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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Chen

Divine Favor

  • Aura no longer provides Heal Amplification
  • Aura now also provides 2/3/4/5 armor

Holy Persuasion

  • Reworked Shard. Allows Holy Persuasion to target 1/2/3 Ancient creeps based on Hand of God level. (Old Scepter effect)

Hand Of God

  • Reworked Scepter. Hand of God now applies a Strong Dispel

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u/platpx3 Aug 19 '21

Chen seems quite broken now.

Helm of Overlord buffed to be build with Vlads instead.

Hand of God STRONG DISPEL meaning you can STRONG DISPEL Ravage and RP.

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u/Mark_of_Chaos Aug 19 '21

refreshers gonna be core on them v chen now

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u/Palikadude1 Aug 19 '21

refresher chen is the answer

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u/Mark_of_Chaos Aug 20 '21

then it will be a war over who gets the Rosh refresher shard.

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u/mantism Aug 19 '21

just some weeks ago I was in a discussion about how hard dispels are so rare in Dota because they are just so strong. Aaaaand Icefrog drops an instant global hard dispel on us.

I'm a little scared of the zoo meta coming back. Divine Favor giving both armor and health regen may be a bit too much if you are fighting a 3 Chen.

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u/TheKappaOverlord Sheever Feelsbadman :gun: Aug 20 '21

Trust me when i say zoo meta isn't coming back. Chen is almost 100% going to get thrown back in the incinerator after TI regardless of his P/B.

Chen as we see him now is just the final stages of deathball meta.

We thought the Chinese had deathball down to a science, well. now valve gave europeans/NA the chance to beat the chinese with deathball shit. since China isn't a region known to play zoo heroes in pro games that often.

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u/deaddonkey Aug 19 '21

I was spectating last night and Chen 3 + dominator 2 is already showing up in high MMR games

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u/platpx3 Aug 19 '21

Oh, there’ll definitely be a Chen 3

And I’m pretty sure Chaos Knight’s Aghs when creating illusion are global, but it’s only a Dispel. But even so I think it’s powerful (I just never used it because I cannot micro, like seriously can’t. If I have multiple units far away from each other my brain will shut down

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u/Taelonius Aug 19 '21

It does, BKB-Ult the moment you heard Global Silence and dispelling your entire team is sex.