but reworked

[@veritaz753]

​@@arkauaa fellow pomudachi i see

[@jorge80370]

​@@nithinsid9547 Land mines were removed, not proximity mines, those two are completely different, land mines could be stacked.

[@jellophant9716]

Hate how nostalgic this video makes me

[@Nice_Boat]

Ayyyy....Daym I miss these, the good old days. Thank you for making a video of it❤

[@FoxSullivan]

Hands down one of the best throwback dota videos I've ever seen. Yeah I feel old as fuck, but amazing unlocked memories. Thank you so much for this video fam.

[@earonowenz7329]

Underlord's dark rift is one of the most terrifying sound i've ever listened back then.. "when the sound stop, u have to run coz they are here"

[@kfk3000]

2:27 the biggest tragedy in Dota history.

[@09tranthanhhoa85]

its was fun to watch techie matches, now its pretty boring with the current skills

[@matteomariani5160]

Yep, fun to watch, not fun to play lol

[@MrYarik04]

Thank God its gone, it wasn't even overpowered per se, it just BROKE the game so much 9 people had to switch their playstyles entirely

[@kfk3000]

@@MrYarik04 And I loved being the reason for that.

[@xBoi29]

nono, its good I dont need that 2hrs single match

[@lorvik]

@0:20 i miss this voiceline the most!

[@Gabrielbarsch]

There is a small chance lich still says that when using sinister gaze Sinister gaze also drains mana

[@da4127]

@@Gabrielbarsch he still says it for sure

[@user-kv3lp5cd7h]

Lich gonna have yo mama

[@spiralingspiral72]

You forgot the Old Nature's Guise ability of Treant Protector, which was an ally-target ability that gave them movement speed and invisibility if they come near a tree during its duration.

[@lourencobredademarco4024]

But it was reworked not removed

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

need second video for reworked skill

[@mrkrappa297]

i still remember when the skill was reworked my teammate blames me when im not giving them invis

[@Gabrielbarsch]

This video is for removed skills Not reworked ones

[@keshavwhoknows6838]

As I hit the milestone of turning 30 this year, I stumbled upon this video that whisked me away on a journey down memory lane. It featured the camaraderie of my friends from a dozen years ago. It's been quite some time since I last indulged in playing, and witnessing those moments again filled me with a flood of memories, evoking a mixture of joy and sadness. Time seems to have slipped through my fingers like sand, leaving me to ponder how swiftly it flies. Those who are still playing, enjoy it while it lasts, as i who used to laugh at the old people i played with, now im one of them :)

[@WHERE_IS_EURYDICE]

My father is turning 59 on Monday and still plays the game, I'm 14 and play alongside him It's still a wonderful experience :D Glad you like the game ❤

[@hewhoisnotentirelysure4000]

DARK RIFT, one spell that will either win you the game, or throw it... Riki with Sleeping Dart rushing meteor hammer was a menace... Precision Aura just made having Mega Creeps worth it... And the funny combo of Pudge eating someone, Lifestealer eating Pudge then infesting Spirit breaker. Team Taxi...

[@pedalogico8772]

Its a very beautiful memory, thank you

[@Asdfgdwfbjy]

underrated channel

[@6Unknown_Source9]

This channel is so underated, like my guy showcases some obsecure stuff in the game. I would love to see a series or a single video of all Immortal, Persona and Arcana changes to abilities. Like how some Immortal Items goes thematic with the Arcana changing some ability models and more.

[@avxcxna]

underrated channel for sure! keep it up man😊

[@vladimirking1574]

A lot of good memories. Thank you.

[@IIFrozenFlame]

Thank you for using that voiceline for lich

[@tanmaykharat9717]

Wow thanks for the great video hits right in the feels

[@h1murashi]

This video made me feel old. I knew all those skills, loved them too (esp. LVL? Death since I always played Doom Bringer), and I just now knew they're gone.

[@axcel2264]

The most informative Dota2 channel. ty bro

[@mave410]

Excellent and informative video! How do you gain access to past versions though?

[@nightly2005]

So many familiar abilities... Ty for the nostalgia trip

[@GioCF]

damn i miss old doto so much

[@syahriman4486]

I salute you make this vid

[@stinglikeabeee]

wow thank u for this, this brings smile on my face those good old days. btw how u do this demoing old abilities?

[@Library4Lich]

Great vid Miss old tinker and techies ngl

[@KO_TheController]

March of madness spamming around the map was a vibe

[@SgtDahaka]

I miss the old techies.

[@leonavarro-qk9cl]

i miss when techies was not a thing on dota, everything was so cool when there wasnt 200 mines around xd

[@SgtDahaka]

@@leonavarro-qk9cl I miss buying 11 clarities and tping to t1 right on the start to mine the side shop :D

[@Earzentail]

Techies was the most creative and macro-skill dependent hero in dota 2. Unfortunately, the player base doesn't appreciate those two things, imagine having to buy detection and being careful of going into the fog of war, crazy right?

[@rediska_gg3931]

There's a rumor that valve gonna bring the barrels back to techies

[@Vse_ne_vovremya]

​@Earzentail Well it means that there r should be another heroes and abilities in Dota doing the same things or there should be hard counterpicks. But techies was unique and it is crazy when in game with 100+ characters with same abilities and tasks to solve in macro u have like one unique character that makes whole game different

[@dreamEnd]

I misses march so much. I'm not exactly a tinker player, but I'm a mid player, and sometimes there are "tinker games" where I need to pick the hero, and this spell is so much fun to use.

[@cabbage_cat]

Somehow I totally forget about Drow's silence. It used to be like that. I thought it was still gust, just without the knock back effect.

[@antimagetop1]

I remember old morphling with ultimate kinda ember spirit. it was so strong

[@dustymoon5806]

LVL?Death is legendary skill, I miss it. Also miss old tech, it was really interesting to play another dota on techies, no creeps controlling and running the whole map, fighting and doing some shit. Just relaxing and planting bombs whole game :D P.S. w/r was 35%, but i still loved to play it

[@joneslozano6895]

You forgot pango broken passive, the one where you could disarm, silence and slow the enemy, you could also stack it several times.

[@Nafeels]

PL’s Doppel Walk also makes a return after several years, albeit in the form of shard upgrade.

[@mluisvigo]

Where’s omni knight free BKB repel?

[@alhmpsya]

its not removed, its still ingame now

[@tenseitan8081]

I think your not playing dota anymore

[@IgorSalaj3578]

They have returned it.

[@CojanDaniel]

He had an anti magic shield targeted spell, not the ulti that makes some immune to damage. Now he has a spell that only makes immune to debuffs

[@angelogabriel6862]

Many are missing, but good job getting all these together

[@brianshura8425]

Watching in tear drop😢

[@carlhagelin4734]

Among other abilities people have mentioned, silencers old passive last word was omitted despite being radicaly different from the version we have today.

[@Youmu_Konpaku_]

amazing work

[@Jaytee27]

1:25 Pangos heart piercer delayed animation was so cool when it was released. Is this the only debuff animation that does this?

[@incafox]

nostalgic video, like

[@MISTAH.X]

Underrated channel, thanks for bringing these back! Such good ol' Dota memories

[@zeever7]

Geostrike is the best passive out there. U basically can rampage at zero min when illusion rune appeared its so freaking hurt because the passive stack each other either it was Clone or Illusion, back then only me that build Manta on Meepo as right clicker since he hurt so much if the enemy kind of magic resister like AM Centa and Huskar

[@alifanda1012]

i remember when kuroky max sacrifice , he deny every creep from wave with it,and get lvl 7 earlier faster than enemy cores

[@citylights2765]

remember when dazzle shallow grave could be used on everyone in a certain range, so you could pick pl and shallow grave all his illusions?

[@gilbertovampre9494]

And to think that I was there since 2007... Since WC3 Dota... It`s been a while my friends, I witnessed it all.

[@hyperlow6401]

I miss march of the machine so much 😢 i usually take mid and playing as tinker so many time but since they remove march of the machine i play as support now

[@philiprudloff8596]

Good old times i miss some of them so much

[@ritsuboii2130]

i used to play a lot of tinker back then when march of machines was in, i just cant feel today's tinker. I had practiced like every farming pattern for tinker back then, then they'd just removed march of the machines :(

[@faiz_afa33]

Underlord's Dark Rift was a cool skill back then. And as a Rubick user, I miss Null Field. And I just realized that Pudge-Lifestealer combo was already 5 years ago. 💀💀💀

[@sukulele4962]

I miss Lich's sacrifice. You can really outlevel your opponent and zone them out of exp zones. Also, Omni's degen aura at level 1 with orb of poison is easy first blood.

[@ayz4299]

This some high quality content

[@cantflyforshit]

amazing educational content, made in a really presentable style. Love it!

[@nightsinwhitesatin]

sleeping dart was the best thing for me man i loved playing riki sleep meteor build

[@CursedChildX]

Octa+cooldown reduc neuts = Perma sleep

[@nightsinwhitesatin]

@@CursedChildX good old days

[@beachcan]

Feel so old now thanks

[@kurtramos59]

I miss lich's sacrifice so much. It's so good in offlane. Deny the range creep slowing down the exp of the enemy while having mana to spam 1st.

[@karlmarxx9075]

You forgot about WK's and Bloodsiker's passive skills

[@mightyeagle5593]

Riki sleeping dart was a nightmare to deal with as a support around that patch😂

[@cholop5211]

I miss the old doom 3rd, that sht was crazy especially when you're always lvls ahead of enemies with midas and devour

[@canyoufeelthelove3305]

I sure as hell don't miss that tinker march.

[@dizzyheads]

Bro just avoided fighting entirely Or defended Hg just spamming this

[@fifofuko1864]

brings back more memories than it should

[@MiguelVargas]

Omg nostalgia hitting hard!

[@GoonManGuy]

Assimilate was probably the funniest. You get the clown car team comp going. Lifestealer and Pudge. Pudge eats someone, Lifestealer eats Pudge, Lifestealer gets in whoever the initiator for the team is. Bonus points if Pudge had Aghs for the extra clown play of jumping in a Riki and just walking down the enemy.

[@Youtubin20]

I've only seen this once but it was the funniest shit ever

[@user-qo7py5kb9b]

5 mans blademail against march of machines was pure satisfying.

[@Certifiedherald]

I miss tinker's "march, march" dialogue

[@mansungkang]

So many cool abilities in the past!

[@joe-vy9sj]

What a great journey has been.

[@antoniopomalia7405]

i just forgot Hybrid morphling skill, then most of the abilities i still remember 😅

[@bigbearrecordingstudio7921]

Man i really miss underlord's dark rift. Sure you can say the ulti now is better but i really liked the old one because you can save disabled allies. Now you have to click the gate so if you are disabled you cannot teleport. Back then if they got a 4man chrono i can literlaly dark rift everyone out (and it would keep channeling even if you got stunned)

[@boogeyman4862]

march of the machine is really valuable for tinker

[@pixelgaming4891]

Omniknight have 2 immortal items which add very cool effect to degen aura, I u fortunately bought the item one month before it got removed :(

[@mikeyr290]

Memories bring back memories.

[@Rx4spade]

6:51, the day i crying so hard, man i miss this ultimate, literally just ult then blink in

[@moejellini]

Praying that march of the machines comes back one day. One of the most iconic abilities in Dota

[@DarchrowTheEnigma]

Witchcraft, Sacrifice and LVL ? Death was the most overpowered spell in Dota universe imo. Imagine if these spells are still in the game right now 😂 Of all the removed spells, there's only 1 that I really want back, which is Underlord's Dark Rift portal. The current one is not fun. Its the channeling part that made it less fun. I prefer the old delay but instant teleport with the whole team. There could also be potential comeback/throw moments because of how it works. Fnatic did it once to comeback. I still remember it to this day because of "Lakad Matatag, normalin normalin" I want the old Dark Rift portal back :(

[@IestynCowley-mf4nz]

What about all the other itterations of clinkz

[@Kwicc213]

Can you do another videos of more removed abilities?

[@anitoancognita7060]

I remember good kotl players could do a 3 mana leaks in a row chain so you have to stand still for 21 sec or no mana for you today

[@Hofimaniac]

So i stopped playin pre 2018 i guess and so many iconic spells got removed. I wonder if there is a way to play the old dota

[@loupyy]

Rest in Peace :(

[@EdeYOlorDSZs]

I will always miss march of the machines

[@ahmadburhanhabibi]

such nostalgic feeling

[@delinquent3574]

Last time i played this game was probably about 2015-2016. Cant believe the removed so much

[@carlosancheta2397]

for a few seconds I thought this is the crownfall update with many abilities removed

[@Thomas-bq4ed]

suicide squad attack was my favorite spell, just walking in to first blood in the lane every time. Techies used to be a "blast," I was playing on a track pad on a laptop so one hero I could actually play.

[@grashitoputra9030]

It's feels like yesterday 🥹

[@alexandremaciel3630]

Faz tanto tempo q n jogo dota, pois o tinker ainda tinha march quando eu jogava 😢