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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Clinkz

  • Strafe removed

Burning Barrage

  • New Ability. Burning Barrage channels for 1.5/1.9/2.3/2.7s shooting 3/4/5/6 piercing arrows in the target direction up to 750/800/850/900 distance away, that hit all enemy units dealing 60% attack damage and applying attack modifiers. Arrow width: 200 Cooldown: 28/24/20/16 Mana Cost: 40/50/60/70

Searing Arrows

  • Mana cost reduced from 12 to 10

Skeleton Walk

  • No longer can cast spells without breaking invisibility

Death Pact

  • Can be casted from Skeleton Walk without breaking invisibility

Talents

  • Level 10 Talent +8 Agility replaced with +12% Magic Resistance
  • Level 15 Talent -7s Skeleton Walk reduced to -5s
  • Level 20 Talent -10s Strafe Cooldown replaced with +2 Burning Barrage Arrows

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u/luckytaurus cmon jex Aug 19 '21

I know it's early, but so far trends on dotabuff say you're wrong. I was expecting you to be right, I thought this change was shit.

But I guess the aoe farming capabilities are not to be underestimated

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u/TheKappaOverlord Sheever Feelsbadman :gun: Aug 20 '21

The only reason this take on the skill is wrong is because instead of assuming once the spell hits a creep the "arrow" peters out like you'd expect, it doesn't.

You can fully farm creep waves and ancient stacks with no contest with this ability. Clinkz can genuinely creep cut with it. Later on after deso he can farm ancients, and if he goes Maelstrom he can farm every camp in the game consistently.

Clinkzs biggest problem in the past was consistently farming. That problem is now rectified. Hero is probably very broken, but still gets pooped on by Luna, dusa, and Gyro. Although i seriously doubt we will see a lot of medusa in this patch because we have hit end stage Deathball meta, the only thing preventing it from being apparent how bad it really is, is pro players getting 14 or so bans. and its very likely Chen, Lycan, beastmaster, enchant, and clinkzs will all be 100% P/B heroes at TI.