We’re barrelling towards the next Dota 2 major in Manila, a matter of weeks away, giving us a lovely start to the E3 madness on June 7 through 12. In final preparation, Valve have released the final 6.87 mini-patch, 6.87d. It nerfs all the most powerful characters and abilities to try to bring them a little more towards the baseline and shake things up for top teams.
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Here’s the full list of changes from Valve:
Dota 2 patch 6.87d hero changes:
- Doom:
- Doom cooldown increased from 125 to 140
- Phoenix:
- Sun Ray cooldown increased from 20 to 26
- Beastmaster:
- Boar Attack Damage reduced from 15/30/45/60 to 10/25/40/55
- Call of the Wild Hawk/Boar manacost increased from 15 to 25
- Earth Spirit:
- Rolling Boulder slow duration reduced from 2 to 1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0
- Lion:
- Base intelligence reduced by 2
- Bounty Hunter:
- Track self bonus gold reduced from 200/275/350 to 170/260/350
Dota 2 patch 6.87d item changes:
- Armlet:
- Health drain increased from 40 to 45 per second
For anyone that’s spent time watching Dota 2 for the last couple of months, all of these heroes and abilities being tweaked will be familiar. Armlet users particularly have been very strong in recent past, and it’s a much-needed nerf to stop the game becoming predictable in the drafting phase.
As for recent results, Frankfurt Major champions OG took down the Dreamleague Season 5 tournament at the weekend, sweeping a resurgent Na’vi in the finals. All eyes now turn to Manila, with Team Liquid hoping to continue their success from Epicenter and many others hoping to prove a surprise. We may also, finally, see the grudge matchup between the two new Evil Geniuses and Team Secret line-ups.