Timbersaw is set to dominate at ESL Kuala Lumpur We'll make an early prediction and say we expect CK to lose 3-4% more often now at least. The greatly reduced life steal forces the hero to buy more regeneration items and jungle later. Phantasm's increased mana cost means the hero can't spam it to farm like before. Five less starting damage hurts him at all stages of the game. The biggest loser has to be Chaos Knight. Magic Kunkka is still good, but not overly so. Ghostship reduces less damage, Torrent Storm is less reliable, and Tidal Wave doesn't hit the same way as it used to. Players will also need to max his passive to proc Quill Spray more often, something they could skip before.Īnother big loser is Kunkka. Bristleback will do a lot less damage in a smaller area now. Some of the nerfs are negligible, such as Wraith King's Skeletons doing slightly less damage, or Ink Swell healing slightly less from creeps.Ī few heroes did take big hits from the nerf stick though. A total of 17 heroes received direct nerfs. The previous meta wore out its welcome and by the end, it was obvious which heroes were overpowered and needed to be toned down.
