- Nerf Necrophos/Venomancer/Viper
Patch 7.07 will come with a host of nerfs to many heroes, but these are the most important. Every patch has a signature overpowered hero that, if left unchecked, becomes the hero that's picked or banned in almost every game. These heroes become the go-to for hero spammers to farm sweet, sweet MMR, and the Dota community forms a love/hate relationship with them. With this trio, it's mostly hate at this point. These guys were practically made to be hated, they've all got a poison theme and horrifying evil laughter.
Icefrog! These menaces must be stopped.
- Create more unique Talents
Talents add more depth to already complex hero builds, allowing for more creativity and variation between games. Talents are already a great addition to the game, but the system needs continual tweaks to make them even better. A great way to do that would be to replace some of the less interesting talents. I'm looking at you, +20 Movement Speed.
Instead of small stat changes that barely affect the game, it would be great to see the introduction of even more talents based on existing abilities, like Sniper's +20 Shrapnel DPS or Doom's +80 Devour Bonus Gold.
- Buff Windranger
Look, Windranger is my most played hero, yet I've played her three times in the last year. I just wanna range like the wind again without feeling like my hero can't compete.It's not like I'm saying she's terrible just because I don't want to play her, either. She manages ok in pub games, but she's the 4th least picked hero in competitive 7.06 matches. That's just 25 picks and a 36% win rate (thanks datdota for the stats).
Enough is enough. Please, give the poor lady something (anything!) to make her more viable.
- For the love of all that is holy, DON'T add Techies back to CM
We've made it this long without Techies in Captain's Mode, why ruin a good thing now? He's become a bit of a forgotten hero, so he's probably not going to get picked in competitive. If he did for some reason, we'd be in for a whole new plague in our pubs. Instead of adding him to CM as-is, perhaps a whole new rework is in order? In fact, why not just make it an annual thing?
- Adjust pick order in Ranked AP
As things are, picking first in Ranked All Pick is bit of a curse. Teams alternate picks, so whichever team picks first has the pleasure of potentially having every single one of their picks counter-picked. The team that gets to counter the first pick also gets to pick last, giving a significant drafting advantage. Of course, this assumes that the people in your ranked pubs are trying to draft a cohesive lineup and not just randoming. Still, a change is sorely needed for this system.
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