New metagame?

February 17th, 2010 admin

Wah haven’t blogged for a while, apologies for the delay Since 6.65 (and now 6.66) has been released, a new metagame is becoming apparent. That is, a ganker dominated one. The end of DPSgeddon? Probably not. But Icefrog is trying to focus on a whole new dimension here, and if you don’t believe me, look at the changes that have been made. The first and foremost one is obviously the introduction of Urn of Shadows . For almost all gankers (and strength gankers in particular), this has been a spectacular item. Run around, tower dive, kill somebody, cast urn on yourself and Voila! Back a full HP, a death earned with minimal cost. The ability to use this as a nuke is just an added bonus. Seriously, if you…


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