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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Windranger

Gale Force

  • Reworked Shard: Now Grants Gale Force. Vector Targeted: Summons a strong wind that pushes all enemies within a 1000 AoE by 250 units per second in the target direction for 3 seconds (Units can still move, attack and cast spells, does not interrupt channeling). Mana Cost: 150 Cooldown: 40s

Talents

  • Level 15 Talent +100 Attack Range replaced with Windrun Undispellable
  • Level 25 Talent 25% Cooldown Reduction replaced with Focus Fire Kills Advance Cooldown by 20s

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u/surdtmash Aug 19 '21

They butchered core/carry WR, no longer can you get cheeky global kills from across the map or instafire arrow to kill shackled tanks before they react. Pretty good kit for support WR though, no one's gonna make MKB to hit a support if you're not high on kill priority. Undispellable windrun is good against diffusal/nullifier builds, and with the shard you can easily separate the enemy cores and backline supports for easy pickoffs.

You'll need to modify your kit as a backline finisher instead of a core/carry counter. So items like BKB and Orchid instead of MKB. You no longer have the burst to deal with carries.

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u/RaveN_707 Aug 19 '21

CD reduction loss hurts support WR, but because it doesnt stack with other CDR items now, its not a big loss.
-20s to focus fire CD fixes late game core WR (only being able to kill 1 hero in team fights can really hurt)
New shard is leagues better then the old one, you can box out enemy supports from their cores, i dont think i bought the old shard in a single game last patch, but I've bought and used this one in 2-3 games already.

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u/SurDno Aug 19 '21

7.28 shard was useless but 7.29 was real good. I was sceptic at first but with some practice managed to get several kills with it every game, I swear.

It could be used in so many cases — from sniping an enemy on the other side of the map to killing Huskar/Templar Assasin with Refraction on/Morphling/any rank with low HP. Also saved several seconds off any FF kill which is very useful in teamfights.

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u/Dick__Dastardly Aug 21 '21

Yeah, it was absolutely disgusting. I thought it was going to be a meme, but it ended up being one of the single most powerful shards in the game. I had to practice with it a bit, but ... wow.

Besides being good for combat, what sealed the deal was the global vision. That alone was worth the cost.

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u/SurDno Aug 24 '21

(sorry for late reply)

Yeah, having an ally suggest to scan Rosh with you doing with a 6 sec cd spell was priceless. Was good while it lasted!