Centaur worries

But if it takes an entire team late game to beat him, im pretty sure, that he wont be alone since it transitions into team fights. So having centaur on your team is automatic win?

Nope, it's not automatic win, Centaur Warrunner has to know how to play.

Also, you can do smoke ganks against the enemy team, to take down him or any other enemy hero one by one.

So you'll be advantaged in the team fights, since you'll be 5 and they'll be 4-.

You dont attack him, but that is the point, since he can farm almost better then anyone right off rip, he can become a carry very early, so he is always a dominant force. Dmg return is hilarious late game against heroes like sniper and drow. I watched sniper kill himself. Dmg return can almost deal more than 100 percent back now. I think to balance this hero out, they need to make double edge damage to himself pure, not magical... Then lower his strength gain to like 2.4 or something. I think that with his skillset and ease of farming that should make him more str item dependant, since currently he gets boss str.

Amen!

The old Centaur Warrunner was just fine in my opinion, he was balanced, he didn't need any boost.

Is his return a permanent passive or does it need to recharge?

Pretty sure Return doesnt reflect the actual damage but rather 22 + 50% of centaurs str

@Aurum

Yeah... it's a permanent passive. Doesn't need to recharge anything.

@LiLPrO

Thanks for pointing out the obvious, the skill says exactly the same.

So how does Sniper and Drow kill themselves? One does not go glass cannon build on these 2 heroes

You ever heard about Blade Mail ?

That + the Return damage can really destroy carries.