The Group Stage for the Bali Main is over and it’s time to have a fast take a look at what works and what doesn’t on the highest degree of aggressive play. When you thought that the meta was set in stone, assume once more, as a result of it appears to be like like loads of issues are altering.
Pugna and
Timeless are doing constantly nicely on this match, which shouldn’t come as a shock to anybody. Robust lane dominators with large save and therapeutic potential are what most groups are searching for in helps on this teamfight-oriented meta.
Pugna is particularly spectacular, along with his 56% winrate, however be fluctuate that this hero wants pairing to faucet into his full potential. He could be casually picked in on a regular basis pubs, however the hero is at his finest when performed alongside heroes like Storm Spirit.
Medusa additionally belongs to this class of excessive reputation and excessive success heroes of the present meta, however that is very a lot outdated information. The hero requires a counterpick throughout the drafting stage and is problematic even with assured bans in Captains Mode. In All Choose, this hero ought to nonetheless be a precedence.
A number of heroes appear to be doing somewhat bit too nicely. Most notably, it’s Broodmother, who’s comfortably sitting at ~70% winrate throughout 36 video games. The hero is busted, however I’ve already talked about it in one of many newer posts.
Becoming a member of Broodmother, there are a number of much less OP, however nonetheless very sturdy heroes like Clockwerk and
Windranger. The latter was nerfed lately, however nonetheless stays a menace. Between built-in survivability and Common Attribute, the hero merely offers a bit an excessive amount of injury, whereas staying alive.
Clockwerk is a barely much less anticipated hero on the checklist. He was making progress because the begin of the patch, however it was not till the resurgence of ranged cores that he began being mainstream. The hero pairs very properly with loads of heroes, however most notably he works wonders on a workforce the place the offlane hero both lacks initiation prowess, or has very lengthy cooldowns. This makes him invaluable in pubs, although it’s preferable to lane him with a ranged core.
A number of heroes are performing a bit worse than anticipated. Groups have skilled them, they wish to play them, however they don’t work out constantly. Maybe these heroes have been nerfed lately, or they have been merely discovered, however I really feel like quickly this pattern will observe pubs as nicely.
Most notably, Beastmaster and
Terrorblade are closely underperforming. I really feel like the previous is being performed manner too grasping and may’t be a dependable playmaker within the early midgame with Aghanim’s construct, when the workforce wants him essentially the most. If the opponent efficiently invades your stacks at the least as soon as earlier than minute ten, the Beastmaster tempo is simply useless.
Terrorblade is a bit stunning, however as a hard-carry that depends on his workforce to arrange a battle for him, he’s strictly inferior to Medusa. It’s simpler to blow him up, he does much less in a teamfight and he doesn’t even essentially farm sooner. Nonetheless, I really feel just like the hero is price taking part in, it’s simply this match is a bit too
Morphling-focused, making Terrorblade’s life depressing.
There may be additionally Disruptor, who has an abysmal ~26% winrate throughout 19 video games. The hero is so much weaker than he was: degree one Thunder Strike went from being one of the best injury per mana capacity within the recreation to one of many worst. Maxing it out isn’t an choice both, leading to a hero that does look wonderful if you end up forward, however doesn’t actually do something from behind.
There are lots of different heroes who’re additionally price discussing. For instance, Techies is unquestionably beginning to really feel a bit discovered, whereas heroes like
Enigma at the moment are dominating even from a help place. All in all, the meta is much from being set in stone, with a few attention-grabbing caveats we’re going to talk about later this week.