Dont listen to people who play riki in my experience he goes 25-0 and still loses in the end cause he has the worst push capability of any hero in the game

Void. With the maelstrom update it really boosts void's farming due to the additional attack speed.

And yet he is still THE #1 most picked hero, and rocks a solid 54+% winrate in high MMR (where games are much shorter, he’s even better at lower ranks)

As above said, he is the #1 pick in immortal and still keeps a 54% winrate. You may just need to adjust timings and see if itemization changed a little. Like I know with bkb nerfs manta is almost always 3rd item after MoM and maelstrom. I wondered if MoM would stay must have or not with attack speed coming from maelstrom and more from Manta

That mild change in DPS means nothing in terms of voids growth. A lot of carries plateau at a specific point but void just gets stronger and stronger until he hits level 30. Sceptor and shard are also great on him. Frankly, I consider him the strongest late game carry right now because of everything he has right now.

Void, just pick void. Number 1 carry on pro tracker right now

I’m about 2-3k and void feels great this patch. Maelstrom changes, new orb of corrosion, and buffs to bud kit all are great. On top of that he’s just an insane hero with chrono, and if anything it’s easier to hit 3-4 man chronos in lower mmr, so he’s really strong

Mars or Abaddon, you can carry your team to defeat by trying to play with those two.

If you make Pos 5 then yeah, he can potentially be the best healer in DotA in the early to mid game. But even then, he will lose effectiveness in the late game.

Making a tank/fighter build now is just impossible, the nerfs completely neutered that playstyle unfortunately.

Well, unlike PA or Gyro, there’s not really a single thing that pushed him over the edge.

He’s had a few small buffs here and there, like giving him strength when he levels cleave, giving him slow resistance when he ults, buffing Warcry a little bit.

Then there’s the recent BKB changes that make it so Halberd, Nullifier, and Silver Edge don’t work through BKB. All of those are annoying for Sven, and now when he presses BKB, he doesn’t have to deal with them.

The biggest thing that I would say though, is the current meta just really favors him. The meta is really good for two kinds of carries: heroes that can AFK farm after the lane for a bit in the jungle, and heroes that are really good assassins. Not only is Sven good at farming the jungle, he’s the best at it (out of the popular carry heroes), and he doesn’t need to farm for too long. Where PA becomes a threat with 3-4 core items, Sven can take over a game with just Echo Saber and Blink. His timing is really strong and much earlier than all the other meta carries. And while Sven might not be the first hero that comes to mind when you think “assassin-type” heroes, with Blink he can instantly jump on and delete supports. And with Warcry he can easily jump from one kill to the next.

It’s just kind of a perfect storm of traits that all make Sven amazing in this patch.

I'm playing Muerta right now, great against PA and great against Sven

I think yatoro is pretty broken carry right now /s

Against PA - your ult makes you invulnerable to her, but her BKB doesn't make her invulnerable to you, and in fact you can kill her in BKB in just 3-4 seconds (not if she uses Fan of Knives though). Against Sven you attack with magic damage and his 49 armor don't do anything.

The basic opinion is PA, but Sven is the real unga-bunga busted carry. People just like playing PA, she's always popular even when bad, so she gets picked more often.

Gyro, Void, and Slark are also quite strong right now. Gyro was the best, but he got nerfed. Still good though, just a tier below Sven and PA.

I mean, you've got a point,

But those two picks, even when played optimally are super subpar in pubs right now. They have a decent track record in pro match right now, but it's partially because characters that do their job better are contested/banned more frequently. Mars in particular practically requires Captain's mode due to how situational he is when it comes to his strengths.

Yeah with recent buff to gyro and change on pa both character are broken

Got some crazy Slardar pos 1 winrate this patch. V good hero vs probably all melee heroes, if I see 2 melee offlane it's definitely insta-pick slardar. Hero is really fucking good early game, falls off after laning, this is where you need to get a bkb/dagger to be able to smash your opponents unobstructed, sometimes one of these is enough, depending on the lineup, but mostly both. And mid-lategame he picks up pace and becomes a realyl fucking scary carry. I also go echo as first big item and Aghs after bkb/dagger. After that it's up to you, rest is luxury/lineup dependant. I suggest SnY to increase that ridiculous status resistance it's also around the time where your bkb starts falling off in duration. Convince someone on your team to get a solar crest, you need it, but not necessarily wanna buy it, cause you need all the item slots you can get. And then it's definitely time for some AC (ideally someone else buys it as well), Heart (the HP and health regen amp makes you practically unkillable unless they have a good 30 seconds alone with you), Mjollnir, Moonshards.

Bad matchups include illusion heroes, ESPECIALLY naga. PL is tricky, but at level 25 you can get corrosive haze undispellable talent and just focus the right one, while staying in puddle, his illusions will deal 0 damage to you, they are super weak. CK deals only physical dmg and your puddle protects you, his illusions aren't that threatening if you have anyone on your team to figure out which hero is the real one fast enough. His bad matchups are drow and any ranged hero that has a multiple ways of dispel, through items or abilities.

Most importantly, he is extremely fun to play.

Slark Void and Gyro are all very strong

I'd recommend Naga: improve your micro and learn to cut waves/force enemy movements. Not sure what your MMR is but you easily ruin team fights for your team if you misuse ult

pl is very good rn as a 4th or last pick

In pubs?

Wraith king, void, blood seeker, naga, ck.

Slark and Void

Who do you think is the most flexible hero in dota. Like the one hero who could overcome any bad matchups as long you have the skills

Wraith King!! 2 button hero

wraith king

90 hours in one week? Wow

Wraith king, does right click damage. Q let's you stun one person and kill. Vamp aura and skeletons naturally give you farm and having ult means death is more forgiving.

Juggernaut is another good one

Monkey King when he gets third level on ult

PA arcana is the best

Terrorblade with arcana (tb looks like shit without arcana lol)

Its warcraft 3 vibes with me for void arcana, but yeah it looks amazing

Jugg will always be cool with or without arcana

Yatoro is THE definition of a pos 1 carry imo. Can carry the game with amazing decision making with item choices and movement in the map. Also pushes limits of his hero and has a good sense of his timings

Finals is gonna be lit.

Best Early Tempo Carry Vs Best Late Game Carry

yes. Collapse is one of the most clutch late game player ever. Yatoro is a limit master yes but Spirit late game is a lot of Collapse

Game winning sunder on Yatoro in that final fight

Nightfall is a mechanically better player, but that's not enough to win.

In the right environment/team Nightfall could be on Yatoros level or better, he is still young and have time to figure it out.

Spirit as a team is the best late game team. * They've done this so many times

Meanwhile last ti

“Raddan washed, bring yatoro back”.

Its a game of patches and up and downs, you can be the best now and look stupid next time.

mushy.

build a line that can survive a while and overwhelm them with the clones.

for extra fun pair with faceless, for extra clony goodness

my fav line is astaroth, mushy, xesha, faceless, Aiden. its amazing how many lines it can take out in pvp

Peech she's one shot killer if paired with chaos team obviously

Well I do like iris, xe'sha 'cause they too are one shot killers if paired with good team and not to mention Octavia and Polaris the heroes who shaked the meta teams but still peech she's just perfect 😘

Octavia. Changed the meta.

Kayla because if u got her built up she can go in and take a whole team out by herself

Iris. Iris kills. 😈

Good luck winning lane against any actual gem carry tbh

Repot is Lily's gadget that is not Vanish (Vanish is shadow realm)

3rd member needs repossess to keep the gadget name scheme up, or something like that

Replant. It's Replant, not that other overglazed propagandized gadget.

The word GOATdelius made me think about a world championship Cordelius skin that holds a mushroom shaped crown

bro you play hard, not challenging at all, if u can clear primeval regularly with immortal unit then yeah its broken and ruin the game

Poor guy didn't get any mobs 💀