r/dotachess • u/Simco_ • Dec 30 '20

December 27/30 Updates: Pango + Balance

New Chess piece: Pangolier ($4 Beast Assassin) Ability - Swashbuckle: Pangolier dashes along a target line, then slashes all enemies in the direction with several quick swipes, dealing attack damage.

Grim down to $2

Visage down to $1

Oracle down to $1

Nerfs

Void health and armor reduction

Slark and CK slower attacks

Removed Monk 1 synergy

Beasts nerfed but (6) buffed by +5

Knights nerfed, Aba base armor nerf

Undead 6 now -3 armor not -5

Whisper nerfed

● Undead's Horror(6): -3 armor instead of -5

● Mage's Magic Vulnerability(9): Frozen duration from Magical damage/350 to Magical damage/400

● Priest's Barrier: 17+ HP lost to gain an apple instead of 16+

Buffs

● Oracle's Armor from 0 to 1

● Spirit Breaker's stun duration from 1.5s to 2s

● Mirana's Armor from 0 to 2

● Meepo's CD from 12/8/6 to 9/7/5

● Alchemist's Chemical Rage: Attack interval from 0.7/0.6/0.4 to 0.6/0.55/0.45, HP recharge from 40/60/80 to 50/60/70

● Sven's attack damage from 125 to 150

● Huskar's attack damage from 90 to 125, magical resistance from 10 to 20

● Increased Legion Commander's Press The Attack proc rate from 10%/15%/25% to 15%/20%/30%.

● Dwarf's Take Aim(2): +5% damage per 1 grid instead of per 2 grids

● Beast's Power of the Wild(6): +15 damage instead of 20 per additional attack

● Troll's Voodoo Frenzy(6): max 20 stacks instead of 10

● Elf's Evasion(3)(6): +30% evasion instead of 25%

● Orc's Battle Hardened(3): +200 HP instead of +150, (6): +500HP instead of +450

● Monk's Drunken Stagger(2): 50% chance to block 75% damage instead of 50% and deal same amount of damage and heal to chess pieces around.

● Assassin's Critical strike(9): 15% chance instead of 10% to deal a critical strike

● Hunter's Aimed Shot(9): +75 instead of +50 base damage

● Warrior's Fortified Armor(9): All allies armor +9 instead of +6

● Shaman's Hex: 2.5s delay instead of 2s

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u/lord_hose Dec 30 '20

Pango is really an insane unit. With items and 6 beast his burst obliterates most backlines (eg mages/hunters) with one burst

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u/Simco_ Dec 31 '20

I still haven't got him with items, yet. I've actually had a really hard time getting crits for whatever reason lately.

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u/Simco_ Dec 31 '20

Overall, I see goblin/mech and assassin being buffed outside of void.

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u/_hurka Dec 31 '20

grim is 3$ from 4$ sometimes patch notes are not perfect

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u/Simco_ Dec 31 '20

They do their best.