6.87 Discussion Thread

What's with the "Increased Illusory Orb speed by 1" ???

I think i'd best explain that one. It's because IceFrog (bless his soul) likely read a post on reddit, which input a series of patches information into a Markov chain text generator. One of the randomly generated changes was to Puck which said (and I kid you not):

Puck
Illusory Orb speed increased by 1

IceFrog likely got a laugh or two out of it, so he decided to add it to the game for the fun of it, especially since it is statistically near impossible for it to make any noticeable differences in the game.

The like if you're interested (for the original Markov chain text version of 6.87): https://np.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/4fw6gm/how_687_would_look_like_if_icefrog_was_a_markov/

I tend to read the best troll posts, once it's been through my scourge army

I feel like Bloodthorn might be the most ridiculous item in the game thus far. It's just so... good. Like, Orchid Malevolence was already good. This is borderline broken.

The only thing that gives me pause about yelling OSFROG PLZ. Is that it is essentially a 7000 gold item countered by Manta and BKB.

Yea, I just tested it out now with WR:

Blink > Shackle > Bloodthorn > Focus Fire = Dead

HOLY **** MORE NEW ITEM YES.

Is it just me or are nearly ll of them built for Slark.

UPDATE: Echo Sabre Slark actually makes Shadow Blade much better on Slark, in contrast with my recent arguement against it. Must update guide soon. Echo Sabre is god tier on Slark. Ill add it once it comes to the database.

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Oh god I carried this game so hard. We were down all our T2s and two T3s, my team had no enemy towers down, and then I destroyed the Meepo multiple times and it was over like that. Fells good man.

Anybody knows what Infused Raindrops are supposed to do?
That said, Wind Lace looks like a super good early game item.

You buy them on TB and laugh at everyone who wants to kill you. OSFrog.

Point is, if you disable a person or bait out his bkb/manta, the item is super good. It is quite comparable to open wounds. That's a big blip on the hero to say" hey guys!, this ****** is silenced and will take crits for the duration he is silenced. And you won't be missing any attack!

I am waiting for people to post new lotus orb interactions. And find the abuse potential in new items.

To terathiel: you should still try building drums on terrorblade before you summarily dismissed it.
Drums are love, drums are life

I thought Infused Raindrops gives you a burst of mana or something, misremembered.

0.85 mana regen is literally basi though, so with just 225 gold this would be pretty good laning item