Am I the only one that sees this as a nerf?
they removed synergy, yes they gave the bear partially what it had before but not all that much. His bear went from a natural 78 base damage to a 65, from a base movement speed of 380 to 350, and LD going from 1000 bonus hp from bear from to 900.
He did gain what seems to be a stun like thing? Idk how it works, they havent explained it well if they can still cast or attack while moving.
I don't understand the hype train. Im super bummed about the changes for him :/ I think the changes were unneeded and thought he was a balance hero before.
Think of Axe's ability but opposite in direction. Away from you. Theoretically good for escape and counter push
It's definitely not a nerf in my opinion. It makes him a lot safer all game, gives him a reliable way to stop channels, is specifically good versus his hard counter Razor (Since it makes him run and break the link) and the things he lost from synergy are pretty negligible anyway. The biggest nerf that came out of this was the rabid duration being almost halved. It makes him a lot more mana hungry, which he was already going to be thanks to the fact that his new ability also costs mana. The shorter duration also forces you to be more aware of the buff, rather than it practically being a bonus MS+AS passive, which to me feels like a fair change since rabid was one of the most nonsensical abilities in the game.
Unfortunately this patch didn't give him a better item to pick up and introduced a stronger micro-intensive split pusher, so he's still pretty irrelevant despite the rework.
Per favore Accedi per inviare commenti.
... what are the best counters to him?
discuss.