2013-08-22, 11:43 AM
IllegallySane Wrote:I wonder how Icefrog could nerf the Alchemist without making him a crap pick. Lower the max gold of Greevil's Greed? Lower the max damage/stun rate of Unstable Concoction? Raise the BAT of Chemical Rage?
Funnily enough, those are some of the big buffs he got in 6.75 and 6.76. He was a pretty trash hero before that point from what I've heard and seen. It's not the hard carry alch that's the problem, nor the ganking prowess of alch once he gets shadow blade.
imo he's just too much of a jack-of-all-trades hero, just like Lifestealer and Weaver are. And just like BKB is as an item (which I think contributes a lot to his power, incidentally).
anyhow maybe either nerf or completely remove the mana regen on ultimate, make him not able to stay out and spam concoctions+acid spray from level 6 onwards without a couple pairs of arcanes on his team. makes him flat-out bad as a support and a bit worse as a mid without hurting the hard carry potential of the hero very much. maybe make it go 1/5/12 to emphasize getting that level 16 just like the MS and regen work. I dunno, I'm just throwing out ideas.
also I'd be super surprised if TA got a visual update before heroes like Shadow Friend, Storm, Bananamancer, Viper, Slardar, Zues, and the one or two others that are confirmed to be on the VU list. She's much better off than any of them.