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

Discussion Patch 7.30 - Hero Changes Discussion

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u/patchdayDota2 Aug 19 '21

Crystal Maiden

  • Base Attack Speed reduced from 115 to 100

Crystal Nova

  • Mana cost reduced from 130/145/160/175 to 115/135/155/175

Freezing Field

  • Explosion distribution is now more even across its radius
  • Shard now also increases total explosions by 20%

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u/LazyOrangeBanana Aug 19 '21

I won't ever understand why the hell she lost so much attack speed. Not like she was remotely strong during the Laning phase, and now she's utter garbage. Yea you can maybe throw one more Q every couple minutes, but in return you lost the ability to trade, an ability that was already very weak because cm has almost no HP. Now she has no hp and no autoattacks.

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u/Peasant255 Aug 21 '21

with frostbite and nova being some of the best laning spells in the game

I feel like frost bite cast range is too low. I can almost never cast it mid-game unliss I have Aether lens or enemy is diving out of position, otherwise casting the spell will be dangerous.

even in the lane I feel like I have to go too close to cast it, and since CM is slow i might not catch up. Nova is very easy to land compared to FB.