Dota 6.88

Getdota 6.88 map update and changelog – 6.88 Gameplay Update

Items

Armlet of Mordiggian

Bloodthorn

Butterfly

Crimson Guard

Dragon Lance

Hurricane Pike

Rod of Atos

Smoke of Deceit


Shortly after OG took their second Major victory, Valve has released the 6.88 patch, featuring limited nerfs and multiple buffs for the under utilized heroes.

Smaller in scale compared to the previous patches, the 6.88 patch has brought about some nerfs to popular heroes and multiple buffs to the lesser picked ones. Item changes in this patch center around cooldown reductions and a redistribution of stats, most notably the extra five agility points granted by a Butterfly (35 agility given, up from 30).

Unsurprisingly, popular heroes leading up to the Manila Major and at the Major itself received either nerfs or no changes. Death Prophet, with a 60% win rate at the Manila Major, has had her Spirit Siphon – a popular first skill to max – base drain damage reduced by nine points, from 25 to 16. Bounty Hunter, holding a 59% win rate and the most banned record at the Manila Major, also faced a similar fate, having the self-gold given by Track reduced from 170/260/350 to 150/250/350.

On the other end of the spectrum, under-utilized heroes such as Phantom Assassin and Outworld Devourer have received buffs. Phantom Strike is now able to target spell immune heroes and Essence Aura’s mana bonus increased from 75/150/225/300 to 125/200/275/350.

With the patch notes in mind, the current meta is not expected to shift too much, therefore, it is unlikely that the patch heavily favors any team.


Heroes

Abaddon

Anti-Mage

Arc Warden

Bane

Beastmaster

Bloodseeker

Bounty Hunter

Brewmaster

Centaur Warrunner

Chaos Knight

Clinkz

Clockwerk

Crystal Maiden

Death Prophet

Disruptor

Doom

Drow Ranger

Earthshaker

Enigma

Earth Spirit

Gyrocopter

Invoker

Io

Jakiro

Keeper of the Light

Kunkka

Legion Commander

Lich

Lifestealer

Lina

Luna

Magnus

Medusa

Meepo

Morphling

Naga Siren

Necrophos

Nyx Assassin

Ogre Magi

Omniknight

Outworld Devourer

Oracle

Phantom Assassin

Phoenix

Pudge

Pugna

Razor

Riki

Sand King

Shadow Demon

Shadow Fiend

Shadow Shaman

Silencer

Skywrath Mage

Slardar

Slark

Sniper

Spirit Breaker

Storm Spirit

Templar Assassin

Terrorblade

Tiny

Treant Protector

Troll Warlord

Undying

Ursa

Venomancer

Viper

Visage

Winter Wyvern

Warlock

Weaver

Windranger

Wraith King

Zeus

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