Late June brings a new patch, but it’s not the one the community expected.
While we all still wait for Act III of the Crownfall campaign and even for Ringmaster to finally make his entrance, Valve deployed a ton of nerfs on all the flavour of The International 2024 regional qualifiers meta.
Two days after the qualifiers came to an end, some of the most popular heroes were hit by the nerf hammer. Some items also got toned down a notch, including Phylactery, Khanda, Radiance and Arcane Blink.
Dark Willow, who was the most picked across all six regions in the TI13 qualifiers, had Bramble Maze nerfed on both the facet and the spell itself, while Bedlam was revoked to its initial utility.
Facet - Thorny Thicket
- Additional brambles duration decreased from 6s to 4s
Abilities
- Bramble Maze duration decreased from 15s to 12s
- Bedlam no longer castable on allies
Weaver was the second most picked hero in the regional qualifiers. He was played mainly in the carry role as his Germinate attack was quite strong after the 7.36 patch. Not anymore. At level one it does zero damage
Facet - Skitterstep
- Shukuchi slow duration decreased from 0.3s to 0.2s
Abilities
- Germinate Attack damage decreased from 5/25/40/55/70 to 0/20/35/50/65
- Shukuchi mana cost increased from 60 to 65
Talents
- Level 10 Talent Strength decreased from +8 to +7
- Level 20 Talent Geminate Attack Damage decreased from +90 to +80
Read also: Analysis of the 7.36 Dota 2 meta based on the TI13 qualifiers
Lifestealer dominated the drafts not only in the TI13 qualifiers where he was one of the top three heroes with the highest win rate, but he is also extremely contested in the public matchmaking given his Corpse Eater facet. The 7.36c update nerfed exactly that.
Facet - Corpse Eater
- Max Health Bonus per kill decreased from +2 to +1
- No longer increases max health when killing Other unit types (wards, cogs, etc.)
- Now receives +5 max health from killing heroes
Abilities
- Open Wounds max slow decreased from 50% to 35/40/45/50%
Templar Assassin was the most contested hero in all regions with 16 picks, 212 bans and an overall 62.50% win rate. She is also a very popular hero in pubs. However, the 7.36c gameplay update aims to change that.
Abilities
- Refraction - Barrier per instance rescaled from 20/30/40/50 to 30
- Psionic Trap - Min movement slow decreased from 30% to 20%. Max movement slow decreased from 60% to 50%.
Besides the numerous nerfs, there are very few buffs, mainly on the heroes that got neglected in the qualifier battle.
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