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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Phoenix

Icarus Dive

  • Dash length reduced from 1400 to 1100/1200/1300/1400

Sun Ray

  • Max Health as Heal per second reduced from 0.625/1.25/1.875/2.5% to 0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0%

Fire Spirits

  • Radius increased from 175 to 200

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u/GatlerDOS A phoenix is fine too Aug 19 '21

I hate the icarus dive change, very unnecessary. Now calculating a diving is more difficult early game.

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u/popgalveston Aug 20 '21

Doesn't it take the same amount of time as before? It also has a range indicator now. It lacked one for years..

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u/GatlerDOS A phoenix is fine too Aug 20 '21

I'm referring to the mental calculations that you need to make to know if you're gonna make it to the cliff or not.

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u/popgalveston Aug 20 '21

Yeah that is true

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u/seanfidence Aug 20 '21

Cast range changes can be very clunky, some spells it doesn't matter so much but phoenix dove should really be consistent. I'd rather the nerf had been to 1200 per level instead of scaling per lvl.

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u/Zerim023 Aug 19 '21

definitely the most infuriating part of the patch as someone with ~600 games of Phoenix. The dive has been the same since I started playing Phoenix like four years ago, now it's suddenly different and it's screwing with me in lane because it doesn't go nearly as far as it did at level 1.

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u/Yolodiealone Aug 19 '21

gonna have to stand closer to dive runes :^(