Overview of meta heroes position-5: 7.32b
What's inside
As years went by, the gameplay in position 5 changed for the better due to the massive overhaul of the game's economy. Now, when playing on a support, you can significantly influence what is happening on the map, which encourages players to delve more and more into the essence of this role. Therefore, let's consider the most relevant heroes to raise the rating. Due to the Healing Salve nerf, and the strength of supports with built-in healing mechanics, our list will include heroes in this category.
Dazzle
The hero has not been picked for the past few years, but with the advent of the new patch, everything has changed. Dazzle has a strong lane and is best against melee position four heroes who can't trade with the hero at range. The best lane allies for Dazzle would be Alchemist, Bristleback, Troll Warlord, and Chaos Knight, generally, all aggressive carry tanks that are all about dealing physical damage, which Dazzle will buff with Poison Touch.
In team fights, the hero should always keep a position in the rear of his team, regularly using abilities that have a meager cooldown. Speaking of the hero's abilities: Shadow Grave has become much stronger after the latest updates because now it lasts longer at the initial levels, and the healing percentage increases by the ability's target. The order in which skill points are upgraded depends on the situation, often you need to balance all the abilities little by little. Item selection should focus on Arcane Boots, Aghanim's Shard, Aether Lens, Glimmer Cape, and Force Staff.
Omniknight
The hero will be great in picks against lanes where the opponents have abilities that inflict debuffs, as Heavenly Grace removes them. His best allies in the lane will be heroes with the main attribute of strength, such as Sven, Chaos Knight, Bristleback, and others. According to the game, Omniknight is afraid of abilities and items that remove the hero's buffs, namely Invoker and Brewmaster. In fights, the hero also needs to hold his position, for this, you can purchase Shadow Amulet, Blink Dagger or Force Staff, in principle, utility items similar to those for Dazzle. Hero Skillbuild: Hammer of Purity for laning trades at level 1, Heavenly Grace maxes out, and after Purification.
Chen
The last hero for those who like something unusual and complex, the hero is very dependent on the micro-control of units - Chen. The hero is powerful in this meta due to uplifted neutral creeps. The strength of a hero is manifested in his power in fights and pushing: with the right creeps for armor, healing buffs, magic resistance, also Hand of God and Mekansm, your team will never die, which will guarantee you only victories.
The functionality of the hero is extensive, literally in your arsenal are all the abilities of neutrals. The game on Chen begins with the purchase of Headdress and Ring of Basilius to regenerate HP and MP from the heroes and the summoned neutrals themselves. The initial stage of the game depends on randomness because neutrals may appear different, but in priority, we are looking for Harpy Stormcrafter, Satyr Mindstealer, and Ghost. If possible, we try to farm the jungle so that in the mid-game, we would have Mekansm - this is our main item.
