Let us take a look at what those changes are and how they will potentially shape the new meta.
Experience
The experience gained in two scenarios was altered in patch 7.32.
Changed XP required per level.
For the higher levels, the difference is quite significant.
For snowballing heroes playing on a timer, this is a gut wrenching change.
Experience gained from ending the streak of an enemy hero at a particular level has seen an increase.
Flagbearer Creep
Added Flagbearer Creep.
Starting at minute 2 one of the melee creeps in every second creepwave is replaced by a Flagbearer.
Does not grant gold on deny and cannot be denied by hero abilities, e.g Demonic Conversion.
This is a huge change to the laning stage.
The addition of the Flagbearer is bound to shake up the laning stage significantly.
20 seconds in the basking glory of the Flagbearer is equivalent to consuming half a Tango.
The big thing is the additional gold.
In the laning stage, the average creepwave gold is 157.
For the past few patches, Dire has had an advantage of positioning when it comes to Roshan fights.
Removed Small Camps near Mid Lane.
This is a small change that is bound to have a massive impact on the mid lane.
But with the small camp gone, that option is now off the table.
The mid lane will now be much more skill and hero dependent.
This is a very interesting change.
Gold
Passive Gold per minute decreased by 15%.
As it turns out, not too much.
Not that it cant make a difference, especially for supports.
Important items can be delayed by a minute or two, which can have significant impacts on team fights.
Ancients Armor increased from 13 to 23.
The Ancients have 4500 HP.
With an armor of 13, the effective HP (EHP) against physical damage is 8010.
This change gives the team on the backfoot a higher chance of staging a successful defense.
Ancients Backdoor protection HP Regen increased from 90hp/s to 180hp/s.
Thinking of backdooring the Ancient in a base race?
That just got twice as hard.
Dota 2 patch 7.32 has set us on a very interesting path to The International 2022 (TI11).
