heroes Developer Update Q/A Roundup

[xevex 41]

2 hours ago, Migol said:

it's basically hat build (in very specific circumstances) or he's a dead weight.

I only use his hat build on maps that hes not good at pushing. Otherwise, always Locust and i dont feel like a death weight. During objectives you take down structures faster then the enemy can react, late game.

2 hours ago, Valhalen said:

Removing the Monstrosity minimap icon would make it severely broken. If left alone, the Monstrosity can take any lane singlehandedly.

All we need is commands for the Monstrosity. For example you command her to move to base to heal up or you command it to guard a certain point which is also a "dont move/stay still" command. 

[SleepySheepy 41]

Really dislike Medivh's quest change to 40 before dying. Nevermind that it's from level 1, I have feeling it will even more separate playerbase.

[PrivateJoker 27]

5 hours ago, Valhalen said:

Removing the Monstrosity minimap icon would make it severely broken. If left alone, the Monstrosity can take any lane singlehandedly.

He just meant that he wants to be able to instruct the monstrosity to hold position somewhere safe (and off the minimap) for a time, so he can leave it unattended without having it recklessly expose itself, to attend to other things Aba needs to do.

[PrivateJoker 27]

1 hour ago, SleepySheepy said:

Really dislike Medivh's quest change to 40 before dying. Nevermind that it's from level 1, I have feeling it will even more separate playerbase.

the way most games shake out at the start, with the typical early teamfights in mid, you should easily build up those 10 hits prior to level 7 (which is when you'd have to wait for Master's Touch anyway). The part I find to be a bummer is that they nerfed Arcane Rift's base dmg, so Master's Touch isn't much of a damage upgrade anymore. You'd have to take Arcane Charge at level 16 (where they moved it) just to bring the damage in line with it's original damage (+ Master's Touch, which everyone took anyway), and only every OTHER cast gets it. Frankly, with Temporal Flux in that tier, and considering how powerful Medivh's heroics can be, I'd rather just forget about improving damage.

You're right though, this change just makes him more of a "not viable in quick match" type of hero than he already was. Overall though, I think the rework strengthens him in what he was actually good at.

[xevex 41]

10 hours ago, PrivateJoker said:

The part I find to be a bummer is that they nerfed Arcane Rift's base dmg, so Master's Touch isn't much of a damage upgrade anymore.

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• New Talent: Mystic Assault [Q]
  • If Arcane Rift hits an enemy Hero, Medivh’s next Basic Attack within 6 seconds deals 40% more damage and Heals for 40% of the damage dealt
• New Talent: Force of Magic [W]
  • Preventing 268 or more damage with a single Force of Will grants Medivh 20% Spell Power for 12 seconds. This can stack up to 2 times

Mystic Assault will very easily bring hes dmg output inline with how it was. With Force of Magic his Q dmg is better then it was before.