But Ogre gives everyone a hyperstone and phase boots, Sven gives everyone platemail and phase boots, Omni gives someone BKB, etc. What makes these really good buffs okay, but Magnus' really good buff not okay?
What if it was 50% damage and 35% cleave, almost literally a Battle Fury?
Considering it's very efficient in cost to damage and takes only one item slot, Rapier can be a very good buy when you're losing and your team gets a small chance at a comeback. If you're already winning it's just an additional way to throw a game if you're underestimating your enemy.
Manni | paragon.fi!
sven - warcry is too good
omni - one bkb on one person at the time
ogre - rest of the hero sucks ;s ? (and he wont get exp to lvl up all spells)
RP is fine but overall maguns was over buffed
1200range charge on lvl 1 ? (already nerfed ofc)
more cleave and dmg for 3 targets
spammable aoe nuke
he need some more tweaking
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Manni | paragon.fi!
Bloodlust lets Tiny ignore his ulti's downside, Repel lets Enigma skip the BKB, etc etc.
I'm not much of a fanboy of him, but he is one of the few pro players I can think of who fairly regularly does crazy and/or silly shit. After G-League, I'm probably gonna pay a lot closer attention to Chinese teams. Their timing and teamwork is amazing.
The problem with Magnus is not any specific ability, its how all of his abilities work together
Good STR means you never need anything other than mana boots+blink+refresher
He's a good sololaner due to low CD low mana cost 300 damage nuke
He turns every hero into a good farmer with Empower and of course RP is an instant Blackhole
You cant compare any single ability of his to another support and then say "Look! It's balanced"
If you ever get caught by RP he doesnt even need that much backup to murder you all. RP+Shockwave+a few attacks with Empower is already like 1000 damage. His team only need to clean up. A Blackhole without good follow up does basically nothing
You can't forget that, like Chrono, BH keeps stunning for the duration. If RP misses AM, he can immediately blink in and kill you. If he tries to blink in to save his team from Enigma he merely eats the BH as well.
Turning Empower into cleave only for Magnus would be enough, cleave was his passive before skewer was introduced, free battlefuries for everyone is a bit too much in lategame
I've been in a game with him plenty of times and between that and his stream (though I don't often watch player streams) I don't think I've ever seen him play in what most players would call a conventional way. His joking manner and personality is part of why he is so popular, though his antics do get a bit old at times.
I think RP is alright, it never felt like too much in the past either, though it would still be great if the stun was 2/2.5/3 or something. Skewer/Empower are what make him great.
Manni | paragon.fi!
I always played magnus as tank/support. Guess I was doing it wrong?
Just had some possibly autistic Aussie screaming at me because I told him Viper isn't a carry :-/