7.06
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Thank the lord, what I said the other day re. shrines not being usable at the start came true. Also 3 in base. Goooooood times.
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Big CK buffs. Jungle back to spawning every minute. Lot of stuff :q
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Dagon killing illusions instantly = Tinker into illusion heroes. Well, if illusion heroes will ever be picked anymore
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Underlord
Atrophy Aura damage reduction rescaled from 4/16/28/40 to 7/18/29/40%
Atrophy Aura counter now lingers through death
Added Underlord Scepter. Atrophy Aura's bonus damage is now granted to nearby allied heroes for half of the bonuses. Increases bonus damage duration by 40 seconds.Guess what Tango's back to picking
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Nightstalker can now fly?! (for two seconds as an active on the passive).
I already liked what NS had to offer, and if this includes flying vision I am going to be playing a lot of NS.
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deny mechanics
rather intresting for lich does he gain 130% of a creep xp bounty now?
also to a lesser extent enigmanice buff to force staff
and rod of atos becomes a bit more viable for supports due to the buildupscepter now core item on legion? assuming you've got good damage of course.
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Deny mechanics may be a biggie yeah, I am also thinking that it is likely to be a help for some offlaners who can't really trade farm, but are sturdy enough to be in experience range, since denying will not hurt them nearly as much now (though it will help the lane opponents about the same).
LC Scepter seems better yeah, still pretty situational. Others of note there is Silencer (Glaives piercing spell immunity), which makes it a far safer pick since as long as you get some intelligence up you can now deal with bkbs coming out better, and Dazzle (450 aoe Shallow Grave, which in some circumstances may be huge). Medusa might be good in some cases too, mostly in that she likes stats enough that it is not dead weight outside of the effect on her.
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Dazzle aghs sounds good but 4200 gold and it'll be useless 85% of the time probably. Better just to get the usual stuff- Greaves, Solar Crest, etc. instead of blowing 4200 gold on that
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I just won as bloody chen! creep re spawn every minute is so dam good! Only 8 heroes left this challenge!
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Biggest boon for Chen this patch though must be yet another Midas nerf, so he can reasonably do things other than be a gold delivery service for the enemy
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Another theorycraft: Armlet into MoM CK. Another hero which just pops all his cooldowns at the start of most fights anyway, and the MoM now disassembles, and the pieces make Echo Saber (Quarterstaff) and Satanic.
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At the very least the new MoM getting picked up a bit. Seems so good.
Also Team Faceless making a mark on the world with first-picking SB (and OG first-banning SB into them).
Good things this patch. That is my DOTA commentary of the day.
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I am legit getting annoyed that I am missing out on veno meta. I always loved veno mid (my one secret weapon in 1v1), and here I am, in no position to argue beach into it every game~~
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No it's fucking terrible. You know I hate playing FOTM shite, especially something as cancer as Veno
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There are metas I have disliked much more than this, and I don't think Venomancer's pick rate or win rate is anything to get upset about.
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Well we saw that guy last night who was absolute trash beat most of us on damage, so imagine what good players are doing.
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https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3464124241
He bought 70 wards
Speaking of damage: http://dotamax.com/hero/dmg/?skill=vh&ladder=y
I don't exactly miss Sniper, OD, Troll, Tinker, Timbersaw, Arc Warden, PL or Retardcopter meta.
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But we can agree he was fucking terrible :p That was my point!
And yeah I certainly don't miss those either, but most of those have a lot more to them than hurrdurr press R even though i'm a retard
