Hi All,

As I'm sure most of you know, there has been a major update on the original dota1. Changes which WILL be implemented (once Dota1 is balanced and stable) into Dota2.

http://www.playdota.com/changelogs/6.75

We may find more changes in Dota1, before it joins us in Dota 2, but clearly some of the changes have been made for dota2 client - with some heroes getting heavily buffed for the faster pace of dota 2 compared to dota 1.

Let's have a look at some of the major changes we may find in the dota2 client, and it's major impact on the current meta. Your thoughts?

Some of the interesting changes are the debuffs -
anti mage, now has a slightly longer cast time to blink, with compared to other blinkers was very quick! he also has a reduced MS

Dark Seer as expected was heavily debuffed - particularly vacuum - longer cd, smaller AOE, and unfortuantely the naga sleep, vacuum combo will not work anymore! :D

pandaren - his ulti will now be affected by blackhole - a natural addition, …
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Hi all,

With all the recent changes and buffs Icefrog and Valve have put on some of the 'lesser picked' heroes and debuffs to the usual suspects -

my simple question - have they actually changed the Meta game for Dota 2? I know it has only been a short time since the updates - but really is a push strat any different with these changes?

I can't see the push strat still not being effective - but with the boost in ganking heroes it may be difficult to judge who to ban/pick. in future tourney's..

thoughts?
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