Dota Top5: Metagame Shifts

#1: Top 5 Metagame Shifts

715 and I are very excited about this new project. It is a look back at some of the most imbalanced things back in Dota history. In this edition, we tie how those imbalances changed the face of Dota.

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[Elektroratte]

Nothing against your list, but how on earth can the change from Sentinel vs. Scourge in competitive to picking from all heroes NOT be on top of that list or at least in the top 3?

That virtually translated to: "okay, forget everything we know about balance and all common lineups and combinations so far" cause suddenly there were infinitely more heroes/combinations to choose from, Blink dagger dominance was only an aftermath a couple of versions later.

[LuminouStudios]

@Elektroratte I believe that was before .48b

[joshuu18]

so lumi, when's top 5 tentacle hentais ?

[C00Ki3fication]

All these metagame changes seem directed to ZSMJ.

[psukkar]

@spaceloner90

I was more thinking there shouldnt be do it all items in dota. It made the game balanced, I cant remember the price of the item but it was much larger than manta now. Price aside mana burn and images should cost alot its worthy of two items in the inventory. Also the item saved u space in ur inventory. The item felt to me that it was " do it all item and i hated it"

To think of it I recall hex had a simular thing going on.

Ihese changes occured with ageis,i thk

[pnguyen07]

I literally stopped playing dota because of the blink nerf because I thought it was the dumbest nerf ever. Change an item called "Blink Dagger of ESCAPE" so that you can't use it as an escape mechanism at all.

But in hindsight it was somewhat necessary.

[DrouGluiN]

after the blink change came the Most boring era of dota ever. :D FARM FARM FARM FARM. Until ks.int reinvented ganking..

TBh I quite agree with your list even though there are other changes that could have made it into the list.

[brvkloshar]

it was big when they move tree of life in the middle of the sentinel base 

[horomsim1]

you should do a top 5 (even though there are way more) most important game control techniques to know. like as far as setting up shortcuts or clicking the right way. just control techniques you know :)

[MrChidorist]

@Furaxisify older agesis was tradeable among players at anypoint in the game #oldschooldotaplayerz

[kaobei]

flying courier not able to plant wards was also a big change

[kaobei]

I agree to your list but the flying courier not able to plant wards change definitely got to squeeze into top 5 list imo