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Enfeeble. I will admit he is the best hero to add the 'Status Resistance Reduction' stat, but it certainly can feel really frustrating to play against. More importantly, this encourages casting his spells on the same enemy. This isn't inherently bad, I just prefer a Bane playstyle that is specifically encouraged to share the misery among priority targets based on the spell. So the status resistance reduction of this spell has been changed to primary attribute reduction like 
Whirling Death, making him a truly fearsome creature to face. With the attack speed reduction still there, casting this on Agility heroes becomes even more devastating to reducing their DPS. Meanwhile, Strength heroes become less durable and thus easier to kill while Intelligence heroes have their spell casting hindered as well.
Brain Sap lets him by now eating up mana instead of health. It might seem like a big nerf at first and it certainly is, but think about it: It's in the name, sapping one's brain really sounds like it should sap their mana, not health. While agreeably not as scary without its nuke, it is still effective at shutting down certain heroes by effectively silencing those with low mana pools. The healing it provides is overall higher but since it is now granted over time, it's no longer as immediately strong. Because of all this, his base stats have been raised to drastic levels, making him a competitive hero without needing a spell that can immediately create a 600 health difference between him and an enemy. The last change here is how it transfers 
Nightmare to himself if he chooses to layer them together, making it not always ideal to do so but if he does, puts him into a nice sleep where he regenerates health and makes him an even less enticing target to wake up. I've always found it weird since the change some time ago where Bane can no longer transfer it to himself, so I want to add that back in if really desires without impacting the reason why this was changed. On the debuff itself, it remains more or less the same with more standardized power between levels. The most important change here is when it is passed: As the attack point finishes, not when it starts. What this means is that it is no longer transfers immediately upon issuing an attack and is now affected by the attacker's attack speed. Yes, that means Enfeeble's attack slow can hinder the ability for an enemy to wake up their ally, encouraging him to cast both abilities on different targets. Note that the attack will still not be launched, so the attack will still not damage the target.
Fiend's Grip is now Grip of Terror, a very effective tool for literally pushing an enemy out of the fight like 
Terrorize rather than holding them down for his team to beat up. Of course with allies who have stuns or preferably roots on their own, it can still mimic the old version. Its damage pattern has also been changed to make it even less like 
Shackles and more reminiscent of 
Illuminate. This lets it synergize well with Nightmare on the same target, letting him lock it down by himself at the cost of not allowing anything else to damage it, so this particular combo isn't always the right thing to do but is an option if he truly desires. With the mana part of this moved to his basic ability to be less like 
Mana Drain, he now pauses the duration of buffs on himself. Buffs like the new Brain Sap and the retained Enfeeble attack speed talent, as well as items he already enjoys like 
Glimmer Cape, 
Shadow Amulet and 
Black King Bar. With this, hopefully 
Aether Lens becomes less of a priority, though even I doubt that. In addition, he becomes a great carry when paired with steroid supports like 
Omniknight and 
Chen, or even other allies like 
Dark Seer and 
Legion Commander.
Bane, the left side is nice when playing as a support while the right side is nice when playing more as a carry. The aforementioned Enfeeble attack speed steal talent is still there and a little better, with a lower BAT to take better advantage of this talent. At level 20, extra movement speed on top of his better base movement speed is great for keeping up with enemies or closing the distance, though the Grip of Terror talent can also help carry builds by lengthening the duration of all buffs on himself. At level 25, he can choose to heavily cut the cooldown of either his Q to affect more targets or W to keep removing mana and healing himself. With a lower Intelligence gain, the choice at level 10 becomes even more important: Speeding up the time required to reach that late game point or adding more Intelligence to sustain those repeated spell casts.DOTAFire is the place to find the perfect build guide to take your game to the next level. Learn how to play a new hero, or fine tune your favorite DotA hero’s build and strategy.
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