DOTA 2 Patch 7.31b: Winner and Losers from the Latest Changes

We are into some days after the biggest update of 2022 for DOTA 2. The patch 7.31 is already shaking things up in the meta.

As its centerpiece, the Dota 2 7.31 patch introduced a new hero, Primal Beast, and a brand new roster of neutral creeps.

The patch also includes numerous changes to the game, including a Techies rework and changes all heroes.

Here are the winners and losers after the changes in DOTA 2.

DOTA 2 7.31b Fixes

Valve released a minor update to fix a situation when players were stacking Null Talismans to reduce the Mana Cost to the point they could spam abilities non-stop.

The patch also addresses problems with the following heroes:

• Tiny
  • Three Throw was overpowered after Aghanim's Shard became available at 15 minutes.
  • Tiny was able to one-shot supports playing as hard carry. Now the Three Throw scale and Tiny have less armor.
• Undying
  • 7.31 introduced the piercing ability to tag units that deal more damage to creeps but less to standard units.
  • The change provoked the Tomb of Undying was capable of getting Rampage before the first minute.
  • The Damage of the Zombies has been reduced.
• Techies Rework
  • Many players jumped into the new Techies Demolitions Crew; however, they were finding problems adapting to the changes.
  • Techies' Blast Off now scales based on their current HP instead of their max, making it much less painful to jump into enemies.
  • The new skill Sticky Bomb also has an additional slow with its explosion.

Full Patch Notes: Here

Winners and Losers for DOTA 2 7.31B Patch

The following list is based on the increase or decrease of Hero win rates in Rank Games after introducing patch 7.31.

Winners:

Tiny and Undying were dominating before the adjusts of 7.31b. Now these are the heroes that are performing best:

Despite the Perma Mana being fixed, the Storm Spirit is still in the winners of the current patch.

Undying is receiving a big blow after the nerf of his Zombies, with a 3.2% Win Rate decrease nonetheless, Undying is Top 2 in the overall Win Rating with 54.6 %, just behind Meepo.

Losers:

Last year the meta was dominated by Offlane Lycan at a certain point; currently, the half-wolf is at the bottom of this list dramatically.

At the TOP of the list of Losers in the current patch, there are heroes that were over 50% win rate, the indication a new meta is in the rising.