Dota 2: Top strongest 7.29 support heroes right now

What are the top strongest 7.29 support heroes today?

A lot of things can affect balance in the support role. Metachanges, item changes and even overall game economy tweaks all have a big impact on support, especially in the early picks in pubs. In fact, pub games have become too difficult to pick a support that can properly deal with the opponent draft when the supports are almost forced to pick first. Therefore, we have to anticipate what will happen next, especially at high ranks – where the meta is closest to the pro arena. Today, the article will show the top strongest support heroes in 7.29 that players should not ignore.

ANCIENT APPARITION: SUPPORT ANTI-CORE

The effect of healing with stealing and self-healing is very popular nowadays. First, we have heroes like Necrophos, Dawnbreaker and Juggernaut roaming around in 7.29. Meanwhile, items Satanic, Spirit Veseel, Heart of Tarrasque, Sange are also increasingly popular.

Picking AA first helps the team to limit the number of heroes the opponent can pick. Does the opponent want to pick Broodmother to steal health or Dawnbreaker wants to heal the whole team with Ultimate? Things are almost impossible (unless they don’t know what AA can do). Ancient Apparition solves the problems related to healing and currently Dota 2 has very few support heroes with potentially dangerous damage effects like AA.

WARLOCK: STYLISH BUT DURABLE

Warlock is one of the best core ‘protection’ passive supports in the game. This hero opens up a lot of options for carry in the second or third pick of the draft. Even the weak carry farm in the laning phase can still farm thanks to Warlock support. The ability to heal continuously helps the carry to stay in the lane for a long time. Warlock’s aggressive play potential is quite limited in the early game, but the hero makes up for those shortcomings in the mid-game.

Previously, Warlock was respected thanks to the teamfight combo Fatal Bonds + Ultimate. Stun AoE is large, can penetrate BKB to block channel spells, and then increase damage even though the damage is not high. After this, the hero gets an extremely powerful Shard upgrade. For only 1400 gold, it will make the Warlock lane significantly stronger. Shadow word used to be considered useless in the mid game, but now it has turned into an extremely beneficial teamfight skill.

Casting AoE Shadow Word on two targets made a difference of ~1080 HP in favor of our team, but it would be great to cast on more targets. Right now, Warlock is the hero you don’t want to face before you reach BKB and it’s also the hero you don’t want to encounter as the BKB duration gets shorter and shorter. In short, if you know how to play, Warlock will be a position 5 support that can put the opposing team in a very difficult situation.

ORACLE: STILL THE PREMIUM VERSION DAZZLE

For supports whose sole goal is to save an important teammate in teamfight, no one can match Oracle. False Promise with an 8-second duration and increased healing at level 1 is a very powerful tool when the team relies heavily on one or two heroes.

Oracle also has a spell that reduces magic damage and arm damage, as well as a powerful burst of magic damage. Oracle’s damage output is significantly lower than Dazzle’s, but the hero is probably stronger during most of the laning phase, especially in update 7.29, when the initial armor was increased a lot.

Overall, Oracle deserves to be in the top position 5 supports of meta 7.29. But if you look back at the past, this hero is probably almost always on the top support list since its introduction in the game. Oracle has very flexible gameplay and is now more than 10% present in all high ranked pub games.

EPILOGUE

The position 5 meta underwent significant changes in patch 7.29, but there is a general trend for all support heroes. It’s mid-game teamfights that take precedence over active laning and ganking.

As 7.29 focuses on comebacks and counterattacks, this trend is not surprising. The three support heroes above aren’t the only names worth commenting on in 7.29, but they’re currently very reliable at high ranks. Maybe the game completely has supports that suit your playstyle better. Therefore, please share in the comments below which is your most successful support in this 7.29 meta!

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