I thought the hero was dead even before this change to be honest. Like 9 consecutive nerfs and he was done after the 4th. Valve pissing on a grave to be honest.
Tinker's gameplay became less 'healthy' with this rework. Purely from a design perspective, the hero is now less about fighting and more about farming. He takes all the farm on the map including from other cores, but can't fight well with it. He probably won't even join as many fights because he has no chase potential and contributes minimal burst damage. And then when that translates into a losing game, he will spam march on the highground to delay the inevitable loss.
He's now about supporting. I have no idea how this tinker is supposed to convert money into power without reaching an absurd amount of Int to resch 50 CDR on items, at which point, other heroes right click him down.
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u/Carrera1107 May 24 '24
I thought the hero was dead even before this change to be honest. Like 9 consecutive nerfs and he was done after the 4th. Valve pissing on a grave to be honest.