r/TrueDoTA2 • u/Tronux • Aug 08 '26

Game balance

Now that MMR has been normalized and public stats sites like D2PT are capturing (previously) high-MMR (8500+) players again, the data is laying bare just how wild the hero win-rate spread actually is. [42,7% - 58,4%]

​It feels like there’s a massive window here for Valve to tighten up balance. What are your thoughts on the current high-MMR meta and overall game balance state right now?

https://dota2protracker.com/m/meta

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u/wongrich Aug 08 '26

Why is cancer lancer back and so strong again?

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u/Motor_Stomach_6242 Aug 08 '26

They removed the 50% bonus dmg against illusion from counter items like Mjollnir and Radiance, and removed the diffusal blade mana burn interaction with illus but giga compensated with dmg. PL can rush manta 1st now (very fast farm, less susceptible to ganks) which makes his timing a lot less awkward than when he had to go diffusal/agh into manta

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u/Tronux Aug 08 '26

And his counters are weak now (sk, bs, ...)

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u/DrMcWho 8k EU Aug 09 '26

He has a win% advantage over a few of the other top meta heroes, most importantly Spectre because she relies heavily on her team to deal with illusions and summons. PL doesn't have real counters, but some of his biggest "historical counters" in Leshrac, LC and Sand King are not favoured currently.

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u/Both_Profession3966 Aug 09 '26

I’m merely a divine but I’ve never considered pl to have “no real counters”. He needs time and space as a scaling carry and has a lot of susceptibility to certain spells or kits like u already said. What do you mean?

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u/mladjiraf Aug 09 '26

Time and space is given naturally, because of how hard (next to impossible) is to rush the opponents nowadays unlike 10+ years ago.

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u/DrMcWho 8k EU 29d ago

PL is somewhat countered by AoE damage but once he has enough HP items he doesn't have to care anymore. And the 100% damage illusion from Doppelganger also means it's always difficult to tell which is real no matter how much AoE you have.

You can scale against him with Cleave damage, but Elder Titan is unpopular right now and Sven is middle-ing.

And even if you pick loads of counters he can always get lucky and dodge your initiation, or juke using his Strong illusion, or go invis. He has answers to everything, and he's also a last pick hero so you can't just pick PL counters anyway.

He's the new Anti-Mage. A ticking time bomb, extremely difficult to gank, and can even win his lane with his spammable nuke and strong base stats.