The Foreseer's Contract has been issued. After a cool digital comic which offered a peak at the newest hero to sign their name in blood for ancient's struggle, the Oracle was made live. I'll highlight some of the additions, positive and negative.
- The new Phantom Assassin arcana looks awesome, but disappointing that it's only a weapon. The model change, alternate animations, and in-game icon are well done. My disappoint with it only being a weapon stems from wanting to use a whole set, not just 4 of the 5 piece or whatever the case may be. Maybe Valve should add an "augment hero" equip slot for occations such as this.
- The Oracle as a hero seems underwhelming in power level, but I don't mind. At least for the moment, the Oracle isn't breaking pubs the way some previous heroes have (Terrorblade I'm looking at you.) I would much rather have the Oracle start a little under-powered and get tuned once it's better understood how he interacts with heroes than the alternative.
- Buying the prediction item every time seems a little greedy for Valve. If it were me, buying the PA arcana would give you one everyday for the duration of the event (as long as you used it up the previous day.)
- Playing with the in game contract idea with reward is super fun. It introduces an objective that doesn't create an advantage for either team. Creation of such an objective with a sought after reward (an awesome set) adds dimensions of freshness and fun to the game.
Drafting the PA because of the event and Oracle because of new hero infatuation at higher rates is warping the pub metagame. Some pub analysis: Level 1 is the Oracle and PA. They are bad against level 2 heroes and sharing the Razor and Sand King. Level 3 heroes, then, are those good against both the Razor and SK, which are the Bloodseeker and Sniper. However, the Sniper is not a true level 3 hero because of his inherent weakness to PA. This leaves only the Bloodseeker seeing an increase in popularity. It should also be noted that SK is strong against Razor making him the most likely to see more play and an increase in win percentage. It will be interesting to see what tomorrows number from
DOTABuff bring.
Level 1 |
PA: |
Oracle |
Level 2 |
Razor |
Razor |
|
Omniknight |
Earth Spirit |
|
Sand King |
Phantom Assassin |
|
Centaur Warrunner |
Magnus |
|
Ogre Magi |
Sand King |
|
Lion |
Leshrac |
|
Axe |
Pugna |
|
Crystal Maiden |
Undying |
Level 2 |
Razor: |
Sand King: |
|
Drow Ranger |
Zeus |
|
Sniper |
Techies |
|
Techies |
Spectre |
|
Viper |
Bloodseeker |
|
Meepo |
Juggernaut |
|
Bloodseek |
Phoenix |
|
Sand King |
Sniper |
|
Ember Spirit |
Elder Titan |
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