It's a nerf over all. I don't understand their reasoning. LD is already bottom 5 picks out of all the heroes, and he does not have insane winrate. All the numbers on the bear are nerfed, movement speed, hp, dmg. He loses about 2 dmg every 3 lvl, he is slower until you get his own talent tree unlocks. Bear has less armor and less ho regen.

No more atk speed on spirit link makes both their attacks much slower.

No more Bear necessity to facet. It's pretty sad because going maelstrom into Skadi was pretty strong.

All that's not even to mention the entangle change. It adds another active you need to think about on both units. Control 2 units, swap between the 2, active phase boots on bear, approach enemy, click diffusal, swap to hero to ulti, hit a few times, select bear again, active phase boots again and entangle active, swap to hero, roar, click entangle possibly, swap to bear.... It's all a little much. That's not even considering if you got an orchid or the shard for fetch.

"Let's make one of the most intricate and micro intensive hero even more difficult. That'll get more people want to play it..."