DEADLOCK PROJECT 8@deadlock_8
Pro player Oses commented on the current meta (a lengthy comment that was supported by many CIS/EU players).
Oses:
"Alright... so you buy three vitality items on a spirit hero that heal you and provide sustain, while also giving you spirit power (28 spirit power in total), and you just stomp the entire map with 1.5k HP... and as we know, most spirit characters have an escape ability — Shiv's RMB/Ult, Lash with his ground pound, 1st ability, and 4 stamina, Apollo with an ability on a 15-second cooldown, Pocket with the cloak (which I'll talk about later), etc. :)
Okay... now let's say I'm playing a gun hero. What do I have in the vitality tree that gives gun damage? Hmm... Battle Vest... and the nerfed Bullet Lifesteal that gives 13% lifesteal and 90 HP... :)) and after that, the only items giving gun damage cost 6k and... Metal Skin 😊
And what do you think? Why do 4 weapon items buff spirit (for 1600), while only 1 spirit item buffs your gun?
Now, let's take Pocket. We just AFK farm up to 15k, and after that, we are literally unkillable until the enemy gets Curse (and it's not even a fact you'll kill them with Curse, Curse 3 seconds and the cloak 7sec). Even if we are diving under the enemy base. + A headshot = -150 HP 👍 CLOAK 2.02 WINDOW If you didn't know.
(Just look at Shiv's build)
What do you think? From that point on, you can just buy pure vitality items, and you'll have spirit/gun damage for the rest of the game.
Also, compare the spirit items that certain spirit characters rush for an insane damage boost + BOUNDLESS WHICH BOOSTS SPIRIT POWER BY A PERCENTAGE, with gun items. AND WHAT DO GUNS GET? IF YOU BUY SIPHONS, THEY'RE GONNA DO MORE WORK THAN ANY OTHER GUN ITEM ON SOMEONE LIKE WRAITH.
