The hero recovered slightly over the years and the introduction of Manacost/Manaloss reduction mechanics from items like Kaya and its derivatives worked as a decent crutch along the way, but pre-Sumail Storm Spirit and the hero we have in the game right now might look similar, might function more or less the same, but they are on absolutely different power levels. Playing the hero became a high-risk, low reward kind of proposition.
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For a long while after the changes, we saw even professional Storms just using a couple of zips and dying with no resources left. However, almost doubling the mana cost for Ball Lightning at early levels ensured that Storm could no longer be as aggressive early: the punish was a bit too easy and the escape after a deep initiation highly unlikely. The vision reduction on it was also more or less bearable, though it did make playing the game much harder.
Remnant mana cost increase was something the hero could potentially deal with, considering it was an ability that was usually maxed out first.
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The next patch after TI was devastating to the hero, changing how he was played for several years to come. With his 4-0-4-1 build, Sumail clearly showed how fast Storm Spirit can farm and how much early game impact he can have because of it. But they did play the hero when it mattered, getting him twice in the Grand Finals, winning both games with relative ease and getting a 13-minute Bloodstone in the second one. A couple of games during the group stage and that’s it. Yet, it was not enough.Įvil Geniuses didn’t even play Storm all that much. It might not have been widely understood back in 2015, at least not by regular pub players, but losing 600 radius vision for a hero that has unlimited mobility and can always get into a good position was devastating. His DAC Grand Finals game where he went down four times before minute five and then got one of the earliest Bloodstones on record is a thing of legend for a good reason. It is hard to believe it was almost seven years ago, but DAC 2015 into The International 2015 was an amazing run for Evil Geniuses and Sumail that solidified him as one of the historically most important mid players of all time. Everyone understands when a mid hero starts to overperform, making players we discuss today all the more impressive: they saw something no one else did with absolutely everyone watching.
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