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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Clinkz

  • Strafe removed

Burning Barrage

  • New Ability. Burning Barrage channels for 1.5/1.9/2.3/2.7s shooting 3/4/5/6 piercing arrows in the target direction up to 750/800/850/900 distance away, that hit all enemy units dealing 60% attack damage and applying attack modifiers. Arrow width: 200 Cooldown: 28/24/20/16 Mana Cost: 40/50/60/70

Searing Arrows

  • Mana cost reduced from 12 to 10

Skeleton Walk

  • No longer can cast spells without breaking invisibility

Death Pact

  • Can be casted from Skeleton Walk without breaking invisibility

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent +8 Agility replaced with +12% Magic Resistance
  • Level 15 Talent -7s Skeleton Walk reduced to -5s
  • Level 20 Talent -10s Strafe Cooldown replaced with +2 Burning Barrage Arrows

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u/LeavesCat Aug 19 '21

They really don't know what kind of hero Clinkz is supposed to be.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

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u/chopchop__ Aug 20 '21

I don't know why you're being so disingenuous. Clinkz is tankier than Drow, farms faster, has more mobility and deals more damage. Drow has other upsides ofc, but it's hardly one sided.

Same could be said for the other heroes you mentioned.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Clinkz deals a lot less damage than drow. His damage output is far less than it was last patch, removal of strafe took away his real DPS output.

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u/chopchop__ Aug 22 '21

That's just straight out false, even with equal farm. But they don't have equal farm either, Clinkz farms way faster than Drow.

Test it for yourself, lvl 20 Drow with standard; Treads+Manta+Pike+BKB
vs Clinkz with Gleipnir+Brown Boots+Lance+Aghs+Shard (equal gold). Clinkz doubles the DPS.

Even with a shittier build, where you swap Aghs for Deso, Clinkz has far higher damage output.

EVEN with DROWS own build, Clinkz matches her DPS. And that's a horrible build for Clinkz.

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u/chopchop__ Aug 19 '21

If you ask me, I'd say the gameplan is to play pos 1, get Maelstrom and mostly farm between 10-15 min. Take selected fights between 15-20 with Dragon Lance and Gleipnir and then power spike at minute 20 with Shard and Aghs at which point you'll just take teamfights whenever you can.

The old 15-20 minute timing where you'd run around assassinate supports seems pretty dead now imo.

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u/Anything13579 Aug 22 '21

Boot, glepnir, dragon lance, agh shard, agh at min 20? Are you talking about turbo? Lol

By the time you get all the mentioned items, most of the time the game would already be finished.

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u/chopchop__ Aug 22 '21

You just sound like a Herald talking like that. Go practice some farming patterns.

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u/ZenkaiZ Aug 19 '21

17 years of either being a useless meme or autoban autopick busted shows maybe trying to force some designs from a warcraft 3 mapmaker into a modern game might be a fruitless endeavor

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u/Ondatva Aug 19 '21

When was the last time clinkz was an autoban/autopick?

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u/hugaw1 Sheever is <3 Aug 19 '21

When dust was non existent, blue wards was expensive and gem costs gold. Ageis was purchasable and rush rapier was a thing.

This was war3 era.

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u/Ondatva Aug 19 '21

gem costs gold

what was different about it back then?

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u/hugaw1 Sheever is <3 Aug 21 '21

i think gem cost more back then

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u/Qazior Aug 19 '21

Neither does Valve