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Dota 2 Rekindling Soul update (Map changes, Shadow Fiend remodel, 6.82 rebalancing)
- Thread starter ashecitism
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Oh god not this again. Guess I'll stick to wasteland/fifa a bit longer.
It really hasn't mattered how we lane when mid goes 0-8 in the first 8 minutes.
Dictator93
Member
Does this mean we are just a few steps away from the completely unecessary faceless void model update?
Imp the Dimp
Member
I agree. Actually, I kinda missed pre-6.79 Dota quite a bit ever since early push strats started polluting pub as well as pro games.
And Chen too. Dat army of ancient creeps...
ashecitism
Member
Made a thread for No Diretide and future updates
Hm, well - I guess I'll watch even less Dota 2 now. Games tend to go on for an hour easily with the whole draft atm and if they tend to be even longer after the patch I'll just tune in during the international I guess.
Azwethinkweiz
Member
AS SILENCER! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
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Deleted member 59090
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Man that instantly takes me back to when they removed that gnoll camp from Scourge side of the map like 7 years ago XD
But they also nerfed the extreme late game since bkbs are tied to heros so you can't just get a fresh 10 second bkb.
High skill too strong.
Games have been pretty short this year, especially at TI. 6.79 games took God damned forever, hopefully these changes don't reintroduce Chinese dota!
That is a massive change. Also many heroes that have been destroyed by late games BKBs are also now good against it.
Veno Ult still hitting spell immunity means BKB users will end up taking damage when the spell immunity wears off.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
Lycan nerfed to hell and back. 
(((((((((((
(((((((((((Lycan nerfed to hell and back.
But he moves faster than a haste rune in ult form now!!!!
ScottSullivan
Member
Can someone explain the BKB change to me I don't understand
Azwethinkweiz
Member
You can't buy a new BKB to reset the duration anymore. The duration is tied to the hero, not the item.
back then you can buy a new bkb so you get a 10 seconds again
now even if you bought a new bkb the duration scaling is bound to the hero so a new bkb is useless
Before, when you reduced its charges to 4, you could drop it and buy a new one to get back to 10 seconds. Now you can't do that, and you're stuck with 5 seconds minimum for the whole game.
Assuming that's the change you're talking about.
ScottSullivan
Member
Thanks for the explanation. That is huge. Some of those late game carries with a 10 second BKB were basicly invincible.
It was frustrating losing to a farmed AM or OD when the rest of their team was underleveled in comparison, but it didn't matter because the OD could solo your whole team ha
It was frustrating losing to a farmed AM or OD when the rest of their team was underleveled in comparison, but it didn't matter because the OD could solo your whole team ha
Prophet Steve
Member
I doubt this will change things significantly in that regard.
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what the fuck does this mean ? LOL
what the fuck does this mean ? LOL
Train of Midnight
Banned
Before, when you spent all the charges you could buy a whole new BKB and get a 10 second duration again. No more. Once you spend a BKB charge that's it. gone.
Pretty sure they'll patch that out pretty soon.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Its a fancy way of saying they added an item that you build with Vanguard + Poor Mans Shield, it has an active that acts like a pipe or a mek but gives a guaranteed damage block to all allies in an AoE for like 9 seconds
ScottSullivan
Member
Crimson guard is basicly a buffed up Vanguard, imagine a phsyical version of pipe it seems like with its active team ability.
I want to try it on Axe and undying, but it's going to be hard to justify delaying a blink on axe for it
I want to try it on Axe and undying, but it's going to be hard to justify delaying a blink on axe for it
dripdripsplash
Member
Haven't played in years but god damn that volvo/gief diretide meme cracks me up everytime.
Interfectum
Member
On Undying it should be awesome though.
Imp the Dimp
Member
VOLVO PLS GIVE DIRETIDE
That shit was so embarassing last year.
It sounds like it would be good against him too- for 9 seconds his tombstone zombies won't be able to damage you.
God Enel
Member
i think it will be quite good on bristle back. i often went vanguard on bristle since mek was kinda expensive on mana. and now that mek costs even more mana crimson guard maybe is a viable choice. :/
They changed and nerfed PL which not even picked for once, and yet they only nerf Tinker a bit? WTF Volvo
Still a top tier Rat Hero, though it roles definitely pushed even further being a rat.
Lycan nerfed to hell and back.
Still a top tier Rat Hero, though it roles definitely pushed even further being a rat.
balladofwindfishes
Member
PL wasn't really nerfed. He creates a huge army in seconds now, you just can't split push anymore. He farms a lot better too.
Bu-but those agi growth
I should stop playing other game a little bit and taste Dota 2 6.82 instead
Sounds like they are nerfing bloodseeker even more and trying to call it an upgrade.
For me, Terrorblade is a joke unless you have some really bad teammates that feed him relentlessly.
*sigh*
The thing I liked about Dota initially was that is had no real meta. All that matter was how well people played their characters. They seem to be turning it into its many derivatives.
For me, Terrorblade is a joke unless you have some really bad teammates that feed him relentlessly.
*sigh*
The thing I liked about Dota initially was that is had no real meta. All that matter was how well people played their characters. They seem to be turning it into its many derivatives.
Two heroes who should never be put in captains mode. More cancer than Lancer.
Last patch it was all deathball all the time. Dota has a meta. Every patch has strategies that are used more than others. It was just that the viable hero pool was big so people liked it.