Breaking Down Dota 2 Patch 7.26a

Aphelios may no longer be the newest champion , but he is still quite young, and is fairly popular despite the fact that he is a bit confusing to use. The reason for this is because he is an ADC who alternates between five weapons which have different stats, abilities, range, and effe


Once again, if we view the overall theme of 7.26 as an effort by Valve to slow down gameplay, many of the changes to heroes make perfect sense. For starters, Alchemist has seen Greedevil’s Greed cap reduced from 20/24/28/32 to 18/22/26/30, and the base gold bonus reduced from 4 to 3. This means that Alchemist is far less effective at farming in the new patch, but still in line with most other heroes of the same t

2013 saw the release of Yasuo, a champion who is despised by many players because many of the people who play him are known for being toxic during ranked games . All this animosity has not stopped Yasuo from getting skins though, as Riot tends to release at least one every year, and they do this because all of his skins sell w


Senna's performance was lackluster when she first debuted. In fact, she and Pyke went back and forth on which one got banned more. But after a series of balance patches to lower his damage output, Pyke has thankfully become less of a men


Riot Games recently released Valorant- a tactical FPS that rivals Overwatch in gameplay. No matter how well Valorant does, Riot will always be known as the developer who brought League of Legends to life in 2009, and the popular MOBA has since become one of the most played games in the wo


E: Soul Unbound - Yone can enter his Spirit Form, gaining movement speed and leaving his body behind. When Yone's Spirit Form expires he'll snap back into his body and deal a percentage of all the damage he dealt while in Spirit F


Killstreaks no longer award 30-> 100 but instead 20->90. Along with the gold nerf of 7.26, this should further work to slow down early game level differences between teams following a few unfavorable scraps and will place more emphasis on the mid and endgame. Valve is also literally slowing down movement for some characters by moving away from percentage-based movement speed bonuses to flat number increases. For example, Boots of Speed, Power Treads, and Arcane Boots used to all say +15%, and now instead say


Gnar has been a mainstay in the top lane since his release in the summer of 2014, and many consider him to be the cutest of the Yordles, but appearances can be deceiving. When Gnar uses his ultimate he transforms into Mega Gnar, an angry behemoth who is capable of knocking back and slowing the entire enemy t


Patch 7.26a has now been live in Dota 2 for a few days and we can finally discuss how the most recent changes are affecting players in both casual and competitive games. Some the changes were expected by the community in general relating to other changes from a previous patch, and it is best to consider some of these changes as an overall effort to slow down early-game level ga


OG 's Dota 2 team is undeniably one of the best eSports teams in the world. They have a long list of achievements, which includes being the only team to win the International two times and in a back-to-back fashion. The team has also won several Majors along the way and other Minor tourname


This means that certain heroes who have a high base movement speed such as Keeper of the Light will benefit less from the use of these items compared to before because they are receiving a bonus that disregards their inherently high base speed. On the opposite end of things, heroes that are inherently slower in their base speed like Medusa will benefit slightly by becoming faster than when using percentage-based bonus items for movement speed. Players who do not pay attention to this change will certainly be in for a rude awakening as they slightly overextend with a hero that was slightly faster only last w


Overall, Yone's extreme amount of mobility and damage makes for yet another character destined to terrorize the Rift with katana(s) in hand. It also seems as though Yone will be more suited for newer players to pick up , as all of his abilities can forgive mistakes much more readily than his brother Yasuo's. On top of that, he's bound to be extremely adept at farming CS like his brother, giving new players yet another reason to pick up and try out Yone. Interestingly enough, Yone's kit synergizes very well with Yasuo's, https://mobagamezone.com as Yone can use his two knock-ups to enable Yasuo's ultimate. While it remains to be seen which lane Yone will inevitably call home, and how players will ultimately prefer to build him, it's already abundantly clear that players will be seeing Yone around the Rift for a long time to c


W: Spirit Cleave - Yone cleaves forward in a massive arc dealing a portion of the target's maximum health. After successfully hitting an enemy Yone also gains a temporary shield. The shield's power increases per champion str