A Way to Bring Back the Terror?

Terrorblade got a reflection buff, he is back! Not really actually, he's actually quite out of the game.

Our loveable buddy Safecyn had a blog about the hero, that Terrorblade was basically useless as of this patch and meta, since so much magic damage is present in this patch.

However, even if there's not a way to make him a top pick, I want to think if there's a way to make him a feasible pick in a draft, so I looked at the patch notes and found something that might work.

Morphling's new Aghanim's upgrade, Hybrid. 20 seconds of Reflection, Metamorphosis, and Conjuring Images, and whenever it's down, it can still make use of a tanky terrorblade illusion in the form of Replicate.
Centaur Warrunner 's Aghanim's, which reduces all incoming damage by 60%, and this affects illusions too, and seems like it may be the best way to protect Terrorblade illusions at the key point in a fight. Have him get a Pipe of Insight too, and the illusions might actually be kind of safe from the might of enemy spells.

And on that blog post, the discussion was of the viability of Octarine Core on Terrorblade, as it adds hp, solves mana issues, and allows the production of a third conjured image and a 50% downtime on Meta from a 62%. Might be good. Dunno.

The draft would run those three as cores, and the other two guys need their aghs, and Morph would likely be in a ganker like role. Since Hybrids carry Morph auras, he can feasibly even get a Radiance and go stungun build, but maybe that's for another time.

Support Choices might include other heroes who can help make illusions, Dazzle can grant them Weave and guarantee a Sunder with Shallow Grave. Shadow Demon can protect Terrorblade at critical moments with Disruption, and having Break late game can give an edge. (Dazzle SD is also a strong combo with the waves). Strong CC like Elder Titan, Tidehunter, Lion, or even a VS could be good too.

For heroes to ban, anyone who can instantly dispose of illusions, heroes like Pugna and Lion come to mind. AA too, since he handles all three of the cores pretty well, and Leshrac, because AOE damage is still a *****.

You can already pick him without relying on an entire team around him. Cent + TB or Morph + TB is of course extremely strong, but often you can look at an enemy lineup and think, 'hmm. They have a lot of physical damage, but not many nukes and their AoE is mediocre'. Then you can grab a TB, pair him with one or two synergistic Heroes, and probably have a field day.

However, the meta is nukes and AoE damage so good luck with that.

*COUGH COUGH* says the guy that doesnt lvl Tb's ult till 8*COUGH COUGH*

These are just ideas on how to draft a hero that still has potential on this patch, despite how the deck seems stacked against him, and kind of doubles as another one of my draft proposals, like Terrorblade can be strong, but his weaknesses seem extremely severe, so if you had a team that could cover you, maybe he could rock the enemies like a Hurricane.

Also, I see that Smuggles is trying to fire shots and all, but skipping first Sunder might be worth it, it's not that great against all that burst damage and its just better to avoid situations where you would need it anyway. Sunder only rocks when you combine it with Shallow Grave.

Give him the Meepo buff and up his base magic resistance to 35%. Done and done.

I fixed that for you :)

No amount of buff will ever bring this worst trash hero from the dumpster, Terrorblade pick = lose.

Wat

Well, this is a theorycraft thread, so its not about how to buff him, but how to draft him in this patch.

Oh Dimonychan has a massive disdain for Terrorblade.

Suddenly, 6.85 patch, with only one patchnote:

Terrorblade:
Picking Terrorblade now instantly wins the match and you get a Faceless Rex courier too.

The problem with Terrorblade is his lack of early game potential, along with his squishiness. Heroes like lion can destroy his illusions using mana drain, and then he stuns and fingers and Terror doesnt get a chance to sunder. I would like to see something like Metamorphosis giving bonus health or armor, because although that is one of the best skills in game, it would make up for the ****py spells he is stuck with otherwise. Just my view.