Heroes Who Could Use a Buff
The meta is mostly settled and with the last patch a lot of problematic heroes were nerfed to a point where they don’t stand out too much. At the same time there are heroes who deserve some love and care. They were ignored during the last several big tournaments and are unlikely to make a comeback, unless they receive a buff or two. Today we are going to talk about these heroes.
Dazzle
We don’t know what prompted the design team to once again overhaul Dazzle’s ultimate, but the new version is undeniably inferior to the old one. Not only does the cooldown refresh cost health now, it also doesn’t scale nearly as well as it used to.
Moreover, flat cooldown reduction from this ability doesn’t help with items like 
Guardian Greaves, since they place a debuff on the affected heroes, preventing them from getting more heals. It does work with % cooldown reduction though, so it was a late game possibility in the previous patch.
Dazzle also lost some Hex duration on his Poison Touch, though it was a part of the universal crowd control nerf and many heroes are fine after it.
The end result is the only unplayable Universal hero. He saves worse than 
Oracle, deals less damage and provides less control than most conventional position five heroes, lanes terribly with his reduced attack range, limited health and low armor. He also doesn’t scale well due to having a very questionable ultimate that makes this already squishy hero die to a random sneeze on the battlefield.
At this point the hero needs his ultimate changed back to what it used to be, or at least get some heavy stat buffs. The last part is very hard to implement right, though, as Dazzle is a Universal hero who might quickly become OP if overbuffed.
Spectre
The current carry meta revolves around two types of heroes: lane dominators and flash-farmers. Spectre is neither and even with 
Radiance she can’t catch up quickly enough to ever be relevant.
From my experience, the hero only works when she lucks into an early couple of kills with her first Haunt. This is something that can accelerate her progression and get the hero to the net worth baseline of other meta carries. Otherwise she just feels left by the wayside.
Her new Shard was also kind of lost in translation by the looks of it. It states that it “increases damage reflected by 100%”, but what it means is that there is simply a 2x multiplier applied to the current level of Dispersion. It is not an AoE 
Blade Mail many of us Spectre players were hoping for, and even though the Shard itself is overall alright, it doesn’t provide enough value to let the hero into the meta.
Perhaps if it also increased the effective range of Dispersion during activation or suppressed Break effects for the duration it could get the hero back into the meta. For now, though, stay away from the hero, she doesn’t do enough to justify being picked.
Wraith King
Wraith King is a flash farming hero who can also be considered a good laner. He does check some of the boxes to be in meta, but despite that his stats and his performance is very poor. We feel like the biggest reason for it is the hero’s over-reliance on his Skeletons who just don’t do enough.
They are fine as a farming tool, but when it comes to fights, their performance is lacking since there is just so much random AoE in the game. Moreover, a lot of meta supports are very tanky, so the Skeletons can’t even punish their overextension. And on top of it, even if you manage to win a fight with Wraith King, you won’t be able to capitalise on it as effectively, because Skeletons now deal reduced damage to structures.
The end result is a hero who can work wonders in lower level brackets, but gets simply outfarmed and outscaled in higher level games. We are not sure that leaning further into his Skeleton army will result in the hero getting better in Divine+ pubs, so perhaps some stat boosts or some cooldown reductions are in order.
Closing thoughts
There are definitely a lot more heroes who could use some minor buffs, but these three feel the most desperate. Do you agree with me on the selection, or do you feel there are more deserving candidates who need immediate attention? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Rip Luna... So bad that she's completely forgotten
> Dazzle the only unplayable universal hero
Vengeful spirit's so bad she's just completely forgotten.
Dazzle is brutal right now
bounty hunter
As a former Wraith King enjoyer, i have to say, on paper WK has same winrate as Juggernaut.
However the difference is WK just doesn't have any good timings now. His stun length is piss poor, so no early lockdowns. Farming up 8 skeletons takes so much time and then they live so little, it just doesn't justify the skillpoints. Ultimate uptime is horrible now too.
Compare his ult to Abaddon. Similar idea, but Wraith King just has 3 times the cooldown. Literally the longest CD in the game i believe.
High ranked meta simply requests of WK player to make ZERO mistakes at ANY stage of the game or he falls behind with no good way to catch up.
>Compare his ult to Abaddon. Similar idea, but Wraith King just has 3 times the cooldown. Literally the longest CD in the game i believe.
Longest CD is Enigma's Black Hole, but who plays that hero nowadays? :p
Clockwerk needs major buffs.
What an absolutely clueless post. Dazzle unplayable? Are we playing the same game?
What an absolutely clueless post. Dazzle unplayable? Are we playing the same game?
clearly we are not playing with a clueless crusader
Rip LUNA very weak and needs time to farm
Rip CLOCK we don't know what this hero do now
Rip Gyrocopter, is this a carry, a support or a tank or shit
Rip Treant Protector
Rip Vengeful Spirit
Серьезно? Вк слабый только из-за невозможности использовать скелетов в файте? ебать кто-то их использует для драк? они онли для отпуша линий и стояния леса с нулевой минуты
Luna is totally gone. She hasn't seen any relevant updates, except for the change to Lunar Blessing that effectively makes it so it's nerfed for her allies. An aura that's not even remarkable is now even worse, she might as well only have 3 abilities instead of the usual 4.
please dont make spectre meta that character is so boring
>clearly we are not playing with a clueless crusader
Doesnt seem you are keeping that rank with all those losses m8.
It hurts me to see Dazzle so weak now. He can be such a fun hero to play.
I have played 350 games on Luna and rock a 55.5% win rate with the hero. But recently this is the worst she's ever felt to play. I thought with an expanded map and more jungle camps, Luna would become meta, but that isn't the case. Her abilities are literally the same as they were when DOTA was released on the Warcraft 3 platform and there haven't been anything but questionable nerfs to her in recent patches. She's an original and iconic hero of this game, and she's been totally and utterly cast to the side by the community. Such a shame, I hope she makes a strong comeback in 7.34.
все спириты, луна, лешрак, террор блэйд, лина, вивер, дум и дк такие типа: нас не существует
XD какие все спириты бро)) эмбер 50% вр шторм 54% вр на д2пт, лешрак вообще 57%. что ты несешь, мистер сидр
WK is strong now, he is perfect for constant fighting meta and is useful even if behind because of stun and ult. He has strong lane and can push early. Skeletons are for pushing and farming, not for fighting. But yeah, the hero can be underwhelming in the late game a bit, if the build is focused on early game more. And cooldowns are long, you can't afford doing any big mistakes.
Spectre was 55% winrate for years, let the girl rest. Plus in low bracket she is strong as always just because of how her kit works. I don't think she is particularly weak now... it's just there are more easier and reliable choices in higher brackets.
Белку бы хоть на один буквенный патч апнули. У чара 46% процентов винрейта в среднем. Ей было бы здорово заиметь хоть один талант на контроль сквозь бкб, т.к. после покупки бкб корами белка перестаёт играть в 80% пабов.
The man two comments above me is right. Spectre isn't inherently bad, so there's no need to buff her into absurdity. She's already excellent at what she does. Her win rate is good in lower brackets simply because less organized and coordinated players have longer games, where Spectre truly shines.
And for Wraith King as well. Skeletons make for good jungle and lane farmers, ever since skeletons can now replenish their own charges. Having skeletons summoned to attack enemies slowed by Reincarnation are just a bonus, and are thinking people should fight with them. That's not a bad idea, but a bunch of lifestealing skeletons that have mini-reincarnations of their own are super helpful for split farming and split pushing.
Нужно бафать фарм потенциал Спектры. За почти 500 игр на ней очень видно, что основная проблема у нее именно в фарме. Может стоит увеличить дисперсию по крипам, чтобы у нее была возможность рано уйти с линии и добить гребаный радик не бегая на базу, потому что тебя избили медведемоны.
Spectre only falls down below 50% in immortal and beyond. And even then, she's sticking around the 49% winrate, it's really not that bad. The hero hardly needs a buff.
Venge spirit is kinda in a weird situation , the old venge was so good like double swap and that illusion was Pog her passive too
Where DK buff?
Well Universal hero need like they way to shine, but somehow became overpower if you doing it right.
Фурион 40% винрейта
According to Dotabuff, Doom has the lowest win rate across all the brackets. Looks like the guy is in desperate need of attention.