Introducing Between the Lanes, a new blog feature where we let members of our development team walk through some of the challenges, bugfixes, and occasional happy accidents we encounter while working on a game as unique as Dota. Every Dota update gives us a chance to introduce new heroes, items, and abilities into the game — not to mention tweak countless old ones. This keeps Dota evolving as a game, but it also introduces an incalculable number of potential interactions.