Patch 7.25 Dota 2: Is Snowball Meta Back?

Since the third Major, ESL One Los Angeles, was cancelled, Valve seems to have decided to release it right away patches next, which is 7.25. Just like his name, patches This brings a lot of changes in terms of gameplay, good at level casual nor competitive.

Since there are so many changes, we’ll cover a few that are worth highlighting. If you want to read patch notes complete in English, you can read it here.

Greater Snowball Potential?

There are two changes that make patches this time will be profitable lineup or a hero who has potential snowball. First, the mechanism rubber band from kill for teams that are lagging behind are reduced. This means that if you fall behind, your team cannot immediately re-balance net worth only with two or three kill crucial.

Second, gold from kill spree so it goes up significantly. It means only through a few kill streak, one hero can get a significant advantage. This means the hero will become very strong quickly. Merged with nerf against the mechanism comeback, potency snowball can be very noticeable.

All Picks Changed

The dynamics of choosing a hero in All Pick will also change. Previously, order pick is 1-2-2-2-2-1 alternately. But starting from patches this, pick will be carried out one by one simultaneously by both teams. But what hero is in-pick by players from both teams will be hidden until pick next. So no player will deliberately wait a long time just for the sake of doing counterpick.

Buffs and Nerf Heroes and Items

Then as usual, there are many heroes and items that get buff as well as nerf. Some heroes also get the new Aghanim’s Scepter effect.

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Have you tried playing with patches 7.25? What do you think?

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