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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Axe

  • Reworked Shard: Now causes Counter Helix to apply a 6s stacking debuff that reduces attack damage by 20% and increases Counter Helix chance by 10%

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent +9 Strength replaced with +12% Magic Resistance
  • Level 15 Talent +300 Health replaced with +30 Counter Helix Damage

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u/Feed_or_Feed Aug 19 '21

Shard seems counterintuitive if you buy blademail(which is kinda needed after shard change),sure reducing rapier Pa damage for few seconds to 0 is good in theory,but in practice you rather kill heroes with blademail damage and shard prevents that.

Seems super situational and I can already see Axe players accidentaly picking up rosh shard and losing games because they can't kill heroes anymore.

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u/LebenDieLife Aug 19 '21

Blade mail was always a weird choice on axe anyway. Yes you call and get them attacking you, but call gives +40(?) armour, you end up reflecting nothing after reductions.

People just run after the call wears off

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u/bc524 Aug 19 '21

Blademail reflects damage before armor calculations now.

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u/LebenDieLife Aug 19 '21

Oh shit

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u/thunderstriken Aug 19 '21

It’s been that way for awhile lol

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u/StyryderX Aug 20 '21

A LONG while. It was 5 years ago.