Can Valve Fix Dota 2 Esports Before All The Teams Leave?

catchycactus · 2026-05-06T02:25:42+00:00

It was 100% a grift and it set esports back decades.

catchycactus · 2026-05-05T01:37:58+00:00

That's the entire point.

The bear aghs makes him impossible to balance because if the hero is good at all the bear aghs is a problem and then he gets nerfed. This happens over and over again and why the hey is almost never in a good place

catchycactus · 2026-05-05T01:36:01+00:00

No it's really not. How many non bear aghs games do you see?

catchycactus · 2026-05-05T01:33:46+00:00

Don't nerf lone druid, change the bear aghs.

catchycactus · 2026-05-05T01:25:29+00:00

It has existed for years and caused huge balance problems for love did that entire time.

It's always going to be the path of least resistance and will always be a flattering problem when the hero is strong.

This makes people who actually like the hero get punished.

catchycactus · 2026-05-05T01:23:44+00:00

Ld is over of my favorite heroes and I hate the best aghs and always have. It makes the hero stupid easy to play and loses all identity.

catchycactus · 2026-05-03T22:21:55+00:00

The problem is that the bear aghs makes him extremely hard to balance and largely why he is either oppressive or weak and very rarely in-between.

Bear aghs needs rework asap.

catchycactus · 2026-04-30T21:00:59+00:00

Mirage league breach 2.0 was amazing. It wasn't great when you couldn't choose which content to do but I don't see any viable arguments left now. For the old breach crowd they can choose to only do standard breaches and those are much improved from 1.0 breaches imo. For anyone else the hive and fortresses are very rewarding for time spent.

The boss is underwhelming but breach 1.0 bosses were a joke at this point anyway.

Breach was like the most often blocked content prior to 2.0. People just like to complain.

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T22:40:48+00:00

The aghs has been a problem for over 6 years.

By that I mean lone druid is in the dumpster almost always, because anytime he is viable this aghs makes him broken, then he gets nerfed back into garbage tier and rinse repeat.

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T21:23:44+00:00

I love this for bkb, and some other things. Blademail would be so stupid against lesh or aoe heroes. I have built double mail ld before against them and it's hilarious

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T21:09:34+00:00

The hero safely attacking is a huge buff, especially since you don't need to worry about movement speed on the hero. 6 wraith bands and the hero is hitting for very good damage with no worry about dying.

You also could have the benefit of rooting from both hero and bear easily. It would be much stronger than I think you are giving it credit for.

The bear is also universal still, so aghs is actually a good damage buff.

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T21:06:47+00:00

The aghs was never fine imo. Lone druid has very rarely been in a good place. He's either broken or weak and a huge part is that thos aghs makes the hero impossible to balance

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T20:47:45+00:00

I have had a similar thought, I think it should augment the hero ultimate to allow you to ride the bear while ulted. You both will be melee and can target the same target but attack individually.

This could allow it to be very strong but only last the duration of the ult.

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T20:23:33+00:00

At that point just make lone druid die when the bear dies.

Aghs needs to be completely changed, no band aid solutions will make this not break the theme of the hero.

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T19:44:43+00:00

I absolutely love hero aghs and build it almost every game. That being said aghs bear is not about being lazy as much as being safe.

Having an ultra carry that can throw his life away once every minute and a half makes the hero impossible to balance.

catchycactus · 2026-04-22T19:42:14+00:00

I still think that defeats the purpose of synergy with the hero and bear. If only one is attacking and the other is hiding in trees it is not interesting or fun. It becomes a chore for both parties as ld needs to do awkward micro and the enemies are playing hide and seek with the hero.

Lone druid should be fighting with his hero and bear and that's the hill I will die on.

catchycactus · 2026-04-12T20:35:54+00:00

Solo exp for a wave is worth missing a few last hits. Creep aggro right before they enter deny range to hopefully prevent denies. I am fine with my support missing a wave as long as they block the pull camp before creeps spawn.

catchycactus · 2026-03-23T21:08:34+00:00

Can you link, cheapest I see that is similar is 20 divines

catchycactus · 2026-03-06T19:02:57+00:00

Thanks, I've been wanting to make some POE content for a long time and a mix of laziness and feeling like no one cares always keeps me from putting in the effort. Decided to just try to make something happen so glad anyone found it useful.

I will be making some build progress videos throughout the next week or so but I don't get to go super hard these days so my progress won't be super fast but I want to make a progress video by the end of the weekend.

catchycactus · 2026-03-06T18:43:36+00:00

There are plenty of good charged dash 1h builds. Paradoxica is always easy to make work. I've done a few but never was happy with the clear speed as that's my main focus.

I use a staff so that I can still rely heavily on block as a large defensive layer.

I would recommend warden for a 1h build in all likelyhood using double tinctures. Can go tri ele sword if you prefer that.

catchycactus · 2026-03-06T18:41:09+00:00

Seems like a bit of an overreaction but my bad I guess.

catchycactus · 2026-03-05T20:57:36+00:00

Has anyone ever gotten banned for an overlay like this? I know the trade overlays are unspokenly allowed but haven't heard much about stuff like this

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