6.55 is broken so far even though the beta is on it’s 20th iteration. The 2 new heroes are pretty fun, and I like Keeper of the Light’s remake. The Enchantress changes are broken as fuck though IMO.
fuck playing with unreleased beta’s, that shit is always broken.
My friends and I do in-house games to see what’s new, nothing serious. The Pirate Captain hero is pretty fun, I look forward to using him.
mind giving some spoilers on what the major changes are?
Recommendations on playing w/Slayer (Lina Inverse)?
I should start playing this again. Hopefully I won’t rage anymore when I do. :V
SPOILER ALERT for 6.55
New Heroes
Pirate Captain(Strength)
1st Ability-Tidal Wave
2nd Ability-Ghost Ship
3rd Ability-Captain’s Rum
4th Ability- X Marks the Spot
Tidal Wave-The Captain imbues his weapon with the power of the ocean and cleaves every few hits
Ghost Ship-The Captain summons a ghost ship that slows down enemy units for 3 seconds. Think of this like Pucks orb, except it appears behind the enemy and pulls them forward.
Captain’s Rum-The Captain becomes drunk and has a high chance to miss his target. If he does hit the target, he crits for 3x.
X Marks the Spot-The Captain clicks on a hero (ally or enemy) and them clicks a spot on the ground. In 3 seconds, the marked hero will be ported instantly to the X on the ground. Range on this seems like 800 or so.
The Windrunner(Intelligence)
1st Ability-Shackleshot
2nd Ability-Power Shot
3rd Ability-Fight in the Shade
4th Ability-Windrunner
Shackleshot-This single arrow makes the enemy slide backwards on hit (Think Spirit Breaker). Though it does 0 damage, whoever the sliding enemy runs into becomes stunned for 0/1/2/3 seconds.
Powershot-Think of this like Mirana’s arrow, except instead of stunning the enemy, it goes through them and whoever it hits along it’s way takes 100/200/280/360 damage! Oh and did I mention it has vision and takes down trees that it hits? Oh and did I mention that it moves about 3x faster than Mirana’s arrow? Yeah…
Fight In The Shade- Each unit in the target AoE loses 15/20/25/30% of its maximum health after 1 second. The AOE radius is about the size of Maledict. This ability is kinda imba based on the fact that you can just walk up to someone without a channel time take 30% of their maximum health instantly.
Windrunner-Hero morphs into a cyclone and gains 100% evasion and 55/80/105 increased ms for 10 seconds. The hero can see over trees, fly over them, etc. She can use all her skills while in this form. This shit is God mode IMO, you become a tornado that can’t get hit, you have increased movement speed, AND you can still use all of your buttons.
Hero Changes
Enchantress-Her Impetus and ultimate have been switched, and her ultimate got buffed at the same time. Remember how at lvl 16 you could get 90% attack speed slowdown? Yeah, well now at Rank 4, it’s 100%! Let me spell this out for you…
:amazed:100% at lvl 7 instead of 90% at lvl 16:amazed:
Keeper of the Light- His second ability is now a mana rupture, it works the same way Bloodseeker’s ultimate does, except it drains mana instead of health. When you reach zero mana, you’re stunned for 2 seconds. His 3rd ability is way imba because it shit shits on every mana regen item in the game. At rank 4, you click the button and then click on a hero to instantly receive 360 mana. The spell cost is only 90 mana and is up every 12 seconds. His 4th ability puts him into “enlightened mode” where he gets increased movement speed and can cast a “burst of light” AOE that knocks enemies back like Rexxar’s ult and has the radius of Faceless Void’s ult. I forget how much damage it does though.
Wow new heroes sound dope. Definitely going to start playing again. For some reason I imagine the Pirate Captain looking like Booster from Super Mario RPG. 
What was that other DOTA like game except it had like a hundred heroes? i’m pretty sure that one had Jack Sparrow in it with ship assist.
Thanks for the nice writeup, SRKev.
Windrunner sounds mighty interesting. I am thinking it’ll have low health kinda like Puck to balance things up.
X marks the spot - does that work like Vacuum?
I was hoping they would improve CM somehow and weaken open wounds tad bit. Silencer’s 3rd skill needs changes too.
They actually just made another change, Captain’s Rum is now an ultimate and X Marks The Spot is a normal.
As far as Windrunner is concerned, yes, she’s very soft. She reminds you of Drow Ranger (same character model) but she’s int based so her attack speed is ass and she starts with nothing for HP.
X Marks the Spot isn’t like vacuum, it is more reminiscent of blink.
Windrunner is changed now too.
Her ultimate is now “Focus Fire”, where she fires at a single target extremely quickly for a couple of seconds.
Windrunner is now her third ability, and her AOE is now completely gone. (30th Beta)
Captains Rum is now RIDICULOUS. He crits on basically every hit, and doesn’t miss.
Oh yeah, important thing to note is that Winderunner is INT, not AGI.
How do break into this lightly if you’re brand new? My old WoW raid group used to throw down and I never honestly got to sit down and learn. Where would I begin?
Pubs? Don’t join -em games, they will just make you pick up bad habits and you will never get better. Don’t join any crazy modes, just look for -ap/-ar/-sd/-rd games, try and get experience with as many heroes as possible, and just playplayplayplay
Exactly, as long as you stay away from -em (easy mode), you should be good.
Does SRK have a squad? If so how often do you all play? I’d like to learn with a crew if possible.
SRK usually just plays TDA games.
But I play on West, so what do I know.
try to familiarize yourself with most of the characters and their ultimates by reading up on them at www.dota-allstars.com
the worst thing i see in newbs is not knowing what killed them, or the potentials of the hero’s that they are amongst, both allies and hero’s.
also learn to monitor character HP’s by holding ALT, and monitor allie/enemies mana pools
Appreciate the help, man. You too, DaDesi