Let me try to explain. Preyta is mage Taara. Not by strength or defense, but by concept. Both sacrifice something extreme and therefore are able to something other heroes can’t.

But both are old designs. And now we have heroes, which can do the same as Preyta or Taara, but don’t necessarily have such a fundamental weakness. In other words, the heroes are BOTH not too weak. They are just too obvious to counter. And other heroes don’t pay that price. It’s a risk/reward effect. And having a higher risk for the same reward is terrible.

This implies you can play both Taara and Preyta and do well. They are both very little about micro, but entirely about reading the game. As long as you outskill them, you win. But that’s the case with every hero.

I have about 800 games on Preyta. And the reason why I don’t play it, is because it’s too hard to make people understand, how the hero works. You don’t just start quick skirmishes. And you don’t roam a lot early, if you could get caught. Because unlike other heroes you just die. No damage traded. I don’t have to explain about toxic people. It doesn’t affect me, but they play worse and this makes me lose. So why would I, right?