I will be going over the recent changes here and evaluating them. I'm going to skip the new heroes, they're interesting but I have no idea whether they are effective/ineffective/OP/Weak without seeing them in game.

I'll skip heroes that aren't in Dota 2 yet as well, as they aren't relevant to me at the moment.

Axe
- Counter Helix cooldown decreased from 0.65/0.6/0.55/0.5 to 0.55/0.5/0.45/0.4

I don't think this is a huge change to Axe, however it will make him proc his helix more in big fights if you land a large call. I still believe the proc chance is too low, being at 17% at all levels. This buff will really only help if you use Berserker's Call in a large group of enemies, in my opinion. Still, a welcome buff.


Ancient Apparition
- Ice Vortex cooldown decreased from 6 to 5
- Ice Blast base AoE increased from 225 to 275
- Added Aghanim's Scepter

• Ice Blast duration increased from 8/9/10 to 17

The Ice Blast changes here are pretty large, especially the aghs upgrade. That is …
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