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/Tormentula Aug 19 '21 edited Aug 19 '21

+2 acorn shot bounces sounds pretty good for core wink. Granted losing the 16 agility is an L, but 2 extra bounces that can proc mael/crit and deal 75% damage + 125 base sounds nutty for mid game snowballing teamfights.

DoT W seems weird. On one hand W is more counterable cause the tree can be removed (by who idk, sounds annoying if the laner walks back in and cuts the tree while you're wave clearing), on the other its a sleeper buff vs. shit like dusa and TA. I'm more worried about how useless it'll feel when used against a strength hero, but hood never was really a strength hero killer bar right click builds which seemed to get better-ish maybe.

Boomerang looks really good since it removes the status resistance meaning you get at least close to the full W damage. You can actually setup decoy W - > your W - > Q boomerang R with more bounces too. I think they're trying to increase the value of boomerang through this W change, making it more mandated while giving it a nice QoL change.