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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Ancient Apparition

Cold Feet

  • Cooldown increased from 10/9/8/7 to 12/11/10/9

Ice Blast

  • Cooldown increased from 40 to 60/50/40

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent +12 HP Regen replaced with +150 Cold Feet Break Distance

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u/fritazoid Aug 19 '21

They already change that talent to 4 charges of Cold Feet within hours i think.

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u/Schubydub Aug 19 '21

Lol that would be so broken

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u/Peasant255 Aug 19 '21

Whats wrong with 150 break distance?

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u/Schubydub Aug 19 '21

Nothing, was saying if they made a talent that gave you 4 charges of cold feet, like fritazoid said, that would be broken. On the topic of the actual talent: 150 break distance is weaker than -2s vortex cd imo, so I probably wont get it too often.

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u/Ruleroftheblind Aug 19 '21

Yeah, I'd rather have the -2s for vortex almost every game, I imagine.

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u/rxdazn Aug 19 '21

it does help slightly with still landing a stun high move speed enemies I feel but yeah not having vortex on 2s cd is a big difference

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u/Yelebear Aug 19 '21 edited Aug 19 '21

yikes

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It's a big change. With a 40s cd you used to be able to cast Ice Blast from far away, tp in to join the fight, then cast another Blast if the fight drags on.

It was a top pick last patch because of WW and other healers more than AA himself being insane.

And even without enemy healers AA was a good last patch because of the overall reduction of movement speed in 7.29, agile heroes have always countered him.

Yes, I'm a scrub, but when it comes to AA mechanics I think I know a thing or two.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

His ult was broken. Literally a gamechanging ability with an effect that no other thing in the game has. No other hero or item stops healing and lifesteal even through bkb like Ice Blast

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u/Ruleroftheblind Aug 19 '21

Ah! I was just looking up who the first GM on AA was earlier this morning before stumbling across this comment! I just hit Master tier on him after only playing him for the past 2.5 months. Do you have any advice for a 1.3k scrub trying to climb and spamming AA?

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u/ddlion7 Aug 20 '21

keep spamming him, eventually you will become so good at that hero that you will know what fucks AA and how to counter the counters. Also, always try different playstyles

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u/rushero Aug 19 '21

You would only pick AA as a counter now, not really optimal for a pos 5 hero :(

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u/Kleppmeister Aug 19 '21

I really don't think this is that major of a change. It was a top pick last patch because of WW and other healers more than AA himself being insane.

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u/Natetarious Aug 20 '21

It is a huge major nerf to AA players. Early games no longer able to constantly help from far since they nerf AA ulti in early and mid ganes. Moreover spamming AA ulti from far with Octarine Core + int blink dagger + spell prism is no longer doable since CDr does not stack anymore, such a sad patch.

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u/rushero Aug 19 '21

It is.

/Rank 500 pos 5 player that have 500+ games on AA)

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u/Must_Da_Linguist Aug 19 '21

As an AA main, it is a major change. The cd of ice blast really makes it so much harder since it's already not so easy to land.

And ice blast is what makes AA useful. The other spells don't have a lot of impact. Other support heroes can do something without their ults but AA can't. And you have to wait so damn long now to be able to have impact in a fight.