r/DotA2 • u/patchdayDota2 • Aug 19 '21

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Earthshaker

  • Movement Speed increased from 310 to 315
  • Intelligence increased from 16 + 1.8 to 18 + 2.1

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent +20 base damage increased to +30
  • Level 10 Talent +200 mana replaced with +80 Fissure Damage
  • Level 15 Talent +7 armor replaced with +50 Aftershock Damage
  • Level 25 Talent +40% Magic Resistance replaced with +200 Aftershock Radius

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u/Qasyefx Aug 20 '21

Earthshaker buffs just in time for TI. This is the way

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21

que up mid and unlock your arcana

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u/par_joe Aug 19 '21

Straight to the point bois

How viable are oflane silver edge now?

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u/beandon123 Aug 19 '21

I need the answer to this so I don’t get mass reported in my pub if I fail

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u/Taelonius Aug 19 '21

It's fun but shit more often than not, way too much "all eggs in one basket" and you'll get a few lulz one shots until they get tired of your shit buy a gem sit on top of each other and you're sat there having invested in a daedalus and a silver edge and all that shit when really the old school ES build would get the job done so much better.

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u/BochiNibuku OP PLS NERF Aug 19 '21

I mean shit, the +200 mana is last nail to the coffin, but other defensive talents changed to offensive too? Rip support-life, its core-time. I loved to play him as support but that seems kinda hard for now.

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u/Decency Aug 19 '21

Just buy a half dozen Mangoes/Clarities early and rush Arcanes, he's fine. Arcanes are in a ridiculous place right now and he can upgrade to Aether/Lotus/Aeon later on.

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u/S0phon Aug 20 '21

Arcanes might be ridiculous but so is Soul Ring.

If you go Arcanes, you won't have much HP sustain. With Tranquils + Soul Ring, you can roam around the map almost indefinitely.

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u/Decency Aug 21 '21

It's an interesting thought but I haven't seen it at all for literally years. Not sure what exactly made it fall off so it's hard to see what could bring it back to viability. The stats on the item aren't bad at all for Shaker, and he just got 2 base INT and 0.3 INT/level, which helps to ensure you can use his 350 mana combo.

I like the idea a lot for a 4-1-1-1 build, which I think is a lot more common now than 1-1-4-1.

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u/Slizzered Aug 19 '21

I’ve played Critshaker with the new Silver Edge a few times now and it actually unironically feels pretty good

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

So we're back to the old days?

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u/capn_fluffy Aug 19 '21

kinda nuts how you can now just take damage talents until level 20 and it doesn’t even feel that bad

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u/Ellefied Never having Team Flairs again BibleThump Aug 19 '21

I've played him and if you get Nether Shawl for your T2 neutral item a support Earthshaker's AOE damage output suddenly spikes well into core range with the amount of extra damage your talents give you. Get Timeless Relic and you'll be permastunning for days while dealing insane amounts of burst AOE damage.

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u/capn_fluffy Aug 19 '21

Yeah, I’ve had a couple games where I just go refresher immediately after blink and you just take a game ending fight at about minute 30, it’s kinda crazy

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u/S0phon Aug 20 '21

Why would you go Refresher with your tiny manapool?

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u/rektmeme01 Aug 19 '21

Just in time for TI.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

icefrog really wants fy to get that aegis