Why did they change the appearence/names of some heroes?

[Kimber Prime]

You've probably heard this all before about people not being happy with the changes, but I'm not here to complain about it. I'm here to ask why? I heard that Skeleton King had to be changed because of copyright reasons from Diablo, but what about the rest? Why did Windrunner become Windranger, why did Necrolite become Necrophos, and why did Venomancer become a snake like creature? At first I though it had something to do with copyright from the original Dota but they also have a Sven, Tiny, Brewmaster and Sniper just to name a few of the overlapping heroes. So can anyone explain why they changed them? Thanks.

[Postal Dude of Cykaland]

Ask Blizzard.

[Novogrod]

Windrunner had to be changed because of Lady Sylvanas Windrunner from Warcraft, Necrolyte is a term copyrighted by Blizzard, Venomancer looked too much like a Hydralisk, Brewmaster was changed because of Pandarens.

[Kimber Prime]

Originally posted by Bloodseeker Edge -----(I====>:

Ask Blizzard.

Any idea how to do that in a way I'll actually get a response? =p

[UnoffensiveName7]

copy right issues. or with skeleton king, he was a skeleton, it had nothing to do with diablo. In china you cannot have anything like skeletons, lifestealers mouth is even different in chinese dota. you can look up "low violence" dota and see all of the differences. pretty much skeleton king wasnt allowed in china. but most other heros that get changed is copyright issues

[Kimber Prime]

Originally posted by Tony Stark:

Windrunner had to be changed because of Lady Sylvanas Windrunner from Warcraft, Necrolyte is a term copyrighted by Blizzard, Venomancer looked too much like a Hydralisk, Brewmaster was changed because of Pandarens.

Ok thx, but Warcraft has more overlaps with Dota 2. Why did only WR change?

[achus93]

A storm's a-Brewin'.....

[Novogrod]

Originally posted by Sexual PredAtor:

copy right issues. or with skeleton king, he was a skeleton, it had nothing to do with diablo. In china you cannot have anything like skeletons, lifestealers mouth is even different in chinese dota. you can look up "low violence" dota and see all of the differences. pretty much skeleton king wasnt allowed in china. but most other heros that get changed is copyright issues

Skeleton King had to be changed because he looked like Leoric from Diablo. It had everything to do with Diablo.

[HunterKiller_]

Tony Stark there has already given you the correct answers.

[Novogrod]

Originally posted by TAE. Kimber Prime:

Originally posted by Tony Stark:

Windrunner had to be changed because of Lady Sylvanas Windrunner from Warcraft, Necrolyte is a term copyrighted by Blizzard, Venomancer looked too much like a Hydralisk, Brewmaster was changed because of Pandarens.

Ok thx, but Warcraft has more overlaps with Dota 2. Why did only WR change?

Necrolyte, Windrunner, Skeleton King, and Brewmaster were all because of Warcraft.

[👌m8]

I think the Venomancer, Dazzle, and Gyrocopter remake is for higher quality purposes. Anyway, I hope they would also remake Zeus. :D

[[GRVTS]Fat Bastard]

Do they really need a reason it is their game.

[76561198116056257]

Well. It doesn't really matter.
I like the new names. :D

[Kimber Prime]

Originally posted by X i n ☆:

Well. It doesn't really matter.
I like the new names. :D

Still not a fan of Windranger but I do like Necrophos =)