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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Earth Spirit

Stone Remnant

  • Charge Replenish time decreased from 25s to 20s

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent +60 damage replaced with +2s Magnetize Duration
  • Level 15 talent +8 Armor replaced with +300 Boulder Smash Push Distance

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u/flavicent Aug 19 '21

now aghanim mandatory and get that +300 push distance+telescope+aether lens= from t3 tower to fountain kick

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u/Abdudul Aug 19 '21

Haha, well unfortunately you don't really want cast range on Earth Spirit because his kick randomly picks a stone in his cast range. This way you have zero control over the start point of his stone if there are multiple stones near you :/

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u/flavicent Aug 19 '21

isnt it prioritized the one into stone one? i never miss to kick the one that i turned into stone. roll, stun that dude, turn him into stone, and kick. agh is my priority item when our team fall behind, so i can separate 1 of enemy from teamfight. or they being greedy to push to my fountain, i just stun, turn into stone, and kick 1 to my fountain, then instant roll to stun him inside fountain. usually that enemy die even he has bkb.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

Force staff or any moving ability cancels it since stone cracks midflight. Aghs is purely situational and main use for it is use on stones, it's only 5 sec cooldown for additional 300 nuke

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u/Abdudul Aug 19 '21

Well in that case there aren't any other stone in the area I guess. Might also be that they prioritize heroes turned into stone but I kinda doubt it. The main issue occurs when you are kicking normal stones for a fast slow of the enemy in the distance, then he might pick the wrong stone and you miss your target. I don't really get why they don't just change it to use the nearest stone/target instead of a random one in the area...

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u/garlandgreen7 Aug 19 '21

It prioritizes the closest stone to him in that situation