One of many potential advantages of the longer patch lifecycle is that the execution will get to be within the highlight in each single sport. As a result of there’s little room for a drafting stage shock, video games are largely determined by higher coordination and execution. The meta itself won’t be too thrilling, however the degree of play at this Main appears like it’s the Worldwide over again.
But there are nonetheless some issues to debate when it comes to meta. Most notably, towards all odds, 
Broodmother is out of the blue essentially the most contested hero. She is the best precedence ban and is the fourth highest winrate hero amongst characters who appeared in additional than 10% of all group stage video games.
The strongest situational decide is 
Disruptor with a 67% winrate throughout 21 video games. Between the added harm on Glimpse, how excessive worth Thunder Strike is in lane and the potential late sport scaling with 
Aghanim’s Scepter, Disruptor is definitely a help to control. So long as the group has the onerous disable portion of the draft coated.
On the subject of carries, 
Morphling managed to dethrone 
Lina as the best winrate character. He undoubtedly wasn’t as contested and we really feel like groups didn’t essentially put together for Morphling as a lot as they did for Lina, however amongst all of the Agility carries and carries usually, Morphling undoubtedly feels the strongest. His Aghanim’s Scepter is means too good towards any Agility hero and his basic scaling ensures a really snug lategame towards non-Agility cores.
Puck can also be up there. It appears there is no such thing as a eliminating this elusive and annoying menace and when performed by the perfect gamers on the planet, Puck remains to be a pressure to be reckoned with. With a 65% winrate throughout 26 video games we really feel like this hero is as deserving of nerfs as Lina is. They may not be as fashionable or as easy, however there are in all probability no heroes within the sport who’ve that a lot flexibility: Puck has cut up push choices for stalling, nuke choices for ganking, exceptionally robust teamfight skills and can also be extremely elusive.
Within the Meta Staples class we would love to focus on 
Treant Protector. He’s nonetheless essentially the most highly effective place 5 help within the sport and is within the top15 most contested heroes of the event. There isn’t a lot so as to add to what we’ve been discussing in our weblog posts for the final month. We really feel just like the hero does wonders each in extremely coordinated skilled video games, in addition to chaotic pubs. Will in all probability get nerfed, so you’ve a few week left to achieve some straightforward MMR.
Enigma additionally emerged as one of many higher offlaners of the patch. Regardless of the nerfs to 
Wraith Pact, a number of nerfs to Eidolons and a give attention to robust laning carries, this hero is discovering plenty of success. Maybe it’s as a result of Enigma can reliably get 
Guardian Greaves sooner than most heroes or maybe the Black Gap management and Midnight Pulse percentage-based harm are too good towards among the tankier targets. Whatever the causes, we’re all the time comfortable to see the hero on the large stage: the quantity of hype Enigma generates is unparalleled.
Leshrac can also be doing extremely properly. It seemed like he was discovered already, however the good previous 
Bloodstone rush is as potent as ever, it appears. Not quite a bit has modified for Leshrac within the final a number of patches, however we really feel like the present infatuation with Guardian Greaves on offlaners is typically delaying 
Spirit Vessel timings and that enables Leshrac to contribute earlier and speed up more durable.
Pangolier is one other mid who persistently outperforms different heroes. He’s in all probability essentially the most disruptive teamfight mid and the considerably latest 
Diffusal Blade construct permits him to be a superb ganking hero as properly. Enjoying Pango properly takes follow, however it’s undoubtedly value it and we really feel that even when the hero will get nerfed, his idea is simply too robust to fully stability out of the sport. He’s additionally plenty of enjoyable to look at and play.
A number of heroes actually stand out on this class. There are some which are being picked very often and don’t do properly, after which there’s 
Queen of Ache, who was picked solely six occasions and didn’t handle to win a single sport. That’s unsurprising, actually: the hero presents a comparable quantity of injury to heroes like Puck, Pangolier, Ember Spirit and so on. and doesn’t provide the rest. Her utility is near zero, her harm doesn’t scale as properly and the top result’s a hero who has no place within the present realities of Dota, evident from a 0% winrate.
Surprisingly, 
Drow Ranger can also be doing fairly poorly: she is at 30% winrate throughout 20 video games. The conditional harm output may be powerful to make the most of properly, however we felt like gaining access to a possible 70% heal and regen discount for 1400 gold ought to have upped the hero’s reputation and success. Maybe Drow Ranger is simply too straightforward to mess around: in spite of everything merely standing subsequent to her makes her harm output fall dramatically.
Crystal Maiden and 
Silencer are two helps who additionally discover themselves outclassed. With a 30% winrate, each in all probability undergo from the identical factor: they’ll rapidly get irrelevant within the midgame, due to the quantity of dispels within the sport.
Paradoxically, we really feel like Crystal Maiden additionally suffers from Arcane Aura turning into good. Beforehand it was fully ignorable till degree 4 or extra. With a full stock of Mangos and an aggressive Frostbite and Nova solely construct, Crystal Maiden might bully just about any hero out of her lane. These days, as a result of Arcane Aura is definitely good on your lane, this play appears suboptimal, with many gamers choice for an early Arcane Aura worth level. This cuts into the hero’s aggressive potential, although, making her much less potent in the case of precise skirmishes, not simply trades.
Lastly, there’s 
Rubick, who is kind of totally different from the opposite heroes on this class. His winrate is definitely not that unhealthy, sitting at 44%. In contrast to different heroes, although, he was picked in 75 video games and is the fifth most contested hero of the event. We really feel just like the hero remains to be superb: he counters and offers with many threats and generally is a game-changer. On the similar time we additionally really feel like he is perhaps a little bit overrated and shouldn’t be a primary section decide, however moderately a superb second section one, if you already know that you’re going to get one thing to play with.
