I didnt play recently but I feel the int buff is actually irrevelant. And Silver edge got buffed and basher nerfed so the hero became shittier.
I think PA has many counters and also the meta is early 5man and PA is kind of farming hero so she doesn't get picked in pro games that much. But in pub games that people focus more on their own heroes and kinda don't know how to punish a greedy hero like PA, the hero still works pretty good in pub games.
The int buff is only truly helpful if you're behind or you have a bad lane. Though with battlefury it gives pretty good mana regen now, though it's not like you lack int past the 10th minute mark. Most + damage items now give way less in terms of raw physical damage, which is really bad for PA's huge crits, now I really don't know what I'd prioritize on her. AC is actually pretty good, it gives attack speed and -armor which PA actually likes. Might go -armor builds now since their scaling does not depend on those phyiscal damage item nerfs.
This guy really loves his PA, and he's something like 7k mmr: https://www.youtube.com/user/BrenGaming1/videos
Watch his PA gameplays.
PA sure as hell isn't supposed to be a farming hero unless you call standard carry play 'farming'
^Well yeah, you can (and should most games) fight early with PA, you can actually kill people early if you know what you're doing.
battlefury is supposedly still good late game cus PA can crit a bunch of people in a team fight with cleave dmg
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I have been spamming PA for ages with my usually bad (or trolling :v) item builds. Normally, I would maintain win rate around 47%-48% but recently, I have consistently won matches with PA (12 wins in a row at this moment). I can guarantee that my Dota skill didn't improve yet, so the only reason is PA getting stronger (I find that buff in INT very helpful early). But from what I read in reddit, many people complain PA is shitty now :)
Can anyone who also play PA recently share your experience?