DOTA 2: Top 5 fun heroes and roles to try in Patch 7.21

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This is not a statistically proved overpowered Hero list. If you want a list of heroes that's going to help you win MMR then here is what you need - Top 10 Winners of Patch 7.21

Today we will talk about a few heroes that you can try and see for yourself if you want to use them in Ranked Games or not. These are just heroes that were announced "NERFED". Can you still use them? Well, the idea can be shared and you might want to try them in Normal Match before picking them up in a Ranked game.

Let's Jump straight to the first hero.


#1 Mid-Lane Life Stealer

Life stealer is now actually good as a Mid-Lane. The recent movement speed and armour buff indeed strengthened him up a little and he can actually now avoid a lot of right-clicking harass or even get aggressive with support.

He has life-stealing abilities so he can even sustain easily in the lane and go back and farm some camp when the lane is pushed. This way he can really out-farm and out-level the enemies in the early stage and make some moves. Not to mention, he has in-built BKB as well.

The movement speed and the armour is not a huge buff but for a hero like Life-Stealer, it makes all the difference. He used to have a bad laning phase against certain heroes, now he will face less harass and avoid a lot of lane harass. He can even close the gap pretty quickly.

For items, we are not going to go too deep. Because of the movement speed buff, the right click build is obviously better. You can go for phase-boots which will allow you to chase your enemies down and also it is great for trading hits.

After the Phase, you might want to pick up a couple of bracers. For damage items, you can make Armlet and Desolator. Assault Cuirass is one of my favourite items in the game and it is great with Life-Stealer.

You get extra attack speed, more armour and crease more armour of your enemy and you know how much destruction that can cause combined with the huge movement speed and right click damage.

#2 Support Enchantress

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Enchantress was irrelevant after her nerfs. In the lane Enchant had a longer cooldown duration, this caused a lot of problems for her. Because of this either she can't have a creep in the lane that she wants or even if she can find one, the creep will die before she can take it to the lane.

Now, in this patch, this is no longer a problem and because of that, she can be played like a 4th or 5th position support.

For items, buy some starting regeneration items, a mango or clarity. Carrying a blight stone is a good idea. If you're crushing them in the game you might consider going for trades, a force staff, even medallion is a pretty good item. If the game goes well, then maybe a hurricane pike might be good enough.


#3 Core Night Stalker

Night Stalker did not exactly receive huge buff but his ultimate now gives unobstructed vision. This is pretty good because it's a lot like when he had Aghanim's. You can just see everything and set the fight as you want. You can see your enemy positions and that is a huge advantage in any fight.

This hero has a very weak lane presence and he is very bad as support. But if you can farm on the first day time and have items within the first night time or soon, you can have a very large impact on the game.

We will recommend Phase boots, Magic Wand and Urn of Shadows as early items. Just because you are a core it does not mean you can't fight. If you have your ultimate and few levels in your slow hunter in the night, you should be looking to make plays over the map.

For the next item I'll mention Midas, I know I am saying this and now you all going to hate me, blame me even for ruining your pubs. But Midas is actually a good item on Core Night Stalker if you can farm fast.

You will be roaming around the map a lot, NS is not particularly good at pushing either but he is probably the strongest hero in the night. You need your NS to have a steady source of farm, so you can utilize every night in the game possible.

For bigger items you should be looking for Halberd or BKB, maybe abyssal even if you keep getting farm. If the game goes very late, you might consider some damage items like MKB in the late game.

#4 Mid-Lane Chaos Knight

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I have played a lot of Chaos Knight games but I can't say I have played it as a Mid Hero so here is something you need to try for yourself and see if it works well for you.

Chaos Knight mid is pretty weird but this hero is very tanky so it does well against certain enemies in the lane. Also, he has a life-steal which makes it easier for him to sustain in the lane. Now that it has a 4-sec cooldown at level one, you can constantly regain your HP and harass your enemy in a 1v1 Matchup.

Considering you will max out your 2nd spell and have at least 1 level of stun, he can start getting kills from a very early stage. In fact, he can even rotate and make things happen and so he can be a very good mid-laner.

The problem with Chaos Knight was that he was constantly forced to fight and often ended up being under-levelled or under-farmed. A situation like this crushes the hero, and Chaos Knight really needs to get his farm in time as he is not really a very fast farmer, one of the things he lacks unlike cores like TB, Juggernaut or AM.

If you have a couple or Bracer, a Trade and maybe an Armlet, you can start roaming around the map and pick off enemy supports or even cores with the help of your team. With a couple of Bracer and Trades, you will have over 1500 HP, a 5 sec slow and a Stun which is pretty much inescapable for most heroes.

After your starting items, you might wanna go for a Midas? Well, don't hate me but It kind of works considering he has his gold talent, even without his gold talent a Midas is good for the steady farm. As a mid, he will be roaming around, fighting and less farming.

Even if a couple of fights go bad Chaos Knight will not fall far behind, and the attack speed is good too. He does not fare well against a Luna or TB or AM, doesn't push towers particularly well and he is not very good at split pushing either, so as a Mid with a good farm, he can purchase Midas and later sell it off.

Next stuff is Heart and BKB. You can consider making Manta in a few games. Honourable mentioned item - Solar Crest. It gives you mana regen, mana pool and decreases the enemy armour significantly. Which combined with your second spell can lead you to one-shot many heroes.


#5 Off-Lane Sven

Because of the Majors and now Pubs, we all know off-lane Sven is the current trend.

Because of Warcry, Sven is really good as an off-laner. He has stun control, gives the whole team extra movement speed and extra health. He can farm fast and push waves. If your off-laner is getting items, your enemies will have a problem. He has damage dealing capabilities and right now he is pretty much one of those all-rounder offlane heroes.

I don't even need to mention the items, it's more like an honorary mention. Depending on the game, you can start with Bracer and a wand. Go for Phase boots or Power Trades. Next stuff you might wanna get will be Blink but Blink is not really that important on offlane Sven. Pipe, Crimson, Halberd, BKB is very much viable on him.


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