I would have to agree. Frankfurt was pretty good, but nothing special(first one, they played it safe), Shanghai was an absolute disaster, and this one has been really great. Hopefully TI is awesome this year, first time I am going.
Almost every hero in the pool got buffs. If it increases hero diversity in drafts for the Ti, I'm all for it.
It's still going to be physical damage meta through and through since none of the changes address that. The fact that the frog is mostly buffing is a bit concerning, since the time to kill is getting ridiculously low with echo saber, slardar and other sources of physical damage, but on the other hand, we will see a lot more Timbersaw. I'm not sure how much further the hero diversity can go, even mastering 20 heroes at the pro level is quite a feat since you need like 10-20 pub games to figure shit out and then some competitive experience.
I think he's still too squishy. High burst damage seems to be a big limiter on the carry pool at the moment, without doing something about it (or for some making games longer) PA, Luna, Troll, Sniper, and a few others are useless
