6.84 is here!
I have like 5 blog posts I could do but here's the one I'm going(starting) with, here are some reflectionssnoitcelfer on 6.84 after playing some games.
So when the change-log came out I, like many others, was mindblown. The amazing OP new items, the big hero changes, weird new aghs, I thought this would make the game crazy.
However, as I should realize by now, the General Changes are what makes the biggest difference for every single game of dota that goes on. Suddenly I couldn't try to hard carry the game by farming for 20 minutes, I have to be ready for bloodshed super early in the game. Suddenly my 13 minute
Battle Fury turns into a 15 minute Battle Fury simply because creeps aren't worth as much.But most of all, you can't just throw leads around every team fight because of rubberband. The game can of course still shift, but I appreciate that one mistake is not punished so harshly now.
Now on to the OP items:
Glitter thingie-pretty good, manacost nerf makes it a lot less useful
Silver edge- GREAAT item, the only problem is almost everyone that wants it still needs to rush BKB, so the timing of it is thrown off. (which if you know me you might remember I am irritated by the lack of item diversity because of having to grab a BKB every game on so many heroes)
Guardian Greaves-I still cant figure this out, is it an AOE debuff? if so that's baller, if not thats garbage.
Octarine Core-Overrated. Overrated. Overrated.
Lots of attackhyperspeedthingie-I really like the option to 7-slot yourself with this item, very useful ultra late game. Otherwise, I can't ever seem to justify getting it over a
Mjollnir or Assault Curi***.Lotus Orb-Less impact then I though it would have, possibly due to the relatively short duration IMO and like..who do you buy it on. Still cool tho.
OKAY THAT'S IT GUYS THAT'S SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON THE ITEMS AND GENERAL GAMEPLAY MYBE ILL TALK ABOUT HEROES LATER.
OH WAIT.
THeRE'S oNE mORe.
Solar Crest- now THIS THING, THIS ITEM:THIS, THIS IS SOME OVERPOWERED STUFF. I mean everyone knows
Medallion of Courage is good, you just didn't get it because of the scaling. people would have started getting medallion just because of the general gameplay update to earlier fights but an UPGRADE TO THE ITEM? WITH AN ACTIVE THAT GIVES A TON OF ARMOUR AND 30% EVASION? oR THE SAME THING TO AN ENEMY JUST NEgATIVE INStEAD oF POSITiVE?. I'm a little worked up about this, it's just so good whenever I see someone get it.Ima stop writing now, let me know if you are enjoying the blog!
Do
Technically they should, cause prerequisites often share cooldowns, havent seen it in action though.
As for the new items.
Build it on supports if you don't want to get silenced.
If you don't need the dispel...kind of an over-expensive item that doesn't do that much.
Acactually, the good thing aboit
and that if you get mek and arcane you can have a better mana replenish (25 more with a -10 second cd) and you now only use 1 slot for it
I think if we pray to the frog, maybr we get him back and source2 after ti finals
Or he is tried of ever unsatisfied peasant crying and wants to punish+troll the community.
Community - TI4 finals suck, stahp balling doto.
Icefrog - okay, I will now make multi-kills on the highround garnt the losing team heaps of gold and exp, with 5k+bounty for the multi-killer(true story, got a Divine after one fight).
Community - this sucks, reduce the bounty!
Icefrog - okay, here you go, enjoy your OP heroes picked every game.
Community- this sucks and we want Diretide!
Icefrog(+Gaben) - **** you, wait for a super patch and Source 2!
Community - WHERE IS THE NEW PATCH YOU LAZY PIECE OF ****????!!!! WHERE IS SOURCE 2?!
Icefrog(enraged) - HERE HAVE IT PEASANTS WELCOME BACK TO TI4 FINALS ALSO ENJOY YOUR NEW BOYFRIEND UNDUYING ALSO THERE IS NO SOURCE 2 UNtIL 2050!!!! .I.
My favourite item in this patch is definitely