Dota 7.22—Hero Changes
Second part of our patch analysis is going to concentrate on hero changes in the new patch, without touching the Aghanim’s Scepter upgrades. Despite many Scepter Upgrades being game-changers and huge power spikes, they do not impact the game until they are built or until after third Roshan.
Abaddon
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 115
- Mist Coil cast range reduced from 800 to 500
- Level 15 Talent reduced from +75 Mist Coil Heal/Damage to +60
The hero should be a lot less obnoxious in lane now, but his value as a healing and harassing position five support should not be in too much of a jeopardy. Given a slight boost to his AS and how underutilized his current passive is, there is also a chance we will see Abaddon played as a position three tanky frontliner, not necessarily as Plan A for the hero, but a potential flex during the draft.
Ancient Apparition
- Ice Vortex manacost reduced from 50/70/90/110 to 40/60/80/100
- Ice Blast can no longer been seen on the minimap by enemies if they have truesight
Manacost reduction on Ice Vortex is something the hero really needed—with one of the talents, it becomes a spammable ability that provides good vision, decent slow and magic damage amplification and it can get problematic to sustain it in prolonged engagements. The Ice Blast full invisibility is also quite a bit of a buff during enemy sieges and during long-range snipes on the enemy and it will come into play more frequently than people expect it to, especially in high level games.
Arc Warden
- Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.7
- Fixed Tempest Double being unable to activate runes
- Level 10 Talent increased from +30 Attack Speed to +35
- Level 20 Talent increased from -1.5 Spark Wraith Cooldown to -2
Axe
- Base damage increased by 3
- Base armor increased by 1
- Battle Hunger gives half speed when used on creeps
Axe becoming stronger in lane should theoretically return him to the meta. The big problem hero suffered from was his inability to effectively contest the lane, while also keeping his HP pool relatively high. He could kill creeps, but it was really hard for him to deny them, making the hero risky. Extra three attacks damage doesn’t solve all his problems, but should help quite a bit.
Bane
- Level 20 Talent increased from +100 Enfeeble Attack Speed Reduction to +125
Batrider
- Firefly cooldown from 34 to 40/38/36/34
Beastmaster
- Level 15 Talent changed from +65 Wild Axes Damage to 40 Boar Attack Damage
- Level 20 Talent changed from +50 Boar Attack Damage to +75 Wild Axes Damage
Bloodseeker
- Agility growth reduced from 3.5 to 3.1
- Blood Rite manacost reduced from 100 to 70/80/90/100
- Rupture is now lethal again. Deals 30/45/60% of distance moved as damage. Has 8/10/12 second duration.
Rupture once again being a lethal spell makes quite a bit of a difference, but the overall damage reduction should be noted. With games going slower, there is a chance the hero will find his home in the offlane as a greedier damage-dealing and utility carry, with a job of hunting down backlines, while disabling the mobility of enemy carry heroes.
Bounty Hunter
- Jinada damage reduced from 80/110/140/170 to 70/100/130/160
- Level 20 Talent increased from +75 Shuriken Toss Damage to +125
Brewmaster
- Thunderclap damage reduced from 100/175/250/300 to 90/160/230/300
Bristleback
- Base armor increased by 1
- Warpath damage per stack increased from 18/24/30 to 22/28/34
Broodmother
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 125
Centaur Warrunner
- Base armor increased by 1
- Level 20 Talent increased from +70 Retaliate Damage to +80
Chaos Knight
- Strength gain reduced from 3.7 to 3.4
- Chaos Bolt minimum damage increased from 60/90/120/150 to 90/110/130/150
- Chaos Bolt maximum damage increased from 180/210/240/270 to 180/220/260/300
- Chaos Bolt minimum stun changed from 1/1/1/2 to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0
- Chaos Bolt maximum stun changed from 2/3/4/4 to 2.2/2.8/3.4/4
- Chaos Bolt cooldown increased from 10 to 13/12/11/10
Reliable knight is an apt name for the hero right now, since his spells now have lower thematic variance. The averages are slightly higher now for both damage and stun and losing 0.3 Strength growth shouldn’t be that big of a deal, so the hero is probably slightly better now overall.
Chen
- Holy Persuasion provides +10/15/20/25 bonus movement speed to converted creeps
- Divine Favor is now a passive aura. Provides 1/2/3/4 HP regen, 8/12/16/20% Heal Amplification, and 4/8/12/16 bonus damage for heroes (your creeps get 2x damage values)
- Level 15 Talent changed from -7 Divine Favor Cooldown to +10 Divine Favor Damage
Without the ability to dominate Siege creeps, Chen is substantially less threatening as the early game pusher. At the same time, he can potentially become much stronger in lane, since Divine Favor can easily change how the lane matchups work—extra damage and regeneration even with level one of the ability can make a difference. Perhaps we will see the hero more as a passive lane support with the option of dominating creeps to take over the lane.
Clinkz
- Now has 0.25 base mana regen
- Burning Army base attack time changed from 1.75/1.6/1.45 to 1.6
- Burning Army units damage from 100% of your base damage to 80/100/120%
- Level 15 Talent reduced from +30 Searing Arrows Damage to +20
Clinkz is in a very weird limbo right now—he isn’t as reliable and consistent at setting tempo as heroes like Templar Assassin, since he has a long cooldown, but his ultimate can be rather scary, even more so after the patch. It is still hard to justify picking a hero with that small of a health pool and certain problems contesting the lane in mid, but perhaps he can be played as a proactive position one in greedier lineups.
Clockwerk
- Base armor increased by 1
Crystal Maiden
- Attack point improved from 0.55 to 0.45
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 115
Dark Seer
- Strength reduced from 24 to 21
- Level 20 Talent changed from 400 AoE Surge to +100 Ion Shell Damage
- Level 20 Talent changed from +15% Cooldown Reduction to +10 Armor
- Level 25 Talent changed from +150 Ion Shell Damage to 400 AoE Surge
AoE Surge moving from level 20 to level 25 should make Dark Seer weaker. He can no longer allow his whole team to engage or disengage ignoring most soft disables as early and it makes a huge difference. At the same time, even despite losing 60 starting HP, Dark Seer is still a very reliable offlaner who can farm up, provide the necessary auras and offer his team turnaround potential.
Dark Willow
- Level 15 Talent increased from +90 Gold/Min to +120
- Level 20 Talent changed from +300 Shadow Realm Max Damage to -12s Bramble Maze Cooldown
+120 GPM this early should make one of the greediest position four supports even better, while pretty much halving cooldown on Bramble Maze is a nice bonus. Given a good enough start experience wise, Dark Willow could become a significant part of the upcoming meta.
Death Prophet
- Crypt Swarm cast point reduced from 0.5 to 0.4
Disruptor
- Level 15 Talent increased from -3 Kinetic Field Cooldown to -4
Doom
- Devour now has a creep level limit of 3/4/5/6
- Level 25 Talent increased from +130% Cleave to +175%
A massive nerf to Doom, who can no longer get access to Satyr Tormentor’s aura and shockwave until later on. With the common single point in Devour in lane, Doom has a choice between Heal/Mana Aura from small troll camp, speed aura from Kobolds or frost/poison attack from Ghosts and Vhouls. None of these options are as impactful as extra regeneration and a decent early-game nuke, though maybe the Mana Aura creep will stop being so underappreciated.
Drow Ranger
- Marksmanship no longer instantly kills Ancients (still does damage/pierces)
- Marksmanship now only pierces base armor not total armor
The hero is not completely dead, but Drow is getting there. She didn’t really lose much in longer games against high-agility cores, but her midgame will suffer a lot, since she can’t farm as fast, while her late-game will be much harder against teams that build Armor auras and items. The hero has a niche now, and she is still above average in her niche of dealing damage through base armor, but she is no longer an answer to practically anything there was in the game.
Faceless Void
- Strength gain increased from 2.1 to 2.4
- Level 10 Talent improved from +10 Strength to +12
- Level 15 Talent improved from -1 Time Walk Cooldown to -1.5
- Level 20 Talent improved from +40 Attack Speed to +45
Making Void tankier might return him to the offlane as a semi-greedy utility core with potential late-game DPC-capabilities. That wasn’t the Faceless Void the community preferred back in the day, but it was what most professional players and high-level pub players defaulted to with this hero, and it is probably coming back. It is unlikely the hero will be over-the-top popular, but he will be an option and occasionally, a surprise to the enemy team.
Grimstroke
- Ink Swell is now castable on allied Spell Immune units
This interacts really well with the new Agh’s upgrade for the hero, but it also makes Lifestealer or Juggernaut+Grimstroke lanes that much more consistent, especially in pubs. Ink Swell is still a very powerful stun and maybe this change will pave the way for position five Grimstroke in the meta.
Gyrocopter
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 125
Huskar
- Base armor increased by 1
- Berserker's Blood regen increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/45/65/85%
- Inner Fire cooldown reduced from 18/16/14/12 to 14/13/12/11
Huskar is better across the board, but we don’t feel that it is enough to make the hero viable outside of Oracle or Dazzle combinations. The hero still suffers from late-game lull, until he gets to level 25 and his Armor growth is still abysmal.
Invoker
- Base damage increased by 3
- Exort attack damage per instance reduced from 3/7/11/15/19/23/27 to 2/6/10/14/18/22/26
- Level 10 Talent increased from +30 Chaos Meteor Contact Damage to +40
- Level 20 Talent increased from +35 Alacrity Damage/Speed to +45
This change makes the lane prowess difference between QW and Exort Invoker slightly smaller, but we feel like the hero is still far from being viable as an independent piece. He is great when you need AoE manaburn, disengage and is still pretty powerful with his global Sun Strike, but it is rare to see the hero actually winning games.
Io
- Tether pull can now be interrupted if stunned during it (like Timber Chain)
That’s not what made the hero overpowered in the competitive scene and it is very far from being enough of a nerf, before CM introduction. That said, first pick advantage was heavily outweighed by the closing pick advantage in the last several tournaments and essentially giving the second team only two target bans instead of three can balance out the drafting slightly.
Jakiro
- Liquid Fire ability effect still impacts the area when the target dies or the attack is evaded.
This small QoL change is actually quite impactful during sieges. It shouldn’t make Jakiro significantly more popular or much stronger, but given how pushing is now harder, he will certainly need this buff to remain relevant as a pushing support later in the game.
Keeper of the Light
- Chakra Magic can now be cast on enemies, placing a debuff that drains 4/4.5/5/5.5%% of current mana per 100 units moved. Lasts 5 seconds Having to make a choice between Chakra Magic and Mana Leak is already good enough, but the fact that it is now current mana instead of total mana makes this spell even better balanced. It doesn’t stun either, so it is a nice way to make the hero more versatile outside of Will-o-Wisp, without making him a lot more annoying.
Legion Commander
- Base armor increased by 1
Lich
- Now has 0.75 base mana regen
Lina
- Strength gain increased from 2 to 2.2
- Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.6
Lion
- Finger of Death damage per kill reduced from 50 to 40
Lone Druid
- Strength gain increased from 2.4 to 2.7
- True Form health bonus increased from 300/600/900 to 300/700/1100
Luna
- Base damage increased by 4
Extra four starting damage does make a difference, but Luna still starts the game with less than 55 damage, even when her aura is skilled. It makes contesting creeps against strong dual lanes problematic, given long attack animation, slow projectile speed and low range. We still firmly believe that Luna is at her best when accompanied by two support heroes, since then she can fully concentrate on last hitting, while bolstering the attack damage of her teammates.
Lycan
- Level 15 Talent increased from +8 Feral HP Regen to +10
Magnus
- Starting strength increased by 2
Mars
- Base damage reduced by 4
- Base armor reduced by 1
- Arena of Blood damage rescaled from 150/200/250 to 120/185/250
- Arena of Blood cast point increased from 0.1 to 0.2
- Level 15 Talent reduced from +35 Damage to +30
This is the kind of nerfs we expected Io to have before returning to CM. Mars already was a decently balanced hero, but now he feels pretty tame. It is harder for him to contest creeps in lane, his ultimate doesn’t have the same impact, at least damage wise and the hero doesn’t scale as well, Agh’s upgrade aside. He will still be picked and played by teams, if only to test him in the pro-scene environment, but we feat he won’t be that successful.
Medusa
- Agility gain reduced from 3.9 to 3.6
- Level 15 Talent reduced from +30% Mystic Snake Mana Steal to +25%
For some reason Valve refuses to get rid of probably the most problematic talent in the game. Even when not taking into account that the mana is actually stolen and gets to Medusa, burning 45% of any hero’s max mana is massive. It is also the only talent that more than doubles the effectiveness of the original spell and it comes at level 15. In the patch that we expect to be slower than the previous one, we expect Medusa to continue her dominance, despite the “nerfs”.
Meepo
- Base damage increased by 2
- Level 10 Talent increased from +7 Strength to +10
- Level 10 Talent increased from +10 Damage to +15
- Level 15 Talent increased from +15% Evasion to +20%
Mirana
- Attack point increased from 0.3 to 0.35
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 115
Extra 15 AS is extra 15 AS—there are talents that give not much more, and here Mirana and several other heroes are getting it for free at the start of the game. It is going to have an impact, it is going to be noticeable. The only question is, whether it will be enough.
Morphling
- Adaptive Strike damage reduced from 100 to 70/80/90/100
- Morph no longer dispels your hero Morphling will be discussed in more detail in the upcoming blog post about Aghanim’s Upgrades, but no longer having access to a dispel before Manta will make Morphling significantly more susceptible to early ganks. The hero is still godly in the right hands, probably even more so with the Agh’s, but he should be slightly less of a threat in pubs.
Nature's Prophet
- Base damage reduced by 2
- Nature's Call attack damage reduced from 27/30/33/36 to 24/28/32/36
Necrophos
- Reaper's Scythe respawn time reduced from 15/30/45 to 15/25/35
Nyx Assassin
- Base strength reduced by 1
- Vendetta cooldown rescaled from 70/60/50 to 90/70/50
- Level 15 Talent reduced from +30 Movement Speed to +25
Vendetta downtime went from 30/10/-10 to 50/20/-10 and it should make the hero lose quite a bit of his scouting utility. If previously it was possible to find a target, get a kill through Vendetta and stuns, participate in a fight and then start hunting again, now Nyx will have a pretty long downtime, where he can’t really be useful, or at least has to be at risk of being seen. This will make getting gold and levels much harder for the hero and is a rather sizeable nerf.
Ogre Magi
- Multicast 2x cast chance increased from 70% to 75%
- Level 25 Talent increased from +275 Fireblast Damage to +300
With glyphed towers under the effect of Bloodlust now capable of pretty much obliterating creepwaves, greedy position five, four or even three Ogre Magi can be pretty potent in the late game and can ensure said late game with relative ease. It is not a reliable hero, but he is definitely worth trying out.
Oracle
- Base attack time increased from 1.4 to 1.7
- Level 20 Talent reduced from +50 Movement Speed to +45
Not much has changed for a position five Oracle and Oracle in any other position was suboptimal at best, so the hero is still going to be strong, popular and successful.
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- Equilibrium now passively provides 11/18/25/32% Mana Steal (all damage not just spells). When Activated, triples the Mana Steal and slows enemies hit by your spells.
Equilibrium is now somewhat better in terms of long-term mana sustain, but is considerably worse at providing burst mana pool. Overall we feel it makes the hero weaker in the hands of experienced players who were capable of understanding how their mana pool works, and slightly better in the hands of an average pub player. In terms of competitive scene presence, we believe the hero is going to be less popular now, since his peak damage is now less threatening.
Pangolier
- Lucky Shot no longer has a chance to silence, now always disarms.
- Lucky Shot now reduces armor by 3/4/5/6
It is a good change for the game, but it feels like it does make the hero worse, despite making him more reliable. Silence frequently allowed Pangolier to get off his ultimate in the middle of a fight or catch an elusive high-mobility target. Disarm is an equally strong effect, but it has a different purpose and we feel like it will be some time before Pangolier finds his niche.
Phantom Assassin
- Strength gain increased from 2 to 2.2
- Agility gain increased from 3 to 3.2
Phoenix
- Base Strength increased by 2
Puck
- Intelligence gain increased from 3.1 to 3.5
- Strength gain increased from 2.2 to 2.4
Pudge
- Base Intelligence increased by 2
- Level 15 Talent increased from +12% Rot Slow to +16%
Pugna
- Now has 0.5 base mana regen
- Agility gain increased from 1 to 1.3
- Nether Ward mana loss increased from 0.25/0.5/0.75/1 to 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2
Riki
- Base damage increased by 3
Rubick
- Agility gain increased from 19 + 2.1 to 23 + 2.5
Apart from using extra Agility to Morph into Strength when playing against Morphling, we aren’t exactly sure why Rubick’s Agility was increased. He did get an extra point of armor at the start of the game and two extra points of armor, if he gets to level 25, but otherwise this change looks inconsequential, unless mid Rubick is going to become a thing with auto-attacking as a source of damage in mind. Pretty unlikely.
Shadow Demon
- Intelligence gain increased from 3.1 to 3.3
Shadow Fiend
- Now has 0.3 mana regen
- Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.5
- Agility gain increased from 3.3 to 3.5
Shadow Shaman
- Ether Shock manacost rescaled from 95/105/135/160 to 100/120/140/160
Silencer
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 115
Skywrath Mage
- Ancient Seal cast range increased from 700 to 750
- Concussive Shot manacost from 95 to 80/85/90/95
Slardar
- Guardian Sprint now passively provides an extra 5/20/35/50% movement boost in the river with unlocked max speed, rather than a fixed 700 at level 4 when activated.
- Level 25 Talent changed from +1.25s Slithereen Crush Stun to -4.5 Slithereen Crush Cooldown
It is hard to discuss these changes without the Agh’s upgrade being a part of the discussion, but we feel like position four Slardar might get a second chance. Not having to spend valuable skill points into a mobility booster can make a significant difference for an XP-starved ganking support.
Slark
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 120
- Shadow Dance passive health regen rescaled from 3/5/7% to 5/6/7%
Spirit Breaker
- Base health regen increased from 0.75 to 1.25
- Bulldoze status resistance increased from 30/40/50/60 to 34/46/58/70%
- Bulldoze movement speed increased from 12/18/24/30% to 14/20/26/32%
- Greater Bash stun duration rescaled from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8 to 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8
- Greater Bash damage rescaled from 8/16/24/32% to 14/20/26/32%
- Charge of Darkness manacost reduced from 100 to 70/80/90/100
Pretty much everything about the hero was buffed in one way or another and Spirit Breaker might become a part of meta even without Dark Seer on his team. Game needs gap-closing frontline position four supports that do not rely on an expensive Blink Dagger to initiate, and Spirit Breaker might just be it.
Techies
- Now has 1.0 base mana regen
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Terrorblade
- Reflection no longer affects illusions
This change is two-fold. On one hand, it is now harder to deal with a massive illusion infestation when playing against Naga or Phantom Lancer. On the other—you can now go directly for the main hero. Overall it is probably a nerf, since you can longer press Q to solve most of your problems in an engagement, but it can be a situational buff as well, especially in the later stages of the game, where damage/survivability ratio of illusions tends to skew towards the latter.
Timbersaw
- Strength growth increased from 2.8 to 3.2
- Intelligence gain increased from 2.4 to 2.7
- Base armor increased by 1
- Level 10 Talent changed from +6% Spell Amplification to +2.5 Mana Regen
- Level 10 Talent changed from +25% XP Gain to +225 Health
- Level 15 Talent increased from +5 Reactive Armor Stacks to +8
- Level 15 Talent changed from +100 Damage to +10% Spell Amplification
- Level 20 Talent increased from +15 Strength to +20
A whole lot of buffs for another frontliner. Timbersaw really needed some of these changes and welcomes the other. Is the hero playable now? Probably. He is tankier, sustains himself better and doesn’t have Drow in meta to easily deal with him. Is he a first pick material? No, he is still a niche hero, but he should be really good in his niche now.
Tinker
- Now has 0.25 base mana regen
- Intelligence gain increased from 2.5 to 3.3
- Level 10 Talent increased from +6% Spell Amplification to +8%
- Level 10 Talent increased from +75 Cast Range to +100
Tiny
- Intelligence growth increased from 1.6 to 2.2
- Tree Grab cooldown reduced from 27/22/17/12 to 25/20/15/10
- Grow armor increased from 7/16/25 to 10/18/26
Treant Protector
- Now has 0.5 base mana regen
- Nature's Guise has been reworked. It is now a self cast ability with a 0.6 second cast time. No longer has a fade delay nor gets interrupted on damage taken. Goes on cooldown after the invisibility buff ends. Cooldown 10/8/6/4. Manacost 30/40/50/60.
- Nature's Guise movement speed bonus rescaled from 14/18/22/26% to 20/22/24/26%
- Nature's Guise damage rescaled from 30/90/150/210 to 60/110/160/210
New Treant Protector will take some time to understand and learn, but it feels like the hero sacrificed some of his peak potential for higher reliability in lane and better scouting. Perhaps the hero will be better now, perhaps he will be worse, but at least he is not completely useless against any team with a Radiance.
Tusk
- Level 20 Talent changed from +300 Snowball Speed to -6 Ice Shards Cooldown
- Level 25 Talent changed from -6 Ice Shards Cooldown to -7 Snowball Cooldown
- Level 25 Talent increased from 12% Chance Walrus Punch to 15% (now uses pseudo-random chance)
Underlord
- Pit of Malice radius increased from 375 to 390
- Pit of Malice cooldown reduced from 32/28/24/20 to 30/26/22/18
Undying
- Soul Rip cast point improved from 0.45 to 0.35
- Tombstone zombies now treat illusions like creeps, requiring 2 hits to kill rather than 1
- Tombstone takes 1/4 damage from creeps/illusions rather than 1/2
Undying is known as a hero who wins the lane, but loses the game. These changes are unlikely to change that, but they do make his matchups against certain heroes considerably less punishing, so that he can at least win the lane. Given how there are now potential free Agh’s in the game as well, we might actually see more of the hero.
Vengeful Spirit
- Nether Swap now has a 0.25 second cooldown to prevent accidental uses
Venomancer
- Base intelligence increased by 2
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 115
- Level 15 Talent increased from +8% Poison Sting Slow to +12%
Visage
- Base magic resistance increased from 10% to 25%
- Summon Familiars health rescaled from 400/550/700 to 500/600/700
Visage could return to the game as a support. There is some potential for aggressive trilanes, the games are longer so it is easier to get to level 12 where Familiars start to actually deal damage and Visage himself is no longer absolutely melted by any magical damage sneeze in his general direction.
Warlock
- Fatal Bonds count rescaled from 3/4/5/6 to 6
- Fatal Bonds rescaled damage from 25% to 13/17/21/25
- Level 25 Talent increased from +20 Golem Armor to +25
New Fatal Bonds feel a lot weaker for the early levels, but synergise better with the level 10 talent. Without a full creep wave and an extra target though they essentially do nothing at level one, but highlight where the enemy might be in the trees. On top of it, they are still dispellable, while the change to the Aghanim’s is nice, but not game-changing. Warlock still requires a strategy and a lane partner in mind, though there might be a need for his services in longer games.
Weaver
- Now has 0.4 base mana regen
- Base attack speed increased from 100 to 120
Windranger
- Focus Fire cooldown reduced from 70 to 70/50/30
- Level 10 Talent changed from +30% Windrun Slow to -2s Shackleshot Cooldown
- Level 25 Talent changed from +35% Ministun Focus Fire to -20% Focus Fire Damage Reduction
There are changes to how Aghanim’s Scepter works on the hero, but long story short—Attack Damage reduction from Windranger’s attacks is going to stay with her until level 25. The hero likely won’t deal enough damage as a core, until after picking up at least a couple of proc items. Even then, hero’s DPS is going to be severely limited and it is probably best to think of her as a utility core.
Witch Doctor
- Death Ward damage increased from 75/125/175 to 85/135/185
Zeus
- Now has 0.25 base mana regen
- Attack point improved from 0.633 to 0.45
- Level 10 Talent changed from +6 Armor to +3 Mana Regen
Attack Point changes and a useful talent might actually bring Zeus into the spotlight. The hero has low attack range, but his actual attack damage is pretty high, definitely high enough to contest the creeps in lane against most matchups. The problem was his attack point and with it being reduced by almost 35%, we can see how he can become a popular pick for both pub and professional players.
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I thought these articles were to highlight the most important changes not every one.
The changelogs are for every hero. The analysis is absent where I feel the impact is going to be negligible or where I would have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about (e.g. Arc/Meepo). As a ~5.7k player I know quite a bit about Dota, but I am my best when it comes to supports, slightly less qualified to talk about cores and completely under-qualified to talk about micro-heavy carry heroes.
Reworked Fatal Bonds seem really good for lane harass as seen in ESL ONE Birmingham, also tri vs tri laning helps. The harass is now more consistent as you hit more targets and therefore more likely hit heroes too.
You should mention 7.22b and include nerco in the rip list
what use is this blog? its just the patch notes.
Visage return as a support ? more like unkillable core.
Drow new update is bad, she get nothing from new update... only nerf, s°°t
Not talking about the Agh's effects seems... Weird?
sad that they keep nerf chen
@LNA
She needed the nerfs...
Aghs been dead for 10 years lol
Pango is now stronger in laning stage especially in mid, cause more reliable disarm and -armour makes him better at changing hits and disrupts enemy's last hitting. It is way better than silence or disarm prolonged, that was annoying if u didn't make debuff you wanted.
You seem to have a slightly less dour outlook on Ogre than before, but I'm curious what in particular makes this hero not especially desirable to you right now. Sure, you shouldn't be relying on him to root four enemies every fight, but you could argue he gets more out of his items than anyone else can right now and can help a late game carry be more effective earlier with bloodlust. It also seems hard to discount the impact of a non projectile stun--especially considering the only longer single target non projectile stuns are either channeled or ultimates (or both).
Is it his movespeed? His penchant for melting after a poor laning stage? These are definite problems so I'm certainly not calling your opinion crazy, I'm even open to it. Just merely looking for a little more insight to the position.
Also: techies reaction is the only appropriate reaction.
Feels like visage is still too weak.
Pop, you play a visage support usually should try mid. This magic resist buff is fantastic.
Ogre is set to be a monster in this patch when it comes to use click target items. He literally can multi atos, euls, midas, dagon, etc., ridiculous exacerbated by the % now being 75%. Grab the 90gpm talent and play in in the post 4 role. Heck, he's not even the worst pos 3 in the world either if you need one due to the mass AS from blood lust and talent and the 90 damage talent. He's also pretty tanky due to high strength gain, high base armor, high base HP regen.
Reliability of a skill become a lot less of an issue the higher the % gets. Back in the old day when it was like a 30% chance at level 1, I agree it was garbage. But 75% chance for 2x, 30% chance for 3x, and 15% chance for 4x? He literally has like a 85%+ chance to multi cast on every cast now.
new fatal bonds is definitely a lot stronger, the actual value doesnt change if you use it against a full wave of creep + 2 heroes and the most important thing, it won't link only to 1 ranged creep + 2 heroes at lvl 1, it could also detect heroes on Fog of war too, which means ranged enemy support who would positioned themselves behind the trees would still get hit. Oh yeah, did I mention that fatal bonds CANCEL clarity? coz the new fatal bonds would nearly always hit you unless you are so far from the lane, making clarity can't be used for the next 25 scnds
Warlock in now OP in pubs