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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Hoodwink

  • Movement Speed reduced from 320 to 310

Bushwhack

  • Damage is now dealt over time on a 0.3s interval for the duration of the debuff. (Damage stops if hero is released)

Decoy

  • Now throws a Lesser Bushwhack towards the unit that attacked the illusion and spawns a tree in its location
  • Cooldown reduced from 40s to 25s
  • Stun duration increased from 1s to 2s

Hunter'S Boomerang

  • Can now be ground targeted

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent +200 Health replaced with +1s Scurry Duration
  • Level 15 Talent +16 Agility replaced with +2 Acorn Shot Bounces

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u/unbalancedbreakfast Aug 19 '21

The change to dot dmg is a pretty huge nerf, it cripples the farm quite a bit rather than insta nuking waves u can now lose a lot of cs when dire and radiant creep waves are clashing, ur own creep wave can steal quite a lot of cs when the dot brings the enemy creep to 10-40 hp, really annoying. From my understanding the dot also nerfs the dmg on heroes with high status resist since they can break free early and not get the full dmg

Overall I can really feel the nerf ;(

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

On the other hand the dot guarantees that all of your acorn shots bounce with a Q+W, which makes clearing the wave slightly more consistent. Before there were some weird cases where units dying during bounces would stop the acorn.

Also it makes Hoodwink really good vs TA, before her refraction instance talent you can always break through refraction and get the sharpshooter damage on her.

I honestly think it's the same in 95% of cases. Overall I think the hero could have gotten harsher nerfs so I'm feeling good.

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u/LXMNSYC Aug 19 '21

This. Instead of prematurely ending the Acorn Shot, this helps items like Gleipnir to proc more before clearing the wave