6.84 is here!

I have like 5 blog posts I could do but here's the one I'm going(starting) with, here are some reflectionssnoitcelfer on 6.84 after playing some games.

So when the change-log came out I, like many others, was mindblown. The amazing OP new items, the big hero changes, weird new aghs, I thought this would make the game crazy.

However, as I should realize by now, the General Changes are what makes the biggest difference for every single game of dota that goes on. Suddenly I couldn't try to hard carry the game by farming for 20 minutes, I have to be ready for bloodshed super early in the game. Suddenly my 13 minute Battle Fury turns into a 15 minute Battle Fury simply because creeps aren't worth as much.

But most of all, you can't just throw leads around every team fight because of rubberband. The game can of course still shift, but I appreciate that one mistake is not punished so harshly now.

Now on to the OP items:

Glitter thingie-pretty good, manacost nerf makes it…
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Lets talk about Breathe Fire.

1. It has a terrible name, on par with Slardar's skill names.

2. It gives him a nice nuke for farming in-lane and early fights.

3. It got a buff where it applies a damage reduction.

4. it..wait what?

YEAH. This baby now applies a 20% damage reduction at lvl 1, scaling to a 35% at lvl 4. Try last hitting when that debuff is on you! It's not gonna happen! This one addition to the skill turns Dragon Knight from a middling midlaner into a BEAST. Doesn't matter who it is, if you have a quelling blade and use breathe fire on them, you're gonna have last hits for days...or at least 8 seconds.

You thought Breathe Fire fell off a lot later in the game? Think again! Combined with your armor, if you use this on some pesky right clicker you're hardly even gonna feel them hitting you. Remember it's percentage based so the later the game goes, it remains just as relevant, unlike Enfeeble.

I mean this is a huuuuuge buff for my buddy DK, and it's not the only …
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