We are into some days after the biggest update of 2022 for DOTA 2. The patch 7.31 is already shaking things up in the meta.
As its centerpiece, the Dota 2 7.31 patch introduced a new hero, Primal Beast, and a brand new roster of neutral creeps.
The patch also includes numerous changes to the game, including a Techies rework and changes all heroes.
Here are the winners and losers after the changes in DOTA 2.
DOTA 2 7.31b Fixes
Valve released a minor update to fix a situation when players were stacking Null Talismans to reduce the Mana Cost to the point they could spam abilities non-stop.
The patch also addresses problems with the following heroes:
- Tiny
- Three Throw was overpowered after Aghanim's Shard became available at 15 minutes.
- Tiny was able to one-shot supports playing as hard carry. Now the Three Throw scale and Tiny have less armor.
- Undying
- 7.31 introduced the piercing ability to tag units that deal more damage to creeps but less to standard units.
- The change provoked the Tomb of Undying was capable of getting Rampage before the first minute.
- The Damage of the Zombies has been reduced.
- Techies Rework
- Many players jumped into the new Techies Demolitions Crew; however, they were finding problems adapting to the changes.
- Techies' Blast Off now scales based on their current HP instead of their max, making it much less painful to jump into enemies.
- The new skill Sticky Bomb also has an additional slow with its explosion.
Full Patch Notes: Here
Winners and Losers for DOTA 2 7.31B Patch
The following list is based on the increase or decrease of Hero win rates in Rank Games after introducing patch 7.31.
Winners:
Tiny and Undying were dominating before the adjusts of 7.31b. Now these are the heroes that are performing best:
Heroes | Overall Win Rate | Increase after 7.31 |
|---|---|---|
Techies Demolitions Crew | 47% | 4.7% |
Naga | 52.4% | 3.4% |
Puck | 48.3% | 2.5% |
Terrorblade | 46.8% | 2.4% |
Brewmaster | 50.9% | 2.3% |
Morphling | 47.7% | 2.2% |
Storm Spirit | 48% | 1.8% |
Despite the Perma Mana being fixed, the Storm Spirit is still in the winners of the current patch.
Undying is receiving a big blow after the nerf of his Zombies, with a 3.2% Win Rate decrease nonetheless, Undying is Top 2 in the overall Win Rating with 54.6 %, just behind Meepo.
Losers:
Last year the meta was dominated by Offlane Lycan at a certain point; currently, the half-wolf is at the bottom of this list dramatically.
Heroes | Overall Win Rate | Increase after 7.31 |
|---|---|---|
Lycan | 45.2% | 7.9% |
Meepo | 54.7% | 3.5% |
Underlord | 49.4% | 3.3% |
Undying | 54.6% | 3.2% |
Lone Druid | 50.9% | 2.3% |
Huskar | 54.6% | 2.5% |
Riki | 52.1% | 2.4% |
At the TOP of the list of Losers in the current patch, there are heroes that were over 50% win rate, the indication a new meta is in the rising.