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Dota 2 patch 7.35 is well and truly here.
Gone are the days of Chaos Knight, Bristleback and Weaver dominating pubs.
Those heroes are completely out of mind and out of sight.
But there are others that have taken their place.
Here, we look at who are the position 1 heroes carrying their teams to victory.
A lot of the shift in the carry meta is based on which heroes got nerfed the hardest.
The choice of heroes has been made from a combination of high pick rate and high win rate heroes.
Void received some minor buffs in patch 7.35, and then a few minor nerfs in patch 7.35b.
But even through those small changes, he continues to lead the pack of carries for the current meta.
But other than that, nothing recent stands out in his favour.
(taken fromDotabuff)
One thing that has helped Void indirectly is the addition of attack speed to Maelstrom.
In Faceless Voids case, that was Mask of Madness.
There arent too many heroes in Dota 2 that can boast that kind of versatility.
According to Dotabuff, his five most popular items from the last week are all right click items.
But thats a win for carries, as the majority of the strong ones were nerfed in recent patches.
So not being nerfed is, in a weird way, a buff.
But her popularity in this patch comes from buffs to certain items Manta Style and Solar Crest.
But if you dont hit your timings correctly, the hero does fall off as the game goes late.
Like Luna, he is the benefactor of not being nerfed.
There are very few position 1 heroes who have above average win rates in pubs currently.
In the next few balance patches, we may see carries get a bit of love.
