DOTA 2 Auto Chess: New Meta and New Item changes in Dota Auto Chess

Recently there were a lot of updates and every update changed the game a little. Just like Dota2, the Dota Auto Chess Mod changes meta with every new update. There's one good thing that you don't need to learn anything new, if you already know all the Hero-Class Combos then all you need to do is keep track of the updates and change your board according to the updates.

There is a new feature added in the game that I want to mention first. There is now a flag/report button, you can now report rude players or someone who you think is cheating. Honestly, don't spam it just because it's there.

Early termination button is added. During the first two-turn you can press the button and if more than half the players are disconnected or failed the game will end automatically. Another small change was made, now you can no longer give items to your heroes during the cheering stage, you will have to wait until the board is reset. Apparently, they stopped it because it was causing a glitch that was crashing the game for a lot of people.

Item Changes

Few items went through rework and Blade mail is one of them. If you ask me the change is massive, the buff is massive but that's only because the return was actually very low. 10% was not that good and that's why the reward was not worth the hassle. But now Blade Mail returns 20% of the taken damage which is pretty good and it's now worth the hassle that you have to go through to make the item. IF you're LUCKY enough to get the proper drops.

Madness mask is another item that went through the change and it is actually buffed and way better than what it used to be before. Before Madness Mask used to provide 10% life steal, +30 attack speed and -10% armor, now it provides 10% life-steal, +40 attack speed and it silences you. Why do I think this is better? Because, most of the heroes that can use Madness Mask to the maximum potential they need the armor more, the minus armor was making your Troll or Drow a lot weaker but now they have the life-steal, even increased attack speed and you don't lose armor. Troll, drow or most of the heroes that can use Madness Mask don't even have a spell so the silence should not bother you at all.

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New Heroes

New Heroes

New heroes were added into the game recently, you can now have Riki and Mirana as your chess piece. Riki can smoke during the battle but his Class Combo is only activated when he is in the waiting bench, he helps to hide your waiting bench from other players. Mirana is Elf Hunter and I will say she is an average chess piece, not too bad but not broken either, she is okay.

Another hero was added which Undead Warlock, Death Prophet. I think everyone saw this coming, we all knew whenever she arrives she will be Undead-Warlock. However, death prophet is a level 5 chess piece so you need to be patient before you can grab her. Her attack damage was increased by 10 as well right after few days of the release, so go ahead try her.

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The Fallen Ones

Slark should probably be on top of this list, Slark went through a rework and now has pounce instead of shadow dance, the chess piece is also now level 3 instead of 3. Yeah, well nobody was going to invest on his anymore. The days of those annoying 1v1 or 2v1 wins are gone.

Undead is pretty much dead now. The minus armor combo was punished and reduced to -4/-6 now. I guess the days of Undead-Hunter is gone because Hunter combo was nerfed as well. So adios Undead-Hunter until the next patch. Beast master's attack rate was reduced as well.

Dragon-Mage is kind of non-existent these days because of the nerf to Razor. The nerf hurt the hero so bad that even after the buff on Lina, Dragon-Mage is still not 'good enough'.

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On the Rise

Venomancer

There are few Class-Combos that are still strong and doing pretty well. Return of the Druid? A lot of us used druid as an early game strategy but now, even for the late game, DRUID-Beast-ELF is pretty good now. Even Druid-Elf-Assasin or Druid-elf-Hunter now that you have 2 Elf-Hunter - Mirana and Windranger.

Troll-Warlock is still strong but I will suggest Troll-Knight-Warlock instead of Troll-Warlock-Warrior because of the nerf to Orc and Warrior. However, you can just make Pure 6 Knights and 4 trolls which will be 9 pieces and if the game goes on you can add Undead to match with your Undead-Knight.

Beast is way better now than it used to be and so is Lycan. Veno had a very bad patch so Veno received a little buff but it makes a big impact on the board if you combine it with other beasts - my choice? Lycan. Just because of the improved beast combo and the extra spawns from both heroes that can actually save the day for you.