Dota 2 Beta Thread V: Real Talk Strikes Back [Tutorials]

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Woah, just in a game and it suddenly started to lag, anything i typed came up a few minutes later and input didn't register for a few seconds, they was a delay. Never happened before. My ping was 923 ms ...
 
Dust of Appearance
- Now stacks in inventory
- Now slows heroes with an invisibility buff on them by 10%

Stacking very convenient finally!

And that slow is pretty huge. Interesting in conjuction with the gem increased price and inability to be destroyed.

Dagon
- Recipe cost decreased from 1300 to 1250

Easier slamming. I like.

Ancient Janggo of Endurance
- Recipe cost increased from 750 to 800

This is actually a pretty decent nerf. May make Drums slightly less desirable for carries, and certainly doesn't help their case on supports.

Observer Ward
- Initial Stock now starts at 1 instead of 2 (max stock is still 2)

Huh. This could have pretty large ramifications. You'll have to choose if you want better vision, or camp blocking more judiciously.

Quelling Blade
- Can now target Observer or Sentry wards dealing 100 damage (wards have 200 hp)
- Cast range increased from 100 to 350

This is kind of nice for the melee supports.

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And of course the bottle-crow nerf is pretty huge. Still going through the log.
 
this is fucking insane

one of the smaller changes I like is that you're not gonna be punished as a team for last hitting the tower instead of letting a creep take it
 
Imagine new AA ulti on top of Echo Stomped units with new Natural Order maxed out...

Everyone is gonna shatter.
 
Echo Slam now considers illusions as heroes

i thought it always did? i thought that was the whole point of picking him against pl?

wow huskar got buffffed
 
New CM rules should definitely make for some interesting mixups of strategy. Teams will probably be forced out of their comfort zones more than they are now.

Tower gold changes are pretty big. Supports will definitely be richer.

-Repicking a randomed hero now re-adds the hero to the pool
-Swapping a hero that you randomed now costs you 100 gold

These are interesting little changes.

Oh and:

Buy back cooldown increased from 5 to 6 minutes

Could definitely make a difference in some of those clutch games.
 
Also in addition to just generally being more useful, Medusa's stone gaze outright destroying illusions instead of just damaging them for an amount usually not sufficient to kill them is going to make her more of a PL counterpick for me now.
 
Really happy with the changes, "bad" heroes might have a chance now! The only other thing they didnt do is add a cd to armlet, so you cant keep toggling it to survive.
 
OMNIKNIGHT GLOBAL! woo!

I wish they would make it so you can heal through repel..like they made dazzle be able to heal through magic immune
 
OMNIKNIGHT GLOBAL! woo!

I wish they would make it so you can heal through repel..like they made dazzle be able to heal through magic immune

Dazzle's heal is physical which is why it goes through MI.
Omni's is pure so it doesn't.

Doto mechanics lol.
 
Maledict cast range increased from 400 to 525

Best change in the entire patch. Fucking stupid how small that range was


edit: Gem can no longer be destroyed whatttttttt

edit2: Swapping a hero that you randomed now costs you 100 gold

oh snap
 
Also in addition to just generally being more useful, Medusa's stone gaze outright destroying illusions instead of just damaging them for an amount usually not sufficient to kill them is going to make her more of a PL counterpick for me now.

I liked Medusa before this buff, and now I like her even more. Too bad no one I queue up with has the patience for my Bloodstone/Butterfly build :(
 
OMNIKNIGHT GLOBAL! woo!

I wish they would make it so you can heal through repel..like they made dazzle be able to heal through magic immune

???

Are you talking about shallow grave? Purify is a targeted ability. Shadow Wave is an AOE. I dont think you can target Shadow Wave on magic immune targets. Plus Shadow Wave is physical while Purification is pure.
 
o wow, called that dragon knight buff. I hope that carries over to rank 3.

Nice es buff vs. pl.

Not sure what to think of huskar changes, bkb might be out of the core for him. Hood may be in. Interesting he removed him from CM :P.

Minor wex/quas buff is pretty nice, might push him back in with that extra damage.

Medusa ult is interesting, sounds imba with kunkka.

I think mirana will be a competitive pick soon.

Necrolyte aghanim is awesome and interesting, using that on a carry will fucking turn games.

Panda aghs seems fair, will make fire spirit much more survivable.

Silencer agh sounds imba as shit.

holy shit sb going to pubstomp more.

sk change is nice.

Troll Warlord ult nerf :(.

WD changes are great, I honestly think with a few small pushes he could be competitive.

That dust of appearance buff practically does what technomancer wanted on pl.

Gameplay changes are a whole other topic.
 
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