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After the world championship comes a mini oven that tries to balance the game in the days to come. There are no general changes or changes to the map. Only one item was affected, the notorious "Khanda", which is now 100 gold cheaper, but also deals 15% less damage.
The heroes have been changed a lot. As many as 56 heroes underwent changes, the most significant of which are the following:
- Moon – her spite spell has been nerfed to give much less night vision in the early game than before, although in the late game it becomes just as strong as before. With 400+20 per level, night vision is set to 250+25 per level. At the same time, her talents have been changed, namely her most effective talent at level 20 has been replaced with +110 DMG on the first spell, while her level 10 talent has been reduced from 8% to 5% dmg reduction. Level 15 talent changed from +80 DMG on first spell to +1 lunar blade in its orbit. (This combined with the indirect nerf via the Khande item completely eliminates Luna from the list of dangerous keri heroes.)
- earth spirit – this hero got a big change in his talents which were very strong. Both level 10 talents have been significantly nerfed. The first dropped from 10% spell amplification to 8% spell amplification while the second talent went from +200 distance on the second spell to -2 seconds on the third spell. At the same time, the talent at level 15 was nerfed, which dropped from +30% magnatize DMG and duration to +25%. Talent at level 20 changed from -3 seconds on the third spell to +250 distance on the second spell. This is a much better talent, but it comes very late in the game. Another option at level 20 is +100 DMG on the first spell, which is still probably a better option. This hero has also received a nerf to his farming efficiency by hitting the first spell. Bonus DMG against creeps reduced from 1.4x to 1.25x. (The hero is significantly slowed down in core position, but is still a very strong support.)
- pangolier – his Thunderbolt facet has been significantly nerfed. The turn speed during his ult has been reduced from +110 to +40% resulting in +48 turn speed. This is more than twice as much and this facet is significantly weaker than before. (Now it is not possible to spin in circles and perma-dwell the hero.)
- Medusa – her Venomus Volley facet has been significantly weakened because the poison does not work on illusions and now scales gradually with her first magic and the movement slow is weakened from 35% to 15/20/25/30/35% and the attack slow from 80 to 20/35 /50/65/80. At the same time, her inate spell "Mana shield" has been weakened, which now reduces 2.2 DMG per point of mana from the previous 2.4 DMG per point of mana. First magic is also weakened at maximum level by 5%. (All of these nerfs are mild and almost insignificant individually, however when added together they significantly weaken the hero.)
- Elder Titan – its facet called deconstruction is now significantly better. Enemies leaving the area of effect now lose 1 stack per second instead of all stacks immediately upon exiting. His first spell is also slightly buffed by 20 DMG. (These buffs mean a lot for Elder Titan support, as it now has a much greater effect in the laning phase. At the same time, core Titan can benefit from these changes in certain situations.)
I'd say the meta is still unchanged, but we could be seeing a lot more melee heroes like Sven and Lajkan as Luna fades into obscurity. I think it's time for a new Luna that takes the opposite talents from before and plays in the support position. It could be a new adventure. Terrorblade is still strong in every position, and in combination with Sven, he might be able to make a gradual change in the target. It remains to be seen in the days ahead, and until then it should be tried support for the moon, cor Trent, Kor Venomancer and pick Grimstroke i Dazla in any position because they are currently the strongest heroes.
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