6.87b

I don't see anything about it in the forum. Maybe it goes to the general 6.87 thread? You mods can move or delete this if appropiate.

* Sacrifice Cooldown increased from 44/36/28/20 to 60/50/40/30
* Sacrifice Mana restore increased from 25/40/55/70% to 30/50/70/90%
* Blade Mail cooldown increased from 13 to 18
* Jinada slow reduced from 25/27/29/31% to 18/22/26/30%
* Armlet's armor bonus is now granted after it is fully activated

The sacrifice cooldown nerf is good... especially since the XP distribution of 6.87 of the lane creeps changed.

Also, Lich is really good right now.


What does the armlet change mean?

Armlet change is a bug fix. The +5 armor wasn't implemented, now it is :)

I understand the nerf to Sacrifice's cooldown, but it still hurts. I used to go 4-0-2-1 and then max Ice Armor. I don't know what to do now. Maybe be more conservative with mana and get used to waiting 14 more seconds? Get Arcane Boots? Put more points into Sacrifice to wait less?

At least I got to experience one game where I went deny mode Lich. EXP has never been more on my side.

Yes, it did need to be nerfed. The values seem a little high, but I'll see if it guts the hero.

Blade Mail nerf, cool. This item will be less infuriating. It's not so much an Axe nerf, since without Force Staff, Axe doesn't really get off more than one Call per fight anyway unless the enemies royally screw up. It's much more a nerf to Timbersaw, who if you don't zone from level 1 or counterpick is very difficult to deal with at the moment with his massive armor and a blade mail that's always up.

And BH nerfs. No more super value point in Jinada it seems. Unfortunate.