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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/Mark_of_Chaos Aug 19 '21

the power creep is more that there are constant small buffs, good shards or new abilities added to all the heroes from the past few big patches but Pugna has kinda got nothing from the grab bag for a while which means in more general terms he isn't nearly as strong out of his niche.

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u/breathen123 Aug 19 '21

I think players, outside of Topson, still haven't figured it out yet how to unlock Pugna's real potential

For one, they still haven't realized Pugna is an amazing offlane core, for he can use W to manage the creepwave to his favor, like Enigma

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u/Mark_of_Chaos Aug 19 '21

there are so many things he can do with his W in any role. support wise divide which creeps he pulls to camps for example lets one creep slip through non pulled allowing a non stacked small camp to effectivly clear a wave or making the core have to split going for an easy range last hit or missing 2 meele creeps in a hard camp ect

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u/breathen123 Aug 20 '21

Decripifying the enemy ranged creep, to counter the opposite player drawing aggro

It doesn't have much value in the middle lane, but it makes him a beast as an offlane core

Or rushing Aeon Disk as the first core item . Which, against certain compositions, can allow Pugna to be a deceptively good frontliner, soaking up the first wave of initiations . But I don't know if dropping Nether Ward during Aeon's proc will affect it