Its a buff to his mid-late game if you change your build. He is still a shit mid hero that can only "work" against another shit mid.
He is still a good carry, but an earlier BKB or HoT is required, rather than the (Battlefury) -> Lothars -> AC build, you replace AC with HoT/BKB depending on what you need.
sb is still the same on him, bkb is still a must, just play him more aggressive midgame and not farm as much and call him a semi carry and call it a day
For ganking: Boots, Smoke, MoC -> SB/Dagger -> (BM) -> Necro 3
For pushing lineup (you need some levels of Greed for this to get fast items): Mek/Pipe/Vlads -> AC/Necro3
But Alch is a great utility hero. You cam almost build anything on him and play him as #1 to #5
Recently I tried that oldschool build with vanguard and radiance. Worked fine for me.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/357637016
Alch 6.79 is stronger than 6.78 don`t talk shit when you dont know. 50 hp regen > 250 hp lvl 6. You can build same items as before sb/ac/bkb/basher but armlet can do job too now at new meta,cos sb is nerfed alot
I never said his new ultimate was shit :/
Now that you guys mention it, armlet seems great lol.
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I consider him more of a semi-carry now. The no bonus health means you have crap HP. Previously, rushing BKB or Cuirass more or less made you 'tank' but now you need to get HP items along with them so that means less DPS items... You're much weaker as a hard carry now and going late sort of wastes your huge early/mid game potential.
I usually build him as a #2 mid and rush acid/unstable concoction. He's a real beast during the early/midgame phase. I prioritize teamfights and ganking a lot more now but I still farm whenever given the chance. That 4 second stun, spray and tankiness are really useful earlier on.
However, I've been struggling with items... To me he sort of feels like Beastmaster where nothing is really 'core' on him. Any suggestions how I should build his items if I play this way?