DOTA 2 Asia Championship alias DAC 2018 baru saja menyelesaikan babak grup hari pertamanya dengan Patch 7.11. Namun sesuai kebijakan dari Valve, dimana setiap dua minggu-nya mereka akan membawakan update baru yang pastinya akan banyak berdampak pada ranah E-Sports dari DOTA 2 yang sedang berlangsung pada musim ini dengan hadirnya sistem baru.
Kabar yang paling mengejutkan adalah hadirnya Pangolier kedalam Captain’s Mode yang pastinya dapat merubah susunan pick dan ban yang sudah ada sekarang. Hadirnya Pangolier dengan segala kemampuannya untuk bisa bermain diberbagai posisi pastinya dapat menghadirkan perbedaan dan juga memberikan tontonan yang seru bagi para penontonnya.
Tak hanya itu, Valve juga membawakan sedikit penyesuaian pada beberapa item. Seperti Clarity yang Mana Regenerationnya diturunkan dari 3.2 ke 3.0 per detiknya, durasi item Satanic yang ditambahkan dari 4.5 detik ke 5 detik, cara kerja Spirit Vessel yang diubah dari 3% direct damage, menjadi 4,5% Magical Damage kepada yang terkena efek negatifnya dan perubahan minor lainnya pada item-item seperti Skull Basher, Silver Edge, Refresher Orb, Moon Shard dan juga Nulifier yang bisa kalian lihat lengkap dibagian bawah dari artikel ini.
Beberapa hero juga mendapatkan beberapa sentuhan, sebut saja Bounty Hunter yang Shuriken Toss-nya sekarang akan selalu membutuhkan 150 Mana, Golem dari Warlock yang mendapatkan tambahan damage seiring pertambahan levelnya, cooldown skill Avalanche Tiny yang ditambahkan serta Health Regennya yang diturunkan menjadi 1.5 perdetik saja.
Tak cuman mereka, tapi hampir seluruh hero lainnya juga mendapatkan beberapa penyesuaian kecil. Namun hero seperti Dark Seer, Enchantress, IO, Leshrac, Riki dan Shadow Demon yang mendapatkan beberapa penyesuaian yang lebih banyak dari pada hero lainnya yang harus kalian perhatikan juga! Selengkapnya bisa langsung kalian lihat di bagian bawah artikel ini.
Perubahan ini pastinya akan berdampak cukup besar dalam meta permainan yang akan hadir selama beberapa hari kedepan di DOTA 2 Asia Championship 2018. Jadi, mari kita lihat, tim manakah yang bisa beradaptasi lebih baik dengan perubahan yang dibawakan Valve dalam patch 7.12 ini.
Patch 7.12
General Update:
* Enabled Pangolier in Captain’s Mode
* Neutral Creep Stack bounty increased from 15% to 20%
Item Update:
* Clarity: Mana Regeneration reduced from 3.2 to 3.0
* Heart of Tarrasque: Strength increased from 40 to 45
* Moon Shard: Attack Speed increased from 120 to 130
* Nullifier: Projectile speed decreased from 1200 to 900
* Refresher Orb: Mana regeneration increased from 3 to 5
* Satanic: Duration increased from 4.5 to 5 seconds
* Silver Edge: Break duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds
* Silver Edge: Cooldown reduced from 24 to 22
* Skull Basher: Bash duration increased from 1.4 to 1.5
* Abyssal Blade: Bash duration increased from 1.4 to 1.5
* Spirit Vessel: Enemy current health based damage changed from 3% Direct HP modification to 4.5% Magical Damage
Hero Update:
* Anti-Mage: Mana Void damage increased from 0.6/0.85/1.1 to 0.8/0.95/1.1
* Arc Warden: Flux cooldown reduced from 18 to 16
* Arc Warden: Magnetic Field AoE increased from 275 to 300
* Axe: Battle Hunger duration increased from 10 to 12
* Bounty Hunter: Shuriken Toss manacost increased from 120/130/140/150 to 150
* Bloodseeker: Thirst linger bonus duration increased from 2 to 4
* Chen: Holy Persuasion can no longer target non-player allied creeps
* Clinkz: Strafe duration increased from 3 to 3.5 seconds
* Crystal Maiden: Base damage increased by 3
* Crystal Maiden: Arcane Aura self mana regen increased from 1/2/3/4 to 1.3/2.2/3.1/4
* Dark Seer: Vacuum AoE increased from 250/350/450/550 to 400/450/500/550
* Dark Seer: Vacuum cooldown rescaled from 32 to 60/50/40/30
* Dark Seer: Vacuum cast range rescaled from 500 to 450/500/550/600
* Dark Seer: Vacuum Pull duration increased from 0.5 to 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6
* Dark Seer: Vacuum damage rescaled from 40/80/120/160 to 25/50/100/200
* Dark Seer: Wall of Replica incoming illusion damage reduced from 400% to 300%
* Dark Seer: Wall of Replica width increased from 1000 to 1300
* Dark Willow: Terrorize cast time increased from 0.8 to 1.0
* Dark Willow: Bedlam cooldown increased from 40/30/20 to 40/35/30
* Dazzle: Poison Touch damage increased from 10/20/30/40 to 10/24/38/52
* Death Prophet: Spirit Siphon charge restore time increased from 45 to 60/55/50/45
* Death Prophet: Silence manacost increased from 80 to 80/90/100/110
* Disruptor: Static Storm no longer lingers on your hero for 0.5 seconds after walking away from the AoE (it already ends immediately once the spell is over)
* Disruptor: Kinetic Field cooldown increased from 13/12/11/10 to 19/16/13/10
* Drow Ranger: Precision Aura attack damage bonus increased from 10/18/26/34% to 10/20/30/40%
* Elder Titan: Echo Stomp Initial Stun duration reduced from 0.8 to 0.2
* Ember Spirit: Base armor increased by 1
* Enchantress: Untouchable slow rescaled from 40/70/100/130 to 20/60/100/140
* Enchantress: Enchant cooldown rescaled from 30/24/18/12 to 55/40/25/10
* Enchantress: Enchant slow increased from 2.25/3.5/4.75/6 to 3/4/5/6
* Enchantress: Enchant dominate duration rescaled from 80 to 50/60/70/80
* Enchantress: Impetus manacost rescaled from 55/60/65 to 40/55/70
* Gyrocopter: Flak Cannon cooldown increased from 30 to 40
* Gyrocopter: Homing Missile hits to destroy reduced from 3/3/4/4 to 3
* Io: Tether now sets your movement speed to match the tethered target’s speed
* Io: Relocate cooldown increased from 120/100/80 to 130/110/90
* Io: Tether no longer has a duration
* Io: Tether movement speed rescaled from 10/12/14/16% to 7/10/13/16%
* Io: Tether regen sharing rescaled from 1.5x to 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5
* Io: Base damage reduced by 4
* Leshrac: Base movement speed increased from 325 to 330
* Leshrac: Lightning Storm damage rescaled from 50/100/150/200 to 80/120/160/200
* Leshrac: Lightning Storm slow duration rescaled from 0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0
* Leshrac: Lightning Storm cast point reduced from 0.45 to 0.4
* Lich: Sacrifice mana conversion increased from 30/50/70/90 to 55/70/85/100
* Lifestealer: Open Wounds manacost increased from 140/130/120/110 to 140
* Lion: Earth Spike manacost rescaled from 100/120/140/160 to 70/100/130/160
* Magnus: Skewer AoE increased from 125 to 135
* Magnus: Reverse Polarity stun duration increased from 2.25/3/3.75 to 2.75/3.25/3.75
* Mirana: Base attack damage range from 39-50 to 43-48
* Monkey King: Wukong’s Command soldier attack rate improved from 1.4 to 1.3
* Necrophos: Heartstopper Aura increased from 0.5/1/1.5/2% to 0.5/1.1/1.7/2.3%
* Necrophos: Death Pulse manacost rescaled from 125/145/165/185 to 100/130/160/190
* Ogre Magi: Multicast no longer increases Fire Blast manacost
* Omniknight: Repel manacost increased from 50 to 85
* Phantom Assassin: Stifling Dagger can be targeted on Spell Immune (the slow won’t have any effect, but the physical damage will go through)
* Phoenix: Supernova radius increased from 1000 to 1300
* Phoenix: Supernova now turns night into day for the duration (has highest priority)
* Razor: Static Link cast range reduced from 600 to 550 (break range still 800)
* Razor: Unstable Current damage reduced from 100/130/160/190 to 60/100/140/180
* Riki: Tricks of the Trade reworked. Instead of hitting every hero in the AoE once per second, it hits a random hero once per 0.5/0.45/0.4 seconds.
* Riki: Tricks of the Trade will hit creeps if there are no heroes available
* Riki: Tricks of the Trade duration increased from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6
* Rubick: Telekinesis cooldown increased from 22 to 28/26/24/22
* Sand King: Burrowstrike stun duration rescaled from 2.17 to 1.9/2.0/2.1/2.2
* Sand King: Base movement speed reduced from 295 to 290
* Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge slow now always scales linearly with time from 100% to 20%
* Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge cooldown increased from 40 to 60 (affects charge replenish)
* Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge duration increased from 5 to 7 seconds
* Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge no longer roots non-hero units for 3 seconds
* Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge now continuously dispels the target
* Slark: Base HP regen increased from 1.5 to 2.75
* Slark: Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.6
* Slardar: Guardian Sprint no longer has a 15% damage amplification
* Slardar: Guardian Sprint duration reduced from 12 to 10
* Sniper: Assassinate manacost reduced from 175/275/375 to 175/225/275
* Spectre: Spectral Dagger damage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 90/140/190/240
* Spirit Breaker: Empowering Haste active no longer reduces your movement speed afterwards
* Spirit Breaker: Empowering Haste cooldown increased from 12 to 20
* Templar Assassin: Movement speed increased from 300 to 310
* Timbersaw: Chakram manacost per second reduced from 20/25/30 to 16/23/30
* Timbersaw: Chakram initial manacost reduced from 100/150/200 to 80/140/200
* Tiny: Base Health Regen reduced from 2.5 to 1.5
* Tiny: Avalanche cooldown increased from 17 to 20/19/18/17
* Treant Protector: Base intelligence increased by 3
* Troll Warlord: Berserker’s Rage base attack time improved from 1.5 to 1.45
* Tusk: Ice Shards cooldown increased from 19/16/13/10 to 21/18/15/12
* Undying: Undying Zombie critical health attack speed boost increased from 50 to 75
* Undying: Flesh Golem hero kill heal increased from 10% to 15/20/25%
* Warlock: Golem’s attack damage increased from 75/100/125 to 75/125/175
* Windranger: Fixed some clunkiness with how Windranger attacks the target during Focus Fire
* Winter Wyvern: Arctic Burn attack range changed from 275/375/475/575 to 350/425/500/575
* Winter Wyvern: Base intelligence increased by 1
* Zeus: Attack range increased from 350 to 380
* Zeus: Base damage increased by 5