Top Melee Heroes To Pick In 7.33B Patch
| Tags: Dota 2
| Author Chetan Shekar
These are the top melee heroes you can pick to win more Dota 2 matches in the 7.33b patch.
Dota 2 players are having loads of fun discovering new and improved aspects of the online game in the recent update. The New Frontiers map has provided several changes that make the strategy game refreshing for beginners and veterans of Dota 2. The 7.33b patch has also tweaked the mechanics of various heroes to balance the gameplay for its online community.
You can access Lotus Pools in the game to collect items that replenish your health and mana. There are 2 Lotus Pools placed on the New Frontiers map that generate Lotuses throughout the match. You can combine these Lotuses to increase the potency of the item, providing players with over 900 health and mana at the touch of a button.
People can tackle new neutral creep camps that are spread across the New Frontiers map to earn bonus gold for their favorite heroes. You can buy 7 new items in the 7.33b patch to strengthen heroes in battles and help your team gain an advantage in team fights. These items can make the game tactical for melee heroes who want to increase their kill counts and gather additional gold in lanes.
Take a look at the best melee heroes available in the Dota 2 roster to defeat your enemies.
Ember Spirit
Ember Spirit is an outstanding choice to get more kills in the strategy game. He can root multiple enemies in lanes while farming for gold and nuke enemy heroes to deal massive amounts of damage to them. The updated 7.33b patch has increased the base armor of Ember Spirit by 1 to let him tank more damage during battles early in a match.
The Agility hero has a base health of 604 and a base mana pool of 315. He gains 3.2 Agility per level. You have a higher chance of taking First Blood! In Dota 2 games by leveling up Searing Chains. Ember Spirit can root up to 2 enemy heroes for up to 1.5 seconds using Searing Chains at level 1. Enemy units rooted by Searing Chains can take up to 50 damage per second (DPS). Searing Chains has a cooldown of 13 seconds and requires 80 mana at the start of the game.
You can max out Searing Chains to increase the duration of the spell, letting Ember Spirit root his opponents for 3 seconds at a time. Searing Chains can deal 110 DPS in battles. People can upgrade Searing Chains to root up to 3 enemy units by reaching level 20 through the Talent Tree.
He can slit several enemy units in lanes by leveling up Sleight of Fist. Ember Spirit can attack all of his opponents in a radius of 550 using Sleight of Fist in Dota 2 matches. Enemy heroes hit by Sleight of Fist can take a bonus damage of 150 per attack. Sleight of Fist has a cooldown of 6 seconds and requires 50 mana to be used per cast.
Ember Spirit can deal more damage to his enemies in lanes by purchasing a Falcon Blade. The item grants 200 health, 14 attack damage, and 1.8 mana regeneration to Ember Spirit. Falcon Blade can be bought for 1125 gold in the game. The newly added item Diadem can be purchased for 1000 gold. Diadem provides 6 Agility, 6 Strength, and 6 Intelligence to the melee hero. You can upgrade a Diadem into a Harpoon to gain 20 Strength, 16 Intelligence, 15 attack damage, 10 attack speed, 10 Agility, and 2 mana regeneration. Harpoon can also be used to pull enemy heroes toward Ember Spirit in team fights to prevent his opponents from escaping battles in the 7.33b patch.
The carry hero is particularly good against Intelligence heroes and support heroes with spells that can deal tons of magical damage. He can activate Flame Guard to absorb up to 305 magical damage from spells cast by enemy heroes. Flame Guard lasts for 20 seconds, letting Ember Spirit chase his enemies without getting killed in combat. Enemy units around Ember Spirit in a radius of 400 can take up to 55 DPS from Flame Guard. Magical shields from other items can now be stacked with Flame Guard in the 7.33b patch. Allies can use items like Pipe of Insight to increase the amount of magical damage absorbed by Ember Spirit in battles.
You can use Searing Chains while Flame Guard is activated to deal bonus damage to enemy heroes with Ember Spirit. Gamers can place Fire Remnants up to a distance of 3000 units away from Ember Spirit to be able to teleport to those locations using his ulti. Fire Remnants can last for up to 45 seconds and deal 300 damage to enemy units that come into contact with Ember Spirit.
Beastmaster
Beastmaster can help people decimate their enemies in the 7.33b patch. The new version of Dota 2 has made Beastmaster into a Universal hero, boosting his attack damage with every level he gains throughout the match. He can hurl his weapons at enemy heroes to deal damage from a safe distance to weaken his opponents. Beastmaster can also stun his enemies to prevent them from attacking the Universal hero and his allies during team fights in Dota 2.
He gains 3.3 attack damage per level. You can buy items like Orb of Corrosion to gain 150 health before the first 10 minutes of the match. Orb of Corrosion costs 925 gold in the game. Physical attacks from Beastmaster can deal 3 DPS per hit, reducing the armor of his enemies by 3 for 3 seconds. Enemy heroes affected by Orb of Corrosion have their movement speed slowed for the duration of the spell.
You can nuke enemies using Wild Axes to deal 130 damage per axe. Wild Axes have a cast range of 1500 and adds 12% damage per stack. The mana cost of Wild Axes has been reduced from 65 to 50 in the 7.33b patch. You can purchase an Arcane Boots for Beastmaster to increase his mana pool by 250 and gain 45 movement speed. Arcane Boots can help the Universal hero cast Wild Axes multiple times while farming for gold in his lane. You can use the item to replenish 175 mana to Beastmaster and his allies in a radius of 1200.
Beastmaster can summon Wild Hawks to provide vision to his team in the New Frontiers map. Wild Hawks last for 60 seconds and reveal a significant portion of the map to Beastmaster and his team. You can also summon Wild Boars to deal 65 damage per hit. The mana cost of summoning Wild Boars has been reduced from 75 to 60 in the 7.33b patch. Enemy units attacked by Beastmaster’s Wild Boar have their movement speed slowed by 34% for 3 seconds.
The passive ability, Inner Beast, can increase the attack speed of the melee hero by 40. You can purchase items like a Maelstrom to deal additional damage in battles while playing Beastmaster. Maelstrom can provide 24 attack damage to Beastmaster, granting him a 30% chance to release an electric current that deals 135 damage. You can deal tons of damage to enemy heroes slowed by the Wild Boar using Maelstrom with Beastmaster to increase your kill streak.
The Drums of Slom ability has been reworked in the 7.33b patch. It is now a passive ability that heals any unit under the control of Beastmaster for a portion of the damage dealt by the melee hero. You can learn Drums of Slom by purchasing an Aghanim’s Scepter in Dota 2. Beastmaster can deal an additional damage of 90 per hit using Drums of Slom. Beastmaster can cast his ulti, Primal Roar, to instantly add 20 drum stacks in battles. Primal Roar can stun enemy heroes for 3.75 seconds in the latest update. The mana cost of his ulti has also been reduced from 200 to 150.