Here’s a quick rundown on how the 7.28 gameplay update has changed the Dota 2 meta. Hero ChangesĪs is the norm with any new Dota 2 patch, there are significant changes in the pick-rates and the win-rates for various heroes. The shard can be purchased after the twenty-minute mark and gets consumed immediately when given to your hero.ĭota 2 players can check their equipped Aghanim’s Shards in the new UI.Įvery hero has a different Aghanim shard and Dota 2 players can check the status of their Aghanim Shard via the new UI on the hero dashboard.
Aghanim’s Shard is a new item that costs 1400 gold and provides a permanent custom shard upgrade to the hero. After the wildly popular Aghanim’s Labyrinth event, Valve has now introduced Aghanim’s Shards to the game. One of the biggest additions in the 7.28 gameplay update is the new Aghanim’s Shards. With an easy combo and an AOE disable (with an extremely short cooldown), Hoodwink can control team fights or lanes without much investment. For now, Hoodwink seems to be best played as a support or a position 4 role.
It has been less than a week for the new hero, but players are already trying out new positions and roles. The hero is a nuke, a disabler and has an escape ability in Scurry. Hoodwink’s toolkit allows the hero to be extremely versatile in its playstyle and performance. The damage and debuff duration scale up in time with her charge. Hoodwink charges up and fires a deadly bolt from her crossbow, dealing heavy damage, slow and Break to an enemy hero. When activated, Hoodwink gains bonus movement speed, phased collision, and tree-walking for a brief time. Hoodwink passively has a chance to evade physical items while near trees. Enemies are pulled towards the tree and have their vision reduced to 0 for the duration of that stun. Tosses a net trap that stuns enemy heroes if they are near a tree in the area. Can be ground targeted to create a tree, but the added bounce will be lost. Hoodwink fires an acorn at her target which can bounce to nearby enemies, slowing them and dealing bonus damage. She is a nuker, disabler and also has an escape ability allowing her to walk through trees and phased collision. Valve has released Hoodwink as the newest hero to join Dota 2. There are also several new items (including neutral items). There’s a lot in the new update including a new hero, new gameplay mechanism in the Aghanim’s Shards and numerous tweaks to hero and item numbers. The Mistwood update brings around sweeping changes to the game’s meta and Dota 2 players can expect a lot of volatility in the meta for the next few weeks. Valve has finally released the 7.28 Dota 2 gameplay update adding a new hero, features and several changes to existing items and abilities.