Quote (sMACKTRiCKz @ 9 Mar 2012 19:32)
The problem with SS is they nerfed the fuck out of him back in the day and haven't really looked back since. back then he was really strong since HoN was really close to DotA except that SS had ridiculous AoE on his demon hands. But since then they increased demon hand mana cost, made the ulti channel way longer than before, and most importantly implemented a fuckton of idiotic heroes that just rape SS mid / throughout the entire game (monkey king, drunken, nomad) on TOP of the heroes that already countered SS (chipper, dw, devo, etc.). IMO what they really need to do is 1) increase the starting strength / strength gain per level more and 2) revert demon hand and ulti to the way they were before. Then he MIGHT be viable again in the hands of a good player.
On another note, what the fuck did they do to vindi. Made him worthless
not only that but the frostwolf skull nerf also gimped him, aswell as the shieldbreaker buff because it forces you to go for shieldbreaker but the hero doesnt really fit with it
i can live with the fact the ulti is what? 1.4 1.6 cast time thats fine to me
but nerfing his demon hands, that is what makes the hero great, being able to farm rapidly for a decent manacost
but also i think but not sure, they might have nerfed his attackrange at some point, i think it used to be 550 but now it's 500
if someone could correct me please do so
but also the metagame change totally rapes the hero