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    first hohohaha

    Leon

      Nobody care

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        osupljiv

          Good article guys

          JesterMaroc

            Thanks for all the good stuff guys!

            [FaO] JoJoBird

              Is there any option on Dotabuff to view per bracket win and pick rates for this patch (not last month)? I know you can look at trends for current daily rates, however that is not split into skill/MMR brackets.

              Rota de Byblos

                Echo sabre ftw

                Magbalugtong Jr.

                  LD is still pickable, its the savage roar that is so good

                  Cookie

                    no one realises spectre's 42% win rate at 5k? the hero is dumpster now

                    Snoopy

                      OD pls come back...

                      4.5

                        WEll dOne EZ

                        Naked

                          The Octarine Core should increse the proc. % on some or maybe all items by + x%. It's way to expensive for what's done. Or Even high up this 25% less cooldown to 30% or 35%!

                          Dr. Banana

                            Hey guys how do you think lycan is this patch?

                            Naked

                              For these guys writing the articles... Do you expect for everyone to just "grab" the patch and "finish" it in a week or two? Yeah, right! The changes are not mild, the changes are bold and there yet a lot to come. I don't think how can 7 new items be a "mild" patch transition, with all these heroes and mechanisms changes. Well, there are a lot of heroes to play, and games have infinitte possibilities situation. You might play 10 games as Invoker and not "feel" any changes by the cast point, because your enemies are too weak. And then, just face 10 games where cast point impact is just so huge you lost it. SO, just SIT YOUR AS* DOWN AND CALM THE F****** DOWN, the patch changes are coming the way it supposed to be. And the finish point... WELL YOU DON'T WANT TO BE EXPERIMENTING THE NEW PATCH AND LOSE ALL THE GAMES, SO THE EXPERIMENTING HAS TO BE SMOOTH AND ACCORDINGLY TO THE GAME, AS IT'S PURPOSE IT'S TO WIN AND WHATEVER BEST STRATEGY WAS FOUND TO DO IT, IT WILL BE DONE. BUT PEOPLE WON'T JUST LOOK FOR NEW STRATEGIES LOSING THEIR FOCUS AT THE VICTORY. THAT WON'T HAPPEN! Good article, but this fact/argument should be erased. The other ones are ok.

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                              max24557

                                хуск это имба

                                I'm so bad at LoL

                                  in my <3.5k opinion, the patch is pretty balanced in terms of not having that many OP heroes (the weak heroes are still there, however), and i find most of the stuff in this article true in my bracket, but i don't understand why for example Axe is still a bad hero in <3.5k while he's good >5k? maybe because the lower skill players are slower at adapting to the meta? that would explain why OD is still a viable pick down here.
                                  and also, i don't get why 6.86 OP heroes such as Enchantress or Lone Druid had such low winrates (<50% is not considered OP i think?) while heroes that were generally considered unreliable, like Elder Titan, had higher winrates. and why did these low winrate heroes get nerfed while high winrate heroes got buffed? is there some other reason to this that i'm unaware of due to my lack of experience/mmr? or are they actually doing all this on purpose? again, i personally find this patch balanced as of now, but i need to know the answers to my questions. they might change my view of the entire game for better or worse. can someone pls explain this to me?
                                  but srsly 57% winrate on ET? jesus
                                  Riki still sucks tho. especially as position 1.

                                  Ol1verTw!x

                                    хуск имба +1 =)

                                    matrice

                                      The medusa "bug" is there since they changed the snake, nothing "new"

                                      DR3y

                                        My favorite heroes to play are doing quite well this patch! woooo

                                        Yang

                                          Echo Sabre Slark? LEL yes pick it if u want to lose

                                          Secretly Silver

                                            I still don't understand why they nerf arc warden like that when he isn't even a pub stomping hero nor was he enabled in Captain's Mode to see how "OP" he is.
                                            Don't get me wrong the removal of his clone carrying Divine balanced him but I think it crossed the line when magnetic field became useless and the item/skill cooldowns persists on the clone

                                            FreeKill

                                              Slark is the new pubstomper and most hated one hero... It's just super annoying to face that bitch with almost infinite resistance to CC and unreveable invisibility, along with those new items which fits ideal for Slark. They need to nerf him asap.

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                                                Is Earth Spirit not deserved to be mentioned?

                                                PektongPalag

                                                  honestly fuck this new patch. most bullshit patch ever

                                                  707

                                                    I love this patch

                                                    Dark Hunter

                                                      I used to love to play Arc Warden. Al tough he was pretty weak early game. His late game was so good. I just think they ruined the heroes unique aspect. Making a perfect copy of himself with the items of cooldown. Just removing the drop-on-death items from the double or making it drop when killed by another hero (and only a hero) could balance this out. Sure the whole arc warden double ratting was annoying. But there are other ways to nerf that aspect other than just straight out ruin him completely. Other than that i'm quite happy with this patch. Just a bit sad that my most loved heroes are all in a shit tier right now :/

                                                      Keep Awake

                                                        @nkb.serin The reason ET was buffed and enchantress nerfed was simple... one was first pick ban in pro games, and the other was never picked in pro games.

                                                        Naked

                                                          This game is so stupid, that when you start playing it seriously, and despite all the wins you're getting, you just start realising so many bugs and obvious things should've changed that you dismantle and don't want to play it anymore.

                                                          Lwów to Polska

                                                            slark one love!

                                                            now or never

                                                              slark got this patch ! damn i love him

                                                              Guardian of the Light

                                                                Elder titan is so good right now. a double ultra pull off is devastating during teamfight.

                                                                miekuah-P

                                                                  Well done they nerfed medusa. I once tried that hero and it's kinda hard to use... then never pick it at all although i found something interesting when i'm about countering huskar with dat hero.

                                                                  dr.

                                                                    i can feel this now ,this game is going down like hon went done back inthe days when they first changed predator skills then keeper of the forest skills then vindicator etc ,then they added lord salforis and laterry more so shitty op shit heroes u cant ever imaginate...this is is now at dota 2 u change heroes coz people got good winrate with em ,soon anything is not like before and we playing game what is totally different ,and this game got no so much players anymore.

                                                                    dr.

                                                                      when u have nerfed so many heroes on while ,many carrys ,just played spectre,hes lame now,but ofc i win with him,u cant lose with spectre ,soon thats old riddle too,well...yeah when u have nerfed so many heroes maybe u can add some heroes from Hon to dota2 ,Pandamonium,Maliken,Madman,with old days buffs ofc,ty.