
Enemies would take the bonus 400% damage without removing the Enchant Totem buff on Earthshaker. It wasn’t an incredible tier two neutral item, but it was decent, if not a tad underwhelming from the 17 to 27 minute mark in-game.Įarthshaker however, is the one hero who was able to abuse Shadow Brand, making it incredibly overpowered.Įarthshaker could use Enchant Totem to get 400% bonus damage, and then use Fae Grenade on enemies. The old Fae Grenade active ability, Shadow Brand, did 20 damage per second for seven seconds to the enemy heroes on top of the user’s attack damage when used.įor most heroes, this translated to the hero’s damage with an additional 160. was impressed by Chessies performances in Heroes of Newerth and in tryouts for various top Dota 2 teams and wished to add him to the permanent roster. How do these changes affect Shadow Brand? Screenmshot by: Kristine Tuting/ ONE Esports


When it comes to neutral items, IceFrog decided to give Fae Grenade a minor rework so that the item isn’t overpowered on specific heroes and useless on others. Meta heroes have been nerfed, underpowered heroes got buffed, and items have been rebalanced. Dota 2 patch 7.30e is the latest balance patch after The International 10 (TI10).
