Dota 2 items not for all

Dota 2 is evolving. Valve is updating the game, rebalancing, removing and adding new items. However, no matter how hard the developers try, the game is not perfect. And this applies to everything, including items. Every item is unique, but some of them are so unique that only a few heroes use them.

Arcane Blink was originally designed as an item for mages, but after the rebalance CDR no longer stacks. 30% Ability Cooldown Reduction and 50% Cast Point reduction have become useless. Moreover, for such a price of 6800 gold, when there is an alternative, an Octarine Core for 5.275 with better bonuses. However, this item has become highly needed for Shadow Fiend. Unlike other heroes, it is extremely important for a magical SF to cast his ultimate faster and implement it more effectively. Other heroes don't have such a problem and it makes no sense to upgrade Blink Dagger.

A few patches ago, Meteor Hammer was an alternative for farming. But now only two heroes use it often. Players on Outworld Destroyer use the item after Astral Imprisonment, extending control and making more damage. Treant Protector uses Meteor Hammer to push, destroy towers or combine with Overgrowth. The main weakness of the item is its 2.5 seconds cast. During this time, the hero simply casts a spell. Therefore, it can occasionally be used from invisibility or to extend the stun by support Riki and Nyx Assassin.

Heroes who play with summons are not in the meta right now. No one needs the ability to take control of a neutral or ancient creep. Therefore, Helm of the Overlord, which has passive bonuses and is expensive and inaccessible, became unnecessary for anyone. At 6,325 gold, there are many other alternatives for players. Only for Beastmaster and Lycan does this item make sense. For them, it is really useful and, in conjunction with their abilities, their full potential is revealed.

Boots of Travel is a really useful item that allows you to teleport to allied creep. However, its upgrade, Boots of Travel 2, is expensive and useless. Arc Warden can effectively use the item with its copy. The rest buy Boots of Travel 2 only at the end of the game, when there is already too much money or it is needed to immediately teleport to an ally and finish the game.

The rest of the items are bought and used more often and on most heroes. Take Battle Fury as an example. Yes, Phantom Assassin, Anti-Mage and Juggernaut use it the most. However, if you pay attention to the number of purchases of the item, then we can conclude that other heroes collect it. The above problem is observed only with the above items, which require reworking or meta and heroes change.

Item stats taken from dotabuff.com