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ReverseNutmeg

    Good article.

    I've found lately my favourite safe lane is lycan with the new howl. It gives such a boost both offensively and defensively that it can easily lead to every single lane crushing.

    frei betto

      No Gyro with Wisp :feelsbadman:

      kingArdi

        what about lifestealer?

        Jack__Attack

          Nobody levels howl In the laning stage. What drugs convinced you that was a good idea?

          kuci

            And who the fuck skip feral fucking impulse on lycan

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              >what about lifestealer?
              Dead hero

              matrice

                "Counterspell is an incredibly powerful ability that the hero essentially got for free—there were no associated nerfs to other aspects of the hero in the original patch." Lul No associated nerf, apart from the HUGE difference of that -5% when you take the talent at 25 (not much of a difference before the talent though)

                SPG.md

                  Sven man, I miss him :c

                  KawaiiSocks

                    @Matrice Thx, fixed!

                    Atha

                      Slark got back because the leash mechanic, now he can cancel ur TP and can't just pop TP or use Blink to escape

                      альтерэго путина

                        why no techies carry :(

                        火的第十個化身

                          Jugg with MoonShard/Manta/Diffusal Blade is fucking top Dps hero which destoys everything...

                          Quartermistress

                            We getting a pos 4 article or not?

                            Oatcakes

                              hi mom

                              Crystal

                                Lifestealer isn't that dead, just saw a couple of high-mmr games where he crippled PA

                                aikyu3 SuBi ♪

                                  Naix --> a creep with magic immunity and slow.
                                  Lycan without ulti = a mega creep.

                                  Moranague

                                    Lifestealer IS dead. Just because you saw him due good in a couple of high MMR games against PA means nothing. He attacks laughably slow and is old utility of get people below 50% HP ASAP was replaced with "take forever to get them to 0."

                                    And to the other post, a 5 % loss of Magic Resistance is NOT a huge nerf on AM in exchange for a free lotus orb.

                                    Casual

                                      Why no mentions on PL? Win condition?

                                      Jack__Attack

                                        Pl finally got balanced that's why he wasn't mentioned.

                                        i follow Jesus.

                                          havent seen a pl win a game outside of pro games since 2017

                                          QualFire

                                            Where terrorblade????

                                            rtmu

                                              how about clinkz with his new ULTi!!

                                              Randy Konek TegangBerotot

                                                too late

                                                MysteriousMeow

                                                  all str carry is dead

                                                  EpicFail

                                                    So, apologies, but you talk about carries in 7.20 and focus on a 50% winrate carry, and literally don't mention 58% win-rate top tier Lycan. Lycan winning games isn't a surprise over the past few games. Then comes Huskar at 56% or higher across the board. Am I taking crazy pills? With all due respect, how did you literally miss the point, sir?

                                                    RIGGED games

                                                      mk worst hero in this game

                                                      pixelgoo

                                                        "Moreover, people are wrongly treating the hero as a hard carry—Monkey King doesn’t scale well enough to be a win condition in the late game. "

                                                        It's actually vice versa. People play him as roamer and they have 0 farm and level, but MK is useless without it. Yes he can bully at lvl 2 but without farm he becomes useless and thus are his 45% WR. MK can be decent carry in late game if played right.

                                                        Also yes, article missed main carries this patch - Huskar and Lycan. Slark is very mediocre now and MK isn't a treat at all.

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