Dota 2: The Best Facets in the Game

Facets were added to Dota 2 in Patch 7.36, along with innate abilities. This mechanic modifies the heroes' abilities, improving them or granting a completely new one. Depending on the matchup and the position you play within the team, certain facets can benefit you and your team, granting not only strategic advantages but also making incredible combos possible. Patch 7.37 brought new facets to some heroes and modified others.

In today's article, I analyze the Metagame to evaluate the best facets of the game based on performance data from the most played heroes.

Thermal Runaway - Lina

Lina is the best carry in the game currently. A hero capable of dealing a lot of damage quickly and can also work as a nuker.

Her facet, Thermal Runaway, causes the ultimate to overload Lina, and she gains up to 12 charges for her passive, Fiery Soul. Lina gains a massive bonus to attack speed and movement speed, allowing her to bombard enemies and gain multiple kills.

Repair Bots - Tinker

Tinker is a hero with a range of very useful skills, and his biggest differential is the ability to reset the cooldown of his skills with his ult, Rearm. His Repair Bots facet grants his second ability, March of the Machines, the ability to heal allies who are in its area of ​​effect.

Being a hero who can heal, has dispel and has the ability to be anywhere he’s needed, Tinker is currently one of the best supports in the game thanks to this facet.

Dust Evil - Sand King

With this facet, now Sand King's Sandstorm follows him when he moves or uses Burrowstrike, allowing the hero to make the most of one of his best abilities. Sandstorm causes Sand King to turn invisible while moving within its area of ​​effect, becoming visible briefly when attacking or using an ability.

Arcane Accumulation - Rubick

In the right hands, Rubick can be one of the most powerful heroes in the game because his arsenal of abilities is precisely the enemy's arsenal, as he is capable of copying the other team's skills. Its facet makes it so that, when casting your spells, the area of ​​effect of subsequent spells is increased in addition to having greater range and power, that is, Rubick can copy abilities and improve them.

Sidekick - Marci

Marci can apply a bonus damage and lifesteal effect to allies, causing them to share this bonus with each other and benefit from it. The closer she is to the ally, the stronger the effect.

As a hero with a strong lane presence and skills perfect for combat, Marci becomes an even more complete support with this facet.

Jakiro - Liquid Frost

Jakiro is another hero who can perform very well in position 5. Liquid Frost grants Jakiro a passive ability that has the same name and applies a movement delay to his attacks that also increases the damage dealt to enemies by his other attacks and skills.

Sapling - Treant Protector

This facet allows the Leech Seed ability to be used at a point on the ground, damaging enemies in its area of ​​effect and healing allies. It can be used in sequence with Nature’s Grasp and Overgrowth to maximize damage to enemies while restricting their movement.

Double Impact - Ember Spirit

In my last article, I cited Ember as the best Mid in the game right now. His Double Impact facet makes farming easier, allows you to punish enemies with ease and can enable all attack modifiers, as well as making you invulnerable during its duration and allowing Ember to activate his items during the Sleight of Fist jump.

Ironwood Treant - Nature’s Prophet

Nature’s Prophet can now summon a single treant with his Nature’s Call ability. Unlike the traditional version, this treant is much stronger, faster and more resistant. As always, heroes who control other units bring more complexity, but, at the same time, allow for more complex game strategies. In addition to the stronger minion, this facet increases the Prophet's innate ability bonus, granting him greater attack damage.

The facets changed Dota completely, and the new Metagame is full of new features. Heroes who have changed roles and can now play new lanes within the team, in addition to greater emphasis on supports, who now have a more active role and greater impact throughout the game.

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