2.0.34/35 Patch Analysis via ESFI World

Hero Changes:

Bloodhunter has been reworked in a number of ways. The most important changes are that his ultimate now does superior magic damage as opposed to true damage before, this means that you can ult somebody who has magic immunity. Bloodhunter will become a potent anti-carry because he can use the massive range on his ult to pin a ranged carry away from his team or the action regardless of their Shrunken Head usage. He also becomes a much more potent counterganker because he receives movement speed from his Bloodsense passive whenever any hero -friend or foe- is under the critical HP %. Due to the recent buff to hatchet, all melees now having 128 range, and even a buff to his base movement speed (from 305-320) you can expect Bloodhunter in a solo lane roll to be just as potent as ever.


His silence was also reworked so that there are 2 aspects to it, a silence that damages and a bass damage buff, coded as a debuff and a buff respectively. This means you can purge the silence off of yourself, and the base damage off of your enemies. Expect there to be a new way to play Bloodhunter, the utility counterganking anti-carry. Due to his ability to get uncontested farm middle he can easily farm up Treads and a Tablet of Command (giving him a way to break those pesky Channels that often mess up his solo ganking) while carrying TP's to countergank his side-lanes if needed. After the Tablet of Command he can opt to get a Nullfire Blade and a Shrunken Head which will allow him to do many helpful things in teamfights while also doing some damage himself. Regardless of how you choose to build your Bloodhunter, he is definitely a much more potent hero with his new changes.

Also changed were Keeper of the Forest and Silhouette, the changes here were a bit more obvious in their impacts (Keeper gained relevant utility, Sil got a much-needed across the board nerfing).

Map Changes:

S2 has finally addressed one of the games biggest issues in Kongor. They have also collapsed the Secret Shop to the main base, and where it stood now stands a building called The Observatory. Here you can purchase only 1 item; wards of sight. They share the same cooldown as wards in your base. What does this mean? There is less of a chance to catch anybody but a lonely support in the two areas now, but overall it just changes how teams stay together and which areas they contest. I hope to see the Observatory carry a few more items in the future, such as a Bound Eye, Dust, Revelation Wards, and maybe even Boots and Health Pots.

As suggested by a reader, here is the rationale behind the secret shop change: http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=277639

Cosmetic Changes:

S2 has implemented new alternate skins for everyone's favourite little buddies; Couriers. You will also be able to upload your own picture for custom account icons, and there are 2 new taunts and a new hero skin able to be purchased. Obviously there are a few more changes other than what has been mentioned here, so go ahead and read the notes or go and play to discover them. Happy HoNing.

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