Patch 7.23e notes have been released.
The latest patch brings considerable nerfs to all experience talents from all heroes. Instead of the experience talents, heroes will have another choice to pick from.
The 7.23e Gameplay Update has been released https://t.co/oG9P4qT8LR
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General
Outpost experience is now every ten minutes instead of every five. The two non-Roshan shrines have been removed; the initial delay increased from five to seven minutes. All experience talents removed.
Heroes
Abbadon – XP talent has been replaced with a talent for +10 to Strenght.
Bane – XP talent is now replaced with +20% to Magic Resistance.
Beastmaster – XP talent replaced with flat +30 to Damage.
Bounty Hunter – XP talent has been replaced with +25 to Damage.
Dazzle – XP talent replaced with +2 to Mana Regeneration.
Drow Ranger – Marksmanship agility bonus reduced early on from 35/40/45 to 28/36/44.
Jakiro – XP talent has been replaced with flat +350 to Health.
Keeper of the Light – Experience talent has been replaced with +6% Spell Amplification.
Legion Commander – XP talent replaced with +2 Mana Regen.
Omniknight – Experience talent replaced with flat +30 movement speed.
Oracle – XP talent replaced with flat +15 Intelligence.
Pudge – XP talent has been replaced with +5 armor.
Shadow Demon – XP talent has been replaced with +100 Cast Range.
Shadow Shaman – XP talent has been replaced with +10% Spell Amp.
Skywrath Mage – XP talent replaced with 8% Spell Lifesteal.
Snapfire – Lil’ shredder damage reduced by five damage per level. Mortimer’s Kisses movement speed decreased from 25% to 15/20/25%.
Techies – XP talent has been replaced with +25% Magic Resistance.
Tidehunter – XP talent replaced with flat +4 Mana Regen.
Treant Protector – Strenght gain reduced by 0.4 from 4.1 to 3.7. Overgrowth DPS reduced by 25 from 100 to 75. Level 25 talent reduces AoE by 150 from 700 to 550.
Tusk – XP talent replaced with flat +10 Health Regen.
Ursa – Strenght gain reduced from 3.1 to 2.8. Earthshock mana cost increased by ten from 75 to 85.
Vengeful Spirit – strength gain reduced by 0.2 from 2.6 to 2.4. Magic missile duration reduced by 0.1 per level.
Visage – XP talent replaced with -3 Armor Corruption.
Void Spirit – strength gain reduced by 0.2 from 2.8 to 2.6. Base armor reduced by 1.
Warlock – XP talent replaced with +10 Armor.
Weaver – XP talent replaced with +8 Agility.
Zeus – XP talent replaced with +250 Health.
The removal of all experience talents has only one goal: to make games less snow bally and harder for heroes to level up. While the new talents look quite weak, hopefully, they are a placeholder for specific heroes’ talents in the future.
Without experience talents, some champions will be unusable and will phase-out of the meta, such as Oracle, Warlock, Shaman, Weaver and Jakiro. As for the shrines, they were removed after a month in the game. Their intended goal was not reached. The community expects the generic Gold per Minute talents to be the next part of the rework of the game.
While experience/gold per minute talents are boring, they did allow for some champions to appear in the meta, while making use of them. Without these talents, some heroes will phase-out again and will never see the light of competitive play, unless buffed.
The current direction of the game is unclear, and patches are being released almost every day with significant changes to the game state. While some members of the community are enjoying the removal of these generic talents, others are disappointed that they allowed some less popular champions to shine.
