Through the ages, Dota 2 patches have favored a lot of different heroes with varied builds.
There was the one patch recently where Razor went for Hood of Defiance and Bloodstone and terrorized pubs.
Aghanims Scepter is a unique item that can play kingmaker at times.
But one hero that hasnt known that feeling of having a good Scepter is Dazzle, the Shadow Priest.
Patch 6.60
Added Aghanim’s Scepter.
Increases Weave radius to 775.
Increases Weave duration to 18/24/30.
It all started way back when Dota 2 was probably in its developmental stage.
Back then, Aghanims Scepter was made using Mystic Staff and Soul Booster and cost 6000 gold.
Very few heroes had a Scepter upgrade, and Dazzle was one of the earlier ones to get it.
The Aghanims Scepter Increased Weave radius and duration from patch 6.60 to patch 6.78.
Patch 6.79
No longer increases duration.
Now increases armor per second 1/1.25/1.5.
So how good was this Scepter?datDotahas professional game data from Dota 2 patch 6.74.
Seems good at first, doesnt it?
Lets look at how it fared.
How often would you be in need of multiple Graves for heroes in a concentrated area?
In very specific scenarios when multiple members of your team get hit with a Reverse Polarity or Black Hole.
Even then, spending 4200 gold on something like Guardian Greaves is much better.
Causes the bounce to apply basic dispel on affected allies.
The next rework actually made it a good support Scepter.
A multi hero dispel on a 9 second cooldown seems like a dream, right?
The stats dont necessarily agree.
The numbers speak for themselves.
Also in one on one situations, the Scepter had no effect whatsoever.
And it wasnt even all enemies in a radius, so it wasnt necessarily the best illusion counter.
It wasnt a surprise this Scepter didnt get popular.
Patch 7.28
Aghanims Scepter reworked: Increases Shadow Wave heal by 60 and damage by 80.
Causes the bounce to apply basic dispel on affected allies.
No Dazzle has been picked to spend 4200 gold to provide allies with a basic dispel.
Patch 7.31
Aghanims Scepter reworked: Adds a new ability, Good Juju.
Now also passively reduces Dazzles item cooldowns by 50%.
Adds an active component that resets all item cooldowns of the targeted ally or self.
The active component has a 250 cast range, 250 mana cost and 180 second cooldown.
If he ever was picked, it was for his anti-burst abilities.
Those things lured teams towards the Shadow Priest.
The Scepter, not so much.
Shadow Wave cast on enemy units deals 150% of the ability values.
That brings us to where we are now.
But if anything, his numbers have just gotten worse.
Thetentative release date of Dota 2 patch 7.34was recently revealed.
After all, eight times, the charm, right?
