New DotA 6.49, New Items

October 27th, 2007

New version, vastly improved but theHost and I only tried the map once. Cheaper cost for certain items, some balancing of heroes, and N’aix was re-made. The new N’aix is better than before. The old N’aix should be returned though as he wasn’t a bad hero to begin with.

We tested out the new items and here’s the stats after the jump:

Armlet of Mordiggian - 700g (+ 950g + 550g + 650g = 2850g)
Gives:
+9 Damage
+15% Attack Speed
+5 Armor
+3 HP/sec
Unholy Strength (active, caster-only, 10 second cooldown)
Requires:
Helm of Iron Will
Gloves of Haste
Blades of Attack
When Unholy Strength is activated:
+40 Damage
+25% attack speed
+5 armor
+3 HP/sec
+25 Strength
-30 HP/sec

Note the activation ability, it gives more damage, attack speed, and a whole lot of strength for a total of -27 HP/sec. This item stacks well with Satanic, and the strength boost on activation is awesome for strength-based heroes. Otherwise it’s just a 3-slots-for-price-of-1 item. I’d recommend this if you’re a high-damage dealing strength hero.

Shiva’s Guard - 600g (+ 1400g + 2700g = 4700g total)
Gives:
+30 Intelligence
+15 Armor
Freezing Aura (passive -25% Attack Speed Aura)
Arctic Blast (active, 1000(?) area around caster, 30 second cooldown)
Requires:
Plate Mail
Mystic Staff
Arctic Blast stats:
-40% Enemy movement speed for 4 seconds
Deals 200 damage
Units hit by this cannot be affected again for 30 seconds.

This item is awesome. Every hero who is alone or at least one member of the team should get this. The negative attack speed aura seems to be calculated after all bonuses are applied to the hero, but this needs to be confirmed; I had Beastmaster against a Techies with Shiva’s Guard and it took forever to land a hit even with Beastmaster’s attack acceleration. Arctic Blast is a great nuke for slowing down pursuers and its extremely large area and half-decent damage is good for farming and defense.

Orchid Malevolence - 1000g (+ 2700g + 1925g = 5625g total)
Gives:
+25 Intelligence
+35 Damage
+40% Attack Speed
+150% Mana Regeneration
Soul Burn (active, single-target, cooldown 40 seconds)
Requires:
Mystic Staff
Oblivion Staff
When Soul Burn is activated:
Silence for 4.5 seconds
15% Amplify Damage for 4.5 seconds

In my opinion, this item compliments the sheepstick (Guinsoo’s Scythe of Vyse). Both this and the sheepstick keep an enemy from using skills and provide an opportunity to either kill an enemy hero or run away. Getting this alone might not be as good since the enemy can act and use items, but this will depend on your team’s dynamics.

Javelin - 1400g
+16 Damage
20% chance to deal 40 bonus damage with each attack

This is the bastard child or counterpart to the Stout Shield. Nothing combines with it currently, but it may be useful for a fast-attacking hero.

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One Response to “New DotA 6.49, New Items”

  1. dota Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 7:53 am

    dota…

    Dota is a really great game! Thanks for this post mate!…

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