Hero Teaser: Gravekeeper
Jan 14 2012 07:33 PM | By crazysheep in HoN News |
Gravekeeper is a ranged intelligence hero who calls upon the dead to aid him in battle! Gravekeeper is effective at skirting around the edges of the battlefield harassing his enemies with the dead themselves. The more death around him, the more potential Gravekeeper has to unleash unparalleled havoc!
Abilities Teaser:
Corpse Toss
Corpse Explosion
Defiling Touch
Zombie Apocalypse
Look forward to seeing Gravekeeper's Defiling Touch in the hero spotlight coming soon!
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Balance in the Works!
Jan 13 2012 12:50 AM | By crazysheep in HoN News |
Many of you don't know that a HUGE balance patch is in the works but there is! There have been countless messages to go over in general discussion, balance forums, competitor forums, tournaments, IMs, and emails which have all been extremely helpful in creating the upcoming patch. Going through all of these sources takes considerable time (and we try to give attention to every source!) to get a good basis of what needs to change, what could change, and what should not change. Even after making this list we want more then theory crafting, we put our changes into extensive testing to make sure we are making proper balance decisions.
For your patience here's a sneak peak of some balance changes expected to come:
Gemini
- Fire and Ice will require both dogs to channel
There have been many complaints of how hard it is to kill Gemini and we agree! This change alone should help remedy much of that. Other areas to be looked at are movespeed and stats transfer.
Midas
- Lion's Pride will have healing reduced
Midas is a hero that many people, including us, would say needs a nerf and most agree that the heal is the biggest problem.
Zephyr
- Reducing the amount zephyr can heal
Zephyr's survivability is a little too high, as evidenced both by our observations of competitive play and community feedback.
Monarch
- Reducing the cast range on Crippling Pollen from 550 to 500
Crippling Pollen started with a higher cast range when compared similar spells. Although only higher by 50 it becomes much easier to snag those heroes trying to attack from 600 range. This slight touch on the spell seems to put it back into place.
Ring of Sorcery
- Slightly increasing the manacost to activate
Typically purchased selfishly this items focus is meant to be a team item (like astrolabe and energizer). Increasing the mana cost will make it less effective for the individual to use.
HotBL
- Expect changes to come! A big thanks to everyone who contributed on the balance forums for this one!
Too effective at all points in the game we're hoping to release a new concept to this item that will keep it's current effectiveness in helping carries farm during the mid game but not make it impossible for other heroes to kill a hero with an early HotBL.
Our expected release date is Jan 27th. Many thanks to all our testers and everyone else who has helped contribute.
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MYM picks up MUFC
Jan 05 2012 04:50 AM | By Kaiser Leon in Dota 2 News |
MUFC become MYM
After taking in the former stars of Scythe.sg, the Singapore version of MYM failed to produce results that mirrored the success of their former Denmark counterpart. After a long drought in the competitive scene, MYM once again renews its roster as the stars of MUFC joins forces with the leadership of Benedict "hyhy" Lim.
After the disbandment of the long running Denmark version of MYM, hyhy and co. of then Scythe.sg became MYM's new faces. However, things didn't live up to fans expectations as the team didn't make an impact in the Dota 2 scene. Malaysian veteran superstar YamateH even ended up switching teams without participating even in one public math as part of MYM.sg as he switched to Orage eSports.
Now, after some struggles within the team as the Singapore boys had other matters to attend to, MYM retuns with a new roster with the stars of  MUFC under the leadership of captain hyhy.
Below is the official statement of  Benedict "hyhy" Lim.
 "The MYM Dota 2 team as we know it, has not been performing. Efforts in coping with the departures of ice, roy, xy for the army has also been without success. I've personally been sourcing for both local and regional players, but none of which available, quite meet the MYM level of play.
Playing with MUFC players began as a casual joint-effort in pubstomping. Then with certain internal issues arising within the MUFC team concurrently, successes in raping asian pubs saw us through to a possible partnership between MUFC and MYM.
After much thought and negotiation, we've finalised the new MYM D2 lineup.
Apologies to the true MYM fans and management for the past months.
We will do better from now on."
With this, MYM will now replace MUFC in the upcoming Dota 2 tournament Premiere League set to feature multiple teams from all around the world.
Roster
Benedict Han Yong 'Hyhy' Lim (Captain)
Daniel Wei Khit 'TFGood' Wong
Raymond 'Sharky' Wong
Woi Cheong 'Ling' Sim
Wai Pern 'Net' Lim
Chin Yi 'Chenizace' Chen (Manager)
Links
joinDOTA.com - Source
Hero Teaser: Artesia
Jan 02 2012 09:56 PM | By crazysheep in HoN News |
Artesia is a ranged intelligence hero with a very unique play style! She specializes in long range magic damage, so long range in fact that she has a global presence! Artesia is most effective casting from the back lines in a team fight and chasing enemies down, however if played right, Artesia can be lethal even in close quartered combat.
Abilities Teaser:
Arcane Missile
Dance of Death
Arcane Bolts
Essence Projection
Look forward to seeing Artesia and her homing projectiles in action in the hero spotlight coming soon!
Source: S2 HoN forum thread
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