Dota 2: Analysis of the new heroes in The Outlanders

The new heroes started their journey quite hard, failing to achieve a 45% win rate in the first days. After that, players had time to get used to the skill set and there were also some balance changes to make them playable at high level pubs. Therefore, this is the right time to start analyzing these new heroes.

SNAPFIRE

Snapfire is primarily designed to play position 4 support, but with the new patch, the difference between supports is not as pronounced as before. The article feels that Snapfire can play in the safe lane in position 5 as well. Make sure Snapfire is paired with a core hero that can be a bit aggressive in the laning phase.

This idea is further reinforced when Snapfire is still quite useful in dealing damage and complementing the team despite not having many items. The most common build for Snapfire in high pub pubs is to raise Lil’ Shredder first, with a point for Scatterblast and Firesnap Cookie upon reaching level 7.

The hero is having a 51% win rate this week at top rank, so Snapfire is perfectly playable, despite being nerfed a bit recently. As an active, long-ranged support with high add-on potential, it’s hard to say which games are beneficial and which aren’t: We feel that this hero can find a place in any lineup. and goes well against most other heroes.

Looking at the talent stats, we also see that this hero is built in the direction of auxiliary and creating safety for himself and his teammates instead of going in the direction of aggression. This is reflected in the hero’s item build, where aura and Force Staff items are the most successful and popular.

Given the potential of Snapfire, everyone is looking forward to the hero in Captains Mode, as the pro arena is the real test of its usefulness. For now, the article feels that this hero is quite good and is a pretty good choice in Dota’s support lineup.

VOID SPIRIT

This is probably the more interesting name in The Outlanders Update. Just released, but Void Spirit has been buffed quite a lot and nerfed once. With the current win rate, the article feels that Void Spirit needs to be adjusted further.

The article is always quite careful when concluding that new heroes are “too strong”, because their high win rate is sometimes just because the community has not found a way to deal with them. However, it is true that the Void Spirit is too strong, similar to its brothers. Void Spirit is very flexible, mobile, and the damage it deals mainly comes from the skill set. The problem is, this amount of damage is too great.

All skills of this hero are almost nuke – nuke with extra effects. Aether Remnant is a 270 damage nuke with almost 2 seconds of hard disable. This is a move that doesn’t always launch perfectly, but in the worst case scenario, if it misses, it still protects an area.

Dissimilate is a 380-damage AoE nuke, with maneuverability and evasion. Dissimilate has a long cast and teleport time, but can be used to dodge most projectile moves and change the Void Spirit’s position.

Resonant Pulse is a 250 damage nuke, usually maxed out first and provides hero safety. Hitting 3 heroes with this move grants Void Spirit 400+ health against physical damage. Not to mention the damage is also calculated after the armor is reduced, so it increases the survival rate for the Void Spirit.

Finally, Astral Step’s ultimate is a 250-damage nuke that repositions with a slow for 2 charges. Throwing each skill on the enemy hero will deal up to 1000 magic damage. While it alone can’t change the game, it will be difficult for the opponent to react, unless they have a hero that can disable immediately. .

Void Spirit has a win rate of nearly 60% in games from Divine and above this week and I feel that this hero is too strong against supports – heroes who haven’t made it to BKB or at least Glimmer Cape. With the current situation, Void Spirit seems to have been balanced in the previous economic patch, with XP and Gold gained from most cores reduced by about 10%.

Outpost increased the leveling tempo, causing the Void Spirit to “air” too soon and deal damage too quickly. Perhaps, a few changes to Void Spirit’s skill set could solve the problem, but in the current state, the hero limits a lot of support heroes, and forces most cores to go to BKB early.

According to Dotabuff