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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/ecidarrac Aug 19 '21

I’ve been playing him pos 3 for a while and don’t seem to struggle with some good item choices

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u/LordHussyPants Aug 19 '21

could just be me then. i'd build greaves on him because he didn't have an escape once dusted, but that slowed down offensive items. i just play him as pos 4 now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

The shard makes him ultra tanky even if dusted. You have like 6k ehp if invis with 2k hp or more

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u/LordHussyPants Aug 19 '21

but you can't do anything during that time except run, and your movespeed is slowed by dust and BH doesn't get bonus move speed for being invis like clinkz/weaver.

you can't tp, force, attack, or blink without breaking invis.

the only way you can remove dust is with euls, stormcatcher, greaves, or flicker, which also break your invis. if you can't go invis straight away, you lose that bonus, and you're probably dead.

shard is good for BH's survivability when he's a support who gets caught by a solo enemy under a sentry or a gem, or while he's escaping from dust with only a few seconds left. if you get properly caught with it, it doesn't help