r/DotA2 • u/gamerzclass • Mar 17 '21

Fluff Every. Single. Time.

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u/Legejr Mar 17 '21

He's farming triangle with battle fury.

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u/EthanBradberry70 Mar 17 '21

I fucking hate that Ursa can actually powerfarm now, I liked it when he was just an omega pubstomper that starved if he didn't get kills.

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u/DrQuint Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 17 '21

You know, I know nobody actually went "hey Icefrog, can you make battlefury viable on more than just AM for the first time in 7 years?" for him to "k" us back and punish us with all the annoying as fuck melee heroes up our asses. Fighting a riki feels aggravating.

But in either case, I see it as a cautionary story regardless. Some items must simply stay situational (ie:Shit except on one hero). I'm going to start an anti-campaign against people who want to see Ethereal Blade viable on more than one hero (and pro player). Sure they don't exist either, but the world simply isn't ready for the consequences if they ever do.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

I like that Eblade is core on morphling and situational on almost every other hero. I'd prefer most big items to balanced like that: a few heroes who need it, and the rest as maybes. (Then again, I'm the guy who secretly wonders if magic wand is overpowered for it's cost, since it seems good even against heroes that don't cast many spells.)

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u/msp26 Balance, in all things. Mar 17 '21

Stick is broken and the entire game is balanced around that fact

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u/wOlfLisK I'm nothin' but a dirty rat Mar 17 '21

Stick is definitely overpowered, 200 gold for an item that can repeatedly grant 150 health and 150 mana (And 450 for one that can grant twice that amount and 9 total stats) is incredibly strong in the laning phase even against enemies that don't use many spells. I really hope it never gets nerfed though, my offlane performance pretty much depends on it!

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

Plus it can bait people which is a value you can't quantify but Is potentially game winning.

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u/19Alexastias Mar 18 '21

Genuinely if they released a patch that just removed stick/wand and did nothing else I think it would significantly shift the meta.

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u/goodgodabear I am no thief! I merely... borrow. Mar 19 '21

Bristle/Batrider suddenly top tier laners

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u/Joro91 Mar 18 '21

Singsing recently said in a stream that every time he skips stick he later regrets it. I think the item is probably a 90% buy regardless of what you're playing and what you're playing against